Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly
Volume 18, Issue 1 (2026) Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly 2025-2026
Studying Writing, Rhetoric, and Argumentation at Cal Poly
Mother Earth
Ainsley Gavin
Writing with Images
Look What You Caused
Alexa Valenzuela
Remember, Remember…
Emily Esqueda
Exploring Significant Moments
Forged by Adrenaline
Alex Boserup
Imaginary Friends and the Art of Character
Cat Schurter
Growing Apart
Eli Sniffen
Adventures in Handwriting
Joseph Burke
Casa Grande
Shanjay Chandraprakasam
A Mother’s Native Tongue
Emma De La Torre
In Search of Names
Gabi Orinshteyn
Profiling a Person, Place, Event, or Trend
Little Sister
Ainsley Gavin
To Fire, Passion, and Purpose
Dalaynee Daniels
Shiva Rajbhandari: Trustee and Activist
Hunter Pinkstaff
A Neighborhood Battle
Kyler Nord
The Art of Drag
Abby King
Low Frequencies, High Impact
Eliska Jelinek
Jerry, or Maybe Grandpa
Ty D . Cederstrom
Spreading Aloha One Musubi at a Time
Arjunan Easwarachandran
Analyzing Rhetorically
Tendrils Whisper Me
Lillian Turinsky
Keith Lee: The Power of Presentation
Roman Noravian
Trash-Talking Trash TV: A Rhetorical Analysis
Amelia Flint
Our Social Dilemma
Olivia Roman
Toothpaste on Tap: Robert F Kennedy’s Perspective
Ethan Gallagher
Engaging in Public Rhetoric and Argumentation
Educational Piracy: A Plan to Make a Change
Stearman Rubey
Writing Arguments
Incomprehensible
Alexa Valenzuela
Dumb Blonde
Rachel Moglia
The Right to Your Rights
Aidan Yoon
The Lesbian Dyke-otomy: Does “Dyke” Demonize or Defend?
Arabela Damarillo
Appendix
Stepping Over
Lillian Turinsky