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  • The Other Side of Marin : A Novella

    Creator:
    Keating, Jacqueline K.
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    The Other Side of Marin investigates how the lack of communication between family members can lead to potentially devastating consequences. The novella, set in the 1970s in Northern California, is told from the points of view of Lucy, a middle-aged mother of four, and her teenage son, who for his...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    Steven Kunert The Other Side of Marin investigates how the lack of communication between

  • A Novel Elysium

    Creator:
    Anderson, Evan Crichton
    Abstract:
    As a metafictional work of science fiction literature, A Novel Elysium explores the timelessness of both the human mind and its literary surroundings, comparing the self-awareness of its characters to the sometimes tragic or empowering metaphysical realizations of human beings. Within this framework, any concrete place or time is unimportant;...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    : ______________________________________________ Steven Kunert As a metafictional work of science fiction literature, A Novel Elysium

  • The identification and division of Steve Jobs

    Creator:
    Anderson, Scott M. (Scott Matthew)
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    On April 1, 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak entered into a partnership agreement to found Apple Computer. In the decade that followed, Apple experienced remarkable growth and success, as Jobs catapulted Apple to the Fortune 500 list of top‐flight companies faster than any other company in history. Under direction...
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    Masters Thesis
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  • The Emergent Qualities of Diversity in Free and Open Source Software Communities: A Critical Review and Theoretical Discussion

    Creator:
    Kuechler, J. Victor
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    Free and open source software (FOSS) projects primarily rely on the efforts of volunteer contributors from around the world. For this reason, recruiting and retaining contributor is vital to the sustainability and growth of FOSS projects. This notion became the jumping-off point for this three-part investigation into the cultural structure...
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    Masters Thesis
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    consideration small variations in the way names are presented. For instance, “Steven Jobs” might also identify

  • Intersections of new historicism and contemporary theory in renaissance literature

    Creator:
    Harrington, Erin R.
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    In this thesis, I use modern concepts of feminism, gender performativity, and psychoanalysis as a means to understand female characters and authors of Renaissance England in a new way. In my first article, I analyze various texts and performances of Queen Elizabeth I, as well as texts of Renaissance female...
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    to Dr. Steven Rubert for serving as my graduate school representative. I am deeply indebted to my

  • 'That life of commonplace sacrifices' : representations of womanhood in Irish Catholic culture in James Joyce's Dubliners

    Creator:
    McGrory, Suzette L.
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    Traditional interpretations of James Joyce's Dubliners have often focused on the pervasive "paralysis" of the city, covered in the stories' range of "childhood, adolescence, maturity, and public life." However, these approaches have limited their focus on the women in the stories, often spotlighting the male characters--and the author--through a Freudian...
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    . Special thanks go to Dr. Steven Rubert for acting as my Graduate Council Representative during Finals

  • Of dragons, palaces, and gods : a mormon perspective on C. S. Lewis

    Creator:
    Garrett, Christopher Edward
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    During his lifetime C. S. Lewis chose to speak to Christians in plain and simple language that they could understand. Lewis taught and defended truths that he felt were discernible through reason. Morality, free will, and the divinity of Jesus Christ were fundamental to his core beliefs and teachings. His...
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    Masters Thesis
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    (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1988), p. 51. 2 Barfield, Owen. "Introduction," Light on C S. Lewis, ed

  • Of mice and bunnies : Walt Disney, Hugh Hefner, and the age of consensus

    Creator:
    Allen-Spencer, Patricia C.
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    Post World War II victory culture and its fallout-the consensus ideology-led to the creation of a middle class willing to conform to a prescribed set of ideals, safely removed from all danger, and enjoying the material benefits of a growing middle-class income bracket. Walt Disney and Hugh Hefner, two seemingly...
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    Masters Thesis
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    -lived position at the Leo P. Bott Advertising agency. Lacking the devotion and expertise the ad

  • Constructing heroic identities : masculinity and the western film

    Creator:
    Foster, Brad D.
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    This thesis employs the study of gender to demonstrate how recent Hollywood western films have constructed a hero that is reflective of contemporary beliefs regarding masculinity. Beginning with a New Historicist approach at studying gender, this work first considers the construction of masculinity in post World War II America and...
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    more toward what Steven Mintz and Susan Kellogg call a “filiarchy,” or a social system which is

  • “I Can’t Believe I’m Marching for Reality”: Examining the Rhetorical Role of Science in the “Post-Truth” Era

    Creator:
    Baker, Carlee A.
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    In the months preceding the 2016 presidential election and during the Trump presidency, rhetoric, composition, and communications scholars expressed an urgent concern about the threat that Trump and his political affiliates posed to the status of truth in political life (McComiskey; Rice; Harsin; Cloud). However, the conversations surrounding the discipline’s...
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