Undergraduate Review Volume 8 Article 1 2012 Undergraduate Review, Vol. 8, 2011/2012 Follow this and additional works at: http://vc.bridgew.edu/undergrad_rev Recommended Citation Bridgewater State University. (2012). Undergraduate Review, 8. Available at: http://vc.bridgew.edu/undergrad_rev/vol8/iss1/1 This item is available as part of Virtual Commons, the open-access institutional repository of Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Copyright © 2012 volume VIII 2011-2012 The Undergraduate Review A JOURNAL OF undergraduate research AND creative work Great Wall of China Anderson, Andrade, Ashley, Carreiro, DeCastro, DeMont, George, Graham, Harkins, Johnston, Joubert, Larracey, MacDonald, Manning, Medina, Menz, Mulcahy, Ranero, Rober, Sauber, Spooner, Thompson, Tully, Woofenden BridgEwatEr StatE UNiVErSitY 2012 • thE UNdErgradUatE ReviEw • 159 Letter from the editor a great amount of vigor and teamwork, and “All great changes are preceded by chaos.” -Deepak Chopra ’m not comfortable with change. It causes me great angst and, on occasion, to hyperventilate. In fact, if my life were to flash before my eyes, many moments would include illegal U-turns, the sound of squealing brakes and me huffing and puffing into brown paper bags only to be catapulted Iforward, nonetheless, into varying degrees of discomfort and consequence. And, yet, I have survived each and every occurrence. Not always with grace, not always unscathed, or with the intended outcome; but always with growth, emerging shiny and new with a new-found purpose and vision: just like this year’s volume of The Undergraduate Review. Last fall, our review committee met to reassess the journal’s publication process. It was determined that the journal was in need of an overhaul. One of the changes that were implemented was a double-blind review of each submission (previously, there had been only a single-blind review of each submission). While I was in favor of the idea—I was also fully aware of the effort and time this change would require. As the editor of the journal one of my responsibilities (and the one I covet most) is ensuring we adhere to the publication timeline— the deadlines. So you can imagine my horror (RECAP: fear of change + hyperventilation + added reviewer x 52 submissions +…did I mention the severe OCD, and the fact that I’m a Virgo?) at the thought of adding this huge task to the process. I believe I muttered one of my favorite movie lines, “I think we need a bigger boat” between intermittent yogic breathing and sips of water. My “bigger boat” came by way of 65 faculty reviewers who graciously volunteered their time to review this year’s submissions. Their hard work and talent brought about great change. Therefore, I’ve marred Deepak’s quote. He has overlooked an important component: the fact that change does not always involve chaos in the negative light that we Type A folks assign it, but rather, it promotes teamwork, forces vigor, and encourages excellence. This year’s journal is a culmination of all these things. I am privileged to have witnessed nearly a decade of changes that leave me breathless…in a comforting way. STACY MOSKOS NISTENDIRK, MA Managing Editor BridgEwatEr StatE UNiVErSitY 2012 • thE UNdErgradUatE ReviEw • 1 Table of Contents ATP GRANTS NCUR* The Food Pantry Dilemma: Understanding the Need for 10 Nutritional Value in Emergency Food Provided in a Down Economy Amy Anderson NCUR* Bike Sharing as Alternative Transportation at Bridgewater 16 State University Jennifer Ashley NCUR* Overcoming Educational Disadvantage: Shelter Initiatives 26 for Homeless Children Diana DeMont NCUR* Through the Eyes of Sailors and Citizens: How Sailors on the 33 USS Constitution Viewed the Greek Revolution Elizabeth George NCUR* Sexual Education and Teens: A Study of the Effectiveness of 40 Greater Lowell Area Public High Schools Victoria harkins NCUR* Infomercial: A Marketing Odyssey 49 Bligh MacDonald NCUR* Reading and Writing Women of the Middle East: A Story of 54 War and Recovery Chapter III: It was a Dungeon Saide Ranero Deficits on the Clock Drawing Test in Parkinson’s Disease 60 Ashley Rober NCUR* The Impact of Service: Cultural Understanding and 66 International Service-Learning with Bridgewater State University Nicole Sauber Juvenile Life Without Parole 74 Kallee Spooner * National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) 2012 Presenter A Call to Prayer: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Religious 81 Faith, Modesty, and Body Image heidi woofenden 2 • thE UNdErgradUatE ReviEw • 2012 BridgEwatEr StatE UNiVErSitY 1ST AND 2ND YEAR WORK Modern Warfare: Is the Evolution of Weaponry Worth the Cost? 90 Nicholas DeCastro Plato’s Instruments: Harmony, Hubris, and Heartstrings 93 Kendra Tully COURSEWORK Tobacco—The Lesser Evil 100 Samantha Graham NCUR* Carlyle, Arnold, and Wilde: Art and the Departure from 102 Humanism to Aestheticism in the Victorian Era Caitlin Larracey Wounded Women, Varied Voice 108 Kathryn Johnston NCUR* Capital Punishment and Race: Racial Culture of the South 111 Jerry Joubert Writing with an English as a Second Language (ESL) Student 120 Sara Mulcahy Bribery and Controversy in the US and Global Market 126 Kathleen Thompson and Charlotte Medina 2011 Ur aBroad ChiNa China-ASEAN High-Speed Rail Project 135 Neala Menz NCUR* Predictors of Chinese College Students’ Attitudes Toward Older 139 Adults Deana Andrade NCUR* Gender Differences and Perspectives on Elderly Care in China 145 Stefanie Carreiro NCUR* Globalization and its Effects on Chinese College Students’ 152 Perspectives on Elderly Care Juliann Manning BridgEwatEr StatE UNiVErSitY 2012 • thE UNdErgradUatE ReviEw • 3 4 • thE UNdErgradUatE ReviEw • 2012 BridgEwatEr StatE UNiVErSitY Just eight years old and Bridgewater State College The Undergraduate Review A Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Work The Undergraduate Review is all grown up! rom the outset it has been a precocious publication: a print journal of outstanding student research that bravely emerged during the high-tech boom—a time of worrisome news across the country about the demise of print media and, worse, the end of American readers glancing at anything more substantive than blogs and Volume I 2003-2004 Fsocial media updates. A Gallup poll in 2004, the year this journal began, reported that one out of three adults in the United States had not read a book in at least a year. Articles with headlines such as “Twilight of the Books” and “Death of the Reader” proclaimed sharp declines in just ten years’ time in newspaper circulations, book sales, and reading of Inaugural Volume every kind—“for fun” as well as for school or work assignments. Not to be deterred, The Undergraduate Review has kept going, publishing sophisticated analyses and inspirational creative work by the students of this university. And each volume has brought an increasing degree of quality, as the number of submissions has grown and the process of culling an excellent and diverse selection of essays has become more meticulous. There is plenty of bad news in the national reports of failing print publications and deteriorating interest in reading: those who read infrequently do not develop skills of analysis and interpretation, nor understanding of complex matters and different points of view. Furthermore, the less one reads, the more one is likely to experience low wages or unemployment. But this Undergraduate Review that you hold in your hands (or read on your screen) stands in plucky defiance to such reports. It is a notable example of good writing and interesting ideas—and of the tremendous stories that continue off the page about the success of those whose work has been published here: advanced degrees, meaningful careers, and lifelong attention to the questions and issues that require thoughtful consideration. It perseveres in engaging readers and inviting their deliberation and response. We received a record number of student manuscripts for consideration for this year’s volume. And we employed for the first time a two-reader, double-blind review process that provided all students who submitted a manuscript, responses from two professors who are experts in the particular subject area. It is a rigorous, time-intensive, and formative process for the students whose work has been evaluated. The seriousness with which their work is imbued, their openness to critique and revision, and the care with which their faculty mentors and reviewers have read and assisted with their drafts along the way, have created this indomitable and inspiring little journal we call The Undergraduate Review. JENNY OLIN SHANAHAN, PH.D. Director of Undergraduate Research BridgEwatEr StatE UNiVErSitY 2012 • thE UNdErgradUatE ReviEw • 5 The Undergraduate Review VOLUME 8 2011-2012 Managing Editor Stacy Moskos Nistendirk Director of Undergraduate Research Jenny Olin Shanahan Publications Committee: Kathleen Bailey Benjamin Carson Michelle Cox Deborah Nemko Jing Tan Chien Wen Yu Contact info: The Office of Undergraduate Research 200 Maxwell Library 10 Shaw Rd Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MA, 02333 508-531-2303 www.bridgew.edu/undergraduatereview © Copyright Bridgewater State University 2012 6 • thE UNdErgradUatE ReviEw • 2012 BridgEwatEr StatE UNiVErSitY The Undergraduate Review, Volume 8 Reviewers Richard Abers Steven Haefner Evelyn Pezzulich Arnaa Alcon Herbert Hamilton Molly Robey Stuart Allen James Hayes-Bohanan Maura Rosenthal Joyce Rain Anderson Curtiss Hoffman Leslie Sattler Martina Arndt Bjorn Ingvoldstad Ellen Scheible Kathleen