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Hold, Hold, My Heart, Andrew Berthrong

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This thesis consists of a traditional introduction followed by a first-person, fictional story told in seven chapters. The story begins with the protagonist in his apartment preparing to write, a brief account of his stalling, and then his beginning to write. Those chapters taking place in the vicinity of the apartment are in the present tense and those relating past adventures are written in third person, one chapter for each adventure: Africa, sailing, and Navajo Mountain. After each adventure, the narration returns to the apartment.

This piece is the embodiment of both the vigorous internal work in search of understanding …

Pluralism In Higher Education: The Ethical Revolution, Sarah Elizabeth M. S. Kath

Culminating Projects in English

The principle claim of this thesis is that professors ought to encourage pluralistic approach in the university classroom through their course content selection and pedagogy. In the introductory chapters I identify the relevant issues and problems with diversity, including the social problems which lead me into this topic as well as current studies pertaining to the effect on students of exposure to diversity in college courses. I address the reasons exposure to diversity is desired, and establish that while it may be an admirable goal, it is ineffective and unsuccessful. Thus, my conclusion is that we ought to focus on …

Suicide Pelicans, Amanda A. Mccoy

ETD Archive

The suicide pelican lives in Costa Rica. You may not believe me, but I've seen it with my own eyes. Blindness is common for these birds, mostly caused by their form of fishing: dive-bombing into the water at full speed and spearing fish with their beaks. This head-first diving damages the eyes over the years. Once blind, some of the pelicans intentionally crash into rocks to avoid an unbearable, unnatural existence. These birds and their surprisingly beautiful, graceful suicide plunges influenced this collection of short stories aptly titled Suicide Pelicans. Though my collection is mostly about women and not actual …