2018 Academic Festival Program

12 local people are rebuilding their connections with the Borobudur temple through dance performances and art festivals. Though Borobudur is now mainly managed in accordance with UNESCO’s values, local people still claim a strong sense of responsibility in preserving and reviving the soul of Borobudur – bringing back the spiritual richness of the temple created by their Javanese ancestors, through actively and creatively engaging with the stories and values embedded in this place. Body Objectification as a Form of Empowerment: The Materiality of Drag Arielle Zoland ‘18 I examine aspects of popular culture drag performance that contribute to the understanding of the materiality of drag. Material objects are used in drag to strengthen visual gender performativity. However, a less visible aspect of materiality in drag performance is the body of a drag performer. I argue that through drag performance the body becomes an object, and this objectification of the body is a means of empowerment. While there are many kinds of drag, my focus is primarily on the performances of drag queens from the reality TV show RuPaul’s Drag Race and YouTube series, “Untucked!” . Further, I focus on two drag queens to show how gender is conceptualized within drag, as well as how it is a platform to express and transcend notions of gender. Using queer theorist Judith Butler’s gender performativity theory, I analyze the ways in which objectification and gender performativity coincide on RuPaul’s Drag Race. 8. Department of Health and Human Physiological Sciences Senior Research Sports Center 201 (Session 2 & Lunch Hour) Faculty Sponsors: Stephen Ives and Mary Roberts, Health & Human Physiological Sciences Presenters: Isabelle Albin ‘18, Ethan Brazo ‘18, Peter Califano ‘18, Leah Glickman ‘18, Benjamin Louchheim ‘18, Alexs Matias ‘18, Kayla Rose ‘18, Caroline Saros ‘18, Emily Schlicht ‘18, Hayden Smith ‘18, Andrei Tuluca ‘18, Julia Leslie ‘18 Does heat stress and exercise impact cardiovascular function? Does dehydration effect performance of collegiate hockey players? Does medium chain triglycerides alter fat oxidation during exercise? And does footwear alter movement biomechanics to reduce anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries? Get the answers to these questions and more when senior Exercise Science majors present their senior thesis results. A total of eleven students who elected to conduct senior thesis research will present results from four different projects. The Synergistic Effects of Environmental Heat Stress and High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT): Impact on Measures of Cardiovascular Function and Performance Isabelle Albin ‘18, Peter Califano ‘18, Leah Glickman ‘18, Alexs Matias ‘18 The Effects of Dehydration on Game Performance in Division III Male Hockey Players Ethan Brazo ‘18