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Living, Mary Dengler Dec 2020

Living, Mary Dengler

Pro Rege

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Sons Of The Prairie, James C. Schaap Dec 2020

Sons Of The Prairie, James C. Schaap

Pro Rege

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Teaching Materialism Through Storytelling: A Collection Of Short Stories And Learning Materials, Zoie Zvonar, Katherine Arnold Dec 2020

Teaching Materialism Through Storytelling: A Collection Of Short Stories And Learning Materials, Zoie Zvonar, Katherine Arnold

Honors Projects

This collaborative projects seeks to combine the disciplines of psychology and writing into a collection of short stories and learning materials dedicated to teaching young students the psychological concept of materialism. In order to accomplish this goal, Zoie Zvonar and Katherine Arnold have designed and created a set of materials that seek to inform, educate, and instill in those young students what materialism is, how to recognize it in our own lives, its consequences, and potential strategies to lower high materialistic tendencies. Zoie Zvonar created the companion guide, learning activities for both students and instructors, and an additional resources list …


The A.J. Diaries, Angelica Rose Reilly Dec 2020

The A.J. Diaries, Angelica Rose Reilly

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

This piece is a creative, fictional retelling of The People vs Orenthal James Simpson. Often referred to as the trial of the century, the O.J. Simpson case continues to captivate the attention of people all over the country. My retelling of this notorious case is done through a series of journal entries, written to feel like the genuine musings of the victim’s sister. The scope of this case is enormous, so encapsulating every single element was not possible. To account for this and still write a comprehensive story about the trial, I included a “publisher’s” note at the beginning, explaining …


Stuck In The Middle: An Illustrated Essay On Covid-19 And Other Past Pandemics, Amanda Pszczolkowski Dec 2020

Stuck In The Middle: An Illustrated Essay On Covid-19 And Other Past Pandemics, Amanda Pszczolkowski

Honors Projects

The project is a visual essay, in a graphic novel-esque style, exploring how the coronavirus compares to other illness outbreaks of the past century and how the associated restrictions have impacted me at an individual level. The creative nonfiction essay intertwines historical perspectives as a way to inform, contextualize, and reflect my own experience with COVID-19. The project began with extensive research on illness outbreaks of the past century, current developments in the Coronavirus pandemic, and genre conventions of graphic novels and memoirs. The intent was to provide a cohesive whole that illuminates themes in the linguistic essay.


Delivering Extinction, Tatum Cordy Dec 2020

Delivering Extinction, Tatum Cordy

Honors College Theses

Living during a human extinction is something no one is prepared for. No one thought humans would last this long. Even the sun dies eventually. A child’s drawing with a dripping smile. Sun rays heating soil into dust, melting metals, and large pine trees would light like matches. Smoke would rise into the air blocking out everything but the fires taking over the once livable landscape of Earth. Then, it would be over. The sun would explode. Simple and quick, painless for the few who wouldn’t try to resist their demise. Too bad humans were a few million years early. …


Petrichor, Mick Mcmahon Dec 2020

Petrichor, Mick Mcmahon

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Feast, Malack Al-Haraizeh Dec 2020

Feast, Malack Al-Haraizeh

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Yellow Light, Abigail Cornelia Dec 2020

Yellow Light, Abigail Cornelia

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Adventuring In The Winds: An Exploration Of Water Accessibility, Keystone Species, Environmental Justice, And Forest Fires In The Wind River Range, Rhianna Giron Dec 2020

Adventuring In The Winds: An Exploration Of Water Accessibility, Keystone Species, Environmental Justice, And Forest Fires In The Wind River Range, Rhianna Giron

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

This thesis is a braided narrative that incorporates personal experience, ecological research, and poetry to explain some of the impacts of human interaction in wild spaces and of climate change. The specific areas of study in this essay are the Wind River Range, Wyoming and Nebraska. The purpose of this paper is to discuss topics related to water availability and quality, forest fires, keystone species, and social injustices related to people and environments in the Wind River Range. It is important to learn about other places than the ones we are already familiar with as it helps to instill a …


Crucial Silence, Amy Howard Dec 2020

Crucial Silence, Amy Howard

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

James Baldwin tells the story of being arrested in Paris for allegedly stealing a single hotel bedsheet. After spending several weeks and Christmas Day in a cold prison cell, Baldwin was brought to trial. As he was acquitted for the petty crime which he did not commit, he heard “great merriment in the courtroom.” Baldwin said, “I was chilled by their merriment even thought it was meant to warm me. It could only remind me of the laughter I had often heard at home, laughter which I had sometimes deliberately elicited. This laughter is the laughter of those who consider …


Kind King Or Tyrannical Ruler? An Analysis Of Hilary Mantel’S Henry Viii In Wolf Hall And Bringing Up The Bodies, Amanda S. Nicholson Dec 2020

Kind King Or Tyrannical Ruler? An Analysis Of Hilary Mantel’S Henry Viii In Wolf Hall And Bringing Up The Bodies, Amanda S. Nicholson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) served as King of England from 1509 until his death in 1547. A melancholic character, Henry was known for his many marriages, his temper, his bouts of tyranny, and his break with the Catholic Church. Most authors, even those writing contemporary accounts, portray Henry as a villain. Hilary Mantel paints Henry differently. In Wolf Hall and Bringing up the Bodies, the King is as he has always been; argumentative, sardonic, and excessive. However, Mantel chooses to augment these parts of his character with some of his better traits, giving the …


From My Kitchen Window: Reflections And Essays Of A Border Crisis, Melissa Guerra Dec 2020

From My Kitchen Window: Reflections And Essays Of A Border Crisis, Melissa Guerra

Theses and Dissertations

Memories and encounters of a life long border resident during the ongoing immigration crisis experienced in the Rio Grande Valley from 2017-2020. Thesis includes published essays that featuring interviews with migrants at the Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley Humanitarian Respite Center.


Looking For Home, Misty Yarnall Dec 2020

Looking For Home, Misty Yarnall

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Sunny Days, Julia Grunes Dec 2020

Sunny Days, Julia Grunes

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Dreams Under The Red Eye Of A Hotel Television // In A World Gone Shallow, Miranda Phillips Dec 2020

Dreams Under The Red Eye Of A Hotel Television // In A World Gone Shallow, Miranda Phillips

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Wyd, Sarah Holsberg Dec 2020

Wyd, Sarah Holsberg

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Levonorgestrel, Molly R. Sullivan Dec 2020

Levonorgestrel, Molly R. Sullivan

Gandy Dancer Archives

No abstract provided.


In Night, Britt Trachtenberg Dec 2020

In Night, Britt Trachtenberg

Gandy Dancer Archives

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To Bleed Or To Cause Bleeding, Ellie Casterline Dec 2020

To Bleed Or To Cause Bleeding, Ellie Casterline

Gandy Dancer Archives

No abstract provided.


A Ripening // March 2018 // The Fairway Market Hostage Crisis, Kayla Eyler Dec 2020

A Ripening // March 2018 // The Fairway Market Hostage Crisis, Kayla Eyler

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Whimper, Mira Jaeger Dec 2020

Whimper, Mira Jaeger

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Bulgarian Soldiers Distributing Cigarettes To Turkish Prisoners // Мушкато, Tanya Korichkova Dec 2020

Bulgarian Soldiers Distributing Cigarettes To Turkish Prisoners // Мушкато, Tanya Korichkova

Gandy Dancer Archives

No abstract provided.


Quenepas, Mason Martinez Dec 2020

Quenepas, Mason Martinez

Gandy Dancer Archives

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June, Isabella Higgins Dec 2020

June, Isabella Higgins

Gandy Dancer Archives

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The Fear That Left Me // It Was Your Fault, Jenna Murray Dec 2020

The Fear That Left Me // It Was Your Fault, Jenna Murray

Gandy Dancer Archives

No abstract provided.


13 Days After, While At Work // An Enquiry Concerning Inessential Human Consciousness, Kiel M. Gregory Dec 2020

13 Days After, While At Work // An Enquiry Concerning Inessential Human Consciousness, Kiel M. Gregory

Gandy Dancer Archives

No abstract provided.


Searching For 360, Kathryn Waring Dec 2020

Searching For 360, Kathryn Waring

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Billion-Dollar Bride: Book 1—Godric's Academy For Young Ladies, Kaylin N. Stickley Dec 2020

Billion-Dollar Bride: Book 1—Godric's Academy For Young Ladies, Kaylin N. Stickley

Graduate Theses/Dissertations

This thesis contains the first five chapters of a young adult romance novel featuring a young woman named Theadosia Lee. The plot is heavily influenced by Cinderella, and the biblical braiding technique is heavily influenced by that of Kiera Cass and C. S. Lewis. The piece was inspired by my desire to create more young adult romance novels that contain the biblical values that are sorely lacking in most modern young adult literature. I seek to write a love story that is based on mutual respect, a strong foundation of friendship, and an intentional decision to avoid sexual activities …


Mermaids Vs. Humans: Reality In Fantasy, Avery M. Powers Dec 2020

Mermaids Vs. Humans: Reality In Fantasy, Avery M. Powers

Senior Honors Theses

This thesis analyses how fantasy literature relates to and transforms concrete perceptions of reality, tracing its origins from mythic creation epics and the qualities that it shares with scripture. Overall, I propose a more imaginative approach to realistic literature that draws from the truths found in fantasy literature and by discussing fantasy literature and genre.

The creative element of this project includes an excerpt from an original children's fantasy novel. In it, I compare mythical characters with human characters and an imaginary world to the real world as it is experienced by characters from both worlds. The fantastical reality attempts …