For too long the American male protagonist has been allowed to operate without appropriate questioning of the violence inherent in his actions. This paper will look to question just that. Critics such as Richard Slotkin ...

It is known that the ornithophillic mosquito, Culex tarsalis is the primary vector of West Nile Virus (WNV) in Montana. An analysis of this mosquito’s blood feeding behavior allows researchers to identify preferred hosts ...

In the United States, 5.7 million Americans have been diagnosed with dementia. Dementia is reported to kill more people than breast and prostate cancer combined. One in three elderly patients dies from dementia or Alzheimer’s; ...

Food is a natural human need. Human breastmilk provides basic nutrients, enzymes, and antibodies needed to sustain life. Though life may be viable early outside the womb, it can be a challenge to maintain. Premature infants, ...

In early February of 1999, apprehensive Yale University students frequented their campus’s newest building—an edifice many had angrily entitled the “Stavudine building,” since more than half the $176 million used to finance ...

I was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago, and have more recently been enjoying four, years of college in Montana. I’ve never been to the Boardwalks of Asbury Park. I'm not an insider on Springsteen’s Jersey talk, ...

Between 1943-1945, thirty-two volunteer Jewish parachutists from Palestine took flight over Nazi-occupied territory in Europe. Initially planned in 1943, the parachutists' mission represented the response by the Yishuv—the ...

Daniel Sylvester Tuttle’s head bounced, jolted by the peculiar rhythm ofthe stagecoach as it rolled over the Idaho prairie in July 1867. Nearly half way from Salt Lake City to Montana, the Right Reverend Daniel Tuttle, ...

This memoir is an introspective creative writing effort exploring the causes and consequences of self-hate. Using a half-marathon as a point of departure, I recount moments of my life, exposing the compounding crises that ...

Comparable Worth. Two inocuous personnel words that have given equal rights in wages and salaries a new meaning. Taken separately, these two words are common parts of our everyday language. "Comparable" is an adjective for ...