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The Beacon - Vol 12 No. 5 - December 6, 2013, Merrimack College

The Beacon

The Beacon - the student newspaper of Merrimack College. Volume 12, Number 5 - December 6, 2013. 7 pages

Note: The print copy of this issue indicates that it is Volume 12, Number 4, but it is actually Volume 12, Number 5.

The Beacon - Vol 12 No. 4 - November 8, 2013, Merrimack College

The Beacon

The Beacon - the student newspaper of Merrimack College. Volume 12, Number 4 - November 8, 2013. 12 pages

Original Plumbing: Performing Gender Variance Through Relational Self-Determination, Raechel Tiffe

Communication and Media Faculty Publications

In 2009, Amos Mac and Rocco Kayiatos, two transgender men, created Original Plumbing (OP) magazine, in an effort to “[document] diversity within trans male lifestyles through photographic portraits, essays, personal narratives and interviews.” In this essay, I argue that OP becomes a platform from which to understand the relational performance of transmale life. The magazine provides a foundation for transmen to take ownership of self-determination by constructing identity through a non-heteronormative framework, made possible through the queer worldmaking practices of an exclusively FTM (female- to-male) space. Throughout this essay, I critique what the magazine elects to value as “diversity,” tackling …

The Beacon - Vol 12 No. 2 - October 11, 2013, Merrimack College

The Beacon

The Beacon - the student newspaper of Merrimack College. Volume 12, Number 2 - October 11, 2013. 12 pages

Mcquade Messenger- Fall 2013, Merrimack College

McQuade Messenger

Triannual newsletter outlining the activities, events, hours, features, and resources available at McQuade Library. Fall 2013, 4 pages.

“We Incarcerate To Set Free:” Negotiating Punishment And Rehabilitation In Jail, Brittnie L. Aiello

Criminology Faculty Publications

Criminology has documented the decline of rehabilitation in the age of get-tough approaches to crime and punishment. Therapy and punishment, however, are not mutually exclusive. Rehabilitation and traditional punishment have long co-existed in penal facilities. In this article, I examine the role of rehabilitation at Northeast Jail, a county jail in the U.S. that adhered to an ideology of rehabilitation. But Northeast Jail was, first and foremost, a penal facility where offenders were confined and punished. While staff and administrators at Northeast Jail routinely invoked a rhetoric of rehabilitation, they adhered to rules and engaged in punitive practices that interfered …

Toward An Interpretive Approach To Social Movement Leadership, Michael Decesare

Sociology Faculty Publications

The concept of a leader is one ofthe most fundamental to the study of collective behavior. It is also one of the most poorly theorized, primarily because social movement theorists continue to (1) assume that leaders must be affiliated with an organization and (2) argue over who "counts" as a leader. This paper offers two alternative approaches. I argue, first, that our current conceptualization must be broadened to include individuals who are unaffiliated with an organization. Second, I suggest that rather than debating who qualifies and does not qualify as a movement leader, we would do better to take an …

Mcquade Messenger- Summer 2013, Merrimack College

McQuade Messenger

Triannual newsletter outlining the activities, events, hours, features, and resources available at McQuade Library. Summer 2013, 4 pages.

Too Many Immigrants?: Examining Alternative Forms Of Immigrant Population Innumeracy, Daniel Herda

Sociology Faculty Publications

The tendency to overestimate immigrant population sizes has garnered considerable scholarly attention for its potential link to anti-immigrant policy support. However, this existing innumeracy research has neglected other forms of ignorance, namely underestimation and nonresponse. Using the 2002 European Social Survey, the current study examines the full scope of innumeracy for the first time. Results indicate that underestimation and nonresponse occur commonly across twenty-one countries and that overestimation is far from ubiquitous. Nonresponders in particular are found to represent a distinct innumeracy form associated with low cognitive availability and high negative affect. Multilevel models indicate that underestimation associates with greater …

The Beacon - Vol 11 No. 10 - April 26, 2013, Merrimack College

The Beacon

The Beacon - the student newspaper of Merrimack College. Volume 11, Number 10 - April 26, 2013. 12 pages

The Beacon - Vol 11 No. 9 - April 12, 2013, Merrimack College

The Beacon

The Beacon - the student newspaper of Merrimack College. Volume 11, Number 9 - April 12, 2013. 12 pages

The Beacon - Vol 11 No. 8 - March 8, 2013, Merrimack College

The Beacon

The Beacon - the student newspaper of Merrimack College. Volume 11, Number 8 - March 8, 2013. 12 pages

The Beacon - Vol 11 No. 7 - February 22, 2013, Merrimack College

The Beacon

The Beacon - the student newspaper of Merrimack College. Volume 11, Number 7 - February 22, 2013. 12 pages

The Beacon - Vol 11 No. 6 - February 8, 2013, Merrimack College

The Beacon

The Beacon - the student newspaper of Merrimack College. Volume 11, Number 6 - February 8, 2013. 12 pages

Service Learning Students’ Perceptions Of Citizenship, Audrey Falk

Education Faculty Publications

This study examines the conceptions of citizenship held by students engaged in a service learning course. Open-ended responses to instructor-developed surveys were analyzed. Results indicated that students primarily viewed good citizenship in terms of community service; however, their ideas about service were limited to passive kinds of service such as helping others and volunteering, rather than active kinds of service such as community organizing. Results were compared with conceptions of citizenship held by students engaged in another course with a smaller volunteering component. Opportunities for broadening service learning students’ understanding of citizenship are discussed.

Mcquade Messenger- Winter 2013, Merrimack College

McQuade Messenger

Triannual newsletter outlining the activities, events, hours, features, and resources available at McQuade Library. Winter 2013, 3 pages.

Does Gender Play A Role In Text Messaging?, Wendy Ceccucci, Alan Peslak, S.E. Kruck, Patricia Sendall

Organization Studies and Analytics Faculty Publications

This purpose of this research was to study the effect of gender on text messaging (SMS). A comprehensive survey was developed to explore various aspects of text messaging usage. The survey included factors from the Theory of Reasoned Action, Technology Acceptance Model, Theory of Planned Behavior, End User Computer Satisfaction, Expectation/Confirmation Theory, and Diffusion of Innovation. Overall, there was very little statistical difference based on gender with the exception of emotions. All of the positive emotions were higher for females than males. In other words, females were more pleased, satisfied, contented, and delighted with their text messaging experience.