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Explaining Suharto's Rise And Fall: International And Domestic Variables, Julia Batanghari

Undergraduate Honors Theses

For three decades (1968-1998), Indonesia was led by President Suharto, whose authoritarian military regime is remembered for its corruption and brutality. This paper offers an analysis of Suharto’s rule through the lens of two events: his 1965 purge of local ‘communists’ and the riots of May 1998. Drawing comparisons between the two, I delve into systemic causes by considering the influence of domestic and international variables. Exploring links between intergroup accommodation and democracy reveals that Suharto’s lack of ethnic, socioeconomic, and religious inclusivity paved the way not only for the anti-Chinese sentiment which pervaded Indonesian society during his presidency, but …

Vista: December 8, 2022, University Of San Diego

USD Vista (1965-)

No abstract provided.

Vista: December 1, 2022, University Of San Diego

USD Vista (1965-)

No abstract provided.

Why Corporate Success Requires Dealing With The Past, Sarah Federman, Judith Schrempf-Stirling

School of Peace Studies: Faculty Scholarship

Customers, employees, and citizens expect companies to address historic transgressions and work toward a positive legacy.

Businesses’ past involvement or complicity in atrocities and human rights abuses such as slavery and genocide is a pressing concern for stakeholders today. Managers who meaningfully engage with their companies’ past actions can address historic harms while simultaneously contributing to their companies’ future success. The authors examine the factors that are pushing companies to take action now, and they offer guidance to help leaders begin the process of moving forward.

Vista: November 10, 2022, University Of San Diego

USD Vista (1965-)

No abstract provided.

Vista: November 3, 2022, University Of San Diego

USD Vista (1965-)

No abstract provided.

The Pedagogy Of "Equality", Sanford Levinson

The Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues

I was very grateful to receive an invitation to participate in the San Diego symposium on equality. The gratitude was tempered, however, by my realization that I had nothing of true value to contribute in terms of the deep theoretical problems surrounding the use (or critique) of the term “equality.” After all, “equality” has been the topic of systematic examination for roughly 2,500 years. More to the point, perhaps, is that I am scarcely an expert myself in the vast, and ever-growing, literature on the subject. As true of many other law professors, that has not kept me from writing …

"Hang The Kaiser:" Philosophically Mediated Explanations Of World War I By The Decisions And Actions Of Those Responsible For The War, Michael S. Moore

The Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues

There has been a long-standing curiosity about why Europe destroyed itself in 1914 by starting the catastrophe known as World War I. In the past decade some of this interest was no doubt due to the coincidental fact that one hundred years had passed since the events in question took place. But the origins of the War hold a much deeper interest than that. Part of that deeper interest stems from the perceived impact that War had on the subsequent history not only in Europe, but in the rest of the world—the Russian Revolution, the end of colonial empires, World …

Moral Equality?, Michael J. Perry

The Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues

The particular version of the foregoing question I address in the following pages is this: What nontheistic reason or reasons do we have, if any, to accept the morality of human rights, a core constituent of which is the right to moral equality: the right of every human being to be treated as the moral equal of every other human being in this sense: as equally entitled with every other human being to be treated—as no less worthy than any other human being of being treated—in what Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights calls “a spirit of …

Relevance And Equality: An Analytical Account, Pedro Moniz Lopes

The Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues

In day-to-day life, one is compelled to compare. In replying to a question on one’s favorite things, one will group them together based on the satisfaction one is provided with, leaving out the rest. In discussing the issue of spiteful people, one is promptly reminded of some common features of individuals whose actions typically meet the required criteria (or the criteria one sets for such category). In metaphorical speech—for instance, by descriptively asserting that “no man is an island”—one grounds the assertion on past knowledge of the prototypical isolation of islands to, then, negate the transfer of such features to …

Morey And Les, George Sher

The Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues

In my book Equality for Inegalitarians, I combined a sufficientarian approach to the distribution of resources and opportunities with an egalitarian approach to the distribution of a more abstract good that I called “the ability to live one’s life effectively.” As I defined living effectively, it requires a degree of success in the pursuit of one’s rational aims, so there is an obvious danger that even if two people both have sufficient resources and opportunities, the difference in the amount by which they exceed the threshold will cause them to differ in their ability to live effectively. However, to …

"Under Color Of Law"? Rogue Officials And The Real State Action Problem, Larry Alexander

The Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues

It is black letter law that violations of section one of the Fourteenth Amendment can only be committed by “the state.” For it is “the state” that the amendment commands not to abridge privileges or immunities of citizens, deprive persons of life, liberty, and property without due process of law, or deny persons equal protection of the law. And this prompts the question, how do we know when the state has acted?

One way the state acts is by legislating, by enacting rules of conduct. Lawmaking is a paradigmatically state action.

This state also acts by enforcing or implementing the …

Vista: October 27, 2022, University Of San Diego

USD Vista (1965-)

No abstract provided.

Guide To The Office Of The President: Kroc: Institute Of Peace And Justice Collection, University Of San Diego Office Of The President

University Records

This collection contains correspondence, committee documents, mission statement drafts, and plans related to the founding of the Joan B. Kroc Institute of Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego. The collection was assembled by Elaine Atencio, executive assistant to former President, Mary Lyons, and current President, James Harris.

Finding Aids are tools used to aid research by describing the materials in a collection. Special Collections Finding Aids include historical and/or biographical information along with a description of the collection and a folder listing of the content.

To view this collection please email University Archives and Special Collections staff …

Guide To The Saint Thomas More Library Gift Collection, Julia T. Metcalf, San Diego College For Women

Special Collections

This collection contains a bound book and original records detailing the donation of the Saint Thomas More Library to the San Diego College for Women by Dr. Julia Metcalf. The book and records include an account of the founding of Saint Thomas More Library, correspondence, telegrams, board of directors’ meeting minutes and resolutions, affidavit of service by mail, and a list of books in the collection.

Finding Aids are tools used to aid research by describing the materials in a collection. Special Collections Finding Aids include historical and/or biographical information along with a description of the collection and a folder …

Guide To The Bessie F. Collins Papers, Bessie F. Collins

Special Collections

Bessie F. Collins was a freelance writer, poet, and essayist who lived in the San Diego area from the 1970s through the early-1980s. The collection consists of her published and unpublished poems, essays, and plays as well as newspaper clippings and awards associated with those works.

Finding Aids are tools used to aid research by describing the materials in a collection. Special Collections Finding Aids include historical and/or biographical information along with a description of the collection and a folder listing of the content.

To view this collection please email University Archives and Special Collections staff at [email protected].

Vista: October 20, 2022, University Of San Diego

USD Vista (1965-)

No abstract provided.

Vista: October 13, 2022, University Of San Diego

USD Vista (1965-)

No abstract provided.

Vista: October 6, 2022, University Of San Diego

USD Vista (1965-)

No abstract provided.

Copley Connects | Fall 2022, University Of San Diego

Copley Connects Library Newsletter

Message From the Dean | 2

Alumni Works Reception | 4

COPLEY READS: Book Recommendations | 6

Problematizing Scholarly Publishing | 7

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Resources | 8

Library’s Pontem Partnership Expands | 9

Summer Programs at Copley | 10

Spotlight Feature: Julie Wright | 12

Staff News | 13

Alumni Works Art Catalogue | 14

Red Lip Theology with Candice Marie Benbow | 18

Digital Initiative Symposium: April 17-18, 2023 | 19

La Malinche Or Malinalli?: The Narrative We Know Versus The Narrative We Should, Kiana Rodriguez

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Born with the name Malinalli, La Malinche was an indigenous woman, part of the Nahua tribe, who was sold into slavery as a young girl. She was given as a gift to the Spanish upon their arrival to what we now know as Mexico, and she assisted Hernan Cortés in the conquest of Mexico through translations and guidance. Without her help, Cortés would have been lost, died, or had to turn back around. La Malinche is a complex figure as she is simultaneously viewed as a traitor by some, and hailed as the mother of Mexico by others. The purpose …

Usd Magazine Fall 2022, University Of San Diego

University of San Diego Magazine (1992- )

Torero News; Torero Athletics; Relentless Incrementalism; Hard Work Works; Forward Motion; Class Notes

Portrait Of The Artist’S Wife: Dorothea Webster Mitchell, 1894-1985, Molly Mcclain

History: Faculty Scholarship

Dorothea Webster Mitchell participated in the career of her husband, a well-known plein air artist Alfred R. Mitchell working in San Diego, California. The article reconstructs Dorothea's subjectivity, or changing conceptions of herself as a creative and artistic woman who found herself enmeshed in her husband's life and work.

Pushing The Needle: Vaccination Mandates In The Age Of Covid, Lucien J. Dhooge

San Diego Law Review

Recent surveys of employers indicate growing support for mandatory COVID vaccination as a condition of employment. However, employer consensus is not universal, and there remains considerable reluctance despite the Biden administration’s recently announced vaccination policies. This manuscript examines arguments against employer mandates followed by suggested strategies for employers who insist on adopting vaccination policies. The manuscript argues in favor of state vaccination mandates with a focus on the government’s unique advantages unavailable to private employers. The manuscript concludes that, despite misgivings regarding private vaccination mandates, it is time to heed the advice of the medical and public health communities and …

Antigone And Les Misérables: A Pathetic Look At Jury Nullification, Andrew Lambert

San Diego Law Review

This paper considers whether and why criminal juries choose to "nullify" a verdict by acquitting the defendant despite the prosecution proving its case beyond a reasonable doubt. To examine jury nullification, this paper turns to two pieces of theater - Antigone and Les Misérables. In each play, the protagonist is unquestionably guilty of a crime but the audience champions them anyway. Examining why audiences absolve the protagonists explains why juries acquit otherwise guilty defendants.

Vista: September 29, 2022, University Of San Diego

USD Vista (1965-)

No abstract provided.

Vista: September 22, 2022, University Of San Diego

USD Vista (1965-)

No abstract provided.

Japanese Buddhist Women In Hawai‘I: Waves Of Change, Karma Lekshe Tsomo

Theology and Religious Studies: Faculty Scholarship

Beginning in the latter half of the nineteenth century, successive waves of Japanese Buddhist immigrants settled in the Kingdom of Hawai‘i, bringing with them a variety of Japanese Buddhist schools and traditions. Overcoming many hardships, Japanese immigrant women worked with great devotion to help establish numerous temples in the Hawai‘i through Buddhist women’s associations known as Fujinkai. These dedicated women not only maintained ancestral Buddhist practices but also integrated Japanese Buddhist, native Hawaiian, and other cultural elements in ways that were entirely new. Persevering through the war years and through successive waves of cultural adaptation, they transmitted and protected Buddhist …

Vista: September 15, 2022, University Of San Diego

USD Vista (1965-)

No abstract provided.

Patient Perception Of Intensive Care Unit Discomfort, Essa Hakamy

Dissertations

Background: Discomfort has a significant effect on patient health and well-being; however, the symptoms are often difficult to address in ICU. Most patients in ICU are unable to communicate, making it difficult for physicians and nurses to distinguish between pain and discomfort. For example, artificial airways and assisted ventilation prevent patients from communicating. Patients may also have difficulty communicating due to delirium, fatigue, sedation, or neurological disease. Rationale: Discomfort has a considerable influence on patient health outcomes and well-being if not identified and addressed. Researchers have not explicitly explored discomfort apart from pain, which underscores the importance of studying the …