• Oedipa Maas’s Struggle against Existential Nihilism in The Crying of Lot 49 

  Moore, Samantha (Office of Student Research and Creative Activity, 2018-12)

  This paper investigates the journey of protagonist Oedipa Maas in Thomas Pynchon’s novella The Crying of Lot 49, specifically through the lens of her resistance to existential nihilism. Her development throughout the novel ...

• Music as Political Power in Postwar Germany: The Fight for German Reunification through the Voices of East and West German Musicians 

  Meldrum, Monica (Office of Student Research and Creative Activity, 2018-12)

  When the Second World War ended, Germany embarked on a period of heightened reconstruction. Along with the restoration of bombed buildings and the reestablishment of political systems, the postwar era was a time of rich ...

• The Effects of Physical Activity on Adverse Side Effects in Chemotherapy Patients 

  Long-Pero, Maddisen (Office of Student Research and Creative Activity, 2018-12)

  Each year, more than 14 million people worldwide are diagnosed with cancer. Despite advancements in medicine, a cure for this disease has not been found. Chemotherapy, a common cancer treatment, is often used in an attempt ...

• The Indian Civil Service Exam: A Modest Beginning toward Democratization 

  Dinkel, Anna (Office of Student Research and Creative Activity, 2018-12)

  In 1855 the Indian Civil Service (ICS), the cornerstone bureaucratic system of the East India Company (EIC), made an important change in the appointment of officers. Rather than continuing with the system of individual ...

• “The Glorious American Banner Floating High above the Ramparts”: The Rise and Fall of Know-Nothingism in Wisconsin 

  Depew, Jennifer (Office of Student Research and Creative Activity, 2018-12)

  Know-Nothingism was an anti-immigrant movement that gained prominence in the United States following a surge in Irish and German Catholic immigration during the 1840s and 1850s. Wisconsin, a new state with a diverse and ...

• Memorializing Atrocities: The Problems of Censorship and Fleeting Memory within Eastern European Holocaust Sites 

  Covey, Jacob (Office of Student Research and Creative Activity, 2018-12)

  Since 1945, memories of the Holocaust have gradually faded around the world. Using a combination of firsthand accounts by Holocaust survivors and Soviet soldiers who liberated Auschwitz, as well as scholarly articles on ...

• The Abortion Rights Struggle in Wisconsin 

  Wieczorek, David (2017-12)

  The purpose of this paper is to examine the history of the antiabortion movement in Wisconsin and place it in a broader, national context. The debate can be summarized as the fight over two conflicting personal liberties: ...

• The Heart of the Gay Community: How a Small STD Clinic in Milwaukee Played a Large Role in Wisconsin AIDS Prevention 

  Wasielewski, William (2018-12)

  The history of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome/Human Immunodeficiency Virus (AIDS/HIV) activism is becoming a topic of intense research. However, much of the published history focuses on nationwide groups or AIDS ...

• EVE: Online as a Potential Microeconomic Model 

  Smith, Christopher (University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Office of Student Research and Creative Activity, 2017-12)

  EVE: Online (EVE) is a video game with one of the largest virtual economies in existence. The question reigns, can a video game economy function realistically according to microeconomic theory? To test this, I examined ...

• Self-Similarity of the 11-Regular Partition Function 

  Kopitzke, Grant (University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Office of Student Research and Creative Activity, 2017-12)

  The partition function counts the number of ways a positive integer can be written as the sum of a non-increasing sequence of positive integers. These sums are known as partitions. The famous mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan ...

• If I Had a Shotgun: Musical Protest against Misogyny in Murder Ballads 

  Kirchner, Caitlin (University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Office of Student Research and Creative Activity, 2017-12)

  Appalachian folk ballads have long been part of America’s musical history. These ballads preserve many aspects of Appalachian culture, including murder. However, modern listeners may find the misogyny of murder ballads, ...

• Reds and Patriots: The Alliance of the African National Congress and the South African Communist Party 

  Gauger, Christopher (University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Office of Student Research and Creative Activity, 2017-12)

  During the apartheid era in South Africa, the African National Congress (ANC) was allied with the South African Communist Party (SACP), presenting a united opposition to the white minority government. After apartheid was ...

• Oshkosh Scholar, Volume XII 

  Kirchner, Caitlin; Kopitzke, Grant; Smith, Christopher; Gauger, Christopher; Wieczorek, David; Wasielewski, William (University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Office of Student Research and Creative Activity, 2017-12)

  Welcome to Volume XII of Oshkosh Scholar, the undergraduate research journal of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. In the following pages students from mathematics, music, economics, and history present original research ...

• Oshkosh Scholar, Volume XIII 

  Depew, Jennifer; Long-Pero, Maddisen; Meldrum, Monica; Covey, Jacob; Moore, Samantha; Dinkel, Anna (Office of Student Research and Creative Activity, 2018-12)

• An Economic Comparison of Post-Communist States to Others in Europe 

  Foster, Ashley (2017-05-12)

  Communism fell in Europe in 1989, making it necessary for European countries that had been communist to transition to market-based systems and more democratic regimes in the years following. It has been over 25 years ...

• Effects of the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid Expansion Provision on the Uninsured Rate: A State-by-State Analysis 

  Jones, Taylor (2017-05-12)

  The Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, is a reform of the United States health care system passed by Congress in 2010. The goal is to increase the number of insured citizens and reduce the cost of health ...

• "A New Slavery of Caste": An Evaluation of President Woodrow Wilson with Regard to Race 

  Depew, Jennifer (2017-05-12)

  The presidency of Woodrow Wilson has been traditionally considered successful due to his administration’s progressive legislation and leadership during World War I. Recently, his positive reputation has been challenged ...

• The Significance of Community Capital in Generating and Upholding a Local Food Movement 

  Persson, Carly (2017-05-12)

  This study uses a qualitative approach to investigate factors motivating restaurant owners in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to source their menu items locally and, secondly, farmers around Oshkosh to provide them with products. I ...

• Academics and Alcohol Consumption: A Study of College Students 

  Kanyuh, Charlotte (2017-05-12)

  Alcohol consumption is a large part of the social lives of many university students. Prior research examining the relationship between alcohol use and academic performance of students has been inconclusive. This study ...

• Stand Up and Speak Up: Effectiveness of Web-Based Bystander Intervention on a College Campus 

  Schumitsch-Jewell, Taylor (2017-05-12)

  The goal of bystander intervention is to provide college students with the necessary means to recognize an assaultive situation and gain the confidence to step in. The current study examined the effectiveness of a web-based ...

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