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A Note From the Editors


As a way of recognizing and rewarding academic excellence, the Honors Committee and the Skills Committee take pleasure in publishing this anthology of student writing. Professors from all disciplines were invited to submit papers of all types which, in their judgment, demonstrated good writing.

Twelve papers were selected by independent readers for their superior rhetorical competence, high levels of readability, originality, and insight. From among the finalists included in this anthology, two were chosen to receive the John Allen Writing Award, and one was chosen to receive the Maureen Danks Award for writing in the sciences.

The co-winners of the John Allen Award for 1990 are Martha Schaefer and Shannan Mattiace; the winner of the Maureen Danks Award is Dan Tomson.

This year’s readers were Joseph Messina and Mary Ann Klein, professors of English at Quincy College, Quincy, Illinois.