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Elizabeth Smith (interview)
No full text31 min.Smith talked about her experience serving as a nurse for the army. She signed up and was immediately sent over to Iraq where she had to stay on a ship due to the fact that there were no barracks. Once they were able to settle in a secret location, her and her fellow nurses aided and cared for American and Russian soldiers. She shares her memories of nursing experiences and her marriage to a captain and her romantic honeymoon
Dr. John Casale (interview)
No full text~60 min.Interview with Dr. Casale who served as a doctor in the European theater
towards the end of World War II. The interview gives unique insight into
what a doctor serving in the war was like
"Is That Guy a Student Here?": A Profile of Jerome Bibuld
No full textThis project is a personal and biographical sketch of Jerome Bibuld, an octogenarian student at Western Connecticut State University and former colleague of the author on the school newspaper, who is known for his radical-left political beliefs and strong stances against racism. Alternating biographical information with anecdotes about my experiences with him on campus, the project aims to put a face on this unique character
Oral History Interview with Francesco D. Piselli
No full textFrancesco describes the state of his homeland after WWII and goes on to tell of his family's immigration. He describes the financial motivations of many Italian immigrants, including his own family's
Oral History Interview with Adityen Sandhhu
No full textAdityen discusses stereotypes of India. And describes his immigrant life which lead him across the globe and eventually to the United States. He goes on to discuss the impact of all of the moving on his life
Language and the Negotiation of Power Relationships in Selected Lais of Marie de France
No full textThe twelfth-century Lais of Marie de France reveal a societal move from using violence and force as the predominant method of negotiating power relationships to the use of language and words to affect the power dynamic particularly on an interpersonal basis. To illustrate this aspect of Marie's writing and to establish a general context for a pragmatic analysis of her work, this study reviews the medieval culture from a social, political, and religious perspective as it bears upon power positions between various people and institutions that made up the medieval European world. In addition, Marie's beliefs in regard to marriage, love, and courtliness are also investigated since these beliefs are integral to any review of her work. By applying a pragmatic approach to the study of a selection of Marie's Lais, her particular use of language in negotiating the power relationships between her characters is demonstrated.Master of Arts (MA)Englis
Oral History Interview with Marte Landgrebe
No full textMarte describes her duties as a Probate Judge and her motivations and influences to becoming a judge. She goes on to discuss immigration issues including foreign adoptions and immigration laws
A History of DreamWorks/SKG
No full textThis project is a comprehensive history of the DreamWorks entertainment company, which chronicles the corporation's thirteen year existence from 1994 until the present of 2007. Focus is placed on the successes and failures which the company has experienced over the years in all of their divisions (interactive, television, music, live-action films and animated features), and examines how the company has grown from a struggling venture to one of the most prominent names in the entertainment industry. The purpose of this paper is to enlighten the public on the background of a relatively new and somewhat unknown company
Empathy as an indicator of subsequent altruistic behavior
No full textHelping behavior and its motivation has been a popular topic of discussion throughout the centuries. Some researchers suggest that we are able to help others for altruistic reasons if we feel empathy for them. Others say that there are always egoistic reasons involved, such as managing one's bad mood at the sight of seeing someone in need. By using different instructions we attempted to manipulate three groups of students to feel
different levels of empathy for a poor orphan, and then we measured how much they helped in a subsequent and unrelated situation. Students in all of the experimental conditions reported feeling high levels of empathy for the orphan, and the majority also helped in the unrelated situation. There were no significant differences between the groups. Possible reasons for the obtained results are discussed