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Item The Sackett Brothers(2015-05-08) Dod, BronteA biography of three brothers, Vernor Martin Sackett, Sheldon Frederick Sackett, and Leland Russell Sackett, told using the photographs of the Vernor Martin Sackett Negatives Collection in the University Archives.Item The Conventional Housewife Takes on Quantum Physics: The Role of Margrethe in Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen(2008-02-12T16:33:12Z) Winter, HollyItem Science and the Staging of Copenhagen(2008-02-12T16:31:16Z) Riley, Alexandra E.Item The Princess and the Platformer: The Evolving Heroine in Nintendo Adventure Games(2008-02-12T16:29:05Z) Phelps, KatharineFemale characters, even as a token love interest, have been a mainstay in adventure games ever since Nintendo became a household name. One of the oldest and most famous is the princess of the Super Mario games, whose only role is to be kidnapped and rescued again and again, ad infinitum. Such a character is hardly emblematic of feminism and female empowerment. Yet much has changed in video games since the early 1980s, when Mario was born. Have female characters, too, changed fundamentally? How much has feminism and changing ideas of women in Japan and the US impacted their portrayal in console games? To address these questions, I will discuss three popular female characters in Nintendo adventure game series. By examining the changes in portrayal of these characters through time and new incarnations, I hope to find a kind of evolution of treatment of women and their gender roles.Item The Threshold of Hospitality Margrethe Bohr’s Contribution to a Lifestyle of Science and Hospitality(2008-02-12T01:41:09Z) Monroe, LauraItem Time in Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen(2008-02-12T01:36:33Z) Chapman, Joseph