Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Using Stereoscopic Computer Vision for...
Creating a robotic system capable of autonomously making decisions based on the environment must first be capable of visualizing and recording its surroundings. This paper focuses on creating a...
View ArticleA Case for Undocumented Students in Higher Education: The Pursuit of Social...
Should undocumented students be able to pay resident tuition rates at public universities? In the spring of 2011, the Oregon Senate introduced Senate Bill 742. The bill would allow undocumented...
View ArticleTilings with T and Skew Tetrominoes
We consider tiling problems in the integer lattice. Specifically, we look at a set of four T-tetrominoes and four skew tetrominoes and determine when this set can tile rectangles and modified...
View ArticleThe Effects of Owl Decoys and Non-threatening Objects on Bird Feeding Behavior
As traditional agricultural practices change, the scarecrow has also been renovated and modernized to include mock natural predators, such as owls, hawks, and falcons instead of comical human...
View ArticleThe Evolution of Judicial Power: How the Supreme Court Effectively Legalized...
According to the 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, nearly one in five women in the United States have experienced sexual violence. While the statistics are staggering, the...
View ArticleI’m First: A Phenomenological Analysis of the University of North Carolina’s...
This study analyzes interview videos and transcripts produced by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The first-generation interviews, known as “Carolina Firsts,” include current students,...
View ArticleSlut Pride: The Reappropriation Attempt by SlutWalk
This study examined an open letter created by the Black Women’s Blueprint Organization in response to the reappropriation of the term “slut” in SlutWalk Toronto, a protest march against rape culture....
View ArticleRefracting the Male Gaze: Mary Cassatt’s Ocularcentric Message of Female Agency
Through analysis of ocularcentric (vision-privileged) messages in Mary Cassatt’s Reading Le Figaro (1878), I argue the portrait represents a strong early-career interest in countering gender hegemony...
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