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Remembering An Invasion: The Panama Intervention In America’S Political Memory, Dave Nagaji Dec 2018

Remembering An Invasion: The Panama Intervention In America’S Political Memory, Dave Nagaji

Senior Theses

In December of 1989, the United States launched Operation Just Cause, a military invasion of the country of Panama, capturing Manuel Noriega and overthrowing his government. This research project examines how Colin Powell, Richard Cheney, James Baker, and George H.W. Bush presented Operation Just Cause in their memoirs. It attempts to determine how these senior leaders’ depictions of this invasion incorporated it into the Bush administration’s overall foreign-policy strategy. The research finds that their general approach was to present the Panama intervention as an isolated incident which had no intentional link to other major events at the time, was not …


The Lessons Of Charity Lamb, Melia Hannigan-Luther Aug 2018

The Lessons Of Charity Lamb, Melia Hannigan-Luther

The Case of Charity Lamb (2018)

This poem inspired by the case of Charity Lamb is stylistically based on Jamaica Kincaid’s poem “Girl.”


Guide To The Stephen Teal Collection, Linfield College Archives Jul 2018

Guide To The Stephen Teal Collection, Linfield College Archives

Linfield Archives Finding Aids

Collection of framed photographs, CD, silkscreen print, and postcard collected by Dr. Stephen Teal.


Guide To The Zimmerman Collection, Linfield College Archives Jul 2018

Guide To The Zimmerman Collection, Linfield College Archives

Linfield Archives Finding Aids

Celia Zimmerman was an alumna of Linfield College (1935). She and her brother, Gordon Zimmerman, were longtime residents of Yamhill County and were involved in the arts during their lives in McMinnville. Gordon, an operatically trained tenor, premiered the American performance of Carmina Burana by Carl Orff in 1954 and occasionally sang with the Linfield Choir, notably in a Messiah production.


“The Time Is Always Now:” James Baldwin In Trump’S America, Chase Stowell May 2018

“The Time Is Always Now:” James Baldwin In Trump’S America, Chase Stowell

Senior Theses

Gone is the optimism regarding race relations that dominated the early years of Obama’s presidency. Trump’s meteoric rise has given Americans pause, and in this time of potential reflection, it is important to re-examine James Baldwin. This essay analyzes Baldwin’s understanding of race from the inception of racism in America until its theoretical end, combining Baldwin’s novels and essays to propose practices that will help America move beyond the racial problem that has haunted its history. James Baldwin’s demand of individual reflection upon one’s system of reality necessitates the end of political demonology, as well as a reframing of rhetoric …


Guide To The Blumenstiel Collection, Linfield College Archives Feb 2018

Guide To The Blumenstiel Collection, Linfield College Archives

Linfield Archives Finding Aids

The collection showcases the life and work of Helen Blumenstiel, chair of the Fine Arts department at Linfield College from 1953-1965. Her contributions made a lasting impact on the art department at Linfield, and she paved the way for the department to expand from a single class to a full-fledged course of study.


My Grandfather Was An Illegal Immigrant: Guest Opinion, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner Jan 2018

My Grandfather Was An Illegal Immigrant: Guest Opinion, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner

Faculty Publications

In this opinion piece originally published in the Oregonian, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner reflects on his grandfather's immigration status in light of the Trump administration's decision to end temporary protection for 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants who came to the United States without documentation.