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Relaunch (Editor's Introduction)
(Campus Writing Program, 2012)
This is the inaugural issue of Artifacts relaunch....
Future tense
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
A poem about technology.
WWII propaganda : the influence of racism
(Campus Writing Program, 2012)
Images created in times of war reveal the tensions and fears ignited by the conflicts between nations.
If you give your love some chemo ...
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Cancer is not pretty, it is a harsh, ugly disease and the treatment is uglier still. There is no cure for cancer, at least not yet. I think the best solution is to be there for the ones you love, and help others by donating ...
"Work while the white folks play" : meta-theater and Greek Chorus in Show Boat
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Based on the 1926 Edna Ferber novel of the same name, Show Boat (1937) is an American musical composed by Jerome Kern (1885-1945) with book and lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960). It is regarded as a ...
Vaudeville and the American dream
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Vaudeville was an expressive, innovative, and quirky form of popular entertainment in America that spanned the turn of the twentieth century. Yet, vaudeville was more than mere entertainment for the American mass culture—it ...
Editor's Introduction : questions of policy
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri, 2013)
Many of the pieces published in this issue invite readers to think deeply about questions of policy--which course of action should be pursued in a given set of circumstances?...
Fantastic conflict in "The Raven"
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
The raven serves as the representation of the unreal because it is nothing more than an anthropomorphized version of the narrator's subconscious despair. In this way, the poem consists of a pseudo-dialogue between the ...
Representation through documentary : a post-modern assessment
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Like photography, documentaries are a representational medium: They record and occasionally reconstruct the everyday reality viewers typically cannot experience themselves. Because photography is an indexical sign signifying ...
Nature's voice : a review of environmental literature
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--ColumbiaRhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
I started this essay with the intention of crafting a new chapter, a 21st century update, to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. What I soon found was that this task is fundamentally impossible. There can't be another Silent ...
In the water, everyone is equal
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
The conflict has been raging for over half a century. Israel and Palestine are like two brothers; brothers that are sprung out of the same core and host religions and nations that share the same origins. But in spite of ...
Women veterans face challenges of homelessness
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
, as the number of enlisted women has increased from six percent in 2000 to eight percent in 2010, women are experiencing the issue of homelessness....
1st Place Winner: Of men and martians : a close reading of a Cow Pea
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
I was really looking forward to going to the "Food: Fact or Fiction" exhibit at the Perlow-Stevens Art Gallery, and I was disappointed when the weather interfered with our class trip. This exhibit seemed like it might be ...
U.S. Syphilis Study at Tuskegee and minority participation in research
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Many nights after finishing my shifts of running entrees, pouring wine, and remaining unwaveringly hospitable, I would sit at the gleaming wooden bar centered in my restaurant of employment and chat with the manager, Mario. ...
A close reading of Jarmusch's Coffee and Cigarettes
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Released in 2003, Jarmusch's Coffee and Cigarettes is a compilation of 11 vignettes that follow the conversations between two to three people as they discuss a variety of mostly insignificant subjects.
Charlotte and Elizabeth : guardians of the female mind in Pride and Prejudice
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen's depiction of womanhood is both varied and expansive. A woman can be gentle in spirit, incapable of finding ill in others. Daughters can be impossibly “silly” in their romantic endeavors. ...
Failing to make the grade : how the school lunch system is falling short of its purpose
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
With over 1/3 of the nation's children overweight or obese according to the Center for Disease Control, concerns over what children are consuming have become ever more prevalent among parents across the United States. ...
Who will build the better ape?
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri, 2013)
When I examine the driving forces of progress in modern humanity, I cannot help but recall author Leo Frankowski's musings on the subject of genetic manipulation as a way to drive human evolution. He posed a simple question: ...
Pollution, soil, and Columbia Missouri
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Columbia Missouri is getting bigger in every aspect. From parking lots to mega apartment complexes Columbia is expanding its borders constantly. Because of this rapid growth there are many effects of the construction that ...
Changes to American, Korean, and Chinese barbecue over centuries
(University of Missouri--Columbia, Rhetoric and Composition Program, 2014)
What are the origins of barbecue methods and how have national barbecue traditions in United States, Korea, and China changed through the years until now? In the 21st century, barbecue technologies include smoking, baking, ...