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Annabell W Graham Senior Piano Recital
Get PDFAnnabell Graham\u27s senior piano recital at the University of Mary Washington performed on March 26, 2022.
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair , Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Prélude from Keyboard Suite No. 1, George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen , Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Summerland from The Three Visions, William Grant Still (1896-1978)
The Spruce from The Trees, Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Romance in D-Flat Major, Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Beauty and the Beast , Alan Menken (1949-), arr. Kyle Landry
You Are My Sunshine , Jimmie Davis (1899-2000), arr. Riyandi Kusuma
In Loving Memory of Gracie LeAnn Dimi
Ruined by Lynn Nottage: An Exploration of Women and Violence
No full textThis project is a dramaturgical exploration of the play Ruined by Lynn Nottage. Ruined is based on the true stories of women from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who experienced trauma such as rape, torture, and family disownment. Nottage’s play gives a voice to women and their experiences in a war zone. Dramaturgy is defined as the study of dramatic composition and theatrical representation. The purpose is to create a guide for the artistic team for the production to be as accurate as possible. This guide includes information on the author including her process and research while writing this show, information on the production history, a synopsis of the plot and characters, a timeline and discussion on the history of conflict in the DRC, the implications that occurred because of the conflict, and a glossary of unknown words from the play. This project explored the weaponization of sexual violence against women and how the portrayal of these women’s reality can affect change within a society. It explores the interaction between theatre and politics, between a fictionalized depiction and reality. This project educates an audience on sexual violence in warfare and how detrimental it is to the people it is committed against
Beware the Ides of March: A Digital Journal on the Acting Process in Julius Caesar
No full textIn January 2022, Theatre major Sterling Barbett was cast in the University of Mary Washington’s workshop production of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. He played the Soothsayer, Claudius, Octavius’ Servant, and Servant to Caesar in the final performances, which took place close to the ides of March (March 10-13). Throughout rehearsals, he conducted research of Ancient Rome and acting processes by renowned Shakespearean actors to better analyze his characters. Personal accounts were documented to foster a sense of belonging: not only in this dystopian version of Rome, but also in a strong ensemble. He writes about self-reflection and the feelings of performance as well. This is all digitized in the form of an accessible blog to preserve its contents and allow for a chronological display of growth
Einstein\u27s Equations, Lagrangians for General Relativity, and ADM Formalism
Get PDFEinstein’s equations describe the relation of spacetime curvature and present matter. We will consider the case of a Lorentzian manifold diffeomorphic to ℝ × Σ, where time t ∈ ℝ and the three-dimensional manifold Σ represents space. In a homogeneous and isotropic universe, the three-dimensional manifold Σ of the Lorentzian manifold has Riemann curvature tensor (3)R = KI, where K is a constant and I is the 3 × 3 identity matrix. Space is flat when K = 0, spherical when K is positive, and hyperbolic when K is negative. In this paper, we will show models agreeing with each. We will derive the Schwarzschild metric, find Einstein’s equations from the Lagrangian, and analyze them using Arnowitt-Deser-Misner formalism
The Relationship Between Late Night, Twitter, and Political Literacy in 2020
Get PDFPolitical humor has played a role in politics since ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. From plays to newspaper comics to late night comedy, these bits of political criticism and commentary on current events have been there to provide the public with relief, reinforcement of views, and in some cases information. Since the late 2000s, social media started to take on a similar role of providing reactions to political commentary, but rather than a television network and professionally crafted scripts, it is any person who possesses an account and may write up to 280 characters. Previous research has looked at political literacy and Twitter, but there are inconsistencies in findings as Twitter is a fast-paced media with the potential to be ever changing in influence. This project aims to reveal whether humorous political communication on Twitter follows similar patterns and content as late-night comedy and clarify Twitter’s role in political literacy. It does so through comparing past literature on late night comedy and Twitter, conducting a content analysis of late-night comedy and tweets during the 2020 U.S. election, and analyzing political literacy data from 2020 to see whether there are any trends from the past literature to now. There are many similarities between the two forms of political humor with their main differences coming from the openness of participation and lack of market drive on Twitter. From this, it is evident that Twitter humor is an extension of late-night humor as late night television was of newspaper comic humor. Twitter humor is more extreme and prone to false information, which leads it to be potentially more negative impacts on political knowledge and cynicism than late night comedy
The Science of Art “Faithfully Presented”: Entropy in British Victorian Literature
Get PDFIn the chemical world, entropy, or the randomness and chaos of a system, must continually increase; it is much more favorable for things to fall apart than to be put together. This scientific concept can also be rightly applied to the study of literature. While it is true books contain information put together into some sense of order from chaos, making them counterintuitive to entropy, I am convinced these works must still obey the laws of thermodynamics. There must be an increase in chaos somewhere, and if it is not within the words themselves, it must lie within the ideas they represent, their interpretation by readers, and the deconstruction of the text through literary analysis. In this study, the works of Victorian authors including Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy are deconstructed into entropic elements including the lack of a reliable center and the struggle between the compulsion to repeat and the desire for revolution. Examination of entropy in these texts validates their claims to be realistic novels portraying the nuance of authentic life. Entropy applied to literature calls readers to continually deconstruct, wait expectantly for the inevitable eb and flow of light and darkness, and accept unanswerable questions and incomplete endings. This is real life; this is entropy
Segregation in Virginia’s National Parks, 1916–1965 (Story Map)
No full textThis StoryMap examines National Park Service (NPS) segregation policy and how it was applied at six national parks in Virginia before the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibited segregation in places of public accommodation such as parks, theaters, courthouses, sports arenas, hotels, and restaurants. These six case study parks were chosen based on available archival materials and surviving resources on the landscape associated with segregation. The StoryMap is based on a published NPS report, Segregation in Virginia’s National Parks, 1916–1965 (2022)
Identification of Fungi on Spotted Lanternfly
No full textBy using the method of microscopy the identification of three unknown fungal species were determined. Crystal violet staining, lactophenol cotton blue staining, and SEM were used to collect images of unknown fungal species. It was determined that PCR is required to differentiate between the fungal species. Overall morphological analysis did not provide enough data to conclude study. Future research will include PCR and possible fungal endophyte inoculation with tomato plants
Comparing the Impacts of Common Deicing agents NaCl and MgCl2 on the Mobility Behavior, Embryonic Deposition Behavior, and Embryonic Development of the Freshwater Gastropod Physa acuta
Get PDFThe USEPA recommends that Cl– concentrations do not exceed a four-day average of 230 mg/L more than once every 3 years, however concentrations of 600 mg/L have been measured during winter. Little is known about the effects of these concentrations, on sublethal endpoints in invertebrates. Thus, the goals of this study were to assess the effects of aqueous NaCl and MgCl2 exposure on 1) Physa acuta adult mobility endpoints 2) Adult embryonic deposition behavior and 3) Embryonic viability and development. Adults were exposed to 0, 100, 250, 500, and 1000mg/L NaCl or MgCl2 for 7d using static replacement. On days 1, 3, and 7 individuals were placed into a recording chamber and mobility was recorded and analyzed using the software ToxTrac (v. 2.83). During adult exposure any embryo clutches deposited were collected and embryos were counted. Newly deposited (\u3c24hr old) embryo clutches from breeding pairs were collected and exposed to 0, 100, 250, or 500 mg/L NaCl or MgCl2 using a static exposure method and photographed daily. Viability, developmental stage, and hatching success of each embryo was assessed daily for ten days. Results of these exposures suggest dose-dependent decreases in embryonic viability and rate of development as well as decreases in mobility endpoints and embryo/clutch deposition. More severe effects were caused by MgCl2 exposure. As there is currently no research on the effects of NaCl or MgCl2 on P. acuta, these findings provide novel insight into the impacts of these two commonly utilized deicers on a non-model freshwater invertebrate species, suggesting that similar effects may also be exerted on endangered or keystone aquatic species
The Ruins of Memory: A Dream of Grief
Get PDFMy presentation for the UMW 2022 Research and Creativity Day is a creative short story The Ruins of Memory: A Dream of Grief. The story, which equals a little less than 6500 words, is a rumination on grief and the complicated feelings experienced by a young man named Holly Meadowlark, who has returned to his hometown after the death of his twin sister. Holly finds companionship in an old schoolmate named Valerian, who helps him learn to cope with his grief and honor his sister’s memory