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Creative Writing


Poem | To Find a Valentine
By Savannah Hague February 14, 2020 To Find a Valentine To find a Valentine One that says from my heart to Thine For a man to find a...
Feb 18, 20201 min read


Op-Ed | The Daily Struggles and Successes of Sophomore Life
By Morgan Hixson February 16, 2020 It’s about that time of year again, folks. The time where I kick back, relax, and complain about...
Feb 18, 20202 min read


Poem | Fall
By Celeste Erwin November 21, 2019 FALL Leaves Drowning in Mounds of dust, Their colors flying everywhere, Their sacredness and purity...
Nov 21, 20191 min read


Creative Writing | The Colors of Campus
By Zoe Mason November 21, 2019 The Colors of Campus Library Wonderfully made in yellow pages Wheeler Blue paints a beautiful laboratory...
Nov 21, 20191 min read

Poem | Taco Bell
By Morgan Hixson November 7, 2019 Taco Bell Everyone loves you Taco Bell From the drinks you have to the food you sell Your tables are...
Nov 21, 20191 min read


Op-Ed | Awful Advice on Campus
By Zoe Mason October 8, 2019 For my first article for Omnibus, I thought it'd be cool to list the best worst advice I've received, given,...
Oct 14, 20192 min read


Op-Ed | Inside the Mind of a Modern Genius
By Morgan Hixson October 8, 2019 Greetings to all, especially my devoted and adoring fans, which at this point should be all of you....
Oct 14, 20194 min read


Campus News | In Memoriam
By Sarah Johnson October 1, 2019 Someone is trying to murder me. I just have to figure out who. Fit & Well class no longer matters-- not...
Oct 14, 20193 min read


Op-Ed | Reviewing SBU’s Campus
By Morgan Hixson It is now my second year as a student at SBU. Now that I am a veteran student, I’m really starting to think I know the...
Sep 19, 20193 min read


Poem | Midnight Procrastination
Teagan Taafe May 9, 2019 This poem is due at the crack of dawn and I have hardly started. Maybe I should mull over the syllabus one final...
May 13, 20191 min read


Poem | Written English
Justice Westmoreland May 9, 2018 A beautiful organization of words To reveal deepest desires A mind wild with imagination A safe haven...
May 13, 20191 min read

Op-Ed | SBU Overheard: Volume 1
By Morgan Hixson May 9, 2019 Over my first year at SBU, I have done my best to be aware of the people around me, just in case I overhear...
May 13, 20192 min read


Poem | An Ode to Mellers
By Morgan Hixson 25 April 2019 Alas, Mellers Dining Facility What vocabularic words can thus be said about thee? Might one try the sweet,...
Apr 29, 20191 min read


Poem | Put Down The Lyrics
By Breanna Prater 11 April 2019 Why are there so many love songs? The stories they tell are as unhealthy as they are beautiful, And the...
Apr 15, 20191 min read


Op-Ed | The Five Types of Note Takers
By Morgan Hixson 11 April 2019 If you are like me, you are a college student. As college students you and I have many things in common,...
Apr 15, 20193 min read


Short Story | Major Decision
By Thomas Schaal March 28, 2019 “You can always change," but not without cost. Together they stand atop a glistening tower seemingly...
Apr 2, 20191 min read


Short Story | Road Tripping with Me, Myself, and I
By Morgan Hixson March 28, 2019 Spring Break. For many people Spring Break means trips with friends and family to traditional vacation...
Apr 2, 20193 min read


Humor | The Continued Struggles and Successes of Freshman Life
By Morgan Hixon March 09, 2019 The other day when I was running out of ways to procrastinate on studying for midterms, I began reading...
Mar 12, 20193 min read


Poetry | Hopelessly in Love
By Justice Westmoreland March 09, 2019 Kiss me slowly. Sway to the rhythm of the ocean waves crashing against the shore. Hold me close as...
Mar 12, 20191 min read


Poetry | Writer's Block
By Morgan Hixson February 21, 2019 He sat down at his desk to write Whatever came to mind Then looked around for inspiration He could not...
Feb 26, 20191 min read


Op-Ed | Speaking Love Languages
By Justice Westmoreland February 21, 2019 After being in a relationship with an individual for an extended period of time, we tend to...
Feb 26, 20193 min read


Op-Ed | New Year, Better You
By Justice Westmoreland February 11, 2019 Can you believe that we are already five weeks into 2019? Where did the time go? In this...
Feb 12, 20193 min read


Humor | If You're Craving Honeycomb
Morgan Hixson February 11, 2019 Craving Honeycomb? Don’t feel like finding a store that sells any? You’re in luck! Simply obey this...
Feb 11, 20192 min read


Short Story | The Race of My Life
By Blake Robinett December 6, 2018 Cross country was the greatest experience of my life. Anyone who knows me well enough knows this, but...
Dec 10, 20183 min read


Short Story | The Bicycle
By Morgan Hixson December 6, 2018 It was the Christmas of 2006. I'm sure I asked for dozens of toys and things, but I don't remember...
Dec 10, 20182 min read


Poem | Post Secret
By Thomas Schaal December 6, 2018 Our flower has been wilting for months now. The crimson petals now brown, The buzzing words now still....
Dec 10, 20181 min read
Humor | SBU's Most Wanted
By "Blaine" November 15, 2018 This is a warning. My name is-- well, I cannot say, for reasons which will soon become obvious. Call me...
Nov 19, 20183 min read


Prose | Regret
By Thomas Schaal November 1, 2018 It’s 10:32 on a Thursday night and here you sit pondering what you could’ve done better. Maybe you...
Nov 6, 20181 min read


Poem | Hmmm...It Might Fit
By Ethan Galindo November 1, 2018 She was wonderful Oh, I mean, She is wonderful She’s gone now, just out of grasp we agreed it’s for the...
Nov 6, 20181 min read

Short Story | 1 Dark Night, 2 Different Perspectives
By Morgan Hixson November 1, 2018 It has only just now occurred to me that my situation could be considered less than ideal, from a...
Nov 6, 20186 min read


Short Story | Intertwining Souls
By Justice Westmoreland October 18, 2018 Love. An intangible mass built upon promises kept, phone calls until dawn stretches the morning...
Oct 25, 20182 min read


Lyric Parody | Hallelujah (Gospel Version)
By Morgan Hixson October 18, 2018 We were made perfect but chose to sin Only God knows what could've been Because you don't really care...
Oct 25, 20182 min read


Poem | Ode to Autumn
By Thomas Schaal October 4, 2018 Fall has come upon us. Never is it late and never is it hurried. It is always right on time and comes...
Oct 8, 20181 min read


Poem | Brain Dead
By Ethan Galindo October 4, 2018 Oh, sh*t! My brain is dead, empty thoughts inside my head rattle round and tumble out, a constant stream...
Oct 8, 20181 min read


Poem | Headlights and Taillights
By Morgan Hixson October 4, 2018 As I drive down these roads Each day, every night, I look up, I look back, and I see headlights and I...
Oct 8, 20181 min read


Short Story | Christmas Presence
By Justice Westmoreland September 19, 2018 For my entire life, I have always thought of Christmas as a day for an abundance of presents,...
Sep 27, 20182 min read


Short Story | The Wallet
By Morgan Hixson September 20, 2018 He had been having one of those weeks. One where a ton of those little things and a couple of really...
Sep 24, 20182 min read


Poem | A New Friend
By Ethan Galindo September 20, 2018 I sit in class bored and numb Till offered a piece of gum A silver stick gleaming bright Gripped by...
Sep 24, 20181 min read


Short Story | The Son
By Hannah Johnson September 6, 2018 Two parents started moving into their new home with their 2-month-old son. They brought in the crib...
Sep 10, 20181 min read


Poem | Rush: A Tribute
By Ethan Galindo September 6, 2018 Rush A Tribute For forty years The recipients of a million cheers They’re Creating, Striving, Jiving,...
Sep 10, 20181 min read


Humor | The Daily Struggles and Successes of Freshman Life
By Morgan Hixson September 6, 2018 In hindsight, maybe I should have written that will after all. That was the surprisingly rational...
Sep 10, 20183 min read


Poem | Ode to Mountains
By Katelyn Bloom July 22, 2018 Your beauty takes me My breath My heart My soul I’d climb a million times To see you To hear you To...
Jul 25, 20181 min read


Poetry | Grasping for Heartfelt Memories at Dusk
By Audrey Russell June 21, 2018 As the warm rays of tender, piercing light slip down the side of the Earth I stretch an arm out to my...
Jun 27, 20181 min read
Poetry | Lord, Let Me Be an Oreo
By Emma Kirksey May 17, 2018 Lord, Let Me Be an Oreo where You are the filling and I am the cookies May others taste You and not know...
May 20, 20181 min read


Poetry | Seasons of Emotions
By Yonaton McHugh May 9, 2018 When all around is green and bliss. I can remember a time when it was grey. That's something I willn't...
May 12, 20181 min read


Poem | Broken
By Breanna Prater May 9, 2018 Broken. We are all Broken. No matter who you are, No matter what you do, No matter what life has thrown at...
May 12, 20181 min read


Poem | Untitled
By Ethan Galindo May 8, 2018 A Father A kind strong man; he works the land My Father comes home Amidst the world he makes his stand And...
May 12, 20181 min read

Poem | Crafting Poems and Scrubbing Pots
By Audrey Russell May 1, 2018 I hold onto Billy Collins’ words of the future, of the dance we can’t imagine. I hope to waltz around the...
May 5, 20181 min read


Poetry | Untitled
By Ethan Galindo April 30, 2018 The Darkness comes At times unbidden From it then my face is hidden Old and tired Are mind and soul The...
May 5, 20181 min read


Poetry | If I Speak
By Caleb Burnham April 25, 2018 If I speak, Tyranny comes to an end. If I speak, There is someone I will offend. If I speak, People can...
Apr 27, 20181 min read
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