Lucerna, vol.10 (2015)
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Political Ideology and the Judiciary: Conservatism in the Supreme Court
(UMKC Honors Program, 2015)The dichotomy experienced today of the two most common political ideologies in the United States, liberalism and conservatism, has become influential and pervasive in virtually every facet of government bureaucracy, ... -
Music Therapy and the Treatment of Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder
(UMKC Honors Program, 2015)The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has increased in recent years, calling for professionals to develop more effective therapies for treatment. Music therapists have been working with children with autism ... -
On Midpoints in the Middle Ages
(UMKC Honors Program, 2015)While the centuries surrounding the turn of the first millennium in Europe are typically associated with ignorance, superstition, and the dismissal of scientific thought in the name of religion, many brilliant, ... -
Poverty Re-Cycles: Why America Needs to Prioritize Child Health Disparities
(UMKC Honors Program, 2015)When we think about children, we envision cute, innocent little people who have not a care in the world. Though optimistic, this vision is unfortunately not reality. Today, more and more children are suffering health ... -
Homosexuality in the Heartland: Alternative Print Media from 1970s Kansas City
(UMKC Honors Program, 2015)The 1960s and 1970s were full of cultural, political, and social change in the United States in which activism for civil rights became widespread. These decades are remembered as a time when ideas about counterculture ... -
To See the Negro Saved: The Religious Pragmatism of Booker T. Washington
(UMKC Honors Program, 2015)It might seem strange to group the words of Thomas Jefferson and Booker T. Washington together in the same context. Nearly a century separated the two men and they came from vastly different social and racial backgrounds. ... -
The Language of Liberty: Milton’s Nationalistic Linguistics
(UMKC Honors Program, 2015)English as Lingua Franca, or ELF, seems a straightforward concept: in today’s globalized society, speakers of all varieties of languages elect to use English as a means of communication, regardless of their native tongues. ... -
Education, Learning, and Knowledge: It’s in the Student’s Hands
(UMKC Honors Program, 2015)On the inside of a public charter school in the Midwest, the students’ colorful artwork is proudly displayed throughout the building. The artwork is a visual representation to show what they learned. You can see drawings ... -
Sonny Assu: A Fresh Perspective on the World of Contemporary Art
(UMKC Honors Program, 2015)Native American art has previously been out of the traditional scope of the art world; only recently has it begun to truly make its transition from the world of anthropology museums into the western contemporary art ... -
Lucerna, Volume 10. Complete volume
(UMKC Honors Program, 2015)