Introduction By Dr. Nathan R. Elliott, Faculty Advisor to Omnino; Social Media and the Arab Spring by Alex Lawhorne; Subtexts in David’s The Death of Socrates by Brendan J. Mullen; Cornplanter and Iroquois Policy: From Revolution to Canadaigua by Robert Rodriguez; Rape and Sexual Power in Early America by Sharon Block Reviewed by Paul Brannon; The Feminism of Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Sexualities, Histories, Progressivism by Judith A. Allen Reviewed by Ashley Dailey; The Oral Character of Southern Literature: Explaining the Distinctiveness of Regional Texts by Clay Morton Reviewed by Meagan C. Ellis;

Welcome to the 2011-2012 issue of Omnino. This is our second year in existence and we had significantly fewer submissions this year. As a result, our student editorial board faced the difficult task of deciding how to put to- gether an issue. Should we publish fewer articles? Or should we increase our acceptance rate? Ultimately, the students decided to be guided by the reports of faculty readers, and this meant a decreased acceptance rate, and fewer articles published this year. We made these decisions based on our goal to be a quality undergraduate research journal. We want to, in other words, encourage student scholarship that truly makes a contribution to its respective field. This is a difficult task at the undergraduate level, but we genuinely believe in that possibility, and we are proud of the articles that were selected for publication this year.