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Harry Potter And The American Response: Persecution And Popularity Of The Boy Who Lived, Ashley N. Zirkle Dec 2015

Harry Potter And The American Response: Persecution And Popularity Of The Boy Who Lived, Ashley N. Zirkle

Masters Theses

Some people, such as J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter, eagerly embrace the opportunities that magic promises. Others, however, fear and despise magic, and so condemn anything that contains so much as a sprinkle of pixie dust, just as Harry’s aunt and uncle do. A look into the reception of the Harry Potter series, particularly in the United States, demonstrates how these two responses to magic occur, and why this series in particular created such strong reactions from both sides. With a long history of banning literature that contains magic, it is little surprise that many religious conservatives felt the need to …

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Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 31, December 14, 2015, Grand Valley State University Dec 2015

Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 31, December 14, 2015, Grand Valley State University

Volume 50, July 13, 2015 - June 6, 2016

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

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Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 30, December 10, 2015, Grand Valley State University Dec 2015

Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 30, December 10, 2015, Grand Valley State University

Volume 50, July 13, 2015 - June 6, 2016

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

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Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 29, December 7, 2015, Grand Valley State University Dec 2015

Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 29, December 7, 2015, Grand Valley State University

Volume 50, July 13, 2015 - June 6, 2016

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

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Grand Valley Forum, Volume 040, Number 15, December 07, 2015, Grand Valley State University Dec 2015

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 040, Number 15, December 07, 2015, Grand Valley State University

2015-2016, Volume 40

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Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 28, December 3, 2015, Grand Valley State University Dec 2015

Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 28, December 3, 2015, Grand Valley State University

Volume 50, July 13, 2015 - June 6, 2016

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

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“Struck With Her Tongue”: Speech, Gender, And Power In King Lear, Kate Downey Hickey Dec 2015

“Struck With Her Tongue”: Speech, Gender, And Power In King Lear, Kate Downey Hickey

Masters Theses

My thesis addresses the supposed sexism in William Shakespeare’s King Lear through an examination of the power of speech in the play. Employing a variety of scholarship, I argue that Cordelia exerts power both through prudent speech and in her silence, adhering to Renaissance expectations for women but also defying the unreasonable behavior of her father. I explore how Cordelia’s values are recognized by and through other characters, especially Lear’s Fool. While Cordelia is often viewed as the opposite of her sisters Goneril and Regan, I provide a reading of the play that treats all three sisters as complex characters …

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Representational Politics In Video Game Media – Gender In Pokémon, Glenn R. Miller Dec 2015

Representational Politics In Video Game Media – Gender In Pokémon, Glenn R. Miller

Senior Projects

The Pokémon franchise is a global powerhouse however it lacks representation that is necessary for the variety of races, sexualities, genders, and sexes that inhabit the countries where the games are released. These are fleshed out with the analysis of the works of Anne Fausto-Sterling, Jack Judith Halberstam, Judith Butler, and a critical analysis of the releases and features of the Pokémon games. An observance on representation is also conducted.

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Narrative Discourse In Bilingual English-Spanish Speakers: A Case Control Study, Sarah Young Dec 2015

Narrative Discourse In Bilingual English-Spanish Speakers: A Case Control Study, Sarah Young

Honors Projects

The study explored differences in storytelling between bilingual English and Spanish speakers and monolingual English Speakers, differences between Spanish and English storytelling in bilingual speakers, and the relation between language ability used in storytelling and language ability used on a structured measure of language ability. Ten second and third grade children were targeted for this study – five of whom were monolingual English speakers and the other five were bilingual English-Spanish speakers. Bilingual children completed two sessions – one in English and one in Spanish – while monolingual children completed one session in English. Each session contained a narrative retell, …

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Un Compromise Pieux Et Éclairé : Une Étude Des Œuvres De Jean Pestre, Christopher Stark Dec 2015

Un Compromise Pieux Et Éclairé : Une Étude Des Œuvres De Jean Pestre, Christopher Stark

Honors Projects

No abstract provided.

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Paul Leduc: The Politics Of Mexican Cinema In The 1970s, Joe Hogan Dec 2015

Paul Leduc: The Politics Of Mexican Cinema In The 1970s, Joe Hogan

Cinesthesia

It thus makes sense that critics tend to present strong arguments about the political agendas of Mexican filmmakers from the 1970s. Among the most popular in the subject is Paul Leduc, whose work has been cast as exemplary of the political ethos of the day. However, it is my position that, upon close examination, Leduc’s films seem not always to present a straightforward political message, much less one that would clearly bolster the aims of the Echeverria administration. For that reason, I will examine two of Leduc’s films, Reed: México Insurgente and Frida: naturaleza viva (1983), to reveal how they …

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Chile: Cinema In Exile, Hannah Lynch Dec 2015

Chile: Cinema In Exile, Hannah Lynch

Cinesthesia

Executions, disappearances, and exile are not the first words that come to mind when picturing the long, versatile landscape of Chile. Nonetheless, Chile was under the harsh control of Augusto Pinochet from 1974 until 1990 and experienced a high level of political oppression during that time. Though Chile had only a short film history before the rule of Pinochet, cinema remained relevant despite the exile and hardships experienced by several prominent Chilean filmmakers. Ironically, under the hostile dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, Chile developed a stronger national cinema, producing politically and historically motivated films made by the exiled filmmakers, who persevered …

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An Interview With Barbara Roos, Joe Hogan Dec 2015

An Interview With Barbara Roos, Joe Hogan

Cinesthesia

Barbara Roos started teaching when Grand Valley was just a few buildings erected on a slab of midwestern prairie. Nixon was in office then, and young draftees were still being sent to Vietnam. In those days, Grand Valley – not yet a university but a cluster of colleges – was alive with the spirit of the counter-culture. William James College, among the most pedagogically experimental of the colleges, was interdisciplinary and non-departmental – it emphasized harmony between theory and practice, thought and action. At James, Roos co-founded the film and video program. In the following interview, she talks with guest …

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The Lens That Sees Itself: Fruitful Interactions Of Film And Philosophy, Travis Wheeler Dec 2015

The Lens That Sees Itself: Fruitful Interactions Of Film And Philosophy, Travis Wheeler

Cinesthesia

Much of film theory holds that film is primarily an act of communication, whose message the audience understands. While this allows us great insights into the ideological and subconscious functions of a great many films, it falls short of this success with more enigmatic films. In instances such as these, where films are not easily understood, a different paradigm is necessary. Using philosophical texts as comparative tools in film analysis provides the answer to this "blindspot" in film criticism.

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Digital Vision And The Noir Hero In Claire Denis’ Bastards, Spencer Everhart Dec 2015

Digital Vision And The Noir Hero In Claire Denis’ Bastards, Spencer Everhart

Cinesthesia

As with most directors whose careers began with (and consisted of) the process of filmmaking with actual celluloid, it was only a matter of time before French auteur Claire Denis made the transition to digital – and it was in 2013 that she did just that, abandoning physical film in favor of digital cinema for her neo-noir feature Bastards. The decision to switch wasn’t reluctant, though, as Denis had expressed an interest in experimenting with the format on her previous film White Material (2009). This aesthetic receptiveness is evident in Bastards, as it illustrates Denis’ effort to go beyond mere …

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Comparative Policing: America And The United Kingdom: An Exploratory Historical Analysis With An Eye On The Present, Erin Dougherty Dec 2015

Comparative Policing: America And The United Kingdom: An Exploratory Historical Analysis With An Eye On The Present, Erin Dougherty

Honors Projects

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The Effects Of The Tohoku Tsunami On The Nuclear Energy Industry In Japan, Stephanie Robeson, Nicholas Marr Dec 2015

The Effects Of The Tohoku Tsunami On The Nuclear Energy Industry In Japan, Stephanie Robeson, Nicholas Marr

Honors Projects

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Habermas And The Problems Of Translating Religious Speech, Chad Karsten Dec 2015

Habermas And The Problems Of Translating Religious Speech, Chad Karsten

Honors Projects

Contrary to the predictions of secular philosophers for the past several centuries, religion remains alive and well. In fact, in the past several decades, especially in the United States, the role of religion in politics has grown immensely. For the political philosopher Jürgen Habermas this poses a problem. How can a state remain neutral to competing worldviews, religions included, whilst respecting the equal rights of religious citizens to view themselves as authors of the laws that bind them? Habermas believes that religion is an important and useful force in postsecular democracy and as such must be given a chance to …

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Doctors Of The Holocaust: An Examination Of Both Ss And Prisoner Doctors, Amanda Kronemeyer Dec 2015

Doctors Of The Holocaust: An Examination Of Both Ss And Prisoner Doctors, Amanda Kronemeyer

Honors Projects

When examining the Holocaust, there are a great number of different facets and ways to go about learning about that part of history. One aspect of the Holocaust that has a great deal of information to look at is the medical implications. This could be looking at the actual medicine that occurred in the concentration camps, including medical experiments, to the SS men and prisoners that were appointed as doctors in the camps, to so much more. This paper will focus on the doctors that worked in the concentration camps, both SS men and prisoners. First, SS doctors will be …

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Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 27, November 30, 2015, Grand Valley State University Nov 2015

Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 27, November 30, 2015, Grand Valley State University

Volume 50, July 13, 2015 - June 6, 2016

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

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Grand Valley Forum, Volume 040, Number 14, November 30, 2015, Grand Valley State University Nov 2015

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 040, Number 14, November 30, 2015, Grand Valley State University

2015-2016, Volume 40

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

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Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 26, November 23, 2015, Grand Valley State University Nov 2015

Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 26, November 23, 2015, Grand Valley State University

Volume 50, July 13, 2015 - June 6, 2016

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

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Grand Valley Forum, Volume 040, Number 13, November 23, 2015, Grand Valley State University Nov 2015

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 040, Number 13, November 23, 2015, Grand Valley State University

2015-2016, Volume 40

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Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 25, November 19, 2015, Grand Valley State University Nov 2015

Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 25, November 19, 2015, Grand Valley State University

Volume 50, July 13, 2015 - June 6, 2016

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

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Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 24, November 16, 2015, Grand Valley State University Nov 2015

Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 24, November 16, 2015, Grand Valley State University

Volume 50, July 13, 2015 - June 6, 2016

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

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Grand Valley Forum, Volume 040, Number 12, November 16, 2015, Grand Valley State University Nov 2015

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 040, Number 12, November 16, 2015, Grand Valley State University

2015-2016, Volume 40

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

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Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 23, November 12, 2015, Grand Valley State University Nov 2015

Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 23, November 12, 2015, Grand Valley State University

Volume 50, July 13, 2015 - June 6, 2016

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

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Alumni Speech, Delivered On November 11, 2015, Arend D. Lubbers Nov 2015

Alumni Speech, Delivered On November 11, 2015, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

Alumni Speech, delivered on November 11, 2015 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.

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Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 22, November 9, 2015, Grand Valley State University Nov 2015

Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 22, November 9, 2015, Grand Valley State University

Volume 50, July 13, 2015 - June 6, 2016

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

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Grand Valley Forum, Volume 040, Number 11, November 09, 2015, Grand Valley State University Nov 2015

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 040, Number 11, November 09, 2015, Grand Valley State University

2015-2016, Volume 40

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

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