Text Box: them to keep their stories small and concentrate on evoking an emotional response from the reader. They succeeded. How they succeeded. Right now I challenge you, reader, to get through this issue without feeling a catch in your throat or a tear in your eye. I still can't do it and I've read it many times. Of course, evoking emotion doesn't just mean making people cry. There's humour here, too, and stories to make you think. So grab a box of Kleenex, just in case, and enjoy the ride. And don't forget to double-click when it says to, there's neat stuff waiting if you do. Judith IISWAIImmigrant and International Students with Awesome IdeasText Box: Once again, welcome to IISWAI. This issue is bittersweet in couple of ways. The first reason is that while IISWAI will continue into the next semester, the hardworking students who have contributed such wonderful stories over the last three months, will not. For this group of students, IISWAI is at an end. The school year is over and many of them are leaving PEI to begin new lives elsewhere in Canada. While I wish them all the very best for the future I am sad to see them go, and they are sad to leave. The second reason is that this issue is devoted to the emotions through poetry and fiction. When I gave the students the outline for this issue, they were all very worried about how difficult it would be. So I told

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