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PLAS Senior Thesis Titles
Students fulfill the PLAS certificate requirement in part by writing a thesis in their major discipline on a Latin American or Caribbean topic.
Class of 2014
David Abugaber, Independent
Language Shift from Ixil Mayan to Spanish in a Highland Guatemalan Town
Miryam Amsili, History
Nazi-Fascist, Anti-Semite, or Anti-Zionist? The Debates Surrounding Tacuara in Argentina
Alejandro Arroyo Yamin, Archaeology
Masked Exoticism: Fabricating Authentic Experiences in Mexican Beach Resorts
Rachael Baitel, Politics
Rising Through the Ranks: A Comparative Analysis of the Pathways to Power of Current Women Presidents in Latin America
Cecilia Buerkle, Comparative Literature
The Dueling Worlds of the Mexican-American: Reconceptualizing Notions of Home and Identity in The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Madison Bush, History
The Books of Angelópolis: A Study of the Book Culture and Libraries in Puebla de los Ángeles: 1531-1640
Agnes Cho, Anthropology
Commodifying Cookstoves: Social Entrepreneurship and the Improved Cookstove Industry
Luc Cohen, Woodrow Wilson School
Exit, but mostly exclusion: Policy options for reducing the size of Mexico's informal economy
Andrea DeLeon, Economics
Expectation and Utilization: Socioeconomic Determinants of Access to and Attitudes towards Brazilian Health Care
Elizabeth Driggs, Economics
Positive Side Effects: The Interaction between Conditional Cash Transfer Programs and Women's Empowerment in Colombia, 2002-2005
Ryan Elliott, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Triatomines and Trypanosomes: Fitness Impacts of Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma rangeli Mono- and Co-infections in the Triatomine Vector Rhodnius prolixus
Lukas Gaffney, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Assessment of the Influence of Primate Species, Deforestation, and Tree Cover on Malaria Transmission in Latin America
Iara Guzman, Politics
Protracted Conflict in Colombia: How Incentive Structures Shape Negotiations and Their Outcomes
Emily Hill, Woodrow Wilson School
The American Human Rights Convention: Motivations and Efficacy
Damali James, Woodrow Wilson School
Dominican Denationalization: a Discussion of TC0168-13 and Factors of Dominican Immigration Policy
Kelsey D. Janke, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Human land-use and forest regeneration as drivers of bat diversity and activity in the Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Abril Loya, English
"El Olvido Está Tan Lleno De Memoria": Cultural Memory Salience in Chile and Mexico through Isabel Allende's "The House of the Spirits" and Roberto Bolaño's "Amulet"
Amanda Morgan Mitchell, History
Cuba Aqui and Allá: Between the Boom and Revolution 1959-1971
Arianna Munguia, Politics
More than Just Money: A Case Study on the Effects of Remittances and Immigration in the Salvadoran Towns of Chirilagua, Intipucá and El Cuco
Rebecca Newmark, Anthropology
The Fruit of their Labor: Placentophagia and Embodied Meaning-Making Among American Women
Neelay Patil, Woodrow Wilson School
Neglecting "A New Beginning": Stagnant U.S. - Cuba Relations Under Barack Obama
Minerva H. Pedroza, Anthropology
Lives In Transition Navigating Public Trans Healthcare in São Paulo, Brazil !!
Clayton Taylor Platt, Woodrow Wilson School
Misguided Goals on the International Stage: An Analysis of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, and the Economic and Social Implications of Developing Nations Hosting Mega-Events
Brian Reilly, Woodrow Wilson School
Not-So-Covert Action: considering the CIA's paramilitary mission through examples in Central America and Pakistan
Erika Rios, History
Chile's Divided Path to Revolution: An Analysis of the Movement of the Revolutionary Left (Mir), 1964-1973
Christian J. Rivera, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Facing the 2013 Gold Rush: A Population Viability Analysis For the Endangered White-lipped Peccary (Tayassu pecari) in Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Sloan Rudberg, Woodrow Wilson School
Mind the Gap in São Paulo: An Analysis of Airport Access and Integrated Transportation in Brazil's Federal Infrastructure Policies
Daniel Santillan, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Death from the Labyrinth
Brittany Serafino, Woodrow Wilson School
Storming the Gates: How Gated Communities and the "Mexodus" Have Contributed to Residential Segregation since the Turn of the Century
Steven Server, History
Dos Arbolitos: Cultivating the US-Mexican Border
Peter Smith, Sociology Where's The Beef? Cultural and Socioeconomic Determinants of Meat Consumption in Brazil
Carrico Torres, Politics
The Emergence of Global Slums:Colonialism and State Policy in Brazil and South Africa
Alejandro Van Zandt-Escobar, Computer Science
Meta-Gesture Variation Following for Sonic Interactions
Lauren Wyman, Economics
Analyzing the impact of a dual lizard introduction on orb-weaving spider communities in the Bahamas: an experimental approach
Gibran Zavalza, Politics
Understanding the Mexican Voter: Major Factors Influencing Voter Choice in the Context of the 2012 Presidential Election
2014 Kenneth Maxwell Senior Thesis Prize in Brazilian and Portuguese Studies
Class of 2014 winners:
Minerva H. Pedroza, Anthropology
Lives In Transition Navigating Public Trans Healthcare in São Paulo, Brazil !!
Naomi Zucker, Anthropology
Visions of Health and Care in São Paulo, Brazil
2014 Stanley J. Stein Senior Thesis Prize
Class of 2014 winner:
Amanda Morgan Mitchell, History
Cuba Aqui and Allá: Between the Boom and Revolution 1959-1971
Class of 2013
Alexander Aguayo, Comparative Literature
Coming Apart at the Seams: Unstable Identities in Manuel Puig's Kiss of the Spider Woman
Monica Ines Beltran, Woodrow Wilson School
Educational Promises and State Failures: A Comparative Study of General Education and Intercultural Bilingual Education Policy in Peru
Osasumwen Benjamin, Comparative Literature
Transnational Angst: Black Existentialism in Contemporary Afro-Brazilian Narratives
Lauren Ann Castro, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Flight Performance and Trypanosome Infection of the Chagas Disease Vector Rhodnius pallescens: Implications for the Spatio-Temporal Spread of Trypanosoma cruzi in Rural Landscapes
Courtney Allen Crumpler, Anthropology
Cultivating Health in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Brandon Scott Davis, Anthropology
Reflections on travels through South America with the Israelitas †
Briyana Clarel Davis, Sociology
(Re)defining The Activist Occupation: Identity, Intersectionality, and LGBT Activism in Salvador da Bahia
Carly Therese De La Hoz*, Architecture
The Favela Typology: Architecture in the Self-Built City
Andrea de Sá, Woodrow Wilson School
Brazil's Nuclear Submarine Program: Navigating the Uncharted Waters of the Non-Proliferation Treaty
Carrie Allison Diamond, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
Dentro do Campo the Metaphor of Brazilian Soccer: Race, Space and Language
Ubaldo Escalante, Architecture
Beyond the Golden Period: Alternative Modernities and Contemporary Architecture in Latin America
Ashley Elizabeth Evelyn, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
The Formation of Transnational Black Identity among African-Descendants in Early Twentieth Century Cuba
Angelica Marie Ferrandino, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
Grains of Race in Cartagena de Indias: A Study of Cuisine and Power in Cartagena, Colombia
Aseneth Garza, Anthropology
Politics of Memory in Post-War Guatemala: Church and State Accounts of Civil War
Thomas Peixoto Irby, History
The Carter-Geisel Conflict: Conflicting Narratives Regarding Human Rights and Perceptions of Military Rule in Brazil (1974-1979)
Amy Marie Olivero, Woodrow Wilson School
Targetting the Supply, not the Demand:Inconsistencies in U.S. Immigration Enforcement
Dimitris Papaconstantinou, Philosophy
Facts and Fallibility. Institutionalizing a Fallibilist Public Sphere.
Daniela del Rocio Perea, Politics
Politics of Giving: Explaining Divergent Tax Policies in Mexico and the United States
Sofia Agustina Quinodoz†, Molecular Biology
Photography & Memory: How Argentina Remembers the Dirty War†
Luis Alejandro Ramos, Politics
Educating Chile: A Forensic Investigation of the ongoing Chilean Student Movement
Grecia Abigail Rivas, Comparative Literature
From the Page to the Screen: An In-Depth Analysis of Representations of Race in Fernando Meirelles' "City Of God"
Erika Loren Smith, Chemistry
Unveiling the Mysteries of Maya Color: Characterization of Late Classic Maya Ceramic Vessel Pigments
Kaya Leigh Ten-Pow, Woodrow Wilson School
Are we fighting the Wrong War? Cocaine Consumption in Latin America and the Global Drug Policy Paradigm
Flora Carpenter Thomson-DeVeaux, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
Sex, Death, and the Aristocracy:* The Universal History of Santiago Badariotti Merlo (*Although Not Necessarily in That Order)
Emily Ann VanderLinden, Politics
Using an Educational Frame to Compare Centralization in Chile and Cuba
Erick Walsh, Economics
Financial Dollarization and Financial (In) Stability: Evidence from Latin America
James Bailey Williams, Politics
Security Cooperation in the Americas: Explaining the Institutionalization of the Inter-American Security Regime
2013 Kenneth Maxwell Senior Thesis Prize in Brazilian and Portuguese Studies
Class of 2013 winner:
Carly Therese De La Hoz*, Architecture
The Favela Typology: Architecture in the Self-Built City
Honorable Mention:
Andrea de Sá, Woodrow Wilson School
Brazil's Nuclear Submarine Program: Navigating the Uncharted Waters of the Non-Proliferation Treaty
Thomas Peixoto Irby, History
The Carter-Geisel Conflict: Conflicting Narratives Regarding Human Rights and Perceptions of Military Rule in Brazil (1974-1979)
2013 Stanley J. Stein Senior Thesis Prize
Class of 2013 winner:
Flora Carpenter Thomson-DeVeaux, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
Sex, Death, and the Aristocracy:* The Universal History of Santiago Badariotti Merlo (*Although Not Necessarily in That Order)
*Certificate in Latin American Studies, Brazilian Track
† Major research paper in addition to departmental thesis, to fulfill the writing requirement for PLAS
Class of 2012
Katherine Alvarez, Sociology
Constructing Social Change: A Study of Medellin's Social Urbanism
Stephanie Marie Alvarez, Politics
Innovation and success: Medellin system for the provision of services to the displaced population
Luciana Femanda Chamorro Elizondo, Anthropology
Narrating the Nicaraguan Civil War: An Ethnographic Account of Re-membering in San Juan del Norte
Mayenne Gael Chess, English
Like So Many Views Seen Through Bright Glass: The train as a modernist symbol in texts by Ford, Lawrence and Cortázar
Sophia Marie D'Angelo, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
Inter-Caribbean Relations and the Afro-Caribbean Diaspora: Race and Nationalism in Haitian, Dominican and Puerto Rican Popular Culture
Addie Marie Darling, Comparative Literature
Veritas in Nihilum: An Investigation of the Poetry of Roy Campbell, Octavio Paz & Juan de la Cruz
Aparajita Das, Economics
Tudo Monitorado: The Impacts of Military Pacification on Crime Rates in Rio de Janeiro
María José Dobles Madrigal, Woodrow Wilson School
Violence and Drug Trafficking in Central America: "The Ghosts of Institutions Past, Present and Future."
Brianna Nicole Eastridge, Anthropology
Dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres: the Development of Mexican-Americans as a New Social Class in the United States
Adriana Maria Estor, Politics
The Question of Project Lending: A Comparative Analysis of the Effectiveness of the World Bank in Latin America
María Julia Gutiérrez, Woodrow Wilson School
Devising Regional Solutions: An Analysis of Violence Trends in Northern Mexico, 1997-2010
Laura Elizabeth Hamm, Anthropology
Mapuche Resurging: the Reappropriation of Indigenous struggle in the Chilean Nation
Ricardo López, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
Narcotraduccíon: Reacciones y lecciones del lenguaje ante la "Mexican Drug War"
Leo Daniel Mena, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Creating Connection: Live Fence Structure and its Role in Sustaining Avifauna Diversity in Panama
Martha Melissa Montoya, Sociology
Escondido Transformed: How the Highly Visible Latino Population Becomes Invisible
Stephanie Morales, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
Projeto Orla 2005: The Barraqueiros' Lack of an Agenda and the Imbalance of Power Which Led to The Demolishment of the Barracas
J. David Peña, Politics
Racist Violence and Immigration in Spain: impact on the Latin American, North African and Eastern European Immigrant Groups
Niurka Grissel Peralta Malena, Sociology
The Color of Money: Trade, Gender and Nationality in a Dominican Market
Hannah Rose Sanzetenea, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
'El tiempo vuela': La vida, la muerte, y el tiempo en un libro infantil ilustrado original
Andréa Gabriella Schiller, Politics
Somebody Save Us: The Role of the Federal Government in Bailouts
Natalie Helen Shoup, Operations Research and Financial Engineering
Sustainable Energy Economics: Optimizing the Integration of Renewables in Guatemala
Lindsay Marie von Clemm, Economics
A Macro Stress Testing Framework of Liquidity Risk in the Latin American Banking Sector
Tiffania Lissette Willetts, Economics
The True Cost of an Education: Income's Effect on Educational Attainment in Buenos Aires, 1980-2006
Erica Meyer Zendell, Comparative Literature
Bread, Circuses, and Steel: Mega-Sporting Events, National Image, and Modernization in China and Brazil (Beijing 2008, Brazil 2014, and Rio 2016)
2012 Kenneth Maxwell Senior Thesis Prize in Brazilian and Portuguese Studies
Class of 2012 winner:
Sojung Yi, Anthropology
UNCHARTED: Territorialization of Health Care and the Travails of the Urban Poor in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2012 Stanley J. Stein Senior Thesis Prize
Class of 2012 winner:
Luciana Fernanda Chamorro Elizondo, Anthropology
Narrating the Nicaraguan Civil War: An Ethnographic Account of Re-membering in San Juan del Norte
Class of 2011
Chinekwu O. Anunwa, Woodrow Wilson School
Defending La Hoja Sagrada: Cocalero Movements and Political Change in Bolivia and Peru
Christopher Peter Bellaire, Woodrow Wilson School
Civil-Military Relations in Counterinsurgency Campaigns: An Analysis of the Peace Process in Colombia and Afghanistan
Cantey Sutton Brown, Politics
Colossus of the North: Understanding Sources of Anti- and Pro-American Sentiment in Latin America
Marieugenia Cardenas, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
Image Through Film, Testimony and Verse: Representations of the 1968 Tlatelolco Student Massacre
Alexander Michael Cordones Cook, Comparative Literature
Single-Sex Theory in Postmodern Latin American Narrative: The Metaphorics of Gender Transgression in René Marqués and César Aira
Lauren Katherine Cubellis, Anthropology
Walking an Authentic Path: The curandera and Alternative Medicine in the Southwest United States
Alissa Maria Escarce, History
Radical Roads and Tamed Revolutions: Mexico's National Indigenist Institute in Highland Chiapas, 1951–1953
Adrian Gallegos Gallegos, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
Pedro Páramo Excerpt Translated
Sierra Rose Gronewold, Anthropology
A Defense of Culture: The Experience of Latin American Immigrants in the Bronx Family Court
Rocío Gutiérrez, Comparative Literature
Los hombros encogidos: Truth and Myth in Roberto Bolaño's Amuleto, Los Detectives Salvajes, and 2666
Phyllis Lucille Heitjan, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
Living Ghosts and Time Warps: Art Remembering Argentina's Last Dictatorship
Julia Mae Kaplan, Woodrow Wilson School
Institutionalizing South America: The Union of South American Nations
Julia Collins Kearny, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Chagas Disease in Tarija, Bolivia: A Population Dynamics Model for Predicting Prevalence in Host and Vector Populations
Natalie Julia Kitroeff, Woodrow Wilson School
Touching the 'Untouchables': An Evaluation of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala
Cynthia Laura Kroll, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
El acceso al agua en las colonias de Laredo, Texas: salud, representación, e incertidumbre
Kevin Edward McGinnis, Woodrow Wilson School
Household Water for All in Lima, Peru: State or Private Sector Solutions?
Megan Elizabeth McPhee, Woodrow Wilson School
Walking the Last Three Feet Without Boots on the Ground: Public Diplomacy and Stabilization in Fragile States
Pauline Karen Nalikka, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
O Baile Todo: Representations of Women in Funk Carioca
Emily Constance Nguyen, Politics
Mandatory Voting Policy in Latin America: A Comparative Study of Democratic Representation
Manuel Pérez, History
Organizing for Power: Indigenous Responses to Oil Drilling in Ecuador
Alyssa Christine Pont, Politics
Social Movements, Indians, and the Internet: How Internet-Based Communication Technology Affected Indigenous Movements in Mexico
Isabel Christine Ramírez, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
Music, Miscegenation and the Mulata in the Tropics: Analogous Expressions of Fascination in the Poemas Negros of Jorge de Lima and Luis Palés Matos
Elías Ramón Sánchez-Eppler, Woodrow Wilson School
New Patterns, New Places, New Perspectives; What post-transitional fertility patterns tell us about Argentine fertility and what Argentina tells us about them
Patricia Maria Sever, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
La vaga coherencia del mundo: Perception and Creation in Adolfo Bioy Casares' La invención de Morel and Plan de evasión
Claudia Alejandra Solís-Roman, Woodrow Wilson School
Challenges of Universal Access to AIDS Treatment in Brazil
Isaiah Mark Usher, Woodrow Wilson School
Accountability in Action: Empowerment and the Quality of Care in Rural Mexico
Kenneth Maxwell Senior Thesis Prize in Brazilian and Portuguese Studies
Class of 2011 co-winners:
Joshua Benjamin Franklin, Anthropology
Claiming the Right to Transgender Health in Brazil
Philip M. Rothaus, Spanish and Portuguese
Madness in Translation: Language, Laughter and Loucura in "O Alienista"
Stanley J. Stein Senior Thesis Prize in Latin American Studies
Class of 2011 co-winners:
Alissa Maria Escarce, History
Radical Roads and Tamed Revolutions: Mexico's National Indigenist Institute in Highland Chiapas, 1951-1953
Joshua Benjamin Franklin, Anthropology
Claiming the Right to Transgender Health in Brazil
Class of 2010
Carolina Isabel Ardila-Zurek, Politics
The Rise and Fall of the Medellín and Cali Cocaine Organizations
Felipe Gutiérrez Cabrera, Comparative Literature
Responses to Latin American State Terrorism in Literature and the Visual Arts
Denzel R.B. Cadet, Comparative Literature
The Indelible Stain of Blackness: Expressions of Nationalism in Dominican and Haitian Poetry
Andrés Rodrigo Guerra, Anthropology
Pride, Polvo, and Pharmaceuticals: A Case Study on the Asthmatic Anomaly in Puerto Rico
Carlos Santiago Imberton, Politics
Understanding Patterns of Violence in El Salvador: Gangs, Governmental Policy and Civilian Response
Maria J. Lacayo, History
A Fervent, Frail Hope: Fragile Democracies and the Human Rights Conventions in Europe and Latin America
Thomas Vincent López, Woodrow Wilson School
Combating Coca: From the District of Columbia to el Distrito Capital
Eric Javier Macías, Woodrow Wilson School
Assessing the Cycle of Poverty in the Evaluation of Oportunidades and Bolsa Família: A Cross-national Study of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs
Ruth Ngolela Byrnes Metzel, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
From Finca to Forest: Forest Cover Change and Land Management in Los Santos, Panama
Anna Trumbull Moccia-Field, Woodrow Wilson School
Worker Participation in Latin American Pension Systems: Lessons from the Reforms in Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay
Rafael G. Palomino Badilla, Sociology
Take It or Leave It: Perceptions towards a Victim Compensation Fund in Northern Mexico
Kalyani Parthasarathy, Economics
Capacity Utilization and Economic Policy: Argentina and Brazil: 1970–2004
Alejandro Perez, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
A Devious Odyssey: Roberto Bolaño's Anti-epic
Mónica Teresa Ramírez de Arellano, Woodrow Wilson School
Drilling through the Layers of Uncertainty: Brazil's Social Gain or Resource Curse?
Fernando Salvador Sánchez, Sociology
Keeping the Planner's Promise: The Impact of Building for Olympic Events on the Social and Economic Demography of the City
Andrew Michael Segal, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
Imaginação Geográfica: An Examination of the Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro's 19th Century Efforts to Territorialize Brazil
Gustavo Andrés Silva Cano, Woodrow Wilson School
The Worst Solution Except For All the Others: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Drug Prohibition and Legalization in Colombia
Catalina Valencia, Politics
Colombia: Bending the Rules to Reparative Justice
Christine Elizabeth Vidmar, Sociology
Ironbound: An Ethnographic Study of Brazilian Immigrants in Newark, New Jersey
Kenneth Maxwell Senior Thesis Prize in Brazilian and Portuguese Studies
Class of 2010 co-winners:
Alex Kerbel Gertner, Anthropology
Pharmaceutical Care, Public Experiments, and Patient Knowledge in the Brazilian Public Healthcare System
Andrew Michael Segal, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
Imaginação Geográfica: An Examination of the Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro's 19th-Century Efforts to Territorialize Brazil
Stanley J. Stein Senior Thesis Prize in Latin American Studies
Class of 2010 winner:
Alex Kerbel Gertner, Anthropology
Pharmaceutical Care, Public Experiments, and Patient Knowledge in the Brazilian Public Healthcare System
Honorable Mention
Ruth Ngolela Byrnes Metzel, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
From Finca to Forest: Forest Cover Change and Land Management in Los Santos, Panama
Class of 2009
Dylan Rich Alban, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
The Wandering Musicians: A Translation, History, and Commentary
Hugo Arellano Santoyo, Physics
Religión en la Sierra: The Making of a National Sanctuary: Santa Catarina Juquila, Mexico
(Major research paper in addition to departmental thesis)
Kristen Nicole Badal, Politics
Women in Latin American Politics: A Family Affair?
Molly Elizabeth Borowitz, Comparative Literature
Between the Lines: Grotesque Allegory and Sociopolitical Commentary in Baudelaire, Orozco, Kafka, and Casey
Shannon Marie Brink, Woodrow Wilson School
Staying Ahead Collectively?: Evaluating the Inter-American Foundation in the Footsteps of A.O. Hirschman
Jacob Rodney Candelaria, Woodrow Wilson School
Contemporary Venezuelan Oil Policy: An Institutional Analysis
Madeline Elise Carroll, Art and Archaeology
Mythic Moments: A Comparative Contextualization of Classic Period Maya Vases and the Popol Vuh
Yvonne Marie Chasser, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
La salud reproductiva de las comunidades indígenas y marginadas en latinoamérica: Un argumento para la re-incorporación de la partería tradicional
Luke Marshall Goodwin, History
Selling Sickness: The Argentine Press and the 1976 Coup d'État
Tolu Kafilat Lanrewaju, Anthropology
The Invisible Population: HIV/AIDS along the US-Mexico Border
Douglas Clark Lennox II, Anthropology
Swimming Up This Mean Stream: An Anthropological Attempt at Solving the "Puerto Rican Problem" through an Olympic Lens
Daniel Simon Levien, Woodrow Wilson School
A Transformative Venture? Considering Cultural Tourism and Economic Empowerment in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Johanna Desiree López, Sociology
Negotiating Motherhood: The Implications of Gender in the Migrant Experiences of Transnational Mothers
Thomas William Methvin, Sociology
The New Mexican Americans: International Retirement Migration and Development in an Expatriate Community in Mexico
Diana Ruth Norton, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
Jorge Negrete in Spain: The First Certamen Cinematográfico Hispanoamericano, Jalisco canta en Sevilla and the Discourse on Hispanidad
Monique Lorraine Roberts, Politics
International Regime Complexity: A Case Study of Cooperation between the World Health Organization and the Pan American Health Organization
Vanessa Rodríguez, History
Henequen in Modern Yucatan, 1750–1910: Labor Arrangements and the Transition from Subsistence to Capitalism
Mauricio Sánchez de la Paz, Economics
An Empirical Study of the Effect of Immigration on Wages: New Evidence from the Immigrant Population
Elizabeth Bowlsby Schwall, History
Dance Dance Revolution: Concert Dance, Cubanidad, and the Cuban Revolution
Kristen Marjorie Scott, Politics
Retributive Justice and Trials in the Southern Cone
Alexandra Leigh Smith, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
Surreal Salvador Dali: The Paranoiac Critical Challenge
Jay David Thornton, History
Making Something of a Revolution: Antonio Maceo's Attempt to Institutionalize Cuba's 1898 War for Independence
Laura Pier Valle, Sociology
In Pursuit of Success: Ethnicity and Social Capital in the Professional Workplace
Lauren Ashley Whitehead, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
La herencia agridulce: Bittersweet Inheritance—Race and Ethnicity from Early Iberia to Modern Latin America
Whitney Erica Williams, Woodrow Wilson School
Brasil AfroAtitude (Auinto Ano do Programa): A Roadmap for the Evaluation and Sustainability of Brazil's First Scholarship Program for Quota Students
Milana Zaurova, Woodrow Wilson School
Fastfoodería vs. Fritura: A Qualitative Analysis of Nutrition-related Health Behavior of Mainland and Island Puerto Ricans
Stanley J. Stein Senior Thesis Prize in Latin American Studies
Class of 2009 co-winners:
Shannon Marie Brink, Woodrow Wilson School
Staying Ahead Collectively? Evaluating the Inter-American Foundation in the Footsteps of A.O. Hirschman
Diana Ruth Norton, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
Jorge Negrete in Spain: The First Certamen Cinematográfico Hispanicoamericano, Jalisco canta en Sevilla, and the Discourse on Hispanidad
Class of 2008
Carlos Eduardo Arreche Aguayo, Mathematics
Las letras antes de las armas: Las alianzas en la poética bélica de José Martí (major research paper in addition to departmental thesis)
David Brett Baker, IV, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
Luis Sepúlveda: ¿Una voz literaria representativa del medio ambiente en Chile?
¿Todo hombre tiene el derecho? A Look into the Chilean Rights Discourse, 1973-1978
Christopher Thomas Breen, Politics
Confronting Challenges to U.S. Hemispheric Leadership: A Comparative Study of Policy Responses to the Governments of Hugo Chávez and Evo Morales
Monica Nicole Cepak, Politics
Going Global: The Struggle for International Unionism in Latin America
Timothy Paul Cheston, Woodrow Wilson School
The Politics of South-South Trade Policy: The Causes and Consequences of the Silent Revolution in Trade
Luke Jonathan Cohler, Woodrow Wilson School
Para inglês ver? An Evaluation of Urban Planning Policies in Curitiba, Brazil
Julia Lea Frydman, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
Authoring Memory, Elena Poniatowska's La noche de Tlatelolco and Carlos Monsiváis' Días de guardar: Accounts of the 1968 Mexican Student Movement
Nathan M. Geller, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Characterizing the Effect of Land-Use on the Nitrogen Cycle in Northwestern Costa Rica: A Novel Evaluation of Human Disturbance in the Tropics"
Michael D. Hidalgo, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
Rebellious Rhetoric: Intellectuals and Guerrillas in México and Colombia
Kurt William Kuehne, Politics
Making a Killing: The Rise of Colombia's Paramilitary Proto-state
¿Progreso y prosperidad? The Effects of Mexico's Neoliberal Economic Reforms on Remittance Flows from the United States to Mexico: 1965-2007
A Two-Way Street to Development: Migration and Remittances in South America
Alma Esperanza Moedano, Woodrow Wilson School
Educating Brazil's Urban Poor: Potential of Tailored Early Childhood Development Programs
Transnational Migration and International Child Support Policy between the United States and Mexico
A Study of Foreign Direct Investment into Latin America in Two Parts: Political Determinants and Sensitivity Analysis
Alexandra Ripp, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
The Politics of the Avant-Garde: Daniel Veronese and the Teatro Joven
Jorge Santana, Economics
Transitioning Toward Development: An Econometric Analysis of Electoral Reforms in Mexico
Elizabeth Hall Washburn, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
Boricua Blends: Coffee in Puerto Rican Cultural Expression
Stanley J. Stein Senior Thesis Prize in Latin American Studies
Class of 2008 winners:
Luke Jonathan Cohler, Woodrow Wilson School & Latin American Studies
Para ingles ver? An Evaluation of Urban Planning Policies in Curitiba, Brazil
Second Prize
Monica Nicole Cepak, Politics & Latin American Studies
Going Global: The Struggle for International Unionism in Latin America
Class of 2007
Michael Alonso, Woodrow Wilson School
Paths to Citizenship: An Analysis of the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study
Nina Cabell Belk, English
The Courage to Speak: Voicing the Unversed Protaganists of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Un mundo para Julius by James Joyce and Alfredo Bryce Echenique
Amarilys Bernacet, French and Italian
La Patrie Perdue: Exile and the Search for Self in French Caribbean Literature
Tomás Alfredo Blanco, Economics
Buhoneros, Informality and Microlending in Caracas, Venezuala: Case Study of the Catia Buhonero Market and Microlending as a Solution for Buhoneros in Caracas
Robin Jeanne Campbell-Urban, Politics
Transitions to Democracy, Military Autonomy, and the Prospects for Democratic Consolidation in Chile and Peru
Ana Gaivão Cordovil, Sociology
Conflicting Perceptions: A Study of Brazilian Immigration and Identity in the United States
Julia Frances Freeland, Comparative Literature
Exploration and Recognition: Octavio Paz in India
Alisha Caroline Holland, Woodrow Wilson School
The Battle After the War: Mano Dura Policies and the Politics of Crime in El Salvador
Lauren Elizabeth Hooten, Art and Archaeology
Fortification Design in the Spanish and Portuguese Empires: A Comparative Approach
Mariana Kim, Sociology
Informal Lives for an Informal People: The Battle of Bolivia's Indigenous
Antonio Ignacio Lacayo, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Lessons from the Brazilian Ethanol Experience: The Case for Nicaragua
Camillie Landrón, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
Las Fronteras de la Ficción: Borges como lector de Cervantes
Aiala Teresa Levy, History
Spaces, Inhabitants, and Ideas: The Development of the Arts in the Buenos Aires Anarchist Movement, 1896-1910
Paul Sebastian Martin, Sociology
Overcoming the Boundaries: On the Assimilation and Acculturation of Second-generation Hispanic Immigrants in the United States and Argentina
Silvio Pellas Martínez, Woodrow Wilson School
"The Truth Shall Set You Free": Religious Resistance to Totalitarian Regimes
Joseph John Ramírez, Anthropology
Dancing Mexican in New York City: Folklorico's (In) Formalities
Amelia Olga Rawls, Woodrow Wilson School
Restricting U.S. Refugee and Asylum Admissions to Advance Foreign Policy Goals: Adverse Consequences and Recommendations for Change
Alexandra Nicole Rothman, Comparative Literature
Reconstructing Loss: Exile and Creativity in Lolita and A Hora de Estrela
Nicole Danielle Scott, Anthropology
Through the Lens of the Law: Locating Women in Argentine History
Michael Andrew Solis, Woodrow Wilson School
Dilemmas of Democratization: Explaining the Variance between Human Rights Trends in Argentina and Brazil
David Wesley Stopher, History
Martyrdom of the Maya
André Filipe Veiga, Woodrow Wilson School
Prevention and Victimization: The Net Cost of Crime in São Paulo, Brazil
Stanley J. Stein Senior Thesis Prize in Latin American Studies
Class of 2007 winners:
Alisha Caroline Holland, Woodrow Wilson School
Aiala Teresa Levy, History
Class of 2006
Perla Amsili, Economics
Unveiling the Shadow: A Study of Tariffs & Evasion in Brazil
Zinzi Diana Bailey, Woodrow Wilson School
"Escravos de alma": Racial Hegemony, Political Opportunity & Afro-Brazilian Mobilization
Karen Darel Barajas, Woodrow Wilson School
Entwining Immigration & National Security: The Re-Emergence of Nativism Post—9/11 & Its Effects on Latino Immigrants
Mónica Elizabeth Bravo Sánchez, Politics
U.S. - Mexico Immigration
Krista Marie Brune, Spanish & Portuguese Languages & Cultures
From "Peñas" to Pinochet: The Evolving Social & Political Roles of the "Nueva Canción Chilena"
Catherine Darcy Copeland, History
Finding Their Voices: The Transformation of the Mapuche People alongside Political Transformation in Chile
Lara DeSoto, Anthroplogy
Chisme: The Powerful Role of Gossip in Small Communities
Morgan Arielle Galland, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Questionable Conservation Success: The Alto Jurua Extractive Reserve as a Model for Human-Inclusive Federally Protected Forests in Brazil*
Marissa Renée Geannette, History
A Victory on the Field, a Crisis of Humanity: Argentina Hosts the 1978 World Cup
Rebecca Louise Gidel, English
Tracing it Twice: The Photographic Alice & Alejandra Pizarnik
Malvina Goldfeld, Woodrow Wilson School
Bucking the Trend: Argentina's Arabs, Jews & Muslims Engaging in an Era of Disengagement
Dawn Andrea Leaness, Politics
Gender Roles in the Changing Latin American Political Arena: Motherhood versus Machismo
Awilda Méndez, Politics
Mobilizing the Inferior Sex: Suffrage & Gender in Argentina
Brandon Robert Ricaurte, East Asian Studies
A New Player Emerges: China's Influence in Panama & Taiwan's Dwindling Hopes to Maintain Diplomatic Relations
Sarah Elizabeth Schaffer, Woodrow Wilson School
Enhancing UNHCR Operations through Partnership in Latin America: An Analysis of UNHCR Partnerships Targeting Colombian Refugee Women in Ecuador
Leon Claudio Skornicki, Politics
Vote-Seeking: A Political Economic View of Latin American Populism
Brady Piñero Walkinshaw, Woodrow Wilson School
Dropping out in "Villa Nueva," Honduras
*LAS research paper in addition to departmental thesis
Stanley J. Stein Senior Thesis Prize in Latin American Studies
Class of 2006 winners:
Erin Alison Blake, History
Sarah Schaffer, Woodrow Wilson School
Class of 2005
Adam Ben Abelson, Woodrow Wilson School
The Fruits of War? Cultural Continuity vs. Localized Adaptation among Salvadoran Youth Gangs in the United States & El Salvador
Jessica Willis Aisenbrey, Comparative Literature
Two Times June: A Translation & Commentary
Stephanie Louise Amann, Politics
Student Mobilization in Chile, 1960-2005: The Ironies of Success under Dictatorship
Nadjia Isaacs Bailey, Politics
One Island, Two Worlds: A Critical Assessment of the Divergent Political Paths of Haiti & the Dominican Republic
Federico Carlos Baradello, Woodrow Wilson School
Assessing the Impact of eGovernment Reform Processes on Chilean Democracy
Elizabeth Ann Black, History
Cries for Justice: The Impact of Social Movements on the Demise of the Argentine Military Regime from 1976 to 1983
Christopher Barrett Browne, English
Diasporic Voices: Writers of the Cuban Exile Consciousness
Ananya Chakravarti, Economics
The Rise of the Private Security Industry in Brazil: 1985-2001
Timothy Winthrop Post Churchill, History
U.S. Human Rights Policy & Pinochet's Chile: 1976-1988
Amanda Rose Collazo, Sociology
Ethnic & Cultural Differences in Quality of Life for Elders at the End of Life: A Comparison of Mexican Immigrants & Whites in the United States
Melissa Cristina del Aguila, Politics
Women in Politics: A Representative Voice. Gender, Quotas & Legislative Behavior in Argentina's Chamber of Deputies
Erin Lindsay Dell, Woodrow Wilson School
The Role of Uncertainty in Unmet Need for Family Planning: Evidence from Bolivia
Dylan Benjamin Fitz, Politics
Hope, Resistance & Lost Opportunities: Land Reform & Agricultural Policies in Brazil
Katherine Elizabeth Glenn, Woodrow Wilson School
Ideological Cleansing: Genocide under the Argentine Process of National Reorganization, 1976-1983
Dana Johanna Graef, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
The Life of the Forgotten (La vida de los olvidados): The Impact of Development on Environment & Tradition in the Boruca Indigenous Community of Costa Rica
Mildred M. Harris, History
Writing & Oppression: Examining Testimonial Literature Written about the Chilean & Argentine Dictatorships
Lauren Myrbreck Hittson, History
The Evolution of the Rockefeller Foundation through the Lens of Yellow Fever in Colombia
Erin Elizabeth Langley, History
Remembering the 1954 Guatemalan Coup d'Etat on Its Fiftieth Anniversary
Kristen Elizabeth Lanham, History
An Examination of the Lives of Cuban Slaves: Viewed through the Lens of Diet
Christopher Neilson Lesser, Spanish & Portuguese Languages & Cultures
José Martí: The Poetics & Politics of Translation
Connie Dianne Lewin, Politics
Political Strategies of the Nicaraguan Women's Movement 1979-1996
Uta Oberdörster, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
La filosofía de Baruch Spinoza en Borges*
Muhammad Rumi Oodally, Spanish & Portuguese Languages & Cultures
Adiós, Companheiros? Memory & Revolution in Sergio Ramírez & Fernando Gabeira
Mark Christopher Parrett, Politics
Mexican Migrant Workers' Remittances & the Global Money Transfer Marketplace
José Juan Pérez Meléndez, History
Naming the Maroon: A Problem in Caribbean Histories & Cultures
Jessica Mary Reardon, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Effects of Parasitic Diptera (Tachinidae) on Two Morphotypes of the Tortoise Beetle Chelymorpha alternans (Chrysomelidae)
Alina Rekhtman, Woodrow Wilson School
Educating the Top: Trends & Practices in Chilean Volunteerism
Rocío Rosales, Sociology
Cuerpo vendido, orgullo mantenido: A Study of Cuban Jineteras & the Critiques Confronting Ethnographic Research
Danielle Marie Rowland, Politics
Can Federalism Work? The Ability of Formal Institutions to Reduce Ethnic, Religious & Regional Conflict
Daniel Isaac Siegfried, Politics
Rethinking Power: Bargaining for a New Framework of Analysis
Sarah Whittemore Skinner, History
Christopher Columbus' Letters Announcing the New World: A Study of Early European Letters of Exploration & Discovery
Tom Saul Vogl, Economics
Effects of Land Titling on Child Nutritional Status: Evidence from Lima, Peru
Ariel Elizabeth Wagner, Woodrow Wilson School
Truth Commissions, Divided Societies & the Elusive Search for Reconciliation: The Experiences of South Africa & Guatemala
Jessica Paulie Weber, Politics
Popular Uprisings & Government Responsiveness in Bolivia & Ecuador
Emily Jean Woodman-Maynard, Spanish & Portuguese Languages & Cultures
Logos, silencio, cuerpo: El límite de la palabra en la poesía de Olga Orozco
*LAS research paper in addition to departmental thesis
Stanley J. Stein Senior Thesis Prize in Latin American Studies
Class of 2005 winners:
Dana Johanna Graef, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Emily Jean Woodman-Maynard, Spanish & Portuguese Languages & Cultures
Class of 2004
Cynthia Arocho, Sociology
The Transforming Power of Conversion: A Nicaraguan Pentecostal Perspective
Annika Elaine Ashton, Woodrow Wilson School
Playing Politics: U.S. Policy toward Cuba after the Cold War, 2004
Rachael Amy Bernard, History
Expatriate Identities: Understanding Race & Self through the Works of Claude McKay, Marcus Garvey & W.A. Domingo
Sandra Bruno, Economics
The Daily Struggles of Day Laborers in New Jersey & New York: An Economic Study
Fernando Ribeiro Delgado, Woodrow Wilson School
Breach of Contract: The Violence of Mutually Assured Exclusion in Salvador, Brazil
Adrienne Nealon Ellis, Spanish & Portuguese Languages & Cultures
A Journey to the Other Side of the River: An Anthology of the Work of Alejandra Pizarnik
Mary Alexandria Fallon, Woodrow Wilson School
Mounties & Mariachis: Domestic Institutions & Regional Integration in North America
Ana Inés García Zalisñak, Geosciences
Coarse Woody Debris in Forests around the World, with Special Emphasis on the Amazon, & Its Dependence on Above-Ground Live Biomass & Decomposition Rate
Matthew Saul Goldberg, Anthropology
Health in a State of Scarcity: An Ethnography of Health Care among the Urban Poor in the Northeast of Brazil
Marcos Raymond Gonzalez Harsha, Economics
Microfinance for Women's Empowerment? A Case Study of Pro Mujer Bolivia
Noelle Duarte Grohmann, Politics
From a Divided Past, a United Future? History, Textbooks & Democracy in Post-1990 Chile
Gabrielle Yvonne Ibañez-Vázquez, Politics
A Prospect of Puerto Rican Sovereignty: Latino Growth & Modern American Pluralism
Kathryn Summers Kirkpatrick, History
Fire in the Ashes: Truth, Justice & Reconciliation in Chile & Guatemala
Elyse Gale Kovalsky, Woodrow Wilson School
Failings of the Education Market: The Effects of Choice in the Chilean Voucher System
Yana Lantsberg, Woodrow Wilson School
Of Greed & Governance: Post-Soviet Petroleum Policy
Robert Francis Lindsey, Jr., Politics
Reinterpreting Nicaraguan Democratization: The Long Transition & Its Problematic Aftermath
Lauren Marie Lister, Politics
The Church's Influence on Women's Groups in Argentina & Chile
Martha Evelisse Mártir, History
The El Salvador-Honduras Soccer War: Historical Patterns & Internal Mechanisms of OAS Settlement Procedures
Stephanie Renee Mash, Politics
The Garinagu of Belize: How Individuals in an Ethnic Minority Relate Ethnic & Political Identity
Vicente Piedrahita Uribe, Sociology
Cali Pachanguero: The Centrality of Salsa in Cali, Colombia
Katrina Alisha Robinson, Spanish & Portuguese Languages & Cultures
The Popular, Avant-Garde & Caribbean Poetry of Nicolás Guillén: Orality, Self Acceptance & Mulatez
Molly Christina Spieczny, Sociology
When Workers Take Over: Reclaimed Factories in Argentina
Agnieszka Maria Szalewicz, Spanish & Portuguese Languages & Cultures
Machos y Maricones: Paradoxes of Masculine Hegemony in Guadalajara, Mexico
Hannah Lee Tappis, History
Long Live the King & Death to Bad Government! The 1781 Comunero Movement in New Grenada
Juan Pablo Valdivieso, Woodrow Wilson School
To Host or Not to Host? An Analysis of the Socio-Economic Effects of Hosting Major Sporting Events in Latin American Cities
Katherine Anne Wall, History
"Those Who Serve Revolution Plow the Sea": Simón Bolívar's Unfulfilled Dream
James McCauley Walter, English
The Poetics of Revolution: Five Female Voices from the Sandinista Struggle
Ellison Sylvina Ward, Religion
Orishas in the Time of Castro: The Evolution of Santería in Twentieth-Century Cuba
Benjamin Joel Wukasch, Civil & Environmental Engineering
On Appropriate Technology & Methodology for Water Resources in Rural Communities: A Case Study in Huanccochapi, Peru, with the NGO, ITDG
*LAS research paper in addition to departmental thesis
Stanley J. Stein Senior Thesis Prize in Latin American Studies
Class of 2004 winner:
Matthew Saul Goldberg, Anthropology
Class of 2003
Kristina Alemany, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
The Development of the Cuban Children's Program: A Reflection of the View of Cuban Exiles as Temporary Visitors before Bay of Pigs*
Christina Marie Alvarez, Sociology
The United Farm Workers & the Migrant Ministry: Redefining the Catholic Left
Amanda Emily Blaine, Comparative Literature
Translating Chaos: Selected Micro-Fictions of Ana María Shua & Eduardo Berti
Amaya Isabel Capellán, Economics
Assessing the Economic Costs of Violence in Colombia
Crystal Jasmine Davenport-Harris, Spanish & Portuguese Languages & Cultures
Race & Revolution in Cuba: Literary Expressions of the Afro-Cuban Voice
Deanna Bernice Ford, Economics
Mexican Immigration to the United States: Evaluating Wage & Education within the Framework of Social Networks & Family Roles
Rommel Antonio Gallo, Woodrow Wilson School
Is Affirmative Action Appropriate for Brazil? Lessons from the United States
Jonathan Mark Gebhardt, History
Interpreting New Worlds: Columbus, Linguistic Barriers & the Discovery of the Americas
Russell Lawrence Goldman, Politics
Deconstructing Solidarity: Social Movement Theory, AIDS & the Collapse of the Brazilian Gay Movement
Christian Gómez, Jr., Politics
Social Reform under Authoritarian Auspices: The Political Economy of Chilean Social Security Privatization
Daniel H. Hantman, Spanish & Portuguese Languages & Cultures
Maquinaciones narrativas: Plot, Desire & the Machine in Adolfo Bioy Casares's La invención de Morel
Alexandra Pfeifer Leader, English
Para creer en la poesía: Poetic Images of Nicanor Parra
Gary Leggett, School of Architecture
Cities of Silver & Gold: Colonial Potosí & Modern Cajamarca
Vannesa del Carmen Martinez, Politics
Viva Cuba Libre: A Comparative Study of Revolution in Cuba, 1953-1966
Kathrin Conlin McWatters, Woodrow Wilson
Filling the Void: Non-Governmental Responses to Urban Poverty in Lima, Peru
André Lamartin Montes, Woodrow Wilson School
Law & Disorder: the Brazilian Criminal Justice System on Trial
Anna Maria Nuñez, Politics
What Went Right? Innovative Policy to Fight AIDS in Brazil
Daniel Matthew Pastor, Politics
Bound by the Past: The Protracted Chilean Transition to Democracy
Rogelio Pier-Martínez IV, Economics
Determinants of Continued Mexican Migration to the United States
Kristen Nicole Smith, Anthropology
Community of Margins: An Ethnography of Albany Park through the Eyes of Its Youth
Alexandra E. Snyder, History
The Untreated: Health & Health Care in Guatemala, 1944 to 2002
Sylvia Suárez, Anthropology
The Great Green Hope: Community-Based Ecotourism in Ecuador as a New Development Paradigm
Allen Kinsey Taylor, Germanic Languages & Cultures
A Revolution in Photographic Seeing: Russia, Germany, Mexico, 1917-1933
*LAS research paper in addition to departmental thesis
Stanley J. Stein Senior Thesis Prize in Latin American Studies
Class of 2003 winners:
Daniel H. Hantman, Spanish & Portuguese Languages & Cultures
Gary Leggett, School of Architecture
Class of 2002
Luciana Aranha Barreto, Woodrow Wilson School
Musical Groups & Social Capital: Alternative Development Strategies in Brazil1
Vanessa Ann Bartram, Woodrow Wilson School
Microfinance in Transition Economies: A Prospectus for Cuba
Richard Michael Brand, Woodrow Wilson School
Democracy in Peril: The Rise of Hugo Chavez & Venezuela's Fifth Republic Movement
Kristin Marie Darr, Comparative Literature
Un irónico método: Borges's Literary Response to Peronism
Elizabeth Noble Davies, Woodrow Wilson School
The Indigenous Movement in Ecuador: Diversity & Democratic Pluralism
Erika Christy De La Parra, Art & Archaeology
Mudéjar Architecture — Its Evolution, Fragmentation & Transfer to the New World
Loren Lucille Dealy, Sociology
A City on the Edge: The Impacts of Immigration Policy, The War on Drugs & NAFTA on the City of El Paso, Texas
Christina Brennan Frank, History
El antídoto político: The Role of Non-State Actors in the Chilean Transition to Democracy
Georgia Garthwaite, History
Image-Making & Image-Breaking: The Creation & Suppression of Symbolism & Political Imagery in Cuba, Argentina & Chile
Edgar González, Politics
Second Stage Economic Reforms in Latin America: Chile, Argentina & Brazil
Brian Christopher Greene, History
The Alliance for Progress & Chile: Measuring the Commitment of the United States to Social & Economic Development
Ana Cristina Hey-Colón, Comparative Literature
Daring Ladies: Redefining Gender in Selective Renaissance & Baroque Plays
Fernando Daniel Hidalgo, Politics
Reforming Social Policy in Latin America: The Politics of Health Care & Education Reform in Brazil & Chile
Larissa Kennedy Kelly, History
The Prodigious Feats of the Lieutenant Nun: Catalina de Erauso's Remarkable Journey from Convent to Battlefield to Celebrity
Lisa Fran Lazarus, Woodrow Wilson School
Fulfilling the Promise of Preschool: Early Childhood Education in the Abbott Districts
Robert Lipshitz, Mathematics
Revolutionary Educaton: Mathematics, Physics & Computer Science Education at the University of Havana
Andra Olivia Maciuceanu, Woodrow Wilson School
Structural Constraints Overdetermined: States & Multinational Automotive Corporations in Brazil
Mónica Mercedes Millán, Politics
The Development of the Rule of Law in Costa Rican Democracy
Miguel Ángel Nieves Gerena, Sociology
Change for the Better? An Analysis of the Socioeconomic Effects of Neoliberalism in Latin America
Danielle Kristina Núñez, Woodrow Wilson School
City of the Dead: A Portrait of Ayacucho, Peru
Amelia Cristina O'Neill Vega, History
The Chilean Left 1973-1988: Unidad Popular, Exile & Resistance
Brian O'Neill, History
Crisis of Identity: Visions of Culture in the Chicano Movement
Jill Janaína de Medeiros Otto, Comparative Literature
Hairy Tales
Ernesto L. Rivera, Politics
El Movimiento Chicano: Extant or Extinct?
Gustavo Rivera, Jr., Anthropology
Mobius Identity: An Anthropological Study of Identity in a Brazilian Squatter Settlement
Matthew Palmer Rubach, Woodrow Wilson School
International Migration & Public Health: Tuberculosis Along the U.S.-Mexico Border
María Eugenia Shepard-Hogshire, History
Revolution in Chains: The Independence Movement in Puerto Rico (1968-1982)
Carrie Susan Staub, History
From Myth to Conquest: Reevaluating the Campaign for the Desert in 19th Century Argentina
Edward Graves Tompkins, Politics
Speaking to the Silent Epidemic: HIV/AIDS Leadership, Policy, & Empowerment in South Africa & Brazil
*LAS research paper in addition to departmental thesis
Stanley J. Stein Senior Thesis Prize in Latin American Studies
Class of 2002 winner:
María Eugenia Shepard-Hogshire, History
Class of 2001
Elizabeth Mary Balthrop, Woodrow Wilson School
Monetary Union in MERCOSUR: Argentina, Brazil & the Future of Deeper Macroeconomic Integration
Adam Ryder Benz, Politics
Faces of Revolution: Minorities & the Construction of a Socialist National Identity
Miriam Liliana Boyer, Sociology
Intellectuals & Power in Twentieth Century Mexico
Pamela Claudia Castillo, Psychology
The Correlation between Teacher Gender & Perceived Academic Achievement & Career Potentials of Students in Ecuador & the United States
Sarah Elizabeth Curtin, Politics
Toward Free & Fair Elections: The Federal Electoral Institute in Mexico
Christopher Cleveland Cutler, History
The Emergence of Argentine Culture from the Proceso Dictatorship
Kathleen Bliss Daffan, Woodrow Wilson School
Defining & Defending Human Dignity: Economic, Social & Cultural Rights in the Inter-American System
Amanda Merritt Fulmer, Politics
Law & Politics in Transitional Justice: Lessons from Chile & the Pinochet Case
Francisco Javier Garay, Woodrow Wilson School
PROGRESA: An Innovative Approach to Poverty Reflecting Mexico's Changing Attitude toward Welfare
Vicky Marie Garza, Politics
The New Political Economy in Latin America: How Globalization Affects Economic Progress & Influences Political Reform
Dane Erin Huckelbridge, History
Interpretations of Autonomy: Re-examining the Puerto Rican Response to the U.S. Invasion of 1898
Megan Elizabeth Hughes, Psychology
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder as a Result of Human Rights Violations in Chile
Joselle Marie Lamoutte Navas, Comparative Literature
The Structure of Mystery in the Invention of a New Novel: Robbe-Grillet & Saer
Ashley Lefrak, Comparative Literature
Selected Short Stories by Elena Garro: "The Colored Week" & "We're on the Run, Lola"
Jesus Lemus, Molecular Biology
La Pachanga del Pancho Pantera*
Ella Elizabeth McPherson, Woodrow Wilson School
Giving Credit Where Credit is Due: Increasing the Outreach of Microfinance in Fox's Mexico
Erika Yvette Medina, Sociology
Democratization as a Starting Point, Not a Solution: A Study of Brazilian Health System Reform & the Changing Face of Health Care Inequality
Jessica Renate Margaret Moffett, Politics
The Drawback of Progressive Governance: The Tension between Civil Society & Economic Liberalization in Chile
Alysia Megan Rafal, Romance Languages & Literatures
Reading El obsceno pájaro de la noche: A Study of Creative & Critical Interpretations of a "Boom" Novel
Susan Craft Schaefer, Romance Languages & Literatures
The Drama of Disappearance: Furious Antigone & Argentina's Dirty War, A Creative Thesis Production
Beth Anne Schmierer, Politics
The Silent Survival of Liberation Theology in Latin America
Marshall Dulles Sebring, History
The Press in Argentina: Self-Censorship & Complicity under the Military Junta, 1976-1983
Lisa Marie Sotelo, Politics
The Maquiladora Industry: Manufacturing Inequality
Peter Van Zandt Turk, Politics
The Decline of Student Activism & Participation in a New Democracy: The Case of Chile
Melissa Judith Vélez, Psychology
Ethnic Identity & the College Experience: Implications for Intergroup Contact, Perceptions & Self-Presentation
Rebecca Beryl Weitz, Woodrow Wilson School
When the Company Leaves: The Politics & Economics of Post-Privatization in Argentina
Hallie Madeleine Welch, Politics
Occupational Segregation & the Male-Female Wage Gap in Chile: Evidence from the CASEN Survey
*LAS research paper in addition to departmental thesis
Stanley J. Stein Senior Thesis Prize in Latin American Studies
Class of 2007 winners:
Kathleen Bliss Daffan, Woodrow Wilson School
Ashley Lefrak, Comparative Literature


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The military has confirmed that four North Carolina National Guard soldiers have been killed in Iraq, one of them from Wilmington.
Thirty-nine-year-old Staff Sergeant Ed Kramer was a Sunny Point and Wilmington firefighter in civilian life.
Kramer, along with Roger Adams and Robert Bittiker of Jacksonville and Juan Baldeosingh of Newport, died when an IED detonated near their in vehicle in Baghdad Monday.
The Department of Defense said the men were assigned to the 120th Combined Arms Battalion based in Wilmington.
Fifteen North Carolina National Guard soldiers have been killed in action since September 11th, 2001.
Ed Kramer leaves a wife and children behind.


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ASHLAND, Ore. — Organizers of the Southern Oregon Pride Festival say they are expecting more people than ever this year, in part because of Oregon's ruling on same-sex marriage. This year's parade will be held October 11th in Ashland. Organizers are pushing for more volunteers to help with the extra interest. They said the decisions … Continue reading »
Same-Sex Couples Cheer Judge's Ruling
By Steven Sandberg ASHLAND, Ore. – Gina DuQuenne looked at her phone Monday, covered her mouth, and hugged a friend. After composing herself, she turned to the crowd of supporters in the Ashland Plaza. "It's real!" she shouted. The crowd let out a cheer, as friends and couples embraced. "We can get married! It's real!" … Continue reading »
Oregon's Gay Marriage Ban Under Review
MEDFORD, Ore. — This week, a federal judge will review Oregon's ban on same-sex marriage. LGBTQ advocates in Southern Oregon and around the state will be holding vigils on the eve before Wednesday's oral arguments. Same-sex couples in Oregon are waiting for the verdict on a state ban which they argue discriminates against gays and … Continue reading »
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PUBLISHED: 06 Sep 2012 00:46:06 | UPDATED: 12 Sep 2012 10:08:50PUBLISHED: 07 Sep 2012 PRINT EDITION: 07 Sep 2012Views of the mountains in Wilsons Creek, near Byron Bay.
Ben Hurley, Jake Mitchell and Rebecca Thistleton
Many of us hanker for a tree change at one time or another, and some people follow it through – with mixed results.
Regional towns are more walkable, surrounded by beautiful scenery and offer much cheaper housing.
Towns such as Ipswich in Queensland and Kalgoorlie in Western Australia offer more than their reputations suggest, with good employment prospects and urban renewal projects.
Areas such as Byron Bay in NSW and Port Lincoln in South Australia appeal for their beautiful scenery and good food options.
Former gold rush towns such as Bendigo and Ballarat in Victoria have pretty Victorian homes you can buy for a song, and some people commute to Melbourne daily.
But before making the leap, it's worth looking into the factors that provide staying power – satisfactory employment, good education and health services, and a vibrant community life.
If you are a Sydneysider wanting a better lifestyle, Orange mayor John Davis says you should head west.
After about 3½ hours on the road, you will hit the town of about 40,000 people that he calls home. Surrounded by grazing plains and vineyards, it has colours that change with the seasons, sweet wine and fresh produce.
It also has a strong economy and good employment opportunities, with a major hospital, a white goods manufacturing sector, farming and mining.
Davis also points to the area's food and wine festivals.
"It's a place small enough to know a lot of people, big enough to get lost in the city," he says.
A quick search of the internet turns up a four-bedroom weatherboard home on 1000 square metres of land within walking distance of the CBD for under $400,000.
And if you're a miner in the area's copper and goldmines, you can have dinner with your family every night.
"People in Western Australia are sent for two or three weeks to the middle of nowhere," says Davis.
"Here you can leave at 7.30 in the morning and be back late in the afternoon, and still be the coach of the netball team and be active in the community."
Urbis director Roberta Ryan points to Newcastle as an option worth considering.
The city, which is about a tenth the size of Sydney,was named one of the world's top 10 must-see cities by Lonely Planet last year, along with Ghent in Brussels and Delhi.
You can own an Edwardian house on The Hill and walk to the city, and it is big enough to have a vibrant arts and dining scene and something resembling a night life. Like Orange, it also has jobs.
"The quality of life you can have in a place like Newcastle compared to what you might have to pay in Sydney is quite different, and the salary won't be much different in some key industries," Ryan says.
Others head to the warm northern coastal areas surrounding Byron Bay. It pulls a range of entrepreneurs who have figured out how to do business from home. They include architects, fashion designers, jewellers and producers of cosmetics and gourmet foods.
Real estate agent Nicolette van Wijngaarden ran a marketing business with clients around the country when she moved to the Byron area.
"I'd say 80 per cent of our clients are people from Sydney," she says.
"They're all looking for some respite and somewhere beautiful to relax. They see it as a holiday home in the short term and a place they might move to in the long term."
It's not as cheap as some other regional towns but the differential is still pretty good, she says.
You can sell a fairly average Sydney home and get a large property with views. Van Wijngaarden is marketing a 13-hectare property that backs onto a rainforest, with sweeping views of the mountains and Wilson Creek valley. It has a four-bedroom house and an asking price of $1.295 million.
Bendigo and Ballarat have done their best to outdo each other in a long-standing rivalry over which is the best city.
On paper, they look quite similar – as do their property markets. Both are goldmining towns with architectural gems. Housing is generally affordable, and renovated period properties showing the best of the Victorian era.
Both have competitive lifestyle markets surrounding the town centres, popular for tree changers looking for a pocket of land close to a regional hub.
Ballarat, with a population of about 94,000, is only 90 minutes drive from Melbourne and has good regional rail connections with the rest of the state. Median house prices are just over $303,000, but Phil Hayward of Hocking Stuart says the range in price and style is too broad to place too much emphasis on median price.
"You can still get an old Victorian cottage which hasn't been renovated for under $200,000," he says.
Like Bendigo, the best of Ballarat's properties are around the main street, where renovated period houses can sell for more than a million dollars.
"We get a lot of buying here from people in Melbourne who want a country change or a lifestyle property with acreage, and still want to be close to the city,'' Hayward says.
While the two towns are traditionally more prestigious, thanks to their lucrative roots, Geelong has long been on the rise. The largest city in Victoria after Melbourne, it has a median price of $495,000 and homes spend about 100 days on the market.
Every morning, thousands of commuters travel from Geelong to Melbourne on one of the country's busiest regional links.
Geelong's apartment market is also gaining traction, with off-the-plan apartment projects becoming more popular around the CBD.
Ipswich is a town on the move. While much of south-east Queensland suffers from falling house prices and loan defaults, Ipswich is a relative safe haven.
"Ipswich has learnt from all the mistakes people around the country have made," says its mayor, Paul Pisasale. "Our kids are coming home and we're creating jobs and education."
The town once had Australia's highest unemployment rate – now it's 4.6 per cent, below the national average of 5.2 per cent and the state average of 5.6 per cent.
Developers are taking notice, with Leighton Holdings, Stockland and Lend Lease all involved in projects in the area.
Japanese firm Sekisui House is master planning a community at Ripley Valley, about eight kilometres from the town centre. Plans are for a self-sustaining community on 190 hectares, with 2500 homes for 120,000 people.
The population within the Ipswich City Council area is predicted to grow at 5 per cent a year until 2031.
New infrastructure, including upgrades to the Centenary Highway and Ipswich Motorway, means it is now just 35 minutes' drive to Brisbane. The Springfield railway line, due for completion in 2013, will make commuting to the capital via public transport an even more viable option.
Richard and Teresa Jones have taken the plunge, moving their family from a modest three-bedroom house in Chermside, in the heart of Brisbane, to a 2000 square metre block in the Ipswich suburb of Karalee.
"With two kids we wanted a bigger house, a bigger block and a better lifestyle," says Teresa. "With the infrastructure, schools and nice community feel, it was a no-brainer for us."
Richard's commute to work in the Brisbane CBD is only 10 minutes more each way from their new home.
There is also the possibility of an NRL franchise for Ipswich, known as the Western Jets. Finally, the football-mad home of the legendary Alfie Langer and Walters brothers will have a team to barrack for. "We've got 20 000 Ipswich locals travelling to Suncorp [Stadium in Brisbane] for every Broncos game," says Pisasale.
Western Australia
Kalgoorlie is a town best known for its rich mining history. But there's a lot more on offer.
"I think Kalgoorlie is one of the least understood communities in the country," says Chris Fyson, managing director of Professionals Real Estate Group, Kalgoorlie.
"People think of brothels and easy barmaids, but it's actually a very family-orientated city."
The town is home to the annual Diggers and Dealers forum, which has been associated with topless barmaids, among other things.
"The housing quality is good, the cost of living is low and there's great recreational activities on offer that come with being in the bush," says Mr Fyson.
Outside of the dominant mining services industry, there are plenty of work opportunities in tourism and hospitality.
Kalgoorlie-Boulder mayor Ron Yuryevich says hard work is the key to success in the town. "There's always job opportunities, and all employers are looking for is commitment," he says. "You're able to make your mark far more easily than you can in a big city."
In the southern suburb of Broadwood, there is a four-bedroom, two-bathroom house on the market for just over $600,000.
It features spacious front and back yards, an enclosed outdoor patio and a pool, and all the bedrooms are double sized.
South Australia
Its hard not to be swept off your feet by the coastal beauty of Port Lincoln in South Australia.
And if looks aren't enough, the "seafood capital of Australia" will have you hooked with the many tantalising dishes on offer.
"I scratch my head when thinking about why the big cities are growing at the rate they are when you've got places like Port Lincoln ticking along at under national average," says Port Lincoln mayor Bruce Green.
"The isolation is a benefit because it gives a quality of a life that's pretty much the envy of people jammed in the big cities."
The economy is largely reliant on the canning and fish-processing works, tuna farming for the Japanese market and one of Australia's largest commercial fishing fleets.
The surroundings also cater to some obvious leisure activities – yachting, scuba diving, shark cage diving and game fishing.
But it would be short-sighted not to look beyond the ocean for Port Lincoln attractions and industry. There are also beautiful vineyards, grain and sheep farms, museums, galleries and gardens.
Adelaide is a 35-minute flight away, with 12 flights a day.
"We think it's Australia's best-kept secret," says Steve Kemp of Kemp Real Estate, Port Lincoln.
"The lifestyle's amazing. It's a low-cost lifestyle with some of the best beaches in the country."
About three kilometres back from Boston Bay is a four-bedroom, two-bathroom house sitting on more than a hectare of land. It's on the market for just under a $1 million, and is close enough to town for water views but far enough away for space, peace and quiet. Features include ceilings nearly three metres high, polished oak floorboards, a pool and balconies with ocean views.
When the national capital was a fledgling town with few retail opportunities, Canberrans would drive an hour north to Goulburn, a thriving wool and rail town with a healthy main street. Fifty years on and with four shopping malls in the ACT, the people of Goulburn now travel to Canberra to shop.
But every morning, there are plenty of commuters on the Federal Highway who have escaped the pricey ACT housing market for more affordable family homes. While Canberra's median price is more than $515,000, Goulburn's is $268,000, and buyers can snap up renovated federation homes built years before Canberra cropped up. Canberra airport is closest, but Sydney is only two hours north.
Canberra's surrounds are dotted with similar historic towns, namely Queanbeyan and Yass. They appeal to families wanting to take advantage of good schools and close-knit communities, while still being close enough to government jobs in the ACT.
While Hobart's median house price is $410,000, with buyers in the CBD paying substantially more, Tasmania's second-largest town is much more affordable.
Launceston, home to more than 100,000 people, still has a prestigious top-end driven by period homes and stunning views.
Buyers are enjoying softer prices in a market which has slowed but still transacting.
Nicole Edwards of LJ Hooker Launceston said second home buyers were most active in the current market.
"The marking is plodding along, things aren't as busy as they were but the mid-range homes are what we are selling most of,'' she said.
Launceston sits at the junction of five major Tasmanian highways, providing easy links to the rest of the state. It also has regular direct flights to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
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John Bardeen: Biography
Born: 23 May 1908
Died: 30 January 1991
John Bardeen was born in 1908 to Charles Russell and Althea Harmer Bardeen. His father was dean of the University of Wisconsin medical school. Bardeen was an extraordinary student who went from third grade straight to junior high school. At age fifteen he started college at the University of Washington, where he majored in engineering and also earned a master's degree in electrical engineering. He finished his master's degree during the Great Depression, when jobs were hard to come by, but he found a position for Gulf Oil as a geophysicist. After three years he returned to school and earned a doctorate in mathematical physics at Princeton University in 1935.
Bardeen taught at Harvard University for a few years and married Jane Maxwell in 1938 while living in Cambridge. They had three children. During World War II he worked at the Naval Ordnance Labs to help design defense systems against magnetic mines and torpedoes. After the war he accepted a generous offer from William Shockley to work at Bell Labs. He worked especially well with Walter Brattain, another member of Shockley's research group. In 1947 Bardeen and Brattain developed the point-contact transistor, which was based on the insight that electrons behave differently at the surface of metals. Shockley quickly made improvements on the transistor design and developed the junction transistor. The three shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics.
In 1951 Bardeen quit Bell Labs to take an academic position at the University of Illinois. At the University of Illinois Bardeen studied superconductivity and developed a theory about how extremely cold metals function as such good conductors. In 1972 he was awarded a second Nobel Prize for this work. Bardeen consulted for Xerox, General Electric, and other companies interested in applying theoretical physics to technology. He remained active at the University of Illinois for the rest of his career and was still involved in the scientific community when he died in 1991.


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A rival home for TrueCrypt has been launched on a Swiss domain with the intention of maintaining the encryption software and establishing a new community around it.
Under a banner proclaiming that "TrueCrypt must not die", the website advertises itself as a news portal for the software, and having uploaded the source code to github is considering forking the project under a new name.
It said: "Currently it is very unclear what really happened. Was it really just the end of a 10 year effort, or was it driven by some government?
"While a simple defacement is more and more unlikely we still don't know where this is going. However, the last 36 hours showed clearly that TrueCrypt is a fragile product and must be based on more solid ground."
The team behind the move is led by Joseph Doekbrijder, an IT security entrepreneur, and Thomas Bruderer, a Swiss software engineer and former president of the country's Pirate Party.
So far, the new website has chalked up 4,000 downloads for the software, established a Twitter following of 1,600, and received an alleged copyright takedown notice from the US, though they have yet to confirm its legitimacy.
TrueCrypt's original home at truecrypt.org advised users to abandon the software last week, claiming it was insecure and that since Windows XP support had ended there was no call for the service.
Matthew Green, a cryptography professor at John Hopkins University and fundraiser for TrueCrypt's audit, speculated that the project was axed because somebody was trying to de-anonymise the secretive team behind it.
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This family-friendly apartment is located in Pollensa, close to Pollensa Port and Cala Barques. Area attractions also include Alcudia Beach and San Jaume Church.
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At Hoposa Hotel & Apartments Villaconcha, recreational amenities include an outdoor pool and a spa tub. The apartment also features a full-service spa and a poolside bar.
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LCD televisions come with satellite channels. Guestrooms also feature kitchenettes, complimentary wireless Internet access, and sofa beds.
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Guests can book rooms at Hoposa Hotel & Apartments Villaconcha for a rate that is either for the room only or for all-inclusive. All-inclusive rates are higher because they include onsite food and beverages in the room rate (some restrictions may apply).
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Hoposa Hotel & Apartments Villaconcha offers both all-inclusive room rates and room-only rates. All-inclusive rates include onsite meals and beverages, and may include taxes and gratuities. Additional charges may apply for meals at some restaurants, special dinners and dishes, certain beverages, and other amenities.
In addition to a full-service spa, Hoposa Hotel & Apartments Villaconcha features an outdoor pool and a spa tub. The apartment offers a snack bar/deli. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the apartment's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This family-friendly apartment also offers a children's pool, a fitness center, and a sauna.
- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Children's club (free)
- Supervised childcare/activities (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 119
- Number of floors - 3
- Bar/lounge
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- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Full-service spa
- Turkish bath/Hammam
- Computer station
- Airport transportation
- Billiards or pool table
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
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- Laundry facilities
- Multilingual staff
- Terrace
- Poolside bar
- Luggage storage
- Year Built 1985
- Sauna
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Garden
- Spa services on site
- Spa tub
- Steam room
- Children's pool
- Outdoor pool
- Television in lobby
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
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Room Amenities
- Sofa bed
- Free WiFi
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Balcony
- Air conditioning
- Climate control
- Phone
- Kitchenette
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Private bathroom
- In-room massage available
- Hair dryer (on request)
- Shower/tub combination
- In-room safe
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Satellite TV service
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Onsite venue #2 - bar.
Nearby Things to Do
An outdoor pool, a children's pool, and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna, a steam room, and a fitness center.
Guests under 16 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Water skiing nearby
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- Bicycle rentals on site
- Hiking/biking trails on site
- Mountain biking on site
- Playground on site
- Scooter/moped rentals on site
Spa Services
Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the apartment's full-service spa. Services include sports massages. The spa is equipped with a sauna, a spa tub, a steam room, and Turkish bath/hammam.
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Check-in time starts at noon
Check-out time is 11 AM
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- Breakfast fee: EUR 7 per person (approximately)
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Thoughts on evaluation of image retrieval inspired by ImageCLEF 2007 object retrieval task AbstractIn this paper we discuss questions on information retrieval evaluation brought up by the analysis of the recent ImageCLEF 2007 object retrieval task. We question the adequacy of the pooling strategy used in this evaluation and discuss pooling in general. We also argue that use of MAP to rank the participants is not very meaningful in this case. Instead, the result of each query should be considered separately.
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Joe G |
Here is a much easier question: What car is this? |
Today 10:04 PM | ||
Joe G |
I thought it was another cartoon car until I found this: The Bearcage Project - Hot Rod Deluxe Magazine and this: http://www.onlineadjunct.com/Cars_Mi...0Racecar/2.jpg and this: Cars: In The Queue - Awaiting Restoration - undiscovered-classics.com Cool car. |
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But 496CHEVY3100 got it right way back on post #11815... Acording to the article: "It served as the prototype for the Bill Thomas Cheetah."...But wait...The Cheetah was built from a Corvette frame and running gear. This is the frame with straight front axle and off set engine from the car pictured in the trivia quiz: |
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Dave57210 | Well then I guess it has to be either the Mercuick Plymsmobile or the Corvalaxie. | |
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Joe G | I think I figured it out but I cheetah'd. It's the forerunner to the Cheetah; the Stroppe-Edmunds Bear Cage Special. | |
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whinny |
Series II, lol Russ Later gator |
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boothboy |
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Dave57210 |
And you're sure it isn't a Forvrolodge Benota? Sure looks a lot like the Nissuarwagaru that the Forvrolodge was developed from! Oh well, guess I was wrong again! |
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boothboy |
Nothing to do with the Cobra. If no one gets it I cough up the answer this evening. I'll give you a couple more hints. The designer had ties with Ford for years. The second generation of this coupe was powered by a GM power plant. This car started as a roadster. Frame design was more "Indy" style. BB |
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bubba1955 | Uh oh...I stand corrected. Even though the the Cobras were shipped to the US without drivetrains the car would be manufactured under the Shelby name. And the Cobras were actually built with a tube space frame kinda like the birdcage frame of the Maseratis...Kinda. | |
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bubba1955 |
It couldn't be a Cobra. AC-Bristol isn't American. It isn't mid-engine or have a birdcage frame like the Maserati |
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harposrepair | Is it some type of Shelby Cobra? | |
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boothboy |
Haw!!! You Guys just don't know the answer! So now you picking on the poor Maserati Brothers! Maserati didn't build the mystery car. Americans did! It was origionally set up with a FE engine. BB |
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496CHEVY3100 | When Chrysler put Maseriti badging on the K car it didn't do much for its name sake . | |
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Make time to day dream of Paris with this Dreaming of Paris Clock from Jolee's Boutique. Making a clock is easy and fun, and it's a great way to add some decor to any room in your house. This easy project would make a great housewarming gift.
- Adhesive Fabric Sheets from Jolee's
- Red PaperPad from Jolee's
- Layered Mother of Pearl Jewels
- Mini Crown Repeats Stickers
- Carnation Dimensional Flower Punch
- Straight Edge Trimmer
- XACTO Knife
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- 9" decorative wooden plate
- Hanger or plate stand
- Sandpaper: fine
- Ruler and pencil
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- Clock kit with hands, battery housing
- Battery for clock kit
- Rayon seam binding: white
- Pigment ink: light brown
- Misting bottle
- Craft glue
- Lightly sand any rough areas of the decorative wooden plate. If you are going to hang you clock, add your hanger to the back of the plate now.
- In this step, we'll be drilling a hole in the center of the plate to accommodate the stem of the clock mechanism. On the back of the plate, measure to find the center and mark a dot with a pencil. Measure the diameter of the clock stem to determine what size drill bit you need. Protecting your work surface, carefully drill the hole where you marked the center point. Test it to make sure the clock stem will pass through it. Sand away any splinters.
- Trim your choice of an adhesive fabric sheet to 10" x 10". On the back, trace the outline of the wooden plate. Cut on drawn outline.
- Peel away a portion of the adhesive backing paper; position the adhesive portion on the plate aligning the fabric to the plate's shape. Carefully peel the backing as you work, aligning the edges and pressing the fabric to the plate as you go, smoothing out any bubbles or wrinkles.
- Use retractable knife to slice through the fabric where it covers the drilled opening. Push a pencil through the opening from front to back, clearing the hole for the clock stem.
- Insert the clock mechanism through the hole from the back, attaching the hands on the front according to clock kit instructions.
- Create three paper flowers from assorted paper colors using the process as follows for each: Punch the carnation design along the 12" length of the paper. Repeat from a second coordinating paper so you have two punched strips. Apply adhesive to the straight edge of one strip and adhere the second strip to it offsetting the design. For a fuller flower, this offset technique is recommended.
- Tightly roll the strips using tweezers to rotate the paper, and making sure the "petals" don't all line up. Glue the end to secure it, then bend the petals back to open the flower.
- Ink two 12" lengths of white seam binding with light brown pigment ink. Mist with water and crumple each into ball (you might want to use latex gloves for this part). Allow your balls of ribbon to dry, maintaining the wrinkles.
- When dry, form two loose bows. Determine how you wish to position the bows and flowers, then glue each in place in the upper left of the clock face.
- Apply crown stickers and mother of pearl embellishments to indicate hour positions on the clock face. Insert the battery in the clock.
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The hair-on featured on this headstall is deep brown adding a rich and sophisticated look. The silver spot accented brow and cheeks makes for a classic looking western bridle that is made from quality materials. Part of the Hair-On Collection from the Cody Pro Tack Line made by Buffalo Leather. USA.
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Providing family fun all over the Northwoods, Black Bear Lodge offers a variety of seasonal activities catering to every type of family vacation.
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Last Friday, Butler University honored some of its most outstanding students at a dinner ceremony. I know this because I was one of those students being awarded. Awesome right? Now I don't want this to be a bragging post, because who can stand that? Also, I wasn't even in the top 100 students. I was in the top 102, the result of a tie in the judging. So it's no big deal.
What was a big deal was seeing all of my peers, some who I remember meeting on my first day at campus at the Honors Program orientation, when most of us were glad that we were meeting people who were similar to ourselves. Some of my best friends were in attendance, and my parents–who had been able to come down for the event–were only slightly peeved when I was away from the table talking to these friends.
In one moment the dinner was an ego boost, but more than that it was a humbling experience. Not only was it a good reminder that there were a hundred and one other students equally or more motivated than I am to achieve success, but also that it was this group of individuals that really represents Butler at its best, a group of students who are as active in sports, leadership roles, and service as they are in their academics.


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Billboard, FDR reelection (Ben Shahn illustration), 1944
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Type: | StillImage |
Title: | Billboard, FDR reelection (Ben Shahn illustration), 1944 |
Date: | 1944 Oct. 6 |
Description: | Local identification number: L1974-15-53 Billboard promoting the reelection of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1944. Sponsored by the Georgia State CIO's Political Action Committee, it stood at 255 Luckie Street Atlanta, Georgia. With the slogan "For Full Employment after the War, Vote Roosevelt Truman," the billboard reproduces the image "Our Friend" by artist Ben Shahn, including soldier, child, and multi-ethnic crowd. |
Subjects: | Presidential elections--1944 | Labor unions--United States | Billboards | Atlanta (Ga.) | Fulton County (Ga.) |
Contributors: | Georgia State University. Libraries. Special Collections |
Online Publisher: | Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library |
Original Material: | AFL-CIO Region 8 records, Southern Labor Archives |
Rights and Usage: | The contents of this item, including all images and text, are for personal, educational, and non-commercial use only. This item may be protected under United States and international copyright law. L1974-15-53, AFL-CIO Region 8 records, Southern Labor Archives, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta. |
Persistent Link to Item: | http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/labor/id/1104 |
Related Institutions: | Georgia State University. Libraries. Special Collections |
Collection Information: | Southern Labor Archives |


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