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Appalachia

Reports of rescues and accidents in the White Mountains of New Hampshire from the cold seasons of 2025 opens with thoughts on how fast one’s hands can freeze. An experienced man, age 75, describes getting too cold on Cannon Mountain; he evaluates his own accident, and the editors weigh in at the end of the column. Two well-equipped women lose the Jewell Trail in deep snow and call for help, later sharing a six-point list of how to be safer next time. A 28-year-old man navigating high winds and deep snow by Google in a quest to see the sunrise …

Skyline Sketches: Captain Crunch, Douglass Teschner

Appalachia

The story of a scramble and technical climb in 1991 up the trailless peak called the Captain in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

Skyline Sketches: Wisdom From My Dad, Bill Murray, Lauren Murray

Appalachia

A woman recounts the mountain lessons she learned from her father from 1969 to 2006, and the lessons she carried forward.

Skyline Sketches: The Encounter, Gordon Dubois

Appalachia

A bushwhacker meets a weasel on Vermont’s Ryegate Mountain.

Splinter Hill: Looking Into The Maws Of Pitcher Plants, Samantha Sapp

Appalachia

A young woman discusses the environmental, regional, historic, and personal importance of Sarracenia pitcher plants.

Immersion: Learning To Share For The Sake Of Everything We Love, Shane Behler

Appalachia

The winner of this journal’s Waterman Fund Essay Contest describes a pivotal change in attitude watching children play in the water of Dupont State Forest in North Carolina.

Rewilding Teens: A Quartet Beyond Screens, Ian Ramsey

Appalachia

A teacher takes high school students into backcountry environments and remote destinations from New Hampshire to Thailand, where he walks them through “the fire of challenge” without technology.

Appalachia Winter/Spring 2026: Complete Issue

Appalachia

Winter/Spring 2026 - Volume LXXVII, Number 1 - Issue #261. Healing and Hazards: Finding and Saving Health in Wild Places

Bentuk Hegemoni Kekuasaan Dalam Tuturan ‘Jokowi’

Jurnal Pendidikan Humaniora

Critical discourse analysis sees language as an important factor is how the use of language to see the power imbalance that occurs in society. Based on this it can be said that basically discourse become an inseparable part of the process and mechanisms of power. The objectives of this study were: (1) determine the form of the discourse of power in Jokowi speech, (2) determine the function of the discourse of power in a speech Jokowi, and (3) know the power of discourse strategies in speech Jokowi. This study uses content analysis approach to be based on the theory of …

Perbedaan Komitmen Tugas Siswa Dalam Penerapan Teknik Reframing Dan Self Instruction, Rosalia Dewi Nawantara, Andi Mappiare-At, Carolina Ligya Radjah

Jurnal Pendidikan Humaniora

This study aimed at knowing (1) the differences of student’s task commitment at SMPN 4 Malang in application of reframing and self-instruction techniques; (2) the differences of student’s task commitment at SMPN 4 Malang based on sex in application of reframing and self-instruction techniques; (3) the interaction effect of sex with reframing and self-instruction techniques in increasing student’s task commitment at SMPN 4 Malang. This study used factorial experiment with a 2x2 factorial design. Subjects were 20 students. Data were analyzed with statistical procedures Two Ways Anova. The results showed that there was a difference in students’ task commitment at …

The Rhetorical Moves And Verb Tense In Research Article Abstracts, Leo Candra Wahyu

Jurnal Pendidikan Humaniora

This study aims to examine the rhetorical moves and explore the use of verb tense in research article abstracts This study employs corpus based approach using a corpus toolkit AntConc 3.2.4w. The subjects of this study are 29 research articles. The findings reveal that the preferred rhetorical moves of the abstracts are Move 2-purpose, Move 3-method, and Move 4-result. The use of present tense is dominant in all five moves. Additionally, past tense is mostly found in method move. In this case, the writers employ the preferred rhetorical move and different verb tense in each move to emphasize the writer’s …

Warga Negara Dan Ekologi: Studi Kasus Pengembangan Warga Negara Peduli Lingkungan Dalam Komunitas Bandung Berkebun, Wibowo Heru Prasetiyo, Dasim Budimansyah

Jurnal Pendidikan Humaniora

This research aims to describe of the development concerns of citizens towards the environment in Bandung Gardening community who has run a series of pro-environment program. The research method uses a qualitative approach with case study method. The informants are Bandung Berkebun’s members and data collection techniques such as interviews, observation, and study the document. The results show that the Bandung Berkebun community with programs such as urban farming, urban farming school, street urban farming and urban campus has succeeded in intensifying agriculture farming town (urban agriculture) as an environmentally conscious lifestyle in Bandung. The success from the standpoint of …

Pengaruh Strategi Kerjasama Kelompok Dan Efikasi Diri Terhadap Hasil Belajar Keterampilan Teknikal, Yetursance Yulsiana Manafe, Punaji Setyosari, Dedi Kuswandi, Saida Ulfa

Jurnal Pendidikan Humaniora

This research aimed to prove effect instructional strategies of group cooperative on technical skills and self efficacy learners to technical skills with a quasi experimental methods. Research was conducted at SMK Negeri 2 Kupang, Indonesia. Subject is class X Audio Video Technique 2 with 40 people in 2015/2016 school year. Hypothesis testing using ANOVA (Analysis of Variance). Results, there are differences in technical skills of learners who have high self-efficacy with low self-efficacy and interaction between the instructional strategies and self efficacy towards technical skills. Suggestions study, Self-efficacy of learners is one factor to be considered, especially on the practice …

Model Threshold Untuk Pembelajaran Memproduksi Pantun Kelas Xi

Jurnal Pendidikan Humaniora

The learning pantun method in schools provided less opportunity to develop the students’ creativity in producing pantun. This situation was supported by the result of the observation conducted on eleventh graders at SMAN 2 Bondowoso. It showed that the students tend to plagiarize their pantun. The general objective of this research and development is to develop Threshold Pantun model for learning to produce pantun for elevent graders. The product was presented in guidance book for teachers entitled “Pembelajaran Memproduksi Pantun Menggunakan Model Threshold Pantun untuk Kelas XI”. This study adapted design method of Borg-Gall’s R&D procedure. The result of this …

Developing English Textbook For Pre-Service Flight Attendant Students, Muhamad Ali Agung Baroto, Emalia Iragiliati, Mirjam Anugerahwati

Jurnal Pendidikan Humaniora

This study is intended to develop a textbook for pre-service flight attendant students having training in the flight attendant training center. The developed textbook is based on the existing syllabus and need analysis period. The developmental research from Borg and Gall is implemented. The needs survey is implemented to pre-service students, ESP teachers in Sekar Gegani, and experienced flight attendants. The developed product contains ten units related to actual working atmosphere in-flight. They are: 1) Pre-flight briefing 2) Boarding, 3) Announcement 4) Before Take- off, 5) Meal Service, 6) Dealing with problem, 7) Sales on board, 8) Emergency, 9) Disembarking, …

Keefektifan Konseling Resolusi Konflik Untuk Mengatasi Konflik Interpersonal Pada Siswa Sekolah Menengah Atas

Jurnal Pendidikan Humaniora

This research examined the effectiveness of conflict resolution counseling to solve student’s interpersonal conflict in senior high school. The experimental study used randomized controlled trials design with triple blinding include: client as participants, counselors, and pretest-postestt administrator. Participants were 24 students with destructive interpersonal, devided into 12 students in the experimental group and 12 students in the control group. The experimental group received conflict resolution counseling, and the control group received counseling as usual. Based on anacova statistical test indicated the implementing of conflict resolution counseling had improved four indicators effectively include, (1) positive perceptions of the conflict, (2) collaborative …

Peningkatan Academic Engagement Siswa Melalui Penerapan Model Problem Based Learning Di Madrasah Tsanawiyah, Alimul Muniroh, I Nyoman Sudana Degeng, Imanuel Hitipeuw, Nur Hidayah

Jurnal Pendidikan Humaniora

This study was conducted to determine the improvement of students’ academic engagement through the implementation of problem based-learning model in the madrasah. This study used single subject design with multiple baseline across subjects. The subjects served as intervention targets as well as the control participant. There are four students as participants. They were chosen based on both the result of subject identification through instruments of Academic Engagement Scale for Grade School Students (AES-GS) and the result of observation to students with the lowest grades. The results of the graph analysis showed the decreased behavior in baseline phase but increased in …

Bahan Ajar Membaca Kritis-Kreatif Untuk Siswa Smp, Hadi Wardoyo, Imam Suyitno, Suyono Suyono, Sunaryo Hs

Jurnal Pendidikan Humaniora

Critical-creative reading activity in junior high school has been facing a difficulty of effectiveness material unavailability. It has drives a research development to produce critical-creative reading material for junior high school student. Generally, this research aimed to produce critical creative reading material for junior high school student. For instance, this research aimed (1) to produce critical-crative reading material for junior high scholar which forms into a book, and (2) to learn about the effectiveness of this material to increase student’s critical-creative reading. This research used Educational Research and Development (R & D) model as a research approachment. Furthermore, this research …

The Implementation Of English School Examination Of Speaking And Writing Skills In The Upper Secondary Level Of Education In Bandung, West Java, Andang Saehu, Utami Widiawati, Johannes A. Prayogo, Effendi Kadarisman

Jurnal Pendidikan Humaniora

This study aims at investigating the ways the English teachers develop the test prompts of and the ways they administer the English US of speaking and writing skills. The study employed quantitative and qualitative approaches involving 73 SMAs in Bandung. The findings indicate that administrative aspects were successfully administered; however, technical aspects were not appropriately administered because most teachers did not involve experts and students in validation and try-out processes.

America’S Nazis: Denazification, Operation Paperclip, And The Cold War, Oliver L. B. Marcel

Departmental Honors & Graduate Capstone Projects

This essay examines how Operation Paperclip and the postwar recruitment of German scientists influenced American denazification policy during the Cold War. I argue that the United States’ pursuit of scientific and technological advancement repeatedly took precedence over moral and legal accountability. From the Truman and Eisenhower administrations to the Space Race and the creation of the Office of Special Investigations, federal policy reflected a consistent pattern of prioritizing progress over justice. The study demonstrates that Cold War imperatives fundamentally reshaped U.S. political identity and its relationship with former World War II enemies.

Psoas Muscle Volume Asymmetry, Not Attachment Site Asymmetry, Is Associated With Chronic Low Back Pain Status, Kassity D. Clay

Theses and Dissertations

Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a leading cause of disability worldwide, with increasing evidence implicating neuromuscular factors such as muscle asymmetry in its pathophysiology. The psoas major muscle (PMM), a key contributor to lumbar spine stability, has been comparatively under-investigated despite its biomechanical importance. PURPOSE: To determine whether right-to-left differences in PMM volume and attachment site asymmetry are associated with CLBP; to evaluate whether ODI, IPAQ, and age are associated with PMM volume imbalance; and to assess whether combined PMM volume and attachment asymmetry are associated with CLBP. METHODS: A retrospective secondary analysis was conducted using lumbar MRI data …

"A Politics Of Its Own": Reading Adelaide Procter's Poetry In The Context Of The English Woman's Journal, Rachel Diane Gouff

Theses and Dissertations

Victorian poet Adelaide Anne Procter, a devout Catholic and a nineteenth-century feminist and social activist, was hugely popular in her lifetime for her devotional and sentimental poetry. However, scholars who have looked closely at her work have recognized that her poetry contains moments of tension that suggest they may be more than they appear on the surface. Such tensions and ironies are often glossed over or misread by readers whose expectations of Christian devotional messaging and domestic sentiment overshadow the contradictions. In this paper, I propose that one of the most effective ways to more fully understand the nuance and …

Affective Archives: Friendship And Material Intimacy In The Manuscripts Of Dora Wordsworth And Maria Jane Jewsbury, Madison Elizabeth Maloney

Theses and Dissertations

Manuscripts have long been analyzed for how they circulated alongside traditionally published texts, with scholars taking an interest in both the content and material form of such documents. In a print-centric era like the early nineteenth century, the surplus of published writing was sometimes framed as impersonal and generic. As such, material elements of manuscripts like paper, ink, and handwriting were increasingly valued as affective reflections of authors' bodies and circumstances. For example, tear stains on a letter might allow for a more personal and meaningful connection between writer and reader than the homogeneity of mass-produced texts. In a project …

Phishing Restraint: University Simulated Phishing Campaigns, Alexander M. Abou Khir

Cybersecurity Undergraduate Research Showcase

Universities face heightened vulnerability to phishing attacks due to their open information-sharing culture and diverse user populations. This study examines how phishing exploits human factors within campus environments and evaluates three major training strategies: embedded phishing, microlearning, and role-based instruction to understand their individual and combined effectiveness. I explored studies that implement these strategies in pairs and use the strategies alone, identified trends in susceptibility reduction, behavioral reinforcement, and contextual relevance. I suggest that, while each method independently improves user awareness, multiple approaches offer stronger, more adaptable protection by addressing both psychological triggers and role-specific risks. The paper contributes a …

Confidentiality Of Ai Conversations: Protecting Self-Represented Litigants Who Use Chatgpt For Legal Advice, Anoo D. Vyas

Duke Law & Technology Review

When a layperson uses ChatGPT to obtain feedback on a legal matter, attorney-client privilege may not apply, as ChatGPT is not a lawyer, much less a human. Further, while lawyers are entitled to protection for their opinion work-product, it is not clear whether self-represented litigants are entitled to the same protection. Additionally, the broader duty of confidentiality binds only attorneys, not AI systems like ChatGPT. The public increasingly uses AI tools such as ChatGPT. If a layperson employs ChatGPT for legal advice, particularly in a civil matter, such communications may be discoverable and potentially admissible. This presents an access to …

Leveraging Convolutional Neural Networks For Through-The-Wall Radar Imaging: Challenges, Impacts, And Future Directions, Tumaini Edgar, Abdulla F. Ally, Abdi T. Abdalla

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology (TJET)

Through-the-wall radar imaging (TWRI) is an essential technology for military and rescue applications; however, its performance in detecting and visualizing high-quality images of targets behind walls is significantly degraded by multipath reflections and signal attenuation. This paper reviews the current state of TWRI and its challenges, and explores the transformative potential of deep learning, particularly convolutional neural networks (CNNs), in addressing these challenges. Peer-reviewed articles published from 2018 to 2024 were analysed to examine CNN applications in addressing TWRI challenges. The analysis reveals that using CNNs, TWRI systems can be more effective by filtering wall distortions, reducing noise, lowering computational …

A Review Of Energy Storage Technologies With Hydro Energy System Design For Off-Grid Electricity, Daniel H. Ngoma, Banet L. Masenga

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology (TJET)

Many renewable energy sources such hydropower—particularly small-scale run-of-river and micro-hydro—offers reliable, low-cost generation. However, their inherent intermittency (due to seasonal flow variations) and inability to instantly match demand necessitate integrated energy storage to ensure a stable, continuous power supply. This review synthesizes contemporary energy storage technologies in the context of their integration with off-grid hydro energy system design.

The study examine a spectrum of storage solutions, evaluating their technical characteristics, costs, and suitability for hybrid hydro applications. Pumped Hydro Storage (PHS), while highly efficient and large-scale, is often geographically constrained and capital-intensive for small off-grid projects. Battery Energy Storage Systems …

Causes, Effects, And Solutions Of Wrongful Convictions, Allison B. Gobuzzi

Honors Theses

This study examines the wrongful conviction of Anthony Hinton and other examples that illustrate the causes of wrongful convictions in the United States and the effects that wrongful convictions have on the wrongfully accused and their families. This study uses research from scholarly articles and legal cases to analyze the factors that contribute to wrongful convictions and the impact on the wrongfully accused and their families. The research concludes that wrongful convictions are frequently the result of both evidentiary and procedural issues within the criminal justice system.

Ole Miss Giving Day 2026 Sets Participation Record, Michael Newsom

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends stepped up again during Giving Day 2026, with a record 3,223 gifts providing $1,789,552 for programs, scholarships and student opportunities.

Critical Decisions Regarding Retirement, Philip Zettlemoyer

Senior Honors Theses

Many retirees in America do not understand the variables and important decisions that go into a retirement plan. These variables, however, have a significant effect on any retiree’s financial wellbeing. This case study explains such variables and decisions, as well as the various rules and regulations from the United States Government around the decisions. It then applies this knowledge of variables and regulations in a practical manner by analyzing a specific case study of a middle-class couple nearing retirement. This analysis includes in-depth projections for the couple’s specific situation which would traditionally be created with the expertise of a financial …