by Michelle Monroy
May 1, 2014
Filed under The Back Page
As graduation approaches, I think about the brave souls who will pass under the arc of balloons with their friends and families watching them.
One foot following the other, you’ll try to remember how to walk for this precious...
by Sarah Gough
April 26, 2014
Filed under Arts & Lifestyle, Daily Aztec Stories, The Back Page
How did life become this complicated?
Reality is simply the culmination of the end results of the circumstances we’re put in, the decisions we make, and the passage of time ultimately alerting those decisions.
And all...
by Ellen Rex
April 24, 2014
Filed under Arts & Lifestyle, The Back Page
It’s a beautiful Thursday evening on San Diego State’s gorgeous campus, and I’m exhausted from a long day of lectures, midterms, unnecessary human interaction and work. All I want is some passion tea from Starbucks and...
by Sarah Gough
April 21, 2014
Filed under Arts & Lifestyle, The Back Page
Enjoy the struggle
I walked through a cemetery last night.
Time became finite
and simultaneously expanded into something beyond my understanding.
I dreamt that the bulk of my life had passed by,
As I stood in the back...
by Chris Blakemore, Graphics Specialist
April 14, 2014
Filed under Arts & Lifestyle, The Back Page
The location: my parents’ house. The car: a 2002 Honda Accord. The task: change the oil. The problem: see location.
For anyone who’s seen the television show “Arrested Development,” you’re familiar with how...
by Sarah Gough
April 10, 2014
Filed under Arts & Lifestyle, The Back Page
Silence is a strange companion
It makes one’s thoughts fill the vacancy it creates.
These six walls that contain me,
At times they seem so distant
So far away
And I feel so incredibly small.
But other times...
by Sarah Gough
April 10, 2014
Filed under Arts & Lifestyle, The Back Page
Illuminate my darkness with the spark of something clear
Dissipate the hazy cloud that encompasses my thought,
Flood me with a comfort that destroys all traces of fear
And remind me of what I’ve long forgot.
Take...
by Jamie Ballard
April 7, 2014
Filed under Arts & Lifestyle, The Back Page
Dear Campus Coffee,
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
First, we have the elitist and corporate but oh-so-wonderful Starbucks. Starbucks, you provide me with something special. You’re who I turn to when I need a treat after a long day, and I’m willing to forgo the...
by Max Saucedo
April 3, 2014
Filed under Arts & Lifestyle, The Back Page
“Ronald, look at me. Do you know why they pay me what they pay me?”
“Davey, I swear it was just a harmless radio interview. It’s not like I was on television where you could see the sweat on my upper lip. Plus the governor...
by Max Saucedo
March 27, 2014
Filed under Arts & Lifestyle, The Back Page
“What does this solve, Faust?” Damon Wade asked.
“In the short term? You dead, at the bottom of the Source’s main generator. Long term: Progress for the human race,” Faust whispered.
“It can’t progress like...
by Kara Fergason
March 27, 2014
Filed under Arts & Lifestyle, The Back Page
Our toes dissolved beneath the wet, encasing sand
Two unfamiliar hearts cast shadows in the dark
For reasons untold by a baffling universe
My spine ached acutely, fervently for your hands
To memorize its ridges, to...
by Max Saucedo
March 24, 2014
Filed under Arts & Lifestyle, The Back Page
“Welcome back to 98.3 CRK Radio. I’m your host, ‘Mayday’ Jane Cornett. Today I’m joined by the deputy governor, Mr. Ronald Avery. How are you, Mr. Avery?”
“Jane, there’s no need for formalities, call me Ron. It...
