An entrepreneurial model of economic and environmental co-evolution

A basic tenet of ecological economics is that economic growth and development are ultimately constrained by environmental carrying capacities. It is from this basis that notions of a sustainable economy and of sustainable economic development emerge to undergird the ‘standard model’ of ecological economics. However, the belief in ‘hard’ environmental constraints may be obscuring the important role of the entrepreneur in the coevolution of economic and environmental relations, and hence limiting or distorting the analytic focus of ecological economics and the range of policy options that are considered for sustainable economic development. This paper outlines a co-evolutionary model of the dynamics of economic and ecological systems as connected by entrepreneurial behaviour. We then discuss some of the key analytic and policy implications.

When it comes to diversity, UMaine could to better

It’s Women’s History Month. The month where we all celebrate the strong women in our society who have helped paved the way to get women to where we are now. In the academic world, it wasn’t until 1840 that the first American woman, Catherine Brewer Benson, graduated with an undergraduate degree from Wesleyan College in Georgia. It took another 26 years for a black woman to earn a degree, and over 30 years for the first woman to earn a Ph.D

Variations in Media Framing of U.S.-Cuba Policy

This thesis looks at the usage of media framing in regard to Obama’s and Trump’s U.S.-Cuban policy. It analyzes articles from the New York Times and the Miami Herald and how they used framing techniques to present Obama’s 2016 opening of relations with Cuba, and Trump’s 2017 change in policy. After reading through the articles, content analysis was used in order to quantify the trends found in the framing techniques used by both papers. The findings of this paper show two very different approaches to both policies, despite many similarities in the framing techniques used by the New York Times and the Miami Herald. These findings were then analyzed to understand how and why the papers chose to present the policies the way they do. Using content analysis, the articles were then analyzed in order to identify trends in the usage of media framing by both papers. This research led to the findings that the Miami Herald and the New York Times presented two very different perspectives in regard to Obama and Trump’s change in policy. The Miami Herald presented a more positive perspective of Trump’s policy change, while the New York Times was more supportive of Obama’s change and against Trump’s new policy. These two perspectives are key in shaping the opinions of the audience of both audiences and due to the large readership of both papers, likely have impacted millions of Americans, and their opinions on U.S.-Cuba polic

Meet me in the Rotunda: Understanding how protest informs policy

Indigenous women experience some of the highest rates of violence in the country, and few people have acknowledged this reality. Today there is little care or understanding as to why, or how we can stop this from continuing. However, indigenous communities and allies have demanded legislative action from local and national policymakers through protest. For many protest functions as an effective tool for instigating change because it signals to lawmakers: “Pay attention to this issue. Your constituents care about this.” By informing lawmakers to address legislation that either reinforces one side of an issue or discourages it, therefore directly promoting their needs outside of voting and attending town halls. We think of the Suffragettes, and their work to achieve the 19th Amendment previous to 1920, and even the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet have all used their voices and abilities to take action in order to make real change in the government. Through this project, I will be focusing on violence against Indigenous women, and how thousands of cases have inspired protests and movements regarding this issue, then have successfully caused for legislative change. The second part of my project will consist of my own research on one particular injustice at St. Kate’s. Specifically, I will be sharing research collected from the university archives, the greater history of the Dakota people in Minnesota, and advocating for land acknowledgement from the St. Catherine University Administration and Sisters of St Joseph of Carondelet

The use of colloquial words in advanced French interlanguage

This article addresses the issue of underrepresentation or avoidance of colloquial words in a cross-sectional corpus of advanced French interlanguage (IL) of 29 Dutch L1 speakers and in a longitudinal corpus of 6 Hiberno-Irish English L1 speakers compared with a control of 6 native speakers of French. The main independent variable analysed in the latter corpus is the effect of spending a year in a francophone environment. This analysis is supplemented by a separate study of sociobiographical and psychological factors that affect the use of colloquial vocabulary in the cross-sectional corpus. Colloquial words are not exceptionally complex morphologically and present no specific grammatical difficulties, yet they are very rare in our data. Multivariate regression analyses suggest that only active authentic communication in the target language (TL) predicts the use of colloquial lexemes in the cross-sectional corpus. This result was confirmed in the longitudinal corpus where a t-test showed that the proportion of colloquial lexemes increased significantly after a year abroad

J.R.R. Tolkien\u27s Homecoming and Modern Alliterative Metre

J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm’s Son” is a modern English alliterative verse drama written in the metre of Old English poetry and demonstrating his interest in versification and his skill in writing original alliterative verse in new and versatile ways. Tolkien’s originality also lies in his use of alliterative metre in a play, a genre not written by the early English; in fact, “The Homecoming” is Tolkien’s only published drama as well as historical fiction. While Tolkien bases this work on historical events recounted in the Old English poem “The Battle of Maldon,” he also uses his drama to illustrate some of his scholarly theories about Old English alliterative poetry and poetic tradition and to imagine how “The Battle of Maldon” came to be written. Our examination of his careful handling of the play’s verses as well as his detailed study of alliterative metre, evident in his unpublished manuscripts and in his essay on the topic, shows how he creates various styles in modern English alliterative verse, from colloquial and conversational passages to highly styled set pieces. Our discussion includes consideration of the two characters in the play and their views on and use of alliterative poetry

Letter to Father and Mother (#3)

Correspondence from Anna Hunnicutt Foster Marshall to her parents

Story of the Northland

A poem about the Alaska territory