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  Rose's St. Olaf: The Midwest Exotic

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  Emily Kofoed Georgia State University

  June 13, 2014

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  almost every episode of the Golden Girls ' seven-year run. This character was not a person; it was ... inhabitants, its absurd customs, and its unique sayings. Yet, over the course of the Golden Girls ' run ... stuck in an elevator, and we learned more about Rose’s adoption. (She was left on the orphanage doorstep ...
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  TED as an Invention Tool: Students' Perspectives

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  Jeanne Law Bohannon Southern Polytechnic State University

  October 16, 2014

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  an outcome-based praxis to be vital components of learning.  This post describes the impetus for ... community learning spaces.  TED, as vetted content, has increasingly become an option for instructors and ... students’ voices count as partners in democratic learning with instructors. As a soon-to-graduate technical ...
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  SNL, Sketch Comedy, and Representation

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  Katharine Zakos Oglethorpe University

  August 22, 2014

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  women?), the real question seems to me to be: why is SNL a (white) boys club? As one of the longest running ... of other races and/or genders in its nearly forty-year run; however, to date, SNL has only featured ...
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  What is College For?

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  Laurel Ahnert Georgia State University

  April 14, 2014

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  a means to a job rather than an opportunity to learn for learning's sake. These contradicting set of ...
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  Lessons Learned: Using Digital Platforms to Reach Audiences Beyond the University

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  Dayna Chatman University of Southern California

  December 02, 2014

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  Lessons Learned: Using Digital Platforms to Reach Audiences Beyond the University Digital Media ... individuals and groups who are often the subject of our research. Finally, I learned that social media ...
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  Queer Family Values

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  Annie Van Avery COLAGE

  June 20, 2014

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  that we do not see in contemporary media – the differences in the values that we can learn from growing ... of isolation, homophobia), being made to feel unsafe, and then learning from our parent/s and each ...
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  Post-Feminism & the Dehumanization of Sex Workers in SNL's Moet & Chandon Sketch

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  Raechel Tiffe University of Minnesota

  August 18, 2014

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  industry. In this clip, the audience learns that Strong’s character “did a weird shoot in Mexico. Two of the ... girls disappeared, but I’m alive. Thanks champagne!” We also learn that Brecky was “cut in half for ...
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  Extreme Action at the Limits of Endurance

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  Adam Cottrel Georgia State University

  May 09, 2014

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  body athletics Curator's Note Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135 (2000), a film by Mel Stuart ... focus on non-professional runners highlights how the brutalizing process of running all 135 miles is ...
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  Commoditized Visibility: Coca-Cola, The World Cup, and the People

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  Christopher M. Toula Georgia State University

  October 20, 2014

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  waters of the Amazon at dawn; a young woman in hijab juxtaposed with a wild black horse, running through ...
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  Not So Wonderfilled

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  Sammi Dittloff University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

  October 31, 2014

  3 comments

  for cynicism between two cookies- that space is filled with creme. Oreo went on to run additional ...

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