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TEREZIN AFTERNOON - mark beattie
 Forgiveness is a powerful outcome of a cathartic experience. Catharsis is necessary for the act of forgiveness to take place. Art is a vehicle for catharsis, both for the artist and for those who experience the art. Artists express leadership through their art by providing the catharsis for the forgiving act to ensue. This paper is an examination of several examples of art which demonstrate the means by which leadership is shown. ...

WAR? -ben yerden
 Not since the days of Adolf Hitler has a preemptive strike been used as a means of solving a nation's perceived problem. However, over the last months, President George W. Bush and members of his administration have proposed that a preemptive war with Iraq would protect the "Greater Good." In fact, advocates of the war are comparing the actions of Iraq's dictator, Saddam Hussein, with that of Adolf Hitler's. ...

UNDERSTANDING TIME CONCEPTS THROUGH FATHER TIME AND CHUTES AND LADDERS - eric kincanon
 It is common to accept one's cultural views as absolute or obvious truths when in fact they lack universality; time is no exception to this. Instead of presenting a direct philosophical or historical discussion of the evolution of these Western concepts, I will instead look at a couple of modern images of time and discuss how they are not universal and to some degree oddly Western. ...

AN EVOLUTIONARY CASE FOR SPECIESISM - mary fontana
 Contemporary philosophers who write on the moral status of animals dismiss speciesism1 as invalid because it assumes the existence of some categorical, morally relevant difference between humans and animals. 2 The critiques of speciesism are straightforward in their essentials: they assert that there is no morally relevant difference between the human species and animal species and therefore to treat humans and animals as morally distinct beings is to be guilty of blatant discrimination, on par with treating Jewish people differently solely because they are Jewish. ...

NOT JUST ANOTHER PRETTY FACE: THE SUPRISING SANITY OF LEAR'S FOOL -iain bernhoft
 Shakespeare did literary critics everywhere a great favor when he conceived of Lear's Fool. He is a riddle wrapped in motley, a psychological enigma begging to be interpreted. The question is this: is Lear's fool a fool or nobody's fool? Many think him an "inspired idiot," a childish halfwit regurgitating proverbs to good effect. Others view him as a veritable Diogenes in disguise. We see variations of both these opinions represented by Shakespeare scholars A.C. Bradley and Robert Hillis Goldsmith. The final word must rest with the Bard himself, however, whose opinions on the Fool are manifested within the play itself. ...

HE-MAN WOMAN HATERS CLUB- leah rourke
 Who decides if a piece of literature is misogynistic? Is it the author or the reader? Unfortunately, Washington Irving is not available to comment on his work, Rip Van Winkle, so debating his intentionality is inconclusive. But, Rip Van Winkle's place among the great works of American Literature directs attention to its effect on subsequent generations. Some scholars, specifically feminist critics, are examining the consequences of heralding misogynistic texts and are inviting the literary community to reassess the criteria used to determine an outstanding text. ...

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST: SINCERITY IN THE REAL WORLD - bonnie jean kurle
 In a world of deception and manipulation, the value of sincerity is open to question. Herein, the necessity of sincerity for intelligibility is argued, after a definition of this psychological state with perlocutionary intent is posited and tested for accuracy. Limiting itself to interpersonal communication, this paper pursues possible counter arguments against its thesis, arguing that even these presuppose (hence prove) the necessity of sincerity for understanding. In particular, sundry issues of 'fit' (the relationship between a given utterance or intention and the world) are discussed, especially regarding their significance in determining the true value of sincerity. ...

EDITOR'S NOTE:
 Thank you to all of the authors for submitting their work and sharing their talents with us. Thank you to my staff for all of their contributions. Thanks to Dr. Caputo for his advice, encouragement, and giving me the opportunity to do something different. Thank you to Joanne Shiosaki for answering my questions, giving me direction, and being supportive. A special thanks to Darrell and Mary at Lawton Printing. This publication would not have been possible without your help.