Unfortunately (?) I couldn't just take computer and art classes at Wittenberg.  However, being forced to study subjects I normally wouldn't has made me think about things I normally wouldn't either or has at least forced me to put the strong feelings I do have on paper.
 

Realize that in college think really means write a paper on.  So here are the results of a few 'extended thoughts' on things I never thought I'd think about or things that I've been thinking about for a while and have just now been forced to put in writing. 


U n d e r g r a d u a t e   L i b e r a l   A r t s   P a p e r s

The Letter of Paul to Adam

A Letter written in the style of the New Testament writer Paul on the subject of acceptance of homosexuality in the modern world.  Contains textual notes and biblical commentary by the author.

Featured in Wittenberg's Non-Fiction Magazine Spectrum 2001.

Written for 'Understanding the New Testament', Wittenberg University, November 2000. 
 


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A Survey of Homophobia

A personal look a homosexuality and the problems of 'coming out' related to homophobia.  Talks about effects and causes of homophobia and the fact that homophobic individuals may actually be gay themselves. 

Written for 'Social Construction of Sexuality Honors Seminar', Wittenberg University, May 2000.
 


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Abandoning Rational Explanations: Responses to the Problem of the Human Condition

Responses to Marcel Proust's 'Overture' from Remembrance of Things Past, Albert Camus' The Stranger, and Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot in relation to the problems of the human condition.  Includes 'Introduction to Our Problem'.

Written for 'Existence or Essence Honors Seminar', Wittenberg University, December 1999.
 


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Navajo Sandpainting: Influencing Modern Art

Navajo sandpainting, part of an important sacred religious Indian tradition for many years, has surfaced in the modern world as an influence to secular art forms.

1997 Award Winner from the Wittenberg English Department.

Written for 'English 101', Wittenberg University, December 1997.
 


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