Quercus
Volume 34
Spring 2025
“I raise my hand / to my heart / and follow the prayer we sing / to the flag.”
WORDS
Emily Murphy
Sami Kelting
Kelsey Rentfro-Cline
Elena Vallejo
Elena Vallejo
Gregory Gomez
Evie Breitbach
Isabelle Nelson
Isabelle Nelson
Aubrey Williams
Suveah Gritton
David Dowell
David Dowell
David Dowell
Andrew Leathers
Andrew Leathers
Michele Peterson
Kaitlyn Lamb
Elena Vallejo
Evie Breitbach
David Dowell
Shalyn Ford Womack
Gregory Gomez
Sami Kelting
Maddie Schuh
Emily Murphy
David Dowell
Sami Kelting
Andrew Leathers
Kelsey Rentfro-Cline
Andrew Leathers
Elena Vallejo
Michele Petersen
Elena Vallejo
Kaitlyn Lamb
Gregory Gomez
Elena Vallejo
Evie Breitbach
Evie Breitbach
Isabelle Nelson
David Dowell
Isabelle Nelson
Shalynn Ford Womack
Aubrey Williams
Gregory Gomez
Suveah Gritton
Sami Kelting
David Dowell
Maddie Schuh
David Dowell
* Denotes a recipient of the Sigma Tau Delta Award
CREDITS
Advisor
Emily Kingery
Web Designers
Renee Meyer Ernst
Esther Windt
Cover Image
SINE QUA NON by Christopher Reno
Opening Excerpt
the united states of assimilation by Elena Vallejo
Editorial Staff
Evie Breitbach
Gregory Gomez
Maddie Schuh
Elena Vallejo
Makenna Verdon
Kirsten Webber
Esther Windt
Special Thanks
Galvin Fine Arts Center
SAU Art and Design Department
SAU Theatre Department
SAU English Department and the Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society
Quercus : (kwûrkûs) Latin. (n.)
The oak genus: a deciduous hardwood
tree or shrub
Quercus
Volume 34
Spring 2025
“I raise my hand / to my heart / and follow the prayer we sing / to the flag.”
WORDS
Emily Murphy
David Dowell
Sami Kelting
Andrew Leathers
Kelsey Rentfro-Cline
Andrew Leathers
Elena Vallejo
Michelle Peterson
Elena Vallejo
Kaitlyn Lamb
Gregory Gomez
Elena Vallejo
Evie Breitbach
Evie Breitbach
Isabelle Nelson
David Dowell
Isabelle Nelson
Shalyn Ford Womack
Aubrey Williams
Gregory Gomez
Suveah Gritton
Sami Kelting
David Dowell
Maddie Schuh
David Dowell
* Denotes a recipient of the Sigma Tau Delta Award
Emily Murphy
Sami Kelting
Kelsey Rentfro-Cline
Elena Vallejo
Elena Vallejo
Gregory Gomez
Evie Breitbach
Isabelle Nelson
Isabelle Nelson
Aubrey Williams
Suveah Gritton
David Dowell
David Dowell
David Dowell
Andrew Leathers
Andrew Leathers
Michele Petersen
Kaitlyn Lamb
Elena Vallejo
Evie Breitbach
David Dowell
Shalynn Ford Womack
Gregory Gomez
Sami Kelting
Maddie Schuh
A/V
"Disconnect" by Haven Hospodar
VISUAL
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CREDITS
Advisor
Emily Kingery
Web Designers
Renee Meyer Ernst
Esther Windt
Cover Image
SINE QUA NON by Christopher Reno
Opening Excerpt
the united states of assimilation by Elena Vallejo
Editorial Staff
Evie Breitbach
Gregory Gomez
Maddie Schuh
Elena Vallejo
Makenna Verdon
Kirsten Webber
Esther Windt
Special Thanks
Galvin Fine Arts Center
SAU Art and Design Department
SAU Theatre Department
SAU English Department and the Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society
Quercus : (kwûrkûs) Latin. (n.)
The oak genus: a deciduous hardwood tree or shrub
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