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Beacon 2008 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 16th Annual Beacon Conference June 6, 2008 A conference for student scholars at two-year colleges funded by a coalition of two-year colleges Bergen Community College Paramus, New Jersey 07652 BEACON 2008 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS........................................................................4-6 OVERVIEW OF PANELS..................................................................................................................7-15 OUTSTANDING PRESENTERS IN EACH PANEL .......................................................................16 Gender Studies II “Embracing the Paradox of Globalization: Daughter of Africa on the Journey to Equality and Peace”........................................................................................16 By: Cristian E. Barrera Mentor: Shweta Sen Montgomery Community College International Studies and Globalization “Modern Musical Colonization: The Impact of Globalization on Indigenous Music” .................................................................................................................33 By: Daniel C. Mays Mentor: Dawn Avery Montgomery College World Literature “Homais and Leon: Emma’s Symbolic Prison Guards”.....................................................46 By: Daniel LaSalle Mentor: Nancy Hazelton Rockland Community College Psychology “The Physical and Psychological Benefits of Extended Breastfeeding” ........................53 By: Sasha Fink Mentor: Robin Musselman Lehigh Carbon Community College Social Justice “Unrestricted Government Surveillance”...........................................................................65 By: Sharon R. George Mentor: Richard Rodriguez Westchester Community College Business and Economics “The American Chocolate Industry: A Combination of Large and Small” .....................74 By: Candice M. Henderson Mentor: Creed J. Hyatt Lehigh Carbon Community College BEACON 2008 American Literature “Constructing Middleness: Hawaiian Identity in Deborah Idia’s Middle Son”...............85 By: Jack D. Hildebrand Mentor: Geoffrey Sadock Bergen Community College Communications “It Takes Millions: A Re-Evaluation of Copyright Law in Hip-Hop”................................92 By: James Landrum Mentor: Richard Rodriguez Westchester Community College Interdisciplinary Studies “Electronic Surveillance: Herding the Rock in a Globalized World” ..............................103 By: Ivan Melyakov Mentor: Aram Hessami Montgomery Community College Mathematics and Science “Pendulums and Physical Reality” ......................................................................................117 By: Martha Molinini Mentor: Neil Schiller Ocean County Community College Shakespeare “The Identity Conundrums of Shakespeare’s Leaders” ....................................................146 By: J. Shepard Ramsay Mentor: Nancy Hazelton Rockland Community College Social Sciences “Crisis in Japan”.....................................................................................................................154 By: Stephen Sakai Mentor: Joan Naake Montgomery College Philosophy and Religion “A Synergism of Art and Reason”........................................................................................163 By: John Sherman Mentor: Dwight Goodyear Westchester Community College History “Andean Archaeology: Uncovering Incan Adaptive Strategies” ......................................177 By: Jennifer Sylvestri Mentor: B. Jo Stokes Westchester Community College BEACON 2008 Gender Studies I “A Woman’s Place: Shakespeare’s Social Control”............................................................187 By: Jessica Weiner Mentor: Nancy Hazelton Rockland Community College The Arts “Cole’s Legacy Emerges in Landscape” ..............................................................................194 By: Maya Goer-Palenzuela Mentor: Beth S. Kolp Dutchess Community College BEACON 2008 Introduction utting together an Honors Conference is a complex undertaking. We could not P have organized Beacon 2008 without the assistance of many people. We want to thank Tom Butler and Elaine Toia of Rockland Community College, who hosted Beacon 2007, for their guidance, advice, and general assistance. We also want to thank all of the members of the Beacon Conference Steering Committee, whose names are listed in the Proceedings. Mark Altschuler, Anne Maganzini, and Geoff Sadock, of Bergen, were members with us of the in-house Steering Committee, and we thank them for all of the hours of work that they contributed in planning the conference. At Bergen, we thank the members of the Board of Trustees and President G. Jeremiah Ryan, Academic Vice President Gary Porter, Vice President for Student Affairs Raymond Smith, and all the other members of the college administration for their support and assistance in the planning of Beacon 2008. We thank the members of the Bergen Honors Committee for their support. The conference could not have been a success without the assistance of all of our colleagues, both at Bergen and other colleges, who volunteered in various ways, including chairing panels, serving as judges, and showing our guests around campus. The student members of Bergen’s Honors Association and of Phi Theta Kappa helped with registration at the conference and also with greetings and other matters on the day of the conference, and we thank them. The maintenance guys who helped to set up the rooms, the technical staff who assured that all the equipment worked as it was supposed to, the folks in the cafeteria who helped with the food—everyone contributed to Beacon 2008 and we thank you all. Finally, we thank those people who were most responsible for the success of our contest: the students who presented their papers and participated in the Poster Session and their faculty mentors. Without your work, there is simply no conference. Dorothy Altman Alan Kaufman Maria Makowiecka Co-Directors, Beacon 2008 4 BEACON 2008 Beacon Steering Committee Members 2008 Bergen Community College (NJ) Dorothy Altman, Mark Altschuler, Alan Kaufman, Anne Maganzini, Maria Makowiecka, Geoffrey Sadock Borough of Manhattan Community College (NY) Carol Wasserman Jerrold Schoenblum Brookdale Community College (NJ) Elaine Olaoye Dutchess Community College (NY) Kevin Cavanaugh, John Desmond, Keith O’Neill Erie Community College (NY) Rene Rojas LaGuardia Community College (NY) Bob Kahn Lehigh Carbon Community College (PA) Christine Bowditch, Ned Schillow Montgomery Community College (MD) Roxanne Davidson, Lucy Laufe, Carol Wolin Northampton Community College (PA) Randy Boone, Nancy Trautmann, Renit Shemtov Northern Virginia Community College (VA) Steve Drasner, Richard Wilan Ocean County College (NJ) Mary Ann Vanbenschotenm Reading Area Community College (PA) Donna Singleton Rockland Community College (NY) Tom Butler, Elaine Toia Ulster County Community College (NY) Tom Impola, Miho Kawai, Bob Pucci, Marti Robinson Westchester Community College (NY) Lori Maida, Mira Sakrajda 5 BEACON 2008 Sponsoring Colleges In addition to Bergen Community College, the other sponsoring colleges this year are: Borough of Manhattan Community College (NY) Brookdale Community College (NJ) Duchess Community College (NY) Erie Community College (NY) Frederick Community College (MD) LaGuardia Community College (NY) Lehigh Carbon Community College (PA) Montgomery Community College (MD) Northern Virginia Community College (VA) Northampton Community College (PA) Orange County Community College (NY) Reading Area Community College (PA) Rockland Community College (NY) Ulster County Community College (NY) Westchester Community College (NY) Sponsoring organizations for this year’s conference are: All member colleges; Office of Academic Affairs, Bergen Community College; Office of Student Life, Bergen Community College; Department of Arts and Communications, Bergen Community College; Department of English, Bergen Community College; Department of Philosophy and Religion, Bergen Community College; Department of Social Science, Bergen Community College, Bookstore; Bedford/St. Martins; Pearson 6 BEACON 2008 Overview of Panels Session I: The Arts Readers: Emily Harvey, Rockland Community College; Robert Pucci, Ulster Community College; Cindy Terry, Lehigh Carbon Community College Judge: Anthony Cuneo, Montclair Kimberly Academy Moderator: Anne Maganzini, Bergen Community College Presenters: David Foote, “Art Goes Pop” Mentor: Lucy Laufe, Montgomery College Maya Goer-Palenzuela, “Cole’s Legacy Emerges in Landscape” Mentor: Beth S. Kolp, Duchess Community College Sara Palmer, “Impressionistic Styles: Renoir and Monet” Mentor: Nancy Hazelton, Rockland Community College Session I: Business & Economics Readers: Kristopher Baker, Rockland Community College; Denise Francois, Northampton Community College; Doug Furman, Ulster Community College Judge: Michael J. Renahan, College of Saint Elizabeth Moderator: Barry Freeman, Bergen Community College Presenters: Casey Clark, “Oil Effects on the United States Economy” Mentor: Noreen van Valkenburgh, Westchester Community College Candice M. Henderson, “The American Chocolate Industry: A Combination of Large and Small” Mentor: Creed J. Hyatt, Lehigh Carbon Community College Mary Megorden, “Going Green in a Globalized World: What America Stands to Gain” Mentors: Shweta Sen & Sharon Ward, Montgomery College Panel Sponser Bergen Community College Bookstore 7 BEACON 2008 Session I: Gender Studies I Readers: Rita Kranidis, Montgomery College; Elaine H. Olaoye,