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Political Third Parties' Representation In"The Big Three": 24-Hour Cable News Networks' Ideological Construction Of The American Political Duopoly, William Breault

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis conducts content and functional analyses to investigate the amount and functions of third-party mentions in 24-hour cable news networks. Additionally, this thesis applies framing tactics, ideographs, and other rhetorical theory to examine strategies utilized to ideologically construct cognitions regarding the current American political duopoly.

Senior Recital: Justin Johnson, Horn; April 14, 2014, Justin Johnson

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Kemp Recital Hall
April 14, 2014
Monday Evening
6:30 p.m.

Philosopher In A Jar, Christopher Castillo

Theses and Dissertations

Philosopher in a Jar is composed for vibraphone, piano, electric guitar, and amplified contrabass. The music was inspired by the unpublished short story, "The Galleon," by T.V. Swantek. Drawing from the ideas of the seventeenth century French philosopher René Descartes, the story is a fictional realization of Descartes "evil demon" scenario and references his philosophical idea: "Cogito Ergo Sum." In "The Galleon," the artificial intelligence entity is the "evil demon" and is represented in the music by the use of perfect fourth intervals and steady rhythmic phrases. The protagonist of the story is a consciousness (the philosopher), presumably a former …

Ensemble Concert: Percussion Ensemble, April 13, 2014, Ben Stiers, David Collier

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Center for the Performing Arts
April 13, 2014
Sunday Evening
7:00 p.m.

Senior Recital: Justin Marxman, Trombone; April 13, 2014, Justin Marxman

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Kemp Recital Hall
April 13, 2014
Sunday Noon

Graduate Recital: Krista J. Chmiel, Mezzo Soprano; April 13, 2014, Krista J. Chmiel

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Kemp Recital Hall
April 13, 2014
Sunday Afternoon
4:30 p.m.

To Thine Own Self Be Cruel: An Analysis Of The Use Of Self-Deprecating Humor As A Rhetorical Strategy By Figures In Positions Of Authority, Brian Sorenson

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis analyzes the use of self-deprecating humor as a rhetorical strategy by figures in positions of authority. A close textual analysis is performed on eight White House Correspondents' Dinner speeches by U.S. presidents. Two speeches are analyzed from each of the four chosen presidents. The presidents whose respective uses of self-deprecating humor will be analyzed are Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama.

Graduate Recital: Natalie Stawarski, Violin; April 13, 2014, Natalie Stawarski

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Kemp Recital Hall
April 13, 2014
Sunday Afternoon
1:30 p.m.

Graduate Recital: Amy Mikalauskas, Saxophone; April 13, 2014, Amy Mikalauskas

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Kemp Recital Hall
April 13, 2014
Sunday Evening
6:30 p.m.

Senior Recital: Eric Ferguson, Tuba; April 13, 2014, Eric Ferguson

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Kemp Recital Hall
April 13, 2014
Sunday Afternoon
3:00 p.m.

Senior Recital: Alex Brinkman, Cello; April 13, 2014, Alex Brinkman

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Kemp Recital Hall
April 13, 2014
Sunday Morning
10:30 a.m.

Crime And Poverty In Detroit: A Cross-Referential Critical Analysis Of Ideographs And Framing, Jacob Jerome Nickell

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines how the relationship between crime and poverty is rhetorically constructed within the news media. To this end, I investigate the content of twelve news articles, published online, that offered coverage of crime in the city of Detroit, Michigan. I employ three methods in my criticism of these texts: ideographic analysis, critical framing analysis, and an approach that considers ideographs and framings elements to be rhetorical constructions that function together. In each phase of my analysis, I developed ideological themes from concepts emerging from the texts. I then approached my discussion of these findings from a perspective of …

A Sequence Of French Vernacular Architectural Design And Construction Methods In Colonial North America, 1690 -- 1850, Wade Terrell Tharp

Theses and Dissertations

This study examines published and unpublished historical archaeological research, historical documents research, and datable extant buildings to develop a temporal and geographical sequence of French colonial architectural designs and construction methods, particularly the poteaux-en-terre (posts-in-ground) and poteaux-sur-solle (posts-on-sill) elements in vernacular buildings, from the Western Great Lakes region to Louisiana, dating from 1690 to 1850. Such a sequence is needed to provide a basis for scholarship, discovery, and hypotheses about prospective French colonial archaeological sites. The integration of architectural material culture data and the historical record could also further scholarship on subjects such as how the French in colonial North …

Graduate Conducting Recital: Joshua Hernday, Conductor; April 11, 2014, Joshua Hernday

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Kemp Recital Hall
April 11, 2014
Friday Evening
8:00 p.m.

Amici Saxophones: An Evening Of Duos And Friends, April 10, 2014, School Of Music

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Kemp Recital Hall
April 10, 2014
Thursday Evening
7:30 p.m.

Identifying The Visible: A Look At How Economic Class And Ethnicity Influence Women's Visibility Within A Household, Cori Elise Rich

Theses and Dissertations

Archaeology has allowed for underrepresented, often invisible, groups of people within history to become visible and have their stories told. Minority groups such as women, African Americans, and those occupying the lower class are just some of these underrepresented groups who have been identified through cultural remains. Despite archaeologists' best efforts in identifying these groups; there is still much work yet to be conducted. There is a lack of information from the eighteenth-century, and even less work done on the way ethnicity and class impact women's visibility within the archaeological record.

This paper utilizes seven site reports, from households of …

Junior Recital: Tre Wherry, Saxophone; April 9, 2014, Tre Wherry

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Kemp Recital Hall
April 9, 2014
Wednesday Evening
8:00 p.m.

Graduate Recital: Caroline Malinski Argenta, Viola; April 9, 2014, Caroline Malinski Argenta

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Kemp Recital Hall
April 9, 2014
Wednesday Evening
6:30 p.m.

Fashioning A Rhetoric Of Style: A Rhetorical Analysis Of Urban Street Style Representations In New York City, Amber Pineda

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This thesis examines how urban street styles are used rhetorically within local boroughs in New York City as a form of resistance to the dominant fashion industry that dictates what is "in fashion" through media. A total of fifteen video blogs developed by The New York Times were analyzed, each containing a representation of one of the five boroughs of New York City: Staten Island, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, and Queens. The analysis identified themes of a rhetoric of style, consisting of primacy of text, imaginary communities, aesthetic rationales, market contexts, and stylistic homologies. These themes were then analyzed by drawing …

Graduate Recital: Cora Embalabala Johnson, Piano; April 6, 2014, Cora Embalabala Johnson

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Kemp Recital Hall
April 6, 2014
Sunday Evening
8:00 p.m.

Freshman Recital: Colby Spengler, Clarinet; April 6, 2014, Colby Spengler

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Kemp Recital Hall
April 6, 2014
Sunday Evening
7:00 p.m.

Guest Artist Recital: Katherine Wolfe, Violin; April 6, 2014, Katherine Wolfe

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Kemp Recital Hall
April 7, 2014
Monday Evening
7:30 p.m.

Sophomore Recital: Sean Hack, Trumpet; April 6, 2014, Sean Hack

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Kemp Recital Hall
April 6, 2014
Sunday Afternoon
5:30 p.m.

Graduate Recital: Kyle Johnson, Flute; April 6, 2014, Kyle Johnson

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Kemp Recital Hall
April 6, 2014
Sunday Afternoon
1:30 p.m.

Ensemble Concerts: Belle Voix And Concert Choir, April 6, 2014, Leslie Manfredo, Karyl Carlson

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Center for the Performing Arts
April 6, 2014
Sunday Afternoon
3:00 p.m.

Senior Recital: Sara Reis, Flute; April 5, 2014, Sara Reis

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Kemp Recital Hall
April 5, 2014
Saturday Morning
11:30 a.m.

Junior Recital: Eric Rehm, Tenor; April 5, 2014, Eric Rehm

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Kemp Recital Hall
April 5, 2014
Saturday Afternoon
1:00 p.m.

Sophomore Recital: David Merz, Oboe; April 5, 2014, David Merz

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Kemp Recital Hall
April 5, 2014
Saturday Evening
7:30 p.m.

Sophomore Recital: Brian Do, Clarinet; April 5, 2014, Brian Do

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Kemp Recital Hall
April 5, 2014
Saturday Afternoon
2:00 p.m.

Junior Recital: Daniel Petersen, Guitar; April 5, 2014, Daniel Petersen

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Kemp Recital Hall
April 5, 2014
Saturday Afternoon
5:00 p.m.