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The Grizzly, February 14, 2019, Courtney A. Duchene, Tom Cardozo, Jen Joseph, Madison Rodak, Shelsea Deravil, Skylar Haas, Sienna Coleman, Thomas Bantley, Daniel Walker, Zack Muredda, Gabriela Howell

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Drone Policy Brings Safer Skies • A Quick Word on Wellness • The New V.P.'s Agenda • Ashley Henderson Joins IIE • Job, Internship and Networking Fair • LGBTea Time: A Safe, Open, and Supportive Event • Opinions: Elitism of Davos is Repulsive and Out-of-Touch; Climate Denial is More Malicious Than Ignorant • Love and Basketball and Tennis • Men's Lax Prepped for Start of Season

The Grizzly, February 7, 2019, Courtney A. Duchene, Jen Joseph, Sam Rosenthal, Shelsea Deravil, Johnny Myers, Sienna Coleman, Kevin Leon, William Wehrs, Mark Leduc, Gabriela Howell

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Dean Nolan Recalls her 33 Year Career at Ursinus • Berman Exhibits Spotlight Opioid Crisis, Patriarchy • Senior Alumni Award: Its History and Value • Rhiannon Giddens to be 2019 Commencement Speaker • Inclusive Community Grant Awardees Announced • Externship Profile: Christopher Karmilowicz Explores the World of Finance • Opinions: U.S. Should Keep its Hands Off Venezuela; The Opioid Crisis: Widespread and Institutional • Men's Hoops Upsets #10 Swarthmore; Williams Jr. Earns CC Player of the Week • Konstanzer Joins 1,000 Point Club

Assessing The Effect Of Patient To Provider Language Discordance On Depression Screening Utilizing The Patient Health Questionnaire: An Epidemiology Study., Luis A. Murillo, Georgi Alex Grekoff, John C. Sheffield

Reading Hospital Family Medicine Residency

Background: As depression screening becomes a standard in primary care, the question remains of how effective and equitable screening can be implemented to avoid cultural and language-related disparities.

Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, rates of depression screening were compared for 3626 adult patients at a family medicine residency-based health centre in Pennsylvania, USA. The PHQ-2/PHQ-9 modality was verbally administered by nursing staff at the time of patient intake as part of a universal screening initiative. Chi-square analysis was used to determine the univariate associations of performed depression screening with variables of language, ethnicity, gender and number of office visits. …

Assessing The Effect Of Patient To Provider Language Discordance On Depression Screening Utilizing The Patient Health Questionnaire: An Epidemiology Study., Luis A. Murillo, Georgi Alex Grekoff, John C. Sheffield

Reading Hospital Family Medicine Residency

Background: As depression screening becomes a standard in primary care, the question remains of how effective and equitable screening can be implemented to avoid cultural and language-related disparities.

Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, rates of depression screening were compared for 3626 adult patients at a family medicine residency-based health centre in Pennsylvania, USA. The PHQ-2/PHQ-9 modality was verbally administered by nursing staff at the time of patient intake as part of a universal screening initiative. Chi-square analysis was used to determine the univariate associations of performed depression screening with variables of language, ethnicity, gender and number of office visits. …

Land Surveying In Early Pennsylvania: A Case Study In A Global Context, Marcus Gallo

2019 Faculty Bibliography

By the end of the seventeenth century, Anglo-Americans on both sides of the Atlantic accepted the importance of surveying to any system of land ownership. Most historians of colonial British have similarly taken colonial surveying practices as a given. This article complicates these assumptions through an examination of Pennsylvania in a wider context. In fact, land policy in colonial Anglo-America differed significantly from practices elsewhere in the early modern world. English colonizers embraced a model of settler colonialism that created a market for land, thus encouraging the proliferation of modern surveying practices.

Late Devonian Sedimentary Record Of Appalachian Tectonics And Erosion: Geochronology And Geochemistry Of Detrital Muscovite And Zircon From Central Pennsylvania Strata, Cole T. Gardner

Honors Theses

Foreland basin sediment deposition in North-Central Pennsylvania during Late Devonian time records erosion of hinterland source terranes exhumed during regional plate convergence, including the collisional Acadian orogeny. The Catskill clastic wedge preserves a coarsening-upwards stratigraphic succession from marine to fluvial environments associated with sediment progradation and sea-level regression, yet depositional timescales and quantitative provenance data are largely unconstrained.

Detailed facies analysis of eight outcrops spanning >2 km of stratigraphy in Lycoming Co., Pennsylvania documents distinct upsection changes, interpreted to reflect changes in depositional environments consistent with previous sedimentology of the Catskill clastic wedge. Stratigraphy displays a transition from nearshore marine …

Referendum On The Revolution: The Pennsylvania Constitutional Debate, 1776-1784, Tristan James New

Online Theses and Dissertations

The Pennsylvania constitution of 1776 ignited an extensive and intractable debate that remained at the center of the state’s politics throughout the Revolutionary period. This debate encompassed disagreement over a broad range of questions relating to the relationship between government and society, many of which brought into question the implications of the concept of popular sovereignty for governmental structure and popular political agency. Competing notions regarding these issues, while expressed within a general framework of consensus concerning the source of political authority [the people], revealed fundamentally different visions of governmental order. Partisans presented these visions as inextricably connected to their …

Weir Family Collection (Mss 651), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 651. Letters and papers of the Weir family of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, and related members of the Rumsey and Miller families. Well-to-do merchants and farmers, the Weirs were leading supporters of the Union during the Civil War, providing advocacy, financial support, and military service. Includes full-text scans of a letter from the brother of steamboat pioneer James Rumsey defending his legacy as an innovator; James Weir's journal; James Weir's will; the annotated recollections of Edward Weir, Sr.; and two letters from former Weir slaves recolonized in Liberia (Click on "Additional files" below).

The Grizzly, October 25, 2018, Courtney A. Duchene, Shelsea Deravil, Madison Rodak, Mark Leduc, Kevin Leon, Sophia Dibattista, Daniel Walker, Gabriela Howell, Sam Rosenthal

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

New Discriminatory Act Policy Draws Criticism • Radium Girls Will Take the Stage this November • Good and Bad News on Campus Safety • Dr. Tristan Ashcroft Receives Teaching Excellence Award • L.A.X. Strives to Meet the Need for Representation of Latin American Culture on Campus • Meet Quinn Gilman-Forlini • Opinion: "The Romanoffs": Death Knell for Streamable "Prestige TV" • Highlights from the Annual Securities and Fire Safety Report • Fresh-faced UC Women's Rugby Team Continues to Show Improvement • He's Good: Senior Kirk Cherneskie Nails Transition from Linebacker to Kicker

The Grizzly, September 20, 2018, Johnny Myers, Madison Rodak, Kim Corona, Linda Mcintyre, Shelsea Deravil, Samantha Zubler, Kevin Leon, Gabriela Howell, Sam Rosenthal, David Mendelsohn, Courtney A. Duchene

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Changes to Faculty Parking Disgruntle Students • Berman Opens Two New Exhibits for the Fall Semester • Inclusive Community Fellowships and Grants • Healing Hurt People at the Parlee Center • Two-Legged Dog Runs Away Then Finally Finds Forever Home: Meet Deuce, Professor Scudera's Newest Dog • Help Wanted: UCARE Fall Volunteering Opportunities • Opinions: Greek Life at Ursinus is Dying; Anonymous New York Times Op-Ed is Cowardly • Football Dominates in First Three Games • UC Gymnastics has New Coach in Valenti

Snc Day: A September Tradition

St. Norbert Times

• News
  • SNC Day: A September Tradition
  • Economic Study’s Promising Results for Allouez
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• Opinion
  • The Importance of Arguments
  • What the Future Might Hold
  • Living Simply: A Reflection
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• Features
  • Ruth’s Marketplace Remodeled
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• Entertainment
  • Student Spotlight
  • Sudoku
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  • Where is Hip-Hop Going?
  • Winners and Loser of Summer 2018
  • Music Opinion
  • Junk Drawer: Reboots We Want to See
• Sports
  • Men’s Soccer Defeats Lakeland, 14-0
  • “QB: 1 Beyond the Lights” Review
  • Diving Into New Tradition
  • Friday Wrap Up: Volleyball, XC

The Grizzly, September 13, 2018, Courtney A. Duchene, Kim Corona, Jenna Severa, Kevin Leon, Madison Rodak, Sophia Dibattista, William Wehrs, Gabriela Howell, Sam Rosenthal

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Reim Time? Not Until After 8 P.M. • Welcoming the New Chaplain and Director of Religious and Spiritual Life • Pre-plated Portions Prove Perplexing, Promising? • Ursinus is Crafting a "Values Statement" • IDC, But They Do: Professors Weigh In On the IDC • Return of the Ursinusaur • Opinion: Betsy DeVos' Proposed Changes Would be Harmful; Elon Musk is Not That Great • Massive First-Year Football Class Adjusts to Life at Ursinus • Field Hockey Aims to Regain Centennial Conference Supremacy

Myocardial Dysfunction After Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Predictors And Prognostic Implications., Yuan Yao, Nicholas James Johnson, Sarah Muirhead Perman, Vimal Ramjee, Anne Victoria Grossestreuer, David Foster Gaieski

Department of Emergency Medicine Faculty Papers

We aim to determine the incidence of early myocardial dysfunction after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, risk factors associated with its development, and association with outcome. A retrospective chart review was performed among consecutive out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients who underwent echocardiography within 24 h of return of spontaneous circulation at three urban teaching hospitals. Our primary outcome is early myocardial dysfunction, defined as a left ventricular ejection fraction < 40% on initial echocardiogram. We also determine risk factors associated with myocardial dysfunction using multivariate analysis, and examine its association with survival and neurologic outcome. A total of 190 patients achieved ROSC and underwent echocardiography within 24 h. Of these, 83 (44%) patients had myocardial dysfunction. A total of 37 (45%) patients with myocardial dysfunction survived to discharge, 39% with intact neurologic status. History of congestive heart failure (OR 6.21; 95% CI 2.54-15.19), male gender (OR 2.27; 95% CI 1.08-4.78), witnessed arrest (OR 4.20; 95% CI 1.78-9.93), more than three doses of epinephrine (OR 6.10; 95% CI 1.12-33.14), more than four defibrillations (OR 4.7; 95% CI 1.35-16.43), longer duration of resuscitation (OR 1.06; 95% CI 1.01-1.10), and therapeutic hypothermia (OR 3.93; 95% CI 1.32-11.75) were associated with myocardial dysfunction. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation immediately initiated by healthcare personnel was associated with lower odds of myocardial dysfunction (OR 0.40; 95% CI 0.17-0.97). There was no association between early myocardial dysfunction and mortality or neurological outcome. Nearly half of OHCA patients have myocardial dysfunction. A number of clinical factors are associated with myocardial dysfunction, and may aid providers in anticipating which patients need early diagnostic evaluation and specific treatments. Early myocardial dysfunction is not associated with neurologically intact survival.

2018-2019 Ursinus College Course Catalogue, Office Of The Registrar

Ursinus College Catalogues, 1869-Present

A digital copy of the 2018-2019 Ursinus College Catalog. It contains details of the curriculum, departmental requirements and courses of instruction as well as core requirements such as the Common Intellectual Experience (CIE) and Independent Learning Experience (ILE). Academic policies, special opportunities and scholarships, off-campus programs and graduation requirements are also outlined.

State Court Litigation: The New Front In The War Against Partisan Gerrymandering, Charlie Stewart

Michigan Law Review Online

Partisan gerrymandering is the process of drafting state and congressional districts in a manner that gives one political party an advantage over another. The end goal is simple: help your party win more seats or protect existing ones. The tactic is as old as the United States. In 1788, Patrick Henry convinced the Virginia state legislature to draw the 5th Congressional District to pit his rival James Madison against James Monroe. The term “gerrymander” itself is a hybrid: in 1810, democratic Governor Gerry signed a partisan redistricting plan into law—one that contained a district that infamously looked like a salamander. …

The Grizzly, April 12, 2018, Valerie Osborne, Emily Shue, Kayla O'Mahoney, Lisa Nghe, Courtney A. Duchene, Sophia Dibattista, Julie Krasutsky, Skyler L. Gailing, Paige Szmodis, Xichang Wu, Taylor Schaeffer, Gabriela Howell

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

"The Distance Between Us": Ursinus Welcomes Mexican-American Author Reyna Grande • Lantern Launch Celebrates All Things Creative About Ursinus • Berman Museum Opens Annual Student Exhibition • International Perspective: Easter Festivities in Prague Recall Student's Childhood Celebrations • Senior Awarded Fulbright Scholarship • Students Present at Celebration of Student Achievement • Summer Looks Bright for Dr. Lori Daggar • Opinions: Ursinus Needs More Science Labs for Humanities Students; Facebook's Data Scandal Reveals Need for Privacy Protection • Men's Lax Maintains Optimism Amid Rocky Season • T&F Impresses in Outdoor Opener

The Lantern, 2017-2018, Solana Warner, Chiara Demelfi, Emily Shue, Matt Dwyer, Clara Baker, Jason Bennett, Brandon Carey, Kim Corona, Millie Drury, Courtney A. Duchene, Samuel Ernst, Giselle Horrell, Sarah Howell, Nicole Kosar, Malcolm Loh, Morgan Mcafee, Johnathan Myers, Ren Toscano, Daniel Walker, Robin Gow, Albert Hahn, Rae Hodenfield, Paige Szmodis, Madison Bradley, Teddi Caputo '18, Faith Carson, Taahira Davis, Chiara Demelfi, Mya D. Flood, Sophia Driscoll Gamber, Jada A. Grice, Kevin Leon, Joseph Makuc, Valerie Osborne, Janice Partee, Megan Sear, Kara E. Travis, Julian Barocas, Sarah Defelice, Olivia Glover, Mario J. Heitman, Robert Varney

The Lantern Literary Magazines, 1933 to Present

On Dissociation • Untouchable • After "Rocket Man" • The Science Fair • Cardinal Rule at Stephen J. Memorial • Quentin & Sylvie • Cabello • The Get Out • Painting Day • Black, White and Grey • Family Pruning • How to Remove a Stain • Becoming Ourselves • Wonderbread U • Overture • Pescadero • Gross • Stage Fright • Lucky Daddy • Sarah • Rumble • Silvermine • The Green Iguana • A Poem for Ghost Children • A Poem for Lost Boys • Mother • Drop of Grease • Don't Wanna be White • I • …

The Grizzly, March 1, 2018, Valerie Osborne, Kim Corona, Naseem Syed, Sam Isola, Kevin Leon, Sophia Dibattista, Serena Schaefer, Robin Gow, Paige Szmodis, David Mendelsohn, Gabriela Howell

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Ursinus Administrators Hold Info Session to Discuss Sexual Misconduct Allegations • Collegeville Mayor Reflects on Career in Political Activism • Assistant Dean for International Studies Conducts Study Abroad Research • Multiple Yoga Courses Offered on Campus • Say Yes to Positive Sex Education • Digitizing the Past, Present and Future • Opinions: Respecting Women Requires Questioning Masculinity; Lysistrata is More Than Just a Greek Sex Comedy • Men's Basketball Downed in CC Semifinal • Both UC Tennis Teams Ranked No. 7 in CC

The Grizzly, February 15, 2018, Valerie Osborne, Sophia Dibattista, Kevin Leon, Naseem Syed, Julie Krasutsky, Emily Jolly, Paige Szmodis, David Mendelsohn, Zach Brink, Gabriela Howell

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Opportunities Await Students at Job Fair • Make Love? Not in War • Vagina Monologues Flesh Out "Culture of Vaginas" • Denison Culture Survey to Assess Ursinus Workplace • Everyone Can Make an Impact on the World • Take a Sip at LGBTea Time • Opinions: The Super Bowl was a Giant Loss for a Giants Fan; Safe Injection Sites Should Inspire More Drug Policy Changes • Fly, Eagles, Fly!: Ursinus Celebrates Historic Super Bowl Victory after Philadelphia Beats New England, 41-33 • Men's Lacrosse Begins New Season

The Grizzly, February 8, 2018, Valerie Osborne, Sophia Dibattista, Kevin Leon, Ana Dersimonian, Emily Jolly, Johnny Myers, Danielle Jordan, Gabriela Howell

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

CNN News Anchor Speaks on National Security • SUN Shines on Black History Month • Diversity Monologues Now Accepting Submissions • Breakaway Seeking Student One-Acts • Major Setback Requires Minor Improvisation • In Remembrance of Gary Hodgson • Opinions: "Get Out" is Still the Most Deserving Film of 2017; Women in Music Don't Need to "Step Up" to Earn Grammys • Bermudez Makes UC Proud at Super Bowl LII • Suler Out for Season with Knee Injury

Migrant Farmworkers' Perceptions Of Pesticide Risk Exposure In Adams County, Pennsylvania: A Cultural Risk Assessment, Micaela S. G. Edelson, Salma Monani, Rutherford V. Platt

Environmental Studies Faculty Publications

Agricultural exceptionalism, a system in which regular labor laws and standards do not apply to farm labor, makes migrant farmworkers particularly vulnerable populations—economically, socially, and in terms of environmental health. To address inequities inherent in migrant farmworker margin­aliza­tion, studies advocate for actively engaging the migrant farmworker population in the conversation surrounding these issues. We conducted 40 semi­structured interviews with migrant farmworkers in Adams County, Pennsylvania, to understand pesti­cide risk exposure perceptions and practices. We employed the Health Belief Model as our cultural risk assessment frame, using it in combination with technical risk assessment, which uses government calculations (from the Environmental …

An Evaluation Of Juvenile Lifers In Pennsylvania Pre And Post Act 33 Of 1995, Kieshia Martin

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Act 33 of 1995 is an amendment to Pennsylvania's Juvenile Act (2008). This amendment changed jurisdictional boundaries for juvenile offenders who committed violent crimes with weapons. As a result, youth who committed violent crimes with weapons were automatically transferred to the adult criminal justice system. Using punctuated equilibrium as the theoretical foundation, the purpose of this study was to determine if Act 33, as a punctuating event, resulted in an increase in the number of youth transferred to the adult criminal justice system and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole in an urban county in Pennsylvania. Secondary data …

The Grizzly, November 16, 2017, Valerie Osborne, Johnny Myers, Sophia Dibattista, Ryan T. Summers, Skyler L. Gailing, Paige Szmodis, Michael C. Esposito, Julian Spain, David Mendelsohn

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Democrats Sweep Local Elections • Sustainability Office Recognized by the "Princeton Review" • Bear2Bear Fund Aids Students with Emergency Expenses • UCDC Fall Show, "Once Removed," Opens This Thursday • Pride Shines at Ursinus • Build Character, Write Now • Opinions: Student Leaders Must be Better Allies Through Their Actions; Paradise Papers Reveal Unethical Tax Avoidance by Tech Companies • UCXC Finishes Strong • Men's Basketball Picked Fourth in Preseason Poll

The Grizzly, October 5, 2017, Valerie Osborne, Courtney A. Duchene, Johnny Myers, Min Son, Madison Bradley, Emily Jolly, Kevin Leon, Sophia Dibattista, David Mendelsohn

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

The Fringe Festival Returns to Ursinus • U-Imagine Hosts Marketing Contest • UCARE Holds Voter Registration Drive and Local Election Panel • Q&A with Aneesah Smith: Ally Training Facilitator • Breaking Through the Haze • Perspective from the Past • Opinions: NFL Players Take a Knee to Stand up Against Injustice; Recent Natural Disasters Demand More Human Decency • Moving the Chains: Inside Look at the UC Chain Gang • UC Swimming Dives in for Midnight Madness

The Grizzly, September 28, 2017, Valerie Osborne, Johnny Myers, Haley Zorger, Courtney A. Duchene, Emily Jolly, Robin Gow, Kevin Leon, David Mendelsohn

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Constitution Day Sparks Student Discussions of Free Speech • Chin Brings "Sexy Bad Girl Haikus," Asian American Blues Poems and Elegies to Ursinus Reading • Next Year's Study Abroad Application Opens on October 3rd • Armstrong Lecture Brings Columbia University Historian Dr. Joshua Batts to Berman Museum • Home is Where the Bear is • New Species Comes to Ursinus • Opinions: Consciousness Raising Can Combat Rape Culture on Campus; Is This Sufjan Stevens Song Gay or Just About God? • Student Workers of the SMC • Pair of Wins Put Bears in Good Position

The Grizzly, September 14, 2017, Valerie Osborne, Courtney A. Duchene, Emily Jolly, Skyler L. Gailing, Emily Shue, Kevin Leon, Rachael Carter, David Mendelsohn, A. J. Cutrufello

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Three Workers Injured in IDC Construction Accident • Rush Week Comes Early This Year • Have You Seen Scene / Unseen? • Ursinus Welcomes a New AD to Main Street • A Fairy Tale in the English Department • Opinions: Trump's Move to End DACA is One of his Most Disgusting Acts Yet; Why Resident Advisers Could Benefit From a Union • Fresh Voice for UC Volleyball • Bears Beat Bison and Bullets for Hot Start to Season

Spatial Models To Account For Variation In Observer Effort In Bird Atlases, Andrew M. Wilson, Daniel W. Brauning, Caitlin Carey, Robert S. Mulvihill

Environmental Studies Faculty Publications

To assess the importance of variation in observer effort between and within bird atlas projects and demonstrate the use of relatively simple conditional autoregressive (CAR) models for analyzing grid-based atlas data with varying effort. Pennsylvania and West Virginia, United States of America. We used varying proportions of randomly selected training data to assess whether variations in observer effort can be accounted for using CAR models and whether such models would still be useful for atlases with incomplete data. We then evaluated whether the application of these models influenced our assessment of distribution change between two atlas projects separated by twenty …

Assessing The Supply Of Provisioning And Cultural Ecosystem Services From Urban Forests: A Philadelphia Pilot Study, Jenna Q. Detweiler

Environment and Sustainability Summer Fellows

This study develops a methodology for assessing the urban provisioning and cultural ecosystem services created by woody species in urban forests. Drawing on this methodology, the research examines these dynamics through use of an urban forest inventory and survey data for the city of Philadelphia. Findings quantify the percentage of species and corresponding percent of the tree population that are likely to be harvested by urban foragers in the city.

2017-2018 Ursinus College Course Catalogue, Office Of The Registrar

Ursinus College Catalogues, 1869-Present

A digital copy of the 2017-2018 Ursinus College Catalog. It contains details of the curriculum, departmental requirements and courses of instruction as well as core requirements such as the Common Intellectual Experience (CIE) and Independent Learning Experience (ILE). Academic policies, special opportunities and scholarships, off-campus programs and graduation requirements are also outlined.

Examining Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission V. School District Of Philadelphia: Considering How The Supreme Court’S Waning Support Of School Desegregation Affected Desegregation Efforts Based On State Law, Steven L. Nelson, Alison C. Tyler

Seattle University Law Review

This study examines the enforcement of desegregation orders mandated under state law as a result of the Supreme Court’s handling of school desegregation cases at the federal level. The Article tracks the development of school desegregation cases starting shortly before Brown v. Board of Education and continues through the recent voluntary school desegregation case, Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1. The Article establishes four distinct generations of school desegregation cases at the federal level and determines that the political tides created, in large part, by the U.S. Supreme Court’s handling of federal school desegregation cases …