Journal of Undergraduate Research at The College of Saint Rose, Vol. I

Journal of Undergraduate Research at the College of Saint Rose

Volume 1 Spring 2010

Contents Editor‘s Introduction Ryane McAuliffe Straus……………………..….2 Editorial Board……………………………………………………..…..3 Mediums of Consciousness in Afrofuturism Francis Cutie……..……4 Introduced by Ronald Shavers A Smile from Suffering: An Examination of the Human Capacity for Schadenfreude and Some of its Modern Manifestations Sean Horan……………………….………..16 Introduced by Jeanne Wiley Ideological vs. Factual Reality in ―The Last King of Scotland‖ Kim Clune…………………………………………...………38 Introduced by Kim Middleton Development and the Trujillo Era: The Detrimental Effects of Sugar and an Export-Oriented Economy Lindsay Jones…...52 Introduced by Keith Haynes Discovering the Stigma and Stereotypes of Welfare Carly Wolfrom……………………………………………….71 Introduced by Ryane McAuliffe Straus Do College Women Desire an Eating Disorder? Examining Media and Personality Predictors of Desire for an Eating Disorder Salina Santore……………………………………………….93 Introduced by Nancy Dorr Assessment of Benthic Macroinvertebrates, Water Quality, and Channel Condition at Three Locations along the Normanskill River Tyler Hassenpflug and Adam Leis…....111 Introduced by Paul Benzing The Programming Language Foom Adam Wilson……...…………..126 Introduced by David Goldschmidt