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Because Potato
<p>This thesis project explores the phenomenological qualities of the internet; asking, since the internet is difficult to grasp, what other modes of investigation might we have available? Using an investigative framework set forth by Jack Halberstam, this thesis declines to come to knowledge …
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Because, x: A new construction of because in popular culture
<p>This thesis explores the new language fad, <em>Because, X,</em> which originated on the Internet and was named the American Dialect Society’s Word of the Year in 2013. Since the construction is relatively recent, there has been little formal research conducted on it beyond Internet articles and …
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Because a Fire, A Lover's Quarrel: Poems
<p>This thesis comprises poems written and/or revised over the past two years. They mark the development of my aesthetic and writing ability thus far and are representative of the training and practice incited by my own efforts and those of my professors during my enrollment in the Master of Arts …
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I Do Not Fear, Because I Fear
… It is a topic that deserves much attention because it is pervasive in scripture, spirituality, and in many aspects of life. While fear and the fear of God are emphasized in scripture, their importance has been underestimated and misunderstood in modern times. </p> <p> The purpose of this …
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Ornament because of crime : learning from Mafia Baroque
The thesis looks at the very specific economic and political circumstances in post-Communist Bulgaria that led to the emergence of Mafia Baroque as a distinct architectural style and an instrument for communicating power. Building on the context of the economic meltdown of the mid-1990s, the urban …
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One Is Concerned Because One Is A Human Being
I am a nomad. I have not had a place to call home in almost two decades. I wander around the world searching for a place to belong, only to discover the forgotten lives and silenced voices. I have come to realize that to find a "home," I need to first create a world in which to belong to. My recent …
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Because clay has a memory : conversations about dyslexia, ceramics and success
… the more they were able to learn from texts because of a slow build up of contextualized vocabulary and content knowledge
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I want to read because...reading motivation in a first grade classroom
The purposes of this study were to determine what makes first grade students motivated to read, which best practices motivated first graders to read, and can first graders say what motivates them to read. The study lasted for thirteen days and all instruction was based on a goal-oriented weather …
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"Because We Were Too English:" John Kaye and the 1857 Indian Rebellion
Throughout the nineteenth century, no other rebellion received the same level of attention in Britain as the 1857 Indian Rebellion. This was one of the most written about events in the nineteenth century. The foremost writer on the rebellion is Sir John William Kaye. This thesis examines John …
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Discrimination: because I want to or because I have to? : a comparison between the explanations of social identity theory and social dominance theory for intergroup prejudice in South Africa
This thesis attempts to determine whether the amount of discrimination a person displays is more influenced by stable attitudinal orientations, as implied by the Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) construct of Social Dominance Theory, or by the context variance favoured by Social Identity Theory. …
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Smartphone Screen Time: Self-reported estimates are inaccurate because mobile devices distort time perception
… emotional conditions affect time perception. Because, subjectively, smartphones are pleasure providing and anxiety-alleviating devices, previous research suggests they might facilitate time distortion. To test whether time spent using a smartphone will feel shorter while time without it will …
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I Am Because We Are: Africana Womanism as a Vehicle of Empowerment and Influence
The purpose of this research project has been to shed light on the experiences of Black women in Afrocentric groups' Nation of Gods and Earths, the Black Panther Party, and Rastafarians' that operated on the fringes of society during the 1960s through the early 2000s. This work articulates the …
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I Made You this Playlist because I Don't Know How to Say "I Love You"
<p>The following thesis is a creative work that explores the intersection of pop culture criticism and personal identity. This is a work of creative nonfiction, comprised of formally experimental essays, accompanied by a critical introduction which interrogates what it means, in this context, for a …
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We are doing it because we have to!”: Reality of readiness policy in the classroom
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-08-01
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We make fiction because we are fiction: authorities displaced in the novels of Russell Hoban
Russell Hoban, born in Pennsylvania in 1925, is the author of fifty children's books and eight novels. This thesis provides a critical reading of his novels Kleinzeit (1974), The Medusa Frequency (1987), Riddley Walker (1980) and Pilgermann (1983). The thesis argues that the alienation of the …
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A company is a company because of other people: corporate social responsibility and the constitution
… for employees who lost jobs and pensions because of the deception. " However, in reality, only a fraction of the losses were recovered and paid out to the affected parties. More recently, the subprime crisis and resultant credit crunch over the last year, beginning with the collapse of the …
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I Like My Group Because I Like Myself: Underlying Mechanisms of Implicit and Explicit Intergroup Bias
Intergroup bias refers to the systematic tendency to evaluate one’s own membership groups more favorably than nonmembership groups. The present investigation tested a new mechanism underlying intergroup bias. Specifically, it is argued that categorizing oneself as a member of a group is sufficient …
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BECAUSE: A Son’s Odyssey to Expose a CIA Coverup and Find the Father He Never Knew
<p>Decades after his father, Major Jack J. Wells, is killed in Vietnam, his youngest son James discovers hundreds of his letters spanning over two wars. The letters compel James to learn more about the father he lost as a child. And when he discovers the details of his father’s death are …
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“Because We Are Catholic”: Music as a Bridge Between Identities Within the Catholic Community of South India
<p>In this thesis, I argue that the music of the Catholic Church of South India, which draws from Indian and Western music genres, functions as a cultural bridge allowing the worshiper to express a distinctively Catholic identity without distancing themselves from their Hindu roots. This cultural …
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