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Lack Of Resources In Classrooms, Juliana Maffea Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Lack Of Resources In Classrooms, Juliana Maffea

English Department: Research for Change - Wicked Problems in Our World

In different areas of the world, classrooms lack resources. Teachers are trying their hardest to teach their students with what is given to them, but it is not enough. The result of having a lack of resources is students not graduating, teachers burning out, parents scared for their students, and students not getting the proper education. An insufficient amount of resources in classrooms comes from the lack of funding or the improper use of spending in schools. There are solutions to this wicked problem, such as raising more money, making cuts, or changing the way schools spend their money. This …

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The Impact Of Social Media On Society, Jacob Amedie Santa Clara University

The Impact Of Social Media On Society, Jacob Amedie

Pop Culture Intersections

It is the objective of this article to present evidence from several researches that were done by many scholars in different environment that distinctly demonstrates the negative impact of social media in three main categories. First, social media fosters a false sense of online "connections" and superficial friendships leading to emotional and psychological problems. The Second harm of social media is that it can become easily addictive taking away family and personal time as well as diminish interpersonal skills, leading to antisocial behavior. Lastly, social media has become a tool for criminals, predators and terrorists enabling them to commit illegal …

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On Dumpster Diving, Lars Eighner University of Massachusetts Boston

On Dumpster Diving, Lars Eighner

New England Journal of Public Policy

Lars Eighner became homeless in 1988 after leaving a job he had held for ten years as an attendant at a state hospital in Austin, Texas. He lives in a small apartment in Austin and continues to scavenge. This article was originally published in the Fall 1990 issue of The Threepenny Review. Reprinted with permission.

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Flying Man And Falling Man: Remembering And Forgetting 9/11, Graley Herren Xavier University - Cincinnati

Flying Man And Falling Man: Remembering And Forgetting 9/11, Graley Herren

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The Lantern, 2021-2022, Sarah Buck, Amy Litofsky, Julia Paiano, Juliana M. Valerio, Lauren Flanagan, Miles Noecker, Amelia Kunko, Isabella Almonte, Makayla Heisler, Bradley Kocher, Kate I. Foley, Jasmine Ruiz, Aurora McKee, Marie Sykes, Morgan Grabowski, Jessica Schnur, Jenna Lozzi, Tyler Ways, Kyle Guzy, Benjamin Tobias, Elliot Cetinski, Leo Cox, Ian Abrahams, Gabbie Pitt, Derek Matarazzo, Alessandra Armour, Jessica Celli, Emily Crocker, Anastasia Dziekan, Rimsha Maryam, Ryan Savage, Vanessa Worley, Jesse White, Amy Smith, Sarah Fales, Christine Heren, Emily Bradigan, Kristen Cooney, Rishabh Kancherla, Mairead McDermott, Kylie Halko Ursinus College

The Lantern, 2021-2022, Sarah Buck, Amy Litofsky, Julia Paiano, Juliana M. Valerio, Lauren Flanagan, Miles Noecker, Amelia Kunko, Isabella Almonte, Makayla Heisler, Bradley Kocher, Kate I. Foley, Jasmine Ruiz, Aurora Mckee, Marie Sykes, Morgan Grabowski, Jessica Schnur, Jenna Lozzi, Tyler Ways, Kyle Guzy, Benjamin Tobias, Elliot Cetinski, Leo Cox, Ian Abrahams, Gabbie Pitt, Derek Matarazzo, Alessandra Armour, Jessica Celli, Emily Crocker, Anastasia Dziekan, Rimsha Maryam, Ryan Savage, Vanessa Worley, Jesse White, Amy Smith, Sarah Fales, Christine Heren, Emily Bradigan, Kristen Cooney, Rishabh Kancherla, Mairead Mcdermott, Kylie Halko

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Impact Of Whitetail Deer Overpopulation With Hunting On The Decline, Matthew J. Lamprinos Kutztown University

Impact Of Whitetail Deer Overpopulation With Hunting On The Decline, Matthew J. Lamprinos

English Department: Research for Change - Wicked Problems in Our World

The whitetail deer is a key species for Pennsylvania’s forests, but their ecological balance has been disturbed by unregulated growth and urban sprawl. The deer population in Pennsylvania has exploded since the 1880’s causing a wide range of damage on the ecosystem, and humans. To reduce deer populations to sustainable levels, the Pennsylvania Game Commission relies heavily on hunters to dedicate time in the fall to go out and fill the tags the they issue. Hunter participation all around the world is decreasing for a variety of reasons. Fewer hunters out in the field causes revenue losses for the Game …

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Tragedy At Skyline—September 17, 1967: One Who Was There Investigates, David Govatski Dartmouth College

Tragedy At Skyline—September 17, 1967: One Who Was There Investigates, David Govatski

Appalachia

Fifty years after the worst accident in the history of New Hampshire’s White Mountains, David Govatski, who was there, went looking for the reason it happened.

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Behind Social Media: A World Of Manipulation And Control, Spencer J. Keenan Santa Clara University

Behind Social Media: A World Of Manipulation And Control, Spencer J. Keenan

Pop Culture Intersections

This article will be arguing that big players, mainly governments and large corporations, use user data, targeted advertising, and selective speech to manipulate users of popular social media platforms. They do this in order to achieve their agendas goals at the expense of the users. These goals may range from selling a certain good or service to swaying a certain percentage of voters to cast their ballots one way or another. Regardless of the outcome, people are being taken advantage of, with most not even knowing it. Users must look past the media in front of them to see their …

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Online Dating Technology Effects On Interpersonal Relationships, Anabel Homnack Santa Clara University

Online Dating Technology Effects On Interpersonal Relationships, Anabel Homnack

Pop Culture Intersections

The trend of online dating has been around since the emergence of the Internet. In the generation before the online era, people would meet face-to-face in cafes, on streets or at bars or even on airplanes. People make initial contact based on a number of cues and preferences, getting to know one another in person. Today these coincidental or so to say "meant to be" moments seem to be non-existent. Why have they become such a rarity? Is it because we know that there is an easy way out? What will it take for people to be as straightforward and …

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Is This My Body? A Manual On Navigating Child Masturbation Without Shame, Stephanie M. Amis The Graduate Center, City University of New York

Is This My Body? A Manual On Navigating Child Masturbation Without Shame, Stephanie M. Amis

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Children’s natural exploration of their bodies and sexual expression through masturbation is often considered to be taboo by many adults and caregivers. It is important that children are taught that they have the right to explore their own bodies, to express and experience any sexual developments that may be happening. A child can be innocent and still have the freedom to explore the biological processes of their sexuality. In early Christianity, 19th century physicians and some 20th century psychologists greatly influenced the negative attitudes around aspects of child sexuality such as masturbation that still thrive today. As far as child …

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Still Life With Light Polllution, Todd Davis 2023 Dartmouth College

Still Life With Light Polllution, Todd Davis

Appalachia

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Accident Report, Eric Colburn 2023 Dartmouth College

Accident Report, Eric Colburn

Appalachia

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Tenting On Mount Morgan, Marcyn Del Clements 2023 Dartmouth College

Tenting On Mount Morgan, Marcyn Del Clements

Appalachia

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Hailstorm In Water Canyon, Robin Chapman 2023 Dartmouth College

Hailstorm In Water Canyon, Robin Chapman

Appalachia

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Government Peak, Trail Crew, August, Russ Capaldi 2023 Dartmouth College

Government Peak, Trail Crew, August, Russ Capaldi

Appalachia

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Red-Eyed Vireo At Work, Polly Brown 2023 Dartmouth College

Red-Eyed Vireo At Work, Polly Brown

Appalachia

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A Peak Ahead: The Engines Of Adventure: What Compels People To Go, Christine Woodside 2023 Dartmouth College

A Peak Ahead: The Engines Of Adventure: What Compels People To Go, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

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Books And Media, 2023 Dartmouth College

Books And Media

Appalachia

Reviews of: White Mountain Guide: AMC's Comprehensive Guide to Hiking Trails in the White Mountain National Forest, 31st edition, compiled and edited by Ken MacGray and Steven D. Smith; The World Atlas of Trees and Forests: Exploring Earth's Forest Ecosystems, by Herman Shugart, Peter White, Sassan Saatchi, and Jérôme Chave; Conversations with Birds, by Priyanka Kumar; Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong, by Michael Wejchert; Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas, by Harley Rustad; Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We …

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Skyline Sketch, 2023 Dartmouth College

Skyline Sketch

Appalachia

Hiking alone to and from Lonesome Lake Hut above Franconia Notch challenges a woman’s sense of time and strength.

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News And Notes, 2023 Dartmouth College

News And Notes

Appalachia

Nicole Zussman appointed president and CEO of the Appalachian Mountain Club. Bears close U.S. Forest Service’s busy Hancock Campground in New Hampshire.

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In Memoriam, 2023 Dartmouth College

In Memoriam

Appalachia

An obituary of former Appalachian Mountain Club President Charles Burnham, who was instrumental in negotiating matters related to the Highland Center.

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Research, 2023 Dartmouth College

Research

Appalachia

Sheila Myers visits the Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum in Townsend, Tennessee, which tells the story of the logging of giant trees a century ago.

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Alpina: A Semiannual Review Of Mountaineering In The Greater Ranges, 2023 Dartmouth College

Alpina: A Semiannual Review Of Mountaineering In The Greater Ranges

Appalachia

Among the many updates on mountaineering in the greater ranges is a report of Griffin Post’s discovery of a 1937 equipment cache left by Bradford Washburn and Robert Bates in the St. Elias Mountains. Hordes of climbers, and garbage, land on K2. An all-Black party, the Full Circle Everest Expedition, climbs the world’s highest peak. Colin Haley makes the first solo winter ascent of the Supercanaleta route on Cerro Fitz Roy in Patagonia. Climber Ed Webster is memorialized.

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Accidents: Analysis From The White Mountains Of New Hampshire And Occasionally Elsewhere, 2023 Dartmouth College

Accidents: Analysis From The White Mountains Of New Hampshire And Occasionally Elsewhere

Appalachia

Reports of rescues and accidents in New Hampshire’s White Mountains during the late spring, summer, and fall of 2022. Two casual hikers who “had nothing” with them (in the words of New Hampshire Fish & Game officers) get stuck on a cliff off Greenleaf Trail. An attempted June 17 traverse of the Presidentials ends in tragedy. A lightly-equipped trail runner falls near Mount Isolation and cannot get out on his own. A skier accessing May snow from the Mount Washington Auto Road falls 700 feet. An Appalachian Trail thru-hiker is badly injured near Mount Eisenhower. A hiker who had eaten …

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Letters, 2023 Dartmouth College

Letters

Appalachia

Letters from Candi Fletcher about William Geller's "White Mountain Mysteries" (Winter/Spring 2023); Jeff Tarling about indigenous mountain names; and Charles Sampson correcting an editorial error about the location of Carter Notch Hut from Winter/Spring 2023 Accidents

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Lizard Dreams And Our Same Hearts: Waterman Fund Essay Contest Runner-Up, Liesl Magnus 2023 Dartmouth College

Lizard Dreams And Our Same Hearts: Waterman Fund Essay Contest Runner-Up, Liesl Magnus

Appalachia

A winter caretaker at New Hampshire’s Carter Notch Hut connects to humans from a beautiful, frozen world.

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Happy Birthday From Tuckerman Ravine—? A Boulder Changes The Trajectory Of An Idyllic Hike, John Stifler 2023 Dartmouth College

Happy Birthday From Tuckerman Ravine—? A Boulder Changes The Trajectory Of An Idyllic Hike, John Stifler

Appalachia

Two seasoned hikers effect a self-rescue after a freak accident on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington.

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Mutual Worrying: What The Mountain And The Pool Pavement Have In Common, Elissa Ely 2023 Dartmouth College

Mutual Worrying: What The Mountain And The Pool Pavement Have In Common, Elissa Ely

Appalachia

Newly recovered from an injury, a mother listens to her daughter's advice as they navigate boulders near Mount Washington's Alpine Garden.

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From The White Mountain Huts To The Giant Races: Meet Katie Schide And Hillary Gerardi, Doug Mayer 2023 Dartmouth College

From The White Mountain Huts To The Giant Races: Meet Katie Schide And Hillary Gerardi, Doug Mayer

Appalachia

For two former Appalachian Mountain Club hut croo (crew) members, who got their trail-running starts packing loads down steep New Hampshire trails, each won a major mountain race in the Alps in 2022, the Ultra Trail de Mont Blanc and the Trofeo Kima.

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A Wartime Scar On Canada's Soil: Tragic Artifacts On A Mountain Haunt A Hiker, Christopher Johnson 2023 Dartmouth College

A Wartime Scar On Canada's Soil: Tragic Artifacts On A Mountain Haunt A Hiker, Christopher Johnson

Appalachia

While hiking, a father and daughter stumble upon the haunting remains of the Liberator Harry, the Canadian military transport plane that crashed on Montagne Noire, or Black Mountain, north of Saint-Donat, Quebec, in 1943.

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