ASTRA: The McNair Scholars' Journal, 2015

Abstract

The 2015 issue of ASTRA: McNair Scholars’ Journal. Contents: Message from Chancellor James Schmidt and Patricia Quinn -- Jenna L. Rosquist, An Investigation of the Interaction between Maternal Relationship Quality, Peer Aggression, and Friendship in Young Adults -- Glenn A. Terpstra, Towards Defining a Formula for Highly Effective Graphic Imagery in Digital Environments -- Nathaniel B. Taylor, Why Not Neo-Aristoelian Naturalism? A Response to Gilbert Harman -- Phil P. Rynish, The Effect of Birth Date on Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) Survivorship -- Joseph A. Quintana, Climatic Effects in Minor League Baseball -- Cheng Her, Synthesis and Antibody Binding Properties of a Cyclic Dimer Mucin Peptide -- Asia Marie S. Riel, A "Smart": Biphenyl Lactone with a Nitro Acceptor and Methoxy Donor -- Kao Zoua Yang, Gold Nanoparticles from Methanobactin -- Joseph P. Davies, The Three Kongs: Americans' Values and Audiences' Technological Preferences -- Audrey R. Mohr, Comparison of Geophysical Techniques for Soil Texture Estimation -- Brittany R. Henn, Student Consensus -- Charern Lee, Assessing Differences in School Resource Officers' Perceptions of Cyberbullying -- Cheryl M. Sandoval, Bacterial Degradation of Methyl Red Under Carbon Deficient Conditions -- Anders E. Peterson, Genesis -- Emily M. Worzalla, The Socially Influential Power of Commercially Successful Musicals: West Side Story and In the Heights, the Good, the Band, and the Work Left to Be Done -- Cristina M. Soto, Correlates of Academic Achievement Motivation Among Underrepresented College Students -- Tayo A. Sanders + Laurent Douce, Novel Ionic Liquie Crystals Based on Nitrile Functionalized Imidazolium -- Katelyn A. Westaby, Linguistic Analysis of Well-Being -- Choua Xiong, Racialization of Gender Among Hmong-American Undergraduates