2009 Spring

Cryogens

Author: 
Steve Flaherty

Steve Flaherty may look like a wee freshman Geophysics major at Boston College, but it’s what’s inside him that counts. You may recognize Steve in such literary classics as Wuthering Heights, Gone with the Wind, and the Communist Manifesto. Steve Flaherty enjoys succeeding and averting disaster. If presented with the choice between an ice-cold root beer and the secret to life, Steve would choose root beer. Steve does not condone and never has condoned evil. He is the eleventh task of Hercules, which Hercules is yet to complete.

Works Cited: 

The image, 'Xbox 360' by A. Hermida, is republished under the Creative Commons license.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13238706@N00/66757953

Deconstructing a Billboard of Fear

Author: 
Ryan Jung

Works Cited: 

Harris, Charles. Vote Republican. 1949. Pittsburgh Courier Archives, Pittsburgh. 6 Feb. 2009 http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/Pictures/vote_gop2.JPG.

“Harry Truman And Civil Rights.” Rev. of Harry Truman And Civil Rights, Moral Courage And Political Risk. Southern Illinois University Press. Dept. home page. Southern Illinois University. 22 Nov. 2008 http://www.siu.edu/~siupress/titles/s02_titles/gardner_truman.htm.

“The Hill District: History.” clpgh.org. 2008. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. 22 Nov. 2008 http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/neighborhoods/hill/hill_n4.html.

Korol, Paul S. “A Brief History Of The Hill (Pittsburgh History).” Ancestry.com. 4 Feb. 2002. 22 Nov. 2008 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njm1/hillhist.htm.

TrumanLibrary.org. Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. 22 Nov. 2008 http://www.trumanlibrary.org/teacher/campaign.htm.

TrumanLibray.org. 22 Nov. 2008 .
Tuck, Stephen G.N. Beyond Atlanta. University of Georgia Press, April 2003. 22 Nov. 2008 http://books.google.com/books?id=2y674_8pGXkC&pg=PA74&dq=talmadge+1948+e....

Trix are for Kids

Author: 
Donovan Sithan

I'm a student at Fullerton Junior College that has finally broken the chains of tuition fear. I've finished all of the requirements for an AA in English, and with no other possible classes to take, I will finally be transferring to big boy college. I believe that one day I will become a successful, published author. I do not have motivational posters. I don't read quotes from long deceased authors for inspiration.

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View from the Bike Rack, October 19, 2008

Author: 
Jackie Otto

Jackie Otto is a freshman at (unfortunately) Chapman University in Orange, California. Jackie wrote a story when she was sad one day and that is why you are reading her biography. That's the type of person she is. She does not really get along with kids her age, at least Californians, and so she finds herself having fun most times by herself. She enjoys hard rock from the 80's like Motley Crue, Guns n' Roses, and Van Halen, and pays dearly for it when driving with passengers who like rap or chick music.

Works Cited: 

The image, 'Bike Rack' by L-T-L, is republished here under the Creative Commons license.
www.flickr.com/photos/27791255@N00/2527800412

Learning to Breathe

Author: 
Kim Heil

Kim Heil is a freshman at Boston College majoring in Elementary Education adn Studio Art. Kim enjoys swimming, hanging out with friends and working with children. During High School she went on many service trips one of which inspired her to write this piece. Her current goals include going skydiving and completeing a triathalon!


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January 19, 2007

Author: 
Laura Holzwasser

Laura Holzwasser has lived her entire life, before attending Boston College, in a suburb of Boston called Sudbury, MA. Sudbury is about as exciting as what she likes to call its claim to fame, the "Mary had a Little Lamb Schoolhouse," which many people are shocked to find out actually exists. Despite her clumsiness and difficulty mastering walking up and down stairs, Laura has spent 15 years of her life practicing gymnastics, surprisingly with relatively no injuries.

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You Don’t Understand. I AM America’s Next Top Model: The Reification of Talent in 21st Century America

Author: 
Allie Yap

One is hard pressed not to admit the ubiquity of reality talent shows these days, especially after having seen an advertisement for ESPN that parodies ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. Just how far-reaching are reality talent shows? Turn on the television, surf YouTube, and browse through popular publications like Us Weekly and People and it becomes obvious that they have become a large focus in American media.

Works Cited: 

Bareiss, Warren. "ORIGINAL AMATEUR HOUR, THE." Museum of Broadcast Communications. 14 Sept. 2008 http://www.museum.tv

Carter, Bill. "America's Got a Yen For Summer Talent Show." 5 Aug. 2008. New York Times. 13 Sept. 2008 http://www.nytimes.com

Frere-Jones, Sasha. "IDOLATRY; Pop Music." 19 Mar. 2008. New Yorker. 13 Sept. 2008 http://www.newyorker.com

Herman, Michelle. "Idolatry." Project Muse. 2004. 13 Sept. 2008 http://www.projectmuse.com

Howard, Theresa. "Real winner of 'American Idol': Coke." 08 Sept. 2002. USA Today. 12 Sept. 2008 http://www.usatoday.com

More Autobiographical Than Philosophical

Author: 
Cheryl Hamilton

Cheryl Hamilton is a 2001 graduate of the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY. After 5 years of active duty service as an officer in the United States Army, she returned to her home state of California, and enrolled in the Pre-Health Professional Program at Chapman University. After completing the many class pre-requisites required to apply to Pharmacy School, she is excited to report that she has been accepted to a Doctor of Pharmacy program in Northern California.

Works Cited: 

Camus, Albert. The Stranger. New York: Vintage International. 1998.

Weberman, David. “Camus: Portrait of a Moralist by Stephen Eric Bronner.” The Review of Politics. 2000. Cambridge University Press. 10 December 2008. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1408222

Fischer, Eileen. “Albert Camus by Herbert R. Lottman.” Theatre Journal. 1980. The John Hopkins University Press. 24 November 2008. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3207259

Woolfolk, Alan. “The Artist as Cultural Guide: Camus’ Post-Christian Asceticism.” Sociological Analysis. 1986. The John Hopkins University Press. 24 November 2008. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3711455

Girard, Rene. “Camus’s Stranger Retried.” Modern Language Association. 1964. 24 November 2008. http://www.jstor.org/stable/461137

Oxenhandler, Neal. “The Stranger by Luchino Visconti; Dino de Laurentiis.” University of California Press. 1968. 24 November 2008. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1210602

America's Last Dance with MaryJane

Author: 
Michael Cerniglia

Michael Cerniglia is currently an undergrad in the College of Arts and Sciences at Boston College, working for a major he hopes to find soon. Being from California, he isn’t too fond of the cold and wishes he had a better supply of sweatshirts before leaving for the East coast weather – Michael is still adjusting. He particularly enjoys listening to a good Bob Dylan track and is prone to air guitar solos while playing Springsteen.

Works Cited: 

Adams, Jill U. "Damaging Habit?" Los Angeles Times. (August 18, 2008). LexisNexis Academic. Gale. Boston College. 30 Oct. 2008 http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/search/focusSearch.do?risb=21_T5...

Armour, Stephanie. "Employers grapple with medical marijuana use; Ethical, liability issues rise as more states make it legal". USA TODAY. (April 17, 2007). LexisNexis Academic. Gale. Boston College. 30 Oct. 2008 http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/returnTo.do?returnToKey=20_T5028...

Baum, Dan. Smoke and Mirrors: The War on Drugs and the Politics of Failure. Boston: Little,
Brown, 1996.

Cussen, Meaghan, and Walter Block. "Legalize Drugs Now!" The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. 59.3 (July 2000): 525. Academic OneFile. Gale. Boston College. 30 Oct. 2008 http://find.galegroup.com/itx/infomark.do?&contentSet=IACDocuments&type=...

Degenhardt, Louisa, and Wayne D. Hall. "The adverse effects of cannabinoids: implications for use of medical marijuana. (Research)." CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. 178.13 (June 17, 2008): 1685(2). Academic OneFile. Gale. Boston College. 3 Nov. 2008 http://find.galegroup.com/itx/infomark.do?&contentSet=IACDocuments&type=...

Geers, Thomas R. "Legalize drugs and stop the war on people." Education. 116.n2 (Winter 1995): 235(3). Academic OneFile. Gale. Boston College. 30 Oct. 2008 http://find.galegroup.com/itx/infomark.do?&contentSet=IACDocuments&type=...

Levitt, Steven D. and Stephen J. Dubner. Freakonomics: a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything. New York : William Morrow, 2005.

Savage, Richard. "The war on drugs: prohibition isn't working - some legalisation will help. " British Medical Journal. 311.n7021 (Dec 23, 1995): 1655(2). Academic OneFile. Gale. Boston College. 30 Oct. 2008 http://find.galegroup.com/itx/infomark.do?&contentSet=IA-Documents&type=...

Wente, Margaret. "Pot: Why not legalize it?" The Globe and Mail (Canada). (July 24, 2008). LexisNexis Academic. Gale. Boston College. 30 Oct. 2008 http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLi...

Wickelgren, Ingrid. "Marijuana: harder than thought?" Science. 276.n5321 (June 27, 1997): 1967(2). Academic OneFile. Gale. Boston College. 30 Oct. 2008 http://find.galegroup.com/itx/infomark.do?&contentSet=IACDocuments&type=...