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Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

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Problems with Analyzing Nero's Debasement

Publication Date
2012-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Williams, Zachary T.
Department or Program
Greek and Roman Studies Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

I examined Nero's debasement in the literary sources; the possible reasons for it, the consequences of it, and other details of it. Following, I examined the techniques that have been used over the last 150 years in attempts to discern...

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ThemTube: commercializing the digital public sphere

Publication Date
2017-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Maher, Jamie Bellomy
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

ThemTube is a 3-part video essay, running about an hour in total. I aimed to characterize the contradictory, ambiguous status of YouTube, a site that claims to level the playing field for video creators while promoting certain users over the...

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Word Play: An Interactive Response to Loneliness

Publication Date
2024-May-12
Authors
Gomez, B
Department or Program
Art Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Open
Abstract

Like most people, I’ve struggled with loneliness and everything that comes with it. The depression, the anxiety, the social ineptitude, the non-interaction; I’ve seen it all, babey, and I wanted to make art in response. Not art that wallowed in...

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