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“Around we go”: The Apocalypse as Revolution and Revelation in David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas
Get PDFThe tradition of global disasters in literature is long-standing and David Mitchell contributes to that discussion. For him, the possibility of political, social, and environmental collapse is imminent based on patterns he traced throughout human history. One common thread Mitchell weaves throughout his works is the presence and the relevance of the apocalyptic. In his best known work, Cloud Atlas, Mitchell explores the cyclical trends of humanity across time and space, including the recurrence of predacity, cruelty, and systematic oppression. Rather than being overwhelmed by a nihilistic reality, Mitchell centers Cloud Atlas around recurring figures of revolution, resisting and fighting against those tendencies. Throughout the connected world of Mitchell’s novels, he explores the problem of truth and the soul and how they are inextricably tied with the reality of the apocalypse. The apocalypse in Cloud Atlas and The Bone Clocks becomes representative of the culmination of revelations and revolutions, and in that sense, it becomes a reminder of past truths and a warning about the future. Despite the harrowing path of humanity Mitchell depicts in his novels, he maintains optimism as he pushes back against postmodern conceptions of truth and the soul. The prominence of cycles within the narratives not only point to the eternity of evil and predatory forces but also suggest the recurrence of forces of resistance and a deep hope in the possibilities of the future
Scholarly Communications Report on Activities 2020-21
Get PDF2020-21 annual report for Scholarly Communications work at Musselman Library, including Gettysburg College\u27s institutional repository, The Cupola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College. Covers June 2020 – May 2021
Best Practices among Certain Classes of Pennsylvania Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs)
Get PDFThe researchers originally became aware of the existence of DMOs (previously known as tourism promotion agencies or TPAs) when reading materials in the Gettysburg Times. The two student-authors plan to work in local government following graduation, and they were curious about perspectives shared in the Gettysburg Times about the local DMO. Thereafter, a representative from the Gettysburg Borough Council approached the faculty-author about conducting research on DMOs’ policies, procedures, and practices, and, relatedly, the “pillow tax,” a hotel room occupancy tax that is administered by counties and disbursed to DMOs, among others. Specifically, the Borough Council representative was curious about best practices with respect to allocation of the pillow tax; how DMOs use pillow tax revenue; and how DMOs account for such use. The Borough representative also was curious about general business practices among DMOs. The faculty-author applied for and obtained approval from the Gettysburg College Institutional Review Board for research among Pennsylvania DMOs and their representatives on these issues. This white paper briefly summarizes the history of the relationship between Pennsylvania DMOs and the pillow tax then describes the researchers’ methodology. Next, the white paper describes what Study DMOs appear to believe are best practices, or most commonly accepted practices, in six categories: Boards of Directors; Revenue; Grant Making; Spending; Assessment; and Future Planning. All data are reported in aggregate to minimize the risk of revealing individually identifiable data. These findings may inform DMO, community, and county decision-making
Media Framing and The Election Integrity Protection Act of 2021
Get PDFIt is no secret that today\u27s media landscape is saturated with various narratives and frames that dictate how political events and debates are consumer by the American public. This paper seeks to analyze how national and local media outlets frame the Election Integrity Protection Act of 2021, one of the numerous voting bills that followed the 2020 Election. My expectation is that these sources will vary in terms of their partisan skew as a result of their geographic location and the ideologies of their viewers. This qualitative media analysis focuses on how each publication does or does not align one of two sides of the partisan debate surrounding voting legislation, being voter suppression versus election integrity
The Importance of Letter Writing in the Letters of Hernán Cortés
No full textThe various individual methods utilized by Hernán Cortés have been previously documented by multiple scholars. However, while the “tools” Cortés used—such as a reliance on legal precedent and religious allusions in the tradition of conquest rhetoric—to craft his narrative have been dissected, the use of those tools to create a narrative in letter format has not been discussed as much if at all by these scholars. While Cortés utilized previously established literary devices to prove his loyalty, his narrative was only as effective as it was because of his decision to place it in a literary format. This gave Cortés the narrative freedom and personal correspondence with the king, and the public, that made his letters a truly convincing personal narrative. Furthermore, the use of letters as a format allowed Cortes to tap into the network of letter writing that already existed in Europe to bring his story to many people across the continent
Diversity and substrate-specificity of green algae and other micro-eukaryotes colonizing amphibian clutches in Germany, revealed by DNA metabarcoding
Get PDFAmphibian clutches are colonized by diverse but poorly studied communities of micro-organisms. One of the most noted ones is the unicellular green alga, Oophila amblystomatis, but the occurrence and role of other micro-organisms in the capsular chamber surrounding amphibian clutches have remained largely unstudied. Here, we undertook a multi-marker DNA metabarcoding study to characterize the community of algae and other micro-eukaryotes associated with agile frog (Rana dalmatina) clutches. Samplings were performed at three small ponds in Germany, from four substrates: water, sediment, tree leaves from the bottom of the pond, and R. dalmatina clutches. Sampling substrate strongly determined the community compositions of algae and other micro-eukaryotes. Therefore, as expected, the frog clutch-associated communities formed clearly distinct clusters. Clutch-associated communities in our study were structured by a plethora of not only green algae, but also diatoms and other ochrophytes. The most abundant operational taxonomic units (OTUs) in clutch samples were taxa from Chlamydomonas, Oophila, but also from Nitzschia and other ochrophytes. Sequences of Oophila “Clade B” were found exclusively in clutches. Based on additional phylogenetic analyses of 18S rDNA and of a matrix of 18 nuclear genes derived from transcriptomes, we confirmed in our samples the existence of two distinct clades of green algae assigned to Oophila in past studies. We hypothesize that “Clade B” algae correspond to the true Oophila, whereas “Clade A” algae are a series of Chlorococcum species that, along with other green algae, ochrophytes and protists, colonize amphibian clutches opportunistically and are often cultured from clutch samples due to their robust growth performance. The clutch-associated communities were subject to filtering by sampling location, suggesting that the taxa colonizing amphibian clutches can drastically differ depending on environmental conditions
Implications of Online Gambling Legalization
Get PDFThe tradition of gambling has been around for thousands of years, but has undergone a recent evolution into what it is perceived as today. This has turned it into an industry of its own, which will only continue to grow with the ongoing legalization of online gambling. Past trends in these legislations would project further economic growth tied to the gambling industry. However, the mental health implications that have been seen to stem from the practice of gambling are as present as ever. This problem associated with the industry will also be expected to climb as gambling becomes both more widespread, and easily accessible. This leaves the question of whether there is a relationship between the economic output generated by the gambling industry, and the mental health of those involved in these wagers. If such a relationship exists, how will online gambling affect this relationship
JCCTL Mailer – September 28, 2021
Get PDFUpdates on training and support and useful pedagogical resources compiled and sent by the JCCTL on September 28, 2021.
Finding Balance while Supporting Student Mental Health Needs, by Becky Colgan and Michele Montenegro
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JCCTL Mailer – August 25, 2021
Get PDFUpdates on training and support and useful pedagogical resources compiled and sent by the JCCTL on August 25, 2021 Updates on JCCTL Teaching and Mentoring resource page Brent Talbot and Josh Eyler\u27s talks About Teaching Squar
COVID-19 Has Killed Globalization as We Know It, but It Is Not Too Late for a Different Approach
Get PDFIn this article I discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has led to the overall decline of globalization in its current form. I discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the shortcomings of globalization in its current form that proves it to be unsustainable in the long term. In addition, I discuss new ideas for what a new form of globalization would look like that would be more stable and prosperous, along with being better able to manage global crises such as the current pandemic