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Beasley, Addison | Moving past the human/nature binary: catalyzing collective action to combat the climate crisis | Climate change is one of the prime social issues of the modern era. I argue that in order to achieve the necessary collective action to reduce the harmful effects of the climate crisis, society needs to move past the human/nature binary. This binary obfuscates the reality that humans have a place wi... | 2022 | |
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Barber, Shaelyn | Volunteer Tourism in Cambodia: Persuasive Strategies of Recruitment and Postcolonial Impacts | An emergent area within tourism is volunteer tourism, in which people journey to developing countries and perform service as part of their trip. These volunteers are typically young, well-educated Westerners. International volunteering is an increasingly popular option for tourists traveling abroad,... | 2019 | |
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Redmond, Nicholas K. | Elephants and empire: The Asian elephant, from Alexander to Akbar | This thesis studies the prominence of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) in the historical record. The purpose is to show the impact of elephas on human affairs, most notably in the formation and destruction of empires. Of these empires, two are of primary importance: the conquests of Alex... | Elephants -- War use -- History | 2015-05 |
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Saifee, Zahra | A value-based exploration of Zion National Park and assessment of future solutions | This thesis is a case study which explores the development of Zion National Park. Currently, National Parks as a whole, and Zion National Park in particular, face issues of environmental degradation, lack of racial diversity, and the erasure of indigenous history. However, the most challenging part ... | 2022 | |
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Parker, Braden | The internet's informal influence on newspaper writing and presentation | For over two hundred years, newspapers served as America's primary text based news medium. That began to change in the 1990's with the advent of the internet. Today, newspapers compete with an expanding array of internet based news sources. This competition has caused some newspapers to fail and oth... | Newspapers - United States; Writing - Technique; Writing - Technological innovations | 2012-01 |
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Hoff, Cassidy | The Utes Nickname: Mascots, Symbols, and Nickname a Critical Discourse Analysis | The University of Utah maintains a unique relationship with the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation in northeast Utah. The University has permission from the Ute Indian Tribe to use the "Utes" nickname for athletic purposes. Yet, existing outside of the nickname's sphere, and withou... | 2017 | |
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Roberts, Ashley | The View From Our Mother's House | The View from Our Mother's House is a novel about a family of three women struggling to understand and accept their past, full of abandonment and manipulation, while dealing with the immediate needs of the mother dying from Alzheimer's disease. This project combines research in the field of literatu... | 2019 | |
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Saarela, Elise | "Negative news" isn't always negative: Utah journalists reflect on news values and audience engagement in the digital age | The purpose of this thesis is to explain the general notion of negativity in the news and how journalists perceive both their professional and personal standards. Specifically, journalists from Utah were interviewed to determine the main ethical values they consciously think of during their practice... | 2019 | |
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Sammann, Suzy | Dandelions among the wheat: A novel | My Honors Creative Thesis is a manuscript of a novel I completed in Professor Gills Honors Novel Writing Workshop. Dandelions Among the Wheat is 74,782 words, 239 pages. It addresses the complex issues of alcoholism and abuse in families through humor and heartfelt truth, offering raw and relatable ... | American fiction -- 21st century | 2015-04 |
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