2008 - 2009 Banks Award Winners

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English 101
Jocelyn Castle, "Connection to Another Life"

English 102
Emily Leach, "College Preparation:  A Whale of an Endeavor"

English 207
Jesse Fisker, "Global Warming:  Natural Cycles or Human Apocalypse?"

English 208
Kevin Kelpe, "Trailer Child"

English 293
Dusty Fleener, "Lyric"

English 375
Ashley Reynolds, "The Eternally Fruitless Labor"

English 391
Emmanuel Anderson, "Cellini's Perseus"

English 404
Levi Cavener, "Gender:  The Weapon of Choice in Erek & Enide"

English 490
Jenna Leeds, "Queer Austen:  Male-Male Intimacy in Pride and Prejudice"

English 560
Nicholas P. Cooley, "Despair:  Reading Pierre Through Sickness Unto Death"