http://hdl.handle.net/10288/6 Research of William and Mary Students Search the Channel search http://dspace.swem.wm.edu/simple-search http://hdl.handle.net/10288/1563 Title: Interview with Liudmila Danilenko<br/><br/>Authors: Argodale, Sarah; Roberts, Michael; Terrill, Bryan; Elena, Prokhorova<br/><br/>Abstract: Liudmila Danilenko lives in St. Petersburg, Russia. William and Mary students interviewed her about her movie going experience in July 2008. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:12:08 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10288/1560 Title: To Be Amiable and Accomplished: Fitting Young Women for Upper-Class Virginia Society 1760-1810<br/><br/>Authors: Eberlein, Tori<br/><br/>Description: Young women needed to be equipped with suitable skills and attitudes in order to assume their adult role in upper-class Virginia society (1760-1810). Prescriptive writings of parents, relatives, and friends, and guidelines found in widely-published ladies morality books provided an outline of the ideal qualities a young woman should posses. Literacy, particularly the ability to write well, was a vital part of a young woman's education. Although a young woman was supposed to study some academic subjects, such as geography and French, other areas of study were thought to be unsuitable. Musical training, dancing and drawing were widely encouraged accomplishments. Ideally, appropriate education and social training produced young women who were loved and admired in Virginia society. Fri, 01 Jan 1982 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10288/1536 Title: The Role of Free Will in American Political Thought: A Case Study of Jefferson, Ideological Determinism, and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom<br/><br/>Authors: Lerner, Adam<br/><br/>Abstract: Penned by Thomas Jefferson in 1777, the original bill for establishing religious freedom followed from an explicit denial of human free will over the content of one’s thoughts. For the bill to pass, though, this clause had to be removed. That the assemblymen chose to drop the anti-free will clause but retain the enacting freedom reflects a longstanding American tradition of ignoring metaphysical commitments by presupposing them. Ironically, this tradition began with Jefferson himself who distanced himself from metaphysics while presupposing what I call “ideological determinism,” the belief that humans are not responsible for their thoughts. Rather than continuing in this tradition of maintaining a public “light-mindedness” concerning philosophical questions, as the late Richard Rorty suggests Americans should, I suggest that philosophical light-mindedness in practice often amounts to the inconsistent exploitation of the public’s presuppositions by power-hungry politicians. Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:07:56 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10288/1535 Title: Advantages and Disadvantage of Switching from U.S.GAAP to IFSR<br/><br/>Authors: Yoon, Nara<br/><br/>Abstract: In today’s business, markets are demanding increasing conformity. Many countries have converted to and implemented the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)’s accounting standards. The United States, however, still maintains its own Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). Both IASB and FASB have created International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S.GAAP) respectively. These accounting standards are rules of measurements for financial statements that companies issuing stock to the public must provide to stockholders (Libby, 21). There are various advantages and disadvantages of the U.S. companies changing their systems from U.S.GAAP to IFRS. The primary benefits U.S. hopes to get are comparability, cost savings, and the global accounting network. At a closer view, these assumed benefits are not nearly as influential as many people suggest. Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:36:49 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10288/1523 Title: Religion and Economic Policy: The Effects of Religious Rhetoric on Public Opinion<br/><br/>Authors: Brenson, Kirstie<br/><br/>Abstract: This experiment attempts to measure the level of impact of religious rhetoric and framing on public opinion regarding economic policy in the form of tax cuts. Two versions of a survey with differing levels of religious rhetoric were distributed throughout the Chicagoland area for three days. After analyzing the results, it was concluded that the level of religious rhetoric had little to no effect on public opinion. Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:07:41 GMT