The Gold Star Journal

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The Gold Star Journal (GSJ), founded in July 1996 by Dr. Suzanne Mabrouk (Chemistry Department), promotes academic excellence at The Citadel through the publication of cross-disciplinary, nonfiction papers and creativity and ingenuity through the publication of photographs and photo stories. Selected nonfiction papers demonstrate effective writing, research skills, and critical thinking. Featured photographs commemorate the life of Citadel students. Photo stories depict experiences mostly through photographs and minimal prose.

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The gold star journal, 2023 edition
(2023-05-10) Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina
The Gold Star Journal showcases the excellence of students from every academic department at The Citadel through the publication of cross-disciplinary, nonfiction papers and creativity and ingenuity through the publication of photographs and photo stories. This edition's featured papers are: Should artificial intelligence have rights? by Lydia Freeman ; Virtual reality for medical use by Aaron Houston ; The kindergarten theory by Olivia Liqouri ; The mountains of Southern Europe by Wilhelm Birkholz ; Threats posed by the submarine fleet of the Russian navy by Thomas Chapman ; Husbandry in heaven: malice in Macbeth by Alathea Morse ; Religion’s effect on party and economic affiliation by Stephanie Parris ; Graphene technology in the space industry by Victoria Snook.
The Gold Star Journal, 2022 Edition
(2022) Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina
The Gold Star Journal showcases the excellence of students from every academic department at The Citadel through the publication of cross-disciplinary, nonfiction papers and creativity and ingenuity through the publication of photographs and photo stories. This edition's featured papers are: China’s Shadow War ; Properties of a Sequence Derived from Another Sequence ; Whistle Blowers: Heroes or Traitors ; Carbon Nanotube Types and Application (The Boyd Family Distinction Award) ; An Examination and Analysis of Sensor Technology as it Relates to Autonomous Vehicle Design ; Dangerous Technology: Modern Threats Posed by China and Russia ; The Opioid Crisis and its Connection to Dentistry (Best Undergraduate Paper) ; Understanding the Impact of Quantum Technology on Modern Cryptography. The featured photographs are: The Flag Bearer (Best Photograph) ; Lunar Winter (The GSJ Distinction in Photography) ; Boat in a Bottle ; Blue Ridge Bridge ; The Perspective ; Steeple Chaser.
The Gold Star Journal, 2021 Edition
(2021) Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina
The Gold Star Journal showcases the excellence of every academic department at The Citadel through the publication of cross-disciplinary, nonfiction papers and creativity and ingenuity through the publication of photographs and photo stories. This edition's featured papers are: German War Graves: A Tragic and Somber Reminder of Cost of War (The Boyd Family Distiction Award) ; Electric Car Battery Development and Analysis ; Cleopatra: The Propagated Villain of Rome ; One Belt and One Road Right Through Ethiopia? (Best Undergraduate Paper) ; Cybersecurity and Cryptography: The Interrelation ; The Importance of Military Discipline in the 17th Century Manchu Army as Seen in Dzengseo’s “Diary of my Service in the Army” ; Geopolitical Impacts of Wahhabism in the Middle East ; Implications of Quantum Computing on Computational Complexity Theory ; Engaged Containment: A Viable Solution to the North Korea Problem (Best Graduate Paper). The GSJ Distinction in Photography was awarded to: A Collection of Photographs by Chase Ervin. The featured photographs are: Abandoned Chair (Best Photograph) ; In The Pines ; A Day in Havana.
The Gold Star Journal, 2020 Edition
(2020) Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina
The Gold Star Journal showcases the excellence of students from every academic department at The Citadel through the publication of cross-disciplinary, nonfiction papers and creativity and ingenuity through the publication of photographs and photo stories. This edition's featured papers are: Defining the Gap between Reality and the Fantastic in E.T.A. Hoffman’s Romantic Literature ; Rwandan Domestic Counterinsurgency Strategy: Iron First with International Indifference (Best Graduate Paper) ; The Wisdom of the Crowd (Best Undergraduate Paper) ; Identifying the Impacts Due to the Correlation Between Charleston's Crime Rate and Gentrification ; American Nuclear Energy in the Twenty-First Century ; Ethics of Artificial Intelligence ; Antartica: Continued Cooperation? ; Human Trafficking: A Major Issue for the US (Best Overall Paper). The GSJ Distinction in Photography was awarded to: A Collection of Photographs by Dashawn Costley. The best photograph is: General Walters First Review.
The Gold Star Journal, 2019 Edition
(2019) Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina
The Gold Star Journal showcases the excellence of students from every academic department at The Citadel through the publication of cross-disciplinary, nonfiction papers and creativity and ingenuity through the publication of photographs and photo stories. This edition's featured papers are: Grendel: The Face of a Nation ; The Soviet Naval Strategy in the 1980’s ; ADHD and Romantic Relationships (Best Graduate Paper) ; American Military Drone Aircraft: A Brief Overview and Analysis of Trends ; Small Modular Reactors: An Emerging Technology (Best Undergraduate Paper) ; A Study in Wildlife Photography (The GSJ Distinction in Photography) ; The Traditions of Reformed Theology and the Institution of American Democracy ; Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (Best Overall Paper) ; The Conundrum Called Capital Punishment. The best photograph is: Elvis.
The Gold Star Journal, 2018 Edition
(2018) Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina
The Gold Star Journal showcases the excellence of students from every academic department at The Citadel through the publication of cross-disciplinary, nonfiction papers and creativity and ingenuity through the publication of photographs and photo stories. This edition's featured papers are: The EU and Russia: A Multifaceted Relationship ; Aquaponics Research: Plant Tissue Nutrient Analysis ; The Enduring Reality of Violence as seen in McCarthy’s Blood Meridian (Best Undergraduate Paper) ; Electrical Engines: An Efficency Debate ; Morocco - Slow, Steady, and Setting the Example: An Analysis of Democratization in the Kingdom of Morocco (Best Overall Paper) ; Dueling: The Defense and Development of Honor in the American South ; Religious Freedoms in the Criminal Justice System. The best photograph is: Ring and Champagne.
The Gold Star Journal, 2017 Edition
(2017) Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina
The Gold Star Journal showcases the excellence of students from every academic department at The Citadel through the publication of cross-disciplinary, nonfiction papers and creativity and ingenuity through the publication of photographs and photo stories. This edition's featured papers are: A Journey: From Being Muslims in China to Becoming Chinese Muslims (Best Overall Paper) ; Extractive Institutions and the Arab Spring (Best Undergraduate Paper) ; Ethics and “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” ; Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Titanium-Substituted Polyoxometalates on Asthma ; The Annexation of Crimea: Intelligence Shortcomings and Successes ; Israeli Counterterrorism: Shin Bet and Counterterrorism Policy ; Pizarro’s Conquest of the Inca ; Berserkers, a Method to their Madness. The best photograph is: Cannon on the Parade Deck.
The Gold Star Journal, 2016 Edition
(2016) Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina
The Gold Star Journal showcases the excellence of students from every academic department at The Citadel through the publication of cross-disciplinary, nonfiction papers and creativity and ingenuity through the publication of photographs and photo stories. This edition's featured papers are: Progressive and Conservative Understandings of the American Political Tradition (Best Undergraduate Paper) ; Jacques Cartier’s Voyages to New France ; Homosexuality and Religion: Can Jewish and Christian Dogma Reconcile the Actions of the LGBT Community? (Best Overall Paper) ; A Call to Arms: Oratory as a Leadership Tool in the Case of Marc Antony ; Espionage During the American Revolution ; Mechanics of a Parachute Landing Fall ; Al-shabaab: Its Threat to the International Community and East Africa and the Need for More Support for the Mission in Somalia ; A History of The Gold Star Journal. The best photograph is: Second Battalion at Sunrise.
The Gold Star Journal, 2015 Edition
(2015) Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina
The Gold Star Journal showcases the excellence of students from every academic department at The Citadel through the publication of cross-disciplinary, nonfiction papers and creativity and ingenuity through the publication of photographs and photo stories. This edition's featured papers are: The Ebola Epidemic: An Ethical Dilemma ; Perceived Risk of Developing Cardiovascular Desease Among African Americans (Best Undergraduate Paper) ; Achievement Gaps and Affirmative Action: Social Responsibility? ; The New Navy: From Wood to Steel ; Women in the Tanakh (Best Overall Paper) ; Sardar's Islamic Science: Is Science Universal? ; Science and the Soul in Never Let Me Go. The best photograph is: Second Battalion.
The Gold Star Journal, 2014 Edition
(2014) Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina
The Gold Star Journal showcases the excellence of students from every academic department at The Citadel through the publication of cross-disciplinary, nonfiction papers and creativity and ingenuity through the publication of photographs and photo stories. This edition's featured papers are: Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory - T. E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt ; Democratization and Civil-Military Relations of Estonia ; From Satanic to Sublime: Marlowe’s Faustus and Milton’s Satan as Prototypes of the Romantic Hero (Best Overall Paper) ; The Fall of a Country: the Negative Effects of the Transition From Rhodesia to Zimbabwe ; Deciphering the Myth, Observations on the Nature of the Legend of La Malinche ; Use of Percoll Gradient for Purifying Mitochondria Preparation in Brassica Olerace with Histone H3 implications (Best Undergraduate Paper). The featured photographs are: Folding The American Flag (Best Photograph) ; Matriculation ; Graduation.
The Gold Star Journal, 2013 Edition
(2013) Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina
The Gold Star Journal showcases the excellence of students from every academic department at The Citadel through the publication of cross-disciplinary, nonfiction papers and creativity and ingenuity through the publication of photographs and photo stories. This edition's featured papers are: The First of Many: The Marines’ First Amphibious Assault ; On the Origin of Faiths: Using Religion to Explain Science and Vice Versa ; The Devils and the Details: Justice Adam and Mephistopheles ; Capitalism: If History Has Taught U.S. Anything… (Best Overall Paper) ; Icarus Floundering: An Ethical Response to Inequity. The best photograph is: Off the Dock at The Boating Center.
The Gold Star Journal, 2012 Edition
(2012) Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina
The Gold Star Journal showcases the excellence of students from every academic department at The Citadel through the publication of cross-disciplinary, nonfiction papers and creativity and ingenuity through the publication of photographs and photo stories. This edition's featured papers are: John T. Scopes and the Trial of the Century ; Cassus Belli: Surface Events and Foundational Motivations in America’s Entry into WWI ; Facing the Fallen Angel in the Mirror ; The Role of Steiner’s Tragic Vision in Greek and Roman Literature ; The Cherokee War: Colonial and Indian Conflict ; A Revolution Worth Stirring ; Dark Themes in “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” (Best Overall Paper). The best photograph is: Summerall Chapel.
The Gold Star Journal, 2011 Edition
(2011) Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina
The Gold Star Journal showcases the excellence of students from every academic department at The Citadel through the publication of cross-disciplinary, nonfiction papers and creativity and ingenuity through the publication of photographs and photo stories. This edition's featured papers are: The Method Behind His Madness (Best Overall Submission) ; Race and Policing: An Assessment of Cultural Problems ; Racing Towards a Brave New World ; Wilfred Owen’s Brutal Honesty on the Wartime Experience ; The Evolution of Christianity in the American Society ; The Building of Braddock’s Road.
The Gold Star Journal, 2010 Edition
(2010) Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina
The Gold Star Journal showcases the excellence of students from every academic department at The Citadel through the publication of cross-disciplinary, nonfiction papers and creativity and ingenuity through the publication of photographs and photo stories. This edition's featured papers are: A War of Morale ; Benefits of Globalization ; My War Hero ; The Precious and the Pearl ; The Story of Edgar Johnson ; Thoreau’s Simplicity.
The Gold Star Journal, 2009 Edition
(2009) Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina
The Gold Star Journal showcases the excellence of students from every academic department at The Citadel through the publication of cross-disciplinary, nonfiction papers and creativity and ingenuity through the publication of photographs and photo stories. This edition's featured papers are: The Importance of the Written Word ; Poppy Paradise ; Gender-Based Violence in Darfur: An Epidemic ; Alexandria as a Cultural Center ; The Current Status of Politics and Oil in Iraq ; Dystopian Societies in Modern Literature ; A Brief History of Infectious Disease Control.
The Gold Star Journal, 2008 Edition
(2008) Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina
The Gold Star Journal showcases the excellence of students from every academic department at The Citadel through the publication of cross-disciplinary, nonfiction papers and creativity and ingenuity through the publication of photographs and photo stories. This edition's featured papers are: An In-Depth Look at Mental Illness in Othello ; The Crusades and the Current Conflict in the Middle East ; An In-Depth Analysis of Maya Angelou’s Poem “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” ; Democracy in the Modern World ; Comparing Landscape Artistry Through the Years ; Caligula, Public Enemy: Why He Needed To Be Killed ; China’s Health Care Problems: No Universal Solution ; A Chemical and Historical Account of Gunpowder.
The Gold Star Journal, 2007 Edition
(2007) Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina
The Gold Star Journal showcases the excellence of students from every academic department at The Citadel through the publication of cross-disciplinary, nonfiction papers and creativity and ingenuity through the publication of photographs and photo stories. This edition's featured papers are: Ode to "Mrs. E." ; Tupac Shakur and His Effect on American Culture ; All for the Union or All for Profit: New York City's Role in the American Civil War ; Prisoner Reentry and the Necessity of Community Involvement ; Generation of Hydrogen from the Water Gas Shift Reaction and Steam Reformation of Hydrocarbons ; How Succeeding in 4th Generation Warfare Has Increased the Need for Reciprocal Understanding in Today’s Military ; Caesar's Masterpiece in Conquest: The Gallic Wars.
The Gold Star Journal, 2006 Edition
(2006) Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina
The Gold Star Journal showcases the excellence of students from every academic department at The Citadel through the publication of cross-disciplinary, nonfiction papers and creativity and ingenuity through the publication of photographs and photo stories. This edition's featured papers are: William Jennings Bryan: The Uncommon Commoner ; Magnesium: A Vital Link in Biological Function ; National Security Space: Safeguarding the Space Medium Through Transformation, Technology, Integration, and Organization ; Wealth or Attractiveness: Preferences for Mate Selection ; Failure of Leadership: The Differences Between a War and a Campaign as Illustrated by the Gulf War of 1991 ; The Personality Theories of Dr. Sigmund Freud and Dr. Carl Jung Applied to Vincent van Gogh.
The Gold Star Journal, 2005 Edition
(2005) Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina
The Gold Star Journal showcases the excellence of students from every academic department at The Citadel through the publication of cross-disciplinary, nonfiction papers and creativity and ingenuity through the publication of photographs and photo stories. This edition's featured papers are: Feminism Gone Wrong: Domestic Female Portrayal in Recent Film ; The Religion of Cormac McCarthy’s West ; Massacre at Srebrenica and the UN Safe Area Calamity ; 7th Century Alexandria: A Microcosm of Peaceful Muslim-Christian Relations ; Tetraethyl Lead - History, Chemistry and Health Effects ; Four Months of The Mercury: Prelude to Total War.
The Gold Star Journal, 2004 Edition
(2004) Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina
The Gold Star Journal showcases the excellence of students from every academic department at The Citadel through the publication of cross-disciplinary, nonfiction papers and creativity and ingenuity through the publication of photographs and photo stories. This edition's featured papers are: Terrorism: Why has it been difficult to define, and what are its broader implications? ; Andrew Marvell’s "A Dialogue between the Resolved Soul and Created Pleasure": A Poem of Hope ; Britannic Americanism: Colonial Identity Within Eighteenth-Century South Carolina ; The Blue Cone/Green Rod Rhodospin Promoter Region and the Deletion of the Section Within ; Henry V: The Dependency of his High Reputation upon His Early Death.