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Completing my demo reel: the process behind FX animation

Smith, Autumn (2022-05)

In this paper, I demonstrate the process of animating different types of 2D FX animation. I explain the technical terms and how to animate using programs such as Toon Boom Harmony, Autodesk Maya, Adobe Photoshop, and ...
The role of a park manager: Liability, policy, and risk management

Sisson, Astra (2022-05)

The role of a park manager is complex. The manager oversees maintenance, interpretation, facilities management, finances, visitor interactions, and much more. Perhaps one of the most important roles of a park manager ...
Predicting mental health outcomes through self-disclosure in interpersonal counseling

Seward, Trent (2022-05)

Self-disclosure and mental health outcomes have vaguely been associated throughout modern research, however both variables have been integral to research on human development. Self disclosure is tied to many communication ...
Sleeping beaus: How toxic masculinity is poisoning America's men

Scoma, Sam (2022-05)

Catcalls, rapists, dick jokes, and risky business are only a handful of symptoms of the current worldwide viral epidemic dubbed “toxic masculinity.” Focusing on hegemonic masculinity’s proposed birthplace, America, this ...
Misinformed: A psychosocial perspective on covid-19 vaccine misinformation/disinformation

Schwartz, Amy (2022-05)

While the phrase “fake news” has become increasingly popular over the last half decade, the matter of mis- and disinformation has been a perpetual social issue for thousands of years. In more recent times, examples of ...
Morality and religion as seen in antiquity and Christianity

Schubert, Jade (2022-05)

Religion and morality have been closely intertwined for centuries. Major religious movements from as early as antiquity have had some role to play in the interpretation of moral or ethical behavior. The study of ...
Good politics: How coalitions and compromise freed the slaves

Scaer, Thomas (2022-05)

The Following paper is an academic research paper meant to explore the passage of the 13th amendment in the House of Representatives between 1864-1865. By making heavy use of Congressional records to read speeches and ...
Path to Christendom: The transition from paganism to Christianity within Ireland

Rozmin, Sarah (2022-05)

Today, the majority of Ireland’s population remains Roman Catholic. In the midst of rising trends of Atheism, the country itself is considered one of the last Catholic strongholds among European nations. However, in a ...
Mapping electronic waste and recycling in Indiana, USA

Rogers, Kameron (2022-05)

The exponential growth of the consumer electronic market in recent decades has, unsurprisingly, resulted in an unprecedented amount of electronic waste. Electronic waste can be particularly troublesome as it does not ...
A comparison of distance learning in Indiana's three largest public school districts

Rekeweg, Acadia (2022-05)

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic created an urgent need for schools to adapt and accommodate in order to continue providing instruction. For many, distance learning has been the solution. This paper examines how the three ...
Facilitating school connectedness as educators

Reidy, Adrian (2022-05)

Facilitating school connectedness can help students in the school, as well as those working in the school. Students can greatly benefit from a sense of feeling connected to their school and their classwork, but it can ...
Corruption in local government: discord analysis into local and municipal government

Reed, Ryan (2022-05)

This study aims at understanding why corruption happens on a local level of government. While looking at six different cases of corruption committed in the United States, this study has found four distinct factors to ...
Untangling social media and depression in teenagers

Quinter, Olivia (2022-05)

With technology becoming more and more prevalent globally, social media is becoming more prominent every day. Consequently, the rates of in older teen girls being admitted to hospitals for self-harm and suicide have ...
Critical care nursing: a case study compilation and analysis

Quandt, Megan (2022-05)

Critical care nursing is a specialty that provides expert care to some of the most complex and severely ill patients. Including a critical care course within the nursing curriculum allows students to put together all ...
Critical care nursing: a compilation of four case studies

Pollard, Grace (2022-05)

Critical care nursing is an essential component of nursing education. Providing direct care to critically ill patients presents the advanced nursing student with the opportunity to investigate the interrelatedness of ...
The original Indiana: A marketing plan for Washington County, Indiana

Smith, Devan (2022-05)

There are over 3,000 counties in the United States. This abundance makes the task of developing a marketing strategy that sufficiently differentiates any one county from the rest particularly difficult. Existing research ...
Addressing issues of multiculturalism and representation in musical repertoires and in the music classroom

Pettit, Jay (2022-05)

This project is a culmination of over a decade of saxophone playing experience and four years of undergraduate studies in music education. My memories of being a young, queer musician have left me desiring more for ...
The ultimate guide to winning the reality television competition show, Survivor

Peterson, Graham (2022-05)

The CBS reality hit television show, “Survivor,” is a complex competition gameshow that involves contestants surviving in a remote area while also outwitting, outlasting, and outplaying their competitors. The contestants ...
A linear-algebraic take on a mathematical theorem

Peterson, Ava (2022-05)

In my thesis, I endeavor to provide a new, linear-algebraic proof of a classical theorem about mutually orthogonal Latin squares. A Latin square of order n is an n × n array with n symbols such that there are no repetition ...
Mental illness and substance use: testing general strain theory and self-medication

Olson, Jordan (2022-05)

Comorbidities between mental illness and substance use have been recognized in a number of studies (Conway et al., 2016; Jané-Llopis & Matytsina, 2006; Lev-Ran et al., 2013; Lo et al., 2015) and can be conceptualized ...

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