By MATTHEW ROBECK A recent rumor among students about an alcohol-related altercation mid-October in family housing claimed that the incident ended with police arriving on the scene and a student being sent to the intensive care unit. “No one was sent to the ICU,” said Carmen Henan, dean of students. The IAIA campus crime statistics...Read More
The Statement of Elliot C. Siskin By JACK PENCILLE He was the type to forget he was supposed to be dead. Let me clarify, Officer, I loved Lawrence like nothing else. He was my soul and my heart, the love of my life and the thorn in my side. He was loving but clingy, always...Read More
Heart Shot By Douglas Bootes Old Man Jenkins mumbles, “First day of season,” as he chips the plastic seal of a Jack Daniel’s fifth with a yellow, black-seamed thumbnail. Call it ritual, medicine, or tradition, whiskey’s the way. He’s taken the first buck in Shamokin Valley twenty-three years in a row, and this one will...Read More
Primal Psychosis By Jack Pencille It happens slowly, as most infections do. There’s a bite somewhere you overlook, healed before you can connect the dots. Then come the night terrors and sweating, a dryness of mouth and a hunger for something. Of course, you just roll over, check the time on your phone (lately it’s...Read More
By PEARLYNE CORIZ Living in the United States, you will have eaten around 6,000 slices of pizza over your lifetime, according to nydailynews.com. What is it about pizza that makes it an American favorite? How much do we really know about pizza?Read More
By CHELSEA NAPPER With Halloween right around the corner, now is an opportune time to dig into the origins of this largely commercial American tradition. In response to an IAIA CHRONICLE survey, many respondent said that they were not aware of the origins of Halloween, nor the ways in which it was introduced to North...Read More
By SAVANNAH JUNES At the beginning of the fall semester, Institute of American Indian Arts students were quick to notice that the medical clinic on campus had closed. The decision to close the clinic came right before the start of the semester when negotiations between the school and the providers, Presbyterian Medical Services, could not...Read More
