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2020-02-04 (Western Howl)
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Beyond the Tutor: Web Application Developed by Team Khronos
No full textComputer Science is a challenging major for even the brightest students. We have learned from experience that seeking and accepting help is a key component to success. Luckily, the Computer Science Division (CSD) at Western Oregon University has created their own tutoring center where tutors and students can connect. We have the unique perspective of having a CSD tutor on our team. As this team member filled a timesheet with her pen and was asked again through online chat whether she tutored that day, she recognized a need. This is how Beyond the Tutor was born. We asked questions of ourselves as students, tutors, and visited with professors to gauge individual needs. Through continuous research, we identified services that would benefit the entire department.
Beyond the Tutor is an information system that will provide online resources for students, a modernized system for tutors, and comprehensive insights for professors. For students, the system will display real-time tutoring availability, provide an efficient avenue for in-person and online tutoring sessions, and consolidate additional resources. For tutors, the system will alleviate the burden of personally relaying tutoring information to students by moving the process to an easy-to-use interface. Tutors will also benefit from digital time sheets to quickly and accurately log time worked. For professors, data collected through surveys they can create and send to students directly through the user interface will provide a better understanding of student needs both in real-time and over the long term through predictive analytics. Our goal is to provide a state-of-the-art resource for the Computer Science Division to assist in moving the program to a better future
Artist Presentation: Nelina Vargas
No full textWestern Oregon University undergraduate student Nelina Vargas presents select artworks from her fine arts portfolio
Diplomatic Relations between Russia, China and Mongolia: The Creation of the Mongolian People\u27s Republic, 1881-1924
Get PDFBeginning with an agreement between China and Russia in 1881, Mongolia was faced with a series of unfair treaties that prevented them from becoming independent from China. This thesis examines the agreements and treaties made between China, Russia and Mongolia between 1881 and 1924 to illustrate how the Mongolian People’s Republic formed as a direct result of unfavorable diplomatic relations between the three nations. However, due to the wording of these agreements, Russia never acknowledged Mongolia’s autonomy from China making Mongolia\u27s push for independence difficult to achieve. With China facing the Revolution of 1911, Mongolia seized independence only to be stripped of this independence by China in 1919. Key revolutionaries formed two groups that eventually merged in 1920 to form The Mongolian People\u27s Republic. These revolutionaries went into Russia to find aid in pushing the Chinese out of their country again. In 1921, a White Army General Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg invaded Urga, driving out the Chinese. China refused to retaliate or act on the behest of the Mongolian people allowing the Soviet Union to act instead. In late 1921 the Soviet Union executed the Baron and liberated Mongolia from both China and Tsarist Russia in one act. With China unwilling to act, they had effectively ceded their influence over Mongolia to the Soviet sphere of influence in which the Soviet Union backed the establishment of the MPR in 1924
Japanese American Internment Camps: Resistance and Perseverance
Get PDFThis thesis examines the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II from the internees’ side, the side of the United States government and the general non-Japanese American population’s side. It examines three key aspects of internment from the Japanese American perspective: initial feelings of the camps and their conditions; the ways in which Japanese Americans maintained a traditional life during internment or, particularly in the case of Japanese American women, found new opportunities through internment to break with certain traditions; and how both age and gender played a role in their perception of events as well as their ability to resist internment. Oral history interviews with Japanese Americans who were interned provide the main primary source information. Military documents of camp examinations and newspaper articles show the racist climate of the United States during internment. Using these primary sources in conjunction with secondary scholarship from some of the most respected names in Asian American Studies, Roger Daniels, Linda Tamura and Valarie Matsumoto, who have all written extensively on the topic, a better understanding of the experiences Japanese Americans had in the internment camps can be gained. Japanese Americans resisted both racism and internment during this time
Trifles - A Silent Film
No full textThis silent film is based on the one act play, “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell. It highlights the main actions in the story in a different, yet intriguing way. As the film is a silent film, there is no audible dialogue, only instrumental music. Any essential dialogue is presented in hard-coded subtitles after the character speaks
Parker Riser Art and Design Senior Portfolio Presentation
No full textThis is a presentation of my Art and Design portfolio from my time here at Western Oregon University. My work is often process based with notes of both classic and contemporary appeal. It spans across multiple mediums, both two and three dimensional
Olivia Martin Art & Design Senior Portfolio Presentation
No full textOlivia Martin (She/Her/Hers) presents selected works from her senior graphic design portfolio. Fueled by a soundtrack and a fondness for the late 60s and early 70s, she incorporate aesthetics of the past with contemporary design trends in order to create something that feels both current and familiar. This blended aesthetic is showcased through the use of geometric elements, simplistic illustrations and eclectic color palettes
Building Positive Peace
Get PDFAt the end of WWI, world leaders thought they created a new wave of peace. After all, WWI was the “war to end all wars,” immediately after the war, the allied forces created unprecedented international agreements, like the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations. With WWII, a much more devastating [conflict] emerging almost 20 years later, clearly these agreements did not end all wars. Research has shown that the type of peace they were attempting to create was insufficient and positive peace should be considered as a viable means to create lasting peace. The difference between positive peace and normal peace is dramatic, both include the absence of violence, but positive peace goes much further. Positive peace incorporates nonviolence, compromises on both sides, and addresses the root causes of conflict. It is the best way to achieve sustainable world peace