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2015

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Pleistocene foraminifera assemblages as a proxy for temperature in the Weddell Sea, ODP Site 693A

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Cassandre Stirpe
Department or Program
Earth Science and Geography Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Climate conditions in the Weddell Sea during the Pleistocene can be inferred by examining the abundance of foraminifer species and mineral fragments in ocean sediment cores. In particular, Neogloboquadrina incompta is a useful temperature proxy, and the abundance of terrigenous...

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Political Regime and Corruption Control: Information Quality and an Optimal Mechanism

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Zhu, Zhengren
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

Different political regimes have principals that possess different in- formation regarding agents' behavior. This paper studies how this difference affects the comparative efficiency of corruption control between a democratic regime and an authoritarian regime. We ob- serve that such comparative...

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Queer Hermeneutics for an Unbound Temporality: Schools as Passageway

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Murphy, Andrew Thomas
Department or Program
Education Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

Queer theorists have posited that normativity is involved in a spatial practice. American society has taken great care to assign different levels of value to different identities as well as to the time and space they inhabit. Inequitable structures of...

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Reforming Formalism in Critical Games Studies

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Ackerman, Felix
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

In my thesis I discuss single player digital games. I examine a family of views in critical game studies called ludocentric views, which are the most prevalent methods of analysis in academic games studies today. These views closely resemble formalist...

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