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McKillop Library Electricity Use, Impacts and Solutions
Get PDFA few weeks ago, our class went on a guided tour of the library, which taught us about what goes on in the library, how resources are used, and basically how the library operates. From our tour, we saw many problem areas that could use improvements. One of these areas is the library’s use of electricity. Our group focused on the computers, printers, copiers, lights, and elevators in the library and how the library could use their electricity more efficiently. We have found that the library is not always using electricity effectively and efficiently. There are lights on when nobody is around and there are computers on when students are not using them. Our group examined the library’s electric bill and the electronics that are using up this energy and money. We have discovered that the Library could have the most immediate and far-reaching reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by switching their electricity to GreenStart electricity. We have also found the library could save money and energy by turning electronics off or using power saving options when available
Madrassa Education in Pakistan: Assisting the Taliban’s Resurgence
Get PDFThe education received in madrassas located in Pakistan is contributing to the Taliban’s resurgence in Afghanistan
O’Hare Academic Center, student on staircase
No full textA student on the stairs at the O\u27Hare Academic Center.Back of image: Salve Regina College. O\u27Hare Academic Center. Named for: Sister Mary James O\u27Hare.O\u27Hare Academic Center, located near the Newport Cliff Walk, proclaims the geometric functionalism of post-World War II architecture.Black and white photograph. 11.43 x 16.61 cm. (4.5 x 6.5 in.)https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/heritage/1042/thumbnail.jp
Unity, Charity, and Fraternity: Father Michael McGivney and the Knights of Columbus
Get PDFMy thesis discusses the reasons for the creation of the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal organization, in 1881. I discuss why Father Michael McGivney, a Catholic priest in New Haven, Connecticut, believed that the organization was necessary to prevent Catholic men from joining the secret societies of the nineteenth century. I also explain the present-day Knights of Columbus and how McGivney\u27s vision is carried out today through the Order
Editor’s Note
Get PDFThis issue of Newport History is devoted to Conanicut Island, often called Jamestown after the name of its central village. At nine miles long and one mile wide, Conanicut is the second largest island in Narragansett Bay. The island became popular in the late nineteenth century among those disinclined to the Newport social whirl. They included Philadelphians, who built mansions in the Ocean Highlands and The Dumplings, and a group from St. Louis, who founded their own private enclave, Shoreby Hill. Co-authoring the lead article are Sue Maden and Rosemary Enright, who recount the story of William Lincoln Bates and the sanitarium that he founded at Providence in 1893 and relocated to Jamestown in 1900. The second article in this issue is by James C. Buttrick, who has spent summers on Conanicut all of his life. He has an interest in Charles Bevins, architect
Technology in defense of tradition: Basque nationalism in the information age.
No full textThis dissertation addresses the question, “How have Basque nationalists in Spain utilized technology and the media to advance their drive for self-determination?†In spite of violence and cultural disjointedness that has plagued the Basque nationalist movement since its founding in the late nineteenth century, the current Basque regional government has embraced technology to foster nationalism and transition the region from an industrial base to an information age hub. By analyzing the unique Basque condition, this dissertation explores how technology and media can help build a nation-state and enable cultural development
Evaluating the impact of precision -guided munitions on human suffering in war, 1967-1999: An ethics-based approach.
No full textThroughout history, humans have demonstrated a proclivity for using violence against one another as a means to achieve an end, means enabled, in many respects, by the technologies available at the time. For much of that history, advancing technology has been a prime enabler of ever- increasing levels of violence and attendant human suffering. However, at a few junctures in history, certain technologies have seemingly provided the armed forces that possess them the ability to fight wars with decreasing levels of violence and suffering. In the seventeenth century, for example, such hopes, later unrealized, were held for gunpowder and artillery. Today, precision-guided munitions (PGMs) with their high degree of discrimination and accuracy again hold such promise. This multidisciplinary study, integrating ethics, history, religion, and philosophy seeks to answer the question: Do PGMs mitigate suffering in war, and have these weapons changed the way decisions regarding war and peace have been made? To do so, it develops a three-part evaluative framework that combines core principles of the Just War Tradition with concerns about technology expressed by the French philosopher Jacques Ellul. The framework first examines the impact that PGMs have on human suffering during a conflict, and then extends that analysis forward by examining the future implications caused by unintended consequences. The final part of the framework examines the influence of PGM capability on national leaders\u27 decision-making when considering using violence. Across four case studies, comprising eleven times when military force was used as a tool of national power, the study concludes that, between 1967 and 1999, PGMs have indeed had a positive impact on reducing human suffering in war
Imported oil: Ethical perspectives and strategies toward American energy sustainability
No full textOil is a vital global commodity, but it is frequently viewed as America\u27s critical economic Achilles\u27 heel. The importation of petroleum has crucial economic and security implications for America. As such, it is generally held that the United States must curb substantially its heavy dependence on foreign petroleum sources. This study examines short and long term strategies to lessen imported oil, as part of the continuing national debate about increasing American energy requirements. A bright vision of a future ethical energy landscape can be realized. This moral imperative requires us to work together in the spirit of cooperation between the public, businesses, governments, and academia toward the common interests of environmental, energy, and economic security. Some believe that science and technology alone can not solve all the world\u27s problems, and as a result, they argue for a holistic approach to energy and ecological challenges, like climate change, that includes a spiritual and ethical dimension. Energy production and usage raise important questions for ethics and religion. Ethical assessment of energy issues must transcend mere economic motives. This multidisciplinary study also examines diverse religious and ethical perspectives that could assist in increasing public awareness about essential environmental and energy matters. Fundamental ethical ideals like clean air and water ought to play an essential role in determining public energy policy. Ethics offers moral vision to decision makers to formulate public energy policy that enhances the human condition and the natural environment. Market forces (corporate profits) do not always account for critical ecological and human costs. Perspectives in ethics and spirituality, as a response, help balance the cost-benefit energy equation. Sustaining public health and conserving energy coincides with indispensable environmental integrity. Bridging the partisan divide in the U.S. could help further deploy domestic renewable energy technologies. These cornerstone technologies can aid to wean the country from adverse oil imports, thus bolstering the American economy. Moreover, clean energy fosters stewardship of the earth. As a nation, we need to come together to seek sustainable energy solutions to proactively resolve the longstanding critical quest of realizing oil independence