Fear and Loathing. . . on the San Gabriel

a collection of nonfiction narratives
produced by students in Bob Bednar's journalism classes since 1999.

 

 

Personal Experience Narratives:

Liz Aksamit, "Seek the Joy" (Summer, 2017)

Andrew Bell, "Coming Out of My Closet" (Summer, 2000)

Caitlin Bell, "But Where Do I Follow the Yellow Brick Road?" (Summer, 2014)

Devon Bradley, "The Doctor Will See You Now" (Summer, 2016)

Meagan Bush, "No Connection Here" (Fall, 2002)

Gerald Chapa, "In the Beginning" (Summer, 2006)

Velissa Chapa, "Dark Times and New Beginnings" (Summer, 2006)

Joanne Chiang, "There Are Other Fish In the Sea" (Fall, 2000)

Lauren Coker, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Camp Counselor" (Summer, 2003)

Lauren Croman, "Being 17" (Summer, 2004)

Jennifer Cuevas, "Moments of Silence" (Fall, 2000)

Kristine D'Abadie, "Whose Baby?" (Summer, 2000)

Matt Davis, "Just Another Day" (Fall, 2002)

Krista Everson, "Slippery Slopes" (Summer, 2017)

Ricki Paige Fields, "One Day at a Time" (Fall, 1999)

Krista Fithian, "Siblings" (Summer, 2003)

Anthony Garcia, "On Love and Grief" (Summer, 2021)

Ashley Gordon, "Dog Days" (Summer, 2007)

Bethany Gregg, "Memorial Day" (Summer, 2004)

Haley Guida, "In Memory" (Summer, 2005)

Aransas Haley, "Stars Shine at the Bottom of a River" (Summer, 2020)

Thomas Hanks, "Stabbing Clarence" (Summer, 2002)

Kelly Hayden, "Tree of Life" (Fall, 2000)

Camelia Henry, "I'll Carry it With Me Wherever I Go" (Summer, 2018)

Kory Hubbard, "Love is Rage" (Summer, 2018)

Andrea Hull, "Memories" (Fall, 2000)

Kim Hull, "Butterfly" (Summer, 2002)

Erika Kleinschmidt, "Love's Goodbyes are Always Tragic" (Summer, 2006)

Lacy Klosterman, "Orange Peels" (Fall, 2002)

Jason Knecht, "Twenty 'Gage' Shadow" (Fall, 2000)

Erica Krueger, "Struggles" (Summer, 2002)

Jacque Lane, "Fireball" (Fall, 2002)

Candace Loessin, "Broken Inside" (Summer, 2006)

Amanda Lott, "Our Special Place" (Summer, 2006)

Meagan Lyons, "Dann" (Fall, 2000)

Ryan McKee, "The Grand Connection" (Summer, 2003)

Nathan Mery, "My First love" (Summer, 2003)

Neil Minocha, "Little Sanjay" (Summer, 2004)

Matthew Miniat, "Leap of Faith" (Summer, 2016)

Erin Murphy, "Not in Kansas Anymore" (Fall, 2002)

Valentina Olivieri-Puentes, "Time of Loss" (Summer, 2016)

Kat Owen, "It Doesn't Count If It's a Girl" (Summer, 2014)

Worth Payton, "Death and Rebirth" (Summer, 2016)

Monica Ramos, "Growing With My Mother" (Fall, 2002)

Sarah Reeves, "A Very 'Sarah' Job" (Summer, 2017)

Maritza Robles, "The Race I Didn't Know I Was Running" (Summer, 2014)

Katy Rothfelder, "Beiber Fever" (Summer, 2013)

Drew Sollberger, "Real Fiction" (Summer, 2004)

Rohan Sreenivasan, "Passing By" (Summer, 2007)

Mellissa Sweeney, "Escaping My History" (Fall, 2000)

Aiden Steinle, "From the Other Side" (Summer, 2019)

Ben Thompson, "God Grant Me Serenity" (Summer, 2003)

Jessica Tonahill, "Malignant Family" (Summer, 2004)

Kalie Trueper, "Running" (Summer, 2006)

Camilia Van Camp, "How Could I Know?" (Summer, 2001)

Thomas Volpe, "Shit Happens" (Summer, 2020)

Kevin Wallace, "Holding On" (Summer, 2016)

Brent Webster, "Lost!" (Fall, 2000)

Doug Whitworth, "A Footrace" (Fall, 1999)

Jeremy Wilson, "My Turtle Shell" (Summer, 2019)

Zoe Wilson, "Body Mass Index" (Summer, 2020)

Jill Winfree, "Cruising the Dead-End Circle" (Summer, 2001)

Eric Wivagg, "My Day With the Boys" (Fall, 2000)

Jared Woytasczyk, "The Way it Should Be" (Fall, 2002)

Natalie Young, "Best Laid Plans" (Summer, 2019)

Profile Narratives:

Joe Alexander, "Perfect Credit" (Summer, 2002)

Sara Anderson, "The Accidental, Atypical Preacher's Wife" (Summer, 2020)

Abbey Archer, "Macho Man" (Summer, 2021)

David Arrington, "Berger" (Summer, 2006)

Jim Bob Andrews, "Ramos Reviewed" (Fall, 2002)

Steven Bedingfield, "Pink Flamingo" (Fall, 2002)

Derek Berger, "Dave" (Summer, 2006)

Michelle Bishop, "Life as a Claire" (Fall, 2006)

Kate Bizzell, "A Family of Musicians" (Fall, 2006)

Melissa Boeckman, "Letters, Numbers, and Marriage: The Inner Life of a Preschooler" (Fall, 1999)

Danielle Brown, "Blown Expectations" (Summer, 2004)

Landon Carter, "Athena's Lessons to Aaron" (Summer, 2018)

Chris Cohen, "Chasing Butterflies" (Summer, 2001)

Angela Cortinas, "Kate the Great" (Fall, 2006)

A. J. Derryberry, "Seeing is Believing" (Fall, 1999)

Amy Emerson, "Your Name is What?" (Fall, 2002)

Chris Ford, "Sam Goes to Camp" (Fall, 2000)

Jeff Gabbert, "Without a Map" (Summer, 2002)

Amanda Gordon, "A Smiling Face" (Fall, 2006)

Sara Gray, "Of Love and Mutts" (Summer, 2000)

Jessica Guerrero, "Relaxed and Ready to Go" (Summer, 2006)

Lindy Hauenstein, "The Red" (Fall, 2002)

Michelle Herschberger, "Safety's Off" (Summer, 2014)

Valerie Hester, "Zoe for Prez" (Summer, 2020)

Karla Hidalgo, "Like a Puzzle With Missing Pieces" (Summer, 2001)

Kelly Hill, "Wouldn't Change a Thing" (Fall, 2006)

Becca Horton, "Born to Run" (Fall, 2006)

Jack Jacobs, "Better Today Than Yesterday" (Summer, 2016)

Jennifer Johnson, "Bridging the Gap" (Summer, 2001)

Andrea Jones, "The Connection" (Fall, 1999)

Bridget Jones, "The Christina Lim Show" (Fall, 2002)

Meredith Jukkola, "With Her Friends" (Fall, 2002)

Morgan Kelly, "Little Pinned Hats" (Summer, 2016)

Amanda Kennedy, "Into the Fire" (Fall, 2006)

Jonathan Kessler, "The Narc" (Fall, 2006)

Sherry Lewis, "Balance" (Summer, 2006)

Stephanie Little, "Lights, Camera, Amelia" (Fall, 2006)

Christina Lim, "Superwoman" (Fall, 2002)

Robert March, "A Musical Journey" (Summer, 2000)

Ella Massaquoi, "This Realist is a Romantic" (Summer, 2020)

Ashlee McCarthy, "Paradise Found" (Summer, 2002)

Jennifer Page, "Finding 'Your Own Skin'" (Summer, 2001)

Jillian Palmieri, "In Definition of Oneself: Hilda Gutierrez's Story" (Fall, 1999)

Christian Papic, "The Mystique of Jack Jacobs" (Summer, 2016)

Amreen Rajabali, "Life Without Ice Cream" (Summer, 2003)

Celia Rangel, "Product Unveiling" (Summer, 2002)

Savanna Reeves, "Viva Las Vegas" (Summer, 2020)

Molly Selz, "Love Like a Magnet" (Summer, 2020)

Josh Shepherd, "A Familiar Sort of Worry" (Summer, 2001)

Anna Sykes, "A Place Where We're Understood" (Fall, 2000)

Liz Thornton, "Becoming Ms. Ferrick" (Fall, 2006)

Camille Waters, "Earnest Ernest" (Summer, 2005)

Marta Zuzeviciute, "Rebel With Causes" (Summer, 2019)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive Nonfiction Narratives:

David Acosta, "Crazy" (Summer, 2006)

Jessie Asmussen, "Keeping Secrets" (Summer, 2003)

Chelsea Baldwin, "Words May Never Hurt Me" (Summer, 2002)

Kali Bramble, "Beyond the Acrobatics: A Deep Dive Into Bat City" (Summer, 2018)

Lori Bratton, "He Said He Loved Me . . . And Then He Tried to Kill Me" (Summer, 2001)

Larkin Brockette, "Down the Rabbit Hole" (Summer, 2003)

Tim Brooks, "It's a Hard Knock Life" (Fall, 2002)

Katey Brown, "Smile Even Though You're Aching" (Fall, 2006)

Kristi Carl, "Taking Out the White Trash" (Summer, 2000)

Madeline Carracso, "162.5 Million Bags of Peanuts" (Summer, 2003)

Zoe Colonna, "Uncle Tony" (Summer, 2016)

Carly Cooper, "Deja Brew" (Summer, 2013)

Robyn Crummer, "The 'It Girl': An Intimate Profile of a Dancer at JOY Men's Club" (Fall, 2000)

Luis Cuellar, "Edison Pride" (Fall, 2000)

Cassie Dallas, "Duality: The Advocate's Role" (Summer, 2006)

Victoria Edwards, "In the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Sprit" (Summer, 2001)

Mackenzie Elrod, "Rehabilitate Me, Please" (Summer, 2016)

Dani Ezzell, "Uneasy Rider" (Summer, 2013)

Laura Gabriel, "A Bartender's Guide to Keeping the Job" (Summer, 2007)

Nandan Gad, "Unavoidable" (Fall, 2002)

Susan Garey, "Going to the Chapel" (Summer, 2004)

Laura Gonzales, "Lifestyles of the Loyal and Heroic" (Summer, 2016)

Ben Graham, "Going, Going, Gone" (Fall, 2002)

Mary Jane Green, "Stoned Perspectives" (Summer, 2001)

Debi Guerra, "Fighting More Than Flames" (Fall, 1999)

Cecilia Guevara, "Be Aware of Man" (Fall, 2001)

Jessica Harper, "Life Outside the Bubble" (Summer, 2005)

Peter Hartley, "Recycled Memories" (Summer, 2003)

Jeff Hilliard, "The Loss of Innocence" (Summer, 2000)

Leslie Hollaway, "The Zen of Surf" (Summer, 2005)

Katie Kirkendall, "Broken Families, Broken Hearts, Broken Dreams" (Fall, 2000)

Desiree Johnson, "Born to be Wild" (Summer, 2005)

Chris Justl, "Painting American Families" (Summer, 2003)

Chris Lord, "One Man's--and One People's--Search For Identity and Justice" (Summer, 2000)

Shanna Lucas, "Brotherhood on the Fly" (Summer, 2017)

Andrew Magnuson, "Local Heroes" (Fall, 2000)

Barrett Michael, "Eight Dynamics of a Christian, a Scientologist, and a Cynic" (Summer, 2003)

Michael Morgan, "Spider Man Sits in a Chair, Looking Out the Window" (Summer, 2007)

Sam Mortazavi, "A New Home, For Better or Worse" (Fall, 2006)

Ben Oliver, "The Dealer's Gamble" (Fall, 2006)

Tiffany Owens, "Stacey's Journey" (Summer, 2000)

Michelle Patronella, "Dogs and Mexicans Not Allowed" (Summer, 2004)

Samantha Peden, "Untitled" (Fall, 2000)

Marianne Prescott, "Sparking Change in the Shape of the College as a Whole" (Summer, 2001)

Kris Radusch, "Coffeehouse Confession" (Fall, 2002)

Meredith Rasmussen, "Who Were the Fathers of the Sons of the Confederate Veterans?" (Summer, 2019)

Charlie Rivas, "The Meaning of Words" (Summer, 2006)

Aaron Robinson, "A Fork in the Road" (Summer, 2018)

Ryan Roe, "Different Things to Different People" (Fall, 2000)

Becky Sellers, "The Commune" (Summer, 2000)

Layla Sinno, "A Voice in the Crowd" (Summer, 2021)

Lauren Springer, "Not Another Geek" (Summer, 2006)

John Stevenson, "Watching Paint Dry" (Fall, 2000)

Demi Tomasides, "Elizabeth Hinojosa, Who Fell from Heaven and Broke Her Body" (Summer, 2021)

Carolina Trevino, "A Simple Man, A Not So Simple Story" (Summer, 2017)

Jeanna Van Pelt, "Losing Control" (Summer, 2004)

Kristina Vierma, "A Light in the Darkness" (Summer, 2016)

Sarah Winn, "No One Grows Up Brady" (Summer, 2000)

Stacy Zane, "A Secret Life" (Summer, 2007)

 

 

 

 

 

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Design, Photography, and Text © 2022 by Bob Bednar

Department of Communication Studies
Southwestern University
Georgetown, Texas 78626 USA
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