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Rodcon, Flier, 2015, University Of Northern Iowa

RodCon Documents

Saturday, March 28, 2015 - 11:00am to 4:00pm

Flier used in promotion of the event.

Resurrecting The Hip-Hop And Christian Cultures: Lecrae's Unashamed Use Of The Rap Narrative, Persona, And Language, Marci Swank

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Hip-hop and Christian cultures do not overlap too often, or do they? As a rapper, Lecrae is able to share his narrative through his lyrical content, which includes his Christian faith. This thesis examines the history of hip-hop, Lecrae’s personal influences, and the overarching movement within the two cultures. Lecrae’s persona, use of the hiphop and Christian platforms, and rhetorical decisions reveal him as an example of how the American culture both resists and embraces the less-likely artist. Some view Lecrae as the one bringing hip-hop back to its original origins, but others believe that he is tainting both cultures …

Rod Library Mini Comic-Con, Flier, 2014, University Of Northern Iowa

RodCon Documents

Saturday, March 29, 2014 - 12:00pm to 4:00pm

Flier used in promotion of the event.

Rod Library Mini Comic-Con, Program, 2014, University Of Northern Iowa

RodCon Documents

Saturday, March 29, 2014 - 12:00pm to 4:00pm

Program distributed at the event.

A Midwestern Culture Of Civility: Student Activism At The University Of Northern Iowa During The Maucker Years (1967-1970), Christopher J. Shackelford

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This project examines the changing social dynamic of those affiliated with the University of Northern Iowa during the latter half of the 1960s, with special emphasis on student activism and the changing attitudes of administrators and community members. This project intends to use the medium of alternative newspapers as a central component in the analysis of the time studied and as an unfiltered voice of student dissent. By narrowing the focus of this project to an individual university and community, an intimate narrative emerges that acts as a testament of the overwhelming atmosphere of change that engulfed American colleges throughout …

Playing By New Rules: Board Games And America's Cold War Culture, 1945-1965, Matthew John Sprengeler

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This thesis examines the domestic culture of the United States during the first two decades of the Cold War, using popular games as an interpretive tool to expand our understanding of the changes that took place. Four board games which were popular during the 1950s – Scrabble, chess, Clue, and Risk – explain some of the anxieties and evolutions in mass culture. Scrabble illustrated the nation's growing respect for expertise and, along with game theory, the hope for intellectual solutions to the country's problems. Chess, often seen as a symbol of the Cold War, served as a proxy battlefield for …

The Role Of The Teacher Librarian Engaged In Collaboration With A Classroom Teacher During Implementation Of A Pilot Iowa Core Curriculum Unit, Mary Beth Janssen

Graduate Research Papers

This action research study was a mixed methods investigation of a previously taught Native American unit modified to include Iowa Core Curriculum (ICC) content and 21^st Century Learning standards, planned and implemented via a collaborative effort between a rural school district K-12 teacher librarian (TL) and a 5^th grade classroom social studies teacher. The two research questions being investigated asked what TL-led collaborative looks like during implementation of an ICC unit and who benefits from an ICC unit led by a TL in collaborative with a classroom teacher written interview, field notes of the TL and classroom teacher, …

Female Hysteria Across Cultures And Periods In American Literature, Jessica Daine Droogsma

Honors Program Theses

Modernity would like us to believe we are in control: you can be whatever you want if you work hard enough; you are in charge of your own destiny; practice makes perfect; if you don’t like something, change it; you are what you eat. These popular aphorisms reflect our society’s addiction to self-determinism. We are completely set on the idea that we create and direct our own lives. However, there are larger influences in the world which are sometimes out of our control. The government, the media, society as a collective, and other such establishments have power over the individual. …

Bomb Media 1951-1964, Tristan Edward Abbott

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This thesis looks at nuclear films, commercial and governmental, that were released between 1951 and 1964. Special attention is paid to the recursivity that existed between the propagandic, often outrageously inaccurate Civil Defense films made by the United States government and the subversive popular films made by visionary dissidents.

The films are divided into three periods. The earliest period focuses on Samuel Fuller's Pickup on South Street and the Robert Aldrich 's Kiss Me Deadly (based on the novel by Mickey Spillane), along with some of the earliest Civil Defense films. Special attention is paid to the politically minded creation …

The Basil And Josephine Stories: Fitzgerald's Incompatible Worlds, Marcia S. Schneiter

Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)

Typically, members of the middle-class of American society are fascinated by the extremely wealthy people of the upper-class. One can spend hours lost in daydreams about the lifestyles of the rich -- the intriguing and even famous people they encounter, the costly, luxurious garments they wear, or the delicacies they relish. To imagine such a life seems to lighten the drudgery of one's own, possibly acting as a stimulus and driving one towards seemingly unattainable goals. The lives of the extremely wealthy are virtually impossible for most middle-class people to imagine, and likewise life in middle America may be difficult …

Jim Hearst Is Dead, Scott Cawelti

James Hearst Documents

A short newspaper notice by Scott Cawelti on the death of James Hearst.

Tickets At Door For Hearst Fete

James Hearst Documents

A newspaper clipping concerning a Tribute to James Hearst stating that the funds raised would endow a scholarship to UNI.

Witnesses, James Hearst

James Hearst Documents

A short poem about autumn published in the Spring 1982 issue of South Dakota review.

Despite Obstacles, James Hearst Makes His Life Bloom, Scott Cawelti

James Hearst Documents

A review of James Hearst's autobiography My shadow below me, along with a brief biographical essay written by Scott Cawelti.

Five Poems (Poet And Critic), James Hearst

James Hearst Documents

The poems Taking the bull to water, Not the last goodbye, Not really a quarrel, The Weed cutter, and Balance sheet published in volume 13, number 2 of Poet and critic.

Letter From Mayor Douglas C. Sharp, Douglas C. Sharp

James Hearst Documents

A letter from Mayor Sharp thanking James Hearst for his work as honorary chairman of the Fund Drive for the Cedar Falls Public Library.

Note From Ann Phelps, Ann Phelps

James Hearst Documents

A thank you note to James Hearst for his poetry and friendship from Ann Phelps, written in 1981.

Letter From Sharon Wotherell, Sharon Wotherell

James Hearst Documents

Memories of James Hearst as a teacher an after written by Sharon Wotherell.

Spring Rites On The Farm, James Hearst

James Hearst Documents

Recollections of James Hearst of spring activities on his parent's farm published in the spring 1980 issue of Kansas Quarterly.

The North Star, By Altabelle W. Milgram, Atlabelle W. Milgram

James Hearst Documents

The poem The North Star written in a letter to James Hearst by Altabelle W. Milgram.

Bonesetter's Brawl Cover, Carmelita Calderwood, James Hearst

James Hearst Documents

The book jacket of the novel Bonesetter's brawl, a novel written by Carmelita Calderwood and James Hearst.

Salute To Iowa, James Hearst

James Hearst Documents

The typescript of the essay "Salute to Iowa" published in The Sandlapper November 1977. The essay includes his poems The Reason for Stars, Hog economy, and The Cure.

Letter From Donald Fish, Donald Fish

James Hearst Documents

A letter from Donald E. Fish concerning the publication of a book of selected poems by James Hearst from 1977.

Salute To Iowa, James Hearst

James Hearst Documents

The typescript of the essay "Salute to Iowa" with edits later published in The Sandlapper November 1977. The essay includes his poems The Reason for Stars, Hog economy, and The Cure.

Letter From John Culver, John C. Culver

James Hearst Documents

A letter from John C. Culver congratulating James Hearst on his recognition by the Iowa Arts Council.

A Century Of Learning, James Hearst

James Hearst Documents

A poem by James C. Hearst on the occasion of UNI's 100th commencement published in the Cedar Falls Record newspaper.

Letter From Chuck Grassley, Charles Grassley

James Hearst Documents

A letter from Charles Grassley congratulating James Hearst on his recognition by the Iowa Arts Council in 1976.

Hearst Honored

James Hearst Documents

A news clipping announcing that James Hearst to be honored by the Iowa Arts Council as part of the Bicentennial Artists' Day. Also honored were Dorothy and James Schramm, Elizabeth Werblosky, Sven Lekberg, L.K. Boutin, and Dwight Kirsch.

Stream & Tree, James Hearst

James Hearst Documents

A short poem with edits published in the Wascana Review, volume 10, number 1.

In A Country Cemetery In Iowa, For James Hearst

James Hearst Documents

A poem written for James Hearst.