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Letter From The Editor: Bad
Letter From The Editor: Bad

lukey walden

A Portrait for Palmer

A Portrait for Palmer

Even an unmoving edifice like Palmer Hall can be pulled into a new drama by someone else’s invention. Lukey Walden’s (‘17) Studio Art thesis show, “They! Them!! Here!!!” used the second floor landing and second floor of Palmer to display portraits they’d painted of transgender, queer and gender non-conforming individuals from the CC and Colorado Springs community. The title of each painting is the subject’s name, and a note reminds viewers to refer to each subject with “they” pronouns.

Lonely Business

In November of 1990, in an Alaskan strip club called Sands North, Sandy was sexually assaulted in a corner of the dark room. She was 17 years old, and it was her first day working as a dancer. She was good at dancing. Once, in 1989, she had performed with the Minnesota Vikings cheerleaders. But, as she puts it, she was “shaking like a little leaf” on her first day in the club.