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Benjamin Bagby performs Beowulf

Publication Date
2016-January-01
Document Type
research
Authors
Bagby, Benjamin
Amodio, Mark C.
Department or Program
English Department
Document Type
Research
Abstract

Recordings of <em>Beowulf</em> performed by Benjamin Bagby (voice; Anglo-Saxon harp). The recordings were made in Cologne, Germany in January 2016.
Running times:
Track 1: 04:34
Track 2: 06:33
Track 3: 13:56

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Does Speculation Make Commodity Spot Markets More Volatile?

Publication Date
2022-May-02
Authors
Cao, Yixiao Carl
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Open
Abstract

This paper examines how increased speculator participation in the commodity
futures market affects spot price volatility. Consistent with results from the
majority of existing literature on this subject, I find no evidence that speculators
destabilize the commodity spot market. More...

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From Public to Private Space: The Territorialization of the Poughkeepsie City School District And the Four Pillars Charter School

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Schlosser, Anna
Department or Program
Education Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Within the contemporary landscape of public education reform, educational actors are re- directing their hopes and visions for equitable and collaborative change outside of public space and into private territories, such as charter schools. The effort to establish the Four...

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Whose 'Nature' is it in? The Navajo Generating Station and the Politics of Nature, Space and Colonialism in Northern Arizona

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Robinson-Welsh, Alicia A.
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Page, Arizona is home to the Navajo Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant that provides the power for the Central Arizona Project (CAP) and other consumers of electricity in the Southwest. Though the plant is not owned by the Navajo...

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