Honors Journal: Spring 2003

The papers in the Honors Journal reflect the research and writing efforts of undergraduate students at the time the papers were submitted to the journal. Web links within the papers were active at the time of publication, but they are not updated.

This issue of the Honors Journal was edited by Leia Manuel '04, Brienna McLaughlin '04 and Deborah Durham, Honors Program Director.

Letter from the Editor

Inventing Rights
By Jamie Jensen

A Comparative Analysis of Female Circumcision in African and Middle Eastern Countries
By Amanda-Paige Conrad

Hollywood's Conceptions of Feminine Identity in The Bluest Eye
By Nicole McDaniel-Carder

Extraction and HPLC of Hypericin
By Courtney Arnott

Butoh
By Liz Waring

Perceptions of Satan in Paradise Lost
By Jamie Jensen

Glitter and Gloom: The Private and Public Conflict of The Last Imperial Family in Russia
By Monique Hayes

Bioremediation of Soil Contaminated with Hexachlorobenzene
By Juliana De Santis, Rachel Snider and Robert Granger