I Skate Therefore I Am: Athletic Identity Amongst Collegiate Level Hockey Players

This study explores athletic identity among men’s, women’s and sled hockey athletes and whether or not there is significant differences between the groups. An exploratory study was done that consisted of a quantitative survey that utilized the Athletic Identity Measurement Scale, better known as the AIMS, in order to look in to the three types of athlete’s identity (Brewer, Van Raalte, & Linder, 1993). A snowball sample was used to garner participants from men’s, women’s and sled hockey teams from a moderately sized New England College, for the survey. There were 7 responses from each team, a total of 21 athletes participating. The aforementioned AIMS, was used to determine if there was significant difference with how the three types of athletes identified. The researchers found that there was significant difference in three areas: 1) athlete has many goals related to hockey 2) others seeing them as an athlete, and 3) the importance of others seeing them as an athlete. There was near significance in the AIMS Sum

Inspector G.E.N.R.E.-Helping Students Get Excited for New Reading Experiences

With reading standards and pressure on the rise for young students, this project takes a look at how we can help students understand why reading is important and that it can be enjoyable as well

State Lawmakers Must Step in to Remedy Supreme Court Voting Rights Blunder

This June, a 6-3 Supreme Court decision further eroded the Voting Rights Act (VRA) by upholding an Arizona law that disqualifies ballots cast by voters at any poll site other than the one assigned — an administrative technicality that has been shown to disproportionately impact minority communities in multiple states

A Small Change to Save Thousands of Votes

In 2004, then-County Legislator Andrea Stewart-Cousins faced off against the nine-term incumbent Nick Spano in an election for state Senate. The race was extremely close, certified in Spano’s favor by 18 votes

Quickly End NY’s Suppressive Ballot Policy

Earlier this year, with the 2022 midterm elections looming, New York’s Democratic members of Congress sued their own state Board of Elections in federal court for unconstitutional practices that disqualify ballots cast by duly registered voters. Chief among the alleged violations of New Yorkers’ right to vote is the practice of fully disqualifying so-called “wrong church” ballots cast by lost or misdirected voters at poll sites other than the ones to which they are assigned

A Way to Guarantee Voting Rights

In 2004, state legislator Andrea Stewart-Cousins faced nine-term Republican Nick Spano in a state Senate election. The election was very close, certified in favor of Spano by 18 votes

Impact of New York’s “Wrong Church” Ballot Disqualification Rule in the 2020 General Election

In 2020, more than 13,800 New York voters, eager to cast their ballots in the General Election, walked into a polling place and presented themselves to poll workers, who were unable to locate those voters in the poll book, even though they were registered. Poll workers directed them to vote provisionally by affidavit ballot and each did so. However, as officials determined several days later, these voters had all turned out and cast a ballot at a poll site in their county that was different from the one assigned to them, a fatal technical pitfall under New York’s election law. Although poll workers are required by law to redirect lost voters to their assigned polling place before issuing them a ballot, in practice, that doesn’t consistently occur, leading election officials to reject the voter’s entire ballot at post-election canvass if it was cast at any poll site other than the one assigned. This includes votes for statewide contests that all voters may participate in like U.S. President, Senator, or Governor; as well as offices these voters are usually eligible to vote for, like their Member of Congress, county- or citywide officials, and state legislator