The Placenta in my Living Room And other College Epiphanies

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Joseph Franklin and Dr. Patrick Madden, English Nothing was more important to me in creating this collection of essays than keeping a regular record of personal experience, reflection, and inquisition. From pre-writing, to drafting, to revising, my daily record has provided an indispensable source of material for this collection. Three of the essays, “The Proper […]

Gender Politics and Education in 1920s Ireland: Public and Private Editorializing in TCD: A College Miscellany

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Katherine Fisher and Dr. David Hatch, English When I began this project, I planned to investigate the ways in which Irish students engaged with and wrote about certain philosophical and literary tenets of modernism. As I conducted background research on the social and political climate in Ireland during the 1920s, however, my focus shifted somewhat […]

A comparison of lexical borrowings into Finnish from Swedish and Russian

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Esko Timi Petteri Felin and Dr. Laura Catherine Smith, Germanic and Slavic Languages The research for this project was initially conducted under the assumption that Finnish lexical borrowings from Swedish would considerably differ from its Russian counterparts. However, as more data was collected from various semantic fields, it became evident that the borrowings presented general […]

Two Civil Wars of Words: Milton as an American Revolutionary

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Megan Roeling Coplen and Dr. Brandie Siegfried, English Traditionally, scholars have labeled the American Revolution as a “creation,” but this project seeks to examine it as an extension and eventual reinvention of an English national identity established a century before the war. My goal was to find what influence the writers of the English Civil […]

New Voices in the North the Prospect of Post-national Identity in Scandinavia

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Andrew Christensen and Dr. Christopher Oscarson, Scandinavian Studies Europe needs a new political identity. Politicians, political scientists, and philosophers are all clamoring for a change in the definition of European community. Without an emotional glue to bind them together, many fear the noble purpose of the EU’s supranational project will stagnate in a past puddle […]

Environmental Health and Safety Risks Associated with Off-campus Student Tenant Housing

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Emily West and Professor Eugene Cole, Health Sciences The multi-unit rental dwelling typically presents a variety of health and safety concerns that may result in illness and/or injury. Although any dwelling is susceptible to such problems, rental properties are at a greater risk, typically through lack of routine maintenance and repair on the part of landlords. […]

Evaluating Birth Space Intervals: A Correlation Study between Closed Spaced Births and Subsequently Lower Birth Weights among Newborns in Utah County

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Natasha Simonsen and Professor Stephanie Fugal, Department of Health Science ABSTRACT This study identifies the correlation that exists between short birth space intervals and subsequently lower birth weights in newborns. The sample population was taken from the medical records of woman who gave birth in Utah County between 2000-2006. The medical records were analyzed using secondary […]

Prevalence of Stress, Anxiety, and Depression among BYU Students According to Levels of Physical Activity

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Curtis Read and Dr. Ray Merrill, Health Sciences Studies have shown that regular physical activity reduces stress, anxiety, and feelings of depression and loneliness, and improves mood and psychological well-being , . Much of the research to date has focused on youth grades K-12 and adults in the workplace. Because of the diverse nature of […]

Helping Parents Understand Addiction

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Heather Grunig and Dr. Gordon Lindsay, Health Sciences In 2005, the United States spent over 3 billion dollars on drug treatment and research. This is about 25 % of the total budget for substance abuse (Whitehouse, 2006, p.2). Much of this money was spent to further the understanding of addiction. The information researchers uncover is […]