Table of Contents: 2015


Introduction


Synthesizing Sources

Annotated Bibliography: An Increasingly Liberal Youth?: Political Ideologies in Young Adult Dystopian Literature

Hannah Engle

The Importance and Challenges of General Education: A Review of Literature

Keishi Yamada


Analyzing Texts

“With you / in me”: Gary Snyder and the Wild Within

Jason Handy

The Mystery and Mystique of Pablo Neruda: An English-Speaker’s Dilemma

Catherine Harlos

Opera in the Time of the Millennials

Brittany Jones

It’s a White-Washed Life

Andrea Lin
Writer as Witness Essay Contest Winner

The Pursuit of Excellence

Riley O’Connell


First Person Perspectives

A Rainbow With Gold at Both Ends

Madelyn Daigle

Family Recipe

Olimar Rivera Noa


Taking a Stand

(Cultural) Identity Crisis: The Internet and the Indian Diaspora

Esha Dholia

Why Did We Care About Kacy Catanzaro?

Greg Schaefer

Welcome to the Developing World, (Insert Do-Gooder’s Name Here)

Danielle Smith

Basic Bitches in the Workplace

Carly Thaw


Entering the Scholarly Conversation

Revival

George Gu

Eating Concrete: The Fall of the Bagel

Jonathan Kaufmann

Outliers in a Consumerist Market Society: Neoliberalism, Commercialization, and Mental Health Treatment in the United States

Dan Kirwin

Terror Management Theory in Cards Against Humanity

Lynnsey O’Rourke

The Evolution of Chinatown and the Cultural Effects of Gentrification

Yan Shi

Gettin’ Hitched Among the Hay Stacks: Barn Weddings as a Manifestation of American Attitudes Toward Marriages and Traditions

Nicole E. Wollcock
Winner, University Library Price for Best College Writing Research Paper