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Exploring Opportunity In America: Immigrant Entrepreneurship And Rags To Riches Success, Anna Erdheim
Exploring Opportunity In America: Immigrant Entrepreneurship And Rags To Riches Success, Anna Erdheim
Honors Theses
The United States is, indeed, a land of vast opportunity. A diverse group of individuals continually benefit from the prospects provided by this inherently free nation. Although some constraints in America have prevented people from realizing their ultimate potentials, this nation offers immense possibilities overall to progress socially, economically, and culturally. America allows for people of all socioeconomic, religious, racial, and ethnic backgrounds to take full advantage of the various opportunities offered by this mainly egalitarian land. I will demonstrate how various people have emerged from disadvantaged circumstances to succeed in the United States. In America, the majority of successful …
Resistance Of Forest Community Types To Structural And Compositional Change Following Beech Bark Disease Infestation, Sarah Ann Hoskinson
Resistance Of Forest Community Types To Structural And Compositional Change Following Beech Bark Disease Infestation, Sarah Ann Hoskinson
Honors Theses
Pathogens change forest composition and structure by selectively eliminating susceptible individuals and species. Caused by a complex between an exotic scale insect and fungi, beech bark disease has infected mature American beech (Fagus grandifolia) trees through most of the species range. Before succumbing to the disease, infected trees generate root sprouts, transforming beech from a dominant canopy species into an abundant subcanopy species. Root sprouting can create dense beech thickets that interfere with the regeneration of other species. Exclusion of species from the understory has ecological and economic implications. This study compared forest community types for their resistance to compositional …
Patterns Of Dorm Energy Use And Potential Opportunities For Dorm Energy Conservation At Colby College, Sarah Kelly
Patterns Of Dorm Energy Use And Potential Opportunities For Dorm Energy Conservation At Colby College, Sarah Kelly
Honors Theses
This thesis research began in the fall; around the same time President Adams predicted that the school would pay one million dollars more than budgeted this academic year on energy due to the rising energy prices (Adams, pers. comm.). Students, their families, and the college would bear this monetary burden. Solutions that lower energy costs would benefit many different parties. Dorms use a large amount of energy. Unlike many energy demands on campus that are relatively constant, dorm rooms are flexible in their energy use because students can change their energy use patterns. Many areas of energy waste characterize dorm …
Role Of Home Equity In Retirement Saving: Building Your Nest (Egg), Caroline Theoharides
Role Of Home Equity In Retirement Saving: Building Your Nest (Egg), Caroline Theoharides
Honors Theses
This study examines the role of home equity in retirement saving. Using data from the 2001 and 2003 Panel Study of Income Dynamics, this study first updates the existing literature by regressing active saving on real housing capital gains using median regression techniques. Consistent with the literature, an increase in housing capital gains results in a decrease in active saving. While the active saving literature provides an initial analytical framework regarding saving behavior and home equity, the demographic shift in the U.S. due to the imminent retirement of the baby boomers indicates that the impact of changes in home equity …
Non-Adherence: A Symptom Of The Current Health Care Model, Margaret Duggan
Non-Adherence: A Symptom Of The Current Health Care Model, Margaret Duggan
Honors Theses
This paper aims to provide a systematic review of the discourse surrounding patient adherence in an effort to illustrate the extent of the problem, how it is framed, and how intervention is currently approached. The paper begins with a general review of adherence, to ground the reader in the current discourse. The next section of the paper will focus specifically on adherence through the lens of HIV/AIDS. Since HIV/AIDS treatment and adherence to antiretroviral drugs is pertinent to adherence issues due to the complexity and lifelong duration of treatment. Furthermore, adherence with HIV/AIDS medications is particularly important due to the …
Modernist Success In A Postmodern Failure: Jackson Pollock And Abstract Expressionism, The Avant-Garde And The Ascension Of Late Capitalism, Art After 1945, Russell Gullette
Modernist Success In A Postmodern Failure: Jackson Pollock And Abstract Expressionism, The Avant-Garde And The Ascension Of Late Capitalism, Art After 1945, Russell Gullette
Honors Theses
It is hard to imagine the magnitude of the events at the end of World War II. The thought produced in the face of a myriad of deaths is almost unfeasible sixty years after the fact, but the energy was integral to the changing social landscape. Because of the country's prominence in and fortitude after the war, the U.S. was left responsible for reshaping and rejuvenating the international landscape that was destroyed by the years of brutal fighting and vile contestation. The American establishment was granted a major opportunity to establish itself amongst the global leaders. Such a grand responsibility …
How Should Physicians Be Motivated To Fulfill Social Obligations?, Jackie Knupp
How Should Physicians Be Motivated To Fulfill Social Obligations?, Jackie Knupp
Honors Theses
Health is instrumental to the ability of individuals to fulfill their potential. The societal systems designed to nurture health are thereby particularly important both for the flourishing of the individual and that of society, for a society flourishes to the extent that each of its individual members flourishes. The medical professionals who strive to preserve good health in their communities through these systems are integral to the maintenance of a thriving society. They are the individuals most directly responsible for the quality of health care available to community members. It is their medical prowess and critical thinking skills that determine …
The Presence, Prevalence And Antibiotic Resistance Of Microbes In The Pamunkey River Basin, Christina Mcdowell
The Presence, Prevalence And Antibiotic Resistance Of Microbes In The Pamunkey River Basin, Christina Mcdowell
Honors Theses
This project examined the presence, prevalence and antibiotic resistance of Coliforms (mainly Escherichia coli), Staph/occocus aureus, fecal Streptococcus, andEnterobacteriacae found in the water samples taken from three selected sites on the North Anna, South Anna, and Little Rivers of the Pamunkey River Basin. The diversity and concentration of the microbes isolated from these sites was evaluated in late January and late March allowing for a comparison of the occurrence of microbes at different times and between the different sites. Over the course of two months the concentration of colonies increased based on colony counts from Nutrient agar. The rate of …
Pilgrimage Of Dignity : Pope John Paul Ii's June 1979 Visit To Poland, Przemyslaw P. Polaski
Pilgrimage Of Dignity : Pope John Paul Ii's June 1979 Visit To Poland, Przemyslaw P. Polaski
Honors Theses
Pope John Paul II's first visit to Poland took place in June of 1979. The pilgrimage was arguably one of the most important trips of his pontificate. Within a matter of days the Pope was able to transform Polish society, inspire hope, and ignite a sense of collective dignity. Through a series of rhetorically powerful speeches the pilgrim awakened the oppressed nation and questioned the foundations of Communist authority to rule. Talking about the inalienable rights of man, the Pope stirred up a longing for freedom that matured with the birth of the Solidarity Movement in 1980. His epical journey …
Kichi Mondai (The Military Base Problem) : A Study Of How American Bases In Okinawa Are Presented To The American People, Mark Carney
Honors Theses
Media representations play a role in how one perceives a particular space. The American media presented the American military bases in Okinawa during the period of American civil administration (1945-1972) as necessary and beneficial for the Okinawan people . Because the media linked the bases and the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (USCAR) as dependent upon one another, the media considered the benefits brought to Okinawa by the existence ofUSCAR a result of the bases as well. Despite Okinawan resistance to both USCAR and the military bases, the press presented the Okinawan people as actually wanting the …
Development Of Proliferation Assays To Explore The Role Of Calcium Activated Potassium Channels In Cell Proliferation, Sean Foster
Development Of Proliferation Assays To Explore The Role Of Calcium Activated Potassium Channels In Cell Proliferation, Sean Foster
Honors Theses
Due to the large variety of K† channel families implicated in cancer cell proliferation, it is desirable to develop techniques capable of quickly and reliably screening a variety of potential channels for a role in proliferation. While there are many established cell counting procedures, the time-consuming nature of such protocols limits their usefulness in broadly identifying particular channels in uncharacterized cell lines. For this reason, a primary goal of the present research was the development of techniques capable of implicating particular ion channels in proliferation with both qualitative and quantitative data. Once this goal was accomplished, the project sought …
Political Differentiation In Consumer Preferences For Underdog Businesses : Does Everybody Love A Winner?, Kelly O'Connor
Political Differentiation In Consumer Preferences For Underdog Businesses : Does Everybody Love A Winner?, Kelly O'Connor
Honors Theses
In an exploratory study of the intersection between the worlds of social behavior and personal economics, this experiment will examine the links between political ideology and consumer preference for an ''underdog" business. The stereotypical image of the Mom and Pop comer store is romantic, but when we juxtapose this sentiment with the convenience and predictability of shopping at a giant retailer, it is unclear which store consumers will prefer, and why. This study tested the hypothesis that individuals with more liberal political orientations will be more likely to exhibit a preference for underdog businesses than individuals with conservative political leanings, …
American Travelers In Palestine : Origins Of Holy Land Discourse In Nineteeth-Century America, Matthew R. Scutari
American Travelers In Palestine : Origins Of Holy Land Discourse In Nineteeth-Century America, Matthew R. Scutari
Honors Theses
Throughout the nineteenth century, American writers, journalists, explorers, and pilgrims traveled to the region then known as Palestine, publishing travel narratives upon their return to the U.S. Such narratives were wildly popular during this period, and the accounts of these travelers quickly made their way into the nation's collective consciousness. From personal libraries to Sunday school classrooms, their depictions of the Holy Land, which reflected a uniquely American biblical tradition, ultimately painted a picture of Palestine that closely conformed to popular preconceptions of what the Holy Land ought to be, stubbornly resisting contradiction and reinforcing stereotypes already held by many …
Courting Disaster : Women, Romance, And Novels In Eighteenth And Nineteenth Century Britain, Beth J. Massie
Courting Disaster : Women, Romance, And Novels In Eighteenth And Nineteenth Century Britain, Beth J. Massie
Honors Theses
Society always fears that something is corrupting its youth and therefore dooming the future. In the late eighteenth century, British High Society believed that the sentimental and overly dramatic courtship novel was adversely affecting the actions of marriageable young women. In response to these fears, women writers of the early nineteenth century produced literature designed to guide young women safely and happily through the steps of courtship and marriage. The impact of British society's changing views on courtship and marriage combined with the fears raised by the courtship novel in the minds of older society transformed the courtship novel of …
Playing The Game Our Own Way: A Social Perspective On Jazz And Blues In Southern Literature, Landon Christian Pollard
Playing The Game Our Own Way: A Social Perspective On Jazz And Blues In Southern Literature, Landon Christian Pollard
Honors Theses
This project is an attempt to examine the social realm of jazz and blues music within Southern literature. Specifically, this thesis analyzes works of fiction, combined with knowledge of scholarly articles and essays, to draw conclusions and parallels between jazz and blues music and the selected works within Southern literature. The first chapter focuses primarily on the social role of the jazz and blues musicians, defining and exploring the way in which these musicians move within social space. The second chapter focuses on Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, using the aspiring jazz musician as a model for the novel and journey …
Media & Literature: American Cinema And C.S. Lewis's The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe, Laura B. Rigby
Media & Literature: American Cinema And C.S. Lewis's The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe, Laura B. Rigby
Honors Theses
This thesis analyzes the characters and Christian spiritual themes in C. S. Lewis’s work The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and examines the disparity between Lewis’s original work and the 2005 Walt Disney Productions film adaptation of the text. Through the examination of the differences between the two works, this study assesses the degree of theme shift and provides possible explanations for the changes.
The French Non: The Socialist Party, Relocations, Economic Concerns, Christine Erin Day
The French Non: The Socialist Party, Relocations, Economic Concerns, Christine Erin Day
Honors Theses
A study that covers the factors which contributed to the French Rejection of the Treaty on the Constitution of the European Union. Using results from polling, the study looks at why the French named relocations, unemployment, and liberal policies as justification for the No vote.
Advice’S Effect: The Role Of Western Advisors On Russian Privatization Policy, Nicholas James Greene
Advice’S Effect: The Role Of Western Advisors On Russian Privatization Policy, Nicholas James Greene
Honors Theses
This paper seeks to investigate the role that western advisors played in Russia’s transition to a market economy during the 1990s. In order to answer this question a wide variety of sources were consulted. Scholarly papers, books on the subject, and works by the participants themselves all played. Through my investigation it became clear that advisors played little, if any, role in influencing policy. A host of domestic ideas and political factors were far more important in determining what strategy was pursued.
The Cost Of Wealth: The Saudi Struggle For Sustainable Development., Benjamin Laird Hammond
The Cost Of Wealth: The Saudi Struggle For Sustainable Development., Benjamin Laird Hammond
Honors Theses
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Fragmentation Within The Modern Basque Nationalist Movement And Its Implications For Basque Cultural Identity, Kathryn Zoe Merrell
Fragmentation Within The Modern Basque Nationalist Movement And Its Implications For Basque Cultural Identity, Kathryn Zoe Merrell
Honors Theses
This thesis explores the Basque Nationalist Movement from its inception to modem times. Through the exploration of empirical data, this thesis will show how the processes of industrialization, urbanization, immigration, globalization, and the dissemination of information through the mass media affect the Nationalist ideology in the Basque region. In the conclusion, it becomes apparent that the Nationalist ideology becomes increasingly water downed as Nationalist leaders attempt to make their brand of Nationalism more appealing to the Spanish government and the European Union. By doing this, the Basque Nationalist Movement reflects the changing cultural identity of the Basque region and shows …
What's Behind Genocide?: The Social Construction Of Ethnicity And Mass Killing, Brianna Marie Phillips
What's Behind Genocide?: The Social Construction Of Ethnicity And Mass Killing, Brianna Marie Phillips
Honors Theses
This thesis offers insight into the causes of genocide through a comparative analysis of four incidents, two that are seen as ideologically-based and two that are seen as the result of ethnic conflict: the mass killing that occurred during Joseph Stalin’s reign in the Soviet Union, specifically the period from the early 1930s to the late 1940s, the genocide that occurred in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, that which took place against Bosnian Muslims from 1992 to 1995, and the Rwandan genocide of 1994. To determine the of each of the respective genocides, constructivist theories of the factors behind ethnic …
Myths, Stereotypes And Truths: A Critical Look At The Relationship Between Africans And African-Americans., Jennifer Olufemi Salu
Myths, Stereotypes And Truths: A Critical Look At The Relationship Between Africans And African-Americans., Jennifer Olufemi Salu
Honors Theses
This study focuses on the relationship between Africans and African-Americans and examines the w ay many members of each group perceive the other. In examining the relationship between each group, the study focuses on looking at some of the myths and stereotypes many Africans, especially African students and immigrants in the United States, have of African-Americans and vice-versa and the impact these myths and stereotypes have on the way members of both groups view each other. This study also focuses on understanding and some of the unique challenges members of each group face in trying to correct mistaken assumptions about …
Beyond The Binary: Rorty Rushdie, Zachary Mori Bonner
Beyond The Binary: Rorty Rushdie, Zachary Mori Bonner
Honors Theses
Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children is a two-pronged postcolonial critique. Saleem Sinai's metanarrative of emancipation that also overhauls the postcolonial episteme.^ While Rushdie's confrontation of native subjectivity and the epistemic structures that inhibit the native's agency are plainly rooted in the postcolonial conversation, the major theorists in the field do not offer models of opposition that properly house his intervention. The work of Edward Said, Homi K. Bhabha, and Gayatri Spivak is representative of the trajectory of the strategies of discursive opposition to the employed by postcolonial theory. None of these theorists' metaphors for opposition create sufficient distance from the knowledge …
Rearranging The Bricks: Poems, Ryan Landry Clark
Rearranging The Bricks: Poems, Ryan Landry Clark
Honors Theses
During my three years at the University of Mississippi I have confirmed what I had initially decided upon in my last year of high school. I want to be a writer. For the past few years I have taken several baby steps toward this goal, but this thesis has been my first true stride. In writing the poems that appear in this thesis I was required to compose first drafts and discuss them with my thesis advisor, Beth Ann Fennelly, who made several critiques and pointed out to me my most common problems. One of her biggest concerns was that …
Media Coverage And Disaster Relief: Is A Picture Worth A Thousand Words?, Jessica H. Minty
Media Coverage And Disaster Relief: Is A Picture Worth A Thousand Words?, Jessica H. Minty
Honors Theses
This paper analyzes the effect of media coverage on donations made to relief agencies. Specifically, this empirical analysis examines the effect of the daily volume of domestic newspaper and television coverage devoted to the December 26, 2004 tsunami on daily web donations to U.S. relief agencies. Media coverage, as measured by daily newspaper word and picture counts and by daily total television minutes positively affects the amount of donations relief agencies receive. In addition, media coverage is found to have a greater effect on donations for some agencies than for others.
Environmental Awareness Of Waterville Junior High School Students, Jenna Morrison
Environmental Awareness Of Waterville Junior High School Students, Jenna Morrison
Honors Theses
An environmental awareness survey was designed to assess the influences of gender and grade level on the relationships among outdoor experience, environmental knowledge, and environmental behavior at Waterville Junior High School, Waterville, ME. Environmental awareness indicates a fundamental understanding of the natural world, which is essential for developing future sustainable development. The foundation and acquisition of environmental knowledge of Waterville Junior High School students was determined using the multiple-choice survey. A total of 125 sixth graders and 136 eighth graders were surveyed. 61% of sixth graders and 73% of eighth graders indicated that their most common source of environmental information …
The 'Parisian Prowler': The Effects Of Modernity On Flanerie And Poetry Of Charles Baudelaire, Caroline Turner Dye
The 'Parisian Prowler': The Effects Of Modernity On Flanerie And Poetry Of Charles Baudelaire, Caroline Turner Dye
Honors Theses
This thesis explores the physical changes wrought in nineteenth century Paris that ushered the city into modernity, and led to the creation of a new figure, the flaneur. Through the eyes of one Parisian author specifically, Charles Baudelaire, I will the character of the flaneur in his historical context. examine Research was performed both in Paris during the summer of 2005, with walking tours of the city and reading original texts, and throughout the fall semester of 2005. Primary sources, maps, lithographs, photographs, and interviews were consulted as I uncovered the architectural modifications that occurred during the Second Empire under …
A Risk Analysis Of Ambrosia Furniture Company, Jared Foster Martin
A Risk Analysis Of Ambrosia Furniture Company, Jared Foster Martin
Honors Theses
The following analysis was created upon request from Ambrosia Furniture Company in an attempt to fully identify, analyze, and address exposure to risk. In order to evaluate and identify specific areas of risk, the report takes into consideration financial records, history of losses, and reviews company policies. These areas of risk were then further examined and analyzed to determine what actions and managerial techniques would best minimize their costs and effects. With these principles in mind, this report has further delineated these exposures into five primary groups. These groups were then correlated so as to allow for a more efficient …
The Truth Shall Set You Free: Journalists' Addiction To Truth In The Face Of Danger, Margaret O'Brien Middleton
The Truth Shall Set You Free: Journalists' Addiction To Truth In The Face Of Danger, Margaret O'Brien Middleton
Honors Theses
As maligned as they may be at times, journalists are constantly relied upon for information. Everyday, people watch television, read newspapers, and browse articles on the internet about dangerous events happening throughout the world. It is journalists’ responsibility to bring this news to their readers. However, many stories come with a very high price. In order to report on the things that are most important to society - things that are also usually the most dangerous -journalists are forced to put themselves in the line of fire to deliver the story. The question that this thesis strives to answer is …
Spears For Hire: The Utilization And Motivations Of Greek Mercenaries In The Archaic And Classical Ages., Stephen Kyle Tadlock
Spears For Hire: The Utilization And Motivations Of Greek Mercenaries In The Archaic And Classical Ages., Stephen Kyle Tadlock
Honors Theses
Greek mercenaries were widespread in the Mediterranean in the Archaic and Classical periods. This thesis examines the mercenaries themselves and the kingdoms that employed them in order to discover both why mercenaries turned to the service and why rulers hired them. The focus is primarily on Greek hoplites serving in the kingdoms of Persia and Egypt, although other mercenaries and other employers are also considered. Most of the sources used in this study were Greek literary works in translation, although some use was made of archaeological, epigraphical and rhetorical evidence. The ancient sources used were chosen based upon previous readings …