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Bern Porter International: Volume 5 Number 2 (July 15 2001), Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, Natasha Bernstein

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A Literary Newsletter and Bulletin of the Institute of Advanced Thinking

Featuring mail art by Katherine Donithorne and poems by George Gott.p>

Bern Porter International: Volume 4 Number 12 (December, 2000), Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, Natasha Bernstein

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Featuring works by D.A. Russell and C.A. Conrad.

Bern Porter International: Volume 4 Number 10 (October, 2000), Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, Natasha Bernstein

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Featuring found works by Bern Porter and other artists.

Bern Porter International: Volume 4 Number 9 (September, 2000), Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, Natasha Bernstein

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Featuring art by Nguyen Ducmanh and "The Continuing Travels of Black Bear Bob."

Bern Porter International: Volume 4 Number 8 (August, 2000), Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, Natasha Bernstein

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Bulletin of the Scholars of the Institute for Advanced Thinking.

Featuring art by Sheila Holtz and written work by Roger Coleman and Brendan Connell.

Bern Porter Cosmographic: Volume 1 Number 7 (July, 2000), Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, Natasha Bernstein

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Featuring "The Travels of Black Bear Bob" (Beltane) and written work by Daniel Russell and Nguyen Ducmanh.

Bern Porter International: Volume 4 Number 7 (July, 2000), Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, Natasha Bernstein

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Bulletin of the Scholars of the Institute for Advanced Thinking.

Featuring an excerpt from William Faulkner's Nobel Prize speech and part 2 of "The Travels of Black Bear Bob."

Bern Porter Cosmographic: Volume 1 Number 6 (June, 2000), Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, Natasha Bernstein

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Featuring art and prose by Sheila Holtz.

Bern Porter Cosmographic: Volume 1 Number 5 (May, 2000), Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, Natasha Bernstein

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Featuring poetry by Daniel Russell and found art by Nick Herbert.

Bern Porter Cosmographic: Volume 1 Number 4 (April, 2000), Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, Natasha Bernstein

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Featuring "Inventions" by Richard Eaton and a reprinted review of books by Bern Porter.

Bern Porter International: Volume 4 Number 11 (November, 2000), Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, Natasha Bernstein

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Featuring collage art by Sheila Holtz.

Bern Porter Cosmographical: Volume 1 Number 3 (March, 2000), Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, Natasha Bernstein

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Featuring found works by Nguyen Ducmanh and Sheila Holtz.

Bern Porter Cosmographic: Volume 1 Number 2 (February, 2000), Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, Natasha Bernstein

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Featuring found objects by several artists.

Bern Porter Cosmographical: Volume 1 Number 1 (January, 2000), Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, Natasha Bernstein

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Featuring found art by Bern Porter.

Consumed By Faith: The Development Of Christian Fundamentalism And Its Applications In Contemporary Society, Laura M. Gagne

Honors Theses

My research aims to understand how and why fundamentalists justify violence against people who do not fit their profile of "righteous" or "saved" persons, such as abortion doctors and clinic workers, gays and lesbians, and Jews. The first section of this paper travels through the history of fundamentalism since its origins in the British and American apocalipticism, or belief in the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. However, my history of Protestant Fundamentalism in the United States will focus on the ways in which Fundamentalism developed in response to many changes in American social structure. I interpret Fundamentalism as an anti-modern …

American Holocaust Films: A Case Study In Jewish American Identity (1937-1993), Jeff Daniels

Honors Theses

When examining the image of the Jew in American Holocaust films, one is truly determining how American Jews view themselves. These films' presentation of Jews exposes not only how Jewish Americans wished to see themselves but also how much Gentile Americans wanted to see of Jewish culture. An exploration of America's Holocaust films from the late 1930s to the early 1990s reveals an increasing concentration of Jews as the main victims of the event. The degree to which this specificity is emphasized exhibits how much the American public accepted Jews and their plight. At the same time, the prevalence of …

Bern Porter International: Volume 3 Number 6 (December, 1999), Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, Natasha Bernstein

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A Literary Newsletter and Bulletin of the Institute for Advanced Thinking.

Featuring a newspaper article on Bern Porter's predictions for the new millenium, and a "fond farewell" from editor Sheila Holtz -- followed by a retraction.

Bern Porter International: Volume 3 Number 5 (October, 1999), Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, Natasha Bernstein

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A Literary Newsletter and Bulletin of the Institute for Advanced Thinking.

Featuring a poem by Bob Holman and a review of the art of Andrezej Dudek-Durer.

Bern Porter International: Volume 3 Number 4 (August 1999), Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, Natasha Bernstein

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A Literary Newsletter and Bulletin of the Institute for Advanced Thinking

Featuring 1991 Porter Preview interview and "Return to Belfast, Part II: the Long-Suppressed Bootleg Version" (installment 3 of 3).

Bern Porter International: Volume 3 Number 3 (June, 1999), Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, Natasha Bernstein

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A Literary Newsletter and Bulletin of the Institute for Advanced Thinking.

Featuring an reprinted article on Bern Porter and poems by D. Russel and Nguyen Ducmanh.

Bern Porter International: Volume 3 Number 2 (April, 1999), Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, Natasha Bernstein

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A Literary Newsletter and Bulletin of the Institute for Advanced Thinking.

Featuring found works by Bern Porter and Natasha Bernstein's "Return to Belfast, Part II."

Bern Porter International: Volume 3 Number 1 (February ,1999), Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, Natasha Bernstein

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A Literary Newsletter and Bulletin of the Institute for Advanced Thinking.

Featuring "The Year 2000 (Y2K) Computer Problem (IV): Capitalism's Culpability" by George Shand and poems by Maureen Neville and Anne Welsh.

Sorting Out The American Dream - The Short Stories Of Raymond Carver, Matt Williams

Honors Theses

As Robert Stone says of his friend and his friend's work, "People will always want to read him to get an insight into the life and art of the late-twentieth century America ... he will stand high" (Halpert 131), Carver's life and work started out in the "rag and bone shop of the heart" (Nesset 103). He started out telling us about the hardships and misfortunes that go along with being not only an American, but human. Carver showed us the darker side of the American experience, but with it, showed us that with time, hope can triumph. "Reaching deep, …

Shaping Realities: A Study Of The Connection Between White Hegemony In Popular Culture And The Deprecatory Self-Image Of African Americans, Rebecca Thornton

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The following paper will examine how the breakdown of politically motivated racism easily translated into popular culture. Defining African Americans only as stereotypes allowed for the hegemony that had kept African Americans inferior, to endure into a new era, one dominated almost wholly by popular culture. Divided into three chapters, this paper will systematically demonstrate how historically, politically, socially, and ideologically the African American race has been castigated and prostrated by those in power.

Bern Porter International: Volume 2 Number 6 (December, 1998), Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, Natasha Bernstein

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A Literary Newsletter and Bulletin of the Institute for Advanced Thinking.

Featuring "Science and Writing, or, Physics is Language: A manifesto or something" by Andrew Russ and an excerpt from Bern Porter's book, Monica Lewinsky: All of Us Want Yours.

Bern Porter International: Volume 2 Number 5 (October, 1998), Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, Natasha Bernstein

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A Literary Newsletter and Bulletin of the Institute for Advanced Thinking.

Featuring an excerpt from Arundhati Roy on nuclear war and art by Dan Russell.

Bern Porter International: Volume 2 Number 4 (August, 1998), Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, Natasha Bernstein

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A Literary Newsletter and Bulletin of the Institute for Advanced Thinking.

Featuring found art by Bern Porter and "To Whom Returns To Naas" by Nugyen Ducmanh.

Bern Porter International: Volume 2 Number 3 (June, 1998), Bern Porter, Sheila Holtz, Natasha Bernstein

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A Literary Newsletter and Bulletin of the Institute for Advanced Thinking.

Featuring an overview of poet Sam Silva and a page from Bern Porter's Book of Wisdom.

Bern Porter International: Volume 2 Number 2 (April, 1998), Bern Porter, Natasha Bernstein, Sheila Holtz

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A bimonthly literary newsletter and Bulletin of the Institute for Advanced Thinking.

Featuring Bern Porter on the Human Genome Initiative and "Omaha" by Dan Russell.

Bern Porter International: Volume 2 Number 1 (February, 1998), Bern Porter, Natasha Bernstein, Sheila Holtz

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A bimonthly literary newsletter and Bulletin of the Institute for Advanced Thinking.

Featuring Nick Herbert on Quantum Tantra and statements from Institute scholars.