“If There’s a Slump in This Country, There’ll Be a Civil War!”: The Simbule Affair’s Revelations on British Views of Race and Immigration

From the Washington University Senior Honors Thesis Abstracts (WUSHTA), Spring 2018. Published by the Office of Undergraduate Research. Joy Zalis Kiefer, Director of Undergraduate Research and Associate Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences; Lindsey Paunovich, Editor; Helen Human, Programs Manager and Assistant Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences Mentor: Tim Parson

Parent-School Conflict in the Education of Students with Disabilities: Causation, Prevention, and Resolution

Millions of children with disabilities have benefited from the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (United States Department of Education [USDOE], 2010). However, the law has also been a source of frequent litigation and conflict between schools and parents (Mueller, 2015; Pudelski, 2016). This study was initiated to examine the perceptions of special education directors regarding the effectiveness of alternative dispute resolution practices. Data for this study were acquired using a semi-structured interview guide designed to elicit special education directors’ perspectives on the shared experience of parent-school conflict. Results indicated special education directors utilize three standard practices to prevent or ameliorate parent-professional disputes at the earliest stages of conflict: relationship building, clear communication, and valuing the parent as an Individual Education Plan (IEP) team member. Building upon the results, two implications for future practice were proposed. The first recommendation was for school districts to provide all building staff and parents/guardians with professional development on IEP team roles and duties. The IEP process requires parents and school employees to work together; however, early career special education instructors frequently report lacking the skills, attitudes, knowledge, and confidence needed to form collaborative relationships with parents during the IEP process (Jones & Peterson- Ahmad, 2017). Second, districts should monitor the delivery of special education and related services to ensure services and supports outlined in the IEP are provided and that students are progressing toward IEP goals

Wastelanding: Legacies of Uranium Mining in Navajo Country

https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/facultypubnight/1016/thumbnail.jp

WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES Trusts: Provide for Termination of Irrevocable Trusts in Certain Circumstances

The Act provides for the termination of otherwise irrevocable trusts which have become economically unfeasible to administer. A court is permitted to terminate such trusts under certain circumstances upon petition by the trustee or any beneficiary of the trust. The Act repeals Code section 53-12-25, which provided that a trust could be created only for a minor, an incompetent, or a person unfit to be entrusted with the management of property

STATE GOVERNMENT Open Meetings: Revise Law

The Act substantially revises Georgia\u27s &\u27s open meetings; law. The Act requires that notice of a meeting be sent to the legal organ of the county and be posted at the meeting place at lest twenty-four hours in advance of the meeting. An agenda of business acted on at the meeting must be made available to the public within two business days of the meeting. The Act now specifically covers all nonprofit organizations except nonprofit hospitals. Also, the maximum fine for a violation of the law is increased from one hundred to five hundred dollars, but the violation now must be &willful and knowing.&; Finally, the Act provides that attorney\u27s fees may be awarded in certain circumstances

TORTS Service of Alcoholic Beverages to Minors: Provide Right of Action to Custodial Parent

The Act provides a custodial parent with a right of action against any person who sells or furnishes alcoholic beverages to that parent\u27s underage child

STATE GOVERNMENT Open Meetings: Revise Law

The Act substantially revises Georgia\u27s &\u27s open meetings; law. The Act requires that notice of a meeting be sent to the legal organ of the county and be posted at the meeting place at lest twenty-four hours in advance of the meeting. An agenda of business acted on at the meeting must be made available to the public within two business days of the meeting. The Act now specifically covers all nonprofit organizations except nonprofit hospitals. Also, the maximum fine for a violation of the law is increased from one hundred to five hundred dollars, but the violation now must be &willful and knowing.&; Finally, the Act provides that attorney\u27s fees may be awarded in certain circumstances

Religious and Socio-Cultural Influences on DignityUSA Chapters

People who identify as both LGBTQ and Catholic have struggled with reconciling these identities as the larger Catholic church is anti-LGBTQ. There is little research on positive relationships between LGBTQ and Catholicism because most studies point out barriers between the two. This research will focus on a group that works to retain and bridge religious and sexual identities through social activism. DignityUSA is an activist group that primarily works for change in the larger Catholic church regarding its stance on the LGBTQ community. Founded in 1969 in Los Angeles, California by Father Patrick X. Nirdof, DignityUSA was originally a ministry that offered support and acceptance to those who identify as both Catholic and LGBTQ. LGBTQ Catholics often had a hard time merging their conflicting identities, so this ministry aimed at reliving their guilt and offering a safe space for them to be who they are. While DignityUSA started as a single ministry offering refuge to local community members, its presence became known nationally and other chapters began to open with the same mission. DignityUSA’s presence alone was an attempt at activism because it allowed people to not surrender their same-sex identities to be Catholic, which directly goes against Catholic beliefs, and nationally, various anointed priests, brothers, seminarians, and other leaders of the Catholic church were supportive of DignityUSA. There has been a large fluctuation in the number of DignityUSA chapters, with the general trend being a sharp increase, hitting a maximum number of chapters, then a sharp decrease. This research serves to analyze the fluctuations in the number of DignityUSA chapters per state and the years 1973-2009. This will be done through qualitative analyses of several independent variables’ impact on the number of DignityUSA chapters, including the number of social movement organizations, the number of Catholic Universities, the general religious and Catholic adherence, and the social and government ideology. By using multivariate analyses, I hope to identify correlations to help explain the fluctuation in chapters of this social movement organization