Contributors’ Notes
Kelly Anicich, 2004, is a Creative Writing major from Alsip, IL: “If you’ve been thanked before you’re thanked now, if you think you haven’t been thanked you probably have, and to everyone else—thanks!”
“For we have been there in the books and out of the books—and where we go,
if we are any good, there you can go as we have been.”—Hemingway
Megan Bertholomey, 2003, is a Studio Art major and Psychology minor from Beloit, WI: “This piece is dedicated to all those who traipsed around the Chelsea Galleries in a foot of snow and especially to those who became ill because of it. Whenever you eat vodka pasta sauce, drink chunks, or receive museum guard’s phone numbers, remember that I was the one who ended up with a hospital bracelet.”
Katy Biver, 2002, is a Theatre major and Dance minor from Swansea, IL. She is currently a Post-Baccalaureate Fellow in dance where she has been co-teaching the beginning level technique classes and working on her 27th and 28th choreographic explorations here at Knox alone. She would like to send a special thanks to Jennifer Smith for her constant support, all her dancers for their endless beauty, her parents for their encouragement, and Jason, Joe, and Sam for providing never-ending inspiration and laughter.
Amy Blonn, 2002, is a Studio Art and Elementary Education double major from Des Plaines, IL.
David Brown, 2003, is a Spanish and Psychology double major from Peoria, IL: “If trees could scream would we cut down so many? Maybe we’d cut down even more if they screamed all the time for no good reason.”
Jennifer Clark, 2003, is a Studio Art major from Clearfield, UT: “To cherish what remains of the earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.”—Wendell Berry
Jenn Cooper, 2004, is a Studio Art major from Scottsbluff, NE: “May the winds be favorable, the rains seasonable and people’s hearts at peace.”—Thich Nhat Hanh
Agnes Csicsai, 2003, is an International Relations and French double major from Oak Park, IL and previously from Debrecen, Hungary.
Sean Dowdy, 2005, is an Anthropology/Sociology and Social Epistemology double major from Morrisonville, IL: “to mdd...i swear i’d give the whole thing up for you.”
Doug Falk, 2004, is a Music major from University City, MO: “Whenever I’m hypnotized, my roommate, Adam ‘Kaiser’ Wilhelm, convinces me that I should thank my parents, my brothers Andrew and Ted, Jeff Bailley, Bogdan Kostic, Jubin Rahatzad (wherever he is), The Squirrels (long live modest trumpet players), Scott Garlock and the Knox Jazz Ensemble for being such a cheerful positive influence on my life.”
Rebecca Sutton Halonen, 2005, is an undeclared major from Tempe, AZ.
Erin Homburger, 2003, is pre-med and a Political Science major from Denver, CO: “Chi sputa in su, lo sputo gli torno sul viso (If you spit in the air it will hit you in the face).”
Aaron Hook, 2003, is a Computer Science major from St. Louis, MO.
Veronica Kehoss, 2004, is a Studio Art and Economics double major from Mequon, WI.
Allison Kelly, 2003, is an Anthropology/Sociology and Psychology double major from Galena, IL.
Ross Kelly, 2003, is a Creative Writing major from Olathe, KS.
Janet Luebbers, 2003, is a Studio Art major and Creative Writing minor from Glen Ellyn, IL: She would like to dedicate her baskets, as shown in these pages, to all those wild adventures and scraps of life just waiting to be poetic in their own ways.
Beth Marzoni, 2004, is an English Literature major and History minor from Littleton, CO.
Patrick Morse, 2003, is a Creative Writing major and Anthropology/Sociology minor from Chester Springs, PA: “I would (not) like to thank Chaos.”
Melissa Moster, 2003, is a Creative Writing major from Liberty, IN: “My message to the world: No war against Iraq.”
Joseph Page, 2003, is an Anthropology/Sociology and Studio Art double major from
Northbrook, IL.
Jessica Ramos, 2005, is a Secondary Education and English Literature double major from Aurora, IL.
Brenna Robinson, 2005, is a Creative Writing major from Holland, MI: “I cast my
shadow from my father’s window sill. Thanks for everything, Dad.”
Alan Vest, 2004, is a Studio Art and Environmental Studies double major from Grafton, IL: “I would like to dedicate my piece entitled ‘Ben’ to no other than Ben. Thanks for being a great model and a great boyfriend.”