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Project details some of the rule breaking that occurs at Brigham Young University. Included are favorite make-out spots, ways to avoid wearing modest clothing, and fraternity initiations. Project was created for Professor Eliason's English 391 course taught at Brigham Young University in 1999.

Scope and Contents note Collection of stories about the Christensen family and their traditions. Christensen asserts that in order to truly understand a family and all its dynamics you must have a family solid knowledge of their past. Christensen explains the different types of storytellers found in the family and how their personal narrative style played a great role in the themes and understanding of the particular story. Christensen suggests that the stories communicated the family's beliefs, concerns and...

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Denise Merrifield collected personal narratives about sister missionaries. Included are stories of the role of sister missionaries, dealing with male leaders, how sisters are perceived, missions vs. marriage, and dealing with flirting. Project was written for an English 392 class taught at Brigham Young University during Winter semester 1994.

Scope and Contents note Farnsworth explores the reasons for broken engagements. Explains how idealization and disillusionment are common causes of failed engagements and marriages. Describes a study that used an engagement adjustment scale to predict the level of adjustment after marriage. Explains how tests made to predict which couples will be happily married only foster disillusionment. Created by Carrie Farnsworth while enrolled in Kristi A. Bell's English 391 class during winter semester of 2004 at Brigham...

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Collection of stories from different areas in the nation. Includes stories about supernatural dealings, legends, and strange tales, from Utah, Bolivia, New York, New Jersey, and Illinois. Project was created for Utah State University's English 459 course in the spring quarter, 1980.

Scope and Contents note Discusses family dinner conversations in her home. Describes the entertaining and the instructing aspects of her father's stories, which fall into two categories: stories about his childhood in Alpine, Utah, and stories about his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Italy. Compares her father's stories to current conditions in Alpine and in Italy, which her family recently visited. Includes several narratives from her father. Created by Heidi June Beck while she was...

Scope and Contents note Spurred by his own tendency toward road rage, Wallis explores the seemingly unexplainable phenomenon, which Wallis contends, goes against human nature and any common sense. Through a set of narratives, Wallis shows a common trend in all road rage stories, concluding that telling of these stories is simply for humor and bonding purposes rather than warning about the dangers of aggressive and reckless behavior while driving. Created by Brad Wallis while enrolled in Kristi Young's English 391...

Scope and Contents note Howe takes a closer look at stories of the beginnings of love, or when couples first met. Her purposes for doing this are twofold: to see if there are predictable differences in the details males and females each recall, and to see if both genders perceive the beginnings of their love in the same light. Howe finds there are some predictable differences in details recalled. She believes that when recounting the story of their meeting, males tend to focus on a singular event, while women weave...

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Collection of words used by white, Latter-day Saint students as replacements for swear words. Includes normal words, manipulations of real curse words, slips-of-the tongue, and nonsense words. Also includes an analysis of the accounts received. Project created for English 391 at Brigham Young University during the winter semester, 1999.

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This project contains Christmas traditions related to religious traditions, traditional foods, gift giving rituals, and traditional family activities. There is also a discussion on how Christmas traditions came about and how others have died out. In the collection are two Christmas photos printed on paper and 15 tradition narratives. Traditions are collected from Ohio, Idaho, Illinois, and Michigan. Collected by Caitlyn Hair, Dr. Eric Eliason's ENGL 391 class, Winter 2008.