This issue’s papers, all bursting with fresh perspectives and relevance, include:

A Realistic Ending to a Realistic Commentary on Realistic Events
Alice Shaw ’15
Written in American Rebels

How to be Human: Deconstructing Identity, Freedom, and Gender in Beloved
Eric Luxenberg ’15
Written in Honors Modern Writers

Is Race-Based Affirmative Action Solving the Problems it Intended to Solve?
Miles Fowler ’15
Written in Ideology

The Mann Act: The Protection of Women from Abusive Men
Allie Miller ’15
Written in AP U.S. History

A Half-Baked Solution to a Difficult Problem: The Troubled Legacy of the Indian Child Welfare Act
Elana Shen ’15
Written in AP U.S. History 

Building a Thermoelectric Generator System
Nikhil Bhatia ’15
Written in Applied Science Research