introduction
In this last issue of Fathom for the
1978 fall semester, we are announcing the
winners of our photography, poetry and
short story contests. The contests were
announced in early October and by the
Nov. 8 deadline Fathom had received 120
photographs, 271 poems and 42 short
stories.
Daily Nebraskan photographers Mark
Billingsley, Bob Pearson and Ted Kirk
judged the photographs. They were assisted
by Pete Mason, former Daily Nebraskan
entertainment editor and humor columnist.
D. Scott Stalnaker, a senior agriculture
communications major from St. Paul won
$50 for his first place photo. Steven M.
Smith, will receive $30 for his second place
photograph. Smith is a freshman journal
ism major from Lincoln. Mike Sweeney, a
junior journalism major from Lincoln, is
awarded $20 for his third place picture.
Honorable mention was won by Ron
Geibert, a fine arts graduate student, from
Omaha; John Salinas, a freshman from Lin
coln; Robert Coplen, a business senior
from Douglas, and Barbara Thielen, a fresh
man law student from Omaha.
Mason and Daily Nebraskan sports
editor Jim Kay judged the poetry and fic
tion entries. Both Mason and Kay are
published writers.
Robert Manning, Jr., a senior art major
from Lincoln, will receive $25 for his first
place short story. A freshman geology
major from North Bend and Morse Bluff,
Dave Bauer will receive $15 for his second
place winner. And Dianne Coussens, a
freshman speech pathology major from
Russellville, Ark. won $10 for her third
place story.
In the poetry contest, Janice Harring
ton, a Teachers College senior, won $25 for
her first place poem. B.L. Hike won $15
for second place. Eike is junior French ma
jor from Norfolk. Ten dollars was won by
Marie Mahoney for her third place poem.
Mahoney is a sophomore English major
from Lincoln.
M. Caffrey, a graduate student from
North Platte won, with Harrington and
Mahoney, honorable mention in the
poetry contest.
All contestants may pick up their en
tries at the Daily Nebraskan office today or
next week. Because of the number of en
tries, it is impossible for us to personally
contact every contestant, but we would
like to thank each for his or her partici
pation in the contests.
amy lenzen, editor
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"A woman is like pepper: til you have
chewed it, you do not know how hot it is.
-Hausa proverb
The woman who is like pepper,
the woman whose love is like tabasco sauce,
is an angry woman.
Men think to grind her up.
They want to put her cunt between
the millstone of their thighs.
They want to chew on her, but
choke and spit her out.
The woman like pepper,
is hot and can not be touched .
Is burning: a light
for her daughters to see by.
"A vigorous pepper plant
will yield as much as six or
seven pounds of pepper."
A healthy woman has a lot of anger
She makes good chili.
She stuffs her womb with recipes.
And every month bleeds the color red.
Red pepper is the hottest.
tall women with strong backs
pick the pepper plants
spreading it on mats.
As it dries it wrinkles and darkens
There's a certain amount of
dying in an angry woman.
A certain number of dreams
left to dry and shrivel up.
Fathom Editor: Amy Lenzen. Managing Editor: Mary
Jo Howe. Cover Design and Layout: Liz Beard.
Fathom is a magazine published by the Daily Nebras
kan. Editor in Chief: Carla Engstrom. Advertising Mana
ger: Denise Jordan. Production Manager: Kitty Policky.
Business Manager: Jerri Haussler.
Unless covered by another copyright, material may be
reprinted without permission if attributed to Fathom,
magazine of the Daily Nebraskan.
Fathom is distributed tri weekly on Fridays with the
Daily Nebraskan.
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fathom
friday, december 1, 1978