English Senior Integrated Projects
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This collection includes Senior Integrated Projects (SIP's, formerly known as Senior Individualized Projects) completed in the English Department. Abstracts are generally available to the public, but PDF files are available only to current Kalamazoo College students, faculty, and staff. If you are not a current K College student, faculty, or staff member, email us at dspace@kzoo.edu to request access to this material.
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“Motherhood and the Supernatural in 19th Century Literature” : An Exploration of Bleak House and “The Old Nurse’s Story”
(2023-03-01)Understanding womanhood as represented in literature in the nineteenth century is a dense and layered topic, and comes out in many stories that highlight several perspectives. In the nineteenth century there were many ... -
Ghost Whispers : Stories from Halfway Up Pikes Peak
(1997-03-01)Six short stories about death in Colorado in the late 1900s. -
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End Notes
(1998-11-01)The title of this collection, End Notes, is the best description for what these pieces are: the rapid sketches from many notebooks, brought together to form a body of sounds and images, similar to notes in music, or short ... -
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The National Woman's Party : Triumph, Defeat and Resilience From Suffrage to ERA
(1998-11-01)In this country, most people know important points in American history. Most people can give numerous historical facts concerning George Washington, Pearl Harbor, and the first man on the moon. But how many can relate ... -
Shaping Identity in Literary Constructions of Space : Models of Feminine Subjectivity in Ann Radcliffe's The Italian, Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market, and Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber
(1997-03-01)In three works of literature I have attempted to demonstrate how constructions of literary spaces provide women with opportunities of exorcising their identities which they would not have had in reality. The relationship ... -
A History of Blueberry Farming in Michigan Told Through Personal Narrative
(1997-11-01)There is no complete history of blueberry farming in Michigan, because the history is an oral tradition. As a result, pieces of history are lost with the loss of each pioneering farmer. Being a blueberry farmer myself, I ... -
The Rosie O'Donnell Show : My Internship on the Most Successful Television Program of 1997
(1997-11-01)The author describes her experience as an intern on a daytime talk show. -
A Child's Weed Garden of Verses : Juvenilia New and Selected
(1997-06-01)An original collection of poetry. -
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The Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law: An Intern's Perspective on its History, Influential Factors, and Structure
(1998-01-01)The author outlines what she learned as an intern with the Louisiana Department of Justice, Consumer Protection Section, and applies it to two examples of deceptive marketing. -
Faces of Bilingual Education : A Personal Account of the Bilingual Program at Roosevelt Elementary School in St. Paul, Minnesota
(1998-01-01)I came to Roosevelt Elementary School and to the West Side of St. Paul in search of a story. I have always been intrigued by the power of communication and the complexity of language. Through my own language learning ... -
Toppling the Pillars of the Big House
(1998-11-01)I wrote this collection of poems in order to create a written record of my family history. But as I listened to the stories of my family, of people who had lived decades beyond me, I began to realize that I was uncovering ... -
The Trials and Tribulations of an Unpaid, Overworked Writer : The MTV College Stringer Program
(1998-03-01)The author describes her experience as the local college stringer for the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek area in Winter 1998. -
The Positive Place for Kids : An Internship at the Boys and Girls Club of Kalamazoo
(1998-11-01)The author describes her experience interning as a photography teacher with the Boys and Girls Club. -
Exploring the World of Television : Interning at WQRF Fox-39
(1998-11-01)In order to fulfill the requirements for my Senior Individualized Project (SIP), I interned at the FOX Network affiliate television station, WQRF FOX-39, in Rockford, Illinois. I worked as an intern in the Promotions ... -
Twenty-two Thousand Words : A Collection of Stories
(1998-06-01)A collection of original short stories. -
Laugh and Remember
(1998-11-01)A collection of personal stories and poems. "Can sometime I tape record some of the stories you've told me?" I ask. "Yeah. Like when you are free, we can sit for a long time and you tape them." "Well, I'll become free ... -
Book as Art : The Documentation of an Internship and Individualized Project in Book Binding and Repair
(1998-11-01)The author's journal describes her summer internship in the Collection Maintenance division of the Ohio State University Libraries and At OSU as well as her experience creating a book in the traditional style, where the ...