MultiDisciplinary
Anterior Cruciate Ligaments
By Alexis Jenkins
Alexis Jenkins definitely is very active from the start. Sports have always been her passion; growing up, you could always catch her outside at the softball field playing with her high school, tournament team, or family. This all was until she had an almost career-ending injury occur not just once but twice. Luckily, she could continue to play two years of college softball, but she always wondered why tearing your ACL, also known as your Anterior Cruciate Ligament, was such a big deal. Now years later, she is a Senior here at Millersville studying Sports Journalism. After graduation, she plans to work her way into the ESPN world to eventually become an ESPN Broadcast Journalist.
Harry Hamilton Laughlin: Honorary Doctor of Death
by Taylor Payne
Eugenics in America is the most unknown darkness in our history. Coming from the teachings of Charles Darwin, eugenics was the perceived science of better breeding. There are two branches of eugenics, the first being positive and the other being negative. Positive eugenics is the promotion of good qualities such as beauty, strength and intellect through selective breeding. Negative eugenics is a much more nefarious practice, and is what my paper concerns. I focus on one American eugenicist in particular, Harry Hamilton Laughlin, and examine his contribution to eugenics at home and abroad.
About the Author
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Taylor Payne is a junior Social Studies Secondary Education major with a concentration in History. She has gained a particular interest in the history of disability under the guidance of Dr. Dennis Downey. Having taken his course Eugenics in America, she was inspired to write this paper. Taylor plans to use her eugenics research as a foundation for her Honors Thesis which will expand upon her findings. Through this paper, her knowledge of eugenics and its unfortunate history in the United States grew to be a thorough interest. She hopes to further her studies by pursuing a master’s degree in 20th century American History and eventually a doctorate of history as well.