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Volume 31, Issue 1, was produced by the

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sta and printed by Franklin Graphics, located in Nashville, TN.e paper is 80 lb. Porcelain with a 100 lb. Porcelain cover. e fonts used throughout the magazine are Adobe GaramondPro and Lights Out BRK, and Papyrus.

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Literary and Art Magazine is a division of the Educational Media Company at Virginia Tech, Inc. (EMCVT), a nonprot organization that fosters student media at Virginia Tech. Please send allcorrespondence to 344 Squires Student Center, Blacksburg, VA 24061. All Virginia Tech students who are not part of the sta are invited to submit to the magazine. All rights revert to the artist upon publication. To become a subscriber to

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Welcome to the fall 2008 issue of

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As this is our, Jenna and Hali’s, nal issue, we would liketo start by saying thank you to everyone who over the past two years has taken part in making this a greatmagazine. We have been lucky to have a wonderful sta and dedicated submitters and readers. Without allof you none of this would have been possible. We appreciate all your hard work and dedication to the arts inBlacksburg and at Virginia Tech.is issue is special to us not only because it is our last but also because of the tough submissions process we went through to bring you the best of the best literature and art our campus has to oer. We strive toshow the community the variety of artistic styles and the artistic passion of the Virginia Tech students. Weare proud to bring art and literature to a traditionally science focused university. And excited to say that thesubmitters come from all dierent types of majors, not just English and Art. In addition to the representationof English and Art students this issue has work from students in Industrial Systems Engineering, Architecture,Industrial Design, Civil Engineering, Biological Science, Materials Science and Engineering, Philosophy,International Studies, Natural Resources Conservation, Political Science, Computer Science, andCommunication. It is exciting to have an issue so representative of the dierent backgrounds of the VirginiaTech student body. We would also like to thank everyone who worked so hard to make our last Greeks v. Geeks so wildly successful. We had four fabulous bands play at Awful Arthur’s this semester: Simply Supported (Geek), eFrat Pack (Greek), e House Floor (Geek), and Always Morning (Greek). Jennifer Johnson, our SpecialEvents Coordinator, worked hard to make the event absolutely successful. We had a great turnout and raisedmore money at this benet than

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has done at past Greeks v. Geeks. We hope that you enjoy reading this issue of

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as much as we enjoyed putting it together. We areproud to bring you the fall 2008 issue.Hali Plourde-Rogers Jenna WolfeEditor-in-Chief Business Manager

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