How can we help incoming freshmen?

Abstract I’ve spent the last six weeks observing my teammates, their interactions both on and off the court, and how they coped with stressors. A typically summer for a Wisconsin Women’s Basketball student-athlete consist of an eight-week summer session that entails both courses and training. This summer we had 6 new freshman come in, one … Read more

How Countries Are Affected by Dictators Who Evade Democracy

 It is remarkable how countries today follow and utilize the concepts first created by ancient societies such as ancient Greece and Rome. The people living in these great societies developed the idea to construct a governing system to help run their community; we nowadays call these governments. Countries today use these institutions to help … Read more

Unpackaging the Complexity of Transposable Elements: DNA vs RNA, Autonomous vs Non-autonomous

 General introduction Eukaryotic genomes contain a large amount of repetitive sequences, the vast majority derives from transposable elements. Mobile elements were first discovered by Barbara McClintock in the maize genome (McClintock 1950; McClintock 1953; McClintock 1956; McClintock 1984). In the beginning they were called “junk DNA”(Ohno 1972; Pagel and Johnstone 1992), because they did … Read more

John Keats: Intertextuality, Ideas and Art From the Romantic Era

 The history of literary works show how styles and ideas of writing have changed overtime and how authors influential factors have changed due to prior events, such as the Romantic’s response to the Industrial Revolution. An important feature of this era is intertextuality, specifically in John Keats’s poetry, which was stimulated by the interrelationship … Read more

Discrimination of Christianity in the Middle East: From Copts to Modern Day Terror Attacks

 Within the Middle East lie many religions and cultures with rich histories of growth but also discrimination and hardships by other inhabitants of the Middle East. Every religion is unique from each other so the confined space of the Middle East stirred up serious controversy between some religions. The religion of Christianity receives far … Read more

Understanding Psychopharmacology: An Overview of Risperdal

 Psychopharmacology includes both medications for mental illness and drugs of abuse. Both medications and drugs affect an individual’s ability to focus, their behavior, affect and cognition. For this reason, it is imperative that a counselor has extensive general knowledge about the history, dosages, physical and cognitive effects of both medications and drugs. One of … Read more

Psychopharmacology: Risperdal, Mental Illness & Drugs of Abuse

 Psychopharmacology includes both medications for mental illness and drugs of abuse. Both medications and drugs affect an individual’s ability to focus, their behavior, affect and cognition. For this reason, it is imperative that a counselor has extensive general knowledge about the history, dosages, physical and cognitive effects of both medications and drugs. One of … Read more

Millennials Changing US Communities: Homebuying Data & Trends To Watch

 As the largest age group of homebuyers, millennials are changing the face of America’s communities. What are some factors driving their home buying? Financial considerations rank high. That’s not surprising given that almost half of millennial buyers have student loan debt. according to the National Association of Realtors 2018 Home Buyer and Seller Generational … Read more