Jacob Wayne DeGering University of Utah Member ΦΑΘ-AP Published in Utah Historical Review, Vol III. Winner of 3rd Place Graduate Paper Prize at the Phi Alpha Theta Regional Meeting Prior to Columbus’s momentous voyage in 1492, no European had ever imagined, much less tasted, chocolate. Primarily rejected as a peculiar Indian drink, this product, second only to tobacco, came to conquer Europe on a...

Hadyn B. Call Utah State University Member ΦΑΘ-AΓΟ Published in Utah Historical Review, Vol III. Movies under the genre of historical such as the recent “Lincoln” (2012) attract people to theaters all over the nation and ignite national interests in history. Although good for the profession and history as a subject, movies often perpetuate untruths that damage the veracity of historical events and people’s...

Marianne Bristow Evans Utah State University Published in Utah Historical Review, Vol III. The recent selection of the first Latin American pope as the head of the Roman Catholic Church draws attention to the deep scars left in South America by the Cold War. The Cold War was an iconic period in history, one of great religious conflict when the faith and democratic ideology...

Alexandria Waltz Weber State University Member ΦΑΘ–ΑΓΟ Read at the 2011 Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference Winner: Best Undergraduate Paper Published in Historia: the Alpha Rho Papers, Vol I. The rock and roll industry is relatively new to the realm of music, beginning in its most identifiable foundations only approximately fifty years ago. However, the “age of rock” has shaped the culture and lives...

Chad Scott Brown University of Utah Member ΦΑΘ–ΑP Published in Historia: the Alpha Rho Papers, Vol II. To understand the confrontation and fierce feelings expressed, pro and con, concerning the iconoclastic actions of the Isaurian emperors, one must first understand what an icon is.  What are the characteristics that define the holy icons, the ayies eikones, which “are regarded by members of the Orthodox...