Humble Beginnings: How Microsoft Created Windows from DOS
byWinner of the Spring 2018 StMU History Media Award for Best Article in the Category of “Cultural History” With the release of Windows 10 in 2015, Microsoft has been working…
Award Winning Articles
Snow White: From Grimm Origins to Happily Ever After
byWinner of the Spring 2018 StMU History Media Award for Best Storyteller Best Overall Research Best Explanatory Article Snow White is one of the most iconic Disney princesses to date,…
“The Boogey Man Took Him”: The Cannibalistic Serial Killer Albert Fish
byWinner of the Spring 2018 StMU History Media Award for Best Article in the Category of “Crime” Article with the Best Introduction In today’s society, we are taught at…
The Generation War: A Teen’s Voice Heard Around the World
byWinner of the Spring 2018 StMU History Media Award for Best Article in the Category of “People” Is it possible for a single person to engage in an act of…
The Spoils of War: Stolen Art in WWII
byWinner of the Spring 2018 StMU History Media Award for Article with the Best Use of Images Best Article in the Category of “International Relations” Rothschild, Rosenberg, and Schloss, all…
The Unrecognized Soldier of the Mexican Revolution: Petra Herrera and the Adelitas
byWinner of the Spring 2018 StMU History Media Award for Best Article in the Category of “Gender Studies” “La Adelita” was one of the most popular corridos, or songs of romance,…
Heroes Raining Down: 555th Parachute Infantry
byWinner of theSpring 2018 StMU History Media Award for Best Article in the Category of “Social History” What is courage? What is strength? Perhaps it is being ready to fight…
Boston: The Band | Tom Scholz: The Rockman
byWinner of the Spring 2018 StMU History Media Award for Best Article in the Category of “Music” When people think of rock guitar players in classic rock bands, they typically…
The Massacre at Columbine: How Boys Can Become Murderers
byWinner of the Spring 2018 StMU History Media Award for Best Article in the Category of “United States History” Best Descriptive Article It was April 20, 1999 in Littleton Colorado….
She Sells Seashells by the Seashore: The Story of Mary Anning
byWinner of the Spring 2018 StMU History Media Award for Article with the Best Title A storm was brewing over the little town of Lyme Regis in Dorset, England, also…
Golden Problem: Who Won Puerto Rico’s First Olympic Gold Medal?
byWinner of the Spring 2018 StMU History Media Award for Best Article in the Category of “Sports” Puerto Rico has made its mark when it comes to competing in international…
“I’m No Hero”: The Life Saving Acts of Irena Sendler
byWinner of the Spring 2018 StMU History Media Award for Best Article in the Category of “Political History” Best Article in the Category of “World History” At the age of…
The “Unsinkable Ship” that Sunk: The Story of the RMS Titanic.
byWinner of the Fall 2017 StMU History Media Award for Article with the Best Title The production of the ship RMS Titanic was announced in 1908 and the buzz for the ship began. Production…
Chasing John Wayne Gacy
byWinner of the Fall 2017 StMU History Media Award for Article with the Best Introduction It was December 12, 1978. Just as every morning, Chief Detective Joseph Kozenczak sat in his…
America in the 1980s: Obsession and Romanticism over The Night Stalker
byWinner of the Fall 2017 StMU History Media Award for Best Article in the Category of “Crime” Think back to the first horror movie you ever watched. Was it Halloween? Nightmare…
The French Resistance: Free France during World War II
byWinner of the Fall 2017 StMU History Media Award for Best Article in the Category of “World History” “We were all absolutely convinced that we were changing the world. It can…
From Montgomery to Detroit: Rosa Parks
byWinner of the Fall 2017 StMU History Media Award for Best Article in the Category of “Social History” Rosa Parks, a strong, independent Civil Rights Activist, stood up for what she…
Domesticating Victor of Aveyron: the French Mowgli
byWinner of the Fall 2017 StMU History Media Award for Best Explanatory Article The Jungle Book is one of the most iconic Disney movies of all time. It’s a story about…
Steve Jobs: “We’ll just name it Apple…”
byWinner of the Fall 2017 StMU History Media Award for Best Article in the Category of “People” It was a sunny summer day. A sea of graduates, proud parents, family members,…
The days leading up to John F. Kennedy’s Assassination
byWinner of the Fall 2017 StMU History Media Award for Best Article in the Category of “United States History” November 22, 1963 was a dark day for America. It was one…