Artifacts

A Journal of Undergraduate Writing at the University of Missouri

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The Right to Life, Liberty, and Poetry

By Artifacts • Aug 10th, 2009 • Category: Featured, Issue 3

By: Steven Hsieh

On the 20th of January, 1961, millions of Americans watched as young John F. Kennedy, only 43 years old, took the oath of office.  On that same day 32 years later, the equally charismatic Bill Clinton was sworn in as the President of the United States of America.  Throughout the years, this simple “passing-of-the-torch” [...]



Discovering the District: A Look at the History of Downtown Columbia

By Artifacts • Aug 10th, 2009 • Category: Featured, Issue 3

By: Julie Miller, Megan Rau, and Colleen Kelly
 
In 1928, women wearing bright dresses, silk stockings in every color of the rainbow, and bobbed hair could be seen strolling down 8th street next to men wearing Panamas hats and buttoned waistcoats.  They were well on their way to an elite party celebrating the opening day of the newly erected Tiger Hotel.  This was [...]