Tag Archives: 2002-03
2002-03 Selected Essays & Greetings from the Co-Chairs, Director
2002-03 Selected Essays The Art of the Safe House (1st Place) Elizabeth Watkins Belief Creates Reality (2nd Place) Charles P. Clark The Science of Science (3rd Place) Nicholas Astete The Vulnerable Culture (4th Place) Saumil Gandhi English Power: A Movement … Continue reading
2002-03 Winner (First Place): “The Art of the Safe House” by Elizabeth Watkins
“The Art of the Safe House” by Elizabeth Watkins PDF In her essay, “Arts of the Contact Zone,” Mary Louise Pratt defines the contact zone as “[ . . . ] social spaces where cultures meet, clash, and grapple with … Continue reading
2002-03 Winner (Second Place): “Belief Makes Reality” by Charles P. Clark
“Belief Makes Reality” by Charles P. Clark PDF While CutCo Cutlery Corp. manufactures knives, Vector Marketing Corp. sells them. Opting not to market the popular brand of cutlery in retail outlets, Vector instead employs thousands of college students across … Continue reading
2002-03 Winner (Third Place): “The Science of Science”* by Nicholas Astete
“The Science of Science” by Nicholas Astete PDF “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” Isaac Newton, who in 1676 wrote this sentence to colleague Robert Hooke, has himself become a giant in … Continue reading
2002-03 Winner (Fourth Place): “The Vulnerable Culture” by Saumil Gandhi
“The Vulnerable Culture” by Saumil Gandhi PDF In the past and to this day, the Indian culture has been under the constant influence of the western world. This influence that was first welcomed is now slowly but surely becoming a … Continue reading
2002-03 Honorable Mention: “Grand Theft Auto III: Satisfying a Thirst for Control, Violence, and Fantasy” by Lindsey Peugh
“Grand Theft Auto III” by Lindsey Peugh PDF Grand Theft Auto III is a Play Station video game that directs a man, whom we’ll refer to as “Joe”, on a series of errands for mob bosses in fictional “Liberty City.” … Continue reading
2002-03 Honorable Mention: “English Power: A Movement that Shapes Americans” by Aiza Redosendo
“English Power” by Aiza Redosendo PDF My paper argues of the presence of the culture of power that Standard English possesses in our American Society and how hazardous it is to our ethnic backgrounds individually and nationally. My paper is … Continue reading