Notes on Contributors

Anne Arca is a senior secondary English education major who enjoys the company of possums. Michael Boasso is a senior earning a BIS degree in art studio/biology and is often mistaken for Angela Watkins. Monica Garvin Dees is this close to having an English degree. If you are an executive of a large, technology-based coorporation, do not accept packages from her. Kawanna L. Durden is a junior art history/philosophy major. Celestiel East is a junior English/art history major who has difficulty reading perfectly legible handwriting. We know absolutely nothing about Linda Eichorst. Jannette Giles is a junior English major and a prodigy. Michele Glendenning is a sophomore biology major. Michelle A. Goodwin is majoring in English. Gene Green is a senior fine arts major. Tiffany Hatcher is a sophomore. Robert C. Lewis is a very talented senior earning some sort of BIS degree. Caroline Martin is a sophomore art major. C.C. Merrell is a senior art/art history major and a Broken Ink institution. Gloria Moton-Nelor is a senior English major who loves British literature and will almost certainly be famous one day. Clay Morton is a senior English major. Lee Ringler is an Eichorstian mystery. Barbara R. Sheeley is a junior early childhood education major who loves to give public readings of her work. D.V. Smith is a very serious artist/journalist. You can tell because his name is initials. Sophomore English major Kristina Snowden is our last hope. Jason Allen Widener is a well-traveled and friendly chap who will very soon end his very long career as a senior English writing/computer science major.

About Broken Ink

Broken Ink is produced each semester by a staff and body of contributors consisting of USCA students and USCA students alone. Any currently enrolled student who dabbles in the literary and/or visual arts may submit as many works as her or she wishes, but Broken Ink publishes a maximum of four works per artist. The staff is responsible for selecting journal materials based on artistic quality, thematic and tonal unity/variety, and the four-works-per-student limit.

The magazine's funding is budgeted annually through the USCA Student Media Board. Submission information is available at the Etherredge Center Box Office and in the Journalism Lab (H&SS 207). Copies of Broken Ink are distributed throughout the campus and available free of charge.

Twelve hundred copies of this issue of Broken Ink were printed by American Speedy Printing, 987 Pine Log Road, Aiken, SC 29803 at a cost of $2.07 per copy.

For information regarding the use or reprinting of visual or literary art published in this journal, please contact Dr. Phebe Davidson, Department of English, USCA College of Humanities and Social Sciences, (803) 648-6851.

The University of South Carolina-Aiken provides affirmative action and adheres to the principle of equal educational and employment opportunity without regard to race, religion, creed, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status. This policy extends to all programs and activities supported by the University.

The University of South Carolina-Aiken is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award Associate and Baccalaureate degrees.

Editor's Note

Since 1971, Broken Ink has existed as a celebration of the imagination and creativity of students of the University of South Carolina-Aiken. What you now hold in your hands is a testament to the marvelous amount of talent possessed by this body of people. It also represents twenty-five years of creative and technical evolution. Not only are students producing more and better work (two years ago, the magazine went from a one-issue-per-year schedule to one-issue-per-semester), this work is being presented more professionally than ever before, thanks to the hard work of the student editorial staffs, the wisdom of our faculty mentors, and the generosity of the USCA Student Media Board.

Broken Ink's reach has extended to include the known world, thanks to our web page which contains this issue and the previous three, so far. The Devil's Millhopper and the Palanquin Press now offer cash prizes for the best poem and best short story in each Fall issue. The winners of these awards are selected by the editors of these two publishing houses.

As is always the case with a collaborative creative endeavor like Broken Ink, there are many people to whom much thanks is owed. Our faculty adviser, Dr. Phebe Davidson, has continued to offer sagely counsel and sympathetic support, all the while allowing us to run the show ourselves, resulting in the production of a high quality publication, but one that is genuinely student-produced. We would also like to thank Professor Linda Owens Whitlaw, our supportive Director of Student Media; Drs. William Claxon and Stephen Gardner, whose creative writing workshops have inspired students to express themselves creatively on the page, providing this journal with a wealth of material over the years; Professor Albin Beyer, whose art studio classes do the same for the visual arts; Dr. Tom Smyth, who has offered invaluable assistance in the creation of the on-line version of this journal; the staffs of the Journalism Lab and Writing Room for their kind cooperation; and John Lowery, for his expert advice.

Most importantly, we would like to thank all of the students who submitted their works of literary and visual art for consideration. This is what the whole thing is about: without them and their artistic pursuits, there would be no Broken Ink.

Editorial Staff

Editor
Clay Morton

Art Editor
Angela Watkins

Assistant Editor
Kristina Snowden

On-Line Editor
Kevin R. McClain

Editorial Assistants
Jannette Giles
Jared Karr
Gloria Moton-Nelor
Alison Skillman

Literary Art Selection Board
Ron Baxley, Jr.
Monica Garvin Dees
Jannette Giles
Gloria Moton-Nelor
Alison Skillman
Kristina Snowden

Visual Art Selection Board
David Hannah
Michael E. Long
Ilishe Mikos
Caroline VII Miller
Gloria Moton-Nelor
Kristina Snowden
Angela Watkins
Ashley Watkins

Faculty Adviser
Dr. Phebe Davidson