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Aftertaste, John Novak

Jurgen Banned Art Comics Contest

Honorable mention in the 2023 Jurgen Banned Art Comics Contest.

A metaphorical consideration of the outsized impact a single censor can have on the larger community.

The Devil's Fire, H. M. Smith

Jurgen Banned Art Comics Contest

Honorable mention in the 2023 Jurgen Banned Art Comics Contest.

This comic captures the drama of a 1979 vinyl record burning and counter-protest.

Relationship Between Religion And Native American Identity, Gennaro W. Milo

Graduate Research Posters

The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a relationship between religious affiliation and Native American Identity. Based on the findings of this study, a component of a Native American's Identity is their religious affiliation. To contribute to the research on Native American and Alaskan Native identity, this study targeted the teenage demographic of ages 12 to 19 years old. Over growing concern, expressed by tribal elders, about a loss of cultural identity amongst teens, this study investigates a connection between a teen’s sense of identity and their religious affiliation (Quigley, 2019). This study used a multiple-choice …

My Cup Runneth Over: The Evolution Of Acceptance In Sonny's Blues, Glynis M. Boyd

Undergraduate Research Posters

Literature Abstract

My Cup Runneth Over:

The Evolution of Acceptance in “Sonny’s Blues”

“Not everything that can be faced can changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced”

James Baldwin

The greatest gift of literature is the mirror it provides for us to see ourselves both as we are and who we can be.

James Baldwin, one of the most prolific writers of the 20^th century, was a creative advocate of this method, as demonstrated in his writing. Sonny’s Blues, one of Baldwin’s most widely read and discussed short stories, asks the reader to consider provocative …