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The mission of Quest is to publish excellent undergraduate research while offering authors professional training in the anonymous peer-reviewed publication process.
ISSN: 2381-4543
Volume 5 of Quest was also published using the OJS e-journal platform managed by the Creighton Libraries.
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Tale as Old as Time: How Remaking Classic Fairytale Films Balances Recognizability and Social Progress
(Creighton University. Omaha, Nebraska, 2019)Opening Paragraph|The Walt Disney Company has spent decades producing movies centered around fairytales, with most of these princess films reaching worldwide fame and acclaim; international audiences have contributed to ... -
"The Pages Are Blank": Narrative Stagnancy and Rescripting through Fukú and Zafa in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
(Creighton University. Omaha, Nebraska, 2019)Opening Paragraph|The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao employs various semisupernatural elements to recount the life of Oscar de Léon, the dominant of these being "fukú americanus," or única, "the Curse and the Doom of the ... -
Reconciling Philosophy and Reality through the Wife of Bath's Unorthodox Approach to the Marriage Debate
(Creighton University. Omaha, Nebraska, 2019)Opening Paragraph|A staple of medieval English literature, Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales remains relevant after so many years due to its discourse on fundamental social issues, its cutting satire, and its striking ... -
2019 Complete Issue
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Creating a Better Environment: A Closer Look into the Environmental Justice Movement in the United States and Omaha, Nebraska
(Creighton University. Omaha, Nebraska, 2019)Opening Paragraph|For years, the environment has been thought of in terms of the natural world. The environment has been kept separate from social studies and explored as a natural science. While it is true that the ... -
Enacting Paid Family and Medical Leave Policy: A Quantitative Analysis Across the American States
(Creighton University. Omaha, Nebraska, 2019)Opening Paragraph|Paid family and medical leave policy is a topical policy debate in the United States. The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 was enacted as an effort to address the lack of a uniform family and medical ... -
Impacts of Modern-Day Medical Education on Trust in the Patient-Physician Relationship
(Creighton University. Omaha, Nebraska, 2019)Opening Paragraph|The importance of the patient-physician relationship has implications not only in healthcare practice, but also in medical education, where the resulting impacts of what occurs inside academic medical ... -
An Exploration of Racial Bias in Medical Students' Pain Perceptions and Treatment Decisions
(Creighton University. Omaha, Nebraska, 2019)Opening Paragraph|Health disparities among various racial and ethnic groups are prevalent in the United States, in part because racial and ethnic minorities often receive substandard medical treatment compared to White ... -
Impact of Mental and Physical Illness in the Hiring Process
(Creighton University. Omaha, Nebraska, 2019)Opening Paragraph|One of the most common experiences of adulthood is that of work. Arguably, the most challenging part of work is the hiring process, even for adults without a mental illness. However, for individuals with ... -
Poetry
(Creighton University. Omaha, Nebraska, 2019)Opening Paragraph|The following poems incorporate various mythic and historical elements of the Camino de Santiago (The Way of St. James) into classical poetic structures. The author wished to contextualize and express his ... -
The American Press during the Spanish-American War: Race, Reconcentration, and Paternalism
(Creighton University. Omaha, Nebraska, 2018)Opening Paragraph| In 1901, special agent Charles M. Pepper was commissioned by the US Department of Commerce to write a report on the economic conditions in Cuba and Puerto Rico. In the aftermath of the Spanish- American ... -
Tangled Up in Bad Relationships: Rapunzel's Unhealthy Tendency of Dependency
(Creighton University. Omaha, Nebraska, 2018)Opening Paragraph|Disney has long had a reputation for feel good movies and inspiring messages of friendship and working hard. Their 2010 release Tangled is no exception. The princess movie starring Rapunzel shows viewers ... -
The Power of Puns: Dream Interpretation in the Ancient Near East
(Creighton University. Omaha, Nebraska, 2018)Opening Paragraph|The prognostic dream that features in Tablet I of The Epic of Gilgamesh sets the scene for an example of dream-interpretive practices in the ancient Near East. Upon waking from his dream, Gilgamesh consults ... -
2018 (October) Complete Issue
(Creighton University. Omaha, Nebraska, 2018)QUEST is now accepting articles and original works of art for consideration.|Student submissions must include the name and recommendation of a faculty sponsor who can vouch for its quality. In order to submit an article, ... -
“The Fight for Women’s Reproductive Rights” Planned Parenthood’s Rhetorical Response to the Trump Administration
(Creighton University. Omaha, Nebraska, 2018)Opening Paragraph|In the midst of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, during a Republican debate in Houston on February 25, 2016, he promised to defund Planned Parenthood “because of the abortion factor, which they say ... -
A Rhetorical Analysis of the Public Sphere through the #MeToo Movement
(Creighton University. Omaha, Nebraska, 2018)Opening Paragraph|Weinstein, Cosby, O’Reilly, Ailes, Spacey, Bush—all names added to a list that is changing how people are talking about sexual assault. “Sensational stories of rape are no longer confined to tabloids but ... -
Techniques to Decrease the Sanitation Risks Associated with Wastewater Irrigation
(Creighton University. Omaha, Nebraska, 2018)Opening Paragraph|The recycling of wastewater has been practiced for over 3 millennia in order to irrigate or fertilize crops. Over the past 20 years, the practice of wastewater recycling has become much more common as ... -
ɑ-Helices in Prion Protein Monomer and Dimers Drive the Interaction with the Cell Membrane Interface
(Creighton University. Omaha, Nebraska, 2018)Introduction| Prions propagate through the conversion of the cellular form of the protein, PrPC, to the infectious form, PrPSc (Prusiner 1991; Büeler et al. 1993; Caugheys and Raymond 1991). Prions can replicate without ... -
Energy Consumption in Creighton University Residence Halls: Comparing Attitudes and Behaviors
(Creighton University. Omaha, Nebraska, 2015)“On U.S. college campuses, growing concerns since the 1960s have demanded that we become more knowledgeable about our impact on the environment.” (Ruckelshaus 455) This research has aimed to understand attitudes and ... -
Christian Base Communities in Peru: Lessons for North America
(Creighton University. Omaha, Nebraska, 2015)This research hopes to bridge the gap between the churches of North and South America by advocating for Christian base communities (CEBs) in North America. It is necessary to look at Catholic Action in conjunction with ...
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