Academic Researchers and the First Amendment: Constitutional Protection for Their Confidential Sources

The first section of this Comment describes the Richards decision. As will be seen, that decision reflects the exercise of judicial discretion to ensure that the quest for discovery under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure does not override other important interests. The validity of that exercise is then examined. Finally, this Comment addresses the constitutional privilege issue left unanswered by Richards. It advances the thesis that academic researchers deserve a qualified first amendment privilege against compulsory disclosure of their confidential sources

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Phylogeography and Population Structure in Highly Mobile Marine Taxa in the Western Indian Ocean: Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops spp.) and Common Dolphins (Delphinus sp.)

In the marine environment, where barriers to dispersal are limited, taxa normally exhibit genetic homogeneity across large spatial scales. Extraordinarily, marine mammals regularly exhibit genetic differentiation within their cruising range. Furthermore, recent radiation in Delphininae has resulted in several closely related species that remain taxonomically unresolved, particularly bottlenose dolphins (BND) Tursiops spp. and common dolphins (CD) Delphinus spp., making these taxa interesting for studying evolutionary processes. Using mitogenomes and a multi-locus dataset, BNDs from the northwest Indian Ocean (IO) were compared with other recognized species/ecotypes around the world. A new (third) lineage of Indo-Pacific BND, T. aduncus, was identified from the region. Reconstructions of ancestral biogeography and divergence date estimates, suggest a divergence mechanism within T. aduncus that coincides with climate change over the Pleistocene. Reconstructions of ancestral morphology suggest a coastal ancestry for BNDs. Significant population structure was exhibited between T. aduncus populations in the western IO based on mtDNA control region sequences and 14 microsatellite loci. Genetic subdivision appears to correlate with habitat heterogeneity across the study area, which may be driving differentiation through local adaption. Traditional and geometric morphometric techniques were used to investigate congruency between genetic and phenotypic differentiation of three BND lineages in the northwest IO. Strong differences were exhibited in morphology between common BNDs, T. truncatus, and T. aduncus. The T. aduncus lineages were similar, however significant differences in morphology were evident. Significant genetic structure was evident between CD populations off Portugal, South Africa and Oman, based on mtDNA sequences and 14 microsatellites. Further analyses support the taxonomic designation of D. capensis tropicalis in the northwest IO. Both genera exhibit significant population structure over spatial scales outdistanced by their dispersal abilities. Contemporary and historic environmental heterogeneity are suggested as drivers for this structure. Further evidence is provided for the northwest/northern IO as a region of evolutionary endemism, which will inform regional conservation initiatives

Islands: Jewish Themes and Images in Selected Poems of Muriel Rukeyser

An exploration of Rukeyser\u27s work is a transformative experience. The reader need not come to see the world through the same lenses that Rukeyser saw it in order to be transformed. That is, one need not agree with Rukeyser that 1) the world is a place of Oneness that embraces all (even the ugliness and evil) that appears to divide it; 2) that observation is given voice by poetry; and 3) that the poet who sees suffering must, out of love, give poetry that speaks for those who cannot speak for themselves. One need only put on Rukeyser\u27s lenses for a time, and to look at the world as she did, as if those things were true. Then, even after the lenses are removed, the reader\u27s world is changed. And this is the way Rukeyser would have it: Reader, she will want to change your life. No, she wants you to change it, wrote her friend Jane Cooper in her foreword to the 1996 re-issue of Rukeyser\u27s The Life of Poetry.(xxvii). Although this thesis looks at a narrow range of Rukeyser\u27s work, for me that work has indeed been life-changing. As more of Rukeyser\u27s poetry and prose is brought back into print, hopefully others will have a similar opportunity to be transformed by her work

Multicollinearity Effects of Leisure and Business: A Case Study of Family City USA

Family City USA is a place for families to learn how to improve relationships in a leisure setting. This concept was sponsored by the Shar Cultural, Education and Recreation Association (SCERA). This event grew out of a need to help families develop physically, educationally, financially, culturally, spiritually and civically

Creating STEM Momentum: Culturally Relevant Leadership and Hispanic Girls in High School T- STEM Programs in the Southwest Border Region

This qualitative multi-case research study identified culturally relevant leadership practices that influence the outreach, recruitment, and retention of Hispanic girls in Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (T-STEM) programs in a School District in the Southwest Border region. Educators have a social justice responsibility to challenge the inequitable social, cultural, and political constructs in their schools and districts and address the unique needs of students who represent underserved racial, ethnic, and cultural groups. Administrators in this study acknowledged the hegemonic structures and barriers they and their students faced and shared some of their strategies and ideologies for school improvement and equity. Suggestions for educators and policymakers are made on how to implement culturally responsive and sustaining leadership that can spark and sustain the interest of Hispanic girls to continue their pursuit of higher education and careers in STEM fields