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Deposit Insurance And Moral Hazard: Capital, Risk, Malfeasance, And Mismanagement. A Comment On ‘Deposit Insurance And Moral Hazard: Evidence From Texas Banking During The 1920s, Gary Richardson

Gary Richardson

A Journal of Economic History article by Linda Hooks and Kenneth Robinson, “Deposit Insurance and Moral Hazard: Evidence from Texas Banking During the 1920s,” contains a contradiction (Hooks and Robinson 2002). Pondering the contradiction in the paper reveals insights that the authors may have overlooked. Hooks and Robinson’s article examines the experience of the banking industry in Texas during the 1920s. Texas operated a deposit-insurance system from January 1, 1910 until February 11, 1927. Deposit insurance was mandatory for all state banks, which were given the choice of two plans in which to participate. The preponderance participated in the depositors …

Check Is In The Mail: Correspondent Clearing And The Banking Panics Of The Great Depression, Gary Richardson

Gary Richardson

Weaknesses within the check-clearing system played a hitherto unrecognized role in the banking crises of the Great Depression. Correspondent check-clearing networks were vulnerable to counter-party cascades. Accounting conventions that overstated reserves available to corresponding institutions may have exacerbated the situation. The initial banking panic began when a correspondent network centered in Nashville collapsed, forcing over 100 institutions to suspend operations. As the contraction continued, additional correspondent systems imploded. The vulnerability of correspondent networks is one reason that banks that cleared via correspondents failed at higher rates than other institutions during the Great Depression.

Kissing Ass And Other Performative Acts Of Resistance: Austin, Fanon, And New Orleans Tourism, Lynnell L. Thomas

Lynnell Thomas

“Kissing Ass and other Performative Acts of Resistance: Austin, Fanon, and New Orleans Tourism” examines Frantz Fanon’s “Algeria Unveiled” as a reconceptualization of J. L. Austin’s theory of the performative. Austin, whose examples of the performative all assume an equal, if not harmonious, relationship, overlooks instances of incompatibility and inequality. Fanon’s post-colonial framework, on the other hand, illustrates the markedly different types of intentions, uptake, and conventions which inform the speech act in cases of extreme inequality. In these cases, the powerless and seemingly voiceless use tacitly agreed upon conventions “inappropriately” to attain what they would not be able to …

Salt Lake City Conference Reflections, James Gross

James Gross

No abstract provided.

Transformation Of Japan’S Civil Society Landscape, Mary Alice Haddad

Mary Alice Haddad

Japan’s civil society is being transformed as more people volunteer for advocacy and professional nonprofit organizations. In the American context, this trend has been accompanied by a decline in participation in traditional organizations. Does the rise in new types of nonprofit groups herald a decline of traditional volunteering in Japan? This article argues that while changes in civil rights, political opportunity structure, and technology have also taken place in Japan, they have contributed to the rise of new groups without causing traditional organizations to decline, because Japanese attitudes about civic responsibility have continued to support traditional volunteering.

The Gift And Challenge Of "Free Will": The Connection To Transformational Archetypal Energies, Carroy U. Ferguson

Carroy U "Cuf" Ferguson, Ph.D.

In a previous writing, I spoke of “The Voices of Transformational Archetypal Energies,” and how they serve as the primary “Psychic Energy” behind AHP’s mission and “kindred spirits on the edge.” Again, I use easily recognized terms to evoke a common sense of these Higher Vibrational Energies, each with their own transcendent value, purpose, quality and “voice” unique to the individual that operate deep within our psyches (i.e., Love; Acceptance; Inclusion; Harmony). I want to use this opportunity to briefly call attention to the use and misuse of a wonderful human gift and its connection to these Transformational Archetypal Energies. …

Italy, Querceto International Piano Festival. August 3, 2007, Oscar E. Macchioni

Oscar Macchioni

Politics Of Appearances: Religion, Law, And The Press In Morocco, A Souaiaia

Ahmed E SOUAIAIA

Since the last several years of the life of King Hassan II, Morocco slowly moved from authoritarian rule to a managed democracy. As a result of this gradual political liberalization, religious groups as well as secular ones formed political parties. Islamists have already won seats in the parliament and they are expected to gain nearly half the number of seats in the coming elections. Equally significant is the increased presence of human rights and non-government organizations and the emergence of independent and party-affiliated newspapers and other media outlets. In this article, I focus on the prospects of seeing a free …

Allegorical Renderings Of The Birth Topos: Myth, Technology, Gender And Selfhood In Nineteenth-Century Poetic Production, Boyd J. Petersen

Boyd J Petersen

Artist / Educator Interview, Dr. Oscar Macchioni Educator And Performer, The University Of Texas At El Paso, Oscar E. Macchioni

Oscar Macchioni

Extensive educator/artist Interview.

From Sweet Potatoes To God Almighty: Roy Rappaport On Being A Hedgehog, Brian A. Hoey, Thomas E. Fricke

Brian A. Hoey, Ph.D.

Recognized as a principal figure in ecological anthropology, Roy Rappaport is best known for his studyPigs for the Ancestors(1968). His work in the anthropology of religion has received less attention. Least acknowledged is Rappaport’s role in defining an “engaged” anthropology. Drawn from interviews Tom Fricke conducted with Rappaport in the year before his death in October 1997, this article gives insight into these three facets of his professional life. Beginning with an account of Rappaport’s fieldwork with the Tsembaga Maring, the discussion takes up his core themes, ideas that evolved out of his early field experience and with which he …

Argentina, Mendoza, Universidad Nacional De Cuyo. July 3, 2007, Oscar E. Macchioni

Oscar Macchioni

Faculty And Male Student Athletes In Higher Education: Racial Differences In The Environmental Predictors Of Academic Achievement, Keith Harrison

Dr. C. Keith Harrison

Studies have examined the impact of environmental variables on academic achievement among student athletes in the revenue-generating sports of men’s basketball and football. However, while evidence concerning the positive impact of male student athlete and faculty interaction is virtually unequivocal, we are not certain whether the benefits accruing from particular types of interaction vary across different racial/ethnic groups. This study explores the relationship between male Black and White student athletes and faculty as well as the impact of specific forms of student athlete– faculty interaction on academic achievement. Data are drawn from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program’s 2000 Freshman Survey …

Aportes Para La Buena Música, By Daniel Varacalli Costas, Oscar E. Macchioni

Oscar Macchioni

“precise fingering…..mature interpretation of Brahms and Szymanowski…. Didactic, eclectic program…”

Argentina, Buenos Aires, Iuna Instituto Universitario Nacional De Artes. Dept. De Artes Musicales Y Sonoras López Buchardo. June 27, 2007, Oscar E. Macchioni

Oscar Macchioni

Recital, Minnesota Viola Society, Dominic Dousa

Dominic Dousa

A recital presentation by Renee Skerik (viola) and Dominic Dousa (piano). An invited performance by the Minnesota Viola Society. No recording is available from this performance. Examples of the works performed can be heard in the entry for the St. Olaf College recital (June 23, 2007).

Paul Laurence Dunbar And Turn-Into-The-20(Th)-Century African American Dualism (W. E. B. Du Bois The 'Souls Of Black Folk'), James E. Smethurst

James E. Smethurst

No abstract provided.

Recent Scholarly And Popular Works On Capoeira, Joshua M. Rosenthal Dr.

Joshua M Rosenthal Dr.

A review of recent publications on Capoeira.

"Westward Journey" For Trombone Quartet, Dominic Dousa

Dominic Dousa

A performance of my original composition by the Continental Trombone Quartet.

The Santa Barbara Public Library: History And Thematic Identifications, Michele Gibney

Michele Gibney

The paper describes the history of the public library in Santa Barbara from 1870 to 1926 while taking into account two of the thematic underpinnings of the American library tradition: women in the profession and the importance of books and libraries in the community. It is divided into three sections including, the importance of books and libraries, women librarianship, and the history of the Santa Barbara Public Library. The library’s ideology and history espouses the themes inherent in American library history. At the same time, some of the qualities of Santa Barbara’s library contradict prevalent ideas of the times—especially in …

Junior Performance Project: Laura Sambrano, Elisa Fraser Wilson

Elisa Fraser Wilson

Under the direction and coaching of Dr. Wilson, Laura Sambrano performed a junior performance project in partial fulfillment of requirements for the BFA in Music Theatre.

Reading And Queering Plato In Hedwig And The Angry Inch, Wendy Hsu

Wendy Hsu

No abstract provided.

Institute For Small Town Studies, Small Town Symposium 2007, Sundiata K. Cha-Jua

Sundiata K Cha-Jua

Symposium on America's First Black Town

University Choirs Concert, Elisa Fraser Wilson

Elisa Fraser Wilson

The university choirs performed an evening of choral music. Dr. Wilson conducted the Women's Glee Club on selections from Persichetti's Spring Cantata and Faure's Messe Basse.

Handel's Messiah, Orit A. Eylon

Orit A Eylon

Mezzo soprano soloist

Domestic Space, Gendered Experience: Andrea Zittel’S Nomadic Living Units, Lauren L. Gallow

Lauren L. Gallow

Andrea Zittel, widely considered one of the most influential artists of the past fifteen years, emerged in 1991 with her “breeding unit" installations: compartmentalized living and breeding spaces for small animals. Since 2001, Zittel has largely produced prototypes of objects for everyday use, from wearable fashion to furniture, vehicles, and portable living structures. These living “units" are frequently either compact, portable dwellings, or modules designed to define an interior space and provide all the necessities of everyday living, including cooking, washing, and sleeping. In an analysis of Zittel's austere yet consumerist living spaces, I examine the intimate link between domestic …

Transgressions: Transgender, Transnational, Transsexual, Lauren L. Gallow

Lauren L. Gallow

Exhibition essay for Transgressions: Transgender, Transnational, Transsexual, hosted by the University of the Pacific's Reynolds Gallery from April–June 2007.

Denton, Texas Woman's University. Guest Artist Concert Series. April 1, 2007, Oscar E. Macchioni

Oscar Macchioni

Should We Invite Students To Write In Home Languages? Complicating The Yes/No Debate, Peter Elbow

Peter Elbow

No abstract provided.

Man Of La Mancha, Elisa Fraser Wilson

Elisa Fraser Wilson

Dr. Wilson produced this production of Mitch leigh's Man of La Mancha. Dr. Wilson also supervised student director Mikael Lyle and student choreogropher melinda Chanson.