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Height and Dating: A Critique of Inexact Statistics

May 8, 2018

Though data-driven academics often insist that the heart of science is raw numbers, the truth is that people are influenced more by the presentation than by actual data. By Christopher Koski Course: Language, Gender, and Sexuality (Ling 2400) Advisor: Prof. Kira Hall, TA Ayden Parish LURA 2018 Such is the...

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Racial Stereotypes in my Childhood Film

May 8, 2018

As children, we often do not notice how we are socialized into ideologies of race through cartoon movies. By Shawg Ahmed Course: Language in US Society (Ling 1000) Advisor: GPTI Maureen Kosse, TA Irina Wagner LURA 2018 When children go out into society and become adults, they may believe that...

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Orange Caligula and Euphemism

May 8, 2018

Euphemism is a linguistic tool used to communicate with indirect means, generally around a topic that causes psychosocial discomfort. By Lauren M Hoos Course: The Study of Words (Linguistics 1010) Advisor: Prof. Laura Michaelis; TA Annebeth Buis LURA 2018 Historically, euphemism has been correlated to fear or superstition. For example,...