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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 ...
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 ...
Green building
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
"Thinking Green" is the new buzzword of the twenty-first century. There are the green IBM commercials that demonstrate a substantial amount of money saved if a business, "goes green" the Mac commercial with the new energy ...
HVAC optimization study
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) can be a very costly effort when applied in industry. So was thought to be the case at the DRS Technologies facility in West Plains, Missouri. Therefore, the Pollution ...
Treasure found in a trash heap : composting at Mizzou
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
A pile of apple cores, melon seeds, half eaten bread, corn kernels, and broccoli wait on a curb in black trash bags. But this food waste has a different destination than similar trash bags. Instead of being transported to ...
Energy from unlikely sources : MU Power Plant's road to sustainability
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The University of Missouri Power Plant has been the source of steam and electricity for the University of Missouri campus for over 85 years. Established in 1923, the plant began with only four coal burning boilers and two ...
Feminism in Austen's Northanger Abbey
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
In the excerpt from Mary Wollstonecraft's "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman," she responds to Dr. John Gregory's "A Father's Legacy to His Daughters," where he discusses his view of proper womanly behavior. Wollstonecraft ...
The Price paid for building anew
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Currently, the University of Missouri-Columbia has seven construction projects being worked on throughout campus according to the campus facilities department. With the increasingly important goal of providing a top-notch ...
The Art of music, apple pie, and coping
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Every human has negative energy that needs to be channeled to some place and the reality is, we thrive on emotion and must maintain a healthy equilibrium in order to function. Whether it is turning to external remedies or ...
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 ...
Soils : to be or not to be ... on campus
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Soil erosion causes harm on and off-site. On-site impacts are confined to the local area where as the damages caused by off-site impacts are felt by society at large. The most harmful on-site impact is the actual loss of ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
Not yet finished
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
In Jane Yolen's Favorite Folktales From Around The World, a Sioux Indian tale entitled "The End of The World" attempts to catalogue Sioux culture before, during, and after European colonization. In addition, the tale ...
Editor's Introduction : First year writing special issue
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
First-Year Composition at the University of Missouri--English 1000-- is characterized above all by its diversity. While broad guidelines and goals underwrite what a phalanx of instructors implement in nearly 200 sections ...
Editor's Introduction : Environmental issue
(Rhetoric and Composition Program, University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This issue of Artifacts, which we hope will be but the first of its kind, was opened to writing that explores any aspect of environmental studies, although we especially sought work with an interest on issues that touch ...
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 ...
Artifacts : a journal of undergraduate writing, Issue 4, 2010 January : contents page
(Campus Writing Program, 2010)
Contents page