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Solving The Problem Of Evil, Matt Perman

Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)

We are all aware of the great amount of tragedy in the world. Natural disasters have brought massive devastation on entire communities. Death and illness have brought grief and suffering upon every family at some point in time. Severe accidents and physical ailments have altered the lives of numerous individuals. And the list could go on.

It seems as if such suffering is random. And it is clear that such suffering is not distributed on the basis of good or evil that people have done. Both the godly and the wicked suffer. Christian philosopher William Lane Craig writes, "I think …

"Why Can't The English" . . . Learn To Get Along?: Musical Reinforcement Of Negative Personal Characteristics In My Fair Lady, Gretchen Hundling

Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)

Although the matter of adaptation is a delicate one, a majority of Shaw's original work is retained in My Fair Lady--over half of the show is the original Pygmalion script (Lerner Street 23). With the exception of the altered ending, almost all of Shaw's poke at English society is intact. But in this case, the songs of the musical serve an even greater function than just relaying what is on the characters' minds when the orchestra starts to play. The characters of this show are sometimes lovable, yet often detestable, for a great deal of their negative issues and …

Missionary Activities Of American Mormons, Peter Masteller

Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)

I achieved three important insights into the Mormon faith through my observations. First, I learned that Mormonism is a Christian faith. It is sometimes thought of as a fringe religious movement somehow outside the boundaries of Christianity, but in my observations I learned that it is centered on God and on the saving power of Jesus Christ. Through the process of writing this paper I might have learned how this misconception is perpetuated. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has so many characteristics which are distinctly and uniquely Mormon that these differences are emphasized to the extent that …

Creating A Textual Performance Piece, Karen Pitcher

Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)

When posed with the challenge of creating a senior thesis project, I was boggled as to what to do. As an English major, I knew my options were very open, and I was determined to make this project one that I would enjoy throughout my senior year. In order to do so, I had to broaden my scope to include not only an element of my major, but also components of my communications minor and my first major, theatre. In order to do this, I turned to oral interpretation, an activity that involves dramatic interpretation of texts written by others. …

Snapshots 11 Cela Kula - June 25 1968, Michele Frucht Levy

Short Story

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A Machiavellian Analysis Of Shakespeare's Villians, Thomas J. Kenny

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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“Just A Drop In The Bucket” : An Analysis Of Child Rescue Efforts On Behalf Of Korean Children, 1951 To 1964, Sydne J. Didier

Dissertations and Theses

From 1951 to 1964, American sponsored relief and adoption agencies evacuated more than two thousand children from the nation of South Korea, adopting these children into American families and inspiring some of the most intensive discussions about international adoption yet to occur in the United States.

Intervention on behalf of Korean children began in the 19.SOs when American Gis sought to aid child victims of war, a relief effort that was carefully documented by American media outlets seeking some means of understanding the U.S. intervention in Korea. When the Korean War ended in stalemate in 1954, many were inspired by …

Rhetorical Knowledge In Legal Practice And Theory, Francis J. Mootz Iii

Scholarly Works

Rhetorical Knowledge in Legal Practice and Critical Legal Theory has just been published by the University of Alabama Press as part of its series, Rhetoric, Culture and Social Critique. My central themes are that rhetorical knowledge - however imperfectly pursued and attained - is a feature of social life; that rhetorical knowledge plays an important role in legal practice; and that legal critique is appropriately grounded by the normative injunction to maximize the generation of and reliance on rhetorical knowledge in the administration of justice by legal actors. If nothing else, I want to make clear that by recovering and …

On The Idea Of Reflexive Rhetoric In Homer, Mari Lee Mifsud Jr.

Rhetoric and Communication Studies Faculty Publications

When Henry Johnstone and I translated this passage, we wondered to what extent we could say that Odysseus persuades himself to endure. Is Odysseus involved in self-persuasion, what Johnstone has termed reflexive rhetoric, when he deliberates? Answering this question led us to explore related questions such as, does Odysseus have a "self" to which his deliberation/persuasion can be addressed? If so, how do we know that Odysseus actually persuades himself when he deliberates? If Odysseus does persuade himself, can we say he practices rhetoric on himself? Can we even talk of rhetoric in Homer? Through this essay, I wish …

Charles Knight And Sir Francis Bond Head: Two Early Victorian Perspectives On Printing And The Allied Trades, Sarah Wadsworth

English Faculty Research and Publications

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Review Of Sexual Politics And The Romantic Author By Sonia Hofkosh, Diane Hoeveler

English Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Ethics In Media Communication And The Right To Privacy, Jane M. Decker

Theses

This thesis will focus on determining whether or not the media does or does not pay heavy attention to ethical issues when reporting. Much of society believes that the media focuses more on "getting the story", rather than reporting the news. Also, some view the media as an entity which cares only about sensationalism, and producing the highest rating. Over the past fifteen years or so, media coverage has changed quite drastically. Journalists of earlier times would have not been expected to go to any lengths to get a story, as they seem to be in today's world. It is …

Professionalizing Gender: The Female Gothic, Beating Fantasies And The Civilizing Process, Diane L. Hoeveler

English Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Introduction [To Comparative Romanticisms: Power, Gender, Subjectivity Larry H. Peer And Diane Hoeveler, Eds.], Diane Hoeveler

English Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Spiritual Assessment And Care Plan Development In A Long Term Care Facility, Eugene J. Neff

Theses

A healthy spirituality in the long term care resident is an important factor in holistic care. A review of literature coupled with the knowledge and experience of the author, an ordained clergy person with pastoral care training, and experience in the long term care setting, has indicated a growing need to ensure that the long term care resident's spiritual needs are properly assessed. The results of that assessment must be incorporated into the care plan. Appropriate steps must be taken to respond to surfaced needs and reinforce the areas of spiritual strength.

The purpose of this thesis will be to …

The Imperative That African-American Authors Define The Nature Of African-American Heroes In Literature: Or Uncle Tom To Jedediah West, Harry Jackson Jr.

Theses

This document will demonstrate the need for African-American authors to define the essential and fundamental characteristics, disposition and purpose of the literary heroes of African Americans by way of an analysis of the novel, Cowboy, the Saga of Jedediah West, which I wrote between 1995 and 1998. The creation of a distinct literary heroic tradition for African Americans is necessary, I contend, because the culture virtually has been deprived and devoid of literary, imaginary heroes. Because people of every culture require heroes for healthy evolution, African Americans have weighted their heroic tradition with living heroes exclusively who are accepted …

The Role Of Sound And Sound Effects In Theatrical Productions, Sheila K. Adams

Theses

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Deaccessioning And The Colt Museum Collection, Carl A. Robin

Theses

The valuation of tangible personal property donated to reduce federal tax liability is an example of one function of the professional appraiser. An equally important task related to charitable contributions involves the appraisal of donated property after it becomes surplus to the needs of the recipient institution.

This study examines controversial exchanges from the Colt Museum Collection at the Connecticut State Library in Hartford between 1977 and 1984, placing them within a broader context to trace the evolution of uniform standards in the museum profession. The central idea recognizes the need for procedural safeguards to guide deaccessioning decisions.

Precipitous decisions …

Chump Change, A Moral Tale Of Misogyny And Accountability: A Screenplay, Christopher S. Mcdonald

Theses

This Culmanating Project is a full-length motion picture screenplay titled Chump Change.

Chump Change is a moral tale of the accountability that a young misogynist named Clay has to face when his long-suffering wife, Lena, pulls the rug out from under their marriage. As Clay struggles to put his life back together while fighting Lena for the custody of his son, he has to face up to his own responsibility for his plight.

As Clay develops more consciousness about the darker side of his own nature, he searches for the answer to the question. 11 Can people really change?" He …

Short Story Collection: Love’S Will Be Done, Cornelia Hornburg

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Short stories are always a very personal thing. I invested a lot of emotions in my collection Love's Will Be Done and I feel the way the protagonists feel. My emphasis lies in the fact that all four protagonists are female characters. These are four different examples that monitor the struggle to live a happy life. Dreams are shattered, lives are taken and disillusion is the omnipotent feeling.. Four female personalities have to cope with the situation they are facing. As all humans, they are different because they are individuals. Thus, their ways of overcoming the problems are different, individual. …

Graduate Recital In Voice, Julianne Joy Carlson Davis

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Julianne Joy Carlson Davis, soprano, presented her graduate voice recital on Wednesday, April 29, 1998, at 8:00 in the evening in Russell Hall Auditorium on the University of Northern Iowa campus. Her program included works by Handel, Faure, Barber, and Strauss. The recital was presented in collaboration with pianist Oksana Skidan.

Middleground Primitive Baptist Church 1897-1997, Bulloch County Historical Society

Bulloch County Historical Society Publications

A brief history of Middleground Primitive Baptist Church. Includes a list of pastors, deacons, and members, as well as a program for the Homecoming Service in 1997.

History Of Bethel Baptist Church, Herman Nessmith, Roy Smith, Paul Nessmith

Bulloch County Historical Society Publications

A program for the celebration of the 120^th anniversary of Hubert United Methodist Church. The program includes a history of the church, a list of historical highlights, a list of pastors, and a program for the worship service.

A Bulloch Sampler, Smith Callaway Banks

Bulloch County Historical Society Publications

A collection of Bulloch County history materials presented by Smith Callaway Banks. This collection includes newspaper accounts of Creek Indian raids, a piece on the Hollingsworth Collection at Screven County Library, articles from the Statesboro News about the homesteads of the Denmarks and the Duggars, information about the community of Bengal and its post offices, and five newspaper articles about farming in Bulloch County. Also included are the obituaries of Sarah Lanier Jones and Keziah Cone DeLoach, a short biography of Isabel Lane Sorrier, a recipe for ginger-wine, three accounts from Confederate veterans, an article and signed photograph of Joe …

Painting And Being: A Meditation On Perception, Myron N. Moore

School of Art, Art History, and Design: Theses and Student Creative Work

The art of painting, as I practice it, is analogous to reevaluating tradition: the purpose being not to determine what is new but to determine anew what is truly relevant. The history of art affects my perception and that which I see celebrates what I find relevant to the present. I have always worked from direct observation. In an art climate that has moved toward conceptual concerns, my response is to explore the perceptual paradigm of western art, without invalidating its tradition. My paintings are a direct response to my environment. In making such work I communicate the significance of …

Building “A Home Of Our Own:” The Construction Of The Lesbian Herstory Archives, Polly Thistlethwaite

Publications and Research

This article traces the founding of the Lesbian Herstory Archives in the context of radical archiving and lesbian institution building. It includes an outline of problems presented by "extra-legal" or outlaw material in archival settings. Discussion of the New York Public Library's Becoming Visible exhibit reflects the 1990s growth of mainstream institutional interest in gay, lesbian, and transgender archives, and the complications this interest presents.

Marvin Pittman Laboratory School Final Year Memorabilia, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Finding Aids

This collection consists of class activities, school work, and curricula for the Marvin Laboratory School’s last year, 1997-1998.

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Frances Corry Lane Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Finding Aids

This collection consists of Frances Corry Lane’s genealogical research pertaining to nineteenth-century Wiregrass Georgia counties, including Bulloch, Burke, Emanuel, and Screven Counties. Materials include handwritten transcripts of several county census records, newspaper clippings, notes, and a register book.

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Jarrett W. Palmer Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Finding Aids

Assembled by Dr. Jarrett W. Palmer (1874-1969), this collection features documents detailing Palmer's religious and medical practices in Ailey, Ga. Materials span 1895-1964, and include religious and medical publications, bank statements, financial and administrative forms, insurance paperwork, medical records and referrals, various artifacts from his practice, and other relevant documentation.

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Olliff & Smith Grocery Records, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Finding Aids

This collection contains business ledgers that details the records of Olliff & Smith’s Grocery records. Both boxes contain ledgers spanning 1898-1901 and include purchases at the Olliff & Smith Grocery.

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