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Madison Roth
Taking Flight
When someone asks how I feel about Graduation, my stomach curdles. An oozing, crackling voice slips into my head to hiss, “It will all be gone. It will all be over. You will fall and shatter on the ground before you have the chance to spread your wings.” Waving the
“Leaving”
A void fills the dorm now. Chipped paint scarring the walls: Wounds left behind by memory and decorations. Silence reigns where laughter echoed, Bouncing around the room. A single suitcase lays half-packed in One of the last dorms. A single story Half-finished Left behind like the room Wounded by love
“Does It Do You Well”
[Does it do you well] to be Angry? To beat until your Fists are bloody? To rage until your Heart burns down? To spit venom until your Soul sours? Why do you hold on? Why try to Grip the fire? Why try to Burn to
“Boxed Heart”: A Dr. Jean Minto Writing Contribution 2023
Why is it easier to hurt the ones you love the most? In the middle of America’s Heartland, a small town in Indiana named Corehart sat. People boasted of its talent–a contrast to its small size–because everything made there didn’t just come from the townsfolk’s hands, it came from their
In Sickness and in Health
Do we really know what love is until we have stared into its ugly face? This world may dress it up in crimson gowns and dark capes of passion or teary-eyed looks and half-answered promises of acceptance, of tolerance, but that is not love. It does not whimper for notice
Between Two Worlds: Reconciling Muscle and Mind
Do you ever feel like there are multiple pieces of you and no single person has all of them? Like you are a prism and they can only see the white light, not the colors? Perhaps you are a swimmer or a soccer player to one group of friends, then
The Polar Express: Nostalgia Blindness or Peak Film? A Scrawl Article
The Polar Express is a movie that solidifies itself in the hearts and minds of all children through its whimsical environment, its heart-wrenching soundtrack, and its traumatizing motion capture animation. Let’s be honest, do people actually like this movie for the plot and characters, or do they only say they
Don’t Go in There: A Grimm Celebration!
Have you ever wondered why Rapunzel ended up in that tower? Why Little Red Riding Hood somehow survived against the Big Bag Wolf? Why ravens were actually Cinderella’s first friends? Well look no further than the Grimm’s Spectacularthon to answer these questions (or at least to give you a good
Boogie into Fall!
Howdy y’all! The time of Fall is upon us quicker than a fly on honey, and Enactus and SPA held events to celebrate! Cairn’s first Fall Fest started off in the afternoon. Supplies for pumpkin painting, thrift items, delightful stickers of soup, and plates of whipped cream (for pieing students
Reality Ends Here
Lords and Ladies, Fae and Fairies, I hath returned from a most wondrous adventure! I was blessed enough to receive an invitation to a mystical Renaissance Faire of massive proportions located in the mountains close to a fabled place titled New York City. I and my adventuring party traveled many