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Father Was Killed By The Pinkerton Man: How The Homestead Strike Overturned Both Labor And Capital, Charles Conner Apr 2022

Father Was Killed By The Pinkerton Man: How The Homestead Strike Overturned Both Labor And Capital, Charles Conner

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America’S Public Defender System: A Day Late And A Dollar Short, Christopher Grondin Apr 2022

America’S Public Defender System: A Day Late And A Dollar Short, Christopher Grondin

MAD-RUSH Undergraduate Research Conference

The right to appointed legal counsel for those accused of felony crimes in America is well known, but the evolution of this right, and contemporary issues in public defense are less well understood. An analysis of case law reveals that the Supreme Court of the United States had certain intentions for an appointed counsel system in the U.S. that have historically not been met. Through analysis of the evolution of case law on this topic, as well as an examination of the systems workings today, informed by multiple public attorneys, specific issues affecting the lives of the accused on a …


The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster And How It Contributed To The Collapse Of The U.S.S.R., Madison Mcternan Apr 2022

The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster And How It Contributed To The Collapse Of The U.S.S.R., Madison Mcternan

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Medieval English Metaphors Of The Heart In Chaucer’S Troilus And Criseyde, Drew Forthman Apr 2022

Medieval English Metaphors Of The Heart In Chaucer’S Troilus And Criseyde, Drew Forthman

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Geoffrey Chaucer, in his passionate romantic tragedy Troilus and Criseyde, uses the Middle English word herte (heart) strikingly often, yet only thrice in its literal usage as an organ. Instead, Chaucer always uses “heart” metaphorically, similarly to common usage in Modern English. Each metaphor originates from an understanding of the heart in relation to those distinct properties it embodied to English people because of cultural origins. Examining these origins reveals the respective presuppositions that this culture, that of our forefathers, associated with the heart. Furthermore, these same metaphors Chaucer wrote have remained in our cultural memory and are still spoken …


Manpower, Mutiny, Mass Movements & The Indian National Army: Challenges To Martial Race Theory And Tensions In The Official British Mindset During The Second World War, Destiny Shoemaker Jan 2022

Manpower, Mutiny, Mass Movements & The Indian National Army: Challenges To Martial Race Theory And Tensions In The Official British Mindset During The Second World War, Destiny Shoemaker

MAD-RUSH Undergraduate Research Conference

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