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^-x ...SIKlafJ,- - •Ved'yiTTKlsC - * „. * ■"*• **„ +r Arden Volume IX Spring 2007 Columbus State University Dedication Dean J. Larry Kees Dean of Students Acting Vice President of Student Affairs Thirty-two years. For thirty-two years he has dedicated himself to the students of Columbus State University. Through his position in the Student Life Office, as a coach of the Lady Cougars Softball team, as Housing Director, and now as our Dean of Students and Acting Vice President of Student Affairs, he has committed himself to us. To him, this issue of Arden is dedicated. It is a meager dedication to a man who has given so much, but it is what we can offer. For the last nine years, from incep¬ tion to date, Dean J. Larry Kees has sup¬ ported Arden. This ninth issue belongs to him. Thank you Dean Kees. Thank you for your support, your loyalty, and your generosity. Thank you from Arden. Thank you from the students you have served selflessly. Arden Staff Editor-in-Chief Melanie K. Greenwood Senior Editor Jessica R. McCallister Layout Editor Franklin Lee Dillard II Copy Editors Anna Flournoy Melanie K. Greenwood Jessica R. McCallister Associate Editors Jennifer Brooke Bowden Chelsea Bullock Les Cuebas Franklin Lee Dillard II J.E. Grisamore Lori Hinkley Sydney Lanier Charles Edward Watkins Faculty Advisors Dr. Nick Norwood Mrs. Crystal Jenkins Woods Cover Art Adam Forrester Opelika Special Thanks Jeff Burden Chuck Hemard Marjorie Hendrix Barbara Hunt J. Larry Kees John Lester Dana McGlon Venessa McKinney Linda Reynolds Department of Art Department of Languauge & Literature Georgia Printing Services Published through funding from Student Activities through the Office of Student Affairs Table of Contents The Water Boils 12 Amanda M. Averett Persistent Devil 13 C. Edward Watkins The Man of the House 14-16 Lori Hinkley Tokyo 17 Adam Forrester The Cat Man 18 Gretchen Nevins Cleaning House Months After You Left 19 Obadiah Booker Slat Boats 20 Sydney Lanier A Shadow on the Water 21 John Phillips Success 22-26 Jessica R. McCallister The Web We Wove 27 Franklin Lee Dillard II Taste This Apple So Unfairly Cut 28 Sondra Lee God Through a Sea of This and That 29 Brent DeBique Menstruation 30 Melanie Ross Prostitution 30 Melanie Ross Pregnancy 31 Melanie Ross Abortion 31 Melanie Ross Mother of Perfected Rhythm 32 Shannon Williamson Newborn 33 Lori Hinkley An Obsession with Numbers 34-36 Kristen M. Anthony Snow Day 37 Melanie K. Greenwood Collectibles 38 Christen Anne Holloway This Morning I Opened the Blinds 39 Bridgette Temmis On Sand and Asphalt 40-47 Melanie K. Greenwood Mad Hatter 48 Kelly Johnson In Mad King Ludwig's Castle 49 Joseph Francavilla Wrong Place, Wrong Time 50-51 Jason Richardson Walkway Down 52 Charlene Hatch Pilgrimage 53 Amanda Kite Cul-de-sac 54-55 Lori Hinkley Etching 56 Cassandra Lagmay Etching 57 Cassandra Lagmay Freud in the Fun Park 58 John Phillips Step Right Up 59 Melanie K. Greenwood The Rosary Egg 60-61 Jessica R. McCallister Fade to Black 62 C. Edward Watkins Celestial Harmonies 63 Franklin Lee Dillard II Rondal 64 Rushton Elliott McHugh All the Silly Pig Wanted Was a Haircut 65 Denis Tricoche Sapphire 66 Kelly Johnson You Can't Sleep through Every Storm 67 Amanda M. Averett