Browsing COLS Undergraduate Research Symposium by Title
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Anesthesia Response in Handled and Non-Handled Laboratory Rats
(College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2023-05-05)The goal for these species is to reduce the stress the rats may be exposed to in order to obtain improved physiologic results prior to and during sedation. Assessing anesthesia risks and identifying potential problems is ... -
Aspects of a Dynamic Neighborhood: Shorewood v Bayview
(College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2023-05-05)My neighborhood research paper was written about the many differences between the Shorewood and Bay View neighborhoods in the city of Milwaukee. In this research paper I discussed and provided facts about the differences ... -
“Childish Things” — Narnia, Susan Pevensie, and the Nature of Adulthood
(College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2024-05-03)Many have spoken about the “Problem of Susan”-- arguments spanning the full range of reactions to her permanent ejection from Narnia, from frustration with C.S. Lewis’s cruelty to certainty that Susan must have deserved ... -
Collective Trauma and Victim Activism in Japan from the Aum Shinrikyo Sarin Gas Attacks of 1995
(College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2023-05-05)In this research project, I examine the cultural and political effects of the 1995 Tokyo sarin gas attacks, both in shaping victim activism and the experience of collective trauma in Japan. In 1995, the new religious ... -
Collegiate Stigmas: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Opinions on Mental Illness
(College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2024-05-03)Historically, individuals diagnosed with a mental illness were often met with disgust and judgement, resulting in institutionalization with potentially atrocious conditions and outcomes. Today, mental healthcare has improved ... -
Commemoration or Profit? The Truth Behind Belfast’s Titanic
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Comparative Research on American & South Korean Feminism
(College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2024-05-03)As the use of technology changes how we interact with social movements, the 4B Movement of South Korea has spread widely through digital spaces. This recent radical women’s movement utilizes four key tenets to push for ... -
A Discovery of Witches: Sorcery, Courtly Love, Heresy, and the Divine in the Middle Ages
(College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2024-05-03)The modern recounting of witch trials tend to focus on the implausibility of the supernatural. This disdain for witchcraft as a concept has seeped through the documentation of its history. Whether through the soaring heights ... -
The Effect of Covid-19 on Bat Research in Wisconsin
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The Effects of Fear: Club Disney and the Privatization of Recreation
(College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2024-05-03)This research explores the history of how fear has shaped public and private recreational facilities and how Club Disney is a prime example of this fear in effect. The late 1800s and early 1900s saw a rise in public parks ... -
¡El hambre no espera!: The Role of Radical Food Sovereignty Movements in Reshaping our Food Systems
(College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2023-05-05)Food sovereignty movements have emerged worldwide in response to social, economic, and environmental crises brought on by the dominant corporate food regime. One especially important moment was the 2007-2008 world food ... -
Fire, Flowers, and Franquismo: Self-Commemoration of the Valencian Identity in the Fallas Festival (1939-2023)
(College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2023-05-05)I examine the cultural significance of the Fallas Festival in Valencia, Spain and how Valencians annually deconstruct and reconstruct their collective identity through the festival. Valencian culture and festivities ... -
Holodomor Famine Commemoration and the Challenges of Developing a Shared National Identity in Post-Soviet Ukraine (1991-2023)
(College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2023-05-05)In this research project, I examine Ukraine’s struggle to develop a shared national identity after the fall of the Soviet Union. This project addresses Holodomor, an artificial famine from 1932-1933 that devastated Soviet ...