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Power Outage, And Other Poems, Wendy Oram-Smith

Senior Scholar Papers

Contents -

At the Starry Night Cafe

AIbino Buffalo

Monteverdi In The Rain

Lust

Litter

Poem After The Chinese

Cleere's Pub

Treasure Island

Nipple

Periwinkle

Talkeetna

Beached Whale

Spending Christmas in the land of Enchantment

Easter

Poem For Emily Dickinson

Second Hand Gifts

The Power Outage

October

In The Observation Car

Westerly

Realistic Abstractions, Kenneth Bailey

Senior Scholar Papers

This Senior Scholar project has been an attempt to develop an abstract style of representation. My title, "Realistic Abstraction", seems to be a contradiction, but I am using this terminology to refer to the degree of abstraction that I attempted to reach in my work, where the nonobjective elements are equally as important as the representational elements. I used my prior studies in realistic rendering as a starting point in a quest for a higher degree of abstraction than I had been previously using in my art. I wished to maintain an equal sense of reality and abstraction because I …

The American Indian : The Creation Of A National Native American Heritage, 1880-1920, Brian A. Schwegler

Senior Scholar Papers

In this project I examine several of the ideological forces acting upon Native American cultures from 188Q..1920. During this period, Native Americans were subject to extraordinary pressure to assimilate, constituting a virtually bloodless war against traditional Native American identities. As a result the ideology of the majority society infiltrated Native American tribal groups and helped to break down the traditional borders of tribal identity. I focus on three major forces leading to the shift from traditional bounded identity to nebulous Pan-Indian identity. The first is the influence of the federal government and its policies, especially concerning Native American education. The …

Diners In America : An Evolutionary Process, Jill Gardner

Honors Theses

A diner is now, as it has always been, a restful spot. It is a restful spot that is currently branching out into chains to capitalize on this same sentiment all over the nation. It focuses on the caricature like qualities that people recognize in a diner. People are willing to pay a little more, not much more, but a little more, to get away from McDonald's. These restaurants have been built with old memories but with new conveniences and some new menus. Finally, with health food on the march, I have to ask--where else can you eat a big …