In utramque partem tum Graece tum Latine: Code-Switching and Cultured Identity in Cicero's Letters to Atticus

In this thesis I investigate the linguistic phenomenon of code-switching between Latin and Greek in the letters of Cicero to his friend Atticus. I do this by surveying the individual instances of Greek in the letters to Atticus. I then record the parts of speech, inflections, forms of code-switching, and context each time Cicero uses Greek. With this information I look at patterns within the contexts of the letters in order to discover what the nature of Cicero's code-switching may reveal about his identity, personal and political relationships, and the literary qualities of his letters. I assert that these patterns demonstrate the purposes of code-switching and the cultured game that Cicero plays when he uses Greek and illuminate how code-switching fits into the specific literary function of letters to a close friend

Alternative Material Nest Boxes and Impacts on Nestling Physiology and Adult Behavior in the Eastern Bluebird (\u3ci\u3eSialia sialis\u3c/i\u3e)

In the mid-nineteenth century, Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis, a native cavity nesting species) populations experienced serious declines because of a decrease in natural cavities and the introduction of non-native, competitive cavity nesting species. The creation of nest box programs led to an increase in bluebird populations and these programs continue to be of importance. In this study, a recycled metal ammunition can was used as a nest box to determine if this was a viable resource for bluebirds. This work investigated the effects of this alternate material nest box on nestling physiology and adult behavior with special emphasis on the impacts of temperature (metal boxes are assumed to be warmer). From mid-February through July 2014, behavioral observations and physiological data were collected at ammunition can and wooden nest boxes being used by bluebirds at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center in Hattiesburg, MS. There were no statistical significance differences between the wooden and ammunition can nest boxes for temperatures, female incubation rates, parental feeding rates, nestling growth measures, or nestling stress levels. However, it was found that offspring who were part of larger broods had higher stress levels and this may be linked to the lower feeding rates larger broods received. These results show that one nest box type was not significantly better than the other, validating the idea that an ammunition can nest box is a safe, alternative habitat for secondary cavity nesters. This may serve as a beneficial resource not only for the species using them but for the work load and finances of property managers deploying nest boxes of this type

Faculty Pub Night at the William H. Hannon Library: Highlighting Faculty Works Through Creative Programming

Creative, interdisciplinary partnership and collaboration with university faculty is an essential function of every academic library, whether for course design and integration of information literacy in the curriculum, strategically building the library collections, or designing programming for the community. Over the past six years at the William H. Hannon Library at Loyola Marymount University (LMU), a program created to highlight and promote faculty publications and creative works has evolved into a keystone of our annual programming lineup. The series, called Faculty Pub Night, provides LMU faculty with the opportunity to share their work with students, university staff, other faculty members, and members of the broader community in an informal, collegial setting outside of the classroom, and outside of their academic units. Faculty Pub Night was originally designed to highlight new faculty publications, focusing primarily on monographs. But as the program’s popularity spread and more faculty across campus gained awareness and interest in the series, we responded to the request to expand the scope to include creative works, projects, and research in the sciences where publication in monographs is less likely. Each Faculty Pub Night has the potential to educate about the research and publication or creative process, build collegial and interdisciplinary relationships across campus, showcase our faculty research and creative work to the community, and expand the boundaries of traditional academic programming in the library. In this article, the authors will share the development and evolution of the series, discuss promotion and assessment, identify challenges and successes, and hopefully inspire readers to consider how a program celebrating faculty research and creative works might fit within their own institutions

Embodied Difference: Divergent Bodies In Public Discourse

Focusing on the body as a visual and discursive platform across public space, we study marginalization as a sociocultural practice and hegemonic schema. Whereas mass incarceration and law enforcement readily feature in discussions of institutionalized racism, we differently highlight understudied sites of normalization and exclusion. Our combined effort centers upon physical contexts (skeletons, pageant stages, gentrifying neighborhoods), discursive spaces (medical textbooks, legal battles, dance pedagogy, vampire narratives) and philosophical arenas (morality, genocide, physician-assisted suicide, cryonic preservation, transfeminism) to deconstruct seemingly intrinsic connections between body and behavior, Whiteness and normativity

Screaming into the Ether: Assessing E-Resources Outreach through Digital Touchpoints

What is the impact of social media, targeted email, and other intentional promotional efforts on e-resource usage? Is there a correlation between e-resources marketing and the use of those resources? What data can we gather, what can we learn, and how can this be used to improve our communications with faculty and outreach via social media and digital spaces?This presentation will explore the findings from the first year of a multi-year study on marketing e-resources at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Librarians at the William H. Hannon Library examined the usage of specific e-resources over the course of the 2016-2017 academic year, and overlaid the usage with a timeline of physical and digital promotions for the same e-resources within the communications cycle, including social media outreach, internal and external email marketing, library instruction, and LibGuides. The presenters will discuss their findings and provide step-by-step instructions for attendees who wish to replicate the process at their home institutions. The presenters will also offer timely recommendations for improving e-resources outreach based on their combined experiences as Collection Development and Outreach librarians, respectively

Correction: African American mitochondrial DNAs often match mtDNAs found in multiple African ethnic groups

After the publication of this work [1], we became aware that AFDIL data set used to construct our database of sub-Saharan mtDNA sequences had been mislabelled, and in fact, did not contain Sierra Leone mtDNA sequences. We have obtained the correct Sierra Leone data set from AFDIL, reconstructed the database using the new file, and reanalyzed all of the data. The size of our database was reduced from 3725 to 3717 since the new Sierra Leone data set contained 109 sequences instead of 117 in themislabelled data set. The swapping of data sets resulted in a cascade of minor corrections to Tables 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 (see below). We also corrected an error in the entry for BAM013 in Table 7. However, the only major change was that there were a number of matches of African-American sequences to sequences in the mislabelled data set. Thus, the number of African-American matches to single ethnic groups dropped from a total of 16 to 9 (Table 3) representing just 5% of the African American sequences that we compared to the database

Understanding the Experiences of Provisionally Admitted Black Male College Students in the State of Georgia

This article is the result of research conducted with provisionally admitted Black make students enrolled at four different public institutions in Georgia. The researcher sought to answer the following research question: What are the common perceptions of provisionally admitted Black male students that influence their academic success at state colleges and state universities with the University System of Georgia? The researcher utilized a phenomenological approach and multiple methods of data collection. This resulted in rich data that has been categorized into themes. The article concludes with implications for student affairs administrators and faculty, as well as for future research on provisionally admitted Black male college students