Bret Rasmussen and Dr. James C. Brau, Business Management Initial Public Offerings, or IPO’s, were on a dramatic rise in the 1990’s. Management of companies were becoming overnight millionaires from completing an IPO. One cannot deny that going public can be a fiscally wise decision for those holding stock in the company. Though the personal […]
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Regional Economic Development in the Bashkir Autonomous Republic: Liberty as Growth
H. Shane Hansen and Dr. Phillip J. Bryson, Business Management A look at the economic development in the Bashkir Autonomous Republic of the Russian Federation provides an extremely interesting example of Russia’s transformation to a marketbased economy. While the Republic of Bashkortostan has accomplished great strides economically in modernization and exploiting natural resources since 1991, […]
Sites of Memory: The Destruction of Public Buildings During the Paris Commune of 1871
Julie C. Nay and Dr. Daryl Lee, French and Italian In March 1871, in response to the brutal Prussian siege of the city, a humiliating peace treaty with the Germans, and an attempt by the national government to deprive Paris of her cannons, the Central Committee of the National Guard declared Paris independent of the […]
“Men can and Women cannot”?1 Revealing the Secrets behind the Private Woman in the Public Sphere
Matthew D. Embley and Dr. Robert McFarland, Germanic and Slavic Languages Flanerie is the art of taking a walk, observing the movements and spaces of the city. By writing about cityscapes, urban realms, and the condition of society, flaneurs are able to describe the uniqueness of the metropolis and give life to the modern city—they […]
The Public Relations Failures in Hispanic Immigration Since September 11
Stephanie Smith and Professor Richard Long, Communications Hispanic immigration is one of the most far reaching issues in America, but ironically it is also one of the most ignored. Despite approximately eight million immigrants currently living in the country illegally, 60 percent of whom are Mexicans, there appears to be no end to the mounting numbers. […]
Public Justification of Moral Choices: Using Bok’s Test of Publicity to Evaluate Moral Reasoning in Public Relations
Thomas H. Grover and Dr. Brad L. Rawlins, Communications Public relations practitioners are sometimes confronted with conflicts between competing values or interests. Resolving such conflicts oftentimes requires public justification of the decision. Undergraduate Thomas Grover, working with professors Brad Rawlins and Kevin Stoker in a mentored research experience as part of an Office of Researh […]
Late Hellenistic and Roman Era Collections of the Palmyra Museum: Exhibition Design and Catalogue Publication of Palmyrene Funerary Portraits in Tadmor, Syria
Wendy Carr and Dr. Cynthia Finlayson, Art History The faculty mentor for my project was Dr. Cynthia Finlayson of the Art History Department. The work I proposed to perform with Dr. Finlayson centered around five years of her previous research in Syrian museums. Dr. Finlayson had studied the ancient oasis city of Palmyra in Syria, […]
DATA REDUCTION AND PUBLICATION OF BYU’S CCD IMAGES OF COMET HYAKUTAKE
Kimball Staples & Nephi Thompson & Dr. J. Ward Moody, Physics and Astronomy In March 1996, Dr. J. Ward Moody and Dr. Clark Christiansen obtained a series of approximately 120 CCD (solid state electronic) images of Comet Hyakutake. The images were taken at the National Optical Astronomy Observatory on Kitt Peak, near Tucson, Arizona. The […]
Cultural Traditions and Public Policy: The National Film Board of Canada’s Aboriginal Filmmaking Program
Meredith A. Bak and Dr. Dean Duncan, Theatre and Media Arts My project consisted of an in depth analysis of the National Film Board of Canada’s Aboriginal Filmmaking Program, to lead to the eventual publication of a feature-length article presenting the program as a model by which media literacy can be taught by exploring the […]
Erasing Ethnocentrism: Analysis of the District of Columbia’s Coverage of International Relations in Public High School Curriculum
Erin Robinson and Dr. J. Merrell Hanson, Teacher Education Although the study of international relations is essential to undermining racism and ensuring an economic edge, many scholars cite its deficiency in America’s public high schools. This analysis surveyed high schools in Washington, D.C. to evaluate their international relations topics coverage. Dr. Hansen and I evaluated […]
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