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Divestment for Humanity: The Anti-Apartheid Movement at the University of Michigan
(2015-06-22)
In the late 1970s, students and faculty at the University of Michigan began to speak up in protest against the University’s investments in corporations with ties to apartheid South Africa. Divestment for Humanity details ...
Hope Under Assault: Understanding the Impact of Sexual Assault on the Relation Between Hope and Suicidal Risk
(2015-06-22)
The present study sought to examine for how hope and sexual assault are involved in suicidal risk in a sample of 325 college students. Specifically, we were interested to examine whether sexual assault may play an additive ...
The Influence of Ethnic Minority Demographics on Provincial Preferential Policy Making in the Chinese College Admission System
(2015-06-22)
This study focuses on the various provinces’ preferential policies towards ethnic minorities in the Chinese college admission system, specifically in term of bonus points awarded in the National College Entrance Examination. ...
Ann Batten Cristall and the Lyrical Sketch: The Influence of Eighteenth-Century Aesthetics on Lyric Performativity
(2015-09-18)
There is only a small body of scholarship on British Romantic poet Ann Batten Cristall who published one collection, Poetical Sketches, in 1795. This thesis analyzes the songs of her diverse collection, which have yet to ...
Resistance and Revolution: The Anti-Vietnam War Movement at the University of Michigan, 1965-1972
(2015-06-22)
From 1965 until 1972, the campus of the University of Michigan became a stronghold of political activism and intellectual discussion against the war in Vietnam. Students, faculty, and the administration of the University ...
An Escape from the Perceived Rationalist-Constructivist Binary: A Look Into Derogable Human Rights Agreements
(2015-09-18)
Section II provides a brief review of constructivism and rationalism. Section III follows with explanation of derogation clauses and why they are particularly salient and Section IV outlines the various phases of the treaty ...