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Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

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The WKU Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers are representative of work done by students from throughout the university.

• Albin, Bettye. Hawthorne's Narrator in the Blithedale Romance: A New Cover for an Old Friend
• Allen, Christopher. With Just Pride: The Naval History of the Warships USS Enterprise
• Barrett, Shelly. Structuralism
• Bolton, Joe. Wallace Stevens and Twentieth Century Aesthetics
• Bush, Paul. The Acceptance of Grace in Flannery O'Connor's Short Stories
• Gasparello-Moore, Nina. A Comparison of a Naïve and Simple Regression Forecasting Model for the Dow Jones Industrial Average
• Henry, Lynn. The Bureaucratic and …

Effects Of High Proximity Living Accommodations On The Stress Levels And Self-Perceptions Of College Students Living In Residence Halls At Western Kentucky University, Aaron W. Hughey

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Selected occupants of University residence hall rooms accommodating three students in a physical facility originally designed for only two occupants were compared to selected occupants of rooms accommodating two residents in a physical facility originally designed for two occupants. They were compared along two psychological dimensions: frustration (stress) and self-perception. Both groups responded to an instrument package consisting of The Student Life Event Questionnaire, The Self Perception Assessment, and The Frustration Assessment. These instruments were designed to measure relative stress levels and relative strengths of self-perception.

The returned instrument packages were scored and a comparison was made between the two …

The Use Of Feuerstein’S Instrumental Enrichment With Underprepared College Students: A Pilot Study, Michael Kieta

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This pilot study investigated the usage of Feuerstein’s (1980) Instrumental Enrichment with underprepared college students. Open admissions policies in colleges and universities have resulted in the enrollment of many students who are underprepared to meet the academic task demands. Courses have been developed by the colleges and universities to remediate the academic deficits of underprepared students. Remedial courses using traditional educational methods have been largely ineffective. Cognitive process instruction (CPI) is an area of educational research that recently began to receive increased attention in the field of remedial education. The goal of CPI has been to develop the cognitive/thought processes …

Ua68/2 Intercambio Internacional, Vol. Viii, No. 1, Wku Latin American Studies

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Newsletter created by WKU Latin American Studies program regarding science, politics and economic advances in Latin America as well as cooperative projects between WKU and universities across Latin America. The newsletter is written in both English and Spanish.

Ua1b1 Awards Presentation, Western Kentucky University

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Program recognizing WKU student award winners.

Ua68/8/3 Scrapbook, Phi Alpha Theta

Student Organizations

Scrapbook created by Phi Alpha Theta students documenting their activities during the 1982-1983 school year.

Ua68/2 Intercambio Internacional, Vol. Vii, No. 2, Wku Latin American Studies

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Newsletter created by WKU Latin American Studies program regarding science, politics and economic advances in Latin America as well as cooperative projects between WKU and universities across Latin America. The newsletter is written in both English and Spanish.

Ua1b1 Awards Banquet, Western Kentucky University

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Program recognizing WKU student award winners.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 57, No. 44, Magazine, Wku Student Affairs

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Magazine feature of WKU campus newspaper. This issue contains articles:

• Pillow, Robert. Breaking the Mold: Nontraditional Students Aren’t Hard to Find
• Wood, Michele. They’re a Couple of Students – Even at Home – Ron & Jane Bryant
• Rose, Barry. She Climbs the Hill After Mornings in High School – Renee Fulwood
• Sheets, Carol. He’s Balancing Family and School – Bradley Frames
• Francke, Kevin. After Two Tries, He’s Giving College One More Shot – Tom Wallace
• Connor, Cheryl & Cyndi Mitchell. She’s in the Dorm at Age 47 – Jeanette Conner

Ua68/2 Intercambio Internacional, Vol. Vii, No. 1, Wku Latin American Studies

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Newsletter created by WKU Latin American Studies program regarding science, politics and economic advances in Latin America as well as cooperative projects between WKU and universities across Latin America. The newsletter is written in both English and Spanish.

Ua11/1 75th Anniversary Western Kentucky University, Wku Public Relations, Franklin Favorite

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Newspaper supplement regarding WKU's 75th anniversary. Articles regarding the homecoming parade, WKU Archives, homecoming queens, presidents, mascots, Big Red, E.A. Diddle, athletes and school colors.

Ua68/8/1 Newsletter No. 8, Wku History

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Newsletter created by the WKU History Department regarding activities in the department, students and alumni.

Ua68/2 Intercambio Internacional, Vol. Iv, No. 1, Wku Latin American Studies

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Newsletter created by WKU Latin American Studies program regarding science, politics and economic advances in Latin America as well as cooperative projects between WKU and universities across Latin America. The newsletter is written in both English and Spanish.

Ua1b1 Awards Banquet, Western Kentucky University

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Program recognizing WKU student award winners.

Ua68/8/1 Newsletter No. 7, Wku History

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Newsletter created by the WKU History Department regarding activities in the department, students and alumni.

A Study Of Significant Differences In Values, Problems & Personality Characteristics Of English 055 Students & English 101 Students At Western Kentucky University, Nancy Moore

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Fifty students from English 055 and 50 students from English 101 were given the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule, the Mooney Problem Check Lists, the Allport/ Vernon/Lindzey Study of Values, and the Willoughby Schedule to determine if any significant differences existed between the two groups in the areas of personality characteristics, values, or problems. A statistical analysis of the results was determined by means of a t value from a separate variance estimate. Results indicated that significant differences existed between the 055 students and the 101 students in the following areas: self-esteem, economic values, need for achievement, and …

Ua1b1 Awards Banquet, Western Kentucky University

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Program recognizing WKU student award winners.

Ua37/2 The Haile Method Of Classical Guitar Instruction (Outline), Frank Pittman

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Haile method of classical guitar construction outline used by Frank Pittman for Industrial Education & Technology courses. This is the 1980 revision of his 1976 outline.

Ua12/2/2 Talisman: Book Of Perceptions, Vol. 57, Part 2, Wku Student Affairs

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Pages 223-end of the 1980 Talisman yearbook.

• Passing the Towel – Gene Keady, Clem Haskins
• Younkin, Linda. A Dark Horse to the End – Basketball
• George, Tommy & Linda Younken. Across Country – Track & Field
• Up Shot: Riflers Finish 7^th in Nation
• A New Experience – Gymnastics
• Heath, Mark. Pooling Together – Swimming
• Stewart, Kevin. Off Track – Track & Field
• Younkin, Linda. Breaking Away – Track & Field
• Stewart, Kevin. Backhanded – Tennis
• Stewart, Kevin. Losing the Upper Hand – Betty Langley, Tennis
• Webb, Kevin & Linda Younkin. Even Strokes – Golf
• Heath, Mark. Champs – Baseball …

Ua12/2/2 Talisman: Book Of Perceptions, Vol. 57, Part 1, Wku Student Affairs

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Pages 1 - 222 of the 1980 Talisman yearbook, sections student life, academics and a portion of sports.

• Perceptions
• Campus Perceptions Shift
• Iran, Registration Protested
• Big Red, Basketball, Boycott
• Salaries, 54-Hour Rule, Donald Zacharias
• Constants Also Shape Perceptions
• Kid Exposed: College
• Kid Exposed: An Unnatural High – Marijuana
• Kid Exposed: It’s Not Courting – Dating
• Beshear, Tom. Kid Exposed: Pray or Prey?
• McCord, Tom. Goodbye 70s Goodbye – Current Events
• Double Talk – Current Events
• Mitchell, Cyndi. Dorm Beautiful
• Moore, Gary. Media Musings – Television, Music, Radio, Movies, Books
• Malone, Roger. Food Trails & Stomach Ails – Poem
• Weekends: Time …

Ua68/8/1 Newsletter No. 6, Wku History

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Newsletter created by the WKU History Department regarding activities in the department, students and alumni.

Ua12/2/2 1979 Talisman, Vol. 56, Part 1, Wku Student Affairs

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1979 Talisman yearbook pp. 1-195, includes student life, academics and athletics.

• Student Life
• Whitaker, David. Don’t Worry – Registration, Moving In, Parking
• Phillips, Laura. Living Space
• Shirley, Margaret. Mass Exodus
• Holmes, Connie. A Fountain of Faiths
• Frank, David. And a Young Man Shall Lead Them – Jimmy Gentry
• Howerton, Jeff. Town Talk
• Holman, Connie. Hardly Handicapped . . . Sam Early
• Shirley, Margaret. A Lack of Awareness – Black Awareness Symposium
• Vincent, Robin. Life in the Fast Lane – Gayle Watkins
• Watson, Judy. The Longest Mile – Karen Martin, ROTC
• Splashdown – Sigma Nu
• Homecoming: Whether You Win or Lose …

Ua12/2/2 1979 Talisman, Vol. 56 Part 2, Wku Student Affairs

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1979 Talisman yearbook pp. 196-end, includes athletics, organizations, classes and index.

• Potter College
• College of Business & Public Affairs
• Graduate College
• Sports
• Judd, Alan & Margaret Shirley. Brawn vs. Brains
• White, Don. A Runner Took Flight – Track & Field
• White, Don. The Winningest Losing Season Ever – Football
• White, Don. Robbed! – Basketball
• White, Don. The Three Ds – Basketball
• Taylor, Beth. Nothing to Brag About – Basketball
• Taylor, Beth. Nine Days’ Notice – Eileen Canty
• Salato, Nancy & Margaret Shirley. New Faces & a New Home – Cheerleaders
• Taylor, Beth. A Season So Bad It Hurt – Gymnastics …

Ua1b1 Awards Banquet, Western Kentucky University

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Program recognizing WKU student award winners.

Ua68/2 Intercambio Internacional, Vol. Iii, No. 1, Wku Latin American Studies

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Newsletter created by WKU Latin American Studies committee regarding science, politics and economic advances in Latin America as well as cooperative projects between WKU and universities across Latin America. The newsletter is written in both English and Spanish.

The Economic Impact Of Western Kentucky University On The Bowling Green – Warren County Economy, Stephen Cooper

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The costs incurred by the community resulting from Western Kentucky University’s location – cost of educating children of university related personnel, cost of services provided by the local governments to the university community, and the lost property tax revenue resulting from the tax exemption of university property – were estimated as were the benefits enjoyed by the community as a result of the University’s location – local expenditures, local employment generated by the university’s presence, the university community’s impact on the local banking system’s credit base, and the occupational license tax receipts levied by the city on the university payroll. …

Ua68/8/1 Newsletter No. 5, Wku History

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Newsletter created by the WKU History Department regarding activities in the department, students and alumni.

Ua12/2/2 Talisman: There's Just One Hill, No Matter How Far It Stretches, Part 1, Wku Student Affairs

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1978 Talisman yearbook pp. 1-255.

• Student Life Pictorial
• Student Life on the Hill
• Holman, Connie. A Summer Habit – Sister Anne, Nuns
• Stinnett, Roger. It Took All Summer to Prep the Hill for the Masses’ First Week Back
• Gibson, Debbie. A Notch in the Past – Lynwood Montell, Log Cabins
• Stinnett, Roger. A Legendary Hill Why?
• Holman, Connie. Blackout
• Mami, Alfina. Homecoming: A Great Western Pastime
• Eblen, Tom. Dorm Reformers Lose Spirit, But Close Doors
• Judd, Alan. Little Action After Much Controversy – Student Government Association
• Holman, Connie. A Computer Campus
• Rutherford, Tim. A Constructed Reunion – Schneider Hall, Industrial …

Ua12/2/2 Talisman: There's Just One Hill, No Matter How Far It Stretches, Vol. 55, Part 2, Wku Student Affairs

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1978 Talisman yearbook pp. 256- end.

• Whitaker, David. A Credible Performance – Track & Field
• White, Don. In the Winner’s Circle – Baseball
• White, Don. A Week in the Sun – Baseball
• Armstrong, Bryan. Whatever Could Go Wrong, Did! – Ron Tipton
• Tharp, Kerry. They Gave It Their Best Shot – Golf
• Vincent, Robin. Working Their Way Up – Women’s Track & Field
• Whitaker, David. Giants at Their Game – Tennis
• White, Don. A Split Season, But Continued Improvement – Golf
• Sharp, Cheryl. Organizations & Greeks on the Hill
• Sharp, Cheryl. How to Survive Dorm Life – Housing & Residential …

Ua1b1 Awards Banquet, Western Kentucky University

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Program recognizing WKU student award winners.