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On Environmental Education, James Mackinnon Michel Spreuwenberg-Stewart

Senior Projects Spring 2015

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College

An Attachment Style Based Experimental Design To Maximize Dog Adoption Success, Claire Weinman

Senior Projects Fall 2015

Evolution and domestication have brought dogs very close to humans. Research has found numerous behavioral, cognitive, neurological, and physiological similarities between the two species. Additional research has found that humans and dogs can share cross-species attachments that are comparable to mother-infant attachments. Furthermore, attachment styles in dogs are classified the same way they are in children. The statistics on the vast amount of dogs in animal shelters, too many of which are being senselessly killed, are shocking. I propose a two-part study that first assesses which attachment style pairings are most successful and which are unsuccessful based on measurements of …

Siddhartha's Smile: Schopenhauer, Hesse, Nietzsche, Benjamin Dillon Schluter

Senior Projects Fall 2015

In this project, I argue that Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha can be read as an attempted reconciliation the antithetical worldviews of Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche. The first two chapters show that the figures of Gotama and Siddhartha represent Schopenhauerian and Nietzschean worldviews, respectively. The third chapter analyzes the smile as a symbol used to reconcile Siddhartha and Gotama. In the fourth and final chapter, I investigate Hesse’s development of symbol of the smile in relation to his engagement with Chinese philosophy, specifically Taoism, a tradition of thought based on the ultimate reconciliation of apparent opposites.

The Government Facilitation Of North Korea's Human Rights Abuses Eclipsed By The Threat Of Nuclear War, Kim Kathryn Angstro Doom

Senior Projects Fall 2015

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

Popasolasonaser, Michael Angelo Dirosa

Senior Projects Spring 2015

I like to articulate the inarticulate in my paintings, or at least try to, because languages are meant to describe human experiences, new experiences, the old ones and the ones that haven’t come yet, and painting is the language I think I most succeed in speaking.

I like to paint what is between the salty abysses of my floorboards such as metal balls, glass cubes, wax flakes, bugs legs, linen tendons, definitely carbuncles, the eyes of needles, forever unforgotten elegies, night watchmen with lanterns, crumbs from a Zaro’s black and white, ghosts from the core of the earth, the formidable …

The Cuban Adjustment Act Of 1966: Politics & Perception In Cuban Migration To The United States, Hannah Mackenzie Brown

Senior Projects Fall 2015

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

Ways Of Light: An Analysis Of The Motif Of Light In Thomas Brussig`S Wie Es Leuchtet, Noemi Sallai

Senior Projects Fall 2015

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

Literature And The Remnants Of Feudal Ideology In The Meiji Period: An Analysis Of Ogai, Ichiyo, And Soseki, Zhen Yuan Yao

Senior Projects Fall 2015

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

Express Yourself: Investigating Wartime Deportations In The Context Of Changing Soviet National Policy, Beryl Emily Taylor

Senior Projects Spring 2015

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

Basis Criteria For N-Cycle Integer Splines, Ester Gjoni

Senior Projects Spring 2015

In this project we work with integer splines on graphs with positive integer edge labels. We focus on graphs that are n-cycles for some natural number n. We find an explicit condition for when a set of splines can form a module basis for n-cycle splines. In general, a set of splines forms a Z-module basis if and only if their determinant is equal to the product of the edge labels divided by the greatest common divisor of those edge labels.

A Cost-Benefit Analysis Of The Australian Carbon Tax And The Economics Of Climate Change, Siondueh D. Burnette

Senior Projects Spring 2015

Within economic literature, the topic of global warming and efforts to mitigate it are being thoroughly discussed. The ability for climate change to impact businesses and households globally has driven economists worldwide to develop policy proposals with carbon emissions reductions as a primary concern. This report discusses climate policy within the United States, the European Union and Australia with the intent of highlighting key difficulties associated with implementing climate policy. Australia receives particular attention in this report due its history regarding the implementation and repeal of a carbon tax. The cost-benefit analysis of the Australian carbon tax conducted within this …

Investigating The Binding Potential And Downstream Effects Of Ferrocene/ Ruthenium (Iii) Complexes With Rna, Mildred Apollo Kissai

Senior Projects Spring 2015

Cisplatin, one of the most popular chemotherapeutic drugs on the market today, battles cancer by binding to DNA, and causing kinks which obstruct DNA replication and transcription. As a result, cisplatin halts cell proliferation of not only fast-dividing cancerous cells but healthy cells as well. To circumvent the shortcomings of cisplatin, the Anderson lab has synthesized a class of ruthenium (III)/ ferrocene compounds, named the RuLX series. These new hetero- multinuclear complexes may have greater selectivity between cancerous and healthy cells through a proposed synergistic mechanism of their metal centers. Previous work on these novel complexes has demonstrated that they …

Barriers To Resolving Transboundary Pollution, Ian A. Thaure

Senior Projects Spring 2015

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

Philip Roth/Nathan Zuckerman/Philip Roth Written/Written/Unwritten, Grayson Gibbs

Senior Projects Spring 2015

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

How To Map A Desert, Ariana Perez-Castells

Senior Projects Spring 2015

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

Immersion, Nelson James Doak

Senior Projects Spring 2015

Nelson Doak

Immersion

When I surf I feel an equilibrium, rhythm, a wholeness, synchronicity of myself deeply immersed in a process. Surfing is a complete satisfaction with the moment. This fullness or sensation fills a void that I always carry. I can't say exactly what that void is, but it is comprised of: The weight against moving forward, general dissatisfaction, and a stagnancy that comes from a lack of order or discipline.

My project involves finding the equilibrium or rhythm found in surfing through a creative process. One example is throwing a pot on the wheel which is a momentary …

Us: My Thoughts On Everything So Far, Samuel James Buffett-Haygood

Senior Projects Spring 2015

Growing up in two different households meant living two different lives for 18 years. Constantly changing environments led me to seek stability in other aspects of my life. I never knew how to feel about the whole situation; there were times of happiness but many times that I did not think I could manage. Art has always been my way of expressing the feelings that I did not necessarily know how to vocalize or explain. Rather than letting my emotions wreak havoc on my life, I got into the habit of translating these synnical comments that I had on society …

The Lens Of Language, Eli Ridley Segal

Senior Projects Fall 2015

This project seeks to contextualize the iconic philosophical questions regarding skepticism, object existence, perception, and emotion, within the discourse of ordinary language philosophy. Aided by Wittgenstein, Austin, and Cavell, I argue for the non existence of objects-in-themselves. This provides the scaffolding for an examination of perception and emotion unhindered by a reliance on, or appeal to, the so-called 'objective world.' Recognizing the influence exerted by language over our conscious experience, I argue for an ordinary-language formulation of embodied cognition. With this in mind, I demonstrate the philosophical implications of such a picture through the canonical problem of 'other minds.' Ultimately …

The World Through Your Eyes: An Analysis Of Spike Jonze's Her, Thatcher Kupple Snyder

Senior Projects Fall 2015

The skeptical concerns of Spike Jonze's Her mirror those of Stanley Cavell's, representing a cinematic adaptation of his therapeutic analysis of philosophical skepticism. Her addresses the loneliness of the skeptic, and demonstrates a way by which one can pacify, or better understand, the skeptical impulse.

Something Rotten In The State Of New Jersey: The Tragedy Of The Sopranos, Georgia Grace Frances Graham

Senior Projects Fall 2015

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

Three Essays On Inequality Of Opportunity And Intergenerational Mobility, Thinh Truong Pham

Senior Projects Fall 2015

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

Phyro: Exploring An Untethered Model For Robots In Cs-1, Philip Franchi-Pereira

Senior Projects Fall 2015

Robots are becoming more popular, both industrially and commercially. As new robots are created, designers must choose whether to tether to a primary computer. Many robots used in an introductory computing context, like the Scribbler robot and Fluke attachment, are tethered. Untethering educational robots is the next step in improving the way robots are used in CS-1. This project aims to demonstrate the advantages of untethered robots, using the Scribbler robot and Fluke singleboard computer attachment as a model. We developed the Phyro library to make programming an untethered Scribbler and Fluke easier for students. By comparing program performance and …

"I" Am History: The Individual As A Historian, Samyukta Srinath Dore

Senior Projects Fall 2015

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College.

The Masks Of Heidegger: National Socialism And Anti-Semitism, Julia Lauren Haerr

Senior Projects Fall 2015

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

Gaussian Cosmology: A New Model For The Accelerated Expansion Of The Universe, Brian Robert Neils Strigel

Senior Projects Fall 2015

In this paper I lay the groundwork for an alternative model for the contemporary expansion of the universe. The current model states that the universe is growing exponentially due to the vacuum of space pulling on it. This model states that the growth rate of the universe is linear in time. However in 1998, researchers suggested that the expansion rate of the universe is accelerating. This means the universe is not expanding logarithmically, not linearly. In my model, I lay the groundwork for future research and suggest that the universe develops in time in accordance to a Gaussian scale factor …

The Sympathetic Oppressor, Irena Jaffe Goldstein

Senior Projects Fall 2015

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College

An Ancient City For The Future: Reconstructing Physical And Intellectual Narratives In Beirut In The 1990s, Theo Noonan Lowrey

Senior Projects Fall 2015

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

Attitudes And Intentions Towards A Novel Male Contraceptive: A Health Belief Model Approach, Aisha Saliha King

Senior Projects Fall 2015

Unintended pregnancy is a serious problem that can result in a host of negative consequences for parents and children. A new long-acting reversible contraceptive could increase male contribution to family planning, and thus reduce the high rates of unintended pregnancy seen today. Vasalgel is one such contraceptive that is currently being developed in the United States. The current study used the Health Belief Model (HBM), with additional variables of interpersonal factors and social norms, as a basic framework to investigate men’s attitudes towards and willingness to use Vasalgel. In the context of this study, the HBM suggests that behavior is …

Habituated, Jade Valentina Boccia

Senior Projects Fall 2015

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College.

Clementine Sight: Exploring Vision In The Protrepticus, Oliver Alex

Senior Projects Spring 2015

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Languages and Literature of Bard College