60 Tower Winter 2006 1 Front cover — México--Norma Bates--Computer Graphic Title page — Melville’s Writer’s Block--Jonathan Potvin-- Photograph Back cover — Flight--Amelia Winchell --Oil Pastel Tower Deadlines For Spring Edition: A magazine for the literary and visual arts March 15, 2006 for the Spring Edition—all written work April 1, 2006 for the Spring Edition—all art and photography For Next year’s Editions: October 31, 2006 for the Winter Edition March 15, 2007 for the Spring Edition Submission Forms are available in Room 415, the Publications Center Note: In the interest of fairness, all Tower entries are evaluated anonymously to ensure that no bias is present. All names are removed once the entries are received, and each author’s name is replaced with a number. All Rights Revert to the Author Upon Publication Colophon col·o·phon n. 1. An inscription placed usually at the end of a book, giving facts about its publication. 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The production cost is more than $4.00 per copy. The difference in price is paid for with the assistance of Tower-sponsored fundraisers and financial support from the Pinkerton Academy administration. The production of a single issue of Tower constitutes approximately 700 staff hours of work. About 300 hours are spent reading entries, about 300 discussing and voting on those entries, about 100 on layout and other administrative tasks. Pinkerton Academy 5 Pinkerton Street Derry, NH 03038 2 Tower Winter 2006 59 Table of Contents Dearest reader, When the year rolled from 1999 to 2000, the world pondered excitedly over México—Computer Graphic Norma Bates Cover the prospect of a new millennium. One thousand years had passed since the Melville’s Writer’s Block—Photo Jonathan Potvin Title Page year 1000, and many great things had shaped our culture into the way it was. Knight of Eternity Samantha Claussen 4 One thousand years lay ahead, and we were prepared to venture boldly into Mercury’s Cairn—Photo Brian Barrett 5 their realm, to make an even deeper imprint on the earth as a human race. Immortalized Jonathan Potvin 6-7 Then the year ended, and we approached the year 2001. The journalists cried Sometimes is always Dave Bersell 7 out, “Look! It’s the real millennium! Two thousand years since year one! A Lifetime in Under Thirteen Craig MacPherson 8-11 Now may the party begin!” But the party already happened, the people had Minutes moved on, and the proponents of the real millennium were left muttering to Coastal Abstract—Photo Jonathan Potvin 12 themselves about how correct they really were. Anchors Away Krista Grande 12 when sand was simple David Bersell 13 The 50th issue of Tower marked a new generation for the magazine. No Addictive Conflagration Meaghan Cassidy 14-15 longer formatted with the old cut-and-paste methods in use for decades, Lines and Stanzas Lauren Shuffleton 16 Tower was high-tech. It was computerized. It was in full color. And its issue The key to doors with no locks Philip Sullivan 17 number ended in a 0, marking an official anniversary year for the magazine. Mine—Computer Graphic Norma Bates 18 Questing Meredith Fleming 18-23 Now with the 51st edition, we can say that fifty years ago this year, a timid Early Morning Stirs Jonathan Potvin 24-25 group of students and faculty presented Pinkerton Academy with the very Summer—Photo Jonathan Potvin 25 first volume of the literary magazine we know today. Fifty groups of Tower Jitters Be Gone Alex Scarelli 26-30 staff labored over fifty years to produce fifty collections of the finest litera- The Phantom of the Opera—Pencil Bethany Wolfe 31 ture the student body of the Academy had to offer. And it’s the real fiftieth Distressed Jeans Anna Leocha 32-33 anniversary of the magazine; fifty magazines since issue one. Atlantic Prairie—Photo Jonathan Potvin 34 Honey Heard Evelyn Sheeheen 34 But the news is old. The big 5-0 has come and passed. There was no The Sky, It Drips Blue Kate Rever 35 worldwide party for it as there will be no worldwide party for this issue. the realization of john Dave Bersell 36-39 However, there are fifty-eight pages of art and writing preceding this one for Onset—Pen and Ink Amelia Winchell 39 your reading pleasure. Glass-bound Festivities Bethany Wolfe 40 The Fall of the Vase that Craig MacPherson 41 So thank you for reading, and I fervently hope that you have enjoyed the art Balanced Poorly (in picture and prose) contained in the past few pages as much as I have. Captain James Meets His Match Meredith Fleming 42-44 Peace Begun Evelyn Sheeheen 45 Bad in the Latin—Computer Graphic Norma Bates 45 Your faithful editor, mon.day 4;00 pm Dave Bersell 46-47 Yellow Mum—Photo Stephanie Webb 47 Painter Allie Cane 48 A Placebo Meaghan Cassidy 49-53 Amelia Winchell 58 Tower Winter 2006 3 Liquid Secrets RayLynn Tustin 54-55 Turkeys—Photo Chelsea Pathiakis 55 The Road, Radio, and Sky Speak Victoria Stoessel 56 I Never Said I Loved You Alex Scarelli 57 Twilight Tranquility—Photo Jonathan Potvin 58 Ingredients For Peace Jessica Skalinski 58 Flight—Oil Pastel Amelia Winchell Back Cover Tower Officers Editor — Amelia Winchell Secretary — Lauren Chase Treasurer — Meredith Fleming Copy Editor — Michelle Hahnl Twilight Tranquility Art Editor — Katelyn Schacht Jonathan Potvin Photography Editor — Alex Newell Photograph Ingredients for Peace Tower Advisor Beneath the ocean came the rising sun The pink and purple clouds surround the bay Mr. Ian Veitenheimer All faults and cares and worries I have none Fresh air, so clean it takes my breath away Tower Members While waves reflect the golden rays of light The sandy shore is warm upon my toes Blue tides arise; mine eyes will see the sight Brian Barrett Allie Lane Sounds of the waves clear anger of my foes Kaleigh Bates Dana Marcinkowski-Desmond Heather Brule Andrea Moffitt I search for shells and hold them in my palm Samantha Claussen Tarah Nolan While lying down I feel the cooling mist Michelle Connor Kim O’Toole This ocean that has sung to me so calm Krista Grande Chelsea Pathiakis And how I feel is like a soothing kiss Josh Gray Kate Rever Sarah Jaber Matt Shromek The scent of twilight air is now with me Danielle James Kara Wamsley As I watch the sun sink beneath the sea Eva Watson Jessica Skalinski 4 Tower Winter 2006 57 Knight of Eternity The stone knight, vines twined about his limbs and mold and scum rendering his face unrecognizable, had stood in front of the cave for endless years. The villagers used to come and stare at him when he was first discovered, clean and beautiful, marveling at how perfectly made he was. One could count the hairs on his head, he was so meticulously made. His right arm held aloft a long sword, and I Never Said I Loved You his left arm had a shield. His clothes, obscured by armor, were amazingly detailed—had they been cloth instead of stone, they would have been the I have called you beautiful before garments of a rich man. People expected him to blink occasionally because his Told you how soft your lips are, eyes were so real, and sometimes felt their eyes watering in sympathy if they like hot wax from a candle stared too long. I have said your eyes are like green fireworks captured in circular motion Some whispered that he was a guardian of a dark secret, placed there by the gods Your hair, brown and ever so vibrant, to keep people out of the cave, and that he would spring to life and murder any I have said is lethal by its scent of sweet roses, who dared to venture in. Others said that he was the lost son of a king from long and look of utter brilliance ago, turned to stone with a glance from the dragon he wished to slay for glory Your face, I have said and fame. A few scoffed at the idea of the knight being a guardian or a former has the grace of a model prince; they theorized that perhaps, long ago, their Ancestors had found the and the beauty of Marilyn Monroe stone before the cave and had crudely carved it, then refined it over the years. I have told you that your body is that of an athlete’s As it was, nobody wanted to let the knight fall to ruin, so people were regularly like a Greek goddess in modern times sent to clip back the vines and clean off mold and dirt.