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Ua12/2/1 Phase - Drugs On Campus, Wku Student Affairs Nov 1994

Ua12/2/1 Phase - Drugs On Campus, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

Special magazine edition of the College Heights Herald:

  • Grundy, Julie. Reality Check: We’re a Town That Has Drugs – Rebecca Maldonado, Student Health Services
  • Bernardy, Patrick. Local Drug Use: A Slow But Steady Rise – WKU Police, Audrey Spies
  • Quarles, Mitchell. Know the Downers: Jail, Fines, Probation
  • Hutchins, Chris. I Did It Because It Was Fun . . . I Did Them to Escape – Drug Abuse
  • Bernardy, Patrick. Marijuana No Worse than Alcohol
  • Hieb, Dan. Drugs Steal Freedom; Don’t Create It



Ua12/2/1 Phases - Sex, Wku Student Affairs Oct 1994

Ua12/2/1 Phases - Sex, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

Special magazine edition of the College Heights Herald:

  • Williams, Stacy. The First Date: I’m Taking A Stand
  • Gagliardi, Melissa. Sex: We’re In College. It’s Going to Happen
  • What They Had to Say – National Health & Social Life Survey
  • Quarles, Mitchell. There’s More to Worry About These Days
  • Grundy, Julie. Abstinence Isn’t All That Bad, Really
  • Rose, Alex. Shack Etiquette: Who Gets the Covers?



The Media, Risk Assessment And Numbers: They Don't Add Up, Sharon M. Friedman Jun 1994

The Media, Risk Assessment And Numbers: They Don't Add Up, Sharon M. Friedman

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Professor Friedman argues that, for risks to be reported accurately, journalism educators must help their students understand science, numbers and statistics.


Reporting Risk: The Case Of Silicone Breast Implants, Dorothy Nelkin Jun 1994

Reporting Risk: The Case Of Silicone Breast Implants, Dorothy Nelkin

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Professor Nelkin finds journalists to be, if reluctantly, subject to influence and describes their uneasy relationship with scientists in filling a difficult role.


Mass Media And Environmental Risk: Seven Principles, Peter M. Sandman Jun 1994

Mass Media And Environmental Risk: Seven Principles, Peter M. Sandman

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Dr. Sandman suggests that, when spokespersons for risk sources are inept in conveying their messages, they and we pay heavily for their mistakes.


Ua12/4 Commuter Link, Vol. 2, No. 2, Wku Health Services Apr 1994

Ua12/4 Commuter Link, Vol. 2, No. 2, Wku Health Services

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created for non-traditional students returning to WKU.


A Case Study Of Health Risk Communication: What The Public Wants And What It Gets, Jeannette M. Trauth Jan 1994

A Case Study Of Health Risk Communication: What The Public Wants And What It Gets, Jeannette M. Trauth

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Dr. Trauth presents a content analysis of 40 years of coverage of a major local source of air pollution by a Pittsburgh newspaper. She also summarizes the results of a survey conducted to determine the extent to which citizens of most likely affected communities, e.g., understand health risks and desire further information.