By Mia Steere Spring 2007 Kaplan Award Winner I pull my silver Jetta up next to a well-manicured lawn. I hear rubber scrape cement. Damn. I have come too close to the curb. As usual. There are probably four tires-worth of rubber smashed onto curbs around Seattle because of me. I have no peripheral vision, … Read More

By Mia Steere Spring 2007 Kaplan Award Winner Growing up surrounded by snow-sport enthusiasts should have inspired me to follow suit; however, as the youngest child and only girl, I found myself constantly left behind. Since last place was never a comfortable spot for me, I opted to take a break from the slopes. My … Read More

By Annalisa Giust Spring 2007 Kaplan Award Winner They start you slowly with bones but this is still a morgue. Albeit a morgue with an interior decorator and lighting designer but still… I’m nervous. My hands are sweaty. The scapula is such a pretty bone one wonders, did we ever have the potential to develop … Read More

By Chris Heide Spring 2007 Kaplan Award Winner “Oh my god. You guys are so old” says Amy Carlson to her parents as they sit down to a late family dinner. “They were dancing to rap music in the car!” she says to me. Sitting down to eat steaming plates of spaghetti, the Carlson family … Read More

By Erin Hicks Spring 2007 Kaplan Award Winner Originally I planned to write about an underground rock musician in Seattle. I was going to describe the Seattle music scene as seen through the eyes of a struggling musician. I wanted to find someone who knew a lot of musicians, and underground spots in this city. … Read More