Table of Contents: 2014

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Introduction

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Entering the Conversation

 

Power in The Wire: A Typical Depiction?

Victoria Donnelly

Gay Masculinities: The Hegemonic, The Hybrid, and the Homosexual

Emily Manning

Synthesis Dialogue

Austin Morgan

Annotated Bibliography

Kari  M. Lorentson

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On Culture

 

Statehood and Legitimacy in The Walking Dead

Greg Heeren

Hipsters Love Beer, YouTube Sensation

Elle Smiley

Glee: A Cultural Phenomenon?

Jayne Smith

Life’s a Drag, So Be a Queen

David Henry Zatyko

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Taking a Stand

 

If the Stiletto Fits: A Discursive Analysis of the Adoption and Normalization of Recreational Pole Dancing

Tailor S. Dortona

Perceptions of International Power in Steampunk

Ryan Gyukeri
Winner, University Library Price for Best College Writing Research Paper

Microtargeting: Politics of Participation, Politics of Polarization

Brian Hamel

Helping Our Heroes: The Case for Veteran’s Benefits Reform

Todd J. Kowalski

The Lenses of Truth: Photographer’s Moral Responsibility to Document Injustice in Most Situations

Lindsay E. Maizland
Writer as Witness Essay Contest Winner

What is a Classic?

Adam Schasel

The Loudness War

John Slights

 

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First Person Perspectives

 

Soaring Pride

XY Lau

Lunchtime Life Lessons

AmiLin McClure

Finding My Footing

Riley Oshiro

The Act of Contrition

Kayla Perkins

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Analyzing Texts

 

Girls (and Guys) Just Want to Have Fonts

Maddie Black

Contemporary Western-Death Culture: What Our Cemeteries Say About Us

Trent Burns

Historiography and Slaughterhouse-Five: The Role of Creative Works in Preserving Our Past

Kristen Pellizzi

Sofia Coppola’s Camera and Its Gaze

Monica Remmers

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