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Bridgewater College, Photograph of Small College Champ Doug Coleman running while Coach Harry G. M. (Doc) Jopson clocks, probably early 1970s
No full textArchival photograph from Bridgewater College Special Collectionshttps://digitalcommons.bridgewater.edu/track_and_field_photos/1020/thumbnail.jp
Lagrange\u27s Theorem and its Applications in Group Theory
No full textLagrange’s Theorem is a well-known result in group theory that many mathematicians consider to be one of the most important theorems relating to finite groups. This paper examines Lagrange’s Theorem and how it is utilized in the field of group theory. The theorem states that if G is a finite group and H is a subgroup of G, then the order of H divides the order of G. This paper will first cover elementary group theory terminology and concepts which provide context for a non-mathematical reader prior to proving Lagrange’s famous result. Then, it will explore derived consequences and applications of the theorem, namely Fermat’s Little Theorem and the Orbit-Stabilizer Theorem, that are heavily utilized when characterizing and analyzing different groups and their relations to subgroups to give the reader a complete understanding of the significance of Lagrange’s Theorem in finite group theory
Decoding Dobbs: A Typology to Better Understand the Roberts Court\u27s Jurisprudence
Get PDFThe U.S. Supreme Court first recognized Substantive Due Process (“SDP”) in the early twentieth century. In Lochner v. New York, the Court established that there are certain unenumerated rights that are implied by the Fourteenth Amendment.Though SDP originated in a case about worker’s rights and liberties, it quickly became relevant to many cases surrounding personal intimate decisions involving health, safety, marriage, sexual activity, and reproduction.Over the past 60 years, the Court relied upon SDP to justify expanding a fundamental right to privacy, liberty, and the right to medical decision making. Specifically, the court applied these concepts to allow for freedoms surrounding intimate decisions regarding birth control, consensual sexual activity, abortion, marriage, and bodily autonomy.
The U.S. Supreme Court generally recognized and expanded Substantive Due Process rights until their recent decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.The Dobbs majority ruled that there is no fundamental, constitutional right to an abortion, and that the Roe court misapplied SDP by establishing a right that had no basis in the Fourteenth Amendment.The Court also relied heavily on Washington v. Glucksberg’s “history and tradition” analysis for determining what constitutes a fundamental right under the Constitution.
After determining that there is no fundamental right to abortion, the majority turned to the states and the democratic process, saying that for such a politically contentious issue, the legislature must decide the statutory law, not the court. After a dramatic leaked decision, scholars began responding to Dobbs with impassioned replies.The purpose of this paper is to break down these responses into a comprehensible typology that not only helps to decode Dobbs, but provides a framework for unpacking difficult constitutional questions in order to better understand future decisions of the Roberts’ court.
Section I reviews the Dobbs decision and introduces the history and tradition jurisprudence. Section II develops the typology utilizing the following approaches taken by scholars responding to Dobbs: the living constitutionalists, the left originalists, the right republicans, and a proposed fourth camp, the left republicans. The paper concludes by explaining that the Court appears to be following the approach of the right republicans and that such an approach ultimately could erode and undermine liberal democracy.
*For full citations and footnotes please see the introductory section of, Decoding Dobbs: A Typology to Better Understand the Roberts Court\u27s Jurisprudence
Bridgewater College, Photograph of the Stage Band, undated
No full textArchival photograph from Bridgewater College Special Collectionshttps://digitalcommons.bridgewater.edu/bands_orchestra_photos/1039/thumbnail.jp
Bridgewater College, Bob Anderson (photographer), Photograph of the Stage Band, undated
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Bridgewater College, Photograph of women\u27s tennis players, undated
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Your Own Where I\u27m From Poem: Community Building Writing Lesson
Get PDFTeacher created lesson plan, printable worksheet and rubric for using George Ella Lyon\u27s Where I\u27m From poem to build community in the classroom
MILITARY PARADISE: THE PARADOX OF HAWAI‘I IN THE VIETNAM WAR
Get PDFIndependently, there is an abundance of research into the path to Hawaiian statehood, the militarization of the islands, and the racism that has historically centered American discourse about Hawai‘i. There are very few scholars, however, that have sought to synthesize these ideas or investigate them in relation to the Vietnam War. The literature on Hawai‘i’s role in the war consists almost exclusively of a single book chapter: “Race War in Paradise: Hawai‘i’s Vietnam War” in Soldiering Through Empire by Simeon Man. Man provides a detailed account of the specific ways in which the Hawaiian Islands contributed to the US effort in Vietnam. This paper seeks to supplement evidence collected by Man with Congressional evidence of the ideological nature of Hawaiian statehood. By contrasting how Hawai‘i was intended to be perceived and how it was put into practice in the Vietnam War, this research illuminates the polarities of Hawai‘i as an American state. It concludes that American militarists and political leaders used the narrative of Hawaiian statehood as a symbol of democratic, racial harmony and tried to reproduce that symbolism in Vietnam. Doing so, however, revealed the contradictions between Hawai‘i’s simultaneous identities as a cosmopolitan paradise and as a violent facilitator of military imperialism. Hawai‘i’s role in the Vietnam War proves that it was not democracy that the 50th state extended into the Pacific, but rather American values of imperialism and racial violence
Reaching
No full textReaching is a theatre project written by Paige Cramer. The play follows the story of Tanya, a woman working for the Eternity Project evangelical company. The audience watches as Tanya’s intrusive memories appear onstage, blurring the lines between past and present. The play wrestles with topics such as religious trauma, identity, and mental illness. Along with writing and revising various versions of the script, a reading of the script took place in November 2024 with students and faculty present
