First Issue
Winter 2001 – Winter 2002
Writing Program
University of California, Santa Barbara
Ilene Miele, Editor
Writing Awards 2002
Narrative Essays
- 1st Place: Orraparn Chuenchai, The Journey of My Education
- 2nd Place: Liliana Robles, Producto de Two Worlds
- 3rd Place: Lia Mezengi, Education
Text-Based Essays
- 1st Place: Aviva Shotland, The Dangers of Social Power
- 2nd Place: Monica Mercado, The Power of Literacy
- 3rd Place: Emily O’Connor, Literacy
Persuasive Essays / Critiques
- 1st Place: Megan Babin, Feminism
- 2nd Place: Maria L. Guerrero, Who is to Blame?
- 3rd Place: Alejandra Nol, Assimilation or Acculturation?
Other Forms
- 1st Place: Heather Wing, Response to a Painting
- 2nd Place: Eva Gross, Finding Meaning
- 3rd Place: Kirstyn Werner, Magic Hour
| Judges:
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Editorial Board:
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| LeeAnne Kryder
Leonard Tourney
Photographs and Cover Design: Tara Miele
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Vail Dinkins Kathleen Russell-HardinHeather HornLeeAnne Kryder Leonard Tourney Elizabeth Wood Steven Salmoni Elizabeth Schott |
Table of Contents
Narrative Essays
| Orraparn Cheunchai |
The Journey of My Education |
3 |
| Liliana Robels | Producto de Two Worlds | 6 |
| Lia Mezengi | Education | 8 |
| Lindsey Coye |
I Don’t Want to Grow Up |
10 |
| Chad R. Scott |
Mathematical Literacy |
13 |
| Isabel Boyadjian |
Food, Family, and a Bit of Insanity |
15 |
| Reiko Gazan |
Friendly Education |
17 |
| Adriana Perez |
Spanish as a Second Language |
19 |
Text-based Essays
| Aviva Schotland |
The Dangers of Social Power |
23 |
| Monica Mercado | The Power of Literacy | 26 |
| Emily O’Connor |
Literacy |
29 |
| Jeff Steinberg |
The Struggle for Power |
31 |
| Alex Raminfar |
Oppression vs. Literacy |
33 |
| Kyla Porter |
What Lies Beneath |
36 |
| April Leonard |
Literacy Notions |
39 |
Persuasive Essays and Critiques
| Megan Babin | Feminism | 43 |
| Maria L. Guerrero | Who is to Blame | 46 |
| Alejandra Nol | Assimilation or Acculturation | 49 |
| Oren Brimer | Sex in Advertising | 51 |
| Brennan Meadows | Critique: Alan Bloom, “The Student and the University | 53 |
| Andy Lee |
Justice for the Mentally Ill |
56 |
Journal Entries and Writing Exercises
| Heather Wing | Response to a Painting | 61 |
| Eva Gross | Finding meaning | 62 |
| Kirstyn Werner |
Magic Hour |
64 |
| Jessie Fairbanks |
Daily Journal |
65 |
| Diem Huynh |
My Mother |
66 |
| Roman Samokish |
Isla Vista |
67 |
| Jill DeAlba |
Diary Entries |
68 |
| Autobiographies | 71 |