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Compassion, Connor Willett

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Dating Solo, Alec Synnestvedt

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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My Dear, Adele Kane

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Degas Never Knew Me, Liz Poor

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Primrose Hill, Alexa Kovachevich

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Simplicity, Allison Taylor

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Milos Sunset, Alex Thompson

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Chutes And Ladders: All Grown Up, Christine Hudson

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Nicole’S Birthday, Isabelle Chapman

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Wait, Katherine White

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Self-Conscious, Aidan Badinger

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Jazzing, Logan Dibiase

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Frogs, Elise Lockwood

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Peanut, Kyle Macy

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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A Perfectly Normal Tuesday, Meghan Shearer

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Birch And Pine, Nicholas Sweeney

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Lion’S Mane, Alex Thompson

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Black And White, Katie Reising

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Katie Reising is a senior English Writing major with a Mass Communications minor. She is from Yorktown, Indiana and plans to pursue a career in Human Resources upon graduation. Her inspiration and enthusiasm for poetry is driven from her experiences with traveling and passion for working with people. Poetry serves as her outlet to showcase and transform everyday experiences into relatable art.

Winner of the Paul Query Prize in Poetry

The Friary - Lancaster, England, Katie Reising

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Katie Reising is a senior English Writing major with a Mass Communications minor. She is from Yorktown, Indiana and plans to pursue a career in Human Resources upon graduation. Her inspiration and enthusiasm for poetry is driven from her experiences with traveling and passion for working with people. Poetry serves as her outlet to showcase and transform everyday experiences into relatable art.

Winner of the Paul Query Prize in Poetry

Past The Silence, Katie Reising

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Katie Reising is a senior English Writing major with a Mass Communications minor. She is from Yorktown, Indiana and plans to pursue a career in Human Resources upon graduation. Her inspiration and enthusiasm for poetry is driven from her experiences with traveling and passion for working with people. Poetry serves as her outlet to showcase and transform everyday experiences into relatable art.

Winner of the Paul Query Prize in Poetry

Ordinary Life, Barbara Bean

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

A Short Story by Barbara Bean published in the Georgia Review

Dark Green Religion: Nature Spirituality And The Planetary Future, By Bron Taylor, Christopher Key Chapple

Theological Studies Faculty Works

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Doctrine After Foundationalism, Robert Lewis Fossett

Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation

Fossett, Robert, L. “Doctrine After Foundationalism.” Ph.D. diss., Concordia Seminary, 2011. 250 pp.

This essay argues for an account of Christian doctrine that will bring to light the lingering entrenchment of foundationalism within the context of religious discourse and will show this entrenchment for what it is: a confusion inherited from the Enlightenment (and ultimately from Plato). In its place I offer an account of doctrine that is more explicitly Christological than what is currently being offered in the modern discussion on doctrine and that at the same time, moves the conversation past the assumptions of foundationalism. A properly Christian …

The Logic Of The ‘As If’ And The Existence Of God: An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Belief In The Work Of Jacques Derrida, Colby Dickinson

Theology: Faculty Publications and Other Works

The religious thematics at play in the work of Jacques Derrida have often provided an ongoing platform from which to struggle with the entire scope of his work, thus moving the seemingly peripheral discourses on religion within his oeuvre to the center stage. Despite repeated attempts to come to terms both theologically and philosophically with the conditional nature of representations, the problematics of representation are perhaps nowhere more forcefully demonstrated than in the work of Derrida. Indeed, for Derrida, the ‘as if’, as a regulative principle directly appropriated and modified from its Kantian context, becomes the central lynchpin for understanding, …

What Is A Human Person? An Exploration & Critique Of Contemporary Perspectives, Emmanuel Cumplido

Senior Honors Projects

What is a Human Person? An Exploration and Critique of Physicalist Perspectives

Emmanuel Cumplido

Faculty Sponsor: Donald Zeyl, Philosophy

Answers to the question “What is a human person?” that have garnered the allegiance of people throughout millennia fall under two broad categories: “physicalism” and “dualism”. One of the earliest renditions of physicalism was the philosophy of the ancient Greek atomists. In their view, all of reality could be explained through two principles: atoms and empty space. As a consequence, people were thought to be nothing but assemblages of atoms in space. Plato’s Phaedo presents one of the earliest philosophical endorsements …

The Importance Of Undecideds In The Evolution Vs. Creationism Debate, Seth Steinman

Senior Honors Projects

As a scientific theory, evolution has as much empirical support for its core assertions as the heliocentric universe theory or the belief that the Earth is round.  Despite a unanimous consensus in the scientific community about evolution’s validity, the General Social Survey (GSS) consistently reports that 85 percent of Americans are either undecided or do not believe in evolution.

This divide between evolutionists, led by scientists, and creationists, led by religious leaders, has enormous scientific and political implications, which include funding for basic scientific research, acting to stop global warming, and what schools should be teaching our children.

The most …

The Fabrication Of Gender: Concept To Catwalk, Emily J. Pascoe

Senior Honors Projects

Gender, as I have come to understand it, is a vast, variable and personal response to one’s society and culture. As an interpretation of one’s biological sex it is a prominent aspect in our lives. Because of this prominence, attributes of gender are revealed in many forms. In relevance to fashion gender is manifested visually. Traits of femininity, androgyny and masculinity are rendered in dress and appearance.

I have portrayed these traits by using editorial fashion images to create a visual gender continuum. Using images from a compilation of current fashion magazines, whose target consumers are either men or women, …

Prayer In Jewish Community High Schools: Generation Y Jews In An Era Of Unlimited Choices, Yonatan Yussman

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine and analyze tefilla (prayer) programs in three Jewish community high schools, as well as professional leadership practices in these schools as they related to prayer. The questions that guided this research were: (1) What does prayer education and practice look like in Jewish community high schools? (2) How is prayer education and practice perceived by key constituencies in Jewish community high schools? (3) How do educators and students in Jewish community high schools describe authentic prayer?

Site observations, interviews with students, faculty, and administration, as well as data collected from sources …

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (Pcos) In Urban India, Heidi A. Manlove

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

This thesis research focuses on urban women in India diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). PCOS is a complex metabolic, endocrine and reproductive disorder affecting approximately 5-10% of the female population in developed countries. The prevalence of PCOS is on the rise in developing nations like India, which are undergoing rapid nutritional transitions due to Westernized diets and lifestyle. However, less appreciated in the literature are the developmental psychosocial impacts for women diagnosed with PCOS, especially in developing countries. Thus, the goal of my thesis research was to contribute to the small but growing literature by investigating psychosocial dimensions of …

Understanding Bioprospecting: Can Indigenous Populations Benefit From The Search For Pharmaceuticals In Areas Of High Biodiversity, Emily Schwindt

Department of Environmental Studies: Undergraduate Student Theses

Bioprospecting is a controversial issue, and anthropologists and other scientists are quick to take sides. The idea of large corporations pumping money into conservation and development programs, while developing what could be the latest life-saving drug simply sounds too good to be true, and often times is. However, if all parties work together and proceed with caution, these benefits could become more than a fantasy. Looking at case studies from Costa Rica, India, South Africa and Panama this paper attempts to find patterns among successful bioprospecting agreements and note shortcomings and identify risks. This information will be used to suggest …