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Below is Sarah Rinehart’s powerpoint essay, “Electroconvulsive Therapy for Depression”.   Rinehart “Electroconvulsive Therapy for Depression”

Ever since mankind formed organized groups, conquest has been a major point in world development. The size of territory came to be an ultimate sign of power and authority. For millennia, kingdoms and nations fought each other to protect or … Continue reading →

Violence against women is prevalent at levels which make any ideals of ours as a civilised society difficult to reconcile with the reality.— Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer for England Violence against women is one of the world’s global … Continue reading →

Clouding the Horizon: Nationalism and Queer Utopias in Michael Chabon’s Kavalier & Clay Michael Chabon’s novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay takes place around the era of World War II, a time when instilling American national unity was … Continue reading →

The Limits of Applying Ethical Theories to Literary Analysis While philosophy and literary studies are two entirely different academic disciplines under the humanities, ethical theories can be extremely useful in justifying the stance we take in moral issues brought up … Continue reading →

A Defense of the Legalization of Homosexuality in China Homosexuality was accepted in Chinese history and major Chinese literature. However, there has never been a time like now when this complex issue is exposed to the society directly, igniting controversial … Continue reading →

Does What You Like Define Who You Are? The reliability of one’s popular culture preferences as true indicators of his or her identity is a matter that relies heavily on perspective.  Some view an individual’s cultural interests as insignificant factors … Continue reading →

The impact of tangible evidence “What greater superstition is there than the mumbo-jumbo of believing in reality?” –The Lady’s Not for Burning, Christopher Fry “What man of us has never felt, walking through the twilight or writing down a date … Continue reading →

A Virtual Exchange of Basketball Culture  In Arts of the Contact Zone, Marry Louise-Pratt reveals the concept of contact zones through several examples she discusses. According to her, a contact zone involves “social spaces where cultures meet, clash, and grapple … Continue reading →

Read-Around Groups Guest post by Jessica Campbell Over three years of teaching 100-level composition, I’ve held peer review about five different ways. No method is perfect, but this one has been largely successful. This peer review happens a day or … Continue reading →