Professors Ryan Claycomb and Christy Zink

Editors’ Note: Naming the Unnamable

“Choosing a name, then, means something.”

Eric Soucie
Professor Phyllis Ryder

The Blogging Revolution?

“The success of the ‘blogosphere' . . . could not have been made possible without the disenchantment of everyday Americans with political coverage as usual.”

Sarah Spooner
Professor Matthew Riley

Liberal Wieners, Right-Wing Nut Jobs: Blogs and the 2004 Election

“The blogging revolution may not have been televised, but it was posted.”

Carly Popofsky
Professor Carol Hayes

The Long Way Home

“He was unaware of the bonding that occurred among the passengers, and the community that was actually in place on the train.”

Rich Martinelli
Professor Robbin Zeff

Dick Cheney: Corrupt or Commendable?

“Whether Cheney's relationship with Halliburton constitutes a conflict of interest that has negatively impacted his vice presidency is still a vitally important issue.”

Larry Adler and Lauren Mettam
Professor Abby Wilkerson

I Want You, I Need You, Why Can't I Be With You: The Difficulties of Mental Illness and Teenage Relationships

“Lisa has Bipolar Disorder. It was an intense relationship, and he got wrapped into the highs and the lows with her.”

Michelle Louie
Professor Ryan Jerving

Everything Should Be in Quotations: 13 Very Un-Unique Ways of Looking at Intellectual Property

“Regardless of the tone or style in which language appears, it will coalesce, combine, and intersect to synthesize one very universal thought – that none of our words are our own.”

Sonia Lee
Professor Abby Wilkerson

Incarceration of Young Offenders: A Critical Assessment of Institutionalization and its Implications

“Prolonged exposure to such personal injustices clearly hinders an inmate from successfully reentering and integrating into society.”

Anna Elazan
Professor Cayo Gamber

Liberation Photography

“It may be impossible to grasp everything that embodies the Holocaust, yet by looking at images it is possible for individuals to bear witness to the event.”

Hayley Cutler
Professor Phillip Troutman

Digging up the Dirt: Who Really Won Argentina's Dirty War?

“The Argentine people have created history on their own terms.”

Tom Gottheil
Professor Arianne Chernock

Antagonism and Intervention: Hugo Chavez and American Foreign Policy

“It is, in the end, none of America’s business.”

Graham Safty
Professor Arianne Chernock

Colonialism’s Deadly Legacy: Ethnic Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa

“Why did a group of people with no history of ethnic solidarity and identification wage a four-year war where as many as a million lives were lost in the name of Ibo unity and independence?”

Roxanna Maisel
Professor Matthew Fullerty

The Unexamined Life: Celebrating Anti-Intellectualism in Kingsley Amis's Lucky Jim

“Philistinism in Lucky Jim is more than a simple distaste for learning and knowing: it is a warning against the disconsolation of philosophy.”

Rob Nietupski
Professor Rachel Riedner

The American Dream – And
Why We Need To Wake Up

“How can we . . . gain an understanding of what is really going on both at home and abroad, under the guise of ‘democracy’?”

Jakob Stoehr
Professor Katherine Larsen

Leave Me Alone: I’m Disappearing

“Gothic sub-culture has what appears to be an extremely high percentage of eating-disordered individuals, with more joining the numbers daily.”

Brian Tierney
Professor Randi Kristensen

Ivory Towers and the Voice of the Voiceless: Analyzing the Writings of Mumia Abu-Jamal and his Academic Relevance

“It is imperative that we initiate academic awareness of Black intellectualism and radical thought in defiance of tradition.”

Jacky Fung
Professor Christy Zink

The City of Graffiti

“Within the graffiti movement was . . . an intricate system of laws and checks came into play as well as a unique standard for morality and education.

Alex Kellner
Professor Ryan Claycomb

You Are Where You Eat: Thinking About How “Dining Out” Really Affects Us

“Nutritionists estimate that Americans consume approximately a third of their caloric intake outside of the home.”

Jillian Burstein
Professor Heather Schell

The Beauty Pageant of the Dog World

“The length to which owners have gone to show their dogs has escalated to varying levels of extreme, placing the owner’s desire of winning high above the well-being of the dog.”

Sam Miller
Professor Christy Zink

Brasilia: Living in the Shadow of Idea

“Brasilia was built to face every challenge and obstacle except reality.”