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Room For Opportunity: An Investigation Of Catholic Student Life At The University Of Maine, Jacob Buttarazzi

Honors College

Like most Honors graduates before me, the final work for this thesis became something much different than what I had originally intended. Originally, I wanted to make short videos and blog posts about the nature of religion at UMaine. However, the project evolved into a short documentary focused specifically on Catholic students. I produced, directed, shot, and edited the film. My primary goal was to investigate whether or not Catholic students felt like a minority and how that affected them. I was repeatedly forced to reevaluate my own experience with faith throughout the production process. As a practicing Catholic, I …

Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 84, Number 3, Summer 2003, University Of Maine Alumni Association

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Contents:

Around the Campus --- An Honors Graduate Contemplates Monastic Life: Class of 2003 salutatorian Amanda Reynolds's dream of becoming a cloistered nun may soon come true --- The "Worm Guru" of Genetics: With a coveted MacArthur Grant in hand, geneticist Geraldine Seydoux '86 is pursuing pioneering research at Johns Hopkins University --- Two Black Bears Help Ducks Become "Mighty": Paul Kariya '96 and Keith Carney '92 --- A Greenlight to Hollywood: Kyle Rankin '94 and Efram Potelle '94 await the opening of their feature film