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  • Understanding Oppression

    Creator:
    Clark, Dean Allen
    Abstract:
    Institutionalized oppression is a large multifaceted system that is regularly unrecognized and misunderstood. Marilyn Frye’s birdcage analogy of oppression (1983) demonstrates why this complex system is often invisible, yet always immobilizing. In this analogy, Frye relates the various manifestations of oppressions to the wires of a birdcage, demonstrating that it...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    Paul Haggis. Los Angeles: (2004). 57 Ibid. 58 Judith B. White and Ellen J. Langer, “Horizontal

  • The Evolution: Electric Vehicles and the End of Oil Addiction

    Creator:
    Donahue, Cory
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    The world is currently using an unsustainable system of meeting its transportation needs with oil. This system is taking a toll on the world environment and on global politics. The physical availability of oil is the system’s most immediate problem and will most likely bring about a transition away from...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    Approved by Mentor: ______________________________ Robert Paasch The world is currently using

  • A sociological investigation of smartphones and community

    Creator:
    Yee, Michael J. C.
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    The smartphone is changing the way individuals interact with one another in society. Given the instant accessibility and multitude of socially iconic features, the contemporary handheld device grants users an unprecedented level of connectedness. However, despite the new breadth of access, perhaps the depth of the resulting social networks is...
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    Honors College Thesis and Poster

  • Breaking Down Blackout: Building Understanding of Media Effects at OSU

    Creator:
    Dillard, Lauren L.
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    In the days following Oct. 5, 2007, the staff of The Daily Barometer - the student newspaper at Oregon State University - was left scrambling for understanding. The paper published a image of a man wearing black face paint for an event called "Blackout Reser." That black face paint looked...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    other than her own. On Nov. 1, the Barometer printed a column by Robert Sanchez, an OSU student and

  • The Culture of Names – A Comparison between Vietnam and Denmark

    Creator:
    Ngo, Toan Tri Dung
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    This project discusses the topic of personal names and the cultures of different peoples and their particularities, specifically in Vietnam and Denmark. The first part of this paper gives a brief history of naming traditions (mostly relating to Western European traditions). The second part of the paper compares two families...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    Patricia 3 Charles Barbara Robert Linda 4 James Dorothy Michael Barbara 5 George Helen William Elizabeth 6

  • A Christian Philosophy of History: St. Augustine and The City of God

    Creator:
    Brydone-Jack, Ashley M.
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    St. Augustine was an influential member of the early Christian Church, establishing many doctrines of the Christian faith. One of his most significant contributions to Christianity was a Christian philosophy of history. Augustine defined the purpose of history as God providing salvation to humanity after the fall of Adam. This...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    )  6.     4  Bennett,  J.  Medieval  Europe:  A  Short  History,  8.     5

  • Backpacking Through the Canon

    Creator:
    Sauter, Megan E.
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    During summer and fall 2007, I traveled across Europe and studied in Spain. My experiences abroad shaped my reading of certain literary texts as I gained insight into the cultures and settings in which they were produced. In my thesis, I recount some of these experiences and show how my...
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    Honors College Thesis

  • The Impact of World Literature in Secondary Schools in Oregon and Chile : A Comparative Case Study

    Creator:
    McFarland, Annette Catherine
    Abstract:
    The reading of world literature, literary works from cultures other than one’s own, offers an effective means of creating greater awareness and sensitivity towards others. Research on the subject makes it clear that world literature can help lay the groundwork for a sense of world citizenship in students. To what...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    ” (“UK pupils”). This “global illiteracy,” as Dr. Robert A. Scott calls it, is harmful to the United

  • The Art and Craft of John Williams

    Creator:
    Lincoln, Danae A.
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    The intent of this paper is to bring more attention to the mastery involved with film composition as an art form. The research focuses specifically on the life, style, influences, and works of John Williams as a conductor, film composer, and composer. It addresses his biography, filmography, and working relationships,...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    Angeles City College, while studying orchestration under MGM musical associate Robert Van Eps and

  • Living Gluten-Free: An Analysis of Illness and Coping Narratives

    Creator:
    Dougher, Carly E.
    Abstract:
    Gluten intolerance is a condition that affects a significant portion of the world’s population. While awareness about the condition has recently increased, the condition remains poorly understood and therefore commonly mis- and underdiagnosed. In this paper, I examine the challenges in obtaining a gluten intolerant diagnosis and attempt to capture...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    Robert, Mom, and Dad, my support And to all the gluten intolerant among us. Chapter 1