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The Undergraduate Research Journal, a joint publication between the UNK Honors Program and the Office of Graduate Studies and Research at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, has announced the papers that have been accepted. This journal is comprised of submissions by undergraduates from all four colleges at UNK. The papers must be 8-15 pages in length and comprised of research done entirely by undergraduates at UNK.
The papers that have been accepted for the 2003 Undergraduate Research Journal are listed below.
| College of Natural and Social Sciences | ||
| Geneva | Jessica R. Reinsch | “Running head: EFFECTS OF BACKGROUND MUSIC” |
| Hickman | Carie A. Steele | “Aiding The March of Freedom: The Role of Press Freedom in Democracy” |
| Kearney | Tracy L. Fuehrer | “In The Context Of Hatred: Medieval Origins Of The Jewish Ritual Murder Myth” |
| Kearney | Justin Haas | “Cypriniformes Fishes in Natural vs. Artificial Backwaters of the Platte River” |
| Kearney | Kayla Widick | “Risk-taking: The Effects of Sensation Seeking and Mortality Valentine Ryan D. Mulligan Salience” |
| Wayne | Heather Stauffer | “How London Conquered the Blitz during the Battle of Britain” |
| College of Business and Technology | ||
| Kearney | Benjamin J. Matheny | “REGULATION VERSUS COMPETITION IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE” |
| Madison | Jessie Ziegler | “Marketing to the Hispanic American Subculture” |
College of Education |
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| Scottsbluff | Megan Holmes | “Protein and its Effects on Metabolism” |
| College of Fine Arts and Humanities | ||
| Arapahoe | Angela Leising | “J.S. Bach and the Well-Tempered Clavier” |
| Beatrice | Heather Mentgen | “Pretty pictures and product advertising: Deception in commercial speech?” |
| Grand Island | Justin Sevenker | “‘Many are my names in many countries’: The Etymological Importance of Names in the Work of J.R.R. Tolkien” |
| Hemingford | Eric Melvin Reed | “The Darkness of Laughter and the Purpose of Comedy in Christopher Marlowe’s ‘The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus’” |
| Kearney | Jamie Alberts | “Current State of Son of Sam Laws” |
| Kearney | Laron K. Williams | “Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier: The Gradual Erosion of Student Rights” |
| Page | Anna Thompson | “Ta, a, and lo: A discussion of Verb Tenses in Papiamentu in Relation to its Base Language” |
