Victoria Droge New antibiotics are needed because antibiotic resistance is becoming a growing problem in the world. The purpose of this research is to find bacteria that can inhibit, or stop, the growth of the ESKAPE relatives, then find the metabolic gene…
Political Campaigns and Social Media
Maria Godinez Professor Terri Easley-Giraldo’s honor forum over politics ran a mock campaign for Overland Park mayor in 2020. In this presentation Maria Godinez will be analyzing the Henkesfiekn campaign’s social media presence in this race and why it was…
How history, mass incarceration and the access to insurance affect the African American experience with the healthcare system
Joel Hatungimana The US performs notoriously poorly when compared to other countries in terms of healthcare outcomes, despite outspending them by 2x the GDP. How these healthcare outcomes breakdown in terms of race are also well documented. African Americans being…
Civic Leadership Program
Kristy Pacheco I’m excited to talk about my experience in the following program! As a first generation college student, I arrived at JCCC scared for what came next. I wasn’t sure of what I’d face or if I would have…
The Ethics of War
Madeline Prokop My presentation is on the Ethics of War. I explain the main viewpoints on this topic, Realism, Pacifism, and Just War Theory, and evaluate writings from supporters of each perspective before giving my opinion and conclusion.
The Evolution of the Roles and Techniques of Double Bassists in Jazz Music
Nathan Reid This presentation is about the roles and techniques of jazz double bass players and how they changed over time. You will be able to learn about these bass players and their contributions but most of all you will…
Trigonometry games
Sailor Usher My project is a website where people can go to learn a little bit about trigonometry. It runs on Google Firebase, Javascript, HTML and CSS. All the problems are procedurally generated.
Running for Mayor
Aaron Winter & Sidney Henkensiefken This presentation dives into the compelling topic of political campaigning/political communications and offers up student perspectives of a class project completed in the Honors Forum: Political Campaigns class. The class project featured a fictitious local…
Current social issues
The Correlation Between Severe Child Abuse and Serial Killer Tendencies by Mandy Durney This paper explores the negative outcomes that are correlated with severe child maltreatment. The hypothesis is that child abuse is associated with a higher disposition to violent…
Governmental regulations, the environment and preservation efforts
Cougars (Puma concolor) in South Dakota: Biology and Hunting by Emily Tady The Cougar (puma concolor) is an apex predator, and can be found in South Dakota. Cougars were once hunted to near extinction, but are now listed as Least…