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2 | UNC JOURney Letter From the Editor Dear Reader, The entire editorial board and staff are pleased to present the first volume of the University of North Carolina’s Journal of Undergraduate Research (UNC JOURney). I believe this journal expresses the wide variety of academic disciplines and opportunities the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) offers students. The eleven articles published in this edition explore the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and health. As the university works to accomplish the goals set before it in the Quality Enhancement Plan, I hope the efforts to create this journal showcasing UNC-CH’s engaged undergraduate student researchers will continue to spur and inspire students to engage in research opportunities. UNC JOURney was started this year with the goal to give students a place to publish faculty-mentored research, including SURF projects, partial and full honors theses, and other independent research. UNC JOURney is an annual journal dedicated to celebrating and supporting the original research conducted early in students’ academic careers that reflects appropriate scope and complexity for excellent undergraduate work. Through our partnership with UNC-CH’s Office of Undergraduate Research, this journal is accomplishing this goal. UNC JOURney would not have been possible without our dedicated editorial board. I would first like to thank all of our section editors, readers, and publicity chairs. Next, a huge thank you to my managing editor Maggie Hilderbran (’19), graphics editor Webb Hinton (’18), publicity director Sean McCaffery (’20), and website designer Sarah Beth Marriott (’19). Their ideas, passion, and leadership on this project have carried this first volume to publication, and I could not be prouder to have served as their editor-in-chief. I would also like to acknowledge the unwavering support of the Office of Undergraduate Research. They have continuously offered the entire editorial team guidance while establishing this new venture on campus. Specifically, I thank interim associate dean and director Dr. Troy Blackburn (Department of Exercise and Sports Science), outreach coordinator Yesenia Merino, and business services coordinator Denise Carter. Lastly, thank you to everyone who submitted a manuscript for consideration in this edition of UNC JOURney and to our readers for taking the time to explore and learn about the research occurring at UNC-CH. Please enjoy this inaugural edition of UNC JOURney; the entire staff and I hope that you enjoy these unique and interesting pieces of research. Sincerely, Gabi Stein Editor-in-Chief UNC JOURney | 3 Table of Contents Social Sciences False Hope: Body-Worn Cameras as 7 Community Policing in Durham, North Carolina by Vishnu Ramachandran 17 FARC and Paramilitary Violence in Urabá, Co- lombia by Luis González Chavez Barriers to Treatment: Colorblindness and 24 Eating Disorders for Black Women by Alexus Roane Health Sciences Drug Delivery Particle Simulations to Predict 38 Optimal Maxillary Sinus Deposition in a Post- Surgical Chronic Rhinosinusitis Patient by Snigdha Das, Julia Kimbell 42 Sleep, Perceived Stress, and Salivary Cortisol Response in Undergraduate Students by Jessie Van Gaasbeck , Jyotsna Panthee Caroline Owens, Ritu Malla, Sofia Edelman and Joseph DelFerro 4 | UNC JOURney Examining the Involvement of Limbic Brain 50 Circuits in Modulating Sensitivity to Alcohol Drug States by Verda Agan Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia Predicts Future 54 Infant Sleep Quality and Emotional Reactivity to Stress by Archita Chandra Humanities Rethinking Italian Literature Towards Inclusion 67 by Julie Canziani A Taste of Power: The Rhetorical Potency of 74 Elaine Brown by Cameron Jernigan Natural Sciences A. tumefaciens Succinoglycan 81 Mutants by Taylor Aliano, Brooke Bowman, Briana Stockdale, Lacie Morrison Evaluation of Two Competing Hypotheses for 86 the Contact with the Sage Hen Flat Pluton, White Mountains, Eastern California by Lizzie Wilson, Jed Higdon, Jack Davidson UNC JOURney | 5 Staff Executive Board Editor-in-Chief Gabi Stein Managing Editor Maggie Hilderbran Graphics Editor Webb Hinton Publicity Manager Sean McCaffery Website Design Sarah Beth Marriott Editorial Board Social Sciences Co-Editors Zoe Hazerjian Carrington Merritt Health Sciences Co-Editors Marissa Rice Humanities Co-Editors Rebekah Cockram Natural Sciences Co-Editors Alison Hollis Emily Hightower Additional Thanks to: Sarah Dong Troy Blackburn Sabrina Shah Roy Hull and Triangle Press- Alexander Li es Evelyn Morris Our Copy Editors Kat Doan Visit http://uncjourney.unc.edu/ to learn more about JOURney and submission guidelines visit, and https://www.facebook .com/uncjourney/ to like us on Facebook 6 | UNC JOURney Social Sciences 7 - 15 24 - 36 False Hope: Body-Worn Cameras as Commu- Barriers to Treatment: Colorblindness and Eating nity Policing in Durham, North Carolina Disorders for Black Women by Vishnu Ramachandran ‘19 by Alexus Roshane ‘18 Faculty Advisor: Torin Monahan, PhD, UNC Faculty Advisor: Dr. Candis Smith, Assistant Department of Communications Professor, UNC Department of Public Policy In his independent research project, Vishnu offers During Alexus’ participation in the Moore a critical analysis of the policies of police body Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program camera use within the Durham, North Carolina the summer of 2016, she analyzed socio-cultural Police Department. In addition, he describes the barriers that black women face when receiving shortcomings of police body cameras as a method diagnoses and treatment plans for eating disorders to promote community policing. The general and disordered eating. Alexus conducted interviews guidelines regarding body camera usage, access with healthcare professionals at a predominately to footage produced by the cameras, and funding white college campus in order to highlight how sources for the technology are discussed in this the color-blind nature of eating disorder research article. Furthermore, there is explanation of how and treatment affects women of color. the implementation of body camera policy in Durham, NC ultimately deviates from the goals of community policing. 16 - 23 FARC and Paramilitary Violence in Urabá, Colombia by Luis González Chavez ‘17 Faculty Advisor: Dr. Cynthia Radding, UNC Department of History For his senior capstone, Luis analyzes the long- standing conflict in rural areas of Columbia caused by the guerilla warfare of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), with the devastation of the Uraba region as the primary focus. The strategies used by the FARC are detailed through an analysis of Documentos y Correspondencias de Manuel Marulanda Vélez: 1993-1998. This analysis is followed by an examination of how such paramili- tarism strategies resulted in the deterioration of the vulnerable, rural populations of Columbia. UNC JOURney | 7 False Hope: Body-Worn Cameras as Community Policing in Durham, North Carolina by Vishnu Ramachandran Police body cameras are often presented as a tool for reducing police violence while also enhancing trust and accountability. However, the policies governing the tech- nology can call these goals into question. To explore the assumptions behind police body cameras and the ways in which their use is shaped by local context, this paper follows the city council debates leading to the adoption of—and policy guidelines for—police body cameras in Durham, North Carolina. In this example, we see that the city council aimed to promote community policing through body camera usage, to allow the citizens to “police” the police and increase trust. The policy guidelines, on the other hand, create nebulous expectations for police behavior and fail to ac- knowledge power asymmetries. Furthermore, the video access statutes grant sig- nificant discretion to the police department and its officers but limit public oversight. Finally, the asset forfeiture funds used to finance the program might spell exploita- tion. Ultimately, Durham’s implementation of police body cameras strays far from its community policing goals. Keywords: Police body-worn cameras, police brutality, police accountability, police violence, community policing, crime prevention, public record, asset forfeiture, local government Introduction lina’s discussions on body cameras as the city council de- bates a contract approving their purchase. I conducted n 2014, Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown, text analysis of city council meetings, police departmen- but was not charged by a grand jury, catalyzing a 1 publications, statements by stakeholder groups, and news Imovement to “root out” police misconduct. High articles.5 I point to how the community contextualized the profile police brutality cases, such as this, have launched body cameras, addressed concerns about them, and ulti- police body-worn cameras (hereafter referred to as “body mately approved their purchase without enough scrutiny. cameras”) to national prominence. Several states, with support from the Obama Administration, A Culture of Trust began retrofitting their police officers with body cameras In Durham, the conversation about body cameras and 2 and testing the technology. Although there have been police accountability centers on trust as built through several studies analyzing the police body camera efficacy, community policing. Community policing is an umbrella there is still not a consensus on their impact for local term for practices that arose in the 1970s as a way to “re- 3 policing. For