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U.S. Prisons And System Reform, Darian Reimels

English Department: Research for Change - Wicked Problems in Our World

Prison systems, specifically in the U.S., are a wicked problem. For years prisoners have been treated inhumanely inside and outside of prison, with everyone looking at them with a judgmental eye. This essay aims to point out and bring light to these issues within the prison system. Specifically, it focuses on how inmates are treated during and after serving their sentence, and solitary confinement. To better understand and explain the problems to you, extensive research was done. Articles were read, organizations were researched, and a documentary was watched to gather the information needed to write this essay. The results showed …

My Appointment At Specialty Care Psychiatrics, Darian P. Sabisch

Conspectus Borealis

All your dreams coming true isn't always what's cracked up to be.

Letter To My 12 Year-Old Self, Iris (Pettie) Perkins

Poetry Slam 2021

"Letter to My 12 Year-Old Self" is a self reflection piece and I just wanted to tell people what kind of advice that I would have liked to have when I was growing up.

Exam, Chera Broadnax

Poetry Slam 2021

This poem was inspired by the systemic violence experienced by people of color. No matter how much schooling I have, or my children have, there is nothing that I can do to protect them.

Erasing Student Debt: Slowly But Surely, Roberta Harris

English Department: Research for Change - Wicked Problems in Our World

Furthering your education intends to be the golden ticket when forming the basis of a successful life. Investing in college can have both positive and negative effects regarding where it leads a student in life. Positive aspects include increased job opportunities, higher salaries and wages, as well as a better quality of living. However, rising college costs bring debatable questions as to how students can become better equipped to face this path in life. In order to resolve the student debt crisis, there is need for educators to develop a better system in communicating financial literacy and life skills their …

Saga Vol.84 / 2020-2021, Megan Hoppe, Sarah Luepkes

SAGA Art & Literary Magazine

No abstract provided.

Just The Ones That Made The News, Rachel R. Mantos

Poetry Slam 2021

"Just the ones that made the News" was written in response to the constant news of mass shootings that take place in the United States. The last two stanzas were added a year after the original draft of the poem when there was a mass shooting in my hometown of Virginia Beach.

Just One Story, Chera Broadnax

Poetry Slam 2021

The poem is about the trepidation I experience regarding being a woman of color in the field of education.

Van Gogh, Rachel R. Mantos

Poetry Slam 2021

"Van Gogh" is a personal response to the way I've seen depression and mental illness affect many artists I look up to and how they dealt with these issues through their art. I've dealt with this for many years myself and reached a point where I didn't want to be surrounded in sadness and negativity, and wanted to remember that while it can be cathartic and helpful to write about our pain, it's important not to lose sight of all the beauty and joy in life as well, which is just as valuable subject material.

Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman Scorned, Rachel R. Mantos

Poetry Slam 2021

"Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman Scorned" was an exploration of female anger and an experiment with the sonnet form of poetry.

Spring 2021, Valparaiso University

The Lighter, 1958-Last Year

No abstract provided.

The Lantern, 2020-2021, Adam Mlodzinski, Julian Barocas, Liam Worcheck, Sarah Buck, Jenna Lozzi, Samuel Ernst, Aurora Mckee, Jessica Schnur, Griffin Banks, Ryan Savage, Gabby Demelfi, Marie Sykes, Kayla Weil, Benjamin Tobias, Anastasia Dziekan, Emily Bradigan, Nadia El-Mourli, Isabelle Wessman, Mairead Mcdermott, Chandrasekhar Palepu, Robert Fisher, Kelsey Gavin, Kathleen Saddler, Liam Powers, Matthew Schmitz, Shayna Kushner, Yakira M. Serrano Rodriguez, Haley Bestrycki, Anaya Demota, Amy Litofsky, Vanessa Worley, Amanda Webber, Morgan Mason, Christian Ndaye, Leo Cox, Olivia Cross, Amy Smith, Valerie Eicher, Ian Abrahams, Amelia Kunko, Ava Compagnoni, Rimsha Maryam, Aviva Schuch, Cyn Ercole, Colleen Murphy, Sarah Fales, Ella Spencer

The Lantern Literary Magazines, 1933 to Present

One Thousand and One is Never Enough • House on Hazel Ave. • Crooked Men at Crooked Alley • Home • Honeybee • The Witch's Daughter • Traveling to Reyu • December 31st, 2019 • The Dominator Rolls the Dice Again • Red Flowers • Military Ball • Drowning in Color • Early Bird • Introspection • Hot Water • Reaching Into Space • Floating Marigolds Before COVID-19 • Smokestack 4 • Longing • His Fifth Year on Amstel Road • Wonderful Moments • Clean Glass • Betty, the Debutante • Teakettles Have it Easy • Fuimos, Somos y Seramos …

An Interdisciplinary Approach: Schizophrenia Derails Heteronormative Expectations In Psychological Narratives 2021, Bobbie Jo Weaver

Master's Theses

Required introductory psychology courses teach students a general and oversimplified version of the immense number of subfields within Psychology studies, much like introductory literature classes compress different genera throughout history into a miniscule number of “representative” texts. Nevertheless, these footholds generate an entryway into a whole new world of (specialized) exploration. Reading a text such as The Quiet Room: A Journey out of the Torment of Madness by Lori Schiller and Amanda Bennett provides a window for many students to crawl into one of Psychology’s darkest shadows, the field of abnormal psychology. Schiller’s non-fictional memoir, The Quiet Room, tells readers …

Definitions, Iris (Pettie) Perkins

Poetry Slam 2021

"Definitions" is a poem that was written the morning of the slam and I also use the theme of the slam to guide me.

Skills, Iris (Pettie) Perkins

Poetry Slam 2021

"Skills" is a poem that was written the night before the slam. I looked up the word "resilient" and I just wondered how I could convey that everyone can be resilient, it just takes baby steps and small victories.

Months Of The Year, Chera Broadnax

Poetry Slam 2021

This poem is about the dichotomy that exists in relation to Black women in the United States.

On Being Seen, Shanisha Branch

College of Arts and Letters Posters

I’ve always found it difficult to see. My poor eyesight I inherited from my father which didn’t make life easy. I remember asking to sit closer to the board than the rest of my classmates in elementary school. My teacher had made several attempts to write or call home asking my mother to get my eyes checked by a doctor. But, to me, I never found it much of a problem. I had been seeing with my blurry vision for as long as I could remember. Changing anything about that didn’t seem like much of a big deal… until I …

April 2021, Temple Shalom

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Temple Shalom Celebrates Passover; From the Rabbi;From the President; Book Group; Community Notices

Found Media: Interactivity And Community In Online Horror Media 2021, Jax Mello

Master's Theses

Being isolated is a common fear. The fear can take many forms, from the fear of being the last one alive in a horrific situation to being completely deserted by everyone you love. This is a fear that has been showcased many different times in movies, novels, and every other piece of media imaginable. Although not always tied to the horror genre, the fear of being isolated is tightly intertwined with many horror stories. Therefore, it is interesting when a horror production goes out of their way to encourage interactivity within its audience. This goes beyond an artist’s desire for …

Zephyr: The Twenty-First Issue, Zephyr Faculty Advisor, Luke E. Colomey, Nicholas White, Evelyn M. Belmer Ms., Stephanie Ruff

Zephyr

This is the twenty-first issue of Zephyr, the University of New England's journal of creative expression. Since 2000, Zephyr has published original drawings, paintings, photography, prose, and verse created by current and former members of the University community. Zephyr's Editorial Board is made up exclusively of matriculating students.

Amjambo Africa! (April 2021), Kathreen Harrison

Amjambo Africa!

In this Issue

COVID-19 denial in Burundi and Tanzania.....................2

Cameroonian deportations..3

In Her Presence .................4/5

Health care

Vaccine Q&A

Amjambo’s 3rd birthday.......6

MEBIC..................................10

Dr. Shah on vaccine safety.11

Magufuli of Tanzania..........12

World Market Basket..........14

Farming

African donuts

Soil safety..............................15

Baking Academy.................18

Bikes for all Mainers...........19

Childcare..............................20

Finance................................21

Columns & letters..............................24/25/26/27

Bangor/DEI..........................28

Novruz Festival....................29

Gisele Mukundwa...............31

Musical diversity.................31

Translations

French..................................7

Swahili.................................8

Somali..................................9

Kinyarwanda.....................22

Portuguese.........................23

The Siren, Barbara Lock

Yalobusha Review

No abstract provided.

The Kudzu Bible, Davie Marchant

Honors Scholars Collaborative Projects

PDF, Novella: Cricket, a nine-year-old from South Carolina, travels to the mysterious world of Kudzu, where she meets mythological creatures that help her solve problems in the real world.

Poems From Ecstasy Facsimile, Mark Anthony Cayanan

English Faculty Publications

The poem is part of a sequence that textually draws from the biography of Teresa of Avila.

Vol. Lviii, No. 2: "That Which Is The Case" The Novels Of Dashiell Hammett, R.H.W. Dillard

The Hollins Critic

No abstract provided.

Overcome: Farmington Honors Journal, Volume 3, Spring 2021, University Of Maine At Farmington

Honors Journal

This marks our third Journal for the University of Maine at Farmington’s Honors Department. Looking back at the works submitted to us this year we no-ticed a common thread between them. The delicate thread we discovered was that our artists were working through things, whether that be the shape of the loss of a loved one or struggles with self identity. It became apparent as we read, that humans have the strength to overcome, to show growth and discover through writing and art different ways to cope and to identify. Their work has shown that our struggle during this pandemic …

Santa Clara Review, Vol. 108, No. 2, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Review

No abstract provided.

Let's Do This Again Sometime: A Novel, Caleb Bouchard

Fiction MFA Theses

None provided.

Ivy Leaves, Volume 96, Ivy Leaves Editorial Staff

Ivy Leaves

The 2021 edition of the Anderson University journal of art and literature, Ivy Leaves.

The names of the known editors for this issue of Ivy Leaves were Larisa Crowder, Samantha Windham, Lily McNamara, Samantha Brooks, Kristopher Sutherland, Salvatore Fontana, Gabrielle Morgan, Emma McKay, Carson Long, David Stancil, Hannah Brown, Sara Pepper, Brookelyn Taylor Harrison, Alexis Bussey, Abigail Timms, Dakota Riemer, Taylor Smith, Shelby Parker, Samantha Windham, Morgan Broom, Teresa Jones, and Tim Speaker.

Uprooting Medievalism: Ya And The Future Of Fantasy, Zoe Phillips

Undergraduate Theses and Capstone Projects

This thesis looks at the development of the young adult neo-medieval fantasy genre, measuring famous works from the Medieval period against works such as Tolkien's, to examine the impact of female protagonists and female authors on the genre and readers alike as neo-medieval fantasy continues to gain in popularity. Works examined include: Beowulf, Lanval, Le Roman de Silence, The Hobbit, Uprooted, and The Hero and the Crown.