The Fight for Purity: Hiram Evans and the Second Ku Klux Klan
The Klu Klux Klan of the 1920s, known as the second Klan, built its three to six million members quicker than any previous group. The Klan continued the traditions of earlier generations, including...
View ArticleThomas Tredway Library 2023-2024 Annual Report
The 2023-2024 annual report from the Thomas Tredway Library, Augustana College.
View ArticleAnimals in Prison: Is There Value in Inmate-Animal Rehabilitation Programs?
This paper demonstrates the benefits of animal rehabilitation programs in alleviating the mental harm of incarceration and improving outcomes for individuals upon their release. I.H.C. details the...
View ArticleNo, You Can't Just Peek in Their Brain to See Their Future
This paper argues against the use of predictive cognitive neuroscience research in judicial processes. Barcus argues that, because predictive models do not adequately address the “whys” of behavior...
View ArticleOn The Verge of Brilliance: A Cross-Cultural Study Between Susan Glaspell and...
In this paper, I discuss how for Susan Glaspell and Elena Ferrante, violence is how their female characters respond to attempted entrapment in a cage when they are offered no escape. Susan Glaspell’s...
View ArticleTactical Staging: Evolving Methods of Feminist Activism in Susan Glaspell’s Work
In the marketplace of ideas, the Theatre Arts employ narrative stories and eye-catching visual art pieces draw listeners and viewers in a way that is unmatched by other methods. Art not only reflects...
View ArticleReforming Community Structures: The Public Library's Impact on the Midwestern...
Public libraries, though increasingly overlooked, are pivotal spaces for Midwestern communities. Public libraries are fundamental institutions for those in their community and have consistently...
View ArticleChanging Roles of Women Reflected in the Cozy Mysteries of Charlotte Murray...
While critics have often assumed that cozy mysteries are detached from the real world, the case of Charlotte Murray Russell shows that her novels are actually an insightful reflection into how women...
View ArticleSocial Commentary in Charlotte Murray Russell's The Message of the Mute Dog
This paper analyzes how Charlotte Murray Russell's cozy mystery The Message of the Mute Dog supports patriotism while criticizing anti-German sentiment during World War II.
View ArticleThe Stark Surrealism in Spectra’s Soulfulness
Arthur Davison Ficke and Witter Bynner were American poetry's first Surrealists, preceding Breton and his founding of Surrealism, with the publication of its first manifesto, in France in 1924. Though...
View ArticleAnalysis and Description of the Iridescent Film on Calcites in Eastern Iowa
During the Devonian Period, eastern to central Iowa experienced multiple transgressive and regressive intervals. This study focuses on the Cou Falls and Gizzard Creek Members of the Coralville...
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