2011 Volume 3 Issue 9

Somalia
2011, Vol. 3 No. 09
Somali Piracy: Causes and Consequences
By Miles G. Kellerman
Since the early 1990s, rampant piracy off the coast of Somalia has become a major issue for global trade and security, prompting strong responses from the international community. In 2010 alone, the collective cost of ransom money, military protection... Read Article »
Somalia Horn Of Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Piracy International Security International Relations International Development
European Union
2011, Vol. 3 No. 09
UK Membership in the European Union: Undermining Parliamentary Sovereignty?
By Miles G. Kellerman
Of the European Union’s twenty-seven member states, no country is more sceptical of political and economic integration than Great Britain. The English are profoundly independent and inherently suspicious of their continental neighbours; an... Read Article »
European Union Great Britain United Kingdom Constitutional Law Sovereignty
Fertility
2011, Vol. 3 No. 09
Antifertility Effects of Aqueous Extract of Phyllanthus Niruri in Male Albino Rats
By Valentine U. Ezeonwu
The effects of aqueous extract of P.niruri on epididymal sperm characteristics, fructose and testosterone levels in male albino rats were investigated. The treatment of the extract for 14 days resulted in appreciable decrease in the fructose level... Read Article »
Fertility Phyllanthus Niruri Sperm Characteristics Testosterone Fructose
Epics
2011, Vol. 3 No. 09
The Restorative Forces of Balance in Stephen Mitchell's Gilgamesh
By David C. Shishido
Stephen Mitchell’s interpretation of the 3500 year old Sumerian epic, Gilgamesh, offers valuable lessons behind its monster-slaying, glory-seeking adventures. One such lesson explores the relationship between extremes and balance. Gilgamesh... Read Article »
Gilgamesh Balance Extremes Divine Human Moderation
Media
2011, Vol. 3 No. 09
Begging for Change: A Comparative Analysis of How the Media Frames Domestic and International Poverty
By Lauren M. Krizay
Today, approximately 50% of the world, over three billion people, lives on less than $2.50 U.S. dollars a day. Despite poverty’s wide reaching affects, little research has been conducted that compares the framing of international and domestic... Read Article »
Media Poverty Framing Theory Impression Management Public Opinion
International Relations
2011, Vol. 3 No. 09
The African Dimension of Egyptian Foreign Policy
By Tamim K. Kashgari
In the era since the removal of the monarchy in Egypt, a distance seems to have developed between the Egyptian people and the African aspect of their identity. This kind of sentiment has also been corroborated by Egypt’s elite such as Isma... Read Article »
Egypt Africa Foreign Policy International Relations Middle East
Women's Studies
2011, Vol. 3 No. 09
The Macdonald Sisters: How They Visually Created Equality Between Men and Women
By Claire E. Jones
The prevailing issue of fin-de-siècle France was the increasing autonomy of women. Independence for women threatened traditional social and gender roles, and consequently men’s civil power. Margaret and Frances Macdonald embodied this... Read Article »
Women's Studies Macdonald Sisters France Equality
Ecotourism
2011, Vol. 3 No. 09
Selling the 'Wild': Challenges Facing Volunteer Based Conservation Projects
By Eve R. Hill
Volunteer conservation is a rapidly growing sub-sector of eco-tourism where fee-paying volunteers travel to developing countries to actively engage in conservation work (Cousins et al 2009b). As volunteers provide the labor and funding for these... Read Article »
Nature Conservation Volunteering Ecotourism
Minority Studies
2011, Vol. 3 No. 09
The Model Minority: Asian-American Youth and the Harmful Perpetuation of a Cultural Myth
By T D
My living room piano speaks loudly through its stillness. Drawn to the haunting beauty of its polished black wood, visitors would constantly inquire about the dust on its keys. As its former player, I was expected to replace the quiet with a symphony... Read Article »
Ethnicity Minorities Asian-American Model Minority Tiger Mom Stereotypes
Nietzsche
2011, Vol. 3 No. 09
Dexter, Democracy, and Nietzsche: Puzzling Through the Deep End of America's TV Obsession
By Maxwell G. Mensinger
Within the milieu of American television, the vigilante serial killer, Dexter, stands alone with one of the largest audiences. Why should a violent antihero, who stalks and kills other serial killers, be so appealing to Americans with a democratic... Read Article »
Friedrich Nietzsche Dexter Television Mass Media Liberty Justice Democracy Popular Culture Fandom
Poetry
2011, Vol. 3 No. 09
Emily Dickinson's 'My Life had stood-a Loaded Gun-': Revealing the Power of a Woman's Words
By Kathleen E. Gilligan
Born in 1830 to Calvinist parents in Massachusetts, Emily Dickinson is renowned as one of America’s greatest poets. Though her poems often focused on death, she in fact wrote on many subjects. Life, nature, love, science, heaven, hell, religion... Read Article »
Poetry Emily Dickinson American Poetry Feminism Gender Roles

Issue Archives

2024 - Volume 16

2023 - Volume 15

2022 - Volume 14

2021 - Volume 13

2020 - Volume 12

2019 - Volume 11

2018 - Volume 10

2017 - Volume 9

2016 - Volume 8

2015 - Volume 7

2014 - Volume 6

2013 - Volume 5

2012 - Volume 4

2011 - Volume 3

2010 - Volume 2

2009 - Volume 1

Introducing the world's future thought leaders.

Inquiries Journal is an open-access, multidisciplinary student journal focused on presenting student scholarship in the social sciences, arts, and humanities.

- Learn more - - Submit -