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Voices ]\Aou\r& Spring 2000 Volume IV y\ ^Joun\aA of T^oehy arid Prose ]\Aoi\v\\ St. hAayy s College Voices ]\Aount y\ journal of IPoefry ana "FVose y\ Publication of Amount St. hAcxry's College 12001 Ckalon Road, Los Angeles, California 90049 Voices ]\Aouv\t A publication of Mount St. Mary's College Editor: Joyce Liu Staff: Shelli Branscomb Jamie Jacobs Amanda Prince Adriana Serrano NuryYoo FacultyAdvisor: Marcos McPeekVillatoro Printingby Collegiate Press Company, Northeastern University, 70 Forsyth Street, # 017, Boston, MA 02115. Phone 1-800-635-0695. CoverartbyJody Baral Layout byAmanda Prince and NuryYoo. . Thanks to Dr. Jane Lingua and Sister MaryWilliams for their support. Aspecial thanks to Jody Baral for his contributions. Special thanks also to David Missey and Gabriel Powell fortheir invaluable help. Founded in 1996, Mount Voices is published once a year at Mount St. Mary's College, 12001 Chalon Road, Los Angeles, CA 90049. Mount Voices features the work of Mount St. Mary's undergraduates, non- traditional students, alumnae, faculty, staff, and administrators, as well as writers from across the nation. All works belong to individual authors. No works maybe reprintedwithout the permission ofthe individual authors. For current submission policies, please send a querywith a self-addressed envelope to Marcos McPeekVillatoro, English Department. Table (Zonterfts of F o^ewohd OczAvy mm n m I i 1 1 1 111 1 11 1 111 it11 1 1111 i ii 11 1 1 i I rUDti I i i i i i i i i i i i t i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i a i^y / Dedicated to Sister Karen Kennelly, CSJ, President ofMount St. Mary's College 1989-2000 lrore.word When questioned ifthe payis goodforbeing on Staff, the answer is always a loud, "Yes!" But ifyou askus to give you abreakdown ofthe moneyvalues—then forget it. Those ofus who run around making phone calls and posters, while meeting atthe ungodliest ofhours, well...we don't get paid in cash. We don't even get a check. We never do. Butwe do get compensated. Believe it or not, we get paid a lot. Afterall the negotiations among Staff, regarding the multitude ofsub- missions, the final decisions arrivedwith difficulty as we wiped the beads ofsweat offourforeheads. What can we say? Amidst all the secretwords ofall the submissions, little explosions sprayed ourvisions like meanings pieced togetherin a frame ofart. Abumper stickeronce screamed out to us, "Realityis forthose who have no imagination." And in the spirit ofthesewise words, we have abandoned all sense of realitywhile the everyday rush ofourlives continues to gain momen- tum. With this edition ofMountVoices, we present imagination to you on a platterin the form ofa claylectern, in hopes thatyou will see the meaning ofour dedication. Breathe in the intoxication ofthese writers and theirworks. Breathe in andbe proud. Don'tbreathe out untilyou've reached that point in the magazine where the words holdyou still. Just for a minute. Be still. Be proud. As forthe nexttime around, the paywon'tbe great—it'llbe better. Some things are definite in this ephemeral world. Markyour calendar. Be there with us when we cash that paycheck. Joyce Liu andJamie Jacobs Mc?unt vpjcf^ IPoefoy Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation http://archive.org/details/mountvoicessprin04vari