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Session 11 - “Dangerous Things”: A Symbolic Domain For Killer Bees, Daniel E. Lebas

International Symposium on Technology and Society

Viewing usage of words in culture as key symbols, Sherry B. Ortner's indicators were applied to an analysis of the lay-public’s use of "killer bee", "Africanized Honey Bee", and "honey bee". While conducting social impact study in southern Nevada, the author noticed that informants were not associating "killer bee" with "honey bee" imagery. Interviews were conducted with residents in the community of Boulder City, Nevada focusing upon symbolic linkage between the expressions: honey bee, killer bee and Africanized Honey Bee. It was determined that people do not link these expressions together in the same symbolic domain. Ethnohistory of the human/bee …

Email Re: University Senate Newsletter, Gary A. Ransdell

Faculty Senate

Email from Gary Ransdell to John All, WKU faculty and WKU staff regarding the University Senate newsletter and corrections to the record.

Keynote: Role Of Values & Culture In Information Technology, Prof. Dr. Anis Ahmad

International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies

It is no longer unusual to see, in a remote town in northern area in Pakistan, a practically non-literate wagon driver calling from his Nokia cell phone his uncle in Dubai or in Karachi. He enjoys sharing with him about his success in business and the settlement of family disputes. While he is driving on dangerous curvy roads and having this conversation, in the back seat of the wagon a comparatively young person is playing games on his cell phone. All this was unimaginable a quarter of a century ago.

The Press And Citizen Participation: A Content Analysis, Lisa Pelstring, James Shanahan, Ben Perry

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

We conducted a content analysis of regional New York State newspapers to assess media coverage of the Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) deer management program. The goal of this analysis was to ascertain media depiction of DEC’s deer management program during the 1985-97 time period. Specifically, this research examines how deer management issues were portrayed both prior to and after implementation of a DEC public participation program (the Citizen Task Force [CTF] process) to determine if deer management issues received more favorable coverage after CTFs were implemented.

Newsletter Vol. Xvii, No. 3, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate newsletter. This issue includes articles:

• Executive Committee Report
• Benefits Committee Report
• Faculty Regent Report
• Old Business - University Library Oversight Committee
• New Business - comprehensive university

Newsletter Vol. Xvii, No. 2, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate newsletter. This issue includes articles:

• Faculty Regent Report
• Part-Time Faculty Status Survey
• Mendel Committee Assignment
• Western XXI, Part 2
• University Library Oversight Committee Resolution
• Newsletter Contributions

Newsletter Vol. Xvii, No. 1, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate newsletter. This issue includes articles:

• Report from President Meredith
• Committee Reports
• Election of COSFL Representatives
• Resolution Regarding Faculty Regent
• Newsletter Contributions

Exhibit 3 - Press Release, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Press release WICAT donates $1 million in software to WKU partnership. Announcement was made prior to the January 22 regents meeting.

Lancaster Society Speech, Raymond Preston

Board of Regents Documents

Letter to Thomas Meredith from Raymond Preston conveying Preston's speech which he delivered to the Lancaster Society. The speech is an overview of Preston's life after leaving Western Kentucky University.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Special meeting regarding student publications policy.

Faculty Senate Press Conference Regarding Salary Increase, Wku Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate

Press conference by Faculty Senate chair Tom Jones regarding faculty salary increase.