Leland Essay Contest Winners, 2003-4
The best essays of 2003 were published in Western Voices 2004.
ENG 100
First place:
Nicci Kelley, “My Guardian Angel”
Instructor: Jacque Wilson-Jordan
Second place:
Lindsey Heiden, “One Last Time”
Instructor: Kathy Balderson
Third place:
Katie Thompson, “View from the Top”
Instructor: Hallie Lemon
Honorable mentions:
Erin Anderson, “Narrative of My Mother’s Death”
Instructor: Jacque Wilson-Jordan
Jeff Wakeland, “Smoothing the Transition to College”
Instructor: Hallie Lemon
ENG 180
First place:
Eric Hill, “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff”
Instructor: Spring Kuczwara
Second place:
Emily Toohill, “Underweight Does Not Mean Unhealthy”
Instructor: Kylie Price
Third place:
Bridget Hills, “Should Smoking Be Banned on University Campuses?”
Instructor: Carol Bollin
Honorable mentions:
Kyla Cox, “Danger in the Streets”
Instructor: Kylie Price
Kristen Vetter, “Treiber’s Target”
Instructor: Spring Kuczwara
ENG 280
First place:
Ian Billingsley, “The Effectiveness of the ‘Male’ Communication Style in Modern Society”
Instructor: Nancy Krey
Second place:
Alaina Maxwell, “Human Cloning: The Purpose, Pros, and Problems”
Instructor: Hallie Lemon
Third place:
Lynne Senne, “Style Analysis: Jonathan Swift, ‘A Modest Proposal‘”
Instructor: D. J. Hutinger
Honorable mentions:
Lasandra Charles, “The Rumor That Killed”
Instructor: Penny Rigg
LaQuenta Rudison, “Capital Punishment: The Contemporary Philosophical Perspective”
Instructor: Jacque Wilson-Jordan
