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It Will (Never) End, Anne Gregg

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

Anne Gregg is a Senior English Writing major, Honor Scholar, and Media Fellow at DePauw. She is also the Editor-In-Chief of A Midwestern Review. If you go looking for Anne Gregg, you will not find her. She has learned how to become incorporeal and spends her time singing in the breeze.

Quantifying Forever, Raechel Meyers

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

Raechel Meyers is a first-year Anthropology major, Honor Scholar, and self-admitted overachiever. She is from Dayton, Ohio, and is guessing you may know someone with ties to there. That happens pretty often. She enjoys the stories of others, spicy food, commas, cats laying in sunny spots, and the color blue.

Sky Temple Of Remebrance, Emily Loera

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

Emily Loera is a Junior double majoring in Design Studies and Asian Studies. She is on the Women’s Track and Field team and involved in many other organizations on DePauw’s campus. She loves to share her art with others, read, and hang out with her friends.

Reconstructing Art And Evidence: Forensic Architecture In Institutional Settings, Makenzie Smith

Honors Scholar Theses

Forensic Architecture (FA) is a London-based multidisciplinary research collective and human rights agency that uses digital modeling, architectural and spatial analysis, and open-sourced images to investigate and present visual evidence of human rights violations committed by state governments, militaries, and corporations. The team of architects, software developers, filmmakers, investigative journalists, scientists, and lawyers, collaborates with civil society groups, witnesses, and victims to establish a counternarrative in the service of human rights and social justice, exhibiting their investigations in institutional settings as varied as legal courts and parliamentary tribunals, citizen assemblies, mass media, universities, and art museums. My research focuses on …

The Politics Of The Black Womb: How Education And Power Reinforce The U.S. Black Maternal Health Crisis, Foluke Akinkunmi

Honors Scholar Theses

This study investigates the alarming maternal mortality rates among Black women in the U.S. today first by exploring the historical exploitation of Black maternal bodies during enslavement and with the rise of professionalized gynecology. It challenges the narrative that attributes these outcomes to individual choices or supposedly inherent biological factors, arguing instead that the devaluing of Black women’s well-being and authoritative knowledge have been constructed along with the United States itself. To advance a constructive response, the paper analyzes curriculum competencies for obstetric and midwifery healthcare providers, surveys of Black women's birthing experiences in the previous 20 years, and interviews …

Deadly Choices: Political, Legal, And Moral Understandings Of U.S. Supreme Court Death Penalty Decisions, Anabelle S. Bergstrom

Honors Scholar Theses

This thesis explores the political, legal, and moral factors that influence Supreme Court justices when penning capital punishment decisions. It also examines the evolution of thinking toward the death penalty by former justices John Paul Stevens and Harry Blackmun throughout their tenure on the Court. Cases are analyzed through fact-pattern analysis and the jurisprudential regime theory, which quantitatively build upon existing literature detailing the theoretical background of judicial decision-making through the attitudinal model. An analysis of Justices Blackmun and Stevens’ papers at the Library of Congress focuses on rhetoric that reflects utilitarian and retributive theories of punishment. Findings show that …

Nudging Creativity In Typography With Font Pairing Prompts, Thomas Jockin

Masters Theses

Graphic designers face an overwhelming abundance of font choices in the digital marketplace, leading to difficulties in creating innovative typographic pairings and a tendency to rely on familiar options. Current industry practices and typography education lack effective methodologies to foster creative and diverse font use. This thesis addresses this knowledge gap by introducing Font Flow, a web application designed to enhance typography creativity through randomized font pairing prompts.

The proposed system leverages structured constraints to challenge designers, prompting them to work with unexpected font combinations that may initially appear incompatible. By engaging in this problem-solving process, designers develop a deeper …

Smiski With A Pearl Earring, Giao Nguyen

Calliope

No abstract provided.

Memories Through A Child’S Eye, Mahnoor Mahmood

Calliope

No abstract provided.

Sisyphus And The Fish, Gia Hung Tran

Calliope

No abstract provided.

Koda, Aruelle Fernandez

Calliope

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Flawless Coastal Day, Sarah Akhtar

Calliope

No abstract provided.

Got Táo (Peeling Apple), Giao Nguyen

Calliope

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I Want You To Know, Kaji-San

Calliope

No abstract provided.

Flipping Pancakes, Sophia Mcrae

Calliope

No abstract provided.

Family Portrait, Riley Fox

Calliope

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Fingertips, Miranda Duarte

Calliope

No abstract provided.

Cable Cars Station, Ivan Shiu

Calliope

No abstract provided.

Calliope Liv Steadfast 2025, Calliope

Calliope

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Andrew, Gesture Study, Giao Nguyen

Calliope

No abstract provided.

Letter From The Literary Editors, Kat Thomas, Anthony Bermùdez

Calliope

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Letter From The Design Editor, Rosalyn Ung

Calliope

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Liberty, Raina Oh

Calliope

No abstract provided.

Blue Light Jazz Club, Blue

Calliope

No abstract provided.

The Night Sky, Anonymous

Calliope

No abstract provided.

Connection Test, Kaji-San

Calliope

No abstract provided.

Coffee Grounds, Sukhman Sidhu

Calliope

No abstract provided.

Dinner, Hyunsoo Kim

Calliope

No abstract provided.

Pot, Sophia Charles

Calliope

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Music Lesson, Sophia Mcrae

Calliope

No abstract provided.