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Bringing The Nauvoo Temple To Life, J. Mark Hiatt, Dr. Richard D. Draper

Journal of Undergraduate Research

After the Saints were forced out of Nauvoo, angry vandals, fearing the Saints would return, destroyed the magnificent temple left behind. The temple the mobsters destroyed took five years to build and every sacrifice imaginable for the Saints to complete. Since the temple does not exist today, a noble effort is being made to resurrect the structure using modern technology. My job was to acquire and transfer all necessary data to Andrew Teasdale, who would create a computer generated virtual reconstruction of the Nauvoo Temple.

The Unobservable God: Faith, Hope, And Charity In Cormac Mccarthy’S The Crossing, Makayla Steiner, Dr. Phillip A. Snyder

Journal of Undergraduate Research

A brief note to begin with: this project is not quite complete, and is therefore on hold until Fall of 2011. I will be presenting the final paper in a session focused on McCarthy scholarship at either the American Literature Association’s annual conference, or at a conference hosted by the Cormac McCarthy society. In the meantime I will be serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I will submit to a conference at the earliest possible date once I return. The paper is mostly complete—it needs only to be shaped and tweaked according to the …

Depicting Otherness Representations Of Black Africans In German-Language Serials Between 1880 And 1920, Ruth Dittli, Dr. Cindy Brewer

Journal of Undergraduate Research

In the era of imperialism Germany came late to the scene, but quickly attempted to catch up to its colonist neighbors and established colonies throughout the “heathen” lands such as China, India, and Africa. To generate interest and support for the colonist efforts a new genera of literature emerged called “colonial literature”. The literature was written by Europeans for Europeans. For my research I wished to discover how those publications dealt with and portrayed the character of the native in African literature.

Report Of Grant Expenditure, Katie Mcney

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Using my ORCA grant, I went to London from May 12 to May 20. While there, I uncovered connections and information that will contribute significantly to my research on Eleanor of Aquitaine and her relationship to later women in England.

Byu Office Of Research And Creative Activities, Benjamin Park

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The reception of a BYU ORCA Mentoring Grant, and the research and writing it enabled me to perform, was one of the best experiences during my time at BYU. I researched the intellectual environment of early Mormon rhetoric, focusing specifically on how it balanced the tensions of Enlightenment thought on the one hand and Romantic intimations on the other. The grant provided me with the opportunity to not only delve into secondary literature, but also a vast amount of primary sources. The benefit of this project not only resulted in several individual papers, but also helped prepare me for more …

Project Title, Caleb Morris, Dr. Steven Riep

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The “Body Building Plan for Entire People” (Quanmin Jianshen Jihua Gangyao) laid out in 1995, for the purpose of, “increasing exercise activities among the masses, and consistently building the number of people involved in sporting events. The body building of the masses will be viewed with an importance that increases daily, and the avenues for athletic pursuits will be available in increasing variety” (1). In the fourteenth article of the proclamation it is made clear that this plan is for all of China’s citizens including the disabled. The proclamation calls for the “pushing forth of body building activities for the …

Painting Between The Lines: Artistic Intent And Thought Work In China, Sterling Larsen, Dr. Steven Riep

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Though some argue the shadow of Mao may be fading in the light of capitalistic reforms, media and the arts in contemporary China are often mobilized to achieve political goals. Today it can be argued that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is pursuing an agenda of thought work and propaganda more aggressively, more comprehensively and on a larger scale than any other world power, but instead of employing the heavyhanded policies of the past, the CCP has succeeded in encouraging selfcensorship on a large scale by controlling the means of artistic production.

Modern Navajo Trading Posts In The Gallup, Nm, Region And How They Compare With Traditional Trading Posts, Trent Tanner, Dr. Jill Rudy

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Trading relationships between the Navajo Indians and Anglo-American frontiersmen began in the late 1860s after the Navajo were released from their internment at Ft. Sumner by the US government. These intrepid men carried to the Navajo such goods as coffee, lard, and white flour as well as western farming tools in exchange for goods such as Navajo weavings, sheep wool, and silver jewelry. Among these men was my great-great-great grandfather, Seth Tanner, also called Hastiin Shash, or “Man Bear.” (see picture 1). He was the beginning of what has become a five-generation Tanner Navajo trading legacy which continues today.

Hell, Meghan Henning, Carol A. Newsom

Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications

The mention of hell usually invokes imagery of a fiery place, below the earth, in which the wicked are tortured for eternity. Although this dominant model of hell owes much to the history of interpretation of Jewish and Christian scriptures, the reader of the Bible is hard-pressed to locate this specific depiction of hell in the Bible itself. There are a number of reasons for this apparent paucity of references to hell in the Bible. To begin, the concepts of the abode of the dead in ancient Judaism (e.g., Sheol, the Pit, Abaddon) did not refer to a lively afterlife …

"Honey, We's All Creoles": Exploring South Louisiana's Creole Identity, Culture, And Heritage, Elista Istre

Student Theses and Dissertations

South Louisiana boasts a cultural mélange that sets it apart from the rest of the United States. Largely due to the tourism industry, many associate the region with Cajun culture; fewer realize that Creoles inhabited the region before the Cajuns arrived and still continue to play an important role in the area's cultural landscape today. The definition of Creole changed over time as Louisiana's native-born population either claimed or rejected their European or African ancestry. Although the debate over "true" Creole identity continues, throughout the prairies of South Louisiana, the term typically refers to French-speaking individuals of varying skin tones …

Russian Teacher Development Project Summary, Carrie S. Hewitt, Dr. Gary Browning

Journal of Undergraduate Research

On June 23, 1996 I returned from Spring term study abroad program in St. Petersburg, Russia where I lived the language, experienced the colorful culture and learned to love the Russian people. The purpose of my creative research project was to build upon a developing professional knowledge base, acquire authentic teaching materials and creative ideas—all critical to the art of professional language teaching. Throughout my time in Russia I chronicled both the positive and the negative experiences. I used my journal entries to record new teaching ideas, express frustrations and ambiguities found in Russia, as well as detail the priceless …

Calamity Jane: Latter-Day Saint Women And The Teton Dam Disaster, Emily Willis, Dr. Rebecca De Schweinitz

Journal of Undergraduate Research

On June 5, 1976, the almost-completed Teton Dam, a Bureau of Reclamation project, broke, sending millions of gallons of water thundering through the Upper Snake River Valley in Southeastern Idaho. The flood destroyed hundreds of houses and left thousands of people homeless. As soon as the waters receded, cleanup began, involving every man and woman in the most menial and, at times, nontraditional tasks.

‘The Good Minister’: Emerson, Hedge, And Transcendental Religion, Ryan Tobler, Paul Kerry

Journal of Undergraduate Research

It is usually literary historians, not religious ones, who address the American Transcendental movement of the early 19th century. Best known for the literary works and figures it produced, Transcendentalism is remembered as loose coalition of forceful thinkers that challenged and enhanced American conceptions of nature, ideal society, and intellectual culture. Some even regard the movement as the vehicle or the expression of America’s intellectual independence – the critical point of departure from derivative (European) strains of thought and the genesis of a distinctively American intellectual tradition. These high estimations make it critical to understand what Transcendentalism actually was, and …

Case Study In Religious Sacrifice, April Reber

Journal of Undergraduate Research

“Whatever their fate in life, the burghers of Endigen succeeded in constructing a meaningful and moving story out of what would otherwise have been just another reminder of the violence and meaningless of life. Fragmented events now acquired a unifying structure in the ritual murder discourse; violence transformed into relics, tragedy into triumph, and death into life” (Hsia 40 The Myth of Ritual Murder). What exactly is the process of turning tragedy into triumph, meaningless suffering into sacrifice for deity? Often, religion seems to answer (or at least provide an explanation for) human suffering. Thus the question I hope to …

The Role Of Relationships In The Conversion Process: An Lds Sample, James W. Phillips, Dr. Kristin Hansen

Journal of Undergraduate Research

I consider this ORCA project to be a successful one on all accounts. The goals that were originally outlined at the onset of this project (forming an original research paper and presenting at a major academic conference) were met and future collaborations with Dr. Kristin Hansen suggest that we can publish our work in a scholarly journal. From the beginning, through the completion of the ORCA grant project, and continuing until the present, this mentored learning experience has been a fulfilling and productive endeavor.

China’S Local And International Environmental Policy, Gloria Jean Gong, Dr. Zeng Ping

Journal of Undergraduate Research

As a fellow in the BYU Chinese Flagship Program, I chose Chinese environmental and sustainable development policy as my research focus. Working under Professor Gary Bryner in the political science department and Professors Zeng Ping and Ni Tingting in the Chinese Department I completed an honors thesis on China’s compliance with international climate change treaties. While researching the literature review section of the thesis, it became apparent that while enormous amounts of research is currently being done on China’s role in the international climate change regime, there are few resources detailing the development of China’s policy with regards to climate …

Margaret Cavendish’S Introductory Epistles As Essayistic Guidelines, Lina Maria Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas, Dr. Brandi Siegfried

Journal of Undergraduate Research

When I began my project I intended to conjoin Theodor W. Adorno’s and Györg Lukács’ definitions of the essa—as stated in “The Essay as Form” and “Soul and Form,” respectively—with Susan M. Fitzmaurice’s definition of the epistolary genre to determine if definite essayistic elements found in other forms—specifically Margaret Cavendish’s work—of writing transformed, expanded, redefined, or negated the current conception of the, so called, fourth genre. I assumed that this isolation of “pure essayistic elements” would contribute toward stricter genre boundaries built on a more objective theoretical mesh work through which other pieces of writing could be more easily classified …

Jeanine Meerapfel And Her Films – An Interview, Jonathan Smith, Dr. Daryl Lee

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Jeanine Meerapfel has been a professional filmmaker for 30 years and is an important, though often overlooked, voice in German and Argentine cinema. Meerapfel, born in Argentina to German-Jewish parents who fled Germany during World War II, has worked in Germany, Argentina, and Greece, and has directed both fiction and documentary films. Since her first feature film, Malou [1981], she has tackled issues of immigration, identity and how one reconciles the past, with each subsequent film adding to the discussion of those issues. Jeanine Meerapfel’s work is fascinatingly complex and often defies rudimentary forms of categorization, proving far more complicated …

Lanthorn, Vol. 48, No. 03, August 26, 2013, Grand Valley State University

Volume 48, July 1, 2013 - June 2, 2014

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

Feel The Fear: Learning Graphic Design In Affective Places And Online Spaces, Anitra Nottingham

Learn X Design Conference Series

This paper explores the idea of pedagogic affect in both onsite and online graphic design learning spaces, and speculates on the role that this affect plays in the formation of the design student. I argue that embodied design knowledge is built by interactions with design professionals, activities that mimic the daily work of designers, and practices of display such as student work galleries within design schools. Therefore bodies in motion, and the places they move within, take on more importance in the making-up of a graphic design student than we may expect. This idea has implications for online design learning. …

The Faithful Flyer, 08-25-2013, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

No abstract provided.

Election: Challenge Rather Than Privilege, Lawrence Frizzell

Department of Religion Publications

Cycle C liturgical readings for the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 25, 2013: Is 66:18-21; Ps 117; Heb 12:5-7, 11-13; Lk 13:22-30. This article was previously published in The Catholic Advocate.

St. Mark’S Catholic Community Of The Deaf, August 25, 2013

Saint Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Edmonton, Canada

Saint Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf Finding Aid

Obituary; 2013-08-25; Young, Patricia Pettiford, Hopewell Baptist Church

Hopewell Baptist Church

No abstract provided.

No Dads: Review Of Dan Hassler-Forest's Capitalist Superheroes, Gerry Canavan

English Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Visualising Ideas: A Camera Is Not Enough, Liv Merete Nielsen

Learn X Design Conference Series

When photography was widely introduced as a tool for documentation, the art of mimetic drawing was challenged as a main activity in art education. This raised the question: Why bother with mimetic drawing in art classes when any object, person or event can be documented with a camera? The question of mimesis in painting and drawing existed long before the introduction of cameras, and it raised philosophical questions in relation to the ideals of pictorial representations. This paper problematises some issues that have constructed a counterproductive contradiction when it comes to training mimetic drawing in general art and design education. …

Cleo Hall

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Design Learning For Tomorrow – Design Education From Kindergarten To Phd, Liv Merete Nielsen

Learn X Design Conference Series

The 2nd international conference for design education researchers in Oslo May 14– 17, 2013 on the theme of ‘Design learning for tomorrow – Design education from Kindergarten to PhD’ received an overwhelming response. This is gratifying for us, the organisers, as we see design in a broad interdisciplinary perspective in support for a better tomorrow. For years we have promoted the idea that sustainable design solutions should include more than ‘professional’ designers; they should also include a general public as ‘conscious’ consumers and decision makers with responsibility for quality and longevity, as opposed to a “throw-away” society.

Management As A Liberal Art (Seattle), C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

In these opening remarks recorded for a fall seminar at Seattle Pacific University, Pollard outlines Peter Drucker's theory of management as a liberal art and details the ways in which it was implemented in the ServiceMaster organization. He also notes why such a vision is important for contemporary management education.

Sisters And Sorelle: A Comparative Analysis Of The Women’S Movement In Italy And The United States, Erin K. Knutson, Dr. Rebecca De Schweinitz

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Feminism is a global phenomenon but not a monolith. Its goal of a more liberated, self-directed existence for women is common, but the methods employed to make this a reality vary among cultures and individuals. The United States, though full of radical feminist activity, has no hegemony on feminism. Italian feminism, along with other feminisms, have “fallen victim to a kind of cultural imperialism”. Though certainly influenced by the United States’ version of feminism, Italian feminism “nevertheless remains distinctly Italian”. Placing feminism in a global context allows for exploration of common tactics utilized by women across cultures and exposes strategies …