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Under the Shadow of this Red Rock: Reading T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land for its Places, Persons, and Poetics

Creator:: Summers, Stephen James
Abstract:: Thomas Stearns Eliot’s 1922 modernist poem The Waste Land presents itself as an alternative to the decaying society Eliot found himself inhabiting. It begins as a personal means of pulling together one’s fragmented consciousness, but in doing so Eliot manages to present a solution to a world of selfishness—looking beyond...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: of Arts in Philosophy presented on May 22, 2008. Title: Under the Shadow of this Red Rock: Reading T

Visual Metaphors on Album Covers: An Analysis into Graphic Design's Effectiveness at Conveying Music Genres

Creator:: Le, Vivian T.
Abstract:: The rise of digital streaming has largely impacted the way the average listener consumes music. Consequentially, while the role of album art has evolved to meet the changes in music technology, it is hard to measure the effect of digital streaming on modern album art. This research seeks to determine...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis

Gender Stereotypes in Halloween Costumes

Creator:: Searles, Samantha A. P.
Abstract:: Previous research has shown that gender stereotypes are present in advertisements and in popular culture items. We conducted a content analysis of Halloween costumes to examine the presence of gender stereotypes in the poses of the models, weapons, and costume role (e.g. hero, counter authority, mythical creature, royalty). A sample...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: the presence of gender stereotypes in the poses of the models, weapons, and costume role (e.g. hero

How the Portrayal of Women Characters in the Zorro and Robin Hood Stories Has Changed Over Time

Creator:: Rodriguez-Walmisley, Olga B.
Abstract:: This thesis explores how female characters in the Zorro and Robin Hood stories have changed throughout time, from beginnings until present day. I began my analysis by first researching whether Zorro and Robin Hood existed, and found that Robin Hood was most likely a real man who lived during the...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Robin Hood and Maid Marian (not included in the Gest of Robyn Hode,) is “[t]he most extreme and

Design and Implementation of a Capacitive Touch Children’s Guitar

Creator:: Sullivan, Erin
Abstract:: The Capacitive Touch Children’s Guitar is a fully functional electronic toy demonstrating an application of Cypress Semiconductor’s CapSense touch sensing technology. It was developed as a senior design project by myself and two other engineering students. I was responsible for the guitar’s LED lights, main microcontroller and sound storage and...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: ............................................................. 41 Table of Figures Figure 1 – Guitar Hero guitar with “strummer” and buttons

Comparative Look at Spectator Identification in Films and Video Games

Creator:: Reiner, Taylor
Abstract:: Often, characters of entertainment works, such as movies, books, or video games, display traits that people find relatable. In certain cases, a spectator of a work will develop such a strong psychological bond with a character that they identify with them. Identification with fictional characters is usually a subconscious act...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Gottlieb, Oregon State University Associate Professor, notes how “[t]he complaint that 'I just couldn't

Neocolonialism in Disney's Renaissance: Analyzing Portrayals of Race and Gender in Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Creator:: Johnson, Breanne K.
Abstract:: The Walt Disney Company is one of the most recognizable and pervasive sources of children’s entertainment worldwide and has carefully crafted an image of childhood innocence. This wholesome image is contradicted by Disney’s consistent use of racist and sexist tropes, as well as its record of covertly using political themes...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: man, a woman, white, black, a hero, or a villain. These lessons are typically not unique within

Chronicle ; Vol. 2 Issue 2 (March 10, 1997)

Creator:: Oregon State University. University Honors College
Resource Type:: Other
Full Text:: 229 Strand Hall Oregon Stale University Corvallis. OR 971 Staff Megh,ta What j t,ne?" (hohr&rwti E

Watchmen : as a work of literature

Creator:: Strobel, Elizabeth
Abstract:: "Watchmen: as a Work of Literature" asserts the premise that literature contains complexity and themes, as well as literary devices, and decided that is a graphic novel meets these requirements, it is also considered literature. The graphic novel Watchmen is analyzed like a literary text, and the narrative devices, literary...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: . As Robin Varnum and Christina T. Gibbons note in their introduction to The Language of Comics: Word

Preserving the Planar Dynamics of a CompliantBipedal Robot with a Yaw-Stabilizing Foot Design

Creator:: Abate, Andrew M.
Abstract:: The ATRIAS agile humanoid robot, along with a number of other spring-mass walking machines, currently have two instabilities: one resulting from inertial forces on the torso which cause the robot to spin like a top, and another resulting from stiff ground collisions which cause chattering of the point-contact toes. This...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: , Author A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S Having spent an absurd amount of time in the Dynamic Robotics

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Under the Shadow of this Red Rock: Reading T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land for its Places, Persons, and Poetics

Visual Metaphors on Album Covers: An Analysis into Graphic Design's Effectiveness at Conveying Music Genres

Gender Stereotypes in Halloween Costumes

How the Portrayal of Women Characters in the Zorro and Robin Hood Stories Has Changed Over Time

Design and Implementation of a Capacitive Touch Children’s Guitar

Comparative Look at Spectator Identification in Films and Video Games

Neocolonialism in Disney's Renaissance: Analyzing Portrayals of Race and Gender in Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Chronicle ; Vol. 2 Issue 2 (March 10, 1997)

Watchmen : as a work of literature

Preserving the Planar Dynamics of a CompliantBipedal Robot with a Yaw-Stabilizing Foot Design

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