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A SI KRGAJS "TheStoryofArgus According to Qreef^mythology, Arguswas agiant withonehundredeyes. "Whilesome ofhis eyes "slept,"he %eptwatch xoith the others. Vermes lulledArgus tosleep withhis magic lyre andthenslewhimxoith astone. "Uponfinding the "DeadArgus, "Hera, queen ofthe Qods, placedhis eyes in the tailofthepeacock "The coverof Argus traditionally represents the ancient legendhanded down to us by the Qreel^s. "The title zvaschosen to represent the differentviews andopinions ofreadersas though eachperspective were aneye ofthepeacock Digitized by the Internet Archive 2013 in http://archive.org/details/argus1999nort Argus 1998-99 Staff Editor in Chief: Sandy Baber Assistant Editor Desiree Nash Assistant Editor Kindra Cortes Art Editor Jennifer Read Fiction Editor Wayne Burn's Non-fiction Editor Jack Day Poetry Editor Christal Taylor Web Site Editor Kelly Day Acknowledgements: The Argus staffwould like to thank Dr. Bill Gorski, Ms. Bobbie Jackson, Dr. Ray Wallace, Dr. Burroughs, Dr. Colavito, Dr. Abney, Dr. Snowden, Dr. Green, Mr. Erath, Dr. Yankowski, Dr. Brooks, Mr. Downs, Mrs. Swain, Dr. Coats, Eddie Horton, Mr. Charlie Mann, Louisiana Vo-Tecb, NSW Press Publica- tions, and everyone else who help make Argus 1999 possible. Spring '98 Contest Winners Cover Winner Traci Moss Poetry 1st Justine Courtney Reilly On Reveling Bleak House 2nd Clark Remedies la Brea nth 3rd Medusa Pizza Slut Fiction K 1st M Waiting for 2nd Robin Higginbotham Poisonous Deception 3rd Town Mixx Pieces ofBlue Nights Non-fiction 1st Sleeping Dragons The Problem ofExpressionism Taoism is 2nd Jack Day The Tragedy ofLife 3rd Matthew Barton Apple Creek's Royce Complex Fall '98 Contest Winners Art 1st Antwi'nette Cofield Landscape 2nd Amy Haney M Miss 3rd Antwi'nette Cofield Silhouette Poetry 1st Kelly Kathleen Pay Afterthe Stroke 2nd Reven Enola Untitled 3rd Christal Traylor To Pie There Fiction 1st Lynnette Jackets Preams ofthe Pead 2nd Lynnette Jackets Elizabeth's Oak 3rd Sleeping Pragon Ockbam's Razor Non--Fiction 1st Jack Pay Forcing the Issue 2nd Sandy Baber The Color ofLanguage 3rd Beckie Farabough You Must Give, to Recieve Oonfenr! TTonr Cover l^esian Traci Moss firV Tree ofWoe 2 William Meslow Miss M 7 Amy Haney Untitled 32 Antwinette Cofield Untitled 35 Antwinette Cofield He Command His Angels to 53 Elizabeth Patchen Guard You Tuffi 55 Danyelle Guillory Untitled 64 Misty Pope Self 103 Amy Haney Sihouette 139 Antwinette Cofield Untitled 140 Misty Pope or God So Loved the World 185 Elzabeth Patchen VA ion Waiting forM 4 K Pieces ofBlue Nights 12 Marjorie Gawain Poisonous Deception 66 Robin Higginbotham Dreams ofthe Dead 78 Lynnette Jackets Elizabeths's Oak 104 Lynnette Jackets Ockham's Razor 154 Sleeping Dragon Non-Ticilc-non The Tragedy ofLife 36 Jack Day The Color ofLanguage 46 Sandy Baber You Must Give to Receive 58 Bcckie Forcing the Issue 130 Jack Day Apple Creek's Royce Complex 144 Matthew Barton The Problem ofExpressionism 168 Sleeping Dragon in Taoism roerru Untitled Reven Enola 1 To Die There 3 Christal Traylor Little Amsterdam 8 Medusa a child's city... 9 earthfyre Litmus 10 Michael Arnaud Pretty Little Fish 11 Stephen Eddy A Smoke Filled Twilight 31 Jazrik All the Men I've Loved Before 33 Sarah Whitehead Untitled 34 Sleeping Dragon Untitled 34 Reven Enola laBrea nth 41 Clark Remedies Pizza Slut 44 Medusa Memories 54 Kelly Kathleen Girl's Inquiry ofthe Willow 56 Sparrow Vampire at4:00 am 57 Clark Remedies After the Stroke 65 Kelly Kathleen The Rainmaker 74 Clark Remedies On Reading Bleak House 77 Justine Courtney Reilly The Boyfriend Diaries 100 Clark Remedies Poetry 102 Kelly Kathleen The Fable ofOttoman Z 124 Clark Remedies Roses 126 Sarah Whitehead My Blessed Donii 127 Steven Cooper The Second Solstice 128 Michael Arnaud To Touch Lips, but for a Moment 129 Tricia Williams White Doves 141 Tricia Williams Poetry? 141 Sparrow Untitled 142 J.P. Smith Regrets 152 Jasra A Decision 166 Jasra L/isclaii The ideas and opinions eitherexpressed or implied within this publication are not necessarily those ofthe editorial staffofArgus, nor ofthe adminstration or staffofNorthwestern.