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March Madness Plus, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

March Madness, the NCAA marketing term, often is anything but. This year in both the women’s and men’s rendition, March Madness spilled over, as it often does into April. The final weekend, featuring the men’s and women’s semi-finals and finals, offered more madness than could have been hoped for.

20250408: Marshall Artist Series, 2025, Marshall Artist Series

Guides to University Archives

These items include materials from the office of the Artist Series at Marshall University from March-April 2025. Items were received in April 2025. Items include movie-sized posters of the programs from the Artist Series, including Javier Zamora, BANFF Mountain Film Festival, and more. Please download the finding aid for a full list of contents

Ai Isn’T What We Should Be Worried About – It’S The Humans Controlling It, Billy J. Stratton

English and Literary Arts: Faculty Scholarship

Stratton examines depictions of AI in popular media and literature, drawing comparisons to real-world AI and humanity's capacity to harness technology for good or ill.

Ada News - 04/07/2025, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.

Student Senate Meeting Minutes April 7, 2025, Student Senate-Winona State University

Student Senate Meeting Minutes

This document is the official Winona State University Student Senate Minutes for April 7, 2025.

How To Industry Plant Yourself, Ted Childish

Digital Laboratory: Publisher of Internet Journal

Ted Childish is an artist, creative mind, and cultural organizer working at the intersection of digital culture and contemporary creative economies. His practice spans from conceptual ideation to visual production and designed objects, all approached with a distinct material sensibility. How to Industry Plant Yourself is an analysis of the contemporary creative landscape, delivered in the format of a 'how-to' presentation — a familiar trope of the social media era. This work employs graphic design strategies akin to a pitch deck, symbolizing the increasingly transactional and performative environments in which creatives navigate their careers today.

The Grand Narratives: The Rise And Fall Of Universal Philosophical Systems, Gavin S. Litchford

Senior Honors Theses

This thesis reviews the development of narrative and systematic methods of argumentative legitimation in the Western tradition of philosophy from its conception until the present day. Utilizing both primary sources from central figures in key movements within this development process and supplementary secondary sources, this analysis notes which systems were used as appeals to higher authority and the trends in the adoption and transformation of new models. It is demonstrated that the Enlightenment era punctuated a progression begun in the premodern era from simple, cultural narratives to individualized, subjective, and self-perpetuating Grand Narrative systems, and that it generated the preconditions …

Flute Studio Recital: April 7, 2025, Dr. Kimberly Risinger, Gina Russell, Lu Witzig

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

April 7, 2025

Monday Evening

7:30 p.m.

Woman-To-Woman Marriage In West Africa: A Vanishing Tradition Of Power And Agency, Bright Alozie

Black Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations

In lieu of an abstract, here is an excerpt: Marriage in west Africa has played a central role in shaping aspects of society, and has evolved over time. While traditional heterosexual unions dominate discussions, a lesser-known but significant practice – woman-to-woman marriage – has existed for centuries. In my research, I examined this institution, which allows a woman to assume the role of a husband by marrying another woman. There’s evidence of woman-to-woman marriage in more than 40 societies across west Africa, including the Igbo of Nigeria, the Frafra of Ghana and the Dahomeans of present-day Benin.

Senior Joint Recital: April 6, 2025, Tyler Belan, Kevin Riedl

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

April 6, 2025

Sunday Afternoon

1:30 p.m.

Senior Recital: April 6, 2025, Rosalie Truback, Lu Witzig, Kahauri Brown-Givens, Kendra Chaney, Wes Smith, Emma Turner, Seth Berkshier

School of Music Programs

kemp Recital Hall

April 6, 2025

Sunday Afternoon

3:00 p.m.

Percussion Ensemble: April 6, 2025, David Colliers, Ben Stiers

School of Music Programs

Center for the performing Arts

April 6, 2025

Sunday Evening

7:00 p.m.

Graduate Recital: April 6, 2025, Aerim Kim, Ender Loya, Sohee Kim, Nevah Bos

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

April 6, 2025

Sunday Afternoon

4:30 p.m.

Junior Joint Recital: April 6, 2025, Michael Hammon, Joanie Hitt, Lu Witzig

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

April 6, 2025

Sunday Evening

6:30 p.m.

Junior Recital: April 6, 2025, Sam Fortuna, Grace Eom

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital House

April 6, 2025

Sunday Evening

8:00 p.m.

Global Sounds, Department Of Music, University Of Richmond

Music Department Concert Programs

No abstract provided.

Student Joint Recital: April 6, 2025delia, Delia Bonnet, Jay Cebrero, Zach Tarack, Grace Eom

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

April 6, 2025

Sunday Evening

9:00 p.m.

Graduate Recital: April 6, 2025, Gina Russell, Lu Witzig

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

April 6, 2025

Sunday

Noon

Deconstructing The Afd: An Analysis Of The German Right-Wing Populist Political Party, The Alternative For Germany (Vchc Poster), Elizabeth A. Breckenridge

Research and Creativity Symposium

The Alternativ für Deutschland (Alternative for Germany) (AfD) is a far-right populist party that has quickly grown in power within the past decade, particularly in Eastern German states, due to its emphasis on nationalization, populist rhetoric, and attraction to voters’ fears about immigration and cultural change. The AfD has managed to mobilize strong voting support within five years, gaining parliamentary seats in the Bundestag (Federal Parliament) in 2017, and is now considered the main opposition party to the established parties. The AfD is the first right-wing party to gain significant voting attention since 1945, capitalizing on the rise of right-wing …

Senior Recital: Leah Li, Piano, Department Of Music, University Of Richmond

Music Department Concert Programs

No abstract provided.

Junior Recital: April 5, 2025, Brandon Campos, Zeph Mussman

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

April 5, 2025

Saturday Evening

6:00 p.m.

Junior Recital: April 5, 2025, Kahauri Brown-Givens

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

April 5, 2025

Saturday Afternoon

3:00 p.m.

Junior Recital: April 5, 2025, Joe Brackmann, Lu Witzig

School of Music Programs

Kemp recital Hall

April 5, 2025

Saturday Afternoon

4:30 p.m.

Senior Recital: April 5, 2025, Iona Dillon, Grant Cermak

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

April 5, 2025

Saturday Evening

7:30 p.m.

Civic Chorale: April 5, 2025, Macauley Allen, Tracy Marie Koch, Matthew Mancillas, Sidney Megeff, Olivia Schickel, Julia Smitendorf, Kristyn Szwajka

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts

April 5, 2025

Saturday Evening

6:00 p.m.

Senior Recital: April 5, 2025, Jenny Komperda, Lu Witzig

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

April 5, 2025

Saturday Afternoon

1:30 p.m.

Junior Recital: April 5, 2025, Nadia Jenson

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

April 5, 2025

Saturday

Noon

2024-2025 Master Of Music Recital - Joel Osinga (Cello), Joel Osinga, Sheng Yuan Kuan

Master of Music Recitals

No abstract provided.

“They Are Fat And Want Special Treatment For Being Fat”: Backlash To And Lay Theories Of Fat Activism, Flora Blanchette-Oswald, Minh Duc Pham, R. J. Harr, Alexandra Garr-Schultz, Kimberly E. Chaney

Faculty Publications

Fat activism is a movement that seeks to acknowledge and eliminate the oppression of fat people. The movement and those who participate face significant backlash, yet fat activism is understudied. We sought to understand lay theories about fat activism; that is, how everyday people think about the goals and motivations of fat activism, and people who engage in fat activism, to understand how these perceptions shape support for and backlash toward fat activism. In Study 1 (N = 294), we qualitatively elucidated lay theories of fat activism in a US nationally representative sample. We identified lay theories that both …

Senior Recital: April 4, 2025, Lucy Harazin, Grant Cermak, Lydia Cermak

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall

April 4, 2025

Friday Evening

6:00 p.m.