Reading Between the Lines

Twenty-seven years: the time it took after Paul O’Connell’s return from Vietnam for him to fully reflect on his war experience. O’Connell, a Marine who at the age of eighteen served in the jungles of Vietnam from October 18th, 1968 to October 1st, 1969, was a purple-heart receiving grunt who faced some of the most horrid experiences of guerrilla warfare. His memoir, Between the Lines, is a collection of his letters written home from Vietnam, and reflections about his experiences and the “between the lines” of the correspondences. Throughout his memoir, the themes of heroism, cowardice, suspicion, pride, and integrity are portrayed while his transition home exemplifies emotional and physical change, a loss of innocence, identity, and betrayal by the homecoming society. The timely letters and later reflections have similarities and differences in regards to these motifs, which serve to demonstrate how O’Connell changed after he encountered the homecoming society, and how O’Connell’s soldier’s tale is representative of all veterans. [excerpt

Visual Culture Analysis of The Last Ditch of the Chivalry, or a President in Petticoats

This lithograph is a Northern depiction of the capture of former Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Titled The Last Ditch of the Chivalry, or a President in Petticoats , and picturing Davis in a woman’s dress and bonnet, the Northern press painted Davis as a coward. Rather than being a man and standing up to the Union troops, Davis disguised himself as a woman and attempted to cowardly escape. Although in actuality Davis was wearing a rain jacket and shawl rather than a full dress and bonnet, the Northern press mocked him. This piece demonstrates the prominence of male Southern honor, and how the ideals of being a man contradicted with the expectations for women. Davis’ flee also symbolizes the fall of the Confederacy

Factors of Educational Attainment

The following research has been conducted in order to establish both the economic and statistical significance of certain factors that affect the percentage of those who hold a bachelor’s degree by age 25. We look at what demographics are/are not important when predicting who will obtain a bachelor’s degree by age 25, and list some options we think would increase the percentage of those who hold a bachelor’s degree, based on our research. We stipulate that increasing the percent of the population holding a degree will better prepare people for success and a higher standard of living in our rapidly changing economy. To test our hypothesis, we have estimated an equation and run regressions on our data from which we can draw insight about where we ought to focus our efforts in education policy

An Analysis of Linguistic Discrimination: Undergraduate Reactions to Nonnative Instructors

Honors (Bachelor's)LinguisticsUniversity of Michiganhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/91835/1/hansensa.pd

The influence of genotype and perioral musculature on maxillary and mandibular development

THE INFLUENCE OF GENOTYPE AND PERIORAL MUSCULATURE ON MAXILLARY AND MANDIBULAR DEVELOPMENT Sarah E. Hansen, M.D.S. University of Pittsburgh, 2018 Growth and development of the maxilla and mandible are important in diagnosing and treatment planning orthodontic cases. This study reports significant influences on jaw position in 42 adult patients of the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine. OBJECTIVE: of the study was to determine whether there is an association between skeletal jaw position and perioral musculature, and if genotype can predict skeletal growth. METHODS: a prospective study on 42 patients over one year was performed. Protocols were followed to ensure HIPAA compliance. The average age of subjects was 28.5 years and included 22 females and 20 males. Lip strength measured by the IOPI system was compared to radiographic cephalometric measurements. Allelic and genotypic frequencies from polymorphisms rs678397 and rs1815739 of gene ACTN3, and rs10850110 of gene MYO1H, were compared to each variable. Chi-square and Fisher exact calculations determined significance of associations. RESULTS: showed significant differences between rs10850110 genotype and Steiner classification (P = 0.04); between rs678397 genotype and allele frequency and SNA angle (P = 0.01; P = 0.003); between rs1815739 allele frequency and SNA angle (P = 0.01); between rs678397 allele frequency and ANB angle (P = 0.049); between rs678397 genotype and allele frequency and lip strength in females (P = 0.045; P = 0.02); and between rs678397 allele frequency and overall lip strength (P = 0.049), after being corrected for sex. CONCLUSIONS: The genotype for rs10850110 is associated with a Class III skeletal relationship, and the genotype for polymorphisms rs678397 and rs1815739 are associated with both weak lips and a skeletal Class II phenotype, due to a a protrusive maxilla

Pedagogies of Revolt, Politics of the Self

In "New Forms of Revolt," Julia Kristeva maintains that intimate revolt is a necessary, if imperiled, mode of contemporary resistance. This essay reflects on the pedagogical dimensions of intimate revolt and its fate in university contexts, especially in the United States. I argue that a Kristevan pedagogical revolt involves upheavals of thought supported by loving listening relationships