New Voices Writing Awards

The following students will receive prizes from the Matador Bookstore at an awards ceremony in Fall 2005:

Emerging Voices—Portfolio Letters:

Honorable Mention: Marianna Riccio, Take A Bow

Telling Our Stories—Narrative Essays:

1^st Place: Jovan Valenzuela, Life Is Not Fair

2^nd Place: Jesse Benavides, Lone Wolf

Responding to Texts (097)—Text-Based Essays:

1^st Place: Marilyn Segal Award: Habibullah Ali, I Can See Dreams

2^nd Place: Natalie Guinto, Oranges

2^nd Place Co-Award: Tania Banegas, Chores

Responding to Texts (098)—Text-Based Essays:

1^st Place: Justin Reeves, Emotional Appetites

2^nd Place: Cindy Hernandez, Images of Women

Honorable Mention: Deissy Rodriguez, True Love

Speaking Our Minds—Persuasive Essays:

1^st Place: Alex Cardone, Wrong Sacrifice

2^nd Place: Eric Vance, Recess

Honorable Mention: Matthew Yip, God Versus the United States,

Honorable Mention: Cassandra Ahn, Injunction or Unjust?

Cover Drawing Award:

Akimi Hoshina: Matador Bull

Judges:

William Walsh, Professor of English, Emeritus, CSUN

Kathleen Dudden Rowlands, Professor, Eisner College of Education, CSUN

Nancy Taylor, Instructor, Departments of English & Humanities, CSUN

New Voices Editorial Board

Ian Barnard

Pamela Bourgeois (Managing Editor)

Irene Clark

Janet Cross

Mona Houghton

Patrick Hunter

Fran Goldman

Sandra Jackson (Editor)

Mary Marca (Assistant Editor)

Donna Marsh

Jacqui Meisel

Lynette Morinini

Kitty Nard

Amy Reynolds (Technical Editor)

Lisa Riccomini

Colleen Schaeffer (Reading Romp Host)

Mary Shannon

Terri Silverberg

Anna Tripp

Elyce Wakerman

Original Artwork

Cover Drawing: Akimi Hoshina

Other Artwork: Jonathon Guieb, Akimi Hoshina, Seung Kook Ko, Kristen Varbel

Photographs

Pamela Bourgeois

Janet Cross

Sandra Jackson

Sharon Kollmeyer

Noreen Lace

Donna Marsh

Amy Reynolds

Colleen Schaeffer

The Students from Amy Reynolds’ Spring 2005 English 098 Classes

Photo Collages

Pamela Bourgeois

Sandra Jackson

Mary Marca

Amy Reynolds

Table Of Contents

Emerging Voices

Letter #1: How Dare They! by Christina Lewis .................................................................... 3

Letter #2: Something New, by Carmelia Carlisle................................................................... 4

Letter #3: Take A Bow, by Marianna Riccio ........................................................................ 5

Letter #4: This Is No Freebie, by Urias Quintanilla .............................................................. 7

Telling Our Stories

Lone Wolf, by Jesse Benavides .......................................................................................... 11

Life is Not Fair, by Jovan Valenzuela ................................................................................. 14

Life in the Hood, by Randy Biglow .................................................................................... 17

Life Without a Leg, by Jackie Chan ................................................................................... 19

Fun and Games? by Kevin Jones ..................................................................................... 22

Brand New Start, by Sharon Liu ........................................................................................ 25

My First Crush, by Kristina Karpinski ............................................................................... 29

My First ‘F’, by Danny Cabrera ....................................................................................... 31

Responding to Texts:

Developmental Reading

Accumulating the Layers, by Asukia Nomura ................................................................... 37

Chores, by Tania Banegas ................................................................................................. 40

Impact of a Father, by Revital Barnajian .......................................................................... 42

I Can See Dreams, by Habibullah Ali ................................................................................ 45

Poverty, by Tania Banegas ................................................................................................ 47

Oranges, by Natalie Guinto ............................................................................................... 49

Developmental Writing

Emotional Appetites, by Justin Reeves .............................................................................. 51

The Fire Within, by Kristen Varbel ................................................................................... 54

True Love, by Deissy Rodriguez ........................................................................................ 57

Images of Women, by Cindy Hernandez ........................................................................... 60

Pillars of Support, by Megan Morgan .............................................................................. 63

Speaking Our Minds

Injunction or Unjust? by Cassandra Ahn .......................................................................... 69

God Versus the United States, by Matthew Yip ............................................................... 73

Wrong Sacrifice, by Alex Cardone ................................................................................... 77

Recess, by Eric Vance ....................................................................................................... 80

True Colors, by Hsin-I Lin ................................................................................................ 83

Television and Children, by Jaskirat Basra ....................................................................... 85

Television Debates, by Anthony Hamassian ...................................................................... 89

Big Problems with Big Cats, by Joey Will ........................................................................ 93

Introducing Our New Voices ................................................................... 99

Thematic Table of Contents

Challenges of Growing Up:

Lone Wolf ......................................................................................................................... 11

Life is not Fair ................................................................................................................. 14

Life in the ‘Hood ............................................................................................................... 17

Life without a Leg ............................................................................................................ 19

Fun and Games .............................................................................................................. 22

Brand New Start .............................................................................................................. 25

My First Crush ................................................................................................................. 29

My First ‘F’ ..................................................................................................................... 31

Accumulating the Layers ................................................................................................. 37

Chores .............................................................................................................................. 40

I Can See Dreams ............................................................................................................ 45

Oranges ............................................................................................................................ 49

How We Treat Our Children:

Impact of a Father ........................................................................................................... 42

Wrong Sacrifice ............................................................................................................... 77

Recess ............................................................................................................................... 80

True Colors ..................................................................................................................... 83

Television and Children ................................................................................................... 85

Education:

Life in the Hood ............................................................................................................... 17

Life without a Leg ............................................................................................................ 19

Fun and Games?............................................................................................................... 22

My First ‘F’ ..................................................................................................................... 31

Wrong Sacrifice ............................................................................................................... 77

Recess ............................................................................................................................... 80

The Media:

Images of Women ............................................................................................................ 60

Television and Children ................................................................................................... 85

Television Debates ........................................................................................................... 89

Relationships:

Lone Wolf ......................................................................................................................... 11

Impact of a Father ........................................................................................................... 42

I Can See Dreams ............................................................................................................. 45

Oranges ............................................................................................................................ 49

Emotional Appetites ......................................................................................................... 51

The Fire Within ................................................................................................................ 54

True Love ......................................................................................................................... 57

Pillars of Support ............................................................................................................. 63

Discrimination:

Life is not Fair ................................................................................................................. 14

Life without a Leg ............................................................................................................ 19

Pillars of Support ............................................................................................................. 63

Injunction or Unjust ........................................................................................................ 69

God Versus the United States .......................................................................................... 73

Wrong Sacrifice ............................................................................................................... 77

Food:

Brand New Start .............................................................................................................. 25

Oranges ............................................................................................................................ 49

Emotional Appetites ........................................................................................................ 51

Different Cultures:

Fun and Games ............................................................................................................... 22

Brand New Start .............................................................................................................. 25

Animal Rights:

Big Problems with Big Cats ............................................................................................. 93