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Space is biased: navigating eviction in Bronx Housing Court
No full text64 leaves.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 61-64).The affordable housing crisis has had an immense toll on New York City renters. Many New Yorkers struggle to afford rent each month, and those that cannot are sued for eviction. More than 2,000 people enter Bronx Housing Court daily, at risk of losing their homes. This paper examines how the physical spatialization of housing court affects tenants’ experiences navigating their eviction cases in housing court, and their ability to access justice. This study understands physical space as a social system reflective of broader structures of power and examines how race and class affect tenant experiences in housing court. The methodology involved eight interviews with low-income tenants being evicted, and a week of observation. According to the interviews and observations, the physical space of Bronx Housing Court causes issues of accessibility for tenants and the environment of housing court fosters hostility and confusion. Looking forward, it is necessary to re-evaluate and redevelop the space of housing court in order to empower tenants, while also improving the policies, systems, and circumstances that lead tenants to housing court in the first place
Synthesis and Luminescence of Lanthanide Complexes with Fluorinated Alkoxide Ligands.
No full text45 pages; illustrations.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 35-36).Luminescent lanthanide complexes are industrially useful in screen technologies such as smart phones, televisions, and computers. Optimizing the luminescence of these lanthanide complexes is important for their industrial applications. Alkoxide ligands are often used as oxygen donors in lanthanide complexes as they act as strong Lewis bases, to react with the strong Lewis acidity of the lanthanide metal. The alkoxide ligands of the complexes synthesized herein are fluorinated to eliminate the luminescent quenching found in the C–H bond of the protonated ligands. Complexes were synthesized with different Group 1 counter cations and with the presence of THF solvation, or lack thereof. The difference in Group 1 counter ion had a smaller change in emission of the complexes, but the change in solvation had a larger effect on the luminescence
Do machines with artificial intelligence performing as caring companions have personhood and social rights?.
No full text71 leaves.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 66-68).More machines with Artificially Intelligence will likely appear in the market as caring companions to respond to the market demand in the near future. Therefore, this study aims to address the issue of whether machines with AI have basic rights, related to the existence of personhood, and social rights in interaction with human beings. Focusing on the necessary conditions of personhood, the origin of social rights, and the structure of social power in caring companionships, it claims that we still have barriers to identifying whether machines with AI have personhood and, therefore, basic rights. It is because some of the current necessary conditions of personhood, provided by personists like Dennett, are either too vague to identify or not as necessary as personists think they are. However, machines with AI performing as caring companions deserve social rights equally with human persons because they are socially situated, and power in caring companionships are multidimensional
Guns, Oil, and Diamonds: Russian Foreign Interventions in the Middle East and Africa
No full text89 leaves : illustrations.Includes bibliographical references (81-89 leaves).For the past 20 years, Vladimir Putin has embarked on a mission to revive a Russian Federation reeling from the fallout of the collapse of the Soviet Union. It soon became apparent that this country was resuming its traditionally adversarial behavior towards the United States and Europe, as Russia began conducting foreign military interventions on European sovereign territory. Since the mid 2010’s, Russia has shifted its focus from Eastern Europe, and has now commenced similar operations in the Middle East and Africa. Now, however, it has updated its tactics, presenting the U.S. and its allies with new problems. My thesis argues that, throughout the course of Vladimir Putin’s tenure as president, he has developed and deployed a three-pronged strategy which utilizes Russia’s military, private military companies, and disinformation warfare capabilities to disrupt the operations of its adversaries and destabilize volatile regions of the world to create a political climate conducive to increased Russian influence beyond the former Soviet Republics
Women, Mothers, and Feminine Power in Beowulf.
No full text43 leaves.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 41-43).This thesis discusses women, mothers, and feminine power in Beowulf. It draws a parallel and foil between Hildeburh and Brimwylf (also called Grendel’s Mother). This foil is solved through examination of power wielded by women within the world of Beowulf and Anglo-Saxon culture. Feminine power is diplomatic and masculine power is violent. Power and gender roles of Beowulf are connected and important to understand the poem fully
Rushlight: Fall 2019-Spring 2020
No full textWheaton College (Norton, MA) student literary magazine.DuskwindowsThe Serpent's LamentRacket and ClarkSelf PortraitDropletssaltOff the GridUntitledCena & DetailPair of LegsBlank StairLying in the RainUntitleddrive thruGreen eggs or bustThe Weight of School Workre: happinessSelf portraitthe scenic routeProsoponOutdoorsmanSans SouciPristineMelting WorldN()veltyA Postcard to My SisterMoments in the WoodsRootsSan JuanThe Raven (no, not that one)buy war bondsOut the WindowThe Tale of the Tick from TexasPeafowlUntitledguernicaAn Idle MomentVisible LaborA Fabled Family VacationKennebunk#61. The FixinorganicFaial Fun FairThreesShipwreckObservations on the waterUntitledu know when likehydroplaningThe HeartGardenn ChildUntitledHow I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Uncertainty of Lesbian RelationshipsMultiracialHelping HandCloudyWhat Planet Rules YouWiðer Oferlád/Against TranslationFlower PowerHer Forbidden TouchHeartlandBloom and BulbsRoped InAnatomy of a Community: Conveying Identity Through Shared SymbolsAs the leaves begin to crackOpaque#33. Here's Looking At YouTornadoa tragedy in three acts, plus epilogueCelestial SailorsGarden of Joyswhale's toesCole Memorial ChapelCalmThe Way My Mother SmilesWithering WallhalopileMilennial Love PoemUntitledHow Will I GoWhen I Need a Friendremed