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Annual student essay contest endowed by Philip L. Carret aimed at having Elon College students reflect on the ideals and principles embodied in Thomas Jefferson's life and career. Top three prize-winning student essays from the competition based on the following topic: The 1803 Louisiana Purchase gave the United States a vast interior empire and raised significant social, economic and constitutional issues. Analyze and evaluate the decision-making process which led to the Purchase. Also, explore the implications of the Louisiana Purchase.

Next year, Burmese will vote in their first national elections for twenty years. The process is deeply flawed, but it will represent the most important political shift for a generation. The international community must seize this rare opportunity to induce the government to move towards greater openness and reform. Adapted from the source document.

Short-Term Climate Variabilyty -- Dust Variability over Northern Africa and Rainfall in the Sahel -- Desiccation in the Sahel -- Hydrological Response of Desert Margins to Climatic Change: The Effect of Changing Surface Properties -- Weathering, Geomorphology and Climatic Variability in the Central Namib Desert -- Warm Season Land Surface — Climate Interactions in the United States Midwest from Mesoscale Observations -- Streamflow Changes in the Sierra Nevada, California, Simulated Using a Statistically Downscaled General Circulation Model Scenario of Climate Change -- Examining Links between Climate Change and Landslide Activity Using GCMS -- Long-Term Climate Variability -- Geologic Evidence of Rapid, Multiple, and High-Magnitude Climate Change During the Last Glacial (Wisconsinan) of North America -- Aeolian Geomorphic Response to Climate Change: An Example from the Estancia Valley, Central New Mexico, USA -- Evaporite Minerals and Organic Horizons in Sedimentary Sequences in the Libyan Fezzan: Implications for Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction -- Relict Cryogenic Mounds in the UK as Evidence of Climate Change -- Investigations into Long-Term Future Climate Changes -- Summary -- Geomorphological and Climatological Perspectives on Land Surface -Climate Change.