2009

Rachel Holliman, “Willie Stark: Master Rhetor,” 1st Place ENL 257

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Rachel Holliman, Fall 2009 In the 2006 film adaptation of Robert Penn Warren’s 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, All the King’s Men, politician Willie Stark solidifies his status as an attention-grabbing and effective orator. His powers of persuasion catapult him from a virtual unknown to the governor of Louisiana. After realizing that the people of Louisiana… Read more Rachel Holliman, “Willie Stark: Master Rhetor,” 1st Place ENL 257

Ana Marie Bell, “Balancing Man and Man Alike,” 1st Place ENL 258

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Ana Marie Bell, Fall 2009 Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, in his essay “Today, the Balance of Stories,” advocates the telling of “hitherto untold stories, along with new ways of telling” as a means of healing the trauma of cultural dispossession and advancing a “universal conversation” that respects the validity and vitality of all human stories… Read more Ana Marie Bell, “Balancing Man and Man Alike,” 1st Place ENL 258

Kimberlei Taylor, “Patriarchal Gender Roles,” 1st Place ENL 259

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Kimberlei Taylor, Fall 2009 D. H. Lawrence’s “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter” has been the source of extensive critical focus and is viewed as a story of resurrection. In “D. H. Lawrence and Tradition: ‘The Horse Dealer’s Daughter,’” Jeffrey Meyer focuses on the religious and the sexual implications in the text and he notes that other… Read more Kimberlei Taylor, “Patriarchal Gender Roles,” 1st Place ENL 259

Jess Andersson, “Love, War, and Undecidability: Deconstructing ‘The Things They Carried,'” 1st Place ENL 259

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Jess Andersson, Fall 2009 Tim O’Brien’s short story, later turned novel, The Things They Carried, embodies the hardships and sentiments of wartime soldiers. The piece offers binary oppositions through the interplay between Lieutenant Jimmy Cross and his fantasized lover Martha. The ideologies of heterosexual love, shown through intimacy, separation, fantasy, and reality, are presented and… Read more Jess Andersson, “Love, War, and Undecidability: Deconstructing ‘The Things They Carried,’” 1st Place ENL 259

Olivia Hull, “Save the Gingers: A Proposal to Save Our Red-Headed Friends from Possible Extinction,” 1st Place ENL 260

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Olivia Hull, Fall 2009 On November 20, 2009 a group of three middle school boys attacked another boy at A.E. Wright Middle School in Calabasas, California. This attack was not an isolated incident and at this school a total of seven other students were also bullied as a result of a Facebook group called “National… Read more Olivia Hull, “Save the Gingers: A Proposal to Save Our Red-Headed Friends from Possible Extinction,” 1st Place ENL 260

Kristie LaBerge, “Pom-Struck,” 1st Place ENL 260

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Kristie LaBerge, Fall 2009 I walk into my Birch apartment and am immediately assaulted by the red splattered all over the walls. My fingers release. The Target bags slam and loose their canned goods. Silence. I tiptoe through the still air and over the tile stained with red splotches. My heart beating frantically, I spot… Read more Kristie LaBerge, “Pom-Struck,” 1st Place ENL 260

Keith Amaral, “An Analysis of Jim Valvano’s ’93 ESPY Awards Speech,” 2nd Place ENL 257

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Keith Amaral, Fall 2009 The cancer epidemic is undeniably one of the biggest exigencies the world currently faces; statistics show that it is a leading cause of death in the United States (“Cancer”). Though progress has been made in the fight to end cancer, the cure remains elusive. While there are many champions for the… Read more Keith Amaral, “An Analysis of Jim Valvano’s ’93 ESPY Awards Speech,” 2nd Place ENL 257

Steven Martin, “Ask the Art, Not the Artist,” 2nd Place ENL 258

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Steven Martin, Fall 2009 In the Japanese arts, nothing is more revered than the idyllic balance of harmony between nature and man. Such a relationship is at the heart of the Zen-Buddhist notion of “Sattori,” or enlightenment (Suzuki 211). Whether such harmony is found in the minimalist structure of the Haiku of Basho and Myoe,… Read more Steven Martin, “Ask the Art, Not the Artist,” 2nd Place ENL 258

Joseph MacKenzie, “The Other Side of the Crash,” 2nd Place ENL 260

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Joseph MacKenzie, Fall 2009 For some United States citizens, illegal immigration is the cause of much concern. For most who hold this position, the obvious worries are terrorists sneaking in through our loosely protected borders, loss of jobs to immigrants who are paid under the table, and non-taxpayers who receive the same benefits as legal… Read more Joseph MacKenzie, “The Other Side of the Crash,” 2nd Place ENL 260

Chloë Krueger, “History: Silken Slippers and Wooden Shoes,” 2nd Place ENL 260

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Chloë Krueger, Fall 2009 History has many definitions and there are many ways to interpret what history truly means, but one certainty remains; history is all encompassing; it is the journey of the living and the story of the dead. History is the sound of silken slippers whispering across majestic halls, tiptoeing down great flights… Read more Chloë Krueger, “History: Silken Slippers and Wooden Shoes,” 2nd Place ENL 260