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  • The Culture of Names – A Comparison between Vietnam and Denmark

    Creator:
    Ngo, Toan Tri Dung
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    This project discusses the topic of personal names and the cultures of different peoples and their particularities, specifically in Vietnam and Denmark. The first part of this paper gives a brief history of naming traditions (mostly relating to Western European traditions). The second part of the paper compares two families...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    former Texas governor James Stephen Hogg’s daughter, Ima, and a Puerto Rican child named Usmail (Smith

  • Backpacking Through the Canon

    Creator:
    Sauter, Megan E.
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    During summer and fall 2007, I traveled across Europe and studied in Spain. My experiences abroad shaped my reading of certain literary texts as I gained insight into the cultures and settings in which they were produced. In my thesis, I recount some of these experiences and show how my...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    Stephen arrived on the scene, the French men were kicking their wounded friend, telling him to get up

  • Studying abroad and vocabulary use in impromptu essays

    Creator:
    Mitchell, Kathleen
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    Spending time in a German speaking country may aid in vocabulary acquisition and production. This study hypothesized a concrete link between written language use and experiences abroad. Intermediate German students’ vocabulary uses in impromptu essays were evaluated by counting the number of total word, unique words, and content words. This...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    amounts of input are needed to develop language skills. Stephen Krashen developed this theory, called the

  • The Evolution: Electric Vehicles and the End of Oil Addiction

    Creator:
    Donahue, Cory
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    The world is currently using an unsustainable system of meeting its transportation needs with oil. This system is taking a toll on the world environment and on global politics. The physical availability of oil is the system’s most immediate problem and will most likely bring about a transition away from...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    species but never a gradual slide connecting different species. As a solution, Stephen Jay Gould and

  • Living Gluten-Free: An Analysis of Illness and Coping Narratives

    Creator:
    Dougher, Carly E.
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    Gluten intolerance is a condition that affects a significant portion of the world’s population. While awareness about the condition has recently increased, the condition remains poorly understood and therefore commonly mis- and underdiagnosed. In this paper, I examine the challenges in obtaining a gluten intolerant diagnosis and attempt to capture...
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    Honors College Thesis

  • Empowering pedagogy : a case study of non-traditional teaching methods and philosophy at the Centro de Educación Creativa

    Creator:
    Sansone, Sophia Vosburg
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    Empowering pedagogy (also know as “transgressive,” “emancipatory,” or “democratic” forms of education) seeks to challenge the historically oppressive tendencies of traditional education. As a student of Social Justice and International Studies, I approach the topic of empowering pedagogy through a case study. My research explored this non-traditional educational philosophy and...
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