Blockburger v. United States

Mason Gardner, Politics Undergraduate Student

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

One day, you decide to use a firearm to rob a convenience store. You are caught, and are charged with first degree robbery and brandishing a deadly weapon. These two charges came from the same crime; would this be considered double jeopardy? Blockburger v. United States, a landmark supreme court case, settled this legal question in 1932. The case established the "Blockburger test", which states that the government can only prosecute an individual for violating two different statutes in a single crime/act if each statute requires an element/fact for the government to prove that is independent of the other statute.

Blue Lake Roller Rink Practicum

College of Professional Studies

This project showcases the practicum I completed this semester at Blue Lake Roller Rink and what I gained from this experience.

Bones Grow, but Do They Shrink: A Taphonomic Study on Postmortem Bone Shrinkage

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

An important aspect in biological anthropology and forensic cases is determining an individual’s stature in life. Stature estimation involves the use of formulas that have been derived from measurements taken from an individual’s bones. Bones, in life, are encased in the body, which is a wet environment. Our research looks at the postmortem taphonomic processes which may lead to the bone shrinking after death, in the relatively dryer outside environment. Bone shrinkage could have an impact on stature estimations in forensic and other anthropological cases. Our preliminary findings indicate that environment and time affect bone shrinkage rates.

Boobs and Beakers: Gender-Science Stereotypes Predict Implicit Attitudes Toward Women in Science

College of Professional Studies

Women have always faced discrimination , but have made great strides, particularly in the workforce. Though more women are entering male dominated fields, these jobs are still seen as inherently male. Specifically, STEM fields have been slow to integrate women into its elite ranks. The field of sciences are traditionally male dominated and associated with masculinity. This is mostly attributable to sociocultural influences rather than biological differences or ability. Stronger implicit association of men with science promotes differences in academic and career outcomes. The current study aims to investigate gender differences in the masculine association with science.

Botanical Sciences and Native Studies

College of Natural Resources & Sciences

I will be describing research done by the Native Medicinal Plant Research Program relating to ethnobotany. The research includes: their botany database, plants collected, Physalis research, osha, at risk plants, asclepius, and echinacea. The core values of this research are Conservation and sustainable harvest of medicinal plants , Respect for Indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants , and Education toward ecological responsibility,

Boundaries in Death: Deviant Burials and Mortuary Practices of Slavic Cultural Origin

Rowan Vespia, Anthropology Undergraduate Student

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

The goal of this presentation is to analyze the ways in which beliefs surrounding death and mortuary practices were changed in the Medieval period by the introduction of Christianity to Slavic cultures– focusing primarily on Poland and atypical burials. I have a poster and power point recorded presentation available.

Boy Scouts and Native American Cultural Appropriation

College of Natural Resources & Sciences

I will be doing a poster that outlines the history of how boy scouts had appropriated native american culture and the effect that that had on both tribes and the scouts that participated in events such as order of the arrow.

Breath of Life: Revitalizing California’s Native Languages Through Archives

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

The Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival held its first Breath of Life Workshop in 1996. The Breath of Life Workshop connects tribal participants with Native American language archival collections at the University of California at Berkeley for the purpose of bringing back into use languages with no living fluent speakers. During Breath of Life, participants use archives to complete a research project that can be completed in a week. Participants finish the workshop prepared to conduct archival research independently at any archive, including Humboldt State University's Humboldt Room, home of the Center for Indian Community Development Collection.

Bridging the Gap in Education: At-Risk Students in Court Community Schools

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

This project aims to demonstrate to educators about students being a product of their own environment by observing the Humboldt Office of Education’s-Court Community Schools’ classroom environments. These observations will be compared to a variety of different learning styles that work best with at-risk youth. These learning styles would be recommended ways for educators to help bridge the gap between at-risk students’ academic and social skills in traditional-learning classroom settings.

Bridging the Gap: Environmentalism & the Military

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

The United States military has a long and well documented history of environmental degradation, contamination, and environmental injustice. Today, the U.S. military has taken steps to attempt control, regulation, and conservation in a growing environmental sector. Current relations between environmentalists and military personnel are still plagued with contention. This has created a stigma on bases about environmentalists and their contributions to military base lives. By reconciling my knowledge of the military and the environment with the tools of an environmental studies major I hope to show ways in which we can improve the relationship with the military and environment.