One two, check. The microphone cracks as third year emcee, Denise Jolly, abandons any attempt to use it and shouts into the crowd for two more judges to come forward, preferably unbiased people who “aren’t either friends with or fucking” the slam poets. Sierra Nevada College’s Patterson Hall is packed with students, locals, and contestants all anxiously awaiting the seventh annual Tahoe Slam Poetry Competition to begin.
Writers in the Woods ended for the semester Saturday, April 27 with distinguished Poet Smith. The room was filled with community members and students waiting to hear the four-time national slam champion read her work.
Graduating in 16 days from Sierra Nevada College is an exciting but disorienting prospect. Yes I get to leave the place I have called home for the past five years, but who know what the future has in store for me.
The sand in the hourglass falls faster, as the final moment approaches. With less than two weeks left in the semester, most would assume the pressure is on for the 2013 Sierra Nevada College Valedictorian. Not so much for 23 year-old Anna “Anza” Jarschke.
Maggie Newman is a Sierra Nevada College student who studies art and has increasingly developed her skills within the past four years she has attended this school.
Senior Cami Holmes shares her birthday with her photography focused Bachelor of Fine Arts show at 5 p.m. on April 25 in the Tahoe Gallery, located on the third floor of Prim Library.
Since I am an aspiring film critic, it came as a shock when I discovered my idol Roger Ebert had passed away at the age of 70 on April 4, due to cancer.
Sierra Nevada College is preparing for a literary weekend during Poetry month. Four-time National Poetry Slam champion and National Poetry Series winner, Patricia Smith, will be conducting a Writer’s in the Woods workshop from 2-5 p.m. followed by a reading from 7-9 p.m. on Saturday, April 27 in the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences.
Congratulations to Anza Jarschke for be selected as the Valedictorian for the 2013 graduating class.
Every year Sierra Nevada College holds Bohemia Night, giving students a chance to share there unique talents. This year in addition to talented students performing, Bohemia Night started the first ever Homecoming Weekend.