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CONTENTSNorthwestern Undergraduate Research JournalVOLUME SEVEN | 2011-2012Political ScienceIndia and Singapore: The Impact of Elite Choice and Public Support on Post-Colonial Democratic Success | Shaon Ahsan8Religious Studies Healing More than a Disease: Catholic FBOs in Africa’s Era of HIV/AIDS | Anna Martin 13Art History Report from Paris: The 12th century Tomb Slab of Queen Frédégonde | Luke Fidler 18MMSS US-China Trade: A Vector Error Correction Model | Brandon Zaharoff 20AnthropologyFluctuating and Directional Asymmetry: Skeletal Evidence for Life History Theoryand Human Evolutionary Ecology in Archaeological South Dakota Arikara SamplesBlake Erickson26English Literature Singing in Chains: Dylan Thomas and His Resistance Toward Death | Brandon Ng 28EconomicsBiological SciencesSouthwest to the Rescue? An Investigation of Hub Premiums and Southwest AirlinesSuzanne ChangTargeting MircoRNA-21 for Therapy Against Prostate Cancer Progression andMetastasis | James Lee3339Anthropology Cultivating Community: Space and Capacity in Urban Gardens | Emily Wright 41Theater ROOTS of EARTH: A New Genre of Mythic Performance | Britt Banaszynski 46Economics andAfrican StudiesLegal StudiesAnthropologyFemale Entrepreneurship in Dakar, Senegal: Factors, Pathways, and ObstaclesKatherine NorthcottLiberty, Equality, Brotherhood… and Secularism? The Codification of CulturalValues in France | Patricia RadkowskiAn analysis of limb element asymmetry in an Ancestral Puebloan populationKendra Sirak485261Psychology Watch What You Say: Spoken Self-Statements, Emotion, and Behavior | Alcina Lidder 62Environmental Policyand CultureCivic Participation and the Environment: An exploration of volunteering motives ofcollege-aged students | Pavan Krishnamurthy and Emma Solanki63Anthropology Leptin Levels in Lean Adult Filipino Populations | Omar Jamil 70Acknowledgments and Staff 3From the Editors 4About NURJ 5Research: Get Involved 75About the Contributors 76You can also view the journal online at http://groups.northwestern.edu/nurj
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThe staff of the Northwestern UndergraduateResearch Journal would like to express itsappreciation of all those who recognize andcontribute to our endeavors. Without theirsupport, we would be unable to produce the2011-2012 edition of the Journal.First, we would like to thank Morton Schapiro,President of Northwestern University, alongwith Provost Daniel I. Linzer and RonaldR. Braeutigam, the Associate Provost forUndergraduate Education, for their generouspatronage.We are especially appreciative of our facultyadviser, Professor Allen Taflove of the ElectricalEngineering and Computer Science Department,for his unwavering dedication to NURJ as a whole.His direction and guidance allow us to producethe best version of the Journal possible.We value the work of our Chief Designer, ChrissyLee, who did a fantastic job designing the Journalon especially short notice. Thank you also to ourcover designer, Vasiliki Valkanas, our webmaster,Nic Roth, and the staff of Quartet Copies for theirquality print job.Finally, we would like to acknowledge themembers of the Faculty Review Board forcontributing their time and expertise tomaintaining the quality and integrity of the2011-2012 Northwestern UndergraduateResearch Journal.NURJ OFFICETECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, ROOM M4712145 SHERIDAN ROADEVANSTON, IL 60201EMAILNORTHWESTERN.URJ@GMAIL.COMSUBMISSIONS.NURJ@GMAIL.COMNorthwestern UndergraduateResearch JournalVOLUME SEVEN2011 - 2012STAFFCO-EDITOR IN CHIEF Alina DunbarCO-EDITOR IN CHIEF Angelica KielbusTECHNICAL EDITOR Chris HinojosaTECHNICAL EDITOR Judith KimWEB DESIGNER Nic RothFACULTY ADVISOR Allen TafloveFACULTY REVIEW BOARDJordan Gans-Morse POLITICAL SCIENCEVivasvan Soni ENGLISHIgal Hendel ECONOMICSLars Tønder POLITICAL SCIENCEJohn Paluch GERMANChristopher Kuzawa ANTHROPOLOGYLAYOUT AND GRAPHIC DESIGNChrissy D. LeeCOVER DESIGNVasiliki ValkanasPUBLISHERQuartet CopiesWEBSITEhttp://groups.northwestern.edu/nurjMission StatementThe Northwestern Undergraduate Research Journal provides students with theopportunity to experience writing and submitting original research. The goalsof the Journal are to encourage dissemination of ideas, increase undergraduateinvolvement in research, and recognize the impressive work being performedby undergraduates at NU.The views, statements, and conclusions expressed in the NorthwesternUndergraduate Research Journal are the authors’ own and not necessarily thoseof the Journal or of Northwestern University.3
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