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If I Had a Shotgun: Musical Protest against Misogyny in Murder Ballads
(University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Office of Student Research and Creative Activity, 2017-12)Appalachian folk ballads have long been part of America’s musical history. These ballads preserve many aspects of Appalachian culture, including murder. However, modern listeners may find the misogyny of murder ballads, ... -
The Indian Civil Service Exam: A Modest Beginning toward Democratization
(Office of Student Research and Creative Activity, 2018-12)In 1855 the Indian Civil Service (ICS), the cornerstone bureaucratic system of the East India Company (EIC), made an important change in the appointment of officers. Rather than continuing with the system of individual ... -
The Influence of Characteristics on Music Enjoyment and Preference
(2013-12)Past research has indicated that two specific personality traits, openness and empathy, may contribute to greater enjoyment of music that expresses negative emotions. Individuals with elevated levels of depressive symptoms ... -
The Internet as Utopia: Reality, Virtuality, and Politics
(2009-11)Literary utopias have the important function of social critique. They point out flaws in society by way of implicit comparison to an imaginary ideal place and society and help to create a desire for change. Like most ... -
The Invisible Woman: Eve's Self Image in Paradise Lost.
(2007-12-18)This article is a feminist, deconstructive analysis of John Milton’s Paradise Lost. Taking the perspective of the story’s main female character—Eve—the article seeks to understand how gender affects interpretation and how ... -
James Madison: A Tale of Two Presidencies
(2010-12)James Madison was one of the most influential figures in American politics and is known for his role in the ratification of the Constitution, but he is relatively unknown for his role as president. This essay reevaluates ... -
Karl Liebknecht, Willy Brandt, and German Socialism
(2009-11)The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) has a history that is as turbulent as that of the country itself. From persecution during the rule of the Kaiser and the Fuhrer to its current status as one of the two premier ... -
The Labors of a Race: Labor and Leaders in the Twentieth Century
(2007-12-18)Since the mid-19th century, labor activism in the African American community has shifted from least to most important in the Black freedom struggle. The roles of major figures like Martin Luther King Jr., W.E.B. Dubois, ... -
Lunacy in the 19th Century: Women's Admission to Asylums in United States of America.
(University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 2006-05)Between the years of 1850-1900, women were placed in mental institutions for behaving in ways that male society did not agree with. Women during this time period had minimal rights, even concerning their own mental health. ... -
The Massacre at Acre--Mark of a Blood-thirsty King?
(2010-12)The Crusades began in 1095 as an effort to resist the spread of Muslim forces into Asia Minor, present-day Turkey, and to prevent Muslims from moving into Christian Europe. The Third Crusade, during the end of the twelfth ... -
Memorializing Atrocities: The Problems of Censorship and Fleeting Memory within Eastern European Holocaust Sites
(Office of Student Research and Creative Activity, 2018-12)Since 1945, memories of the Holocaust have gradually faded around the world. Using a combination of firsthand accounts by Holocaust survivors and Soviet soldiers who liberated Auschwitz, as well as scholarly articles on ... -
Metaphors in the Writing Process of Student Writers
(2013-12)Research shows that metaphors are a useful instructional tool in the science classroom, and additional research shows that student understanding of the writing process impacts the quality of the students' final products. ... -
Migrant Tejano Laborers in Wisconsin between 1950 and 1970: Effects of an Exclusionary New Deal
(2012-12)The Great Depression was a tumultuous period in American history that ushered in an era of tremendous social change in the form of the New Deal. Policies of the era, such as the Wagner Act, formally recognized laborers' ... -
More Congruences for the k-regular Partition Function
(2014-12)A partition of a number n is a list of positive integers whose sum is n. For example, 4 + 2 + 1 and 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 are both partitions of 7. It can be shown that 4 has 5 partitions, 9 has 30 partitions, 14 has 135 partitions, ... -
A Movement Without a Face: Anonymity and the Push for Women's Rights in 1800s America
(2011-12)Despite the plethora of research compiled regarding the beginning of the women's rights movement in America in the mid-1800s, only a small number of historians have looked beyond the convention held in Seneca Falls, New ... -
Music as Political Power in Postwar Germany: The Fight for German Reunification through the Voices of East and West German Musicians
(Office of Student Research and Creative Activity, 2018-12)When the Second World War ended, Germany embarked on a period of heightened reconstruction. Along with the restoration of bombed buildings and the reestablishment of political systems, the postwar era was a time of rich ... -
N.Y. Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and His Effect on the Insurance Industry: An Event Study
(University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 2006-05)On October 14, 2004, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer shook the entire insurance industry by filing a civil lawsuit against a group of insurance companies regarding their alleged price-fixing and bid-rigging. By ... -
"A New Slavery of Caste": An Evaluation of President Woodrow Wilson with Regard to Race
(2017-05-12)The presidency of Woodrow Wilson has been traditionally considered successful due to his administration’s progressive legislation and leadership during World War I. Recently, his positive reputation has been challenged ... -
Oedipa Maas’s Struggle against Existential Nihilism in The Crying of Lot 49
(Office of Student Research and Creative Activity, 2018-12)This paper investigates the journey of protagonist Oedipa Maas in Thomas Pynchon’s novella The Crying of Lot 49, specifically through the lens of her resistance to existential nihilism. Her development throughout the novel ... -
Oshkosh Scholar
(2010-12)You might not know that the tagline for Oshkosh Scholar is "A journal of undergraduate discoveries." The editorial team is lucky to share in these discoveries each year, and we're excited to bring them to you today. Allow ...