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Comforts With The "S", Reese Smith Sep 2026

Comforts With The "S", Reese Smith

Undercurrents: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Composition

Reese Smith is a nursing major from Quincy, MA. She says that she has come to realize how as a society we have very little comfort in our everyday lives and “often live a robotic lifestyle day in and day out, without taking much time to appreciate what is around us and incorporating comforts into our daily routines.” When writing this essay, Reese felt that she was able to take her own research and apply it to her daily life by taking time to infiltrate comforts (with an “s”) into her own routines. Her research is special to her since …


Femininity On Social Media, Allison Peguero Sep 2026

Femininity On Social Media, Allison Peguero

Undercurrents: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Composition

Allison Peguero is a biology major from Malden, MA. The inspiration for her research is having often “witnessed the hate women receive when sharing their interests and passions online.” Allison feels that this conduct has been “normalized” online and in social media. She also finds it interesting to witness the way people conduct themselves online versus the way they truly are offline. This juxtaposition inspired her essay “to not only explore this topic further, but to analyze how this connects with the misogyny that I and many other women have experienced online.” The freedom to pursue her interest in this …


Film's Depictions Of Mental Illness, Mandy May Sep 2026

Film's Depictions Of Mental Illness, Mandy May

Undercurrents: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Composition

Mandy May is a psychology major from Canton, CT. Mandy’s purpose for writing her essay was to spread awareness of the impact that negative portrayals of mental illnesses in the media have on audiences. She shares that, as a psychology major, she has always been “hyper-aware of the way films exaggerate and emphasize unrealistic stereotypes surrounding mental illness.” Mandy feels that this essay gave her the opportunity to “finally research more about the reality of these depictions, and to hear about how people with mental disorders are affected by negative portrayals.” With a growing interest in child psychology, fueled by …


Music And Mental Health, Yelena Hernandez Bonilla Sep 2026

Music And Mental Health, Yelena Hernandez Bonilla

Undercurrents: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Composition

Yelena Hernandez Bonilla is a public health major from Chelsea, MA. As an undergraduate student, Yelena began reflecting on her school experience and noticed how much music has helped her “whether feeling happy, stressed, overwhelmed, or just needing a moment to unwind.” She decided to write this essay because she sees how important music is for many students. Apart from just listening to music, Yelena has played the piano and guitar for many years. Her music has served as a crucial outlet and has become “a major part of who I am because it is something I love and enjoy …


Writing Is Really Really Scary, Brian Coughlin Sep 2026

Writing Is Really Really Scary, Brian Coughlin

Undercurrents: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Composition

Brian Coughlin is a biology major from Melrose, MA. He believes that “everyone has the capacity to write something beautiful, but so many people are turned off of it because they think of some boring English essay they had to write about The Catcher in the Rye in eleventh grade.” Brian’s goal in this essay is to show that writing is “so much more than cracking open a thesaurus to impress your teacher.” This piece of writing is important to Brian because it was one of the first essays he wrote while trying to break away from the conventional writing …


Leaving Brushstrokes On The Page: Writing That Grabs You And Demands Attention, Lauren Brown Sep 2026

Leaving Brushstrokes On The Page: Writing That Grabs You And Demands Attention, Lauren Brown

Undercurrents: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Composition

Lauren Brown is a biology major and film minor from Firestone, Colorado. She “adores writing” and enjoyed the freedom in experimentation with voice in this essay. She says, “I loved being exposed to different forms of writing a paper that all fell under analysis or research. There are so many ways to be flexible with style and incorporate your own voice that I was able to see, analyze, and try myself.” Lauren also wanted to explore “how education often sucks the joy out of writing as an artform and makes it into something easily replicated by a site like ChatGPT.” …


A Conversation Amongst Trees, Bella Brown Sep 2026

A Conversation Amongst Trees, Bella Brown

Undercurrents: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Composition

Bella Brown is an environmental science major and a biology minor from Glastonbury, CT. Bella says that she is “super passionate about nature and finding new ways to preserve and understand it” and when she was presented with the task of writing a research paper she knew that she wanted to further explore a podcast episode about trees communicating through fungi, or “talking trees.” She says it “seemed like a huge breakthrough on understanding how our forests function as complex ecosystems.” Bella also notes that one thing she loved about writing this paper was the freedom to choose whatever topic …


2024 Editor's Introduction, Lauren M. Bowen Sep 2026

2024 Editor's Introduction, Lauren M. Bowen

Undercurrents: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Composition

No abstract provided.


The Lesbian Dyke-Otomy: Does “Dyke” Demonize Or Defend?, Arabela Damarillo Sep 2026

The Lesbian Dyke-Otomy: Does “Dyke” Demonize Or Defend?, Arabela Damarillo

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


Stepping Over, Lillian Turinsky Sep 2026

Stepping Over, Lillian Turinsky

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


The Right To Your Rights, Aidan Yoon Sep 2026

The Right To Your Rights, Aidan Yoon

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


The Sierra Nevadas: Climatic Impact On Water And Forest Resources, Sophia Slucky Sep 2026

The Sierra Nevadas: Climatic Impact On Water And Forest Resources, Sophia Slucky

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


Fossil Fuel Devastation: Kuwait’S Journey To The Future, Asmahan Karam Sep 2026

Fossil Fuel Devastation: Kuwait’S Journey To The Future, Asmahan Karam

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


The Price Of Perfection: Analyzing The Causes Of Korean Beauty Standards, Sofia Joyner Sep 2026

The Price Of Perfection: Analyzing The Causes Of Korean Beauty Standards, Sofia Joyner

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


Mobile Food Vendors: An Integral Part Of Our Cities, Katja Friess Sep 2026

Mobile Food Vendors: An Integral Part Of Our Cities, Katja Friess

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


Dumb Blonde, Rachel Moglia Sep 2026

Dumb Blonde, Rachel Moglia

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


We Need To Get Our Shit Together…Is Cal Poly Really Sustainable?, Jyothi Vema Sep 2026

We Need To Get Our Shit Together…Is Cal Poly Really Sustainable?, Jyothi Vema

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


Incomprehensible, Alexa Valenzuela Sep 2026

Incomprehensible, Alexa Valenzuela

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


The Pervasiveness Of English In Northern And Western Europe: Education, Work, Policy, And The Surrounding Debate, Ava Dodge Sep 2026

The Pervasiveness Of English In Northern And Western Europe: Education, Work, Policy, And The Surrounding Debate, Ava Dodge

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


Educational Piracy: A Plan To Make A Change, Stearman Rubey Sep 2026

Educational Piracy: A Plan To Make A Change, Stearman Rubey

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


Words Unspoken: How Stuttering Influences Childhood Development, Naomi Sabes Sep 2026

Words Unspoken: How Stuttering Influences Childhood Development, Naomi Sabes

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


Inclusive Sexual Education Curriculum For Lgbtq+ Youth, Ginger Perez Sep 2026

Inclusive Sexual Education Curriculum For Lgbtq+ Youth, Ginger Perez

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


Opposition To Oil Rig Reopening Off Santa Barbara Coast, Ellie Monson Sep 2026

Opposition To Oil Rig Reopening Off Santa Barbara Coast, Ellie Monson

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


Toothpaste On Tap: Robert F Kennedy’S Perspective, Ethan Gallagher Sep 2026

Toothpaste On Tap: Robert F Kennedy’S Perspective, Ethan Gallagher

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


Untitled, Owen Isachsen Sep 2026

Untitled, Owen Isachsen

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


South Korea’S Demographic Dilemma: The Birth Rate Enigma, Sarah Yoo Sep 2026

South Korea’S Demographic Dilemma: The Birth Rate Enigma, Sarah Yoo

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


Our Social Dilemma, Olivia Roman Sep 2026

Our Social Dilemma, Olivia Roman

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


Trash-Talking Trash Tv: A Rhetorical Analysis, Amelia Flint Sep 2026

Trash-Talking Trash Tv: A Rhetorical Analysis, Amelia Flint

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


Communication And Impact: Navigating Kennedy Library’S Renovation At Cal Poly, Antonio Chen Sep 2026

Communication And Impact: Navigating Kennedy Library’S Renovation At Cal Poly, Antonio Chen

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.


Keith Lee: The Power Of Presentation, Roman Noravian Sep 2026

Keith Lee: The Power Of Presentation, Roman Noravian

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.