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An Exploration Of Self-Empowerment And Truthful Expression Through Movement And Rudolf Laban's Theory Of Effort, Morgan Raquel Sicklick

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

My ultimate goal in completing my Honors Thesis was to make a very personal discovery: to feel and see what it was like to become self-empowered and thus, give myself and others within the field of dance permission to engage in truthful expression. To accomplish this, I used Rudolf Laban's theory of Effort to explore, through movement, my "inner" and "outer" Effort life as well as created a large-scale choreographic work entitled "In the Moment of Not Knowing." Creating this work allowed me to project my own journey towards self-empowerment onto a universal, physical and artistic canvas, and evaluate the …

Junior Recital, Gizmo Hall, Unlv Contemporary Jazz Ensemble

Junior Recitals

List of performers and performances.

Jehanne: The Legacy Of A True Heroine., Kacy Tiller

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Who was Joan of Arc? That was the first question in my mind before I began my journey of studying this remarkable young woman. I had no idea how special she was. I thought she was just another historical figure that gets lost in history books. All I really knew about her was that she was burned at the stake. What I didn't know was that she led a country's army into battle at the age of seventeen.The adaptation of Mark Twain's novel, Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc into a full length play involves in-depth research into French and …

Sinking Your Teeth Into Popular Culture: Why Reading Twilight Could Kill You, Carolyn Eve Friedman

Honors Scholar Theses

A scholarly criticism of the themes and styles utilized in the popular series Twilight and their implications. Inspects the Twilight series incorporation of values and literary concepts commonly found in romance, young adult, and vampire literature in an attempt to understand the foundation of the series.

Doctoral Recital, Lillian Roberts, Karen J. Mccann, Samantha Ciarlo, Sarah Wright, David Chavez, Maren Quanbeck

Graduate Student Recitals

List of performers and performances.

Senior Recital, Joseph Nicosia, Michelle Lee

Senior Recitals

List of performers and performances.

The Effects Of Music And Synchrony On The Development Of Empathy In Young Children., Allison Hawkins

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Empathy, defined as the capacity to observe the feelings of another person and to respond with care and concern for that other person, is a very important quality of successful people (Cotton, 2000). However, there is very little research on the development of empathy in children, with a definite gap in research on the development of empathy in children from 24 to 48 months of age. The characteristic of empathy can be very difficult for young children to portray because of their tendency to be egocentric and their difficulty in recognizing the feelings of others. This study attempts to close …

The Stella Adler Actor's Approach To The Zoo Story., Travis Welch

Undergraduate Honors Theses

A documentation of the rehearsal process of Edward Albee's The Zoo Story, written by the actor playing Jerry and attempting to use the Stella Adler technique of acting.

The Beauty Of Stage Managing: Being A Catalyst For The Theatrical Arts., William Cate

Undergraduate Honors Theses

The Beauty of Stage Managing: Being a Catalyst for the Theatrical Arts analyzes the art and craft of stage management. My experiences as a theatre student at East Tennessee State University from 2009-2012, culminated in my final senior capstone as the stage manager for the ETSU Division of Theatre and Dance production of Beautiful Bodies by Laura Shaine Cunningham (performed October 18-21 2012 at the Bud Frank Theatre). In addition, the following research of the history and development of stage management and its modern practices created a better understanding of the artistic field. Both in theory and in practice, I …

Mccarthy's Outer Dark And Child Of God As Works Of Appalachian Gothic Fiction., Ava E. Gooding

Undergraduate Honors Theses

In both Outer Dark and Child of God, McCarthy does a masterful job of blending the elements of Appalachian Gothic to present a novel that is darkly suspenseful and grimly thought-provoking. Outer Dark focuses on the complex incestuous relationship between a brother and sister and their interaction with others. The novel follows the two on a journey through the wilderness where they must cope with the unknown qualities of that wilderness, as well as the guilt stemming from their own behaviors. In Child of God, McCarthy explores the grotesque nature of a life lived in isolation and poverty in the …

Rebels Against Restriction: A Look Into The Effects Of Restrictions And Censorship On Adolescents., Jordan Blevins

Undergraduate Honors Theses

This paper is a discussion and exploration on the effects of restriction and censorship during the adolescent years. The adolescent years for the purposes of this paper are going to range from childhood to early college aged students. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how different authority figures try to restrict this age group in certain ways and how the decision to do this generally does not produce the desired results. In the end I would like readers to walk away being more conscious of the dangers involved with too much restriction by authority figures in the lives …

The Roles Of Women, Animals, And Nature In Traditional Japanese And Western Folk Tales Carry Over Into Modern Japanese And Western Culture., Jessica Cooper

Undergraduate Honors Theses

The roles of women, animals, and nature in traditional Japanese and Western folk tales continue to be parallel to the roles of women, animals, and nature in modern Japanese and Western Culture. This is a result of the values and morals that are encapsulated within these folk tales.

Becoming Joan: An Actress' Journey Into The Mind Of Joan Of Arc., Cailan C. Calloway

Undergraduate Honors Theses

The reader's theatre production of Kacy Tiller’s Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc on December 3, 2012 was the culmination of my process as an actress to portray Joan. Through character analysis, extensive research, and collaboration with fellow artists, I was able to discover and grow as an actress.

Public School Desegregation In America: How School Desegregation Became The Most Important Medium For Advancing Social Justice., Michael Huening

Undergraduate Honors Theses

The purpose of this work is to identify the particular changes in the movement for social justice for African Americans. Great strides in the advancement of social justice began just after the Second World War. Issues of ideology, foreign policy, advancement in education, and growing activism led to what is known as the Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights Movement was a determined effort by African Americans and their supporters to eliminate legal and societal oppression. Measured by the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Act of 1965, and the equal opportunity employment section of Lyndon …

Projections Of Caesar 2012., Hunter Cline

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Julius Caesar is a play that has been performed for hundreds of years, but in our modern adaptation we've used technology and the art of projections to give this classic play a modernistic flair and demonstrate the parallels between the political turmoil of that time and our own.

Lena Mae Holt

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Last Of The Bronx Giants: Mayoral Control, School Reform, And The Fate Of Bronx High Schools, Ben Delikat

African & African American Studies Senior Theses

No abstract provided.

Disaster From Above: New York City Teachers' Perceptions Of School Reform, Elizabeth Baker

African & African American Studies Senior Theses

No abstract provided.

Public Housing In The New York City: The Case Of The Red Hook Houses, Michael Kavanagh

African & African American Studies Senior Theses

In the United States, public housing conjures up negative images of decaying high-rise buildings, places ridden crime, drugs and gangs. This stereotype largely represents society's attitude towards the urban poor that has evolved since the housing movement began in the 1920s. When support for public housing took hold, the United States were living in tenements houses under the most horrific conditions. It is easy to forget that public housing was created in order to provide safe, affordable spaces for working and middle class families to live. However, policy changes, mismanagement, and inadequate funding are among the several factors that changed …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 54, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Koch, Cameron & Taylor Harrison. Proposed Budget Cuts Make Key Programs Disappear
• Koch, Cameron. Funding for New Academic Initiatives Eliminated
• McKay, Michael. #SavetheTalisman Movement Gaining Traction
• Harrison, Taylor. Budget Cuts Affect Student Government Association, Campus Activities Board
• Osborne, Sam. Student’s Husband Competes on The Voice – Justin Rivers
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon Budget Cuts
• Programs Shrink as Campus Expands – Budget
• Clark, Katie. #SavetheTalisman
• Aulbach, Lucas. Athletics Department Faces $135,000 In Cuts
• Aulbach, Lucas. Lady Toppers Worth a Look This Summer – Softball
• Williams, Kyle. Lady Toppers Two Wins …

This Land Is My Land: The Evolution And Future Of Urban Homesteading In The United States, Emma Brennan

African & African American Studies Senior Theses

No abstract provided.

Command Your Keyboard, Michelle L. Gilstrap

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

The goal of this project is to help people who are interested in learning the shortcuts available in the Adobe Premiere Pro video editing software. I will create a fun and interactive way for people to learn some of the fundamental shortcuts available by using the command symbol and another key located on the keyboard. Many people will have access to this tutorial program because I will make it available online through my Western Kentucky University web address. My project, Command Your Keyboard, will become a website using the software, Adobe Flash Professional. Along with the viewers of Command Your …

Challenges Of Graduate School, Alexander D. Heath

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

For this project I produced and hosted a 30-mintue in-depth interview/talk show program where I interviewed three students about the process of going through graduate school at Western Kentucky University. Two of my guests are currently going through graduate school at WKU while the third recently received his graduate degree. I discussed with each guest their respective fields and area of research. We talked not only about why they chose their field but how their work and their field affect society on a daily basis. We touched on the that impact at the local and national level. My goal for …

Bones, Frogs, And Killers: The Corporeal Oppression Of Women In The Patriarchal, Christian South, Shawna F. Felkins

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

Both Alice Walker and Dorothy Allison create female protagonists who face corporeal oppression in their works The Color Purple and Bastard out of Carolina, respectively. It these protagonist’s feminine gender that allows the men in their lives to control them. Connecting these two authors and validating there assertions of the power of patriarchy to oppress women through the physical body, is author Lillian Smith and her work Killers of the Dream. There is a connecting thread running through these works that explains the reign of patriarchal oppression in the South: Christianity. Women, especially those in the Christian culture of the …

The Seven Methods Of Co-Teaching, Courtney S. Cheatwood

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

How a person is taught in the classroom can shape who they’ll become in their future. While each teacher has a different style and approach to success, there’s always room for improvement. Co-teaching is a recently developed process that involves a primary and secondary pair of teachers who instruct a classroom simultaneously through seven different methods. “The Seven Methods of Co-Teaching” is a video project that fully outlines the co-teaching process with interview, descriptions and demonstrations of the methods and benefits of co-teaching. These videos will be used to ensure that P-12 classroom teachers have background knowledge on co-teaching, and …

Truth, Subjectivity, And The Aesthetic Experience: A Study Of Michel Foucault's History Of Madness, Clay Graham

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

One of the fundamental issues in 20^th century philosophy is of the nature of individual subjective experience. I seek to show how this “nature” is revealed and hidden by a historical process outlined in History of Madness by Michel Foucault. Foucault’s philosophical and anthropological engagement with the experience of madness in The Modern Age functions as a useful tool towards this end. The psychologisation and medicalization of madness in the 19^th century allowed for an endless discourse on madness. This in turn permitted the language of the mad to burst open from its silence, historically present since the …

Jesus, I Trust In You: St. Thomas Aquinas' Jubilee, John A. Sohl

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

The concept of “Life Reporting” is a completely new idea, at least in terms of how I have experienced it. In today’s world of blogs and social networking, it is essential for broadcast journalists to embrace their own lives in the same world of professional and ethical reporting. As I describe my experience of St. Thomas Aquinas’ Jubilee, I have no choice but to provide the context and build-up of this intense passion toward my overarching point. Working through all the communities of which I have been a part, from attending St. Luke Catholic Church all the way to the …

Engagement Media - The Fusion Of Journalism And Museum Experience Design, Brieonna L. Logsdon

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

News organizations struggle to find the balance between audience and content, but there are large amounts of untapped research in a field that would not often be compared to journalism — museum exhibit design.

Museums specifically study how to best engage an audience, to make them willing to leave their homes, buy tickets and return multiple times to see exhibits. What journalism can learn from museum engagement design may alter how newsrooms plan interaction and even their content.

Western iMedia, a student news operation at Western Kentucky University, gathered and formatted content based on these lessons from museum design. The …

A Clean Slate: Tablet Publishing For College Yearbooks, Samaul J. Oldenburg

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

Universities are a training ground for the people who will go on to revitalize and reinvent the industries that they enter. Journalism is one of many industries rapidly changing with the pace of technology growth and is susceptible to influence from young, energetic professionals as they leave school. That influence is especially needed on forays into digital publishing, especially publishing on iPads and other tablet computers.

Student publications on university campuses are a key part of preparing students for that responsibility. By exploring readership habits, effective multimedia use, and successes and failures of other digital publications, students can learn to …

From A Place Of Fear: Death, Slavery & Stonewall, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

Earlier this spring, I sat in Gettysburg at the "Future of the Civil War" conference and listened to an intern talk about how he had been scared to interpret. He was afraid of his visitors, afraid to tell them about a place. [excerpt]