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Deconstructed Gender Norms In Princess Mononoke, Karen Olowu '14

2013 Fall Semester

I’ve loved anime ever since I was a little kid. I remember staying up late every Friday night to watch Toonami with my older brother. However as I’ve grown up, I’ve begun to resent the one sided femininity displayed by the majority of female anime characters. Anime is notorious for its stereotypical portrayal of female characters. Girls are usually naive and wide eyed, rushing stupidly into trouble only for the brave hero to pull them out of it. My frustration with carbon copy female heroines had gotten to the point that I considered putting my love for anime to rest. …

To Be A Friend: An Analysis Of Phineas’ Character, Joy Qiu '16

2013 Fall Semester

19^th century poet Ralph Waldo Emerson famously observed that "the only way to have a friend is to be one." His statement suggests that friendship is a two-way street, requiring contributions and sacrifices from all members to qualify as a genuine bond. However, in A Separate Peace, by John Knowles, the relationship between Gene and Phineas demonstrates that Emerson’s definition does not always hold true. As each boy struggles with his own inner turmoil and sense of identity on the brink of World War II, their friendship becomes unstable and incredibly one-sided – Gene constantly questions Phineas’ motives, …

Thou Cannot Create Perfection, Alyda Huerta '15

2013 Fall Semester

Listen! I entreat you to hear me, before you give vent to your opinion, for there are children and creatures alike brought forth into life each day. Some of them are born into the arms of happiness, and some, shunned by their creator at the moment of their first breath, are deemed unworthy and thrown savagely into the pits of unforgiving hell. And now, thou can listen to me and grant me thy agreement. One day, tormented ages thereafter still by the unforgiving murder of my creator, I happened across a piece of paper lying on the ground that possessed …

Approach, Sharon L. Stephenson

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

This short nonfiction piece is about my interaction with a woman on the streets of Kiev.

T&C Magazine Issue 01 - Fall 2013, T&C Media

T&C Magazine

Articles include: Men in Scrubs // Gifts of Gratitude // Preparing for a Working World // Taking Care of Campus // Lending a Home // A Horse's Tale // A Running Start // Presidential Agenda // Art of Cooking // Secrets of Westerville // Girl Gone Greek

Appointment At Bu Dop, Brian Wright O'Connor

New England Journal of Public Policy

Brian O’Connor writes about his father, who was killed in Viet Nam. He methodically documents his father’s battle with Viet Cong forces, recreates the circumstances that led to his death, and describes his unquenchable to-the-death devotion to his squad. Lieutenant Colonel Mortimer Lenane O’Connor, the son concludes, was “a gung-ho infantry officer, a West Pointer with a sense of gallows humor who believed that large-force engagements were the quickest way to conclude the war.” Earlier this year the University of Pennsylvania awarded his father posthumously a doctorate for the thesis he was working on when he put everything aside and …

All Skate, Sharon L. Stephenson

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

Let me go back. I am in sixth grade, I am eleven. It is a springtime afternoon, I am the only child still wandering the halls of Mary Ida Raines Elementary School. My stepfather and all the other teachers are required to stay until some designated time, hemmed in by state guidelines.

A friend has lent me roller skates. I must have told her that I had never roller skated, never gone to the skating rink for a birthday party on a Saturday afternoon or with my family on a Friday night for a dinner of greasy cheese pizza. And …

The Life Of A Small Town, Becca Stanek

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

No abstract provided.

That Cult I'M In, Matt Haeske

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

No abstract provided.

The Sea, Eleanor Price

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

No abstract provided.

Doctor's Office, Miriam Panozzo

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

No abstract provided.

20130815: Et Cetera, 1937-2005, Student Publications

Guides to University Archives

These items include materials from the student publication, Et Cetera, Marshall's Literary Magazine. Items within this collection span from 1937-2005 and what we have digitized and available online is located HERE. Items from this specific collection were received in 2013. Please download the finding aid for a full list of contents.

Before, During, After, Kelly Rose

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Following in the footsteps of writers Mary Karr, Joan Didion, Russell Baker, and many others, Kelly Rose writes about her childhood, marriage, and subsequent divorce from a New Orleans journalist. Her writing is broken down into various sections, which address her writing influences, her troubled relationship with her mother and her complicated divorce. Finally, the author discusses how these experiences have shaped her writing today.

Work In Progress: My Life At Twenty-One, Derrick J. Behm

Undergraduate University Honors Capstones

Moving beyond the author’s identity once forged in the family and social expectations of his childhood, a twenty-­‐one year old author weaves a memoir with creative twists that revolves around the theme of coming of age, particularly acceptance of self. Using the second person point of view, the memoir beguiles readers to make the story theirs as well. The preface narrates reasons for composing a memoir, elaborating on how simple, everyday stories become important in creating cohesiveness among different stages of change and growth. The afterword analyzes literary influences that contributed to the author’s style of creative non-fiction and discusses …

¡Escriba! ¡Write! Volume 11, June 2013, Hostos Community College Library

¡Escriba!

No abstract provided.

Writing A Garden Column - Hints For Success, Elizabeth M. Adee

Horticulture and Crop Science

In this project the author explored some ways in which one can create a piece of public writing. The author explored questions about the following: How does one write articles in general? What is necessary to include in writing about a specific topic of one's interest? How are articles published? The author researched these questions and those that were evoked in the process. Using the findings from this research, several examples of garden columns were created.

Secrets In Ink, John Wheatley

Arrow Rock

No abstract provided.

Zea E-Books: Open-Access Digital Imprint Of The University Of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Sue Ann Gardner, Paul Royster

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Presentations

Intended to complement, not compete with, the University of Nebraska Press, Zea E-Books gives a voice to scholars whose works would not meet the financial publication demands of a traditional press.

Shades Of Zaida, Rachel E. Pollock

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

What’S The Point? Five Writers Offer Lifelines For Post-Mfa Despair, Bryan M. Furuness

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

No abstract available

The Akron Offering: A Ladies' Literary Magazine, 1849-1850, Jon Miller

University of Akron Press Publications

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From 1849 to 1850, Calista Cummings edited and published Akron's first literary magazine, The Akron Offering. At the time, Akron was a booming canal town on the verge of even greater prosperity. By turns religious, comic, romantic, and political, this extraordinary collection of early midwestern creative literature expresses a wide range of sometimes contradictory opinions on both the important questions of its day and the important questions of today: historical events such as the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the 1848 revolutions in Europe are considered alongside more timeless contemplations on truth, justice, and …

Reckless, Pauline Meinecke

Honors Capstones

Capstone submitted as a graduation requirement for the BSU Honors Program.

Acknowledgements

Arrow Rock

No abstract provided.

Ella May, Casey Freeman

Arrow Rock

No abstract provided.

Don’T Smile Too Hard; Endless Time, Princess Byrd

Arrow Rock

No abstract provided.

Poisonous Lips; Siren Song, Lorelei Mcpeek

Arrow Rock

No abstract provided.

Our Autumn, Courtney Cox

Arrow Rock

No abstract provided.

Chained, Aerial Niccum

Arrow Rock

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Reborn In Adversity - Memoir Excerpt And Review Of Resiliency Research: Risks And Traits, Alina Patterson

Master of Liberal Studies Theses

Reborn in Adversity describes the journey one young girl makes as she seeks to self-actualize amidst multiple risk factors or packages. Raised in an abusive, hypocritical, and assaultive family, the author is faced with crisis after crises along each milestone of life. Once she leaves her abusive family, the risks and crises multiply in magnitude and number. In this journey she exhibits multiple resiliency traits that allow at risk children to rebound from adversity. She does more than rebound, as she is convinced that she has become a “better person” than she would have been had she not been tested …

Paddling The Perilous Paradise, Jeff Rasley

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Article for Shout! Outdoor Lifestyle Magazine about the author’s journeys to Palau and Jellyfish Lake.