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Bloodlines and Bloodied Lines: Agency and the Violation of Boundaries in Lucan’s Pharsalia
Full text linkInside the Mad Mind: Medical Ethics in 19th Century Fiction
Full text linkThe professionalization of medicine in mid-to-late 19th century America and Britain corresponded with heightened critical scrutiny of the ethics of doctor-patient relationships in contemporary fiction. With ethics frameworks of the century focused primarily on good fellowship between practitioners, it was difficult to charge practitioners with bad ethics. Yet, the broader debates of vivisection and women’s rights brought to light power imbalances between men and women that novelists began to suggest were present in medicine as well. Wilkie Collins’ Heart and Science weighs in on the danger of the doctor-scientist encroaching on women’s rights with the suggestion that women will be the next species on the dissecting table. Meanwhile, Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” is a direct criticism of Dr. Silas Weir Mitchell who is known for his highly restrictive prescription of the Rest Cure to women with hysteria. In this thesis, I argue that these primary texts bring issues of medical ethics outside of the increasingly professionalized world to the reading public to make a call for moral medicine that advocates for the consideration of female patients’ intersectional perspectives in their care plans. While fiction is outside of these medical debates, it enables readers to inhabit the minds of immoral doctor-scientists and allegedly mad women to allow readers to determine whose psychology is truly abnormal
Balancing Acts: Exploring Need Conflict in College Students\u27 Pursuit of Autonomy, Competence, and Relatedness
No full textThis study explores the concept of psychological need conflict within a sample of 79 undergraduate students. Guided by Self-Determination Theory, the research examined how daily experiences of need conflict relate to stress, anxiety, and affect. Participants completed daily surveys for seven days, and a subset engaged in follow-up interviews. Quantitative results showed that need conflict was significantly associated with higher levels of anxiety, stress, negative affect, and positive affect. No significant differences in need conflict were found by day of the week, class year, or gender. Qualitative findings revealed that students often prioritized external demands over personal desires, with relatedness frequently sacrificed. Participants who were interviewed described lingering guilt and emotional discomfort when choosing one need over another. These findings suggest that need conflict is emotionally complex: while it may generate stress, it can also reflect engagement with a full, meaningful life. This research contributes to the growing understanding of how students navigate competing psychological demands, with implications for promoting balanced need satisfaction in academic environments
Examining the Effects of Symbiotic State and Environmental Pollution on Wound Healing in Coral
Full text linkUnderstanding coral reef health requires comprehension of the biological processes that support live coral cover. Corals are frequently exposed to physical abrasion from various sources, thereby necessitating vital resources be directed towards wound recovery. For corals and other organisms that harbor photosynthetic symbionts, the balance between autotrophic versus heterotrophic energy contributions influences their fitness. Experimentally disentangling the individual effects of environmental stress and symbiotic state on coral health is difficult in most tropical corals due to the obligate nature of their symbiosis. However, determining how nutritional dynamics, environmental stressors, and health interact is crucial to understanding coral resilience. To examine how coral-algal symbiosis and stress tolerance interact, this study examines wound recovery of a particularly resilient, temperate and facultatively symbiotic coral, Astrangia poculata. Unlike most tropical corals, A. poculata can healthily maintain a spectrum of symbiotic states, from fully symbiotic to fully aposymbiotic. Results from previous projects using corals of different symbiotic states suggest that there is a difference in the ability of symbiotic states to heal controlled experimental lesions while being exposed to environmental pollutants, such as tire dust leachate. This study has 2 demonstrated chemicals leached from tire particles and the physical particles themselves are pollutants that decrease the amount of energy that A. poculata can obtain for itself through interference in both autotrophic and heterotrophic pathways
The Luck of the Irish (Creative)
No full textThis detailed object is one of the many trinkets that was used by families all across Ireland throughout the seventeen hundreds. Families have many different uses for this item but the common tradition for families at the time was that the trinket was passed down through many generations showing that it was a staple to the culture there. This one in particular proves the tradition of passing down the “luck” as it becomes obvious that this is not a new item. The broken handle, deep scuffs, and the surface wear that is easily identifiable on the object gives a window into its past and how old it must be. Along with this, you can see the designs all around the object which is a common thing for these artifacts as the craftsmen took their time to pay attention to detail, especially putting clovers around the side which is an indication of luck in Irish culture. For many Irish families today, this is not just an object. It is a link to their past and a reminder of the traditions they uphold. The luck of the Irish is said to bring good fortune to the people who have it, bringing about an understanding of why families have kept it close for so many generations.https://crossworks.holycross.edu/photographing_antiquity/1009/thumbnail.jp
Emotions of a Ceramic Sitting Man (Creative)
No full textA man sits on a chair, holding his lute and looking into the distance. The man, wearing a periwig and a red coat, appears to be from the past. He sits alone with his instrument at his side. Has he stopped playing to wait for other band members? Did he ever have bandmates to begin with? Looking at the man\u27s face from various angles makes it unclear exactly what he is feeling, because different angles affect the emotions of the seated man.
I used controlled light and cropping to accentuate the sitting man\u27s changing emotions. From one angle, I focused on the man’s expressions as he looked toward the viewer. I used darker light around his face to display the emotion of frustration. For another photograph, I focused on the man looking into the distance. I used light to highlight his features to display confusion. From this angle, it seems that perhaps the man is focused on something beyond the scope of the image. The sitting man makes one ask themselves, how do the different angles change the character’s story? I invite you to wonder: What is the sitting man thinking? Feeling?https://crossworks.holycross.edu/photographing_antiquity/1046/thumbnail.jp
A Ringing Keepsake (Standard)
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A Fig Is More Than The Sum Of Its Seeds
Full text linkThis personal creative nonfiction essay, inspired by Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s nature writing, reflects on my evolving relationship with my Greek grandmother through the enduring symbol of the fig tree and its roots . Blending memory, cultural heritage, and sensory detail, the piece explores the fig tree as a symbol of resilience, continuity, and the unspoken traditions passed down across generations