A Feature Article by Sara Serravalle For Prof. D’Arcy O’Connor’s Feature Writing class Machine Gun Molly “If Al Capone had had a daughter, he would have wanted her to be Monique Proietti.” – La Petit Journal Monica Proietti, better known as ‘Machine Gun Molly’ or ‘Monica la Mitraille’, was a famous female bank robber throughout the 1960s. She is suspected of masterminding at least 20 bank robberies during her short life span. She was born February 25th ,…
A play response by Yitta Reich Lost and Found Innocence: Lost Innocence Play Review Centaur Theatre’s production, “Innocence Lost: A play about Steven Truscott,” by Beverly Cooper describes the tragedies that unravel in Clinton, Ontario and that wipe away the innocence of its young townspeople. The play, based on a true story, describes the events that follow the 1959 murder and rape of Lynn Harper through the eyes of a fictional character, Sarah. It describes the traumatic events that…
A personal essay by Joshua Phoon for Prof. Eileen Manion’s Creative Nonfiction class Identity Hong Kong is a sensory assault – its neon signs blaring loudly; its dissonant atmosphere creeping onto my skin. I cannot help but feel uneasy in Hong Kong. It is paradoxically welcoming and foreign to me – its cuisine is unrivaled by any other city in the world and is a stark reminder of how sterile the gastronomy has become in my home. The people…
An essay by Yitta Reich Nurturing Nature The play Equus by Peter Shaffar, examines the mind of a young stable boy who is sent to a psychiatrist for careful mental evaluation after blinding six horses. As part of a plea bargain to avoid incarceration for the crime, seventeen year old Alan Strang is brought to a psychiatric clinic, where his sexual and religious fascination of horses is revealed. From his sessions with his psychiatrist, Dr. Martin Dysart, it can…
A Feature Article by Alexa Everett For Prof. D’Arcy O’Connor’s Feature Writing class Yves “Apache” Trudeau During Yves “Apache” Trudeau’s 2004 trial, Judge Michel Duceppe pronounced, “…you have killed more people than the Canadian military in the Gulf War…” It is for this reason that Trudeau has been deemed one of Canada’s most prolific killers. Trudeau’s early life was tainted by his father’s abuse and military mannered ways. During the early 1960’s, a teenaged Trudeau worked with explosives at…
An essay written by Alanna Nussbaum For Prof. Rebecca Million’s Castaway Narrative class Truth Hurts The novel Life of Pi, by Yann Martel, is not solely about a boy in a lifeboat with a live Bengal tiger. Rather, Martel cleverly uses this story to discuss the theme that every individual faces a choice: to rely on either fiction or reality. Through allegory, Martel portrays the horrors of the world we live in, the “crude reality” (xiv) that drives man…
An essay by Michael D’Itri For Prof. Hanford Woods’ Literary Genres class Mental Sensations: An Analysis of Keats’s Odes The senses can be the most wonderful catalyst for our notions of art, nature and mythology. In 1819, six odes were written by the English Romantic poet John Keats, using rich imagery to evoke these ideas within the mind of the reader. The intoxication of Poetry comes to Keats through the world of the senses. This poetry, however, remains trapped within…