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Scalar Class Project: LossMain MenuCollective IntroductionAbout the WorksAbout the AuthorsWho We AreWorks CitedMadeline Tobias7378da82b909bca8a5df63148b1d90cff58f214bJerry Chenaec50bbe8bd353223081e5dc517b93c06deb424cKyle Yuanbc84047bc24f942789df70757fc91e851f7323f2William Siegefa3be04f6f0fd0a07d8b890b0fc5b40fb9290cb9
this section of the project was completed entirely in lowercase, except from the name Amadou Diallo. this was done because everything written by the author, from the authors comment on the electronic literature collection to the actual text in the story is entirely lowercase. there is no capitalization for cities, months etc. thus, this section of the collaborative project will follow this same format and will only capitalize the name Amadou Diallo. the authors of the story never explicitly explained why they did not capitalize any other words besides Amadou Diallo's name, but i believe this format is important to continue, and to increase the emphasis on Amadou Diallo's name.