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Anna, Eleanor, and family members in their older years
No full textFrom MSS P:329 Anna Persson Cave family papers, ph 68 & 70.https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/swensonexhibits_sewing/1024/thumbnail.jp
Women’s Lib Comes to Augie: The Short and Long-Term Impact of The Women’s Liberation Movement at Augustana College
Get PDFThis project examines the growth of Women’s Liberation as a political force in the United States from the mid-1960’s into the early 1970’s and the impact of this movement on the campus of Augustana College. The project uses a single event, a student organized symposium on Women’s Liberation held in 1973, as the focal point for a discussion of short and long-term effects of the movement on gender equality at the institutional level. It will be shown that, while the student led action in the few years surrounding 1973 succeeded in fostering campus discourse and mobilizing support, long term institutional changes, often faculty led, can most accurately be understood as products of the Women’s Liberation movement more generally. For this purpose, this project relies heavily on the college’s student run newspaper as well as the organizational and institutional records of the college and the collected papers of faculty whose actions were central to this unfolding story
In a Diverse Society, Why Should Lutheran College/Universities Claim their Theological Roots?
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Geochemical Analysis of the Chinchín Formation in Southern Ecuador
No full textThe subduction of the Nazca Plate under the South American Plate has led to the uplift of the majority of the Andes Mountains, but in Ecuador, the Nazca Plate subducts underneath the North Andes Plate, which then collides with the South American Plate. This tectonic setting has formed two parallel mountain chains as well as a complex series of basins between them. However, the formations that make up these basins are poorly understood. This study focuses on the Chinchín Formation, an ~3.5 km thick, volcanic formation that serves as the bedrock of the Quingeo Basin in southern Ecuador. This study employs XRF analysis to determine the change in composition of an ~112 m elevation change within the Formation in order to better understand the history of basin development in this region. Eight bedrock samples from the southern portion of the Chinchín Formation were analyzed. The rocks range from basaltic andesite to dacite, although most are andesitic in composition. Two non-sequential samples are amygdaloidal, indicating that this section of the Formation was deposited in multiple volcanic events. These amygdules and the unusually high concentration of iron in all samples indicate secondary mineral deposition by low-temperature fluids
Selenomethionine Protects Mutant Tau N27A Cell from Oxidative Stress and Decreases Phosphorylation of Tau
Get PDFAlzheimer’s Disease (AD) is neurodegenerative disease characterized by loss of cells and aggregated tau in the hippocampus. Hyperphosphorylated tau causes the misfolding of tau proteins (aggregated tau), which are responsible for proper neuronal activity. Selenium-methionine has been known to decrease the amount of phosphorylated tau within mutant and wild type 3xTg- AD mice. However, selenium can be toxic to cell depending on the type of cells and the concentration of selenium. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect selenium-methionine has on decreasing hyperphosphorylation of tau, protecting cells from oxidative stress, and decreasing the amount of aggregated tau in N27a cell cultures. After treating N27a mutant tau and wild type cell cultures with different concentrations of selenium-methionine and hydrogen peroxide, we found selenium- methionine decreases the amount of phosphorylated tau for mutant tau cell at 20uM, protect mutant tau cells at 20uM and WT tau cells at 10uM and 20uM from oxidative stress, and that it is toxic to cells at 80uM concentration. We conclude that Set-Met could be preventing further phosphorylation to continue and protecting cells from oxidative stress, but are not destroying aggregated tau
The Effect of Economic Downturns on Mortality Rates
Get PDFMy research attempts to show the effect that economic downturns have on overall mortality rates in the United States. I compare mortality rates for several states from 2000 to 2010, attempting to find a pattern in the individual states of lower mortality rates subsequent to the 2008 recession. I do so by running a regression equation to find any sign of correlations
Beware The Cat in the Hat: How Children\u27s Literature is the Modern Form of Segregation
Get PDFEvery person grows up exposed to children’s literature. Unfortunately, much of the children’s literature that is published is racially discriminatory, historically inaccurate, blatantly offensive, or pure propaganda. The research for this presentation began in Augustana College’s library and has transitioned to a much broader space: The Saint Louis Country Library. Through this research, it has become obvious that diverse literature is hard to find and is often marketed as only readable for those in the minority race depicted. Many libraries mark literature that contains African Americans, as to help “guide” readers in their selections. Books labeled in this way make children’s literature the modern form of segregation. This is further endorsed by companies that continue to print historically racist books, such as Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. While books such as this have been recently stripped of their awards due to their racist commentary and illustrations, they are still market as acceptable children’s literature. Regrettably, publishers are continuing to place materials such as this on the shelf that fill a child’s naïve mind with discriminatory mindsets. Despite the negatives of children’s literature, there are also many positives that are beginning to appear. Small publishing companies have begun to publish diverse stories in an effort to equalize the representation of race, ethnicity, and disabilities in children’s books. In order to further this advance, this presentation has been combined with the authoring of a manual that explains to parents and teachers how to detect negative children’s literature, as well as how to explain the problems in a child-friendly way without eliminating the classics from their children’s book shelves. Accompanying this manual will be a personally authored example piece of children’s literature about disabilities and illness, an idea that is lacking tremendously in both the literature and education communities
Counseling for Patients with Hyperacusis
Get PDFHyperacusis is the phenomenon of experiencing moderately loud sounds as overly loud and/or intensely annoying. Hyperacusis can also cause fear or pain in response to sound. There is no one known cause of hyperacusis, and because of the variety of ways it presents itself, the approximate prevalence is difficult to determine. Despite the ambiguity of hyperacusis, the audiologist is an important part of diagnosing and educating clients with hyperacusis. During this project we aimed to discover the challenges individuals with hyperacusis face. These include anxiety, depression and avoidance behavior, and sometimes co-occurring tinnitus and hearing loss. Another aim was to evaluate effective counseling techniques for hyperacusis, and furthermore, how effective individuals perceive these techniques to be. We found that meditation and progressive relaxation techniques, and sound therapy are most effective for managing hyperacusis symptoms. Participants reported that the educational counseling materials developed during this project were very useful. Counseling materials were adapted for hyperacusis from the Tinnitus Activities Treatment developed by Richard Tyler and covered the definition and types of hyperacusis, effects of hyperacusis on life, and management strategies. We hope the development of these materials and the results of interviewing individuals with hyperacusis can aid audiologists in educating and counseling clients with hyperacusis symptoms
Lewis J. Sundquist: Augustana Alum of 1886
Get PDFLewis J. Sundquist graduated from Augustana in 1886. We will discuss his career as a pastor, his family history, and his genealogy