FROM MORTARS TO MORTARBOARDS: MILITARY VETERANS TRANSITIONING FROM ACTIVE DUTY TO HIGHER EDUCATION

Following the events of September 11, 2001, Student Veterans have emerged as “one of the fastest-growing subpopulations of nontraditional college students” (Schiavone & Gentry, 2014, p. 29). Military veterans transition from active-duty service into higher education and civilian life facing a variety of new challenges and experiences they are unprepared for. The focus of this study was to understand issues veterans face when transitioning from active-duty military service into higher education. Using transition theory, zoom interviews were conducted containing a series of open-ended questions to allow the student-veterans to share their experiences and perceptions of what it means to be a student-veteran transitioning from active duty to higher education. Six common themes emerged from that data. These themes include challenges faced from a lack of structure, stress from war, financial difficulties, inaccurate stereotypes, physical and mental health complications, and a struggle to find a new sense of purpose. Nancy K. Schlossberg’s transition theory was applied to the themes. All six fell within the parameters of transition theory. Based on the findings of this study, the several recommendations for practice are encouraged to be adopted. General recommendations for practice include training faculty and staff on veteran specific needs, veteran specific resources, and events to ease their transition, and increased advertisement and awareness of resources specific to veterans

\u3ci\u3eBussing v. COR Clearing, LLC\u3c/i\u3e, 20 F. Supp. 3d 719 (D. Neb. 2014): Preserving the Right to Tell Your Employers What They Do Not Want to Hear

I. Introduction II. Background ... A. The Great Recession ... B. The Failure of Sarbanes-Oxley ... 1. The Best of Intentions ... 2. How Sarbanes-Oxley Failed Whistle-Blowers ... C. Dodd-Frank and Financial Reform ... 1. Improving Sarbanes-Oxley ... 2. The Two Provisions ... a. The Bounty Program ... b. Protecting Whistle-Blowers from Retaliation ... D. The Interpretation of Dodd-Frank’s Whistle-Blower Provisions ... 1. The Asadi Approach ... 2. The Chevron Deference Approach ... 3. How Whistle-Blowers Have Faired ... a. The Statistics of Whistle-Blowing ... b. Missing the Mark: Whistle-Blowers Left Without Protection ... E. Bussing v. COR Clearing LLC ... 1. The Facts ... 2. The District of Nebraska Steps In III. Analysis ... A. The District of Nebraska Correctly Interpreted the Dodd-Frank Whistle-Blower Protections ... 1. Separating the Anti-Retaliation Provision from the Bounty Program ... 2. Doing Away with Chevron Deference ... 3. Going Even Further: Recognizing the History of Whistle-Blower Protection ... B. State Whistle-Blower Law Implications IV. Conclusio

{μ-6,6′-Dimeth­oxy-2,2′-[ethane-1,2-diylbis(nitrilo­methyl­idyne)]diphenolato}-μ-nitrato-dinitratoterbium(III)zinc(II)

In the title heteronuclear ZnII—TbIII complex (systematic name: {6,6′-dimeth­oxy-2,2′-[ethane-1,2-diylbis(nitrilo­methyl­id­yne)]diphenolato-1κ4 O 6,O 1,O 1′,O 6′}:2κ4 O 1,N,N′,O 1′-μ-nitrato-1:2κ2 O:O′-dinitrato-1κ4 O,O′-terbium(III)zinc(II)), [TbZn(C18H18N2O4)(NO3)3], with the hexa­dentate Schiff base compartmental ligand N,N′-bis­(3-methoxy­salicyl­idene)ethyl­enediamine (H2 L), the Tb and Zn atoms are triply bridged by two phenolate O atoms of the Schiff base ligand and one nitrate ion. The five-coordinate Zn atom is in a square-pyramidal geometry with the donor centers of two imine N atoms, two phenolate O atoms and one of the bridging nitrate O atoms. The TbIII center has a ninefold coordination environment of O atoms, involving the phenolate O atoms, two meth­oxy O atoms, two O atoms from two nitrate ions and one from the bridging nitrate ion. Weak inter­molecular C—H⋯O inter­actions generate a two-dimensional layer structure

{μ-6,6′-Dieth­oxy-2,2′-[ethane-1,2-diylbis(nitrilo­methyl­idyne)]diphenolato}trinitratoholmium(III)nickel(II)

In the title heteronuclear NiII–HoIII complex (systematic name: {μ-6,6′-dieth­oxy-2,2′-[ethane-1,2-diylbis(nitrilo­methyl­idyne)]diphenolato-1κ4 O 1,O 1′,O 6,O 6′:2κ4 O 1,N,N′,O 1′}trinitrato-1κ6 O,O′-holmium(III)nickel(II)), [HoNi(C20H22N2O4)(NO3)3], with the hexa­dentate Schiff base compartmental ligand N,N′-bis­(3-ethoxy­salicyl­idene)ethyl­enediamine (H2 L), the Ho and Ni atoms are doubly bridged by two phenolate O atoms of the Schiff base ligand. The coordination of Ni is square-planar with the donor centers of two imine N atoms and two phenolate O atoms. The holmium(III) center has a tenfold ­coordination environment of O atoms, involving the phenolate O atoms, two eth­oxy O atoms and two O atoms each from the three nitrates. Weak C—H⋯O and O⋯Ni [3.383 (4) Å] inter­actions generate a two-dimensional zigzag sheet

{μ-6,6′-Dimeth­oxy-2,2′-[ethane-1,2-diylbis(nitrilo­methyl­idyne)]diphenolato}-μ-nitrato-dinitratoholmium(III)zinc(II)

In the title heteronuclear ZnII–HoIII complex (systematic name: {μ-6,6′-dimeth­oxy-2,2′-[ethane-1,2-diylbis(nitrilo­methyl­idyne)]diphenolato-1κ4 O 1,O 1′,O 6,O 6′:2κ4 O 1,N,N′,O 1′)-μ-nitrato-1:2κ2 O:O′-dinitrato-1κ4 O,O′-holmium(III)zinc(II)), [HoZn(C18H18N2O4)(NO3)3], with the hexa­dentate Schiff base compartmental ligand N,N′-bis­(3-methoxy­salicyl­idene)ethyl­enediamine (H2 L), the Ho and Zn atoms are triply bridged by two phenolate O atoms of the Schiff base ligand and one nitrate ion. The five-coordinate Zn atom is in a square-pyramidal geometry with the donor centers of two imine N atoms, two phenolate O atoms and one of the bridging nitrate O atoms. The HoIII center has a ninefold coordination environment of O atoms, involving the phenolate O atoms, two meth­oxy O atoms, two O atoms from two nitrate ions and one from the bridging nitrate ion. Weak inter­molecular C—H⋯O inter­actions generate a two-dimensional double-layer structure

\u3ci\u3eBussing v. COR Clearing, LLC\u3c/i\u3e, 20 F. Supp. 3d 719 (D. Neb. 2014): Preserving the Right to Tell Your Employers What They Do Not Want to Hear

I. Introduction II. Background ... A. The Great Recession ... B. The Failure of Sarbanes-Oxley ... 1. The Best of Intentions ... 2. How Sarbanes-Oxley Failed Whistle-Blowers ... C. Dodd-Frank and Financial Reform ... 1. Improving Sarbanes-Oxley ... 2. The Two Provisions ... a. The Bounty Program ... b. Protecting Whistle-Blowers from Retaliation ... D. The Interpretation of Dodd-Frank’s Whistle-Blower Provisions ... 1. The Asadi Approach ... 2. The Chevron Deference Approach ... 3. How Whistle-Blowers Have Faired ... a. The Statistics of Whistle-Blowing ... b. Missing the Mark: Whistle-Blowers Left Without Protection ... E. Bussing v. COR Clearing LLC ... 1. The Facts ... 2. The District of Nebraska Steps In III. Analysis ... A. The District of Nebraska Correctly Interpreted the Dodd-Frank Whistle-Blower Protections ... 1. Separating the Anti-Retaliation Provision from the Bounty Program ... 2. Doing Away with Chevron Deference ... 3. Going Even Further: Recognizing the History of Whistle-Blower Protection ... B. State Whistle-Blower Law Implications IV. Conclusio

The Catch-22 of Females Reporting Sexual Assault in the Military: A Cause for Holistic International Intervention

I. Introduction II. Women in the Military ... A. General Background ... B. The Sexual Assault Problem: A Cross-Cultural Glance III. The Underlying Issues: Hostile and Benevolent Sexism Across Cultures ... A. Ambivalent Sexism and Sexual Agency ... B. Gender Roles and Non-Conformance IV. Applicable Law ... A. No Relief on the Home Front ... 1. The Uniform Code of Military Justice ... 2. Civilian Law ... 3. Testing the Boundaries of International Law V. Suggestions for Reform: A Holistic Approach ... A. Setting an Example ... B. Going Deeper than the Law VI. Conclusio