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Analyzing the Ramifications of Climate Change on Mental Health
Get PDFWhen thinking about the vast array of impacts that the climate crisis has on humanity, there are many things that come to mind, but mental health impacts are likely not one of them. Even though research demonstrates that mental effects from any form of disaster far exceed the physical health implications mental health impacts of the largest disaster facing humanity since the Second World War are rarely considered at all, let alone when solutions are being created. This has led to a hidden crisis emerging underneath an even larger crisis, with serious consequences for most individuals across the globe. The detail that makes the mental health impacts of climate change an even more dangerous externality than the physical impacts is the fact that most individuals are not exposed to the physical effects of climate change, while the mental effects are far reaching, and silent in their existence. This paper hopes to bring attention to the exact ramifications of climate change on mental health and well-being, how connecting with nature can lead to happiness, what can be done to help, and why this growing problem is so important to bring attention to
Extraterrestrial Life: The Possibility of a Human-Alien Interaction
Get PDFWe all have heard of at least one case where someone assured having seen a flying extraterrestrial object. There are thousands of thousands of videos we can find online that “prove” the existence of aliens. In the hypothetical case where aliens are really out there, why haven\u27t we been able to talk to them and look at them face-to-face? A human-extraterrestrial interaction has not yet been achieved for two reasons. First, alien energy is much more powerful than that of humans, so it would require thousands of thousands of years for the human race to develop a technology able to contact them. But the reason why advanced extraterrestrials have not yet contacted us is simply a decision they have made to keep both races safe. For them, if we don’t see and know each other, we can’t attack each other. However, this doesn’t mean they cannot see us, and there are a whole variety of factors we’ll consider throughout this paper
COVID-19 Spillover Effects onto General Vaccine Attitudes
No full textEven amid the unprecedented public health challenges attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic, opposition to vaccinating against the novel coronavirus has been both prevalent and politically contentious in American public life. In this paper, we theorize that attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination might “spill over” to shape attitudes toward “postpandemic” vaccination programs and policy mandates for years to come. We find this to be the case using evidence from a large, original panel study, as well as two observational surveys, conducted on American adults during the pandemic. Specifically, we observe evidence of COVID-19 vaccine spillover onto general vaccine skepticism, flu shot intention, and attitudes toward hypothetical vaccines (i.e., vaccines in development), which do not have preexisting attitudinal connotations. Further, these spillover effects vary by partisanship and COVID-19 vaccination status, with the political left and those who received two or more COVID-19 vaccine doses becoming more provaccine, while the political right and the unvaccinated became more anti-vaccine. Taken together, these results point to the salience and politicization of the COVID-19 vaccine impacting non-COVID vaccine attitudes. We end by discussing the implications of this study for effective health messaging
Faculty Meeting Minutes – March 7, 2024
No full textMinutes of the Gettysburg College Faculty Meeting, March 7, 2024
A Latter-day Disease: Mormons and Cholera in the Nineteenth Century
Get PDFNineteenth-century America saw the emergence of two seemingly parallel entities - the epidemic disease of cholera and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, better known as the Mormon faith. To understand the intersection of Mormons and cholera, one must look within the interdisciplinary framework of Civil War-era history, religion, and epidemiology. Cholera epidemics in 1832 and 1849 coincided with the mass Mormon migration west, causing great suffering and death for Mormons traveling by land and sea. While their westward exodus exposed them to cholera, their religious teachings also contributed to why they contracted the disease. The Word of Wisdom, their religious doctrine received as a revelation from God, prohibited the consumption of “hot drinks,” referring to boiled water, tea, and coffee, and “strong drinks,” referring to alcoholic beverages. These drinks all have anti-cholera properties, and if consumed, could have alleviated cholera’s impact among the Mormon population and protected them from infection. In this paper, I will examine the unique relationship between cholera and the Mormon faith, and I will argue two specific tenets - that cholera helped shape Mormon history demographically and geographically, and that the Mormon religion itself affected this group’s understanding of the disease and also made them more vulnerable to contracting and succumbing to it
The Catcher in the Pie
No full textIn celebration of National Library Week 2024, Musselman Library held its eighth annual Edible Book Festival. Library staff, faculty, and students created many book-inspired treats to share with the campus community. Entrants were awarded prizes in the categories of best taste, best look, puniest, and best in show. The above creation was by Rose Taylor in 2024.https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/edible/1121/thumbnail.jp
You Say You Want a Revolution? : Gettysburg College Students and the Turbulent 1960s
Get PDFInfluenced by external events, major social movements, and the counterculture of the 1960s, Gettysburg College students increasingly demanded more out of their college. In the years 1963 and 1964, few students at Gettysburg College were interested in disrupting the status quo or questioning the college’s role as an authority figure. However, by 1968 and 1969, a growing number of Gettysburg College students demanded more of a voice in the college’s decision making process, fought to change unfair policies, and challenged the authority of the establishment. Some students began to organize demonstrations and protests in response to injustices they observed locally and across the world. Others moved away from the forces that had traditionally dominated student social life. This paper interprets this shift during the 1960s at Gettysburg College as a shift from student passivity to activity. It analyzes this shift by exploring the changing perceptions of women’s issues, contemporary events including the war in Vietnam, and Greek life
Review of Moving the Chains: The Civil Rights Protest That Saved the Saints and Transformed New Orleans by Erin Grayson Sapp
No full textMoving the Chains contains little about the Saints; this is a book about what key figures in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the NFL did to establish an NFL team by committing to more inclusive social practices
Faculty Meeting Minutes - March 21, 2024
No full textMinutes of the Gettysburg College Faculty Business Meeting, March 21, 2024
National Parks and Wildlife Restoration in the Global North: The Case of Wolves in the United States and France
No full textThis research offers a comparative analysis of the role of national parks in wolf reintroduction efforts in the United States and France. While Yellowstone National Park is often credited with influencing conservation efforts in the U.S. and around the world, we considered, what lessons the United States might glean from the experience of other countries. The restoration of gray wolves in France presents an opportunity to explore this question