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Emma Schwingel-Sauer Capstone

Posted by Emma Schwingel-Sauer in Capstone · Menasion · Wed on

​Abstract
For my capstone I wanted to expand the sport of girls lacrosse throughout Philadelphia. My ultimate goal was to create equal opportunity for girls to learn lacrosse without the financial impact so that girls from all backgrounds were able to join. As I grew up in Philadelphia there weren’t a lot of chances that I had to learn lacrosse either and I wanted this to change for the next generation. My goal to reach all of Philadelphia was a bit too optimistic right away, so I chose to begin by giving back to a local middle school, Greenfield School, that kindly lent us room to practice sports for our school in the past. After applying and receiving a grant from US Lacrosse that supplied me with equipment for everyone, I was able to plan out lacrosse clinics. Throughout the course of about a month, I held three sessions with the help of my mentor, Erin Giorgio, that taught girls the fundamentals of lacrosse as well as the impact it could have on them as because of the skills it teaches you. The collaboration throughout this process was very vital to helping me achieve my goal. In the future, I hope to continue this program so that we are able to expand it throughout the rest of Philadelphia. By starting at a middle school level, we will be able to grow the sport enough so that we can eventually implement high school programs too. 

Works Cited 

”Agility Training and Conditioning for Women’s Lacrosse.” YouTube, uploaded by Sports 
Nation Video, 19 Sept. 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=nLpMO1E7JxU. 
In this video, Veronica Dyer, the Syracuse University Strength and Conditioning Olympic Sports Director, gives step by step tutorials on agility and conditioning exercises. I can use these exercises to train myself as well as include in some of the clinics for the Greenfield students. 

“Athletic Administration: No Longer A Boy’s Club.” Ohio University, 18 Jan. 2016, 
https://onlinemasters.ohio.edu/athletic-administration-no-longer-a-boys-club/? g=infograhcs&t=maa. Accessed 24 Jan. 2018. 
This infographic gives lots of statistics of females in athletics after Title IX, which I will use to introduce my project about why I want to provide sports to girls. This brochure is reputable as it was created by Ohio University’s Athletic Administration program. 

“George Washington Strength and Condition: Lacrosse.” The George Washington University. 2012,http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/gewa/genrel/auto_pdf/2011- 12/misc_non_event/Lacrosse_2012_Summer_Packet.pdf. Accessed 24 Jan. 2018. 
This packet provides lots of training exercises and stretches to get in shape for a season. I will base my training and planning for Greenfield students with modifications off of this, which is trustworthy due to the fact that a university athletic program is having their athletes use this. 

Heywood, Leslie. “Addressing the Needs of Female Professional and Amateur Athletes.” Women’s Sports Foundation, July 1999, file:///home/chronos/u- dd35740fee8c2b3274a21abc97f08d87ce1f910a/Downloads/pro_amateur_athletes_full.pdf. Accessed 23 Jan. 2018. 
This report by Leslie Heywood, a professor of Sports Studies at Harpur College, shows results of coaches and athletes who are women and the need for more of them. This is important to my project because it’s a big part of the inquiry step, as I am stepping into the role of a coach as a female and the students at Greenfield are also girls and I am trying to open up opportunities and resources for them. 

Koeniges, Pete. “Conditioning Lacrosse Players.” Athletes Acceleration, 
https://athletesacceleration.com/conditioninglacrosse.html. Accessed 24 Jan. 2018. 
This source by Pete Koeniges, a certified athletic trainer, talks about the type of energy your body is using during lacrosse and exercises that will help raise your stamina for this. I will use this in my training as well as planning for the clinics for the girls at Greenfield. 

Pietramala, David G, and Neil A. Grauer. Lacrosse: Technique and Tradition. 2nd ed., The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. 
This book will be very helpful when planning out what to do for Greenfield students as it teaches the fundamentals of lacrosse which is what I want to teach them. David Pietramala, the head coach of the 2005 John Hopkins’ winning national champions, also goes into specifics about different types of plays for offense and defense.

Sabo, Donald. “Beyond X’s and O’s: Gender Bias and Coaches of Women’s College Sports.” Women’s Sports Foundation, June,
2016, file:///home/chronos/u- dd35740fee8c2b3274a21abc97f08d87ce1f910a/Downloads/beyond-xs-osfinal- for-web.pdf. Accessed 23 Jan. 2018. 
This report, written by Donald Sabo, a professor at D’Youville College who directs research on physical activity, sport and health, dives into research about women in college sports which I will use to conduct information on where I can progress after this project. As my mentor plans to keep this program running after I graduate, I hope to continue to play sports in college and will use this to reflect on what I want to continue to do in the future. 

Samaras, Crista. “Research: The Bravery Gap.” More Brave, 30 Oct. 2016, Brave 
Enterprises, www.morebrave.com/single-post/2017/12/12/THE-BRAVERY- GAP. Accessed 23 Jan. 2018. 
This blog post helps establish what bravery is and why we should approach it, which is important for my project because I’m helping provide resources for sport and often times people are scared of trying new sports. I also have a connection through my mentor with her and we are reaching out to Crista Samaras to see if she would be able to come speak to the girls. 

Tucker, Janine, and Maryalice Yakutchik. Women’s Lacrosse: A Guide for Advanced Players and Coaches. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
This book captures the essence of what it means to be a lacrosse player or coach, two things I am trying to tackle throughout this project. It also goes in depth to different skills of players that I can use to plan out clinics for the Greenfield students. The author Janine Tucker is the head coach of the women’s lacrosse team at Johns Hopkins University. 

“U.S. Lacrosse Physical Education Curriculum.” U.S. Lacrosse, 2006, 
https://www.uslacrosse.org/sites/default/files/public/documents/programs/pe- curriculum.pdf. Accessed 22 Jan 2018. 
This source, published by the US Lacrosse organization, will be used to help me create workouts and design the clinics as it as a PE curriculum, which is perfect for the age group I am working with. As my capstone is all about lacrosse, the US Lacrosse organization is very reliable as it is the professional program for the sport of lacrosse.

Eleanor Shamble Capstone

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My Capstone was originally intended to be something else, but I switched it to an art portfolio I was already working on throughout the year to be shared at Free Library Of Comic Con. The majority of the art in here was done while I was unaware that it would be my Capstone, so it wouldn’t have been stuff I would choose to present normally. However, when I chose to switch, I realized that I shouldn’t be ashamed of myself, my art, or the things I enjoy. If someone finds the portfolio or anything in it cringeworthy, it’s their problem, not mine.

Learning new mediums was challenging. When I originally invested in the markers I ended up using, I had absolutely no idea how to use them, and knew hardly anything about them besides their unpleasant smell.Learning how to blend was an experience, because in my traditional art before this year, I blended hardly anything. It was also a struggle trying to translate the way I shade hair to different mediums because of how heavily it relied on cell shading.

All in all though, I like how my art progressed this year, and I’m proud of myself for overcoming the anxiety of presenting art I drew when I thought not many people I actually knew would see it.This Capstone was a lot of hours of work, but looking back, I enjoyed it too much for it to feel like it.


Bibliography: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mw3VftOVTML2ZrKV81Vi4yt3z8tShLrxlIl2NF9oq2E/edit?usp=sharing

Sydnye Misero Capstone

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​For my Capstone I chose to give back to the SLA community. I wanted to address the most challenging class that presented itself to me: Pre-Calculus during my Junior year taught by Sunil Reddy. I knew that going into my senior year I wanted to become a math lab tutor and help my peers, but specifically those we were beginning their calculus journey. I took this math lab time and expanded what I learned, encompassing it into a student resource in the form of a website. This website will be available to those who are taking Mr.Reddy's course, or even those who are beginning calculus and require a refresher. I learned that collaboration is so essential, as tutoring is no easy feat. Collaboration has helped me broaden my horizons and meet new people during this Capstone. I also learned that research came to me the hardest, but was so essential if I was going to give my peers outside resources to help them. This project has continued to open my eyes to how deeply math aty SLA has impacted me. 

My Website: https://smisero18.wixsite.com/reddysurvivalguide  

Bibliography: 
Ellis, Jon . “Tips for tutors: Using Learning Maps.” Tutorhub Blog, 9 Mar. 2014, blog.tutorhub.com/2014/01/22/tips-for-tutors-using-learning-maps/.

“General Guidelines for Conducting Research Interviews.” Free Management Library, managementhelp.org/businessresearch/interviews.htm.

Halbrooks, Glenn. Create a Successful Website in 10 Easy Steps. The balance, 3 Nov. 2017, www.thebalance.com/create-a-successful-website-in-10-easy-steps-2315329.

How to remember the Unit Circle, Moo Moo Math, www.moomoomath.com/Easy-way-Learn-Unit-Circle.html.

Mineo, Ginny. “10 Design Tips to Create Beautiful Excel Charts and Graphs in 2017.” HubSpot Blog, blog.hubspot.com/marketing/excel-graph-tricks-list.

“Practice Precalculus online.” IXL Learning, www.ixl.com/math/precalculus.

or tutors: helping a reluctant student.” Tutorhub Blog, 9 Mar. 2014, blog.tutorhub.com/2014/01/24/tips-for-tutors-helping-a-reluctant-student/.

“10 Habits of Highly Effective Students.” Study Habits of Highly Effective Students, www.educationcorner.com/habits-of-successful-students.html.

“10 tips on how to make slides that communicate your idea, from TED's in-House expert.” ED Blog, 1 May 2015, blog.ted.com/10-tips-for-better-slide-decks/.

Anthony McDonnell Capstone

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​In 2012, the artist and photographer Zoe Strauss gave a talk to my seventh grade class at Andrew Jackson Elementary. Because she found my questions to be interesting and prescient, she asked to see me afterwards; there, we bonded over the last photograph taken of William McKinley before his assassination. Our friendship and partnership has continued unabated through the years, with a few lulls; but things started back up last August when I went over to her house after watching the solar eclipse. 
Afterwards, we decided that we should work together on my capstone. She had recently received a Guggenheim Fellowship, and decided to use part of the grant money to construct and learning space/reading room/experimental classroom at SLA Beeber. She spent at least half of the school year setting up the room and getting to know the students, and then the other half of the year teaching a class there on Wednesdays. These classes were generally more freeform and experimental than usual high school classes, with Zoe or one of the group - called the 3212 (Three to Midnight, a reference the current “time” on the Doomsday Clock) Think Tank - starting with a discussion topic of interest and then running with it, with everyone eventually learning something in the end.
This was heavily inspired by the discussions she had with me, and the gathering of internet links useful for her project. Above all, it prizes the usefulness of a semi-random exchange of ideas, and is proof that ordinary people - even high school students in West Philadelphia - can create meaning for themselves and something else greater besides.



Dewey, Melvil. “A Classification and Subject Index for Cataloguing and Arranging The Books and Pamphlets of a Library”. Dewey Decimal Classification: Centennial 1876-1976. Amherst, MA: 1876. Kingsport Press, Inc., Kingsport, TN: 1976. 44 pp.

At SLA Beeber, Zoe will be organizing both her own and school library books using the Dewey Decimal System/Classification, created by Melvil Dewey in 1876. It has since become standard in most American libraries. This source is a reprint of Dewey’s original pamphlet on the centennial of its publication. While the Dewey Decimal System is not the most straightforward kind of classification and has been dogged by ideological criticisms over the years, it is the most widely used of all library classification schemes in the United States, and knowledge of its workings is a useful life skill. 

Strauss, Zoe. America. AMMO Books, Los Angeles, CA, and New York, NY: 7 November 2008. 192 pp.

This source was Zoe’s first major art book. It contains all of the important photos of her early years, with most dating from the early-to-mid 2000s. Most of the photographs dwell on the lives of the underprivileged and poor in America, often through portraits of working class individuals, ironic signs and words, and post-industrial vistas of factories and decaying neighborhoods. The main focus is on Philadelphia and environs, but other regions are covered, including the Southern Gulf Coast; Las Vegas, Nevada; West Virginia; and the Muckleshoot Indian Reservation in Washington state. It offers a searing look into the USA you don’t see in the tourist brochures and suburban sitcoms.

Strauss, Zoe, Stein, Sally, and Ambrose, Grace. Zoe Strauss: 10 Years. Philadelphia Museum Distribution, Philadelphia, PA: 28 February 2012. 270 pp.

This book was produced as the catalog to the special exhibition of the same name at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2012. It marked the tenth anniversary of her ad hoc exhibitions of photos under I-95 in South Philadelphia, which brought her to wider attention in the art world. Like America, some of these photos are disturbing or confrontational, and most center on the ravages of American capitalism - with a few detours to some foreign locals like Madrid, Spain. Both of these books are highly necessary to understanding Zoe’s work in the past and how it relates to her current efforts at SLA Beeber.

Liv Cooper Capstone

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​Abstract
My initial influence for the topic of this project was a video I came across on Facebook a few years back. It was about a girl who recorded the reactions of her classmates to her complimenting them. Although the basis of my project is the same as her’s, I decided to take it one step further by analyzing and graphing them different aspects of their reactions. Throughout the process I had a bit of trial and error where I realized that if I told some of my peers I was taking a picture rather than taking a video, they would stay still rather than react. On top of that, while analyzing the reactions I attempted to graph three different physical aspects of each person’s reactions; their mouth, their hands, and their eyes and there ended up being too many different motions to categorize them efficiently. Overall, I think that after my trials and errors I came out with a project that I’m happy with and proud of. My favorite part of this entire project was that I got to contribute to my community and hopefully make some people smile and feel happier than they were. It made me feel good to compliment people even if they didn’t seem to appreciate it but also, the people who had overwhelmingly positive responses, I was so happy to have made an impact on them even just for a minute. Through all of this I learned that small things can make a person’s day but also, my opinion on compliments isn’t too different from others’ and that made me feel more secure in my perspective.

Annotated Bibliography
Brice, Makini. “Science Explains Why Compliments Feel so Good.” Medical Daily, 9 Nov. 2012, collegeboard.org/?TST=0d7a6828t82e5tsabbtbedst3f0a382beab1&userName=LUVLIVI9098.
This article talks about the scientific explanation as to why compliments feel good. The brain reacts in the same way as if you were being given money or a social reward. All of these things, receiving compliments, cash and/or a social reward, activate the same part of the brain. They all make people strive to do better. So this made me begin to question why it is that I, possibly as well as many others, have a negative response to compliments if they have this is true. I feel like the group of students I use is a good test group to possibly disprove this explanation of why compliments feel so good.

Coughlin, Sara, et al. “How To Give A Compliment Someone Will Really Take To Heart.” Nice Things To Say - Giving Genuine Compliments, Advice, Refinery29, 7 Dec. 2017, www.refinery29.com/giving-compliments-nice-things-to-say.
The difference between complimenting a stranger and someone who you value more and put them on a higher pedestal. The difference between complimenting someone’s outside and someone’s inside. These differences make all the difference. You can tell anyone that you like their jacket, something they’re impartial to, but complimenting someone’s eyes or something that makes then nique or that they can’t control it enacts something deeper within. It’s just a jacket that 700 other people have but everyone’s eyes look different or their smile. The response for an external compliment could be, “oh I got it as a present for christmas,” or, “I’m borrowing it from a friend.” That aesthetic is something they can control by wearing it or not but somethings you can’t change.

Glover, Shea. “People React to Being Called Beautiful.” Youtube, Shea Glover, 27 May 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW8BDgLpZkI.
This video is the main inspiration for this entire project. I saw it on Facebook a while back and in that moment I decided that’s what I wanted to do. I want to recreate the idea of thi video by complimenting my classmates on camera. Personally I hate compliments. They make me extremely uncomfortable. It is also because of this that I decided to do this for my capstone. Along with the compilation video of my classmates reactions to being complimented, I’ll be adding a statistical component to it. I will be rating their reactions on a scale from 1-10 on how similar I would react. I’ll be doing this to see how unusual my reaction/opinion on compliments is compared to other people my age.

Marano, Hara Estroff. “The Art of the Compliment.” Psychology Today, 1 Mar. 2004.
“Compliments derive from taking notice of praiseworthy situations and efforts. So they are a mark of awareness and consciousness. We need to cultivate awareness of the good developments that are all around us.” While this is true, a possible reasoning behind my negative reaction to compliments is that I dislike that there is a mark of awareness made and it makes me uncomfortable. I can’t say that over time I’ve developed a dislike or I’ve become more comfortable with them over time because I haven’t. Like honestly, I can say that I’ve never seen myself be comfortable with receiving a compliment.

Manning, Margaret. “Want to Feel More Positive? Learn to Give Genuine Compliments.” Happify.com, Happify Daily, www.happify.com/hd/learn-to-give-genuine-compliments/.
This article talks about the positivity expressed with compliments but imagine the exuberance in just everyday normal positivity. That takes it above and beyond can light up people from just being around you. Not only can it bring others up but also you can gain more self confidence from it. It can change your aspirations to something positive or realistic. I think that this is good because for some people it’s hard to be nice but the lasting effects can persuade them to be better and maybe compliments are not their forte so they just exude confidence, positivity and happiness.

McKay, Brett & Kate. “How to Give a Good Compliment.” The Art of Manliness, The Art of Manliness, 27 Nov. 2017, www.artofmanliness.com/2012/12/13/too-seldom-is-heard-an-encouraging-word-why-and-how-to-offer-more-compliments/.
The reason I read this article is because I enjoyed the main focus of why you should give compliments. It encourages you to be more positive and encouraging to other people and it can make you feel good. When recording my clips, I loved seeing the genuine reactions people had because even though I hate receiving compliments, I love giving them. I love seeing people light up when they hear it. It make me feel warm inside and it makes me react the same way that they do. 

McNamara, Brittney. “People React to Women Saying "I Know" to Compliments.” Teen Vogue, 16 May 2017.
I think this article is about empowering women and not just against things that are blatantly objectifying them but also exposing people with bad intentions. For example, a screenshot in the article showed a woman agreeing with a man’s compliment on her hair and it led to him suggesting that her agreement with him could possibly persuade him to like it less to which she responded, “why would the fact that I like my hair too make you like it less? Of course I like my hair, its on my head.” This fuels the idea that women should be grateful for the compliments they receive from men which is wrong especially when masking bad intentions.

Millward, Jon. “Your Noun Looks So Adjective: The Science of Compliments.” Jon Millward, 23 Apr. 2015, http://jonmillward.com/blog/psychological-subtleties/the-anatomy-of-a-compliment-and-art-of-giving-one/
This article talks about the art of forming a compliment that suits the person you wish to compliment. I think that this article makes a  lot of sense and can be helpful but it also encourages the idea of using compliments to gain something from the person you compliment. Anyone can give a compliment but this article, to me, teaches people how to format a compliment to exceed basic flattery. Again, on the topic of cat calling or hitting on someone in general, this could be used to help formulate a compliment that could get you farther than shouting things to people on the street or the cheezy, and sometimes disrespectful, pick up lines.

“The New Era of Positive Psychology.” Performance by Martin Seligman, The New Era of Positive Psychology, TED, 21 July 2008, www.ted.com/talks/martin_seligman_on_the_state_of_psychology.
Positive psychology is basically the study of human prosperity. It was founded by Martin Seligman in the 1990’s. In this TED Talk, he talks about how positive psychology can help patients within themselves. They can do this by being as concerned with their strengths as they are with their weaknesses, as interested in building building the best things in life as they are repairing the worst, and it should be just as concerned with making the lives of normal people fulfilling, and with genius, with nurturing high talent. I think that this can impact perspectives on compliments because this relates to the idea of thinking more highly of yourself and accepting compliments rather than to feel uncomfortable.

Yahne, Rachael. “The Scary Reason You Can't Accept a Compliment.” The Huffington Post, 21 June 2016, www.huffingtonpost.com/rachael-yahne/the-scary-reason-you-cant_b_10580720.html.
This article does a good job at developing a reason why some people can’t accept compliments. With all the media around us or even the people in our everyday environments sometimes we compare ourselves to them and it makes our self worth go down. Even if there is no direct pressure to become like the people we see, we put it on ourselves. I also think that the analysis behind this reaction is accurate and can help others determine what the best solution for this is. The solution stated in the article is to just see yourself in a better light and think more highly of yourself.

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