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Elijah's Inferno
(University of Missouri, The Campus Writing Program, 2014)
Elijah Solidum chose to write "Elija's Inferno" because he had read Dante's Inferno in class that semester, and he wanted to put a personal and more modern spin on Dante's masterpiece. He tried to keep Dante's general ...
Facebook : our social tool
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This article discusses what Facebook is and the variety of reasons people use this social networking website.
The Sweet brown narrative : modern internet folklore
(University of Missouri--Columbia, Rhetoric and Composition Program, 2014)
Miranda Sings, GloZell Simon, Charlie the Unicorn, Antoine Dotson, and Rebecca Black are living viral, Internet sensations that prove celebrity can be created online. The digital age has created a new venue for storytelling, ...
Was the need to produce pesticides higher than need to protect civilians?
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Your blood turns cold. Your eyes become blind. Panic hits and all of a sudden air won't enter your lungs quite as easily. In the dead of the night of December 3rd, a noise resembling the pain of thousands of people was ...
The Anti-ana
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
According to the National Eating Disorders Association, NEDA, about 35 million people suffer from Anorexia or Bulimia, and millions more suffer from disordered eating. On the Internet, many websites are available in support ...
Classic Hollywood cinema as propaganda
(University of Missouri--Columbia, Rhetoric and Composition Program, 2014)
The relatively recent tradition of American consumption of media has had the most immediate effects on influencing culture and allows propaganda of racial beliefs to be deeply rooted in society. Photography was the first ...
The Gate to marriage : benefits and detriments of arranged marriage
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The processes of choosing a lifetime partner dramatically differ between Western and Eastern cultures. In Western cultures, mates select one another directly based on interpersonal attraction. Since marriage is not 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 ...
Putting the pulp in pulp fiction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, Rhetoric and Composition Program, 2014)
Between interlocking story lines and black humor, few films have gained such universal critical acclaim (without winning Best Picture) as Quentin Tarantino's 1994 mob masterpiece Pulp Fiction. Dominated by brilliant dialogue, ...
A New path of liberation : choosing to be disabled on Second Life
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Virtual worlds are often seen as places where people can escape to because they take away real-life challenges, allowing people to achieve solidarity. Second Life empowers its disabled users through creating an atmosphere ...
Our home away from home : putting a stop to college campus violence
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri, 2013)
Many factors such as gender roles, alcohol use and societal norms lead to violence on Mizzou's campus. These crimes cause not only physical, but also emotional and mental damage to victims, and students are beginning to ...
Gastrointestinal disease and diet
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Despite the large number of people affected by digestive diseases, gastroenterologists maintain a less than optimal course of treatment. The medical community has largely ignored the role that diet plays in treating and ...
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: ...
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, ...
Care for life? : The failing system of nursing home care in the United States
(University of Missouri, The Campus Writing Program, 2014)
The phrase "respect your elders" is ingrained in most minds at a young age. This phrase, however, has been lost somewhere. A lack of respect for the elderly is especially present in the quality of health care they receive. ...
The evolution of Russian media
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri, 2013)
In May of 2012, the official newspaper of the Communist Party in Russia celebrated its 100th anniversary of publication. Founded in St. Petersburg in 1912, Pravda prospered throughout most of the twentieth century, with a ...
The Bosom Serpent Legend through history : how the legend changes to address modern anxieties
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri, 2013)
In its simplest form, the Bosom Serpent legend complex includes any story in which a person believes that an animal is living inside of their body. Normally the animal is a snake or lizard, although amphibians and worms ...
I Love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich
(University of Missouri, The Campus Writing Program, 2015)
[Harry Burns and Sally Albright] begin as recent college graduates driving from Chicago to New York; they do not see eye-to-eye and after the drive, leave with mutual contempt for one another. Five years later, they meet ...
One bite = Instant pleasure
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
There is nothing like biting into a big juicy over processed cheeseburger that is smothered with processed condiments that make your taste buds scream with joy with every bit you take. While that may sound repulsive now ...
Video game effects on children
(University of Missouri--Columbia, Rhetoric and Composition Program, 2014)
When one considers the increasing prevalence of video games in modern culture, one cannot help but notice the advent and progressively increasing fiscal success of violent video games. These violent, driven titles consistently ...