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Change is never easy, and we know this is a challenging time as you navigate recent announcements affecting programs and operations at Oakland City University. We want you to know that your educational journey doesn’t have to pause.

At the University of Southern Indiana, we are fully committed to helping you transition seamlessly so you can stay on track with your education journey. We’ve designed this dedicated page specifically for you to explore our programs, access resources, learn about credit transfers and continue your education with minimal interruption.

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1999

SIR 1999

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Poetry

Hydrologic Sonnet — Leslie Adrienne Miller
No Man’s Land — Leslie Adrienne Miller
Archie and Veronica — Lynne Kuderko
Dream Father (Cloud Father) — Barbara Edelman
Inevitability — Terry D. Seaton 
Hit By a Hearse — Carol Carpenter
Routine — Grant Vecera 
Bad Breaks — Matthew Brennan
Selling the House — Jack R. Ridl
In the Olden Days — Richard Newman
A Tourist in New Harmony — Helga Kidder 
February Thaw — Jordan Smith
I Like It — Jordan Smith

Nonfiction

The Maker’s Manipulation of Time — Stephen Dobyns

Fiction

The Woman Who Received Stigmata on the Eve of Referendum — Patricia Aakhus
Disaster of the Catastrophic Kind — Kirby Gann 
The Truth about Mangoes — Jim McGarrah 
Nickels and Dimes — Richard Dokey

Creative Nonfiction

Vida O Dignidad Life or Dignity — Charles David Kleymeyer

Art/Photography

View of the Ohio from Pagoda, 1999 — Eric D. Braysmith
10 Holes in Indiana #1, 1998 — Chet Geiselman
Untitled Figure Study, 1998 — Matthew Gehring
A Difficult Landscape, 1998 — Anita Powell 
Main Street Walkway, Evansville, 1998 — Eric D. Braysmith
Amish Wash Day, 1998 — Charles L. Price
Sterling Brewery, Evansville, 1999 — Eric D. Braysmith
Wood Strawberry, 1996 — Charles L. Price
Untitled Muscles Study, 1998 — Matthew Gehring 
Winter Solstice, Ireland, 1988 — Michael K. Aakhus
Clonfinlough Stone, 1990 — Michael K. Aakhus
Land’s End Beach, 1996 — Yuri Reshanov
Gloves, 1998 — Chet Geiselman
Suburbs, Newburgh, Indiana, 1997 — Eric D. Braysmith 
Untitled Figure Study, 1998 — Matthew Gehring
10 Holes in Indiana #3, 1999 — Chet Geiselman