Papers

These are some papers I have written for various college classes, arranged by date with the most recent listed first. I would have included some papers written in high school, but, after looking back at everything I wrote in high school, there was nothing worth posting.

Some of these papers have properly formatted works cited pages. Others do not, because the assignments did not require them, but it should be obvious from the text what sources were used and no plagiarism is intended.

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A Misguided Monument to Freedom
25 February 2002 - This paper calls into question the willingness of freedom loving Americans to indiscriminately label John Walker Lindh a traitor without the slightest bit of consideration. Written for a second semester English composition class.

Rights for All
1 February 2002 - An argument about the potential problems with the USA Patriot Act, a questionable piece of legislation passed in haste after the September 11 attacks. This paper focuses specifically on the rights of non-citizens and was written for English 2.

Computer Science and Intellectual Property
14 December 2001 - This paper discusses the effects that intellectual property rights can have on the scientific discipline of computer science. This was written as the final for Honors 2973 - "Perspectives: What is Science?" basically a course on the sociology of science. This paper was selected for publication in the 2002 University of Oklahoma Honors Research Journal.

Nothing out of the Ordinary
14 December 2001 - This paper focuses on how gender is represented in animated media. It was a forced topic for my entire English 1 class. I take the position that any gender differences in animation are merely a reflection of society.

OU Observatory
27 November 2001 - A so called "community profile" of a local Norman landmark. The observatory turned out to be an interesting place. Written for English 1.

No Regrets
23 October 2001 - I was reluctant to post this paper. It is the only one on this page that is written in first-person and based on personal experiences. This paper is about the 2000 South Dakota Class 11-A Football State Championship Game, in which I played a part.

Social Influence on Science
11 October 2001 - This paper was a midterm for my Honors Perspectives class. It may be hard to understand without reading the books mentioned, but it should still make a fair amount of sense.