College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/138308
2024-03-29T11:33:53ZAnalysis of Soil pH in Relation to Decomposition
http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/140109
Analysis of Soil pH in Relation to Decomposition
Ebel, Erika; Haggard, Alyssa; Charlton-Grant, Kiaya; Hegel, Casey
This research attempts to observe the effects organic decomposition has on the soil pH and aims to determine if pH levels are altered when remains are frozen opposed to unfrozen. Weekly qualitative observations and soil tests were conducted on six naturally decomposing swine limbs. We hypothesized that there would be a slight delay in the cycling of pH levels for frozen remains.Three frozen and three control limbs were deposited atop of undisturbed soil and observed for five consecutive weeks at the Simulated Archaeology Site at HSU. This research intends to address the correlation between pH levels and decomposition, which can be beneficial for future taphonomic research.
2015-04-17T00:00:00ZQueers in the Pre-Stonewall Media
http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/138578
Queers in the Pre-Stonewall Media
Williams, Meredith; Bielitz, Rudolph; Moya, Marina; Rodriguez, Elmer; Robles, Joanna
The Stonewall Riots in June of 1969 started the modern lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) rights movement in the United States. It took four more years for "homosexuality" to be removed from the Diagnosis and Statistical Manual (DSM). This study looks at the 20 years before the Stonewall Riots, exploring how LGBTQ people were discussed in the media. Using content analysis on more than 300 articles from the New York Times (1950-1969), we explore the evolution of language used to describe members of the LGBTQ communities, through the McCarthy era (1950-1956), the decriminalization of homosexuality in the UK in 1967, and social movements, like the riots in the summer of 1969.
2015-04-17T00:00:00ZActivating Creativity in Elementary EFL Writing
http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/138448
Activating Creativity in Elementary EFL Writing
Taylor, Benjamin
I served 27 months as an elementary EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teacher on the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia and found that rote memorization was the dominant teaching strategy. Pohnpeian teachers wanted interactive classrooms that engaged students creatively, but they often lacked the resources or training to create such an environment. The presented activities are the product of collaborative efforts with 4th-through 8th-grade Pohnpeian teachers over a two-year period. Activities could be modified for a range of second-language learning contexts and environments.
2015-04-17T00:00:00ZA Separation of Women and Rights: the Reproductive Equality Fight
http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/138437
A Separation of Women and Rights: the Reproductive Equality Fight
Farrington, Jacqueline
Through focusing specifically on the relevance of spatial organization of territory and women’s rights concerning reproduction, a case that can exemplify the age-old struggle of the belief of the majority governing the private lives of all would be the Texas case of Roe v. Wade. The political and geographic results of this monumental court decision centered around abortion may be seen in the torrent of other similar cases that deal with women’s rights in relation to reproductive care across the U.S When more scrutiny is applied to this singularly defining case, it becomes more than a few fast facts. Through the ages, Roe v. Wade has been the political foundation upon which women’s reproductive rights has been shakily constructed, each new addition added only when a media outcry brought its relevancy to the public at large. It is a consuming effort to trace the effects of each case, which is why the foundation is ideal to begin with. By turning to the original matter at hand, that of a “constitutional right to privacy” (Roe v. Wade Supreme Court 1973) and its effect on the current state of abortion availability within the U.S., the effect of Roe v. Wade on the legislature of the U.S. and its subsequent policy concerning women’s reproductive rights has proved inefficient in implementation among the varied United States in modern day America.
2015-04-17T00:00:00Z