A105 - Human Origins and Prehistory
A Short Summary of My Grave-Robbing/ Garbage-Picking Experience  - A paper for an anthropology class.

B361 - Europe in the Twentieth Century I
Winston and Adolf: Parallels and Contrasts - Similarities and differences between Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler.

B378 - History of Germany Since 1648 II
Otto Skorzeny: The Scar-Faced Commando - A paper on Hitler's favorite commando.

D308 - Empire of the Tsars
The Cherry Depths of the Lower Orchard - A look at Chekov's The Cherry Orchard and Gorki's The Lower Depths.
The Death of Corruption in Nineteenth Century Russia - See me in the role of Nicholas I.
Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov’s Grand Design - Exactly what is the protagonist of Gogol's Dead Souls doing?
Turgenev's Kids - What makes four of the main characters in Fathers and Sons tick?

H100 - Art Appreciation
Hercules - A look at a replica of the Farnese Hercules.
Immurality - A critique of a mural depicting the history of writing, located in the library of Indiana University Southeast.

H101 - The World in the Twentieth Century
Imperialism and Totalitarianism Through the Eyes of Fiction - How Achebe's Things Fall Apart and Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich can be useful to students of history.

H206 - Medieval Civilization
Bravehoe - A brief review/ comparison of the 1952 version of Ivanhoe and Braveheart.
Eleanor of Aquitaine - A short essay on this medieval queen.
Leonardo da Vinci - A short essay on (perhaps) the greatest thinker of the Renaissance.
The Royal Bastards of Medieval England - A review of a book on "mistakes" made by England's royals in the Middle Ages.

H225 - Special Topics in History: The Historian's Craft (AKA: Sophomore Seminar)
Martin Guerre's Homecoming - A critique of The Return of Martin Guerre, Natalie Zeamon Davis' true-life account of a case of stolen identity in sixteenth-century France.

H373 - History of Science and Technology
Charlestown, IN and the Indiana Army Ammunition Plant: The Making of A War-Industry Boom-Town - A local phenomenon.
Speed Museum and Science Center Comparison - A short comparison on two of Louisville's most popular museums.

H425 - Special Topics in History: Oral History
Interview with Robert W Vest Sr - An interview with my grandfather about his experiences in World War II.
The Second World War: Not Just a War, But an Experience - A paper I wrote about the above interview.

H425 - Special Topics in History: NASSH Conference
Balls, Bats, and French Liquors: The Thirtieth Annual NAASH Conference Through the Eyes of a Student Slave - A Sports History conference I worked for school credit.

J495 - Proseminar for History Majors (AKA: Senior Seminar)
Holocaust Denial: Past, Present, and Future - A look at the history of Holocaust denial/ revisionism, with brief refutations of the deniers' primary assertions.  Completed in my sophomore year.

L314 - Late Plays of Shakespeare
Country Matters and Sins Remembered: Ophelia in Hamlet, Prince of Denmark - A look at Hamlet's love interest.
Shakespearean Tragedy in Othello, the Moor of Venice - Examining how well Othello fits AC Bradley's definition of "Shakespearean Tragedy."
The Steep and Thorny Way to Appreciation: The Artistry of Shakespeare in Hamlet and Macbeth - "What's so great about Shakespeare, anyway?"
The Thing’s the Play: Thoughts on Hamlet - My thoughts on a live performance of one of Shakespeare's greatest plays.

M110 - Excursions in Mathematics
666: Reckoning the Number of the Beast - Interesting properties of the Number of the Beast, as well as proof that two of my professors are the Antichrist!!!

R100 - Introduction to Religion
Fanatics, Nuts, and Weirdoes: A Walk on the Wild Side of Religion - Pretty self-explanatory.

R210 - Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
A Twist of Cain - A look at the world's first murderer.

S313 - Religion and Society
The Wacky World of Jack Chick - An introduction to the worlld's foremost Christian fundalmentalist propagandist.

W131 - Elementary Composition
Effective Serialization in Poetry - An analysis of Digger Goes on Vacation by Jim Daniels.
Enneagram Theory: Does it Work? - My experience with a questionable personality typing method.
Intelligence: A Different Approach - A brief examination of the theory of multiple intelligence.

W203 - Creative Writing
Amusing Yourself to Death - See what the Grim Reaper does when he gets tired of all the killing. Winner of the 2000 IUS Writing Contest Best Short Story category!!
High Plains Justice - A poem in the spirit of Cash, Eastwood, Robbins, and the Duke.

email the author at rvest@ius.edu