2015 THURJ: The Honors Undergraduate Research Journal

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A publication of the Joe C. and Carole Kerr McClendon Honors College at the University of Oklahoma. Table of Contents The ART of Producing Responsa: Feminist Critiques of Rabbinic Law through the Lens of Assisted Reproductive Technologies by Andrea Pemberton Fancydancing: the Art of Self by Melissa Doan Weapons of Mass Destruction: OTC Derivatives and the 2008 Financial Crisis by Jesse Coker A Study of Female Representation in American Popular Music Festival Culture by Hannah Van Amburgh China’s South-to-North Water Transfer Project by Erika Marrs Modes of Violence Against Puerto Rico’s Urban Poor: Housing Policy in Puerto Rico by Monique Rodriguez Too Big to Hail: Why We Need to Split Up the Ninth Circuit by John Sulkowski Cross-Cultural Musical Healing Practices: Egocentric and Sociocentric Approaches by Abigail Jebaraj The Economics of Affirmative Action Admissions Policies for Asian American Students by Angela Cai