2012 Delta Winds

A Magazine of Student Essays

A Publication of San Joaquin Delta College 2012

Table of Contents

• Letter from the Editors
• A Moment Most Sad
  John Hawkins reflects on his saddest memory and how it has changed his outlook on life.
• Epiphany
  Dennis Zevely speaks of being bogged down, lost without ambition, waiting for change to arrive.
• Hamlet: Anti-Hero
  TyaCamellia Allred lays out the particulars that prove Hamlet to be far from the heroic figure so commonly believed.
• Ice Cream Cone
  Juan Pimentel describes the childhood days when he was forced into a life as an outcast.
• Parent and Child Communication
  Amanda Tamayo advises parents on how to refrain from passing on unattractive behavior patterns.
• Sister to Sister
  Taylor Stuart, in a personal letter, celebrates her sister's attributes and offers kind words of caution.
• The Invidious Nature of Competition
  Donald Kovis argues that the excesses of competition trigger more negative human behavior than positive.
• The Little Girl Once Called Faith
  Cara Rapphun searches for a missing mother and for answers to questions about her personal identity.
• The Peripheral Canal: What It Means for the Delta
  Tamara Piazza discusses water rights, levee failures, and exporting water to Southern California through a controversial water project.
• The Tenth Muse
  Maximiliano Canales analyzes a Sor Juana poem from the 1600s criticizing irrational and hypocritical male behavior.
• What's So Beautiful About It?
  Evangelina Lomas grows into the given name that causes struggles through her childhood.