Sculpture by Michael Bruce

This sculpture is meant to represent balance and equality. The figure is panted black and white to resemble yin and yang which is a representation of equality. Also the figure is on a balance beam which is mad to show the balance and the figure has a melting effect that makes it seem as if it is trying to become one with the beam, which gives another perspective of balance.

The Catcher in the Rye found poem by Niko McLaughlin

Tonight

I don’t feel very much like myself tonight

If you really want to hear about it

I was so damn worried

It was too late to call up for a cab or anything

I can’t understand

Some things are hard to remember

The first thing I did was I felt like giving someone a buzz

I realized it was only one chance in a million

You want to know the truth?

It was very phony

I felt so depressed, you can’t imagine

I felt like I was disappearing

Standing on the edge of some crazy cliff

Boy I felt miserable

That’s why, in my mind, you shouldn’t ever tell anybody anything

You start missing everybody

I miss Allie

photos by Hayley Maskell

The leaf picture was taken on one of the first cold days of the season. The leaves and grass were covered in frost which sparkled like gems in the sunlight.

The portrait is based off of the song "Stressed Out" by 21 Pilots because the lead singer of the band covers his hands and neck in charcoal when preforming.

by Michael Bruce

This represents chaos versus order. The heart represents the order
which is centered between all of the chaos. The way to look at this
art piece is to think about society and the balance between order and
chaos. If there were no chaos there would be no need for order and
without order there would be too much chaos. There is enough balance
in this piece that it attracts your eye to the center and then allows
you to move throughout to get the full effect.

Sleepwalking by Miya Laughlin

My mother told me it would go away

I’d grow out of it

wake up

Sleepwalking is for children

And I am not a child

Too old for dress up

Too young for dress suits

  wake up

I walk alone

My subconscious takes over

Mind blank

Body a ghost of last night’s dream

    wake up

This walking corpse isn’t me

I walk

forward

Wednesday into Thursday

    skips to Saturday

Moonlight or rays of sun

     wake up

Who is this

This shell of a person

What is left of her

              wake up

Everything that defined her now extinct

Her mother never told her that her worst nightmare can turn into reality

Anonymous

Future Bail Money

Ain’t no tellin what i've done

Ain’t no tellin what you've done

Ain’t no tellin what we've done

Ain't no tellin them anything

Cuz family is the only real thing in this world

Keep em close and you’ll be safe

Push em away and….good luck

Reasons

Lifes a beat

You're born with a beat

Heartbeat

Ten years later you learn your first swear

You get a different kind of beat

Whooping

Five years later someone makes fun of your mum

You give your first beat you get home and your mum gives you a beat

And you tell her why you beat him

“I love you son”

My stereotype

Because i’m white im rich

I have a mom and a dad

I always have money on me

I get whatever i want

Naw

Actually i'm adopted

Which means my original parents said no thank you

I have two dads who work so hard to provide

And the money I have isn't just handed to me

So yeah im white don't ask me for money

And don't assume who I am

Get to know me first

Thief by Hoanghung Vancong

Running through the night,

Heart beating fast with fear

It’s dark and it’s quiet;

There’s no sound to hear,

Except the thumping of feet

As I try to escape

He’s gaining on me

I think it’s too late

I can hear him get closer

He’s about to attack

I run into the forest

Leaves rustle, twigs crack

He’s such a big man

How can he move so fast?

My night was so peaceful

Until I took out the trash

I feel a punch to my head

I trip and I fall

He stands over me

Looking horrifically tall

He holds a knife to my throat

I can feel the blade: razor-sharp

He says, “Give me your wallet

Before I cut out your heart”

Then I awoke from my dream

I was safely in bed

My alarm clock was blaring,

Blinking 6:30 in red