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Title: Acclimation of Red Tide Dinoflagellate Karenia Brevis to Higher Temperatures Results in Abnormal Morphology and Changes in Growth Rates.
Creator: Owen, Daniel P., Department of Biological Science
Abstract/Description: This paper addresses the effects of increased temperature on the Red Tide dinoflagellate, Karenia brevis. A clonal strain of Karenia brevis was acclimated to the currently estimated increase in Gulf temperatures over a period of time long enough to ensure proper acclimation of the experimental cultures. A long acclimation time was used to avoid temperature shock conditions for the culture and to more closely mimic natural temperature increases, such as those seen during seasonal transitions....
Show moreThis paper addresses the effects of increased temperature on the Red Tide dinoflagellate, Karenia brevis. A clonal strain of Karenia brevis was acclimated to the currently estimated increase in Gulf temperatures over a period of time long enough to ensure proper acclimation of the experimental cultures. A long acclimation time was used to avoid temperature shock conditions for the culture and to more closely mimic natural temperature increases, such as those seen during seasonal transitions. Over the course of the experiment, K. brevis cultures were acclimated from 25° C to 31° C. An abnormal, rounded, cell morphology was produced in K. brevis cultures acclimated to 28° C and persisted in cultures acclimated through 28° C to 31° C. As well, specific growth rates of cultures growing at 25° C and acclimated to 30° C differed depending on whether the average growth rates were derived from culture cell density or RFU measurements. K. brevis cultures grown in GP/2 media had significantly higher average growth rates based on RFU measurements than cultures growing in L1-Si media. Cultures growing at 25° C and 30° C did not have significantly different chlorophyll a content per cell. In conjunction with the rounded cell morphology, the reported higher maximum temperature range, and future physiological observations, the result of this experiment aim to help researchers understand what may be happening to populations of K. brevis throughout seasonal temperature variations.
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Date Issued: 2015
Identifier: FSU_migr_uhm-0515
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Authigenic smectite clay mineral distribution in Cenozoic sediments of the Cape Roberts Project (CRP-3 Drillco RE), Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica.
Creator: Priestas, Anthony Michael
Date Issued: 2005-08-30
Identifier: FSDT160371_parent
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Title: Behind the Numbers: Voices of Gorubathan: Artist Statement.
Creator: Miller, Savannah Gale
Abstract/Description: The film explores gender and education inequalities in the village of Gorubathan in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India by documenting the experience of two young women as they navigate traditional gender roles and higher education. The artist statement adds contextualization for the paradox of gender equality presented by international development organizations that use Western liberal ideology to define gender equality, and simultaneously discriminate against gender roles that...
Show moreThe film explores gender and education inequalities in the village of Gorubathan in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India by documenting the experience of two young women as they navigate traditional gender roles and higher education. The artist statement adds contextualization for the paradox of gender equality presented by international development organizations that use Western liberal ideology to define gender equality, and simultaneously discriminate against gender roles that were not supportive of the Western definition. Additionally, the artist statement gives a brief history of ethnographic films impact on anthropological knowledge and representation for marginalized communities. Because reflexivity is vital for capturing the emic perspective, the film discusses the construction and evolution of the film in order to bring visibility to the sociocultural complexities of gender and education in Gorubathan undermined by international organizations aimed at fostering development.
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Date Issued: 2017-12-04
Identifier: FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1512684949_f40743fc_P
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Title: A Cross-Cultural Look at a Meaningful Life and a Happy Life.
Creator: Batista, Rafael, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description: There are many characteristics of a good life including a sense of meaning and happiness. A historical introduction presented here illustrates this dual conceptualization as existing since ancient times. Recent work by Baumeister, Vohs, Aaker, and Garbinsky (2013) revealed key differences between a meaningful life and a happy life. Meaningfulness, for example, was associated with integrating past, present, and future thinking, whereas happiness was primarily present-oriented. While...
Show moreThere are many characteristics of a good life including a sense of meaning and happiness. A historical introduction presented here illustrates this dual conceptualization as existing since ancient times. Recent work by Baumeister, Vohs, Aaker, and Garbinsky (2013) revealed key differences between a meaningful life and a happy life. Meaningfulness, for example, was associated with integrating past, present, and future thinking, whereas happiness was primarily present-oriented. While meaningfulness and happiness have each been studied independently across cultures, a cross-cultural comparison of the two has yet to be published. Baumeister (1991) suggests purpose, values, efficacy, and self-worth are universal needs for meaningfulness. Surveying students from Turkey (n = 124) and the United States (n = 231) we replicate previous findings and present empirical data supporting universal needs for meaningfulness while arguing for the inclusion of a fifth universal need: belongingness.
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Date Issued: 2014
Identifier: FSU_migr_uhm-0412
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Title: Empires of Halcyon: An Online Nation Simulator with Macroeconomic Modeling.
Creator: Francis, Daniel, Department of Economics
Date Issued: 2013
Identifier: FSU_migr_uhm-0155
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Title: A Failed State of Enterprise: Communism and Corporate Crime in Chinese State-Owned Enterprise.
Creator: Daniels, Lucas, Program in International Affairs
Abstract/Description: The goal of this paper is to take a comprehensive look into the history and functioning of state-owned enterprise (SOEs) in China, in order to examine the extent of their role in the Chinese economy. After analyzing the size and productivity of these SOEs, the conclusion is one of pessimism toward the reality of China's economic growth rate, and the efficacy of SOEs. As a crucial part of China's economic planning, SOEs are destabilizing the Chinese economy, and are threatening the viability...
Show moreThe goal of this paper is to take a comprehensive look into the history and functioning of state-owned enterprise (SOEs) in China, in order to examine the extent of their role in the Chinese economy. After analyzing the size and productivity of these SOEs, the conclusion is one of pessimism toward the reality of China's economic growth rate, and the efficacy of SOEs. As a crucial part of China's economic planning, SOEs are destabilizing the Chinese economy, and are threatening the viability of China becoming a stable developed nation. First, the historical background from which SOEs rose to dominate the economy will be laid out to address how the foundations of the China's economic model are based in Communist protectionism. A basic description of state-owned enterprise will be presented, and the nature of economic reform in China will be addressed. Assertions laid out by Chinese optimists will be examined in the context of political imperatives. Second, a detailed analysis will examine the operations of China's state owned banks with regard to SOEs. The specific issue of non-performing loans (NPLs) and inequitable lending practices will be discussed as a major part of the Chinese financial sector. Third, the inefficiencies of SOEs will be explained through quantitative analysis and a political lens. A case study on the Chinese airline industry will be used as support for the evidence put forth. Fourth, the corruption of and within SOEs following the reform efforts of the Communist Party will be highlighted. Finally, the inconsistency the before mentioned facets have caused in the legal affairs of enterprises will be presented, and a prescription for future reform will be put forward.
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Date Issued: 2013
Identifier: FSU_migr_uhm-0232
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Title: Fuck Everything: A Digital Game Questioning Gender Identity.
Creator: NW, Lena, Department of Art
Date Issued: 2014
Identifier: FSU_migr_uhm-0411
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Title: Give Kids the World Cartoons.
Creator: Bustamante, Nestor, College of Motion Picture Arts
Date Issued: 2014
Identifier: FSU_migr_uhm-0389
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Title: I Grew Up In Someone Else's Living Room.
Creator: Hamilton, Morgan, Department of Art
Abstract/Description: My honors thesis is an exploration of the fleeting aspects of memory, a nomadic childhood, and the relationship families share with TV. I have painted an image of the living room set from Roseanne as a way to express my nostalgia and personal experience with television. There is something fascinating about translating modern technology, like the TV, through something as ancient as oil paint. It removes the practicality and mass-audience of program broadcast, and gives an intimate setting,...
Show moreMy honors thesis is an exploration of the fleeting aspects of memory, a nomadic childhood, and the relationship families share with TV. I have painted an image of the living room set from Roseanne as a way to express my nostalgia and personal experience with television. There is something fascinating about translating modern technology, like the TV, through something as ancient as oil paint. It removes the practicality and mass-audience of program broadcast, and gives an intimate setting, like the living room, an even more intimate environment, like a gallery. The Meta relationship between TV family and my own is an important aspect of growing up in my generation and I have always found it interesting how families will come together and watch someone else's family; he back of our TV is the front of theirs. We watch them, and they'll never know we exist. I will use my experiences growing up in a nuclear family to interpret the role of the TV living room, and how that interaction is truly art.
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Date Issued: 2013
Identifier: FSU_migr_uhm-0280
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Title: Interactive Illustrations of Obscure Animals.
Creator: Grishchenko, Alice, Department of Art
Abstract/Description: am creating a website to display pen illustrations of obscure animals which are either difficult to classify in the taxonomic system or have no relatives among living animals (these are referred to as living fossils). I plan to research each animal's unique features that make them difficult to group with others and catalog them on the website. The highlighted features will be displayed in hidden boxes on the same page as the large illustrations and will be revealed when the user hovers over a...
Show moream creating a website to display pen illustrations of obscure animals which are either difficult to classify in the taxonomic system or have no relatives among living animals (these are referred to as living fossils). I plan to research each animal's unique features that make them difficult to group with others and catalog them on the website. The highlighted features will be displayed in hidden boxes on the same page as the large illustrations and will be revealed when the user hovers over a corresponding portion of the image. Each box will contain some text and a related illustration. Animals will be labeled with basic information including their names, habitat, diet, and current classification.
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Date Issued: 2013
Identifier: FSU_migr_uhm-0266
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Title: A Molecular and Acoustic Analysis of a Gray Treefrog (Hyla Versicolor) Hybrid Zone.
Creator: Zdyrski, Christopher
Abstract/Description: Polyploidy is widespread across the tree of life, yet there remain large gaps in our understanding of polyploid evolution. After their formation, the genome and gene expression architecture of polyploids may undergo rapid changes. What is unclear is how independent changes in isolated populations may affect the evolution of a polyploid species when these populations come into contact. In this study, we aimed to elucidate the area of contact between two tetraploid lineages of the gray treefrog...
Show morePolyploidy is widespread across the tree of life, yet there remain large gaps in our understanding of polyploid evolution. After their formation, the genome and gene expression architecture of polyploids may undergo rapid changes. What is unclear is how independent changes in isolated populations may affect the evolution of a polyploid species when these populations come into contact. In this study, we aimed to elucidate the area of contact between two tetraploid lineages of the gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor). Although previous research provided a rough estimate of where these different lineages co-occur, we lack information about the extent of these lineage across large geographic regions and about the position of possible contact zones. In preliminary work, we sequenced a mitochondrial marker (containing fixed differences between lineages) along a transect spanning the putative contact region, to identify the exact zone where the lineages co-occur. Despite fine-scale sampling along a transect with multiple populations, we were unable to identify sites where the mitochondrial lineages co-occurred. This Honors in the Major project analyzed additional samples from the Northeast region of the United States. In this project, I aimed to locate populations of H. versicolor, determine their lineages, and characterize acoustic differences between previously and recently collected samples to further compare the characteristics of both lineages.
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Date Issued: 2020-04-23
Identifier: FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1587685115_09bbeb2a_P
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Title: Moments.
Creator: Middleton, Kelsey, Hendrickson, Dylan, College of Motion Picture Arts
Abstract/Description: There are certain inherent experiences which occur over the course of our lives, similarities that, while largely unknown, bind humankind together. The first steps, the first loves, searches for success, and the disappointment of failures -- there is no bias to these archetypes. No race, no culture, no ethnicity nor belief -- these experiences are the building blocks to each and every person's life. Rather than recognizing and appreciating these similarities, however, today's culture does...
Show moreThere are certain inherent experiences which occur over the course of our lives, similarities that, while largely unknown, bind humankind together. The first steps, the first loves, searches for success, and the disappointment of failures -- there is no bias to these archetypes. No race, no culture, no ethnicity nor belief -- these experiences are the building blocks to each and every person's life. Rather than recognizing and appreciating these similarities, however, today's culture does quite the opposite. A worldwide focus on the differences of our societies alternately breeds confusion, assumptions, and hatred. Wars are started and lives cut short, simply because societies today fail to acknowledge the fundamental sameness of our species. Because of this shortcoming, humanity's potential for greatness is ultimately stunted. We hope to make a documentary that focuses not on these dissimilar aspects, but instead on the common patterns and threads that connect the lives of all people. Presented in chapters, the film will illustrate various experiences and events typical of a human life: first jobs, marriage, growing old and the like. Each section, however, will focus on a person from a different culture, race, or ethnicity than the last. By bringing together these separate individuals, each of whom would be called radically different by today's standards, a single narrative of a familiar human life will be built.
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Date Issued: 2013
Identifier: FSU_migr_uhm-0267
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Reviving Fantasia's Toccata and Fugue: An Imaginative Journey Thorugh Music, Multimedia and Concert Dance.
Creator: Lalor, Emma C., School of Dance
Abstract/Description: In 1940, Walt Disney and his associates presented their imaginative creation Fantasia, a masterpiece union of symphonic music and animation that employed "a new type of entertainment" -- a hybrid multisensory experience culminating in an abstract, animation motion picture. Although initially a flop, the film's subsequent altered re-releases led to its triumphant declaration American Film Institute in 1998: Fantasia was now considered one of the greatest American animated films. Most...
Show moreIn 1940, Walt Disney and his associates presented their imaginative creation Fantasia, a masterpiece union of symphonic music and animation that employed "a new type of entertainment" -- a hybrid multisensory experience culminating in an abstract, animation motion picture. Although initially a flop, the film's subsequent altered re-releases led to its triumphant declaration American Film Institute in 1998: Fantasia was now considered one of the greatest American animated films. Most significantly, Fantasia's newfound success with contemporary audiences provided revolutionary access to classical music whilst encouraging imaginative thinking through purely fantastic entertainment. In the opening scene, Leopold Stokowski shakes Mickey Mouse's hand before conducting his famous 1927 orchestral arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565. This opening section of Fantasia captured my attention with beautifully moving vivid colors, dramatically lit musicians, and the painterly abstraction of instruments dancing through clouds. I fondly remember how this captivating spectacle inspired me to move as a young child, and my love for the delightful music and visuals of Fantasia guided my passions towards movement and improvisation, as well as my decision to seek a University degree in dance. Contemplating the shimmering abstract watercolors of the opening section, Toccata and Fugue, has led me to question what Fantasia would look like with the addition of my own imaginative discipline: dance. By studying Stokowski's arrangement of Bach's most recognizable organ piece and performing an "action analysis" of both the physical score and the animation itself, I hope to translate my conclusions into an all-inclusive multimedia reinterpretation that layers live dance performance and stage lighting techniques with the preexisting structure and patterns of the film. I will investigate, as an intelligent thinker and mover, how dance can enter the current stream as an equal part in the artistic work, ultimately adding to and reviving Fantasia for contemporary audiences with use of video projection and concert dance.
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Date Issued: 2015
Identifier: FSU_migr_uhm-0504
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Title: A Simplified Protein Folding Simulation Using a Metropolis Monte Carlo Algorithm.
Creator: Franklin, Robert D., Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Abstract/Description: The major outcome of this project is "Protein Folding Toy," an iPad program (app) which is designed to allow children (ages 10-18) to interact with a system that behaves like a single polymer chain on the molecular level. The user can design a single chain, specifying a sequence of beads that each could be neutral (black), hydrophobic (green), or charged (red/blue). The app can then perform a Metropolis Monte Carlo simulation and allows the user to vary temperature in real time. Observed...
Show moreThe major outcome of this project is "Protein Folding Toy," an iPad program (app) which is designed to allow children (ages 10-18) to interact with a system that behaves like a single polymer chain on the molecular level. The user can design a single chain, specifying a sequence of beads that each could be neutral (black), hydrophobic (green), or charged (red/blue). The app can then perform a Metropolis Monte Carlo simulation and allows the user to vary temperature in real time. Observed chain behavior depends on inter-bead interactions as well as temperature-dependent stochastic motions.
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Date Issued: 2015
Identifier: FSU_migr_uhm-0521
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Title: A Statistical Box-office Breakdown of Mainstream Cinema and an Analysis of the Trends and Successes of the 21st Century Motion Picture Industry.
Creator: Kluziak, Monika, College of Motion Picture Arts
Abstract/Description: With this project, I hope to statistically break down the current trends and successes of the domestic motion picture industry. Through 14 variables and a data set of 1,242 movies produced between 2001 and 2012, I hope to search for correlations, patterns, and statistically significant findings in order to get a first-hand grasp on the industry's recent development. It is my ultimate goal to gain knowledge that will be useful as a future producer in the entertainment industry.
Date Issued: 2014
Identifier: FSU_migr_uhm-0408
Format: Set of related objects

Title: TRAZOM Tableaux: The Family Unsilenced.
Creator: Vidic, Kelsey, School of Theatre
Abstract/Description: TRAZOM Tableaux: The Family Unsilenced refers to Mozart backwards, and this is where my thesis is rooted. Emily Wolfe and I have combined our undergraduate theses into one dance performance. Our theses look into the Mozart family that includes Wolfgang, Leopold (his father), Maria Anna (his mother), Nannerl (his sister) and Bäsle (his cousin). With Emily as the choreographer and myself as the costume designer, we have decided to base the choreography and costumes on these historical figures...
Show moreTRAZOM Tableaux: The Family Unsilenced refers to Mozart backwards, and this is where my thesis is rooted. Emily Wolfe and I have combined our undergraduate theses into one dance performance. Our theses look into the Mozart family that includes Wolfgang, Leopold (his father), Maria Anna (his mother), Nannerl (his sister) and Bäsle (his cousin). With Emily as the choreographer and myself as the costume designer, we have decided to base the choreography and costumes on these historical figures as well as on themes of family values, women in society, and relationships within family units. The music that we used for the piece is Mozart's "Concerto No. 23 in A Major for Piano and Orchestra, K. 488: I. Allegro." Designing for five distinct characters that lived in the 18th century, I decided to conceptualize this century's fashion. This conceptualization has meant taking both the Early and Late Georgian periods in fashion history and making costumes not only modern for today's audience but also danceable. A majority of my research looked into the individual historical figures and what I believe they would have worn in daily life. My conceptualization was rooted in the characters, the 18th century, fashion today, and costumes wearable for dancers. My defense paper will take a look into my process as the costume designer. From the research to the fabric shopping and ending in construction and performance, my paper looks into the challenges I overcame and lessons I learned in creating a collaborative, creative thesis.
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Date Issued: 2014
Identifier: FSU_migr_uhm-0339
Format: Set of related objects

Title: What Becomes Us: An Analysis of Costume and Clothing in a Performance Space.
Creator: Friedman, Katie M., School of Theatre
Abstract/Description: There is a frequently asked question among students studying costume design: When does clothing become costume? More acutely, is there reallya difference between the two? The definitions of clothing and costume are almost interchangeable, but some aspect separates them. In my research, I endeavored to answer this question by building an art installation. It was merchandised as an eclectic boutique in the moderate price scale, displaying men's and women's clothing. Through the presentation of...
Show moreThere is a frequently asked question among students studying costume design: When does clothing become costume? More acutely, is there reallya difference between the two? The definitions of clothing and costume are almost interchangeable, but some aspect separates them. In my research, I endeavored to answer this question by building an art installation. It was merchandised as an eclectic boutique in the moderate price scale, displaying men's and women's clothing. Through the presentation of my installation, I hope that I instigated an awareness of self-image, personal preconceptions people carry within themselves, and a realization of the effect of clothing on memory and emotion in my participants. Much like how an audience can walk away from a production with their personal pre-conceptions questioned, I wanted to ask those that attended: what defines clothing as costume, can shopping be theatrical, and what become's us?
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Date Issued: 2015
Identifier: FSU_migr_uhm-0533
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Title: When Forgiveness Matters: Correlating Forgiveness with Achievement Motivation and Willingness to Disclose in the Workplace.
Creator: Belluccia, Anthony, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description: A large body of literature demonstrates the effects of a forgiving employer. This study was the first to provide information about forgiveness in the workplace as it relates to achievement motivation. Specifically, the objective was to determine whether a supervisor's forgiveness for issues related to employee tasks can affect achievement motivation on those tasks; and additionally, forgiveness' predictive effect on willingness to disclose information in the workplace. Given the role of...
Show moreA large body of literature demonstrates the effects of a forgiving employer. This study was the first to provide information about forgiveness in the workplace as it relates to achievement motivation. Specifically, the objective was to determine whether a supervisor's forgiveness for issues related to employee tasks can affect achievement motivation on those tasks; and additionally, forgiveness' predictive effect on willingness to disclose information in the workplace. Given the role of operant conditioning in business relationships and the tendency for an offender to keep offending if forgiven consistently, this 220 participant correlative study tested the prediction that forgiveness and achievement motivation would be negatively correlated, and that forgiveness and willingness to disclose would be positively correlated. Two bivariate correlations conveyed a moderate positive correlation between forgiveness and achievement motivation, disproving my first hypothesis, but a stronger positive correlation between forgiveness and willingness to disclose information in the workplace, confirming my second hypothesis. These findings join others in displaying the potency of a forgiving culture on the honesty of employees, and contributes to the understanding of forgiveness as it relates to achievement motivation, which establishes an unprecedented correlation.
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Date Issued: 2015
Identifier: FSU_migr_uhm-0561
Format: Set of related objects

Title: Why Did the Tabby Cross the Road?.
Creator: Syed, Tabinda, Communication
Abstract/Description: Too often, the reasoning behind why individuals choose to immigrate tends to be a most important side of the story that is neglected in the midst of the political discourse over the controversies surrounding the topic of immigration, especially the type that is deemed "illegal." This short animated film sets out to bring the viewers' attention to that very aspect in hopes of facilitating an understanding of many immigrants' situation and encouraging compassion in the dialogue over related...
Show moreToo often, the reasoning behind why individuals choose to immigrate tends to be a most important side of the story that is neglected in the midst of the political discourse over the controversies surrounding the topic of immigration, especially the type that is deemed "illegal." This short animated film sets out to bring the viewers' attention to that very aspect in hopes of facilitating an understanding of many immigrants' situation and encouraging compassion in the dialogue over related issues by making the situation more relatable. Through the anthropomorphic tale of two cats, the plight of undocumented immigrants most commonly depicted in the American media is paralleled and the point that all living beings are, at the core, striving to improve their lives is conveyed. The senselessness of the vicious cycle of rejection and retaliation that immigrants face is a key element to the telling of this parable of unconventional sorts.
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Date Issued: 2011
Identifier: FSU_migr_uhm-0009
Format: Set of related objects

Title: The Yiddishekite Concerto (for violin and chamber/reduced orchestra).
Creator: Pittard, Mai Li
Date Issued: 2005-08-03
Identifier: FSDT160357_parent
Format: Set of related objects

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