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2008-09 Winner: “The French Lieutenant’s Woman: The Underscore on “Freedom” within Restriction, Fowles’ Bridge between Realities” by Prisca Youn

“The French Lieutenant’s Woman” by Prisca Youn PDF Fiction usually pretends to conform to the reality…But the chief argument…is to show one’s readers what one thinks of the world around one… –John Fowles The vast verdure, the whispering sea, the … Continue reading

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2007-08 Winner: “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: Inquiry and Report of a Controversy” by Shima Houshyar

On October 27, 1992 Petty Officer Allen R. Schindler was brutally murdered in Japan by his shipmates in an anti-gay hate crime. This event, and many other cases of harassment of homosexuals within the military were brought to the attention … Continue reading

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