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Meghan Matheson, Fall 2011 The looming controversy surrounding the Islamic Center near Ground Zero has sparked debate throughout the nation. The Center is associated with emotional strain from both the supporters and the opponents. Each group, whether for or against, has very strong opinions and valid reasons as to why this Islamic center should be… Read more Meghan Matheson, “To Build or Not To Build Controversy over the ‘Mosque at Ground Zero,’” 3rd Place ENL 257

Lynnette Nolan, Fall 2011 Unlike the Formalist approach, where “the proper concern of literary criticism is with the work itself,” biographical and historical perspectives invite audiences to read the text “with a sense of time and place” and to consider “the social and cultural contexts in which the writer lived” (2165-2166). While understanding the situations… Read more Lynnette Nolan, “The Contribution of Context: Implications of Associating Outside Information with Frost’s Poetry,” 3rd Place ENL 258