Volume XLII · 2021–22
Triad Volume XLII · 2021–22
Hillsborough College student magazine of art and literature
Editor’s Note
Hillsborough Community College provides opportunities for students along many stages in their academic career, serving as an avenue for education wherever the path may lead. This year’s edition of the Triad comes amid a time of confusion and fear making its purpose more clear than ever. The hardships brought by the COVID-19 pandemic have affected students at every level. With the help and dedication of Dr. Gaspar and the Hawk Media Club, the Triad has proudly served as a vessel for the heart and soul of Hawks everywhere.
Art can come in many forms — love, pain, comfort, vulnerability — but throughout all works, each piece tells a story unique to its own. With this year’s edition, I want to stress the commitment of every contributor. The ability to continue to create and share your story through the struggles of this year are truly admirable. This commitment is what inspires the Triad to highlight art’s various embodiments, broadcasting the beauty and emotion of student work.
I am proud to have been a part of this year’s volume. I want to say thank you to all of the students who submitted to this year’s edition. Please enjoy this year’s volume of Hawk Media’s Triad.
— Caly Lassiter, Editor-in-Chief
Cover art by Natasha Rivera. Printed in 2022. Note: the printed cover of this issue reads “Volume XVIII”; it is Volume XLII in the Triad series.
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In this issue
Poetry
- The Modern Dilemma — Taylor Jones
- A Year with You — Alexandra Harwood
- Murdered an Angel — Xavier Blatch
- The Key to Life on Earth — Kaylin Ambrose Shaw
- Deforestation — MyKayla Henderson
- More — Katie Fortino
- All I Have — Caly Lassiter
- Apparition — Yacob Reyes
- Children — Meghan Bowman
- Germany — Yacob Reyes
- Florida — Yacob Reyes
- Long Distance — Lydia Gingrich
Fiction
- Damn — Xavier Blatch
- Room 317 — Kaylin Ambrose Shaw
- The Life of the Code — Cheryl Mcdonald
- Locator — Meghan Bowman
Nonfiction
- The Secret Life of an American Cadaver — Amaryllis Rivera
- Quaranteen Romance — Yacob Reyes
- Buried in Silence: How the Other Half Lives — Yacob Reyes
- Feeling the Pulse: Checking for Bucs Fever — Cole Maines
- A Trip to New York and the Death of Our Daily Lives — Bacino, Katon and E. Reyes
- COVID-19 Alters the Way We Deal with Change — JaDisia Crichlow
- Thousands Flood the Hillsborough River for the Super Bowl Champs — Caly Lassiter
Art
- Triggered — Ingrid Glover
- Captured Angel — Carrington Tanner
- Look Over Here! — Naya Elliot
- Mars — My Nguyen
- #CODEBLUE — Sanna Inkin
- Broken — Naya Elliot
- Untitled — My Nguyen
Photography
- Damn — Cassandra Carthers
- Steps — Gabriela Mendez
- Hands of Art — Mariah Costa
- The Boxer — Natasha Rivera
- Confidence — Naomi Rivera Berrios
- Shoes — Darielle Brisbane
- Just Smile — Naomi Rivera Berrios
- Eyes Skyward — Naomi Rivera Berrios
- Photo 1 & 2 — Sanna Inkin
- No — Hayam Sheikh
- Packed — Gabriela Mendez
- Gone — Gabriela Mendez
- Glitter — Gabriela Mendez