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Structural Preference of Banded (Ophiolepis apressa) and Reticulated (Ophionereis reticulata) Brittle Stars
Get PDFResearch was conducted on the habitat preference of brittle stars (Ophiodermatidae), located on the coast of the island San Salvador in the Bahamas. These marine organisms feed during the night and hide within dark areas of the ocean such as rocks and conch shells during the day. We hypothesized that brittle stars had no preference for the structure they chose to hide in during the daytime. Based on this hypothesis, we predicted that brittle stars would utilize all structural areas equally. Two species of brittle stars (Ophionereis reticulata and Ophiolepis apressa) were our study animals. Six reticulated brittle stars and three banded brittle stars were collected, along with seven structures: a crab shell, crab claw, mollusk shell, rock structure, broken plastic cup, conch shell, and coral. Every hour for six consecutive hours brittle stars individual locations were marked. Brittle stars were then removed and placed in the center of the wet tank to reset their location. Data analysis suggested that stars are preferentially selecting hiding structures (χ2=39.50, df = 8, p\u3c0.001). Brittle stars appear to make choices about their hiding structures and those include the conch shell, sides/corners of the tank, and the broken cup. Understanding why brittle stars choose certain structures will aid in the protection of their preferred structures and in turn aid in the protection of brittle stars
Naked to Follow: Humility as Ego-Detachment Part 2
No full textSession 4 of 8 in the 33rd Monastic Institute series “Humility: Paradoxical Pathway to Union with God.”
Speaker bio: Monk of Tarrawarra Abbey, Australia. After completing a degree in Scripture at Leuven, he received his doctorate from Melbourne College of Divinity for a study of desire for God in the writings of Bernard of Clairvaux. For the past decades he has been engaged in exploring different aspects of monastic spirituality, writing, and giving conferences throughout the English-speaking monastic world. His latest books are: Coenobium: Reflections on Monastic Community (Collegeville: Cistercian, 2021). A Vision for Renewal: The Social teaching of Pope Francis (Strathfield: St Pauls, 2022). To Love this Earthly Life: Pathways through Ecclesiastes (New York: Orbis, 2022). Coenobium: Reflections on Monastic Community (Liturgical Press, 2021
Language and Social Justice in US Climate Movements: Barriers and Ways Forward
Get PDFClimate movements increasingly conceptualize the climate crisis as an issue of social injustice, both in terms of its root causes and its present and future effects. Climate justice calls for participatory decision-making within climate movements, which, as communication scholars have pointed out, necessitates inclusive and accessible communicative practices. Within sociocultural linguistics, a growing body of research has explored sociolinguistic justice, or marginalized groups\u27 struggle for self-determined language use. This analysis interweaves these two research areas, applying the theory of sociolinguistic justice to climate communication in organizing contexts. Drawing on 67 semi-structured interviews and 112 online surveys with climate activists from organizations across the United States, the analysis finds that sociolinguistic injustice impedes frontline community members\u27 participation in climate movements. Specific barriers include: (1) English-only communications; (2) the combination of incomprehensible jargon with a dry, emotionless register; (3) the use of Dominant American English in prescriptive climate communication materials such as phonebanking scripts; (4) language policing of discourses of environmental justice and environmental racism; and (5) a form of linguistic ventriloquism in which adult organizers pressure youth to express climate grief in their stead. Climate activists\u27 insights are synthesized to propose countermeasures to each of these problems of sociolinguistic injustice. The results suggest that sociolinguistic justice can be a useful lens for understanding climate justice communication within climate movements, and provide guidance to climate organizers and educators who wish to align their communications with the inclusive, anti-racist, and decolonial values of climate justice
An Angry Shepherd: Sudanese Bishop Macram Max Gassis
Get PDFBishop Macram Max Gassis is a near-legendary figure in Sudan since he first spoke out against human rights abuses in his country before a committee of the US Congress in 1988. Targeted by the Islamist military dictatorship which ruled Sudan for thirty years, for protesting enslavement, religious oppression, forced starvation and mass murder in Sudan, he lives in exile, bringing help and hope to his persecuted people.
This essay is condensed from the 2021 book by the same author with the same title
Reimagining the field of international education through the vision of a Renaissance internationalist: the Minnesota case
No full textJosef A. Mestenhauser’s influence on the University of Minnesota’s comparative and international development education (CIDE) program is described by a graduate of the doctoral program and a colleague. The master’s program, approved in 1986, was co-founded by three scholars mentored by Mestenhauser who then recruited him to teach in the program due to his innovative thinking, interdisciplinary approach, global reputation grounded in practice, and commitment to developing talent and uplifting diverse individuals. The program became distinctive with its emphasis on theory–practice integration and inclusion of both development and intercultural studies. Interviews with a university president emeritus and alumni in Central Asia and Minnesota, and reflections by the authors, illustrate how Mestenhauser transformed Minnesota’s program into a global powerhouse that educated a generation of practitioners and scholars
Kendra Allen: Craft Talk
No full textKendra Allen was born and raised in Dallas, Texas and has been making a name for herself in the literary world despite her relatively recent entry. In 2018, she won the Iowa Prize for Literary Nonfiction with her debut essay collection, When You Learn the Alphabet (University of Iowa Press, 2019) which delves into issues of racism and identity. Allen\u27s most recent publication, Fruit Punch, a Memoir (Harper Collins, August 9, 2022) is an arresting and one-of-a-kind memoir about the alternately exultant and harrowing trip growing up as a Black child desperate to create a clear reality for herself in this country. She has also received praise for her debut poetry publication, The Collection Plate (Ecco, 2019). Allen is the voice of a generation—and a witness to how we come into being in the twenty-first century
Grand Illuminations: Speaking from the Heart, Ordinary or Extraordinary?
No full textThe Grand Illuminations series is back in a new conversational format! Please join Amy Grinsteiner (Music) and Tony Cunningham (Philosophy) for the next Grand Illuminations event. They discuss “ordinary” and “extraordinary” lives. Everybody wants to do well and be good; nobody wants to flop or be “below average.” But how good is “good enough”? Amy Grinsteiner graces us with a bit o\u27 piano music, and the duo provides some kindling for a great conversation