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North Hall Prize

Past Winners

2021

A “Nu” Frontier: Nuclear Energy Against Climate Change
Winner - Short Paper Category
by Jared Espiritu
It’s More than Just Your Happy Meal: A Look at Factors Contributing to the Increase in Childhood Obesity
Short Paper Category Honorable Mention
by Hayne Webster
The Purgatory Theory A Supernatural Approach to Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead and Hamlet
Winner - Long Paper Category
by Alyssa Messmer

The Spoken Paradox: Feminine Verbal Manipulation as Represented in Select Long 18th-Century British Literature
Long Paper Category - Honorable Mention
by K. O.

2020

The Sociological Effects of Divorce on Children in the United States of America
Winner - Short Paper Category
by Laura A. Sauder
Sexual Assault on College Campuses
Short Paper Category Honorable Mention
by Savanna Rollar
Scottish Independence: Brexit, Covid, and the Legacy of the 2014 Referendum
Winner - Long Paper Category
by Sam Finch

2019

Guilty as Charged: The Effects of White Man's Guilt in Civil Rights Literature
Winner - Short Paper Category
by Joseph G. Crance
LEGO: Building Blocks for a Sustainable Future
Short Paper Category Honorable Mention
by Sam Finch
Biochemical Pathophysiology and Treatment of Bipolar Disorder
Winner - Long Paper Category
by Caitlin Strasser
Investigation of Current and Emerging Pancreatic Cancer Treatments
Long Paper Category Honorable Mention
by Caitlin Beauduy
Stick It to 'Em: The Truth About Acupuncture
Long Paper Category Honorable Mention
by Ruby Stocks

2018

Acting Like a Lady: Turning Femininity Off and On within Colson Whitehead’s "The Underground Railroad"
Winner - Short Paper Category
by Jessica Lowman
Alice’s New Wonderland
Short Paper Category Honorable Mention
by Ariana Sullivan
War Between the Sexes: Civil War Women Who Shaped a Nation
Winner - Long Paper Category
by Samantha Muscella
The Truth Underneath the Sparkle: The Psychological and Physiological Costs of Bodybuilding
Long Paper Category Honorable Mention
by Kallan Christiansen

2017

A Case for the Abolishment of the Electoral College
Winner - Short Paper Category
by George Roan
The Effects of Lemongrass Essential Oil on the Biofilms of Five Bacterial Species Responsible for Nosocomial Infections
Winner - Long Paper Category
by Stephanie Richards
Resistance: The Artists of the Holocaust
Long Paper Category Honorable Mention
by Samantha Muscella
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Drunkenness: An Examination of Alcohol in Early America
Long Paper Category Honorable Mention
by Victoria Royal

2016

“I Break Chains All By Myself:” Slavery and Sexual Agency
Winner - Short Paper Category
by Rachel Roupp
The Effect of Energy Condition on the Success of Entering the Tun State during Anhydrobiosis and Cryobiosis in Hypsibius
Short Paper Category Honorable Mention
by Laura West
Configuring a Moral Compass: A Neo-Kohlbergian Analysis of Moral Development in Faulkner’s Intruder in the Dust
Winner - Long Paper Category
by Taylor Donahue
The effects of low levels of ciprofloxacin on Pseudomonas fluorescens
Long Paper Category Honorable Mention
by Alexandria Gallagher

2015

I Got a Tree On My Back and A Haint In My House: Names, Rebellion, and Liminal Spaces in Toni Morrison’s Beloved
Winner - Short Paper Category
by Miranda Peery
Patriarchy in Disney’s The Little Mermaid
Short Paper Category Honorable Mention
by Krystal Lefever
The Effect of a Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent on Macroinvertebrate Communities in the Conestoga River
Winner - Long Paper Category
by Donald Benkendorf
The Reich Bride Schools and Nazi Views on German Women
Long Paper Category Honorable Mention
by Amy Plank

2014

“Hi ho, hi ho, to Stereotype I Go!”: Harmful Gender Roles in the Grimm Brothers’ “Snow White”
Winner - Short Paper Category
by Heather Ritter
Parties and Paintings: Connection through Creation in Virginia Woolf’s Works
Winner - Long Paper Category
by Brandon Earley

2013

Perceptions of Beauty in “Beauty and the Beast”
Winner -- Short Paper Category
by Melissa Walker
Elizabeth the Rhetor: The Makings of a Female King
Winner -- Long Paper Category
by Chelsi Wood
Reaching Athletic Equality Through Title IX: Is It Achievable and Is It Fair?
Short Paper Category - Honorable Mention
by Erin Dempsey
Counseling Schizophrenics in Transitional Living
Long Paper Category - Honorable Mention
by Kasandra Goshleski

2012

Can Altering the pH of Your Body Through Diet Be An Effective Treatment for Cancer?
Winner -- Short Paper Category
by Lydia Sakowski
An Examination of Sexuality in The God of Small Things
Winner -- Long Paper Category
by Jennifer Biernat
The Paperbark of a People
Short Paper Category - Honorable Mention
by Jordan Hallock

2011

To Google, or Not to Google: Is it Really a Question?
Winner -- Short Paper Category
by David Stafford
The Human Rights Council: The False Promise of Reform
Winner -- Long Paper Category
by McKayla Fuller
Taijin Kyofusho
Short Paper Category - Honorable Mention
by Madison LoPresto
Is All this Technology Helping?
Short Paper Category - Honorable Mention
by Jospeh A. Izzo
Drawing Up Silver from the Sea: The American Whaling Industry and Its Effect on 18th and 19th Century Commerce and Consumption
Long Paper Category Honorable Mention
by Allegra Johnson
What is a Name?
Long Paper Category Honorable Mention
by Marta Knapp

2010

The Preservation of the Great Race: The Eugenics Movement of Early Twentieth Century America
Winner - Long Paper Category
by Alison Gachter
How Does Video Game Addiction Affect One’s Life?
Winner - Short Paper Category
by Emilia Manning

2009

Reporter/Source Confidentiality and Constitutional Right
by Nicole Hagan