Rising Demand for Cosmetics Spurs Animal Cruelty: How to End It

Within the last few years, beauty standards have changed drastically and women, especially young women, are conforming to these standards by buying every advertised cosmetic product they can afford. These products include things such as skin creams, nail polish, makeup, and hair products. This brings me to my topic of the growing demand of cosmetics … Read more

Exploring Becoming: Tech’s Impact on Developing the Socially Constructed Child

 Theory of ‘being’ and ‘becoming’ are both inherent in childhood research. ‘Being’ views the child as a social actor engaged in constructing ‘childhood’, whilst the ‘becoming’ child is deemed as an ‘adult in the making’ – a period of termed ‘adolescence’, the stage prior to ‘adulthood’ where the child will ‘become’ (Wyn and Whyte … Read more

How Rent Control Can Be Detrimental in Major Cities: Principles Of Microeconomics Report

 Rent Control: The Dangers of Good Intentions Kevin Zheng Principles of Microeconomics Professor Pritchard 19 November 2018 Kevin Zheng Professor Pritchard ECON 1116 19 November 2018 Rent Control: The Dangers of a Good Intentions All major cities across the world follow one common trend: Their rental costs are through the roof. In San Francisco, … Read more

Valley Quest Reinvigorates Learning Through Discovery–Valley Quest: Reinvigorating Learning Through Unplugged, Place-Based Discovery

 In the world we live in today, the presence of technology is increasing rapidly. This is causing students to use technology as a form of learning, which results in kids being disconnected from the world around them, creates access issues for low income students, and can lead to disinformation problems. Moreover, recent surveys show … Read more

Cause of Brexit: Public Perception of Immigration, Sovereignty, and Globalization

 After 60 years of integration through economics to influence political cooperation, the EU has hit its largest controversy yet, Brexit. In this paper, I aim to provide an explanation to the question of what caused Brexit? The history of the UK EU relations provide sufficient background to answering this question. Through exploring public opinion … Read more

Exploring the Mechanisms Behind Incentive Anomalies: Uncovering Why Incentives Don’t Always Work as Expected

 I. Introduction: Forty years ago, Titmuss argued against paying for blood donations by suggesting that monetary incentives are subject to backfiring. Monetary incentives operate on the assumption that people respond by modulating their activity to further their own best interest. That people respond to incentives is the cornerstone of standard economic theory. The basis … Read more

Reducing Crime Rate in Neighborhoods: Exploring Crime Prevention Approaches

 Abstract The intention of this research paper is to discuss the different types of neighborhood crime preventions that are used in neighborhoods around the nation. The research was derived from the textbook Crime Prevention amongst other sources discussing the effectiveness of preventative programs. This research will explain the different types of neighborhood crime prevention … Read more

Reviewing Anomaly Detection Techniques in Online Social Networks

 A Review of Anomaly Detection Techniques in Online Social Network Overview: In this project, our group did a research on the Online Social Network Anomaly Detection. The reason we choose this topic is because there are more and more people connect internet and use social media causes to share, communicate and collaborate. However, it … Read more

Exploring John Berger’s 1972 Response to ‘Civilisation’ with “Ways of Seeing

 In 1969, a BBC miniseries was debuted by Kenneth Clark, a British art historian, museum director and broadcaster, which narrated the history of Western art and was entitled ‘Civilisation’. This series outlined a brief and simple approach to art history, suggesting that we are able to understand every work of art through putting in … Read more