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The Mystery Of Edwin Drood, Parkland College

Parkland Theatre

Based on an unfinished mystery by Charles Dickens

Book, Music, and Lyrics by Rupert Holmes
Directed by Dallas Street
Musical Direction by Aaron Kaplan

April 24, 25, 26, 27, May 2, 3, 4 at 7:30pm
May 4 at 2pm
May 5 at 3pm
2013

Elements Of Living, Dan Steele

Theses & Honors Papers

The purpose of this thesis is the exploration of influential personal events through creative nonfiction which remains thematically centered on the four traditional elements of earth, air, fire, and water. In the four essays serving as my thesis, collectively entitled "Elements of Living," I reflect on personal experiences which have bad significant impact on my life and philosophical outlook, and assign an element to each.

The topics covered in each essay vary, and some take historical information into consideration. Although the history that is covered does serve an important metaphorical purpose in the essays, reading straight historical data can be …

2012-2013 Master Of Music Recital - Nelson Navarrete (Composition), Nelson Navarrete

Master of Music Recitals

No abstract provided.

Cochran, Benjamin F. (Lg 439), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Land Grant 439. Original land grant, 17 August 1836, by which James T. Morehead, Lieutenant and Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, granted to Benjamin F. Cochran 160 acres west of the Tennessee River (now part of Graves County).

Portraits On The Wall, Ellen Croll

Symposium on Research and Creative Expression (SORCE)

The focus of “Portraits on the Wall” is discovering the history behind two family heirlooms. Through online archival and ancestry websites, a tentative history of the portraits was found. Once a more clear background was established, a complete line of descent was created starting with the current generations of the family and traced back to one generation previous to the portraits. While searching for answers about the subjects of the portraits, an abundance of family history was unearthed. Everything from local politicians, to Supreme Court cases against step-mothers, successful business owners, to friends of presidents. While investigating the subjects in …

Innocence Vs. Experience: A Conflict Revealed Through Storytelling, Kate Guidera

Symposium on Research and Creative Expression (SORCE)

Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy contains a critique of religion and theology that is unique insofar as it is directed not at Christianity as its primary audience, but instead to young readers of science fiction and fantasy. He criticizes the Church for its idealization of innocence and passivity, proposing instead that there is nothing to be lost in a fall from grace and everything to gain in a new world of experience in which one constantly engages in active understanding. The ongoing conflict between innocence and experience persists through the trilogy’s entirety. In this, Pullman’s books react against C. …

In The Land Of Beer, Brats, And Bootlegging: A Personal Account Of Milwaukee History, Marissa Schmidt

Symposium on Research and Creative Expression (SORCE)

In all of the United States, one may be challenged to find a city that even today has remained quite as German as Milwaukee. Why is this? Within the boundaries of this paper, I have sought to answer this question by exploring one specific branch of my family tree, the Froehlichs. Their experiences in coming to Milwaukee from Germany and raising many generations there, directly mirror the stories of thousands of other German immigrants at the time. Together, these immigrants built a very tight-knit and unique American community that successfully blended some of the best elements of German culture and …

Northern Iowa Symphony Orchestra, Rebecca Burkhardt, Conductor, April 24, 2013 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

Program of a music recital given by faculty, students, or guest artists from the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.

The Politics Of Film Adaptation In Zola’S La Bête Humaine, Reillie Acks

Symposium on Research and Creative Expression (SORCE)

In 1890, Emile Zola published a book called La Bête Humaine. The novel is essentially a psychological thriller whose story features three very dynamic characters: a train station master Roubaud, his wife Séverine, and her lover Jacques Lantier. The conflict that ensues is one of murder and deceit – and the motivations of the characters are similarly unclear and compromised. Therefore, this story can potentially be interpreted in multiple ways, providing important political commentary for their receiving audiences. It follows that when a series of film adaptations re-created the story on screen, they did so in drastically different ways. Two …

The Ninhursag Lament, A Literary Precedent For The Stabat Mater, Clara Brandt

Symposium on Research and Creative Expression (SORCE)

The Stabat Mater Dolorosa of the Christian tradition bears a striking resemblance to the weeping goddess poems of Sumer, and in particular the Ninhursag Lament. The history behind both poems is briefly outlined, and then comparisons are drawn between the two poems' structure, imagery, movements, and use of other literary devices. Using these comparisons and evidence from the Bible, it is proposed that the Ninhursag Lament is a literary precedent for the Stabat Mater Dolorosa.

Medieval Redemption For Modern Times: Representations Of Sacrifice In Perceval Le Gallois And The Fisher King, Tabitha Gerardot

Symposium on Research and Creative Expression (SORCE)

Chretien de Troyes' medieval novel Perceval ou le Conte du graal tells the story of young Perceval's journey to knighthood and an understanding of selflessness and redemption. However, the tale was left unfinished, giving rise to numerous continuations, both medieval and modern. The film adaptations Perceval le Gallois, by French director Eric Rohmer, and The Fisher King, by Terry Gilliam, continue the rich tradition of Perceval with their own conclusions. While the films use different artistic styles and entirely different plots, they both solve the story with a tale of redemption. While Rohmer's adaptation is extremely faithful to the original …

Butchered Butcher, Melissa Kohner

Symposium on Research and Creative Expression (SORCE)

In this paper, I explore the murder of Christian H. Schindeldecker and how the police were able to find and prosecute the murderer, Edward Gottschalk. I recount the actions of Chief of Police John O'Connor and his men as they follow the clues and with a little luck connect the dots of the mysterious murder. Thirteen days after Schindeldecker was murdered, Gottschalk was arraigned for murder. Solving the murder of Christian Schindeldecker was one of the best cases of detective work ever done in Minnesota. Following the firsthand account of Chief Deputy Sheriff Frank Robert Jr., court papers, and contemporary …

The Decline Of The Knights Templar In Medieval Times, Elizabeth Keller

Symposium on Research and Creative Expression (SORCE)

The Knights Templar had risen to be one of the most feared and powerful societies in the 1100s. Their fame and fortune were unlike any other “religious” society of the time, which drew much unwanted attention and scrutiny their way. Eventually, they were ostracized and disbanded because of their unrighteousness, lack of charitable contribution, and ruthlessness when it came to debt owed. I conclude that their eventual disbandment was not because of their unrighteousness on the whole, but mostly because the Pope and other powerful men owed them too much money. They were disbanded only 200 years after their creation, …

War, Railroads, And The West: The Lost Story Of J.R. Scupham, William Scupham

Symposium on Research and Creative Expression (SORCE)

The Scupham family currently spread across Indiana and Illinois is fairly well established and confident in its past. From the earliest familial records – dating only to the Civil War – a lone figure emerged: William C. Scupham, private in the Union Army, 1st Illinois Light Artillery. However, in looking through the regimental roll for the 1st Illinois, one finds, somewhat shockingly, another soldier with the same last name: John R. or J.R. Scupham. William’s story is well known – his stay at Andersonville prison is well documented – but who was this shadowy J.R.? Even more compelling is that …

An Army For The Revolution, A Revolution For The Army: The French Revolutionary Army, 1792-1797, William Scupham

Symposium on Research and Creative Expression (SORCE)

There is a common myth about the average French soldier at the time of the French Revolution that presents him as a reckless, heroic citizen-soldier, swept to victory by the power of revolutionary fervor. This myth obscures some important realities of French military life. The French military was often characterized not by fantastic victories, but rather by an early incompetence. Indeed, this inability threatened to destroy France on many occasions. This essay attempts to reconcile the myth and reality by exploring what motivated common Frenchmen to fight and win wars. Demographic, political, tactical, and organizational analysis of the French Revolutionary …

The Use Of Intercultural Competency And Culture-Bound Syndromes In Mental Health Services For Latino Americans, Tina Siganporia

Symposium on Research and Creative Expression (SORCE)

By 2050, it is estimated that 97 million people or one-fourth of the U.S. population will be of Latino descent. Yet, often mental health therapists have inherently Western approaches to treatment that may not effectively aid culturally diverse groups. This presentation is a literature review of successful therapies for treating Latino Americans. It investigates empirical studies that have been peer reviewed and are published in scholarly journals. The findings indicate two essential concepts: intercultural competence and culture-bound syndromes for Latino American mental health services. Intercultural competence includes recognizing how migratory and acculturative stress may play a role in a person’s …

The “A” Is For Archetype: Gilgamesh As The Source For Captain America, Matthew Heider

Symposium on Research and Creative Expression (SORCE)

I investigate the archetypal roots of the modern American superhero who has been so popular of late in film, and find that they are located in Ancient culture, specifically in the Epic of Gilgamesh. In that context, the hero is an individual who must grapple with “an exploration of the inevitable conflict between, on the one hand, the forces represented by the absolute commitment of the powerful and heroic male to energy and battle and…the forces that represent some newly emerging situations and value systems" (Abusch). By employing that frame, I find there are narrative similarities between Captain America and …

Art And Becoming-Animal: Reconceptualizing The Animal Imagery In Dorothea Tanning's Post-1955 Paintings, Samantha Karam

Theses and Dissertations

In 1955, American artist Dorothea Tanning abandoned her figurative Surrealist renderings of dream-like scenarios in favor of a complexly abstract and fragmented style of painting. With few exceptions, the ways in which Tanning’s later works function independently of her earlier paintings tends to be downplayed in the scholarship on her oeuvre. Equally sparse is the scholarship on Tanning’s dog imagery, which pervades her oeuvre but becomes most apparent in her later phase. This thesis seeks to shift attention toward Tanning’s later abstract paintings; it also seeks to fill the gap in scholarship on Tanning’s dogs. Specifically, through the study of …

Constant Motion, Daniel Rowe

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis contains my writings and concept development, as it relates to personal history, time and animated art. This is explored through various methodologies, including short story and Zen meditative writing. As a companion to my recent thesis exhibition, this paper looks to make logical, emotional and spiritual connections between my art practice, ritualized cultural tropes and contemporary views of mortality.

Perspectives On Identity, Migration, And Displacement, Steven Tötösy De Zepetnek, I-Chun Wang, Hsiao-Yu Sun

CLCWeb Library

Perspectives on Identity, Migration, and Displacement -- edited by Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek, I-Chun Wang, and Hsiao-Yu Sun (Kaohsiung: National Sun Yat-sen University Press, 2010. ISBN 9789860235418 209 pages, bibliography, index) is a collection of articles about sociological and literary aspects of identity formation as a consequence of (im)migration. (Im)migration results in the problematics of assimilation and hybridity and in postcolonial scholarship, in particular, attention is paid to the concept of migration termed "Creolization" on the ground that cultural contact, cultural transmission, and cultural transformation result in the creation of new cultures. Copyright release by National Sun Yat-sen University to …

Day Folder, Raewyn Martyn

Theses and Dissertations

Provisional or unfinished images, forms and actions can sustain their status by continuing to change. This can resist programmed experience of their state, and shift their relationship as images within time. The sub-aesthetics of the unfinished and entropic can alter our understanding of where and how images are formed and located within time. My paintings each exist within their own emergent systems of time, structure and productive disorder. This thesis discusses these ideas in relation to DAY FOLDER and other work made during my MFA studies.

Convocation, K. C. Singer, Sarah Alawami, Edwin Cerna Ii, Debra Yavitz, Nima Khanbolouki, Elizabeth Bedrosian, Ben Serna-Grey, Michael Weber, Brock Norred, Gianni Becker, Austin Brewer, Jairo Andres Pulido

Convocations

List of performers and performances.

Junior Recital, Ronna Humphries, Jae Ahn-Benton

Junior Recitals

List of performers and performances.

Chair And Table, Risd Museum, Tony Cokes, Rosanne Somerson

Channel

Richard Artschwager was a scientist and a furniture maker before becoming an artist. Through a witty transformation of material and scale characteristic of Pop Art, his work considers the relationship between art and everyday objects as it explores ideas about both sculpture and furniture. The exaggerated thickness of the chair and table negates their traditional function: the narrow space between the seat and tabletop make it impossible to sit there. Artschwager’s use of Formica® with a simulated wood-grain pattern raises questions about what is real, fake, or a simulation of something else. In the case of his Exclamation Point, Artschwager …

Query: How Does The Never To Be Differ From What Never Was?, Robert Scott Whipkey

Theses and Dissertations

The feeling of a narcotic cannot be put to words, just as the sensation one receives from her or his favorite artwork is impossible to record. Equally, both these delicacies of modern existence must be sought out. The user/viewer only gets a tiny taste and must therefore keep coming back for more. Utopia may be an unrealistic construction of culture, but I would posit the idea the both narcotics and art strive to give us just that – however tiny a taste. This paper addresses the intersections of visual art, drugs, anti-hero worship and contemporary representations of Romanticism throughout the …

Visual Communication On Cajamarca Ceramics From Pre-Hispanic Peru, 1000 - 1460 Ce, Jeanette Nicewinter

Theses and Dissertations

This project analyzes a database of 118 ceramic sherds that were excavated from the Late Intermediate Period site of Yanaorco, located in the Cajamarca region of the north highlands in present-day Peru, for vessel form, style, and imagery. Through the placement of these sherds within the context of inter-community feasting events that took place at Yanaorco, fineware ceramic vessels are interpreted as prestige items that were utilized by the elite to further differentiate themselves from other community citizens. By examining key examples of representational and non-representational imagery depicted on the sherds, an understanding of the social agency of the vessel …

Ensemble Concerts: University Band And Symphonic Band, April 24, 2013, Will Brocker, Kyle Johnson, Daniel A. Belongia, Michael Colgrass

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
April 24, 2013
Wednesday Evening
8:00 p.m.

Usu Jazz Big Bands, With Guest Artist Byron Stripling, Usu Jazz Ensemble, Usu Jazz Orchestra, Greg Wheeler, Jon Gudmundson, Byron Stripling

All Music Department Programs

The USU Jazz Big Bands' 2013 concert, with guest artist Byron Stripling.

2012-2013 Performance Forum - April 24, 2013, Dragana Simonovska, Dan Yi, Michael Kaiser-Cross, Yang Shen, Zhen Yang Yu, Misaki Saito, Noemi Rivera, Agnieszka Sornek, Marina Lenau, Felicia Besan, Aziz Sapaev

Performance Forum

No abstract provided.

Voice And Resistance In Maryse Condé'S Le Cœur À Rire Et À Pleurer: Dynamics Of Race, Gender, And Écriture Féminine, Maria M. Klingele

Honors Projects

As a collection of autobiographical short stories or vignettes, Le cœur à rire et à pleurer (Tales From the Heart: True Stories From my Childhood, 1999) represents Guadeloupean author Maryse Condé's (1937 - ) interaction with and dismissal of multiple forms of oppression. As Condé makes use of storytelling and her childhood memories to explore issues of her identity and societal role, her writing transforms into a self-declaration of social change and equality. This paper aims to identify and examine Conde's denial of constructs of Otherness, in her persistent effort to resist the cycle of oppression and to dismiss …