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Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

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How The Interface of Music Production Software Influences Behavior

Publication Date
2023-April-21
Authors
Sussman, Lori Beth
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

My thesis examines how musical tools (particularly digital ones, such as Digital Audio Workspaces (DAWs), Virtual Studio Technology (VSTs), virtual instruments, and plug-ins) affect music production (the producers themselves and the sounds produced) through the tools’ variances in user interface...

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Identifying Opportunities and Pathways to Increase Carbon Sequestration through Reforestation on the Vassar Ecological Preserve

Publication Date
2022-May-01
Authors
Skuches, Ethan
Department or Program
Environmental Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Open
Abstract

The goal of this research was to devise methodology and recommendations for forest restoration that concurrently increases potential carbon sequestration. We surveyed permanent forest plots on the Vassar College Ecological Preserve in the summer of 2021 and used diameter at...

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​Plenty​: a speculative fiction

Publication Date
2017-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Paul Younger
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

This project, a hypertext science fiction story entitled "Plenty," aims to explore our relationships to labor, leisure, and technology. Hypertext, a form of interactive fiction, resembles a choose your own adventure story, but incorporates digital elements which wouldn't be possible...

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