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Volume 22
Awards
Analysis
On the Origin of the Morlock Species
By Luke Meyer
Volume 22
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Saying More by Saying Less: Apple’s Strategic Sustainability Advertisement
By Aubrey Breen
Volume 22
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Exploring Boundaries Between Art and Life in Portrait of a Lady on Fire
By Aimee Morrissey
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A Reflection of Our Founding: Installed 150 Years Later
By Aidan Boylan
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The Ethicality of Resurrecting Dying Artwork
By Macey Bartels
Volume 22
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A Priceless Analogy
By Sophia Labrador
Volume 22
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Medea and Dido’s Power and Tragic Downfall: Cautionary Tales of Female Empowerment
By Katie McCurrie
Volume 22
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A Boy with Burdens: Analyzing Themes of Colonialism and Environmentalism in the Art of Yinka Shonibare
By Alyssa Miulli
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A Maquette Made of Oil
By Samantha Francois
Volume 22
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Lessons of the Prose Artist: An Analysis of Morality in Thucydides's History
By Noah Coffman
Volume 22
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Language and Storytelling as a Means of Resistance in A Handmaid's Tale
By Elena Morgan
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Narrative
Meditation on Home
By Ruoyao (Lily) Xu
Volume 22
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Walking on Empty
By Abigail Moore
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Navigating the Uneven Edges
By Joshua von Werder
Volume 22
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Growing Up Obese: This is Me
By Jeff Mwathi
Volume 22
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The Shame at Subway
By Weizhen (Justin) Yuan
Volume 22
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The Only Girl on the Court
By Audrey Boennighausen
Volume 22
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A Meditation on Learning
By Nora Lavins
Volume 22
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Research
Someone to Listen in Inner City Baltimore: Addressing the Mental Health Crisis through Structured Peer Support
By William Peeler
Volume 22
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Institutionalized: The Ever-Current Condition of the Formerly Incarcerated
By Maggie Clark
Volume 22
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A Silent Struggle: The Rural Healthcare Crisis
By Sarah Mirkin
Volume 22
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A Lingering History—Amateur Hour Podcast
By Zoe Nwarache
Volume 22
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Monotony as an Emotion
By Gabrielle Maletta
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Asian or American?: The Contradictory Identity of the “Model Minority”
By Joshua von Werder
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The Moral Authority Of The Once Imprisoned
By AnnahMarie Behn-Link
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Yet Another Fight Against Male Dominance: Increasing the Number of Female Sports Journalists Is The Solution to Unequal Media Coverage
By Audrey Boennighausen
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American Sign Language: Why Notre Dame Should Validate My First Language
By Caitlin Papalia
Volume 22
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Everything That Glitters Is Not Gold: The Argument for a Permanent Olympic City
By Garrett Sullivan
Volume 22
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Making the Merrymeeting Trail a Reality
By Lisandro Berry-Gaviria
Volume 22
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The Methods and Madness of Communicating Science
By Thomas Headley
Volume 22
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Fracking
By Will Weldon
Volume 22
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Prevention of Cervical Cancer: Overcoming Cultural Barriers Faced by Quechua Women in Andean Peru
By Cassidy Mullen
Volume 22
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Poverty Amongst the Rich
By Dulce Daniella Pedraza Gonzalez
Volume 22
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Rebuttal
That All Shall Agree: On David Bentley Hart’s Interpretation of Romans 5:18-19
By Daniel O'Brien
Volume 22
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Non-Proliferation Is Still Worth Fighting For
By Daniel Noronha
Volume 22
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Steve Weatherbe and the Atomic Bombs: A Tragic Combination
By Chad Brown
Volume 22
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Finding Common Ground
By Matthew Doty
Volume 22
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