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An Attachment Style Based Experimental Design To Maximize Dog Adoption Success, Claire Weinman Jan 2015

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 Jan 2015

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 Jan 2015

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.


The Cuban Adjustment Act Of 1966: Politics & Perception In Cuban Migration To The United States, Hannah Mackenzie Brown Jan 2015

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 Jan 2015

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 Jan 2015

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.


The Lens Of Language, Eli Ridley Segal Jan 2015

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 Jan 2015

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 Jan 2015

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 Jan 2015

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 Jan 2015

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 Jan 2015

"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 Jan 2015

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 Jan 2015

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 Jan 2015

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 Jan 2015

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 Jan 2015

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 Jan 2015

Habituated, Jade Valentina Boccia

Senior Projects Fall 2015

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


Black Hollywood: The Stereotypes, Erasure, And Social Inclusivity Of Black Entertainers In Hollywood, 1930-60s, Jalen Thomas Robinson Jan 2015

Black Hollywood: The Stereotypes, Erasure, And Social Inclusivity Of Black Entertainers In Hollywood, 1930-60s, Jalen Thomas Robinson

Senior Projects Fall 2015

The purpose of my senior thesis paper involves the racial politics concerning the presence of African-American entertainers in Hollywood cinema. I will note the changes over time in how black entertainers-- whether they are musicians, dancers, singers, and actors--were typecast in stereotypical roles that defined how black culture would be represented. The beginning of my timeline starts with the limited opportunities applied to black talent on screen during the Great Depression in the 1930s, the social destabilization during World War II and the integration policies and awareness of racism as a social issue throughout the 1950s-1960s. More importantly, I will …