Slut Pride: The Reappropriation Attempt by SlutWalk

This study examines an open letter created by the Black Women’s Blueprint Organization in response to the reappropriation of the term “slut” in SlutWalk Toronto, a protest march against rape culture. Using Kenneth Burke’s cluster criticism method, it evaluates the effectiveness of this rhetorical strategy through the lenses of race, ethnicity, and socio-economic differences. This study enables those involved in the movement to move forward productively, more inclusively. The research question addressed is as follows, the latter acting as a sub-question of the first: (1) In regards to United States Third Wave feminist goals, are SlutWalks achieving the desired long term outcome? (2) Is the strategy of reclaiming “slut” having the desired effect? Analysis offered insight into four themes: (1) reinforcement, (2) oppression, (3) lack of space, and (4) difference

Values and Reflections from the Field: An Informational Interviewing Experience and Collections from the Harvard Leadership Studio

Background: Leadership has been described as the organization of people to achieve a goal, which often entails characteristics such as charisma and intelligence. While the Trait Model in leadership is often used to define characteristics of effective leaders, little is known about how many public health leaders transcend these leadership qualities and values in making decisions, particularly in situations of great uncertainty. Objective: To understand values of leaders in the decision-making process, using informational interviews at the Harvard School of Public Health as well as collections from the Harvard Leadership Studio, Voices from the Field Programming, and other symposiums. Methods: I approached public health pioneers and asked them what personal characteristics they considered to be essential for effective leadership, how they defined personal success, and what advice they would share with the next generation of public health leaders. The quotations expressed were extracted from informational interviews and recorded videos. Opinions expressed were paraphrased from the viewpoint of the writer. Results: The interviews and programming identified values that centered on taking risks, having a vision, open mindedness, knowing where one’s moral compass lies, and willingness to encounter resistance to change. Conclusion: This report represents a reflective and qualitative approach to understanding how value-based characteristics influenced the decision-making of successful leaders as well as provides advice to the next generation of public health leaders. Further analysis could include reflections on successful leadership training models and evaluating performance in leadership

Muchas Fiestas

Postcard from Siena Noe, during the Linfield College Semester Abroad Program at Centro Cultural e Histórico José Figueres Ferrer in San Ramón, Costa Ric

The Right Track: Building a 21st Century High-Speed Rail System for America

Provides an overview of U.S. investment in high-speed intercity passenger rail, its economic and environmental benefits, analyses by region, and key steps for building an efficient network, including balancing private investment with public safeguards

Dymanics of Generalized Coherent States

We show that generalized coherent states follow Schr\"{o}dinger dynamics in time-dependent potentials. The normalized wave-packets follow a classical evolution without spreading; in turn, the Schr\"{o}dinger potential depends on the state through the classical trajectory. This feedback mechanism with continuous dynamical re-adjustement allows the packets to remain coherent indefinetely.Comment: 8 pages, plain latex, no figure

Investigating the Apparent Seismic Diffusivity of Near-Receiver Geology at Mount St. Helens Volcano, USA

Acknowledgments: The SAGES VALIDATE forum provided travel money for the discussion of the methodology within De Siena and Benson.Peer reviewedPublisher PD