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Political Socialization of College-age Individuals in the Age of Social Media
Get PDFThis study used personal reflection, surveys, and interviews to study the political socialization of those that attend college. Previous research has shown that many facets of one’s life can affect their political socialization, such as their familial upbringing or religious ties, and that adolescence is a time in which many individuals go through a significant shift in their political and ethical views. However, a new influence—social media—has begun to greatly affect the political views and shifts of college-age individuals. After personal reflection upon the experiences that caused one such shift, a survey and a series of four interviews of those who have attended college were conducted to examine the experiences and influences behind such shifts. Ultimately, findings were inconclusive but created a basis for future studies. Results showed that religious upbringings prior to college experiences are somewhat indicative of a shift during college that is both political and ethical in nature, but also that many other influences are important to the process as well. Social media in particular has played a very significant role in the socialization of youth and its effects are still widely misunderstood. Therefore, more research needs to be done on the political socialization of college individuals and social media’s effects upon it
Proyecto de Traducción: Compartiendo Cultura a Través de Historias de Latinoamérica
No full textThis project attempts to cultivate awareness of ethical and professional perspectives that reflect linguistic and cultural heritage. In other words, creatively share the culture and history of Latin American countries. To achieve this, this project consists of two short stories I have translated. The stories were originally written in Spanish and I have translated them to English. Furthermore, each story is from a different Latin American country (one is from Argentina and the other is from Guatemala). To carry out this project, I began by researching simple background information of each country to which the stories belong to. Afterwards, I read each story multiple times to ensure I had a proper comprehension of the readings. For the majority of my work, I made use of several Spanish-English dictionaries and glossaries to aid my translations. In addition to using prior knowledge of translation theories and techniques, I also cautiously used online “translation machines” as these are not always accurate.
This project was of great interest to me because it was an opportunity to creatively use Spanish and other target languages to share meaningful cultural pieces of work. As a student, I have developed communicative competency to productively work on this project which highlights the importance of cultural influence on linguistics and arts. Overall, the intent of this project is to put my bilingual skills to a good use and share Latin American cultural heritage to non-Spanish speakers
Jenna Hansen Senior Vocal Recital
Get PDFSoprano Jenna Hansen presents her senior vocal recital, accompanied by pianist Paul Woodring
Branding the Cal Poly Transfer Center
Get PDFThe Cal Poly Transfer Center was established in 2020 in the midst of an ongoing pandemic; naturally, this led to the challenge of building recognition and engaging Transfer students with the center. As the first and only graphic designer, I saw an opportunity in creating the visual foundation for this organization, one that could be well understood and built upon by future designers. This is important as the Transfer Center is quite unique in its specific demographic of transfer students; they fall under an older age group and I want to create said foundation that reflects this; mature, professional, modern. Unlike other centers that are well established, the Transfer Center must really show who they are these beginning years in order to retain longevity—which makes the center’s brand that much more crucial in terms of making a name and face for ourselves. On the other hand of this is the importance in making this foundation a standardized guide, one that could be viewed and well understood. This ensures brand consistency and a strong, cultivated standard for all Transfer Center graphic designers
Hybrid AC/DC Light Bulb
Get PDFA hybrid AC/DC house aims to maximize the use of AC electricity from the utility grid and DC electricity from renewable energy sources such as roof-top solar panels. The hybrid system will therefore improve the reliability of the electrical by enabling power to be delivered to the loads even when one of the sources is not operational. One of the critical loads that every house needs is lighting. The hybrid AC/DC system should therefore be reliably facilitating the power delivery to the lighting. In this project, a localized hybrid AC/DC for LED light bulbs is designed and constructed. The hybrid AC/DC light bulb system will also be made portable by utilizing battery such that users may use the light bulb system as a portable light or a flashlight. Hardware prototype of the proposed hybrid AC/DC light bulb was constructed and tested. Results demonstrate the system functions properly with both AC and DC sources in conjunction with the batteries
MTB DAQ - Mountain Bike Data Acquisition System
Get PDFMountain bike suspensions systems are set up and tuned based only on qualitative, ‘feeling’-based metrics. The MTB DAQ, sponsored by Dr. Joseph Mello with the Cal Poly Mechanical Engineering Department, is a data acquisition system we developed to improve suspension tuning with a data-driven approach. The system mounts to a bicycle frame and has sensors that measure vibration and travel speed to characterize the bike’s motion. While similar systems exist, they cost in the thousands of dollars range and are very specific to individual bike geometry. Our system was designed to be more affordable to the average rider as well as generalized to many bikes and easy to set up. From our preliminary field testing, we found promising results from data collected with our system at different suspension setups. Future work can be done to collect more data and improve the processing algorithms, allowing a rider to simply plug in data from a ride and receive a recommended change to their tuning setup
AS-934-22 Resolution on UFPP 11.4.1: Department Leadership
Get PDFThe policy contained in 11.4.1 Department Leadership be placed in UFPP Academic Year 2022-23, and be it further resolved that by Fall 2022 colleges will revise chapter 11 of their personnel policy documents as needed to conform with 11.4.1
AS-930-22 Resolution on Temporary Adoption of a 3-Year Catalog During Quarter-to-Semester Conversion
Get PDFApproved a policy for temporarily converting to a three-year Catalog cycle, which reclassified the 2022-23 Catalog currently undergoing final review as the 2022-2025 Catalog; and furthermore, resolved that the 2022-2025 Catalog go into effect for Fall 2022 through Summer 2025, and that this resolution will expire in Fall 2025, returning Cal Poly to a one-year cycle of Catalog review
Design and Preconstruction Services for the Construction of a Visitor Deck at City Farm SLO
Get PDFThis paper will outline the process of designing and planning the construction of a visitor deck at City Farm of San Luis Obispo, which is a local non-profit. The deck was built for the purpose of providing an area for visitors to observe the agricultural land where City Farm educates the community on ecology, nutrition, and sustainable farming. The construction of the deck was completed by three fourth-year Construction Management majors: Lane Lagomarsino, Eric Cederstrom, and Brett Jones. Each project team member was responsible for their own aspect of the project planning and all members collaborated throughout the entire building process. While the deck itself was the most significant project deliverable, this paper will focus on the preconstruction deliverables completed by Lane Lagomarsino, which include the virtual design of the deck, the lumber cut sheet, and the project schedule. The preconstruction phase of the project began with preliminary design sketches which were later used to build a detailed Sketchup model of the deck. The completed design was used to create a cut sheet to build a lumber order and create a project budget. Lastly, the 6-month project schedule was formulated using Primavea P6 and was updated throughout the project