By: Emily Holt. Literature has the ability to act as a vehicle through which the effects of consciousness can be explored. The limitations and influences of individual consciousness inherently prove to be obstructions in the pursuit of a true connection with another being; sharing thought and experience within the context of what it means to…
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The Inspiration for Social Change
By: Eman Simms. Written as part of the course “Renaissance Drama” For centuries, theatre has been a centerpiece for expression. Whether used as a means of conveying religious ideology, moral character, novel ideas, or just pure entertainment, theatre has become an antique artform that has gained exceptional appreciation as well as numerous amounts of criticism….
“Let Us Speak Our Love”: Romance and Eroticism in the Lyric Friendship Poetry of Katherine Phillips
By: Shannon Neal. Written as part of an independent study based on research conducted with Professor Elena Deanda, of the Modern Languages department, at the British Library in the summer of 2017. Seventeenth century poet Katherine Philips (1632-1664) is well known as foundational in the tradition of poetry written between women. Her lyric romantic friendship…
Senior Recital
By: Michael DeMaio. Senior Capstone Experience in Music Acknowledgments First and foremost, thank you to the professors in the music department—Dr. Schweitzer, Dr. Leupold, Dr. McCollum, Dr. Thomas, Dr. Wharton, Dr. Brower, Dr. Park, and Professor Winter—for believing in me and pushing me beyond what I thought was my fullest potential. A big thank you…
Rediscovering Empathy: Arguments for the Eco-Feminization of Traditional Masculinity
By: Dan Teano. Bridging the Gap What’s stopping man from getting closer to nature, practicing empathy towards animals, and considering their environmental costs to others (Tang and Luo, 2016) are both personal and societal forces. On an individual level, man thinks of himself as a “machine” in relation to nature (i.e. a lumberjack), and nature…
Featured Artist: Tatiana Baughman
From the artist: “In January 2018 I was very fortunate to join the Least of These Ministries in their missions trip to Barahona in the Dominican Republic. My mother and I, even my younger brother, were to document the work of the ministry as they provided food and sermon for the Dominican people in the…
Featured Artist: Rachel Frebert
My work is centered on abstraction and experimental practices through the use of unconventional materials. Dreams: Pastel on rolled paper. Experimental drawing developed in ART 350 Advanced Studio Drawing Spring 2018. Eternal Sunshine: Mixed Media-Acrylic Paint, Acrylic Inks, and Gel Medium on Canvas. This work was donated to the Annual Delaware Heart Ball to raise money for the…
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“Four Heads” by Picabo French “Untitled” by Meredith Kenton
Contributors 2018
Volume XXV Sarah Bowden ’21 is a writer, English major, creative writing minor, and potential premed student. Her family is far less violent than the mafia family in Wiseguy. She thanks Michael Harvey, in whose seminar Business of Organized Crime she wrote “Making and Breaking a Family,” for teaching her about more than just organized crime. She plans to use what she learned…
Faculty in Focus: The Power of Paragraphs
Michael Harvey, Associate Professor, Department of Business Management. Dr. Harvey is editor-in-chief of the interdisciplinary journal Leadership and the Humanities and the co-editor of the book Leadership Studies: the Dialogue of Disciplines. He is the author of The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing, a college writing guide now in its second edition, and put to good use by…
The Effects of Google on Our Minds
By: Amanda Gabriel Featured artwork: “Reflection” by Anna Watts. Growing up in the “Electronic Age,” I have witnessed and experienced many of the vast developments and discoveries in the field of technology. With new computerized advancements being made each day, more traditional practices are being converted to online forms, such as printed literature…
The Ecology of Possession
By: Emily Cross-Barnet Featured artwork: SCE Art project by Megan Dulin (6’x5’x10′) Just like every good environmentalist, I want to believe that I am not really part of the problem. I get my clothes at the thrift store, buy most of my produce at the farmers’ market, own a used Prius, recycle, and even…
Outsider
By: Saoirse Featured artwork: “Liminal” by Alicia Legard What does it mean to be an outsider? It means I don’t belong. It means I have to explain the complicated story of my name every single time I introduce myself. It means I shiver under four layers of clothing when everyone else is wearing short-sleeve…
Reinventing Feminism: Black Women’s Theatre on the Modern British Stage
By: Rosalea Alger Featured artwork: “Qualia of Anxious Hands” by Alicia Legard How does mainstream culture in Britain and across western society view Black women? Are their stories being told on a mass level? Despite the fact that representation of racial minorities, especially women within those minorities, is seriously lacking across many mass media…
Sounds and Songs of Sailing: A Historical and Theoretical Perspective on the Performance and Content of Sea Shanties
By: Jordana Qi Featured artwork: “Untitled” by Tatiana Baughman When examining the influence that ships and sailing have had on the development of modern culture, the lifestyle of ships and sailing is significant. The culture surrounding ships included the performance of sea shanties and sea songs, sung to pass the time during work or…
The Divine as Seen by Man
By: Picabo French Featured artwork: “Even on a Cloudy Day” by Anna Zastrow Giovanni Bellini’s St. Francis in Ecstasy (c. 1475-80), Frick Collection, New York, shows St. Francis receiving the stigmata in the middle of the wilderness where a large cityscape lies in the distance. St. Francis makes up a small portion of the…
Seeing is Caring
By: Daniel Teano Featured artwork: “Fatal Isolation” by Rachel Rahm No one can deny nature’s beauty. When the morning sun overcomes the night, fortunate spectators are stunned in amazement. Amidst nature’s canvas, they stand convinced that the morning sky strikes an equally powerful sensation to everyone around the world. Certainly, images such as the sunrise…
“Hee for God only, shee for God in him”: The Sexual Contract of Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’
By: Rebecca Sachs Featured artwork: “Own Worst Enemy” by Anna Watts Joint SCE written for English and Political Science Introduction In contemporary studies of gender dynamics, discussions often focus on the extensive history of inequalities faced by women, the notable improvements that feminist movements have helped to achieve, and the difficulties modern women around the…
Opening the Door: A Discussion about Cultural and Biological Diversity
By: Kirstin Webb Featured artwork: “Left to Roast” by Anna Zastrow Cultural diversity creates a variety of worldviews and land use practices and behaviors that influence the evolutionary, morphophysiological, and ecological levels of biodiversity in an area, and play an important role in conserving, maintaining, and increasing biological diversity. Cultural models of traditional groups generally…
Reflecting Upon the Use of Genetic Manipulation and Drugs for Physical and Cognitive Enhancement Purposes
By: Lisa Hamilton Featured artwork: “Portrait of Two” by Alicia Legard INTRODUCTION When addressing the topic of physical or cognitive enhancement as a result of drug use, neuroethics is a field that can provide insight into each side of the potential arguments to be made. Neuroscience and ethics are both involved in the determination of…
Superheroes and Mortal Beings
By: Erin Asman Featured artwork: “Ruins” by Casey Williams Heroism has become increasingly romanticized. While heroes were once the strongest and bravest of warriors, the person with the most kills on the battlefield, this is no longer true. The word hero now invokes the image of a person being helpful, being brave, of someone sacrificing…
Contributors 2017
Volume XXIV Rosalea Alger ’18 is a senior at Washington College, majoring in Theater and Anthropology. She studied abroad at Royal Holloway University of London, and continues to find inspiration and wisdom in travel. Rosie enjoys writing in a wide variety of formats, from essays on subjects about which she is passionate, to poetry, to journalism. She is an…
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