I and others involved in the production of this magazine have rightly questioned what it means to have a “Christian” magazine. Will “non-Christian” voices be excluded from publication? Does Christianity or faith imply certain goals and/or common beliefs? Will the editors attempt to define wh[...]
October 31st, 2008 - 11:59 pm § in narrative
Commitment
I started my college journey in Atlanta at Georgia Tech. It was a fine school filled with wonderful people. But something irked me about it: perhaps the career-focused mentality of my peers, perhaps the engineering-focused mentality of the faculty. But most of all I was irked by Georgia Tech’s lac[...]
October 31st, 2008 - 11:59 pm § in poetry
Power
The bird with her wings clipped, forever imprisoned by an action from the past. She can count the ceiling boards, but never escape them, never fly free among them. A broken heart is not clipped wings. It heals itself, in time – though that time may seem an Eternity. While the ability to fly never [...]
October 31st, 2008 - 11:59 pm § in poetry
Monday Blues for Habitual Sinners
I go out to the mail box barefoot, Glad to feel something solid beneath me. The sun is holding court in an iridescent blue sky— Even though it seemed earlier that the day would bring only rain. I am glad, but not happy. I almost cry writing this when I realize just how much is [...][...]
October 31st, 2008 - 11:59 pm § in poetry
Age
`Youth’s a fleeting light, all too soon covered by the shadows of old age. Yet this does not need to be an inevitable fact – one can keep the light burning until death. This possibility, like all others, relies on choices and on the heart’s strength. Whether they find you shaking with fear on [...]
October 31st, 2008 - 11:59 pm § in narrative
The Gate Deemed Unfit Venue for Student Art Display: Allegedly Pro-life Art Gets the Boot
Last year, a number of Brown’s eating establishments invited students to put their original art on the walls. Since then, the walls have slowly become smattered with the good, the bad, the ugly, and the sometimes funny art of Brown University students. On one of the walls at the Gate there is a co[...]