English
2003-2004 Winners
In February 2004, the following essays written in 2003 were selected as winners of the Leland Essay Contest to be honored at English Awards Night in April 2004. Read below the titles and names of the winning essays and writers. Copies of essays are currently unavailable for reading.
ENG 100
First place: "My Guardian Angel" by Nicci Kelley
Second place: "One Last Time" by Lindsey Heiden
Third place: "View from the Top" by Katie Thompson
Honorable Mentions: "Narrative of My Mother's Death" by Erin Anderson and "Smoothing the Transition to College" by Jeff Wakeland
ENG 180
First place: "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff" by Eric Hill
Second place: "Underweight Does Not Mean Unhealthy" by Emily Toohill
Third place: "Should Smoking Be Banned on University Campuses?" by Bridget Hills
Honorable Mentions: "Danger in the Streets" by Kyla Cox and "Trieber's Target" by Kristen Vetter
ENG 280
First place: "The Effectiveness of the "Male" Communication Style in Modern Society" by Ian Billingsley
Second place: "Human Closing: The Purpose, Prose, and Problems" by Alaina Maxwell
Third place: "Style Analysis: Jonathan Swift, 'A Modest Proposal'" by Lynne Senne
Honorable Mentions: "The Rumor That Killed" by Lasandra Charles and "Capital Punishment: The Contemporary Philosophical Perspective" by LaQuenta Rudison
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