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Parley & SITREP Submissions

Poetry Written Works

Go forth, my friend, and slither through the lines by William DeAngelo

Media Photography Visual Art

Changing Perspective I, II, and III by Vincent Marie Mayer

Academic Nonfiction Written Works

Hope Revoked: Incarceration in America by Renna Lage

Poetry Written Works

An Ancient Galaxy by Drake Genzel

Poetry Written Works

How Come? By Nicole Payne

Fiction Written Works

The Absolute Brutality of Love by Grayson Tate

Academic Nonfiction Written Works

Cultural Interview: The LGBTQIA+ and Transgender Community by Miranda Nordaby-Denniston

Poetry Written Works

Out of Place by Gabby Bryant

Fiction Written Works

The Girl in the Window by Bailey Garcia

Academic Nonfiction Written Works

Trust Your Intuition by Sarah Wilkins

Academic Nonfiction Uncategorized

Careers Online: What is the Influence?  by Reagan Kantack

Poetry Written Works

Daylight Savings by Morgan Sanders

Fiction Written Works

Skald by Ravneskalle Sigurd Li Crozier

SITREP

Dreaming in Technicolor by Sierra Scott

SITREP

Mountain Photo by Ruth Huntley

SITREP

Collection by Paul Flores

SITREP

Navy Photo Collection by Olivia Torres

Submissions
English Department
PPSC News
SITREP

Mandarin Duck by Madison Pepper

by parleyadminupdated on November 10, 2024November 10, 2024
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SITREP

Collection by Killian Breeding

by parleyadminupdated on November 10, 2024November 10, 2024
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Pepper plant
SITREP

Ghost Peppers by Nichole Marcus

by parleyadminupdated on November 10, 2024November 10, 2024

Cora hadn’t been enthusiastic about moving from the warm, elegant city of Tampa to the dull, dry rolling prairie of western Kansas; but as she stood behind her unspectacular little ranch house surveying her freshly constructed garden beds, Cora had …

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SITREP

Collection by Juno Smith

by parleyadminon November 10, 2024November 10, 2024
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Pear image on black paper
SITREP

Intersection by Jaila Schlosser

by parleyadminupdated on November 10, 2024November 10, 2024
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Graduation at sunset with students throwing hats into sky
SITREP

Admiral McRaven: A Framework for Success in Life by Greg Barden

by parleyadminupdated on November 10, 2024November 10, 2024

Four-Star Admiral William Harry McRaven, who served as the ninth commander of the United States Special Operations Command, delivered the commencement address at UT Austin in 2014 and provided10 lessons to use as tools when facing life’s challenges. He delivered …

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Woman's face
SITREP

The Struggles of Being a Woman in a Male-Dominated Industry by Edmary Rodriguez Rivera

by parleyadminon November 10, 2024November 10, 2024

To those who are strangers to the topic, it is easy to assume that most women struggle to make a name for themselves in an industry where males are the majority. Most people, despite their gender, can relate to this …

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Colored pencil on black paper
SITREP

Ocean’s Birth by Diana Page

by parleyadminupdated on November 10, 2024November 10, 2024
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Stone fountain
SITREP

Water & Stone by Destin Gutierrez

by parleyadminupdated on November 10, 2024November 10, 2024
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Seoul, Korea
SITREP

South Korea: The Often-Overlooked Pearl of the East by Anna Temple

by parleyadminupdated on November 11, 2024November 10, 2024

Like many military members, my husband, Nic, was lured into the service with the promise of adventure and travel, and after seven years in, that promise was fulfilled with the offer for him to go overseas to South Korea for …

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Trees with yellow leaves
SITREP

Photo Collection by Andrew Tijerina

by parleyadminupdated on November 10, 2024November 10, 2024

Photos by Andrew Tijerina, PPSC Student

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Dog Tags
SITREP

War. Who Really Wins? by Gabriel Villa

by parleyadminon November 10, 2024November 10, 2024

America has been known to have the greatest fighting force in the world. From all the different branches throughout the military, we are considered the best in our field. We have won many great battles and wars throughout history, but …

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WW1 Soldier
SITREP

A Pantoum of War by C.S. Griffel

by parleyadminupdated on November 10, 2024November 10, 2024

When bombs explode I feel nothing, In fact, my pace in slowed, There is no point in rushing, No place to hide, no, nothing, Death will surely come For every soldier rushing, No matter where they run. I know that …

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Lonely Sailor Statue in CA
SITREP

A Sailor’s Lament by Bruce Gillies

by parleyadminupdated on November 10, 2024November 10, 2024

Two decades of dawns in uniformed stride,Sailing through the rhythm of an endless ride.A Sailor’s path, both grueling and grand,Worn boots, heavy hearts, and a helm’s steady hand. In ship’s shadow, dreams are forged,Where friendships bloom and courage urged.Through deserts’ …

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Media Uncategorized Visual Art

Under the Sea by Daniela Herrera

by parleyadminon June 12, 2024June 12, 2024
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Photography Visual Art

Lukachukai Waterfall by Verna Begay

by parleyadminupdated on June 12, 2024June 12, 2024
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Poetry Written Works

Script by Eros Duchannes

by parleyadminon June 12, 2024June 12, 2024

There’s a scene that plays in my mind where I’m walking too fast and you’re not payingattention. The collision knocks me down or maybe it doesn’t but you hold on to me just to besure. Our eyes gleam with remembrance …

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Fiction Written Works

Practice Piece 31 by Meghan Lynch

by parleyadminupdated on June 12, 2024June 12, 2024

October 27, 1986  The animated warble of the sportscasters’ voice carries through the room, and I’m sitting cross-legged on the floor watching game 7 of the World Series. My little sister Sally is painting her nails in her trademark red, …

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Poetry Written Works

Two More Years by Aspen Haase

by parleyadminupdated on June 12, 2024June 12, 2024

Two more years Two more summers Two more Christmases Two more years Time is slipping Moments lost Tick tock tick tock Two more years 22 more months 96 more weeks 673 more days 16,140 more hours 968,449 more minutes 58,106,978 …

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Poetry Written Works

Clear Water by Clara Bailey

by parleyadminupdated on March 8, 2024March 8, 2024

The waves are crashing against us now, love As we stand, feet in the sand, despite our lives Our hands suspended over the water, our names: The knife-blade sun slicing white through the blue The air tastes and whips as …

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Poetry Written Works

Love, Grass, and Cat by Khaleigh Reed

by parleyadminupdated on March 8, 2024March 8, 2024

A tingly feeling as the rough grass brushes against my arm, and my fingers seem to easily run between the greenery sprouting from earth. What is Earth? She’s a birth, a big ball waiting to be molded, not shy to …

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Nonfiction Written Works

The Dangers of Tradition by Juan Francisco Salazar

by parleyadminupdated on March 8, 2024March 8, 2024

In Ecuador, the country where I come from, there is a New Year tradition called “Quema del Año Viejo” which means burning the old year. This tradition consists of collectively making a mannequin doll, and everyone does them at the …

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Poetry Written Works

My Lips Are Sewn Shut by Isolde Flynn

by parleyadminupdated on March 8, 2024March 8, 2024

All my life I have struggled with laying my soul Bare via the words that fall from my mouth. Whether I was Crying out for help, or expressing my own anger, I always choked. Dying for someone to listen to …

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Nonfiction Uncategorized Written Works

Silent Resilience by Nick Drohan

by parleyadminupdated on March 8, 2024March 8, 2024

Amidst the hum of passing cars, a figure stands alone at the traffic light on the highway off-ramp: a poignant silhouette against the urban backdrop. Clad in weathered layers that mirror the toll of time, the homeless individual embodies a …

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Poetry Written Works

Shadowdancer by Loralei Penumbra

by parleyadminupdated on March 8, 2024March 8, 2024

You could not have known how the moonlight lit your hair. You could not have seen the hope in your defiant glare. I wish you would have listened, to the voice you heard below – telling you it shimmered, like …

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Poetry Written Works

Spring by Lauren Aoki

by parleyadminupdated on March 8, 2024March 8, 2024

I will meet you in spring, Where the grass grows and the wind howls, Where the ice fades and the blossoms twist into blooms, Where the cats roam and the birds sing, A gentle melody strummed across the yellow sky, …

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Poetry Written Works

SOUL by Juliet Moore

by parleyadminon November 28, 2023November 28, 2023

climb inside my soul use the crack that appeared when I discovered that leaders don’t lead the way they once did use the hole that formed when I realized that kindness is not as common as it once was use …

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Visual Art

Dreams by Rae Ann Mara

by parleyadminupdated on November 28, 2023November 28, 2023
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Poetry Written Works

Becoming a man by DeAndre Bright

by parleyadminon November 28, 2023November 28, 2023

Few examples remain today. Most great men have been led astray. What is new? Greatness must rise from the dirt. Righteousness remains in the heart of the hurt. A man must suffer to eat. Any other way leads to defeat. …

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Poetry Written Works

My ocean by Olivia Stevens

by parleyadminupdated on November 28, 2023November 28, 2023

That it was midsummer and i saw you & (it should’ve been nothing but) it was a rainy evening in june & the ocean is falling from the sky That i’m pulled apart by the tide, left untied in the …

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Academic Nonfiction Written Works

You Should Have Asked… by Shannon Schumm

by parleyadminon November 28, 2023November 28, 2023

While chopping tomatoes next to a gently boiling pot of pasta, Sarah, still in her work clothes, navigates the following from her family: “Mom, have you seen my baseball pants?” (In the dryer). “Babe…are we out of mustard, I don’t …

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SITREP

E by Maria Barnes

by parleyadminupdated on November 7, 2023November 7, 2023
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2005 by Alfonso Sierra

by parleyadminupdated on November 5, 2023November 5, 2023
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2007 by John Moore

by parleyadminupdated on November 5, 2023November 5, 2023
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SITREP

One Missing Piece: The PFC Floyd K. Lindstrom Outpatient Clinic by Malcolm McCollum

by parleyadminon November 5, 2023November 5, 2023

Originally published in the Veteran Writers Network One of the ten smartest people I’ve ever known told me this story: During the height of the 1930’s Depression, she graduated from high school at the top of her class. At her …

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SITREP

Helping Veterans through Off-Road Therapy by Deven Merriman

by parleyadminupdated on November 5, 2023November 5, 2023

My name is Deven Merriman. I am a United States Army retiree and currently a student at Pikes Peak State College. I am the owner and founder of a social cause known as the “VeteranSuicideAwarenessJeep.” Our motto is #NeverGiveInToTheWarWithin. I …

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Poetry SITREP

Little Girl by Jennifer Valk

by parleyadminupdated on November 5, 2023November 5, 2023

You once asked me what it would take to ease  the burdens and sorrows of the little 10-year-old  girl living deep within myself. I scoffed.  Because – really. Why would I have an answer to that? Little 10-year-old me? I …

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Photography SITREP

Untitled Series by Austin Dornbush

by parleyadminupdated on November 5, 2023November 5, 2023
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SITREP Written Works

Big Mountain by Mae Faglier

by parleyadminupdated on November 5, 2023November 5, 2023

“The Unseen Beast” She sits atop a tree that lives on The Mountain, watching for anything that might sound good to eat. Her fluffy gray coat moves with the wind while she is cemented to the tree with claws. Her …

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SITREP Written Works

The Pool by Julian James

by parleyadminupdated on November 5, 2023November 5, 2023

“Those of you who are mine, drop. You know who you are. Flutter-kicks, let’s go.” There is no hesitation; the pool deck comes up fast and counting begins with earnest, masochistic urgency. The rest of the formation, about two-thirds of …

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Nonfiction SITREP

Adventures Through Reading and Writing by Sarah Seales

by parleyadminupdated on November 5, 2023November 5, 2023

I’m the youngest and only girl of four kids in my family. As an Air Force family, we had the opportunity to live all over the country. My oldest brother, Aaron, was born in Denver; Josh and Chris were born …

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Photography Visual Art

Untitled by Matt Cress

by parleyadminupdated on September 28, 2023September 28, 2023
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Photography Visual Art

Untitled by Matt Cress

by parleyadminupdated on September 28, 2023September 28, 2023
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Nonfiction Written Works

Our Final Goodbyes by Patricia Hansen

by parleyadminon September 28, 2023September 28, 2023

I will never forget the day of November 21, 2018, a day that forever changed the dynamics of my family. It was the day before Thanksgiving, and I was looking forward to the gathering my family was planning. I recall …

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Poetry Written Works

Neverland by Alexa Hoskisson

by parleyadminupdated on September 28, 2023September 28, 2023

Father/ I feel your shadow attached to my feet/ but I am no lost boy/ and you don’t have the strength to be mischievous./ Father, I don’t want to forget/ but my memories are clouded by your crooked walk/ I …

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Poetry Written Works

The Midnight Bookstore by Juliet Moore

by parleyadminon September 28, 2023September 28, 2023

They walk to her shop on starry nights and sometimes through rain or snow. People who like the quiet of an almost empty space with low lighting and long tables and dusty particles that drift through lamplight to settle on …

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Poetry Written Works

Who am I? by Carolyn Bates

by parleyadminupdated on September 28, 2023September 28, 2023

Who am I? Biologically speaking, a 20 year old female. True, yet that doesn’t feel right. Who am I? Some may say ‘hard worker,’ ‘student,’ ‘associate.’ Is that all I am? Who am I? Maybe it’s how others see me …

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Nonfiction Written Works

Scales, Fails, and Mirrors by Brandon Carver

by parleyadminon September 28, 2023September 28, 2023

Being healthy is almost effortless when you’re young and active. As a three-sport athlete in high school, I never even thought about needing to get fit or be in better shape. With the rigorous year-round practices and games that come …

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Fiction

The Start by Katie Kocheski

by parleyadminupdated on August 27, 2023August 27, 2023

A short figure was standing in the middle of a field of blood and bodies. She was panting, puffs of air coming out like smoke; it was freezing. Sword in hand staring off into nothingness, doused in the blood of …

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Uncategorized

Ableness is Close to Godliness by Salem Verrie

by parleyadminon August 27, 2023August 27, 2023

It’s eerie. I lay awake at night as the monster rips at my skin. I have to do what everyone else can do despite the monster. Me and the monster are not friends. But, when people poke at the monster …

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Poetry

Like Words Upon Petals by Brynn Greene

by parleyadminupdated on August 27, 2023August 27, 2023

Two birds of a feather. Smiling ever so bright, fitting for the god of the sun. He played songs to his lover, Beautiful music on his golden lyre. They shared a bond that rivaled Orpheus and Eurydice. Connected at the …

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Poetry

Meditations on Fall (from a bunch of random books in my room) by Meagan White

by parleyadminon August 27, 2023August 27, 2023

the first week of august was motionless and hot when at last— a long caesura fell and at once it was mid-october and that’s when i begged “Let me do the eternal work of Autumn!” and plucked the greenest leaf …

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Poetry

The Hawk and the Rabbit by Marion Scroggins

by parleyadminon August 27, 2023August 27, 2023

Fast wings flap skyward  The hawk dives for the rabbit  Too late, it escapes.

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Poetry

A Dream by T. Jones

by parleyadminupdated on August 27, 2023August 27, 2023

A dream.  30 seconds of an 8 hour journey.  I blink.  Where am I? There is a concrete jungle covered in ferns and vines.  A whisper.  Calling my name each time I close my eyes.  She calls my name.  I …

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Poetry

Limbs by Sara Potter

by parleyadminupdated on August 27, 2023August 27, 2023

Limbs Out of the skyline they rise. Bare branches like arms reaching out trying to touch limb to limb. Yearning to no longer be bare like the skin on my chest. The wind causes swaying of branches wrapping around each …

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Academic Written Works

I Felt Like a Failure (A Critical Analysis) by Hanna Slaughter

by parleyadminupdated on June 20, 2023June 20, 2023

I Felt Like A Failure: A Critical Analysis of Sarah Hoffmann’s “What the Pandemic Has Done to the Class of 2020” A 2020 graduate Allyson Prater, M.A., explained how her pandemic graduation was “just another Thursday.” When asked how she …

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Photography

Denver by Jayden Burley

by parleyadminupdated on June 20, 2023June 20, 2023

Original photography by Jayden Burley

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Poetry

Secondhand by Meagan White

by parleyadminupdated on June 20, 2023June 20, 2023

I walk through the aisles of mismatched junk from people’s lives that they donated for the sake of a tax break I walk to the baby aisle and see a pair of brand-new baby shoes with the tag still on—score! …

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Visual Art

Turtle Medicine Dream Catcher by Marie Rodriguez Carrillo

by parleyadminupdated on June 20, 2023June 20, 2023

Original art by Marie Rodriguez Carrillo

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Poetry Written Works

The Student’s Fairytale by Haven Jordan

by parleyadminupdated on June 20, 2023June 20, 2023

In the school, the young boy sat—  Never knowing where his mind was at—  The teacher taught—  But it was all for naught—  For the little boy whose mind unfocused—  Sat thinking of when the end of school would be …

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Photography

Owl in a Tree by Tea Hopkins

by parleyadminon June 20, 2023June 20, 2023

Original photography by Tea Hopkins

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Poetry

My Hummingbird (for Theo) by Elizabeth Ward

by parleyadminupdated on June 20, 2023June 20, 2023

You came by my window and you hovered there, I gasped at your beauty as you floated in air. So small yet so perfect you brightened my day, And I thought for a moment that you’d come to stay. But …

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Poetry Written Works

Poison by Jolise Hansen

by parleyadminupdated on April 18, 2023April 18, 2023

The distribution of foreign anger or vengeance sweeps the grounds of poisoned millennials. As things go, the miniscule amount of two grains of salt can be so boundlessly lethal anymore. Not only the unknown I mourn, while of course they’re …

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Photography Visual Art

Unmoored by Courtney Alvarez

by parleyadminupdated on April 18, 2023April 18, 2023
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Poetry Written Works

Nostalgia by Cassidy Monroe

by parleyadminon April 18, 2023April 18, 2023

The tattered worn down, gray fabric hung barely by the gaping holes at the top of the seven-foot window. A slit just big enough for rays of the golden shimmering sun to shine through the dark and dingy cave like …

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Poetry Written Works

Music Vibes by Sara Potter

by parleyadminupdated on April 18, 2023April 18, 2023

I have decided to ride on top of the rhythm of the music that seems to be creating the soundtrack of my life. As the beats assimilate and the treble vibrates, so does the beating of my heart and the …

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Written Works

Hollow Eyes: Victim’s Impact Statement by Nichole R. Newberry

by parleyadminupdated on April 18, 2023April 18, 2023

Our eyes are the windows to our souls and our auras are filled with colors that reflect our psyche. Eyes filled with merriment, love, happiness and kindness embrace auras of yellow, red, green, and orange. Eyes filled with anger and …

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Nonfiction Written Works

Finding Chico Suave a Forever Home by Marie Rodriguez Carrillo

by parleyadminupdated on April 18, 2023April 18, 2023

One day I received a call from my neighbor Jim; he was upset. He had a family of Mallard baby ducks, and two magpie birds had killed all the siblings but one. I said, “Bring him to me.” He brought …

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Visual Art

Silver Breasted Broadbill by Marion Scroggins

by parleyadminupdated on April 18, 2023April 17, 2023
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Photography Visual Art

Garden of the Gods by Rebecca Kuhn

by parleyadminupdated on April 18, 2023April 17, 2023

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Photography Visual Art

Key by Caleb Regis

by parleyadminupdated on April 18, 2023April 17, 2023
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Visual Art

Death to Crows by Jason Lucero

by parleyadminon March 9, 2023March 9, 2023

The Farmer and farm in the story are based on “American Gothic” by Grant Wood while his actions are based on Ozzy Osborn’s old stage presence. Everything else in the scene from the shocked sun to the UAP are all attempts at distracting the viewer with equally strange things happening in the background.

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Visual Art

Luck Dino by Jason Lucero

by parleyadminupdated on March 9, 2023March 9, 2023

Never leave home without your adventurer’s hat.

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Photography Visual Art

The Balance by Leeya Vinod

by parleyadminupdated on March 9, 2023March 9, 2023
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Poetry Written Works

Dawn by Ahmed Salih

by parleyadminupdated on March 8, 2023March 8, 2023

Old, they said, so you cannot make it through Success is persistence, dreams will be true! Knowledge is power without a limit Secure our future in every minute Nourishes the soul, enhances the mind Great is the feeling to save …

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Academic Nonfiction Written Works

A “Not-So” Dystopian Future by Jordan Phillips

by parleyadminupdated on March 8, 2023March 8, 2023

“Hey Siri, how will the implementation of artificial intelligence advance human beings into the next technological revolution?” Hollywood cinema might suggest a horrifying visual of a technology obsessed culture suffering its demise through a robotic uprising. While it makes for …

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Poetry

Return Policy by Adia Reynolds

by parleyadminon March 8, 2023March 8, 2023

“I would like to make a return, please.” The employee’s pierced eyebrow rises Marking her disdain “No returns, no refunds, no exceptions.” I squeeze it harder in my hand “I would like to make a return.” Return that which has …

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Poetry

That Tooth by Juliet Moore

by parleyadminupdated on March 8, 2023March 8, 2023

She first saw him when they were in elementary school, a scrawny boy with freckles and torn pants and skinned elbows and she decided that she liked his slightly crooked tooth which she hardly ever saw because he was always …

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Photography Visual Art

Cat by Gabrielle Pfund

by parleyadminupdated on February 2, 2023February 2, 2023
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Christy by Gabrielle Pfund

by parleyadminupdated on February 2, 2023February 2, 2023
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Rocky Mountain National Park Embracing Winter in October 2022 II by Emily Kaiser

by parleyadminupdated on February 2, 2023February 2, 2023
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Academic Nonfiction Uncategorized Written Works

Choosing Secondhand First by Juliet Moore

by parleyadminon January 24, 2023January 24, 2023

Children are often protected by their parents from the financial realities of family life. When I was very young, my own mother and father were embarrassed by how tight their money was after they both left the Army in the …

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Poetry Uncategorized Written Works

Ray by Sarah Kuhns

by parleyadminon January 24, 2023January 24, 2023

I could probably walk there blindfolded for someone who doesn’t have much sense of direction. I can see it now. The tinted barber’s pole sat slightly below the sign outside. Red, white, and blue swirls. The sign either read “Ray’s” …

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Academic Written Works

The Socratic Seminar: A Queer Ethos by Sierra Shields

by parleyadminon January 24, 2023January 24, 2023

I graduated in 2015 from Sierra High School located in the Harrison school district, the same year that same-sex marriage was legalized. In both our English and Social Studies classes, we used the Socratic method when we would discuss various …

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Academic Uncategorized Written Works

My First Semester by Juan Johnson

by parleyadminon January 24, 2023January 24, 2023

As I step out of my car and look at the college campus, I see a majestic mountain looking down upon me. I think to myself, “Do I have all my equipment to make it to the daunting top?” The …

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Fiction Written Works

Fair Mermaid by Lawrence Koebernik

by parleyadminon January 24, 2023January 24, 2023

The moon was full and high in the sky that night, giving off a glow of light to the beach. It allowed me to see the board walkway that led nearly to the water’s edge, stopping only a couple yards …

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Poetry Written Works

Bad Day by DeAndre Bright

by parleyadminupdated on January 24, 2023January 24, 2023

The sky is grey with rain. You feel a kind of strain. The mind is getting narrow-sighted. Anger can easily be misguided. The usual outlet is to scorn. The family we have known since we were born. Everything seems wrong, …

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Poetry Written Works

Accounts Payable by Joanna Southcott

by parleyadminupdated on January 24, 2023January 24, 2023

I wouldn’t call myself a poet I wouldn’t call myself a dancer I wouldn’t call myself anything really maybe sad I wish I could write I wish I could pour my heart and turn it into beautiful stories I do …

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Poetry SITREP

Sounds of a Vietnam War-Era Childhood by Dana Zimbleman

by parleyadminupdated on November 10, 2022November 11, 2022

Always murmuring in the background,   the television  taught me the alphabet game  using words from faraway lands. P-P-P… Phnom Pehn L-L-L… Laos A-A-A… Agent Orange Y-Y-Y… Y? Subtle sounds, soothing to a civilian child remote and removed from sad suffering …

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Poetry SITREP

To Mom & Dad by Joanna Southcott

by parleyadminupdated on November 10, 2022November 11, 2022

You are the rock in the water, and I am the little seashell, or maybe a crab, or a fish you have weathered many storms, stood the test of time  provided solace, comfort, and stability one day I will be …

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Photography SITREP

Night Flight by Yuting Han

by parleyadminupdated on November 10, 2022November 11, 2022
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Poetry SITREP

The Final Embrace by Kevin Auer

by parleyadminupdated on November 10, 2022November 11, 2022

Have you ever just wanted to walk to the edge of the earth, standing on the last little corner of dry land? Standing there watching waves dissipating into the vast void, turning in the wind as the water at your …

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Photography SITREP

New Journey, New Light by Dre Guy

by parleyadminupdated on November 11, 2022November 11, 2022

Dre is an Army Veteran and Dakota Promise Coach at PPSC.

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Poetry SITREP

Recovery by Eric Stephenson

by parleyadminupdated on November 10, 2022November 11, 2022

I wanted to return to some imaginary life based on a collection of unstable memories I thought were real. I would gaze fondly on those memories and dwell in their hazy light, hoping they would do more than flicker in …

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Poetry SITREP

PTSD Comes in Different Shapes and Sizes by Skylaa Richardson

by parleyadminupdated on November 11, 2022November 11, 2022

You say, “You haven’t deployed;” “You’ve never seen war,” But I’m fighting a constant battle with the drunk man who was outside of my barracks door I thought I was safe with my brothers in arms I thought they were …

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Poetry SITREP

Freedom by Angellica Mattson

by parleyadminupdated on November 10, 2022November 11, 2022

I was born free As so I thought Until the day My heart forgot As I awoke That September day Everyone was saying Someone’s trying to take our freedom away They tried to scare us But we made them see …

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Poetry SITREP

Camouflage of Normal: A Collection of Poems by Nekedra Bullock

by parleyadminupdated on November 10, 2022November 11, 2022

Visible “Invisible” Wounds Invisible wounds only because you choose not to see them Invisible wounds because you chose not to listen My invisible wounds are visible just like me You were too busy and didn’t want to be inconvenient to …

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Photography SITREP

Embracing Winter in October by Emily Rivera

by parleyadminupdated on November 10, 2022November 11, 2022

Emily is an Air Force Veteran and a photography student at PPSC.

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Academic

Pediatric Suicides: Colorado’s Mystifying Dilemma by Jeremy Wilson

by parleyadminupdated on October 25, 2022October 25, 2022

Dear Dr. K. Ron-Li Liaw, Director of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Children’s Hospital Colorado, As an Emergency Medical Technician, I noticed an issue in Colorado Springs, Colorado. I work for Ambulnz, an ambulance transport company in Colorado Springs, and …

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Human Trafficking Victims: Immigrants’ Vulnerability and Continual Exploitation by Kaylie Pippin

by parleyadminupdated on October 25, 2022October 25, 2022

In Colorado, human trafficking has been on the rise, and specifically, in sexual exploitation. Sex trafficking is predominantly seen in cities and is not unusual to have high rates (E. Reid, personal communication, May 4, 2022). High rates of sexual …

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Academic

In Censure of Censorship: A Brief History of Power and Censorship in Public Libraries by Katherine Atherton

by parleyadminupdated on October 25, 2022October 25, 2022

Before the start of the 2019 school year, Reverend Dan Reehil of the St. Edward Catholic School in Nashville quietly decided to remove some books from circulation at his school’s library, the most prominent of which is the Harry Potter …

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Fiction Written Works

“The Killing Type” Nereyda Flores

by parleyadminupdated on October 25, 2022October 4, 2022

the scene is set with a girl working the front register at a gas station. she does nothing but smile while standing at the front counter. there is no life behind her eyes. it is eerily quiet, only the buzz …

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Visual Art

The Mirror of the Soul Lydia Easter

by parleyadminupdated on October 25, 2022October 4, 2022
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Visual Art

Candles and Containers by Nia Thompson

by parleyadminon September 27, 2022September 27, 2022
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Poetry

Limbo by Carson Hill

by parleyadminupdated on September 27, 2022September 27, 2022

Swirling, twisting, turning, blue Thoughts of my own contained, thrown, maimed,by reminders of the home you became,and the ceaseless, burning, spiteful road. The unknown frightens my best and tightens my chest,inciting endless unrest, forced growth,sparking light more potent than words …

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Academic

The Opioid Crisis by Natalie McFarlane

by parleyadminupdated on September 27, 2022September 27, 2022

The opioid crisis has been a major issue facing the United States for over twenty-five years. Over 500,000 people have died from opioid overdose and the amount of deaths continues to rise every year. Not only is this a national …

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Nonfiction

The World Needs Survivalists by Andi Mezel

by parleyadminupdated on September 27, 2022September 27, 2022

In October 2016, a friend of mine texted me to turn on the TV. A mandatory evacuation for all of Chatham County was in effect immediately. Hurricane Mathew, a category 5 storm, was hurtling towards Savannah GA. Every store was …

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Academic

Mountain Mothers and Coal Miners’ Daughters: Gender Roles and Educational Attainment in Appalachia from the 1800s to the 2000s by Emily Prichard

by parleyadminon September 27, 2022September 27, 2022

In spite of the sense of heightened cultural sensitivity that has characterized much of the 2010s and the uptick in people-centered activism it has wrought, Appalachians fail to stand out as a grossly underserved population. Of the scant political dialogue …

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Academic

A Post-Racial America by Joseph Logan

by parleyadminupdated on September 27, 2022September 27, 2022

Abstract The reason for this data and research study is to explore the relationships between finance education, diversity, and equity among various ethnicities. Characteristics of learning, comprehension, ideology, education, equity, and career are the main strategies approached in the data …

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Nonfiction

Tis the Season to Be Sad by Jessie Sharp

by parleyadminon September 27, 2022September 27, 2022

I just don’t have it in me to be thankful this holiday season. I don’t even have the energy to summon a pretend smile, which I assume the rest of you are doing. Perhaps my seasonal depression is starting to …

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Visual Art

Victims No More by Yoslin Perez-Robles

by parleyadminupdated on September 27, 2022September 27, 2022
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Visual Art

The Forbidden Story by Aurorra Wise

by parleyadminupdated on September 27, 2022September 27, 2022
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Poetry Visual Art

The Shiny Sea & Silver Siren by Angela Sisk

by parleyadminon September 27, 2022September 27, 2022

The Shiny Sea She held my hand and made me feel something. There was electricity that passed from her grasp into mine. Her mocha-brown locks bounced all over her face as she skipped across the sand. She was free. She …

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Visual Art

Let’s Stay United by Theresa Thomas

by parleyadminupdated on September 27, 2022September 27, 2022
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Photography

Tranquility by Nadia Stockton

by parleyadminon September 27, 2022September 27, 2022
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Photography

Rocky Paradise by Eduardo Padilla

by parleyadminupdated on September 27, 2022September 27, 2022
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Photography Visual Art

Untitled Series by Lexie Lamar

by parleyadminupdated on September 27, 2022September 27, 2022
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Visual Art

The Many Personalities of the Joker by Ashlie Slater

by parleyadminupdated on September 27, 2022September 27, 2022
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Poetry Written Works

The Way it Speaks, Salem Verrie

by parleyadminupdated on September 27, 2022September 27, 2022

My body knows a different language. Not that I can’t understand it, but my surroundings are completely lost. When my body says “sit” and I deny it, it is not shy to pinch me as a punishment. My body doesn’t …

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Visual Art

Stand with Johnny by Ashlie Slater

by parleyadminupdated on September 27, 2022September 27, 2022
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SITREP

Beware Killer Vegetation

by parleyadminon November 9, 2021November 9, 2021

by Ronnie Locke The day started out like many other days in Diego Garcia, a tiny island in the Indian Ocean. A tropical rainstorm in the morning had served its purpose, adding to the sticky humidity already prevalent everywhere on …

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SITREP

Anything is Possible

by parleyadminupdated on November 9, 2021November 9, 2021

by Nik Gonzales Nik Gonzales is a student at Pikes Peak Community College. His father, Army Major Ken Gonzales, is stationed at Camp Humphreys in South Korea for the third time. This shift has been a change for both him …

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SITREP

Interview with Director of Military & Veterans Programs, Paul DeCecco

by parleyadminupdated on November 9, 2021November 9, 2021

by Dana Zimbleman, English Faculty, SITREP Editor-in-Chief In February 2021, MVP Director Paul DeCecco sat down with me to discuss his military career and the worthwhile projects he and his staff are involved in to help student veterans and their …

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SITREP Visual Art

World on Fire

by parleyadminupdated on November 9, 2021November 9, 2021

by Aurorra Wise

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SITREP Visual Art

Protector of My Sole

by parleyadminon November 9, 2021November 9, 2021

by Maxwell Sisk, SSG US Army

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SITREP Visual Art

Disclosure/Self-Portrait in Uniform

by parleyadminupdated on November 9, 2021November 9, 2021

by Theresa Ann Thomas Theresa Ann Thomas is a retired Chief Warrant Officer.

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SITREP Visual Art

Self-Portrait with Mask/The Mask We Wear

by parleyadminupdated on November 9, 2021November 9, 2021

by Jessica Rich Jessica Rich is the daughter of veterans.

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SITREP Visual Art

Can You Hear Us? Are We There Yet?

by parleyadminupdated on November 9, 2021November 9, 2021

by Salem Garrett Salem Garrett is a child of a veteran with 20+ years of service. These are a collection of his works.

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SITREP

My Life After the Marine Corps

by parleyadminupdated on November 9, 2021November 9, 2021

by Alyssa Nelson There are three days I will never forget: the day I earned my Eagle, Globe, and Anchor, the day I graduated bootcamp, and the day I signed my DD-214. I often have dreams I am still in …

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SITREP

Sometimes People Just Don’t Know

by parleyadminupdated on November 9, 2021November 9, 2021

by Teresa K. Howes      He pours a half-a-cup of pure white sugar into his pure black coffee.       “Wow, are you drinking a little coffee with your sugar?” I jest, AND, secretly internalize my gasp as the stream of sugar …

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SITREP

Baghdad

by parleyadminupdated on November 9, 2021November 9, 2021

by Major Russell Chun, ESL Instructor Baghdad, 2003: It seems a lifetime ago that this picture was taken.  We were standing on one of the walls of ancient Baghdad braving the 110 plus degree heat.  In the background was a …

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SITREP

The Will-O’-the-Wisp

by parleyadminupdated on November 9, 2021November 9, 2021

by Simon Yates Simon Yates is a first-year PPCC student who also attends Palmer Ridge High School. He will be enlisted as a Marine within the Delayed Entry Program and ships out next year. Other than playing with his family’s …

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SITREP

Operation Desert Storm: A View from Inside China

by parleyadminupdated on November 9, 2021November 9, 2021

by Carol Forseth, English Faculty August 1990: Iraqi forces invade Kuwait.  Iraq annexes Kuwait.  The United Nations Security Council and the Arab League condemn the actions. Operation Desert Shield begins. Iraqi closes all borders. I move to Nanchang, China, to …

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Photography SITREP

Lonely Spaces

by parleyadminupdated on November 9, 2021November 9, 2021

by Jeff Joles, Associate Dean of Mathematics Jeff Joles is a veteran of the United States Army where he served from 1985 to 2006.  He had a variety of communications, teaching, and operations research assignments at locations in the U.S., …

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SITREP

Success is Failure

by parleyadminupdated on November 9, 2021November 9, 2021

by Zack Swann My name is Zack Swann, I come from a long line of military in my family; my dad, both brothers, both grandfathers, and two uncles all have served. I decided to go a different route and get …

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SITREP

Stay-at-Home Mothers: The Luxury & Challenges

by parleyadminupdated on November 9, 2021November 9, 2021

by Jazmin Abreu My name is Jazmin Abreu. I was born in Brooklyn, New York. I am a mother to three girls, 11, 9, and 7, and I have a golden retriever dog that’s one year old. I became a …

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SITREP

My Family History in the Military

by parleyadminon November 9, 2021November 9, 2021

by Zeke Wood For generations, my family has been involved in the military. The most famous in the family was my great grandpa, Charles “Chuck” Byron Wood. He was in the Air Force during and after World War II. During …

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SITREP

Making Friends from Sports

by parleyadminupdated on November 9, 2021November 9, 2021

by Antonio Yacono Growing up in a military family, I found it hard to make friends. Some military families move constantly. Luckily, I only moved twice while I was in school. I started elementary school in Okinawa and moved to …

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SITREP

One Wrong Turn

by parleyadminupdated on November 9, 2021November 9, 2021

by Jennifer Valk, PPCC English Instructor Jennifer Valk is an English instructor at PPCC. She served on active duty as a combat medical specialist from 1998-2005 t in Fort Hood, TX, and then at Madigan Army Medical Center in Fort Lewis, …

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SITREP

Thanksgiving at a Missile Silo in the Middle of Montana

by parleyadminupdated on November 9, 2021November 9, 2021

by Carrie Spencer, PPCC History Faculty I must have been really young and naïve to think taking two small boys out to a missile silo in the middle of Montana for Thanksgiving dinner was a good idea. It was already …

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Nonfiction

The Benefits of Corporate Social Responsibility

by parleyadminupdated on March 8, 2022November 8, 2021

by Tyler Garcia The Walt Disney Company, Google, and Ben & Jerry’s are all well-known businesses, but what do they have in common? Although they operate in different industries, these three firms are lauded for the positive impact they have …

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Nonfiction

No Justice, No Peace:

by parleyadminupdated on March 8, 2022November 8, 2021

Police Brutality in Colorado Springs, the Community’s Response, and the Path Forward by Kimberly Boatwright Abstract Across the United States, there has been an increasing awareness of the acuity of racial injustice. The historical atrocities of the enslavement of African-Americans …

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