The DePauw

Theories of a “third gender” have become prominent in New Kingdom Egypt case studies in the last few decades. However, Matić argues otherwise on any evidence for ambiguous genders outside the dichotomy. From the New Kingdom ancient Egyptian era comes the Tale of Two Brothers (Matić 2016, 177). The story explicates how a figurehead named Bata describes himself as a woman after cutting off his own penis after having been accused of adultery (Matić 2016, 177). Matić concludes that binary gender…

opens a discussion of “what it means to be a man” (108) and gives an essay “The Problem with Boys” by Tom Chiarella, as a view from both a father and educator. Mr. Chiarella is an established sports and fiction writer as well as a professor at DePauw University (108). Tom Chiarella addresses the basic differences of boys and girls in contrast and how this differences for boys can carry into adulthood as men. His initial comparison is with his own boys and how they’re different yet the same…

With the rates of alcohol abuse among college students soaring higher than ever before, many are looking at involvement in Sororities and Fraternities as the pressing issue. The topic has garnered more than enough media attention lately, especially in regards to how being affiliated in Greek Life negatively impacts the individual both physically and mentally. Particularly, how these organizations can enable environments for issues such as substance abuse, discrimination, and the additional…

Over the years, social critique has developed due to the fact that females do not have enough equality nor power. Female empowerment has become so universal that it has become sort of a pop culture phenomenon. It is the root for all the other branches that come with it like body-shaming, acceptance and bullying. The comedic movie Mean Girls was released about 13 years ago; however, many themes are still present in today’s society, especially its accurate description of high school. Mean Girls…

Growing up, many of us have obtained some knowledge on greek-letter organizations somehow. Whether we have all seen movies about colleges that are fraternity and sorority based or through social media. They’ve given us a little insight on the college life and if you’re like me, these moves have gotten you inspired and excited for college. They’ve shown us the crazy parties, the popularity, the step battles, and the harsh hazing as well. Even though we see an abundance of what goes on in these…

1 Six guardian and beneficent snakes at Edfu temple Ahmed KhalafAllah Safina∗ The scope of this paper is limited to the discussion of some lesser known aspects of six snakes at Edfu temple1. I aim with this paper to develop the understanding of these elusive beings through the examination of their nature, roles, names, and epithets. These snakes originally belonged to subordinate deities2 that had a beneficial and protective role with regard to Horus of Behdety…