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Firefly Song, Lasantha Rodrigo

Theses and Dissertations

Chethiya is a brown, gay, disabled (ultimately), abused young man from Sri Lanka, who comes to the U.S. on a full scholarship. His dream is to be a Broadway star, but after coming out of his first relationship with an emotionally abusive, alcoholic man, he is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a chronic, degenerative neurological disease that results in demyelination, causing progressive debilitation. The story is divided into six chapters that narrate his life under various marginalizations he is subjected to, culminating in traumatization. The story, however, ends on a positive note of redemption with the narrator looking forward to his …

Marshall University Music Department Presents A Faculty Recital, W. Edwin Bingham, Saxophone, Lois J. Kaarre, Piano, Ed Bingham, Lois J. Kaarre

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Marshall University Music Department Presents Variazioni, Facutly Recital, Wendell Dobbs, Flute, Stephen Lawson, Horn, Júlio Ribeiro Alves, Guitar, Wendell B. Dobbs, Stephen Lawson, Júlio Ribeiro Alves

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Marshall University Music Department Presents A Jazz Ensemble I, Martin W. Saunders

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Marshall University Music Department Presents Şőlen Dikener, Cello, Júlio Ribeiro Alves, Guitar, Şőlen Dikener, Júlio Ribeiro Alves

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Marshall University Music Department Presents The Marshall University Symphony Orchestra In A Family Concert, Elizabeth Reed Smith

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Marshall University Music Department Presents The 11th Annual Reed Day, Guest Artists, Michael S. Lippard, Clarinet, Wesley Miller, Saxophone, Matthew Morris, Bassoon, And, Marshall University Faculty Clinicians, Ann Marie Bingham, Clarinet, W. Edwin Bingham, Saxophone, Kay Lawson, Bassoon, Richard Kravchak, Oboe, Donald Williams, Clarinet, Michael Lippard, Wesley Miller, Matthew Morris, Ann Bingham, Ed Bingham, Kay Lawson, Richard Kravchak, Donald Williams

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Marshall University Music Department Presents The 2014 Birke Fine Arts Festival, Trending Now: Artists And Audiences In The Information Age, Fifth Annual Festival Of New Music, Concert Five, Henning Vauth

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Ivy Leaves, Volume 89, Ivy Leaves Editorial Staff

Ivy Leaves

The 2014 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 Christopher Mauldin, Anna Falardeau, Jonathan Kurtz, Jordan Sears, J.E. Tankersley. Cody Rabideau, Laurie Epps, Christian Bare, Nichole Dorontich, Hunter Burton, Charity Reed, Joy Hiller, Sarah Leugemors, Rebekah Rhoden, Julia Madden, Dixie Hemingway, Gage LaGreca, Kenneth Keller, Justin Parker, Teresa Jones, and Tim Speaker. Cover art photography by Julia Madden and Heidi Pettit.

From The Inside Out, And Through., Dominique Ovalle

The Transdisciplinary STEAM+ Journal

These photographs describe “Science” born of consumerism, hijacked by me, economically disenfranchised, or rather—temporarily embarrassed, artist. I was putzing around Malibu—my old college stomping ground, looking for free food; maybe a sample of some gourmet $5 chocolate, and all I got were these photographs.

Musings From A Year Of Ste[A]M...How It Looks Walking Down The Path, Ruth Catchen

The Transdisciplinary STEAM+ Journal

This is a follow up article to one in the inaugural issue which describes the beginnings of implementing a STE[a]M curriculum in a school with a high at-risk student population. This article discusses the outcomes and the future after a year of STE[a]M.

Can Art Stress?, Bojana Joksimovic-Ginn

The Transdisciplinary STEAM+ Journal

Presented in this paper is an interactive, acoustic installation morphologically and functionally influenced by the evolutionarily developed phenomena of two particular defense mechanisms. The first one is the prey’s reduction of noise once a predator is detected; the second one is an internal physiological response to danger known as stress. Conducted in a manner of an experiment, this interactive artistic project has interesting and unpredicted results.

Mana & Ea, Dan Taulapapa Mcmullin

The Transdisciplinary STEAM+ Journal

This work, Mana and Ea, expresses Polynesian indigenous sovereignty struggles with colonialism and globalism in the Pacific Islands.

Crochet As A Model For The Elasticity Of Skin Cells, Jaqueline (Jackie) Bell Johnson

The Transdisciplinary STEAM+ Journal

My artwork is a result of the exploration of materials through process. The sculptures I make are the solutions to problems of how to combine materials, and create structure and form that I am able to build and transport on my own.

Design In Nature, Farhana Azim

The Transdisciplinary STEAM+ Journal

Floral Designs are a combination of, line, form and space. By creating balance while incorporating all these three elements in proportion to the space allowed, with an eye on the use of color and contrast, enabling the smooth visual flow of the design one produces the perfect arrangement.

Marshall University Music Department Presents The 2014 Birke Fine Arts Festival, Trending Now: Artists And Audiences In The Information Age, Fifth Annual Festival Of New Music, Concert Four, Ed Bingham, Wendell B. Dobbs, Richard Kravchak

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Marshall University Music Department Presents The 2014 Birke Fine Arts Festival, Trending Now: Artists And Audiences In The Information Age, Fifth Annual Festival Of New Music, Guest Artist Recital: Made In The U.S.A., Lindsey Goodman, Flute, Mezzo-Soprano, And Electronics, Concert Three, Lindsey Goodman

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Marshall University Music Department Presents The 2014 Birke Fine Arts Festival, Trending Now: Artists And Audiences In The Information Age, Fifth Annual Festival Of New Music, Soundwalk, Marshall University

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Marshall University Music Department Presents The 2014 Birke Fine Arts Festival, Trending Now: Artists And Audiences In The Information Age, Fifth Annual Festival Of New Music, Concert Two, Marshall University

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Marshall University Music Department Presents The 2014 Birke Fine Arts Festival, Trending Now: Artists And Audiences In The Information Age, Fifth Annual Festival Of New Music, Concert One, Marshall University

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Marshall University Music Department Presents The Mu Faculty Brass Quintet, Martin Saunders, Trumpet, Briana Blankenship, Trumpet, Stephen Lawson, Horn, Michael Stroeher, Trombone, George Palton, Tuba, Martin W. Saunders, Briana Blankenship, Stephen Lawson, Michael Stroeher, George Palton

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Marshall University Music Department Presents A Master Class, Robert Trent, Guitar, Robert Trent

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Marshall University Music Department Presents A Guest Recital, Robert Trent, Guitar, Robert Trent

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Marshall University Music Department Presents The Competition For The Belle & Lynum Jackson And Paul A. Balshaw Prizes, Marshall University

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Marshall University Music Department Presents The Thirteenth Annual Festival Band Weekend, Finale Concerts, With Guest Conductors, Tracey Filben, John Lynch, Sr., Larry Blocher, Tracey Filben, John Lynch, Sr., Larry Blocher

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Marshall University Music Department Presents The Marshall University Symphonic Band, Shirelle Yuhase, Conductor, And The, Marshall University Wind Symphony, Steve Barnett, Conductor, Featuring Dr. Richard Kravchek, Oboe, Shirelle Yuhase, Steve Barnett, Richard Kravchak

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Marshall University Music Department Presents The Marshall University Symphonic Band, Shirelle Yuhase, Conductor, And The, Marshall University Wind Symphony, Steve Barnett, Conductor, Featuring, Dr. Richard Kravchak, Oboe, Shirelle Yuhase, Steve Barnett, Richard Kravchak

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Marshall University Music Department Presents A Jazz Ensemble Ii, Mr. Jeffrey Wolfe, Director, Jeff Wolfe

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Pipo Nguyen-Duy Interview, Emily Flanagan

Asian American Art Oral History Project

Artist Bio:

Pipo Nguyen-duy was born in Hue, Vietnam. Growing up within thirty kilometers of the demilitarized zone of the 18th Parallel, he describes hearing gunfire every day of his early life He immigrated to the United States as a political refugee.

Pipo has taken on many things in life in pursuit of his diverse interests. As a teenager in Vietnam, he competed as a national athlete in table tennis. He also spent some time living as a Buddhist monk in Northern India. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics at Carleton College. He then moved to New …

Marshall University Music Department Presents A Master's Recital, Brianna Williams, Euphonium, Brianna Williams

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