http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/233/malissa-candland Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Wed, 17 Jun 2026 04:31:44 -0400 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 04:31:44 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/403/2010-colorado-senate-race-how-bennet-defeated-buck By Malissa Candland - The 2010 Colorado Senate race was one of the most contentious and hard-fought races in the country during the 2010 election cycle. Like many other races, it pitted an establishment Democrat against a tea-party backed Republican. The outcome of the race was important for Democrats and Republicans alike. The Democrats watched the race hoping to keep a comfortable majority in the Senate and Republicans were anxious to oust another vulnerable Democrat. Early on, Republicans had high hopes for defeating the incumbent, Senator Michael Bennet, who had poor approval ratings. However, several factors,... Tue, 08 Mar 2011 09:15 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/403/2010-colorado-senate-race-how-bennet-defeated-buck http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/399/human-rights-truth-commissions-and-anthropology-in-latin-america By Malissa Candland - As a whole, anthropologists have devoted little effort to studying mass violence and terror and even though they recently have begun embracing it as a legitimate area of study, little anthropological work has been completed (Sanabria 352). Yet systematic violence has been a common theme in much of Latin America and has affected the lives of millions of Latin Americans. By studying the social, political and cultural consequences of this violence on the lives of Latin Americans, anthropologists can inject an important analysis into the origins and consequences of mass violence and how nations and... Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:56 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/399/human-rights-truth-commissions-and-anthropology-in-latin-america