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The Effect Of Cws On Adolescent Health, Mitchell Shi 2018 Santa Clara University

The Effect Of Cws On Adolescent Health, Mitchell Shi

Pop Culture Intersections

This article will be covering the problem of celebrity worship. Celebrity worship has been in debate over the past few years regarding whether it is a harmful activity or not among adolescents, but with the recent established psychological disorder of Celebrity Worship Syndrome, it can be shown that it has become a serious health issue. One side argues that celebrity worship is harmless, even a helpful practice to pursue. The other side, however, argues that celebrity worship is detrimental to the mental and physical wellbeing of the adolescents. It is important to understand what celebrity worship entails, the different tests …


City Backdrop: Television And Its Gentrifying Influence On A City's Black Community, Ana Hoshovsky 2018 Santa Clara University

City Backdrop: Television And Its Gentrifying Influence On A City's Black Community, Ana Hoshovsky

Pop Culture Intersections

This paper will focus on the issue of race representation in television and its implications to real life communities in the cities featured in television. Scenes from the comedy show Portlandia will be examined to determine the effects the show has on the black community of Northeast Portland, Oregon. Characters from HBO’s Treme will also be analyzed to assess the show’s claim of representing the struggles of locals in a post-Katrina New Orleans. The lack of diverse representation throughout Portlandia’s eight seasons has caused the show to help to fuel the gentrification in the city. Viewers of the show are …


Social Impacts Of Popular Culture During The Vietnam War, Chris Ashton 2018 Santa Clara University

Social Impacts Of Popular Culture During The Vietnam War, Chris Ashton

Pop Culture Intersections

In this paper, I will argue that popular culture is imperative to a population overcoming and learning from a time of economical, political, and social turmoil. Focusing on the Vietnam War, I will demonstrate how common it is for people to rely on popular culture for hope and education during times of crises and it is often that music, movies, or artwork are those outlets.

By dissecting the messages of other popular songs recorded during the Vietnam War while also examining books like The Vietnam War and American Music written by David James and Songs of the Vietnam Conflict by …


The Effects Of Social Media And Apps On Exercise And Health Habits Of Millennial Women, Sarah Mason 2018 Santa Clara University

The Effects Of Social Media And Apps On Exercise And Health Habits Of Millennial Women, Sarah Mason

Pop Culture Intersections

Exercise and eating healthy have become the next big trends, with new technology and social media allowing them to flourish. It is difficult to avoid this trend when “#fitspiration” is the caption of over 15 million instagram posts and there are hundreds of smartphone applications (apps) focused on health and fitness, that function to track your goals, provide tips or even include full workouts and healthy recipes.


The Missing “X” In Ethnic And Cultural Acceptance, Sofia Michelle Sandoval Larco 2018 Santa Clara University

The Missing “X” In Ethnic And Cultural Acceptance, Sofia Michelle Sandoval Larco

Pop Culture Intersections

In our modern world of heightened wall building, we are confident more separates us than brings us together. Added to our intrinsic differences, we find distinctions amongst people of our same gender, ethnicity, and race. These separations, in the long run, can turn into acts of miscommunication, create discomfort and animosity; and thus begins a tragic cycle of thinking in binaries. In this article I will argue that by reclaiming rhetoric traditions Latinx creators have continued a hesitant social move to refashion the aggregate memory of bondage and discrimination that began in colonial times. These creators are not blaming a …


Social Media’S Effect On Mental Health: How America’S Youth Are More Vulnerable To Its Negative Implications, Melissa Magner 2018 Santa Clara University

Social Media’S Effect On Mental Health: How America’S Youth Are More Vulnerable To Its Negative Implications, Melissa Magner

Pop Culture Intersections

This article explores the potentially negative psychological effects social media photo-sharing platforms have on America’s adolescents. While most studies on mental health effects related to social media use have focused on Facebook and the young adult age group 18-35, this article focuses on users under the age of 18 with an emphasis on Instagram and Snapchat – the two most rapidly growing social networking sites for adolescents. Photo-sharing sites have characteristics different than other social media sites, specifically the ability to alter photos and to communicate live time through videos and photos, which may have different mental health consequences on …


September 2018, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center 2018 University of Southern Maine

September 2018, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center

Newsletter Archive

Contents: Erev Rosh Hashanah Sacred Music Concert; Simchat Torah; From the Rabbi; President's Message; Announcements; Community Notices


Amjambo Africa! (September 2018), Kathreen Harrison 2018 University of Southern Maine

Amjambo Africa! (September 2018), Kathreen Harrison

Amjambo Africa!

In This Issue... Eid Al-Adha .......................... Page 2

Results Conference ................Page 2

Host Community....................Page 3

World Refugee Day................Page 8

National Night Out ................Page 9

November Elections.............Page 13

Arabic Summer School ........Page 15


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Book Review: Mai N. Moua (2017). The Bride Price: A Hmong Wedding Story. Minnesota Historical Society Press. 240 Pp. Isbn: 978-1681340364, Kong Pheng Pha 2018 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Book Review: Mai N. Moua (2017). The Bride Price: A Hmong Wedding Story. Minnesota Historical Society Press. 240 Pp. Isbn: 978-1681340364, Kong Pheng Pha

Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement

Book reviewed by Kong Pheng Pha: Mai N. Moua (2017). The Bride Price: A Hmong Wedding Story. Minnesota Historical Society Press.


The Heart Of A City: Detroit's Discourse, Achanté A. Allen 2018 Bowling Green State University

The Heart Of A City: Detroit's Discourse, Achanté A. Allen

WRIT: Journal of First-Year Writing

This article is based on my personal experiences that I have observed and endured as a member of several discourse communities. This piece was mainly inspired by the place that I call home, Detroit, Michigan. The article should serve as a preview for the reader, of how the city (the heart) runs and operates as a result of the different discourse communities (the veins).


Hands, Lauro Palomba 2018 Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Hands, Lauro Palomba

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societal wreck


Birds And Trees, Richard Dinges Jr. 2018 Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Birds And Trees, Richard Dinges Jr.

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If you believe, birds


We Had Good Things, James Treat 2018 Southwestern Oklahoma State University

We Had Good Things, James Treat

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my father and mother were driven


They Used Mulberry Tree, James Treat 2018 Southwestern Oklahoma State University

They Used Mulberry Tree, James Treat

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the arrow they used for small game


Yeast, Louis Gallo 2018 Radford Univeristy

Yeast, Louis Gallo

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The telephone, my father used to say, pitches its tent in death’s camp.


Double Zero, John Zedolik 2018 Chatham University

Double Zero, John Zedolik

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What’s better than a useless dog?


A Note To My Unemployment Insurance Carrier, Richard Luftig 2018 Southwestern Oklahoma State University

A Note To My Unemployment Insurance Carrier, Richard Luftig

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I am sending you this email


Dürer’S Rhinoceros, Thomas K. Keith 2018 Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Dürer’S Rhinoceros, Thomas K. Keith

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It wears a suit of armor


Green Apples, Richard Dinges Jr. 2018 Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Green Apples, Richard Dinges Jr.

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Tempted by gravity,


Contributors, Westview Staff 2018 Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Contributors, Westview Staff

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