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Is Syria truly on the path to democracy?
Full text linkThis op-ed assesses the plausibility that Syria’s new government will usher in the first true democracy for an Islamic nation in the Middle East.https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pols_oped/1009/thumbnail.jp
Amplifications and Disruptions of the Impostor Phenomenon (IP) In High-Achieving Women
No full textThe impostor phenomenon (IP) refers to persistent feelings of fraudulence in academic or professional settings, despite evidence of success. Individuals experiencing IP often doubt their abilities, regardless of external indicators of their accomplishments. Prior research has generated mixed results regarding gender differences; however, many studies suggest that women experience these feelings at higher rates. This data points to systematic barriers, such as underrepresentation of female leadership in corporate settings as a potential driver for feelings of marginalization. This study uses a mixed-methods approach to investigate IP in high-achieving women from various professional settings. By examining developmental trajectories and situational triggers, this study intends to illuminate related constructs and identify common themes in its manifestations. These findings contribute to a deeper understanding of IP’s evolution, pivoting the association of IP from inherent traits to external factors. This shift supports two of the study’s hypotheses, suggesting that extrinsic environments hold the power to both amplify and disrupt IP. Finally, this research offers data-driven insights into organizational practices that foster professional well-being in corporate women
Melting Ice, Moving Minds
Full text linkIce Watch is a large-scale public installation by Olafur Eliasson that brings melting glacial ice into busy city spaces to make the effects of climate change both visible and urgent.. Eliasson wants people to physically feel the reality of climate change, not just learn about it. He uses art to turn abstract data into a real, emotional experience. Climate change can feel distant, and even somewhat invisible. By putting giant blocks of ice in public, the project helps people face the problem in a physical, immediate way
Women in Chinese Characters: A Philosophical Evaluation of How Chinese Language Affects Chinese Women and Feminism in China
No full textThis thesis explores how Chinese characters—particularly the character “女 (nǚ-women)” and characters with the female radical (女部) —convey and construct sexism, arguing how language and femininity are shaped by disciplinary power and transformed within modern feminist discourse. Using Foucault’s theory of institutionally bound disciplinary practices and Sandra Bartky’s theory of institutionally unbound disciplinary practices, this thesis argues that women are subject to both external norms and internalized, invisible power, constructing illusory femininity. These forces lead to women\u27s bodies being more docile than men’s. Analyzing 245 female radical characters, this thesis focuses on those characters expressing objectification or description of the body and expressing deference and obedience. They reflect the disciplinary power on women, leading women into Sartre’s “bad faith,” wherein women are alienated from their authentic selves.
While some concerns that language reformation might cause cultural disintegration, a wave of bringing new interpretations to the female radical characters has emerged in China. This thesis aligns with this voice, demonstrating that language is dynamic. By situating the female radical characters at the intersection of tradition and modern feminist resistance, this thesis contributes to discussions of cultural resilience and gender identity, highlighting language reformation as both cultural preservation and liberating reinterpretation
Constructions of Compact Dupin Hypersurfaces with Non-constant Lie Curvatures
Full text linkA hypersurface M in the unit sphere Sn ⊂ Rn+1 is Dupin if along each curvature surface of M, the corresponding principal curvature is constant. If the number g of distinct principal curvatures is constant on M, then M is called proper Dupin. In this expository paper, we give a detailed description of two important types of constructions of compact proper Dupin hypersurfaces in Sn. One construction was published in 1989 by Pinkall and Thorbergsson [35], and the second was published in 1989 by Miyaoka and Ozawa [26]. Both types of examples have the property that they do not have constant Lie curvatures (Lie invariants discovered by Miyaoka [24]), which are the cross-ratios of the principal curvatures, taken four at a time. Thus, these examples are not equivalent by a Lie sphere transformation to an isoparametric (constant principal curvatures) hypersurface in Sn. So they are counterexamples to a conjecture of Cecil and Ryan [13, p. 184] in 1985 that every compact proper Dupin hypersurface in Sn is equivalent to an isoparametric hypersurface by a Lie sphere transformation
The American Side (Creative)
No full textThe statue captures the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy. A young president who inspired the nation. The words “Ask not what your country can do for you, Ask what you can do for your country”, inscribed on the sculpture, continue to inspire Americans to serve their fellow men and women.
My image captures the former president from both the front and the back in the colors of red and blue. This is because in a nation split by partisan lines, the former president stands as a reminder that we should put country before party. The red side signifies the desire to act, while the blue side represents the search for understanding the people. This sculpture, along with its vibrant colors, reinterpreted through the two colors, helps remind us that unity means working together even when we are different, and that is how we achieve actual change.https://crossworks.holycross.edu/photographing_antiquity/1089/thumbnail.jp
As Old as the Sea (Standard)
No full texthttps://crossworks.holycross.edu/photographing_antiquity/1071/thumbnail.jp