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Lessons From A Forgotten Fuel: Assessing The Long History Of Alcohol Fuel Advocacy And Use In The United States, Jeffrey T. Manuel

SIUE Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Debates over biofuels, especially ethanol and biodiesel, in the twenty-first century rarely consider the long history of producing and consuming biofuels in the United States. This article assesses that long history of industrially produced biofuels in the United States. First, the article periodizes a century and a half of biofuels into six distinct eras: (1) the camphene era (1830s-1860s) when alcohol was used for illumination, (2) the early automobile era (1900-1920) when alcohol was pitted against gasoline in internal combustion engines, (3) the rural development era (1920s-1930s) when alcohol fuels were promoted to help struggling farmers, (4) the energy crisis …

Tennessee State Museum Spring 2022 Newsletter & Calendar Of Events, Tennessee. State Museum.

Tennessee State Museum

No abstract provided.

Seeing And Interpreting Visions Of The Next Age In Interstellar, Nancy Wright

Journal of Religion & Film

Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar (2014) uses multiple styles of cinematography – documentary, painterly and expressionistic – to guide interpretation of its apocalyptic review of history. Within the prologue and epilogue of the science fiction film, clips from interviews originally filmed for Ken Burns’s The Dust Bowl (2012) invite questions about how to interpret documentary, revisionist and eschatological reviews of history. Cinematography functions as a self-reflexive cue to spectators within and outside the mise-en-scène to engage in eschatological interpretation. The representation of spectatorship and vision reveals the challenge of interpreting prophetic visions of the last things and the next age, which are …

Aesthetics And Asceticism: The Paradox Of The Bodily Senses In The Catholic Reformation, Thomas Joseph Santa Maria

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

According to most accounts, following the reformations Protestant worship and tradition became asensual by emphasizing encounters with biblical texts through reading the Bible or hearing sermons. Conversely, Early Modern Catholicism became synonymous with the sensuous, meaning it exploited the senses of faithful Catholics through its incense, art, music, sacraments, and practices. This dissertation challenges these assumptions by demonstrating that there were two sides to Catholic piety that existed in a paradoxical relationship. Surely, Catholic worship appealed to the senses to teach the faith, to meditate and contemplate in prayer, and to move Catholics to greater piety by emulating the saints …

Waring Library Society Newsletter, Spring 2022, Waring Library Society, Waring Historical Library, Medical University Of South Carolina, Anna Marie Schuldt

The Waring Library Society Newsletters

This issue includes a welcome message from incoming WLS President, Dr. Jacob Steere-Williams and an outgoing message from Dr. James H. Tolley as WLS President (2020-2022). Also, in this issue, Dr. Brian Fors provides an update on the renovation plans for the Waring; Ms. Judith Arendall describes a typical day at the Waring in her experience as a graduate assistant; Ms. Tabitha Samuel reflects on her experience this year as one of South Carolina's regional coordinators of the SC History Day Contests; Ms. Anna Schuldt highlights the Waring's social media commemoration of MUSC history makers for Black and Women's History …

The Power Of Mothers: A Comparison Of The Egyptian Goddess Isis And Virgin Mary During The Roman Empire Through Literature And Art, Katherine Burdick

History & Classics Undergraduate Theses

The Egyptian goddess Isis and the Virgin Mary are two mother figures that were an essential part of Roman culture. Isis rose to prominence in Roman religion when the Republic expanded into Egypt in 30 B.C. She was adopted into the Roman pantheon alongside many other deities from other cultures. Mary rose to prominence in a very different way. A majority of early Christian worship was heavily persecuted and not accepted by many Roman emperors. However, eventually, Christianity eclipsed cult worship of deities. Isis and Mary were both seen as comforting mother figures for not only their sons, Horus and …

Solidarity And The Soviet Union, Jillian Forrester

History & Classics Undergraduate Theses

The Solidarity trade union was the first independent, self-governing union to receive recognition under a Communist government. The union itself went beyond simple labor organizing, also becoming a political entity that helped Poland transition to a post-Communist government. The success of this union was due to its status as both union and social movement, as it was able to deeply permeate all aspects of society. Furthermore, the union's successful exploitation of existing social and economic issues in Poland brought the government to the bargaining table and led directly to its great success.

Terrible Terrell: Black Women’S Activism The Forgotten Story Of Carolyn Daniels, Olivia Moll

History & Classics Undergraduate Theses

More often than not, when individuals think of the Civil Rights Movement, idolized individuals like that of Martin Luther King, Ella Baker, and Malcom X, come to mind. While their activism was heroic, their contributions do not and should not represent the entire success of the Civil Rights Movement. The real fuel of the Civil Rights Movement was in the hands of the people, ordinary individuals, more specifically black women. My thesis explores the participation of black women in the movement in a particular region, that of Terrell County, Georgia. In the first chapter, the reader studies the racist and …

The Obedient Servants Of Opportunity: Bermudians In The Revolutionary Eighteenth Century Atlantic World, Gretchen Richardson

History & Classics Undergraduate Theses

On August 14th, 1775, Bermudian elites and their slaves discreetly carried gunpowder from the island’s magazine onto two Rebel ships. The island’s Gunpowder Plot was organized by Colonel Tucker, the elite family’s patriarch, and members of the Continental Congress, like Benjamin Franklin. Under the terms of this plot, the Bermudians would supply the Continental Army with 100 barrels of gunpowder in exchange for exemption from Congress’ trade embargo and would receive provisions such as food. This negotiation, along with other illicit trade between the island and the rebelling Thirteen Colonies next door, raises the question: how did the British island, …

Mit Deutscher Gründlichkeit: The People Behind The World’S Most Effective Police State, Evan Diliberto

History & Classics Undergraduate Theses

The Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (Stasi) was the infamous state security service of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR, or East Germany) active from 1950-1989. It was instrumental in keeping the Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands (the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, or the SED) in power for nearly 50 years. Stasi agents engaged in psychological warfare, murder, and torture of perceived enemies, most of whom were citizens of East Germany. The official mission of the Stasi was the maintenance of security of the state, however, the Stasi acted mainly as an ideological enforcer, targeting those with perceived hostilities to the GDR. The …

“One Brick Will Do The Trick:” A Structural Analysis Of The May 1970 Student Uprising At The University Of South Carolina, Ian Grenier

Senior Theses

In May 1970, the University of South Carolina's campus erupted. Students protesting the Vietnam War, police presence on campus, the shooting of student protestors at Kent State, and restrictive campus rules stormed campus buildings and faced off with National Guardsmen in the streets of Columbia. This thesis examines the political context and structures at USC in the late 1960s which enabled this explosive but short-lived period of the university's history. Assessing USC activists’ levels of campus coalition building, their place in the political context of the late 1960s, the openness of the school’s political structure, and the forces acting on …

Law Library Blog (April 2022): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Law Library Newsletters/Blog

No abstract provided.

Augustan War And Peace: Analyzing The Role Of The Military In Maintaining The Pax Augusta In The Augustan Age, Maxwell Hovasse

History & Classics Undergraduate Theses

The end of the Roman Republic was affected by decades of civil war, leaving the Roman population desperate for an end to the violence. Augustus’s rise to power was the solution for this violence. Augustus’s victory over Marc Antony both effectively ended the Roman Republic and the long period of civil unrest. As the new sole and undisputed ruler of the Roman world, Augustus sought to bring Rome into an era of peace, which would be known as the Pax Augusta, meaning the Augustan Peace. However, given that the Romans viewed peace as existing when an enemy had been completely …

The Pacifican April 2022, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

Beacons Of Peace And Tolerance: The Politics Of Memory In Judeo-Moroccan Cultural And Historical Institutions, Audrey Ming An Hirsch

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Bayt Dakira, a historical, religious, cultural, and academic institution located in the heart of Essaouira’s old medina, seeks to conserve Jewish-Moroccan memory and promote values of peace and tolerance as exemplified by the city’s history of Jewish-Muslim coexistence. As an institution dedicated to conserving the culture of a people that have all but virtually emigrated from Morocco, Bayt Dakira’s purpose is initially unclear. This study uncovers the ways in which Bayt Dakira is an example of a seemingly apolitical institution being wielded to advance national and international political agendas. As an officially apolitical place of cultural and academic exchange, Bayt …

Interrogating Rosa Montero’S Transition To Consensus: The Literary Interview As Lieu De Mémoire, Adrienne D. Banko

Theses and Dissertations

Looking from our 21st century viewpoint, the collection of interviews España para ti…para siempre (1976) and Cinco años de País (1982) can be seen as artifacts of the Spanish Transition to democracy and should be regarded as collections of “places of memory.” Many scholars chronicling the Transition and its impacts have positioned Rosa Montero as a prominent feminist writer of the period. However, her journalistic writing demonstrates her mediatic role as linchpin between the social and political transitions interwoven into the foundation of Spain’s democratic emergence from Francoism. These works were published at a particular moment of consensus in …

American Fury: Catholic Responses To Spanish Anticlericalism (1936-1939), Paul Sanders Linker Jr.

Senior Theses

This thesis examines the roles, ideologies, attitudes, and arguments of American Catholics in debates over the Spanish Civil War from 1936-1939. Although the war only lasted between these years, these debates carried over into WWII as Spain’s neutrality came into question. Specifically, the focus is on how American Catholics grappled with historically unprecedented Spanish anticlericalism, the direct murder of roughly 7000 Catholic clergy and persecution of many more by Spanish Republicans, and why this anticlericalism drove most Catholics into a form of unapologetic pro-Francoism. This research is conducted by careful analysis of both mainstream and Catholic newspapers/journals. Mainstream pro-Republican press …

Revolts In The Cinema: Lines Of Resistance, Kristian Feigelson

Regards

This article attempts to rethink the question of revolt in cinema from a comparative perspective by showing how a social phenomenon remains relatively invisible on screen in recent film history.

Résumé

Cet article s'efforce de repenser la question de la révolte au cinéma dans une perspective comparative en montrant comment un phénomène social reste finalement assez peu visible à l'écran dans une histoire récente du cinéma.

There Are Limits To The American Renaissance Over Ukraine, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.

Spectrum, Volume 48, Issue 8, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: More New Dorms Coming to SHU -- Daylight Savings -- Gas Prices Breaking the Bank -- Mad for March Madness -- Marissa J. White Earns Ed.D. -- Greek Life Philanthropy Events for Spring 2022 -- Audrey's Corner: Oops I Have Anxiety! -- SHU Featured on Showtime Series -- Kenny Werner: The New Jazz Age -- Olivia Rodrigo Behind The Scenes -- Pioneers Tee off Spring With NEC Honors -- Sarah Lawton Throws Second Career No-Hitter -- Women's Lacrosse Ready for Conference Play -- Editorial: Sophie Camizzi, Emilee Camodeo

Spectrum, Volume 48, Issue 7, Sacred Heart University

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Highlights include: La Hispanidad Celebrates Social Justice Week -- Marching into Women's History Month -- One Year After... -- Native Ukrainian Speaks at SHU -- Is SHU's Campus Accessible to Everyone? -- SHU is "Stronger Together" -- Sacred Heart Professor Finalist for PR and Social Impact Award -- SHU Names New Interim Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer -- Audrey's Corner: Poems for Social Justice -- TAP Presents "Sweat" -- Upcoming Multicultural Council Showcase -- The Every Heart is Sacred Initiative -- Ukraine Paralympic Team -- Jasmine Rogers: More than an Athlete

Spectrum, Volume 48, Issue 6, Sacred Heart University

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Highlights Include: Russia-Ukraine Conflict Update -- A Win for Women -- A Glimpse of Ukraine -- Mask Mandates Change: Good to See Your Face -- Spring Has Sprung -- Mental Health on Campus -- Relay for Life is Back at SHU -- Audrey's Corner: Women's History Month -- Fashion: My Bump, My Lovely Lady Bump -- "I Will Always Love You" -- Star's, Celebrities, and Scandals -- Music Review: A Band for the Weirdos -- NEC Winter Championship Season -- Editorials: Brendan Williams, Deanna Drakopoulos

Keep Calm And Carry On: Uncovering The True Blitz Spirit, Lauren Niedergeses

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

First shown by Britain’s civilian population during the Blitz, this Blitz Spirit is widely understood today as a heroic display of courage, cheerfulness, unity, and the ability to “keep calm and carry on” in the face of danger and discomfort. Drawing from radio broadcasts, photographs, propaganda posters and films, and the wartime morale reports of Mass-Observation, I seek to uncover the true Blitz Spirit and how it became an integral – if somewhat mythicized – element of Britain’s modern identity. First, I explore the emergence of the Blitz Spirit during World War II, identifying gaps between reality and propagandistic myth. …

The Impact Of Women On The Life And Legacy Of Mark Antony, Lauren E. Yaple

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

Throughout the life of Mark Antony, the women he became involved with had a large impact on his political career, life, and legacy. These women, such as Fulvia and Cleopatra, used Antony as a means to achieve their own political, economic, and personal goals and were able to gain power in a very anti-feminist society through their relationships with and manipulations of him, affecting the career of Antony in many ways including his politics and his actions as a military commander, as showcased by the examination of primary sources from the late Roman Republic and early Roman empire periods. This …

Spectrum, Volume 48, Issue 5, Sacred Heart University

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Highlights include: A Conversation with Provost Robin Cautin -- Sorting fact, disinformation after Russian Attack on Ukraine -- The Martire Turkey -- The Cost of Housing -- Kanye's Social Media Rant: Ye or Neh -- Spring Break is Back -- National Eating Disorder Awareness Week -- Graduate Students Intern at NBC Covering Olympics -- Audrey's Corner: Student Authors Book About Mental Health and Recovery -- English Club Celebrates Black History Month -- Please Don't Destroy this Article -- A Video Game Comes to Life -- Beijing Hosts 2022 Winter Olympics -- Women's Ice Hockey Set for NEWHA Playoffs -- Editorials: …

All These Things We've Done Before: A Brief History Of Red-Power Inspired Projects, Programs, And Efforts At The University Of Nebraska-Lincoln And What They Can Do For Us Today, Jake Borgmann

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

The Red Power Movement from 1969-1975 inspired both Indigenous and non- Indigenous students and faculty from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) to work for the betterment of Indigenous peoples in areas of affirmation, education, leadership, and language preservation and revitalization. For a time, student efforts by the Council of American Indian Students, faculty sponsored Indigenous education-centered programs, educational outreach through television, and Lakota language courses helped carve out an Indigenous space on campus where Indigenous students could thrive and seek empowerment through education. This era of Red Power-inspired projects, programs, and efforts at UNL peaked from 1969 to the early …

The Pacifican March 2022, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

C-Void, Amaris Casiano-Zoko

Vincentian Studies

Poetry.

Creativity Can’T Be Canceled: Depaul Students Express Their Pandemic Experience Through Art, Lin Batsheva Kahn

Vincentian Studies

This is an online exhibition of undergraduate students’ art in a variety of media, created as a response to their own experiences of the pandemic. As non-art majors, the students “discovered their untapped creative resources while learning creativity can’t be canceled.”

Spectrum, Volume 48, Issue 4, Sacred Heart University

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Highlights include: An Update on Ukraine -- Is There an End in Sight to Covid-19? -- US Virus Cases, Hospitalizations Continue Steady Decline -- Faith On Campus -- Do You Pay Attention to World News? -- Viva Las Senior Week -- Fashion: Leaving Street-Wear in the Dust -- Audrey's Corner: We Are The Sons of Giants -- Editorial: Amber Martinez -- The Real Life "Book Thief" -- She's an Icon, She's a Legend, She's Frida -- L.A. Rams Take Home the Lombardi on Home Turf -- Women's Bowling on a Roll -- Baseball Looking to Round the Bases this Year