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“Don’t Choke ‘Em, Smoke ‘Em” : Lloyd “Tony” Stevenson and the Long Reach of History in “Post-Racial” Portland

Creator:: Ewens, Elise N.
Abstract:: Despite Portland’s progressive reputation, the response of city officials, police officers, and the community as a whole to the killing of the black man, Lloyd Stevenson, in 1985 at the hands of Portland police, demonstrates that the long racially discriminatory history of Oregon shaped public policy and popular thought about...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: federal intervention. Dubbed “the worst city in race relations north of the Mason Dixon Line” and “a

“If you are holding this letter”

Creator:: Hodaie, Sona H.
Abstract:: “If you are holding this letter” a historical fiction novella that educates readers about the historical significance of World War II: what it was like to be an American soldier fighting in Europe and how the war effected the personal lives those on the home front. Through first-person narration, this...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis

“My Whole World”: Teen Moms Navigating Identity and Social Discourse

Creator:: Tanner, Laura C.
Abstract:: Social discourse presents teenage childbearing as a “serious problem” that results in significant harm and expense to teenage mothers, their children, and society. Although the discourse of teenage childbearing has been multiple, overlapping, and contested, it has resulted in negative stereotyping and stigmatization of teenage mothers. Much of these stereotypes...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis

“The Tenement House Problem”: Reformers and the Progressive Era Housing Crisis

Creator:: Kalk, Kathleen
Abstract:: The immigration boom at the turn of the century resulted in crisis, as the working classes crowded into tenement houses which became breeding pits for disease. Progressive reformers applied complex environment ideology to the housing crisis, blaming poor housing for various moral and social ills. While there tactics varied-from government...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: . 51 Report of the Committee on Tenement House of the Citizens’ Association of Chicago (Chicago: Geo. K

A Case Study in the Role of Values in Discourse and Consensus in Pacific Northwest Forest Collaboratives

Creator:: Karnstein, Mackenzie R.
Abstract:: Collaborative governance plays a significant role in forest management on public land in the Pacific Northwest. The method of governance offers the unique ability to engage a diverse range of stakeholders to reach consensus regarding forest management action. Evaluating the dynamics of the collaborative and its members is essential to...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: :_____________________________________________________ Reem Hajjar & Emily Jane Davis Collaborative governance plays a significant role in forest

A Comparative Analysis of Rodent Species Shows Oxidative Stress Resilience and HSP70 Expression Levels Correlate with Species Longevity

Creator:: Sarker, Minhazur R.
Abstract:: Researchers of healthy aging have determined trends between a species’ body mass and its maximal life span (MLSP). Actual MLSPs are then compared to predicted MLSPs and reported as a longevity quotient (LQ). Long-lived mammals, such as humans and naked mole rats (NMR), have LQs ranging from 5.0 to 10.0,...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: York. 2. Austad, S. and K. E. Fischer (1991). "Mammalian aging

A Comparative Study between Mental Health of Homeless Populations in the United States and Spain

Creator:: Helman, Talia
Abstract:: Many people around the world suffer from a mental illness, and too few receive the help they need. Mental illness is especially prevalent among the homeless. Homelessness is represented in all ages, ethnicities, and genders, and is especially represented among first world countries such as the United States and Spain....
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis

A critical analysis of the globalization of English in the U.S. and abroad

Creator:: De Lora, Emily
Abstract:: Although thousands of volunteers from the United States go abroad each year to teach English, many are unprepared for their experiences. Undergraduate students teaching in a foreign country seem to lack training in educational methodology or foreign relations that would prepare them for teaching and living abroad. This project was...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: project of Emily De Lora presented on June 5, 2007. APPROVED

A proposed method to analyze meso- and microplastic pollution on beaches in Oregon

Creator:: Losh, Sage
Abstract:: Meso- and microplastic debris is becoming a rising coastal issue as more research highlighting the detrimental impacts this material has on marine organisms and the environment is performed. This research, however, continues to be conducted in a non-standardized manner meaning that the data being collected cannot be compared spatially or...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: response to this, and many other coastal PMD sightings across the globe (Dixon & Cooke, 1977; Federal

Adherence as an in vitro assessment of neutrophil function in alpacas

Creator:: Mangan, Emily R.
Abstract:: Camelids are known for frequent occurrence of general ill-thrift. In other species, neutrophil dysfunction has been identified as a cause of ill-thrift, and linked to chronic fungal and bacterial infections. However, no reference values exist for neutrophil function testing in camelids, which inhibits accurate evaluation of neutrophil deficiency in this...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Alpacas by Emily R. Mangan A PROJECT submitted to Oregon

ScholarsArchive@OSU

“Don’t Choke ‘Em, Smoke ‘Em” : Lloyd “Tony” Stevenson and the Long Reach of History in “Post-Racial” Portland

“If you are holding this letter”

“My Whole World”: Teen Moms Navigating Identity and Social Discourse

“The Tenement House Problem”: Reformers and the Progressive Era Housing Crisis

A Case Study in the Role of Values in Discourse and Consensus in Pacific Northwest Forest Collaboratives

A Comparative Analysis of Rodent Species Shows Oxidative Stress Resilience and HSP70 Expression Levels Correlate with Species Longevity

A Comparative Study between Mental Health of Homeless Populations in the United States and Spain

A critical analysis of the globalization of English in the U.S. and abroad

A proposed method to analyze meso- and microplastic pollution on beaches in Oregon

Adherence as an in vitro assessment of neutrophil function in alpacas

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