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Terra Nullius and Boxing Crocodiles: Colonialism in the Kitsch
(2020-05-20)
Early cartographers imagined Australia to be a mythological continent on the other side of the world full of strange creatures. Driving across the landscape today, one is still bound to run into something surreal; be it a ...
The Role of Restaurants in Creating a Space For Community: Explored Through “Willy” Street
(2020-12-14)
This study investigates the relationship between restaurants and the surrounding community. Interviews were conducted with 2 local restaurants, with observations being taken at the two restaurants as well as the surrounding ...
A Feasibility Study of Wind Power on Lake Michigan: Economic, Political, Cultural, and Environmental Barriers
(2020-12-14)
The Great Lakes present vast potential for wind energy generation, yet no offshore wind projects on the lakes are in operation. This article examines the feasibility of offshore wind development on Lake Michigan and questions ...
Assessing the UW-Madison Student Housing Market: Student Preferences and Affordability
(2020-12-14)
This paper details the growing challenges of affordable housing for the undergraduate population at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This study seeks to observe how luxury high rise development both in theory and ...
The Politics of Risk Perception: Indoor Mask Wearing Across University of Wisconsin- Madison Campus Neighborhoods
(2020-12-14)
This study examines the relationships between mask usage, political affiliation, methods of news consumption, and bias in news consumption, across University of Wisconsin-Madison campus neighborhoods. 334 current UW-Madison ...
The Medieval Copies of Claudius Ptolemy’s Maps: A Semiotic Analysis
(2020-12-14)
Cartography is an inherently iterative field in which the works of the past often influence the works of the present. This study investigates the ways in which Claudius Ptolemy’s maps influenced European map making upon ...
The Good Life and the Persistence of Exclusive Communities in the Upper Midwest
(2020-12-14)
Our research covers the conceptual framework of the good life and how this concept helps inform thinking about exclusive communities in the present. Looking at wealthy Upper Midwestern communities, River Hills, WI, Shorewood ...
Lake Mendota: Access and Recreational Opportunities in a Wisconsin Urban Lake
(2020-12-15)
Lake Mendota is a significant natural resource in the Madison area, but access varies relative to location. Viewing lake access as a finite community resource, we attempted to gauge public access and recreation of Lake ...
Observing State Street as the Axis between Knowledge and Leadership: How the Insertion of Luxury High Rises has Influenced the Character of Madison’s Urban Core
(2020-12-14)
The past two decades have brought more change to university towns than any period seen before. Our research directly examines the impacts that student-oriented luxury high rises have on the character of the Greater State ...
Wisconsin State Parks and the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2020-12-14)
This paper explores how the Wisconsin State Park System has been affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic. First and foremost, we seek to understand how the DNR has changed the park system’s operations, and how visitors’ experiences ...