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Emu Today, November 24, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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Emu Today, November 23, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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Emu Today, November 20, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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Emu Today, November 19, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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Emu Today, November 18, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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Emu Today, November 17, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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The Eastern Echo, November 30, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Student Newspaper: The Normal News & The Eastern Echo

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Emu Today, November 24, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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Emu Today, November 23, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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Emu Today, November 20, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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Emu Today, November 19, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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Emu Today, November 18, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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Emu Today, November 17, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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Emu Today, November 5, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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Emu Today, November 17, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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Emu Today, November 16, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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Emu Today, November 13, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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Emu Today, November 12, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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Emu Today, November 11, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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Emu Today, November 10, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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Emu Today, November 9, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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Emu Today, November 6, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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Emu Today, November 4, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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Emu Today, November 3, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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Emu Today, November 2, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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College Students Experiencing Homelessness: The Consequence Of Failed Macro Policies, Brialle D. Ringer

McNair Scholars Research Journal

Homelessness among college students is a growing trend, yet the problem is difficult to document due to the stigma associated with the circumstance. Flaws in policies related to jobs and wages, affordable housing, and affordable education interact to increase the risks faced by economically vulnerable students who enter college without secure housing, or who lose it during the course of their studies. A concerted institutional response is needed to mitigate both the risks and the consequences of homelessness, and to reduce the numbers of U.S. college students whose educational attainment is compromised by housing insecurity.

“Dominicana De Pura Sepa”: A Comparison Of Dominican Women Across Cultures, Rosaly Maldonado Rosado

McNair Scholars Research Journal

Latinos are one of the prevalent immigrant populations in the United States, and the number of immigrants from the Dominican Republic grows every year. Dominican women are faced with the process of acculturation, and as a result their traditional values and beliefs can be both challenged and changed. The purpose of this research is to compare Dominican women who reside in the United States (U.S.) to Dominican women who reside in the Dominican Republic. We will examine their relationships with men, with a focus on their (1) sexual practices, (2) independence, and (3) sexual health. We anticipate finding marked differences …

Queering Asexuality: Asexual-Inclusion In Queer Spaces, Dominique A. Canning

McNair Scholars Research Journal

Discussions about emerging sexual identities are prevalent in today’s society. As our recognition of the diversity of sexual identities grows, so does our need to define these identities and to better understand how they represent the human experience. One such identity is asexuality, which is defined by the Asexual Visibility and Education Network (AVEN) as a “person who experiences no sexual attraction” (“Overview” n.d.). In this research, I will analyze the debate over whether asexual individuals should be considered “queer.” This analysis will examine previous research that focuses on identity, discourse, and boundaries between identities. The goal of this research …

You Can't Just Pick One Race And You Shouldn't Have To: Analyzing Biracial Protagonists In Young Adult Fiction, Tiffany N. Browne

McNair Scholars Research Journal

In recent years, Children’s Literature has seen a notable increase of texts involving racial diversity. One area that does not garner as much attention is Young Adult fiction with biracial protagonists. With the growing number of families in the United States identifying as biracial or multi-racial, it is important to examine the representations of biracial characters offered to readers. Poston has noted that biracial adolescents often experience crisis and alienation, as they are forced to choose an identity that does not fully encompass their complex racial background (Nuttgens 2010). Sarah Jamila Stevenson’s The Latte Rebellion (2011), Joan Steinau Lester’s Black, …

Yappari, As I Thought: Listener Talk In Japanese Communication, Haru Yamada

Global Advances in Business Communication

Listener Talk, typical of Japanese communication, places the listener at the center of interaction. Listener Talk differs from many western styles of communication where the onus of the explicit form of communication Victor (1992) calls the Direct Plan is on the speaker. Listener Talk finds its roots in the others-centered focus of Buddhist and Taoist traditions and the values the communicators place on silence and implicit talk.

Drawing on data from both intracultural and cross-cultural bank meetings, I bring to fore a strategy I examined in my book, Different Games, Different Rules (1997), and two additional strategies for Listener Talk …