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APPC Minutes – October 31, 2023
No full textMinutes of the Academic Policy and Program Committee Meeting, October 31, 2023
The Effect of Power Shifts on War
Get PDFInstances where an actor is experiencing a significant gain in power or is watching the power they once had slowly slip away seem like breeding grounds for conflict. This gives rise to the question: What effect does the rapid rise or decline of a significant actor’s power in the international system have on the likelihood that a system-changing war will occur? The basis of my answer to this question lies in both the power transition theory and the theory of hegemonic war. By critically analyzing the two aforementioned theories, addressing scholarly critiques of these theories, and making predictions about a prominent contemporary rising power, China, I will attempt to shed light on the hypothesis that system-changing wars are more likely to occur when a major actor experiences a rapid shift in power in either direction
The Effects of Climate Change in Guam
Get PDFThe purpose of this project is to dive into the harm that climate change has on Guam and its population. The objectives of our project are centered on highlighting the creative resistance of the CHamoru Indigenous community on Guam to established structures of colonialism and militarization during increasing climate crises. This project explores questions such as: How is Guam being impacted by climate change? Is the impact severe and/or immediate? How is the Indigenous community in Guam affected? How does US policy help or harm the island and its Indigenous population? What is being done to protect the island and its Indigenous population? Are there immediate issues of displacement? To answer these questions we utilized existing literature, first hand accounts, and conducted an interview with Dr. Tiara R. Na\u27puti, an Indigenous CHamoru activist and academic from Guam. In addition to this paper, we created a Storymap to serve as a resource for others researching Guam, the relationship between climate change and the island\u27s history of colonialism and Militarism, and the response of Indigenous communities to this issue
CUB Plastic Shipping Bag Recycling Program
Get PDFWe implemented a plastic shipping bag recycling program at Gettysburg College. Recycling bags contribute towards contamination within the college\u27s single-stream recycling or end up directly in the landfill via traditional trash collection. The production of plastic bags relies on the continued production of fossil fuel extraction. Plastic bag recycling can decrease fossil fuel extraction and waste entering landfills. To curb Gettysburg College’s generation of waste, we placed four bins in various locations throughout the Center Union Building (CUB) in order to collect plastic shipping bags over a 4.5-week period. We made three hypotheses: that our bins would collect shipping bags and be used by Gettysburg College students, that different locations of the bins would impact their usage, and that over time contamination would decrease and desired product collected would increase. We collected 215 plastic bags, which represented 9.53% of the total amount of plastic shipping picked-up from the mailroom. Placing bins closer to the mailroom and away from dining areas reduced contamination and increased shipping bag collection. We did not find support that over time contamination would decrease and desired product increase. We hope this project will guide future policies to increase recycling of plastic shipping bags
Creating a Strong Group Culture
Get PDFThis book review of The Culture Code summarizes three significant skills that contribute to creating a highly successful group. These skills include building safety, sharing vulnerability, and establishing purpose. Audiences are encouraged to appreciate the book for two reasons. First, it conveys that the approaches to strong group culture are multiple. Second, culture is one of the significant factors that policymakers should consider. By reading The Culture Code, readers can better understand how culture can help society be more inclusive and dynamic
Carbon Sequestration Capacities of Different Land Cover Types and Climate Change
Get PDFHuman-caused climate change creates a positive feedback loop that emits more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere instead of being sequestered in the Earth or its oceans. A major contributor to this feedback loop is deforestation in order to use land for agriculture and livestock. This study aims to investigate differences in carbon sequestration capabilities of forests, pastures, and cropland through soil and tree sampling in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The main hypothesis of this study is that forested land will be the most effective at carbon sequestration. The loss on ignition method (LOI) was used to determine the percent organic material in the soil for each land type. The soil in the forest sequestered the most CO2 per unit area at 0.012 tons/m2, followed by the pasture at 0.010 tons/m2, and finally the cropland at 0.009 tons/m2. When including the trees in the total carbon sequestered per unit area the carbon sequestered per unit area was 0.109 tons/m2 with average carbon sequestered per tree being 43644.4 pounds (21.8 tons). These results have implications for land management practices being used to mitigate climate change, as the different land covers sequestered significantly different amounts of CO2
Episode 3: Up in the Air: Inflation and Spy Balloons
No full textInflation is digging a hole into the pockets of millions of Americans. Is the Federal Reserve doing enough? Too much? What about growing national security threats from China and Russia? Are there really spy balloons in the skies above us? Join host Andrew Lemon with fellow Gettysburg College students Owen Labruna and Clayton Brosend for a thoughtful discussion about our economy and International affairs. Hear what our students think about whether President Biden needs to ramp up fiscal policy, and national security threats at home and abroad