Existentialism in the Writing Center: The Path to Individuality

Being a philosophy minor and English major, I constantly look at interactions that take place between the different disciplines and ways in which life can be approached from a philosophical standpoint. Existentialism is a philosophy that piqued my interest with its reliance on the precedence of the individual and the consequentiality of man’s choices. And like Jean- Paul Sartre once stated, I believe that “Existentialism must be lived to be really sincere” (47).University Writing Cente

Out-of-School Immigrant Youth

Describes the population of out-of-school immigrant youth in California and the subset of this group served by California's Migrant Education Program. Suggests ways to target services, improve future data collection, and enhance program organization

Triterpenoids

This review covers the isolation and structure determination of triterpenoids reported during 2012 including squalene derivatives, lanostanes, holostanes, cycloartanes, cucurbitanes, dammaranes, euphanes, tirucallanes, tetranortriterpenoids, quassinoids, lupanes, oleananes, friedelanes, ursanes, hopanes, serratanes, isomalabaricanes and saponins; 348 references are cited

Immigrant Legalization: Assessing the Labor Market Effects

Assesses the effects of a legalization program for unauthorized immigrants on the labor market, tax revenues, and public assistance programs. Estimates immigrants' economic mobility by visa status and skill level as well as eligibility for benefits

Did Employer Sanctions Lose Their Bite? Labor Market Effects of Immigrant Legalization

Taking advantage of the ability to identify immigrants who were unauthorized to work prior to obtaining Legal Permanent Resident status, we use the New Immigrant Survey to examine whether lacking legal status to work in the U.S. constrains employment outcomes of illegal immigrants. With the exception of high-skilled unauthorized immigrants, the data fail to reveal evidence of improved employment outcomes attributable to legal status. In light of evidence that unauthorized immigrants experienced increased wages as a result of receiving amnesty through the 1986 Immigration and Reform Control Act during the 1990s, we interpret the results as evidence of ineffective employer sanctions.unauthorized, illegal, undocumented, immigration, legalization, amnesty

Numerical Simulations of Directed Self-Assembly Methods in Di-block Copolymer Films for Efficient Manufacturing of Nanoscale Patterns with Long-Range Order

Directed self-assembly (DSA) of block copolymers (BCPs) has been shown as a viable method to achieve bulk fabrication of surface patterns with feature sizes smaller than those available through traditional photolithography. Under appropriate thermodynamic conditions, BCPs will self-assemble into ordered micro-domain morphologies, a desirable feature for many applications. One of the primary interests in this field of research is the application of thin-film BCPs to existing photolithography techniques. This “bottom-up” approach utilizes the self-assembled BCP nanostructures as a sacrificial templating layer in the lithographic process. While self-assembly occurs spontaneously, extending orientational uniformity over centimeter-length scales remains a critical challenge. A number of DSA techniques have been developed to enhance the long range order in an evolving BCP system during micro-phase separation. Of primary interest to this dissertation is the synergistic behavior between chemoepitaxial templating and cold-zone annealing. The first method involves pre-treating a substrate with chemical boundaries that will attract or repel one of the monomer blocks before application of the thin-film via spin-coating. The second method applies a mobile, thermal gradient to induce micro-phase separation in a narrow region within the homogeneous thin-film . Parametric studies have been performed to characterize the extent of long range order and defect densities obtained by applying various thermal zone velocities and template patterns. These simulations are performed by utilizing a Time-Dependent Ginzburg-Landau (TDGL) model and an optimized phase field (OPF) model. Parallel processing is implemented to allow large-scale simulations to be performed within a reasonable time period

The 3-D clustering of radio galaxies in the TONS survey

We present a clustering analysis of the Texas-Oxford NVSS Structure (TONS) radio galaxy redshift survey. This complete flux-limited survey consists of 268 radio galaxies with spectroscopic redshifts in three separate regions of the sky covering a total of 165 deg^2. By going to faint radio flux densities (s_1.4>3 mJy) but imposing relatively bright optical limits (E R 19.5), the TONS sample is optimised for looking at the clustering properties of low luminosity radio galaxies in a region of moderate (0 < z < 0.5) redshifts. We use the two point correlation function to determine the clustering strength of the combined TONS08 and TONS12 sub-samples and find a clustering strength of r_0(z)=8.7+/-1.6 Mpc (h=0.7). If we assume growth of structure by linear theory and that the median redshift is 0.3, this corresponds to r_0(0)=11.0+/-2.0 Mpc which is consistent with the clustering strength of the underlying host galaxies (~ 2.5 Lstar ellipticals) of the TONS radio galaxy population.Comment: 18 pages, MNRAS accepted. Full paper including all spectra can be found at http://www.noao.edu/noao/staff/brand/brand_corr_fn.ps.g

Book Review: Crime in America

The main method of the author in describing crime in America is to relate criminal cases, cite statistics, and to generally show the economic and social factors of this country that deny persons access to legitimate opportunities. The illegitimate opportunities that exist for potential criminals are unlimited and admittance to the criminal class demonstrates the belief in another road to win social rewards-money and prestige by sheer physical exertion and stamina