This piece of work was a research project for the methods course in sociology. We were given the opportunity to research any topic of interest using the General Social Survey, a national survey administered to about 1,200 ...

The HIV/AIDS epidemic, one of the most pressing yet under-addressed issues of the twenty-first century, disproportionately affects those in situations of poverty and inequality. In selecting a research topic, I chose to ...

Fertilization in sea urchins, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, is the result of a series of interactions between the egg and sperm. Microfilament formation has been implicated in both the acrosomal process formation and ...

I wrote this paper as an exploration of the question, "where do we as individuals end, and the society that made us begin?" This question, in various forms, consistently nagged me throughout my last year at Goucher. Many ...

All of us--whether we are students or professors, young or old, political or apathetic--are children of the liberal philosophy that "progress" is the inevitable path towards the "good." Think about our speech: if "things ...

Concern about biological terror has increased greatly in the 21st century, and correspondingly, so has the need for accurate detection and identification of biological hazards, such as B. anthracis. Optical techniques ...

The science fiction genre is a forgotten stepchild in the literary family; great writers can be marginalized by their choice to delve into the fantastic, while some excellent speculative novels face an uphill battle to ...

Coming into the world of college academia as a freshman, dedicated to resolving the troubles plaguing our world, I promised myself that my scholastic exploits would not look singularly at problems, but would investigate ...

Although I myself am puzzled as to how my relatively sheltered, thoroughly middle-class, suburban upbringing fostered a passion for urban culture, I am nonetheless intrigued by all aspects of street life. My scholarly ...