David Copperfield: Marriage, “Power”, and the Angel in Light of Foucault’s Ideas

Catherine Barragy Mackin Memorial Prize Winne

HlGH RESOLUTION PALAEOMAGNETIC ANALYSES OF CRETACEOUS SHALLOW WATER CARBONATES

A sequence of 88 m of continuous borehole cores of Lower Cretaceous shallow water carbonates from Southern Italy was obtained and studied lithologically and palaeomagnetically. It was found that the rocks are organized in cyclic lithofacies representing depositional environments from subtidal to supratidal and their magnetic remanences are all measurable and stable even if very weak. Cyclicities in the Milankovitch band were found using F.F.T analyses in both the sedimentological and palaeomagnetic records, and these matched the astronomical periodicities predicted for the Early Cretaceous. From this link it is possible to date the absolute time represented by the sediments, and the absolute time of acquisition of the palaeomagnetic signal. The palaeomagnetic signal is independent of sedimentological characteristics and lithofacies organization. The mean palaeolatitude and the tectonic results are consistent with other Lower Cretaceous structures in the Southern Apennines. The palaeomagnetic data, although still being studied, also shows shorter wavelengths signals than the Milankovitch cycles, some of which are likely to be comparable with secular variations of the geomagnetic field in the Early Cretaceous. Polarity changes are present, which correlate to the Geomagnetic Polarity Scale. Longer Normal polarities were found at about 1,000,000 years and in them the secular variations were found longer than usual. A repeatable magnetic behaviour characterises the polarity changes each about 230,000 years. It is hypothesized that climatic variations and the sea level oscillations affect the thickness, type and cyclicities of sediments and geomagnetic variations control the palaeomagnetic data. This study confirms that ultra-high resolution magnetostratigraphy can be undertaken on shallow water carbonates."Geomare sud" Marine Geology Institute C.N.R Naples, Italy and Department of Oceanography Southampton University, U.

The Shape of Things: A Theatrical Examination of the Progression of Emotional Manipulation

In Neil LaBute\u27s work, The Shape of Things, graduate art student Evelyn Thompson meets security guard and future muse, Adam Sorenson, in an art museum during his late-night shift. Their meeting poses the question of just how far humans are willing to go for love. In less than two hours, LaBute’s insight regarding manipulation between intimate partners calls the integrity of our own interpersonal relationships into question. This project encapsulates the materials of Bridgewater College student Kylee Lorio while directing this production during the Covid-19 pandemic

Effects of phrase style in storybooks on children's word learning in small and large reading groups

Shared storybook reading between adults and children has long been considered an effective activity that facilitates children's early language and literacy development (Brabham & Lynch-Brown, 2002; Chomsky, 1979; Elley, 1980, 1989). Children are exposed to an abundance of new, complex words, for which adult readers subsequently expand on and highlight to help make memorable for children (Biemiller & Boote, 2006; Clark, 2010; Read, 2014). Given that early childhood providers regularly incorporate shared storybook reading sessions in small and large groups as part of the typical schedule, opportunities to support how young children learn new words within these contexts are possible. The purpose of the current study was to examine the influence of three specific phrase styles (rhyming, subverted-expectations, and typical phrases) on preschool children's word learning (recall and recognition of target words) within small and large reading groups. Results from the study indicated that, regardless of the group size, children were more successful at recalling complete or partial definitions of the target words and were more successful at recognizing the target words' definitions when they were read storybooks with phrase styles that rhymed compared to when they read storybooks with storybooks that did not rhyme. Implications are also discussed