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		<title>“Eating is an Agricultural Act”: The Farm Bill and the American Food System</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/eating-is-an-agricultural-act-the-farm-bill-and-the-american-food-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For most Americans, the words “U.S. Farm Bill” are nearly meaningless. Unlike hot-button legislation such as the PATRIOT and Defense of Marriage Acts, the citizens of the world’s largest agricultural exporter have never been collectively convinced that this obscure, now 600-odd page law is relevant to their lives. It is desperately important that this begin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical Sea Surface Temperatures Over the Last 120,000 Years</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/tropical-sea-surface-temperatures-over-the-last-120000-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Geology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sea surface temperature (SST) is one of the most important and fundamental components of Earth’s climate. Tropical SST determines the location of the Intertropical Convergence Zone where the northeast and southeast trade winds meet, and influences global moisture content, the strength of monsoons, and precipitation in the tropics.  Therefore, the importance of understanding the changes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sociosexual Orientation, Sensation Seeking, and Attraction</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/sociosexual-orientation-sensation-seeking-and-attraction/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/sociosexual-orientation-sensation-seeking-and-attraction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Psychology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3417</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sociosexual orientation serves as a measure of how restricted or permissive individuals are in their sexual attitudes, behaviors, and desires. Researchers have explored how both sociosexual orientation and sensation seeking affect interpersonal attraction, but no previous research has explored these variables and their effects together. As such, the link between sociosexual orientation and sensation seeking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Stalagmite Record of Climate Variability from the Last Glacial Maximum Through Middle Holocene from Cape Range, Western Australia</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/a-stalagmite-record-of-climate-variability-from-the-last-glacial-maximum-through-middle-holocene-from-cape-range-western-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/a-stalagmite-record-of-climate-variability-from-the-last-glacial-maximum-through-middle-holocene-from-cape-range-western-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Geology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3415</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lots of research has been conducted on Australia’s late glacial (30,000-20,000 years ago), deglacial (20,000-10,000 years ago), and Holocene (the last 10,000 years) climate; however, few climate reconstructions exist for northwestern Australia due to a lack of data.  Drivers of climate variability over these time periods are important to understand because local climate adjusts to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Further Investigations of Carbon Dioxide Capture Reactions Through Computational Chemistry</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/further-investigations-of-carbon-dioxide-capture-reactions-through-computational-chemistry/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/further-investigations-of-carbon-dioxide-capture-reactions-through-computational-chemistry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chemistry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3413</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In this investigation, we used computational chemistry to compare two previous research reports based on the capture of carbon dioxide.  Each report used a different theoretical model: Hartree-Fock (HF) theory in one case and density functional theory (DFT) in the other. In the DFT study, the authors computationally evaluated carbon dioxide reactions and interaction energies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Artistic Repression: An Examination of Symbolism</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/artistic-repression-an-examination-of-symbolism/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/artistic-repression-an-examination-of-symbolism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spanish]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3411</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(Presented in Spanish) In Federico García Lorca’s La casa de Bernarda Alba, a group of young women struggle under the repression of their mother. This play examines the traditional role of women in Spain during the twentieth century through the conflict of the weight of repression and the desire for freedom. Social expectations, such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Study of Photochemistry Is Too Expensive for Undergraduates? We Think Not&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/the-study-of-photochemistry-is-too-expensive-for-undergraduates-we-think-not/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/the-study-of-photochemistry-is-too-expensive-for-undergraduates-we-think-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chemistry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3409</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Certain systems of molecules react when exposed to UV light via photodimerization―a process in which two molecules form chemical bonds to become one single unit. Trans-1, 2-Bis (4-Pyridyl) Ethylene (BPE) is one such molecule which exhibits a 2+2 photodimerization when co-crystallized with an appropriate molecule, otherwise known as a template. Up until now, photochemical experiments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evolution of a Cretaceous Subduction Model: Insights from the Catalina Schist</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/evolution-of-a-cretaceous-subduction-model-insights-from-the-catalina-schist/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/evolution-of-a-cretaceous-subduction-model-insights-from-the-catalina-schist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Geology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Catalina Schist crops out on Santa Catalina Island and underlies the southwestern California borderland, preserving a Cretaceous subduction zone environment. The Catalina Schist consists of amphibolite-facies rocks atop a suite of rocks metamorphosed at progressively lower temperatures with increasing depth. This inverted metamorphic sequence has been explained to be the result of tectonic juxtaposition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fallen: An Examination of Distance in Paradise Lost</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/fallen-an-examination-of-distance-in-paradise-lost/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/fallen-an-examination-of-distance-in-paradise-lost/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3405</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In Paradise Lost the reader is told the story of humankind’s fall from grace.  Throughout the poem the reader is constantly reminded that he or she has fallen and sinned.  Yet it is not just these written reminders that tell us our distance from God.  As the epic progresses, so does the narrator’s distance from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Psychophysiological Effects of State Self-Objectification and Clothing-Related Distress as a Function of Gender</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/psychophysiological-effects-of-state-self-objectification-and-clothing-related-distress-as-a-function-of-gender/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/psychophysiological-effects-of-state-self-objectification-and-clothing-related-distress-as-a-function-of-gender/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Psychology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3403</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The purpose of the present study was to examine psychophysiological reactions to state self-objectification and clothing-related distress as a function of gender. We examined negative affect, positive affect, guilt, and heart rate (HR) at 6-second and 5-minute recording intervals across baseline, non-clothing control, swimsuit (high objectification), tracksuit (low objectification), and cologne conditions in a sample [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growth, Purification, and Mutagenesis of Copper-Zinc Superoxide Dismutase</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/growth-purification-and-mutagenesis-of-copper-zinc-superoxide-dismutase/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/growth-purification-and-mutagenesis-of-copper-zinc-superoxide-dismutase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chemistry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3400</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), or Lou Gehrig’s Disease, is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that involves the selective progressive death of motor neurons. The majority of ALS cases are sporadic with an unknown cause, but about 10-20% of the cases are familial ALS (fALS) which are caused by genetic mutations that appear to be inherited. An [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Animal Symbolism in Federico García Lorca’s “La Casa de Bernarda Alba”</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/animal-symbolism-in-federico-garcia-lorcas-la-casa-de-bernarda-alba/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/animal-symbolism-in-federico-garcia-lorcas-la-casa-de-bernarda-alba/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spanish]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3398</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(Presented in Spanish) Federico García Lorca was a writer and poet in Spain during the early 1900s. The last play Lorca wrote was “La Casa de Bernarda Alba” or “The House of Bernarda Alba”, which tells the story of Bernarda Alba and her strict control over her five daughters. Lorca explores themes of sexual repression, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Statistical Investigation of Student Retention Rate at Cornell</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/a-statistical-investigation-of-student-retention-rate-at-cornell/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/a-statistical-investigation-of-student-retention-rate-at-cornell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mathematics & Statistics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3396</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The 2011-2012 Cornell Fact Book states that in 2011, the first-year retention rate was 79%. That is, 79% of the entering cohort in 2010 remained at Cornell for their second year. The retention rate has hovered around this level since 2000, and the six-year graduation rate is in the ballpark of 70%. In any case, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U/Th Dating of Cold Water Tufa Deposits from Kimberly Region of Australia</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/uth-dating-of-cold-water-tufa-deposits-from-kimberly-region-of-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/uth-dating-of-cold-water-tufa-deposits-from-kimberly-region-of-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Geology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3392</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Paleoclimate records from Indonesia and the West Pacific Warm Pool (WPWP) reveal that changes in global and regional climate have altered the intensity and location of Indonesian-Australian Summer Monsoon (IASM) precipitation over glacial/interglacial cycles (Magee &#38; Miller, 2004; Griffiths et al., 2009; Mohtadi et al., 2011). Understanding the magnitude and timing of monsoon variability in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Counterinsurgency of the Hukbalahap Rebellion</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/the-counterinsurgency-of-the-hukbalahap-rebellion/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/the-counterinsurgency-of-the-hukbalahap-rebellion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3390</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Throughout its history, the United States has been involved in many counterinsurgencies, especially since the end of the Second World War. One such conflict was the Hukbalahap Rebellion in the Philippines from 1950 to 1954. Many historians consider the rebellion to be one of the finest counterinsurgencies conducted since the end of the Second World [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wagner and the Epic: A Study of the Homeric Leitmotiv in Parsifal</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/wagner-and-the-epic-a-study-of-the-homeric-leitmotiv-in-parsifal/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/wagner-and-the-epic-a-study-of-the-homeric-leitmotiv-in-parsifal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classical Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3386</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wagner’s work Parsifal is closely linked to antiquity and the epic tradition in its ambition and vision.  While it is well-known that his Der Ring des Nibelungen was inspired in numerous ways by Aeschylus’ Oresteia, I contend that Wagner’s Parsifal has important connections with Homer, especially The Odyssey. Jessika Castillo-Rivera, ’14 Munster, IN Majors: Classical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bilingual Education and ESL in Public Schools: A Study on Immigrant Students and the Policies that Affect Them in America’s Public Education System</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/bilingual-education-and-esl-in-public-schools-a-study-on-immigrant-students-and-the-policies-that-affect-them-in-americas-public-education-system/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/bilingual-education-and-esl-in-public-schools-a-study-on-immigrant-students-and-the-policies-that-affect-them-in-americas-public-education-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3384</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This presentation will illustrate the policies and practices that have affected children with limited English-speaking abilities in U.S. classrooms in general and Iowa schools in particular.  In 2005 immigrants from non-English speaking countries made up 12.4 percent of the total United States population and that number is only growing (U.S Census Bureau, 2010). In 1964 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unlacing the Corset: A Look into the History and Construction of Fashion’s Most Contentious Garment</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/unlacing-the-corset-a-look-into-the-history-and-construction-of-fashions-most-contentious-garment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women's Studies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3382</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Corsets have been an integral part of women’s fashion for many centuries, and as the fashions have changed, the shape and construction of the corset has also changed.  Aside from providing support and sometimes completely altering a woman’s body, the corset is one of the most fashionable and decorative undergarments.  Apart from being such a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nlrp10 and Wound Healing</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/nlrp10-and-wound-healing/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/nlrp10-and-wound-healing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biochemistry & Molecular Biology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nucleotide-binding domain leucine-rich-repeat-containing receptor 10 (Nlrp10) is an innate immune receptor. It belongs to a family of cytosolic receptors involved in the production and secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines as well as cell migration. Cytokines are molecules secreted during an inflammatory response following injury to protect the body from infection, and are critical to healthy healing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small States in the Global Economy</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/small-states-in-the-global-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/small-states-in-the-global-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The forces of globalization have created a growing interdependence of the world’s economies. This trend is accompanied by an increase in interaction between states that are highly diverse in terms of geographic and demographic dimensions. While the world’s attention is generally attributed to the political and economic policies of large countries such as the United [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Basic Philosophies and Applications</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/acceptance-and-commitment-therapy-act-basic-philosophies-and-applications/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/acceptance-and-commitment-therapy-act-basic-philosophies-and-applications/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Psychology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The last two decades have seen a drastic rise in the prevalence of so-called “third-wave therapies.” These new psychological therapies build on and/or reject entrenched therapies, in particular Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy (CBT), the most common psychological therapy today.  Of these “third-wave therapies,” the one that has received the most attention is Acceptance and Commitment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Should I Root For?: Sympathetic Killers and Crazy Victims in Ran</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/who-should-i-root-for-sympathetic-killers-and-crazy-victims-in-ran/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/who-should-i-root-for-sympathetic-killers-and-crazy-victims-in-ran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English & Creative Writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Film narratives are notoriously homogenous. Antagonists are good guys, protagonists are bad guys. However, sometimes these roles are challenged. The film Ran (1985) by legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa is a film that challenges these roles. Ran tells the tale of a father betrayed by his sons, a woman’s lust for revenge, and the eventual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Effects of Wet and Dry Years on the Growth and Body Mass of Ornate Box Turtles (Terrapene ornata ornata)</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/effects-of-wet-and-dry-years-on-the-growth-and-body-mass-of-ornate-box-turtles-terrapene-ornata-ornata/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/effects-of-wet-and-dry-years-on-the-growth-and-body-mass-of-ornate-box-turtles-terrapene-ornata-ornata/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Studies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3372</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the past five years, Iowa has experienced weather extremes with records or near-records set for spring flooding in 2008, summer rainfall in 2010 and drought in 2012. To determine whether these weather events affected growth or body condition in ornate box turtles (Terrapene ornate ornata), we analyzed the changes in shell morphology and mass/volume [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tell Me When It Hurts: Judicial Violence in Medieval Europe</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/tell-me-when-it-hurts-judicial-violence-in-medieval-europe/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/tell-me-when-it-hurts-judicial-violence-in-medieval-europe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medieval & Early Modern Studies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3370</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Middle Ages span from the seventh to the fifteenth century and remains infamous as one of the most exciting and bloodthirsty periods in European history. Stories of torture and executions have peppered this time and flavored it with a reputation for the barbaric. But under what context do we find the use of judicial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IOWATER and Phosphate: A Study on the Effectiveness of Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Programs</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/iowater-and-phosphate-a-study-on-the-effectiveness-of-volunteer-water-quality-monitoring-programs/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/iowater-and-phosphate-a-study-on-the-effectiveness-of-volunteer-water-quality-monitoring-programs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chemistry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Studies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3367</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[IOWATER is a volunteer water quality monitoring program for Iowa, created as a cooperative effort with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. The program’s goal is to use the efforts of volunteers to help identify problematic sites on rivers and other bodies of water, which could pose risks to the environment and human health. Of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Range, Habitat Use, and Mortality of Ornate Box Turtles  (Terrapene ornata ornata) in Iowa</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/3365/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/3365/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Studies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3365</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The ornate box turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata, is threatened in Iowa, as the species’ prairie habitat has mostly been converted into agricultural land, reducing and fragmenting natural habitat and increasing contact with motor vehicles, farm implements, and mesopredators. Our project strives to understand the ecology and natural history of T. ornata in Iowa for conservation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amplification Parameters of 3 Microsatellite Loci in Queen Conch (S. gigas)</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/amplification-parameters-of-3-microsatellite-loci-in-queen-conch-s-gigas/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/amplification-parameters-of-3-microsatellite-loci-in-queen-conch-s-gigas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biochemistry & Molecular Biology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3362</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Queen conch, Strombas gigas, is a large marine gastropod, indigenous to the The Bahamas and wider Caribbean. Queen conch populations support a substantial commercial fishery throughout the Caribbean region; however, populations have been severely depleted due to high human consumption demands. Unless steps are taken to restore healthy S. gigas populations, the species will soon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A 4,000 Year Stalagmite Record of Extreme Rainfall Events in Tropical Western Australia</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/a-4000-year-stalagmite-record-of-extreme-rainfall-events-in-tropical-western-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/a-4000-year-stalagmite-record-of-extreme-rainfall-events-in-tropical-western-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environmental Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3360</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Global environmental change poses several risks, including the possibility of increased frequency and strength of severe weather events. Though extreme weather events are difficult to define precisely, they include, but are not restricted to, tropical cyclones (a.k.a. hurricanes and typhoons) and particularly intense rainfall episodes within summer monsoons. However, the main problem associated with present [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kurosawa’s Ran and the Jidaigeki Genre</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/kurosawas-ran-and-the-jidaigeki-genre/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/kurosawas-ran-and-the-jidaigeki-genre/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English & Creative Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3358</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This essay focuses on the film Ran and its connections with the Jidaigeki genre of Japanese film.  Ran is most commonly known in the West as an adaptation of Shakespeare’s King Lear, but this does not do the highly noteworthy film justice.  In addition to its Shakespearean influences, Ran also possesses a unique connection to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Champs Elyseés: A Definitive Work of Political Propoganda</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/the-champs-elysees-a-definitive-work-of-political-propoganda/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/the-champs-elysees-a-definitive-work-of-political-propoganda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Art History]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3356</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Political propaganda in the age of Napoleon Bonapart has long been of interest to historians; however, the investigation largely has been limited in scope to the two dimensional works of art commissioned by this notorious figure. In this discussion, I will extend the examination to include some of the critical architectural works built and commissioned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Triumphal Arches: Two Strategies to Legitimize Imperial Rule in Rome</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/triumphal-arches-two-strategies-to-legitimize-imperial-rule-in-rome/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/triumphal-arches-two-strategies-to-legitimize-imperial-rule-in-rome/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classical Studies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3354</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Throughout the Roman Empire, victorious Roman armies marched along the Triumphal Way in celebration, passing important monuments, like the triumphal arches specifically dedicated to victory. The arches were, however, much more than symbols of victory. This is evident specifically in the Arch of Titus and the Arch of Constantine. Both the emperors Domitian and Constantine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Villa Farnesina: A Painted Panegyric of Agostino Chigi</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/the-villa-farnesina-a-painted-panegyric-of-agostino-chigi/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/the-villa-farnesina-a-painted-panegyric-of-agostino-chigi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Art History]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3352</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whereas most prominent scholars, such as Fabio Benzi, Paolo D’Ancona, and Julian Kliemann have indicated that the decorations of Rome’s Villa Farnesina were painted in honor of banker Agostino Chigi’s passionate love for his wife and in celebration of their wedding, I will prove otherwise. By looking in depth at the frescoes decorating two rooms, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Game Against the Proportionality: An Economic Approach to Explaining the Resistance Behind Proportional Electoral Voting</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/game-against-the-proportionality-an-economic-approach-to-explaining-the-resistance-behind-proportional-electoral-voting/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/game-against-the-proportionality-an-economic-approach-to-explaining-the-resistance-behind-proportional-electoral-voting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mathematics & Statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3349</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This study looks at the economic disincentive for states to switch to the proportional electoral voting system. Every four years during the presidential campaign, both campaigns spend a considerable amount of money in the battleground states. Switching from “winner takes all” voting system to “proportionality voting” will lead to economic consequences. This model takes a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do Your Friends Make You Fat? An Economic Approach of the Network Effect and the Spread of Fast Food</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/how-do-your-friends-make-you-fat-an-economic-approach-of-the-network-effect-and-the-spread-of-fast-food/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/how-do-your-friends-make-you-fat-an-economic-approach-of-the-network-effect-and-the-spread-of-fast-food/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics & Business]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3347</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper considers an economic mechanism that explains “Your Friends Make You Fat” – the contagious phenomenon of obesity first addressed by sociology and medical scholars (Christakis and Fowler, 2007). Consumers choose between slow food and fast food. Eating the same food with friends has social values, thus lifting fast food’s value, in addition to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insight and Oversight: Hermathena at Rubens’s Antwerp Academy of Art</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/insight-and-oversight-hermathena-at-rubenss-antwerp-academy-of-art/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/insight-and-oversight-hermathena-at-rubenss-antwerp-academy-of-art/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Art History]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3343</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The diplomat and painter Rubens identified with the allegorical figure Hermathena, a figure formed from a synthesis of Hermes and Athena. Sculptures of the two Greco-Roman gods stood above the tripartite entryway to his home in Antwerp and their prominent locations call for a cohesive explanation.  Art historians Jeffrey Muller and Elizabeth McGrath have begun [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Subverting Stereotype: Reconstructing Euripides’ Medea</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/subverting-stereotype-reconstructing-euripides-medea/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/subverting-stereotype-reconstructing-euripides-medea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3341</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the capstone to my B.S.S. in Theatre, Religion, and Performance Studies, I directed and set designed my own adaptation of Euripides’ Medea.  The production was intended to synthesize the three components of my degree into a tangible piece of art. Utilizing academic texts and artistic works ranging from Renee Girard’s Violence and the Sacred [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analyzing the Feasibility of Online Voting in U.S. Elections</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/analyzing-the-feasibility-of-online-voting-in-u-s-elections/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/analyzing-the-feasibility-of-online-voting-in-u-s-elections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computer Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/?p=3339</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Online voting offers many potential benefits over the current voting system used for U.S. elections. It can be easier, cheaper, and even more secure. However, it also comes with numerous risks that must be overcome. The potential vulnerability of online systems is well known, and the opportunity to manipulate elections would make such a system [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Real Food Calculator: An Analysis of Cornell’s Food System</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/the-real-food-calculator-an-analysis-of-cornells-food-system/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/the-real-food-calculator-an-analysis-of-cornells-food-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environmental Studies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Real Food Challenge, a non-profit organization, posits that the current food system is broken and that college/university food spending can help to fix this system by shifting buying toward “Real Food.” How could a shift to Real Food be beneficial to Cornell students as well as the broader community? During sixth block of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Korea’s Nuclear Program: The Failure of Sanctions</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/north-koreas-nuclear-program-the-failure-of-sanctions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International Relations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Although the aims of U.S. foreign policy towards North Korea have developed over time, the economic policies enacted to pursue those aims have remained stagnant since the Korean War in 1950. This project examines the elements that have contributed to the failure of economic sanctions to curb North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. Scholarly discussion on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secrets of Dating: Age Preferences of Match.com Members</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/secrets-of-dating-age-preferences-of-match-com-members/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Psychology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this study, the researchers analyzed the age preferences of approximately 480 heterosexual Match.com members.  It was predicted that males would seek females who were younger than themselves and females would seek males who were older than themselves.   For each dating profile, data was collected on the age offered and the minimum and maximum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Multifaceted Kundry</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/the-multifaceted-kundry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of Richard Wagner’s greatest and most controversial characters is that of Kundry from his final opera, Parsifal. He gives her great psychological depth and, therefore, complex narrative and symbolic power through her own actions as well as through the way other characters talk about her.  Particular attention will be paid to the names she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phosphomimetic Mutations Effect on Binding Between PKA Regulatory Subunits to AKAP1/GST Fusion Protein</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/phosphomimetic-mutations-effect-on-binding-between-pka-regulatory-subunits-to-akap1gst-fusion-protein/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biochemistry & Molecular Biology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mitochondria are organelles that are the major source of ATP in aerobic metabolism in a cell. Mitochondria undergo processes of fusion and fission. A-Kinase Anchoring Protein 1 (AKAP1) is a mitochondrial protein that targets Protein Kinase A (PKA) to the outer mitochondrial membrane (OMM). PKA can then interact with other proteins, one of which is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Synthesis of the NH2-PCP Pincer Ligand for a New Immobilized Alkane Dehydrogenation Catalyst</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/synthesis-of-the-nh2-pcp-pincer-ligand-for-a-new-immobilized-alkane-dehydrogenation-catalyst/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chemistry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The classical Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process for conversion of syngas to hydrocarbons calls for the use of a metal catalyst combined with a support. Development of a robust alkane dehydrogenation catalyst is highly desirable for the potential to upgrade the FT product stream, leading to more efficient production of transportation fuels. Such a catalyst though will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gendered Forestry Practices in India and the Benefits of Agroforestry</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/gendered-forestry-practices-in-india-and-the-benefits-of-agroforestry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environmental Studies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the Indian government’s clear efforts to move towards gender equality, the actual status and lived experiences of men and women are far from equal. Two particular manifestations of this inequality are the divided and hierarchical labor roles that Indian men and women assume, as well as the unequal property rights afforded to men and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Formalist Look at the Poetry of Alfonsina Storni in Translation</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/a-formalist-look-at-the-poetry-of-alfonsina-storni-in-translation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spanish]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Within the Spanish-speaking world, Alfonsina Storni (1892-1938) is easily recognized as an important modernist poet from Argentina. Why is it, then, that good English translations of Storni’s works are so hard to find? I assert that it is because readers have been, to date, more interested in her illustrious life than in her poems—Storni is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COX-2 Expression in the Mammary Gland Throughout the Reproductive and Estrous Cycles</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/cox-2-expression-in-the-mammary-gland-throughout-the-reproductive-and-estrous-cycles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biochemistry & Molecular Biology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Postpartum breast cancer is defined as breast cancer diagnosed within 5-10 years of a recent pregnancy. Mammary gland involution, or the regression of the gland to its pre-pregnant form after pregnancy/lactation, is a major physiological change within the breast that may account for increased breast cancer risk postpartum. The enzyme cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Household Finances in and out of Poverty: A Case Study of Income and Family Dynamics in Jaipur</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/household-finances-in-and-out-of-poverty-a-case-study-of-income-and-family-dynamics-in-jaipur/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International Relations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In India’s northwestern state of Rajasthan, poverty is present in 62.8% of the population according to the multidimensional poverty rate. However, the rate of poverty in India has been gradually decreasing, meaning that certain households are leaving poverty and becoming middle-class.How did these households manage to break from the majority and leave poverty? Understanding this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Algerian Authoritarianism and its Causes</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/algerian-authoritarianism-and-its-causes/</link>
		<comments>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/algerian-authoritarianism-and-its-causes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[French]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Relations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is well-known that Algeria, despite its elections and constitution, is not a democratic country. The Economist Intelligence Unit has given Algeria a rank of 3.44 out of 10 in their 2011 Democracy Index. This ranking categorizes Algeria as an authoritarian country. It seems that the root of the government’s authoritarianism comes from the political [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Sensor for Imaging Cardiac Calcium Signaling in vivo</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/a-sensor-for-imaging-cardiac-calcium-signaling-in-vivo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biochemistry & Molecular Biology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For the heart to contract properly, every heart cell must be triggered to contract by a transient increase in the intracellular concentration of calcium ions (Ca2+). This transient increase in Ca2+ is known as a “calcium signal”, and this signal is altered in essentially every cardiac disease. Therefore, the ability to visualize calcium signaling in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intracellular Loading of the Calcium Indicator 4,4&#8242;-diProxylBAPTA – Quantitation by EPR Spectropscopy</title>
		<link>http://symposium.cornellcollege.edu/2013/04/27/intracellular-loading-of-the-calcium-indicator-44-diproxylbapta-quantitation-by-epr-spectropscopy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwalberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biochemistry & Molecular Biology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a summer Cornell Fellow at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, I synthesized a calcium indicator whose electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrum changes as a function of changes in calcium ion (Ca2+) concentration. Such an indicator would enable us to visualize Ca2+ signaling in living tissue (e.g., the heart) in an animal by [...]]]></description>
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