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Volume 17, Number 4, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

One Day in the Lives of American Children, Reflections on National Coming Out Day, The New York City Gay Men's Chorus, The Straight Cruise, Hate Crimes Act Dies in Senate, Gannett Newspaper Chain and Honest Journalism Clash, Junk Food Junkies, Open Letter from Convicted Peace Activists, The Student Movement in Guatemala: Fighting for Its Life, Boycott Nestle, Post Predictions for 1989, Let's All Shop By Mail, Community News, Black Kiss Comics Reviewed, Dear Ms. Hippie, For the Love of Animals, The Myth of Equality, Musings of an Ex-Xian

Volume 17, Number 3, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Post Writers Review 4 Quick Lunch Joints in Downtown Normal, Universities Host Blanditude and Disease, Ugly American Trappers Convene, Symbolic Actions at Missile Sites Net Busts, Flaming Atheist Explains Her Point of View, Gays Take Over...At Least on These Pages, Miscellany, Ms. Hippie Gives Invaluable Advice on Boys and Sex, Bad Kids vs. Redneck Pigs, AIDS Awareness Week

Volume 17, Number 2, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

A Funny Novel, Serialized; Double Nickel Reviewed; Advertising Ridiculed; Local Digitized Temperatures Confused; Who Gets Hurt When Too Many Animals Co-Exist?; God's Existence Debated; Community News and Letters; Trial of Protesters Detailed; Lotsa Pictures!; Visitor to Nicaragua Gives Account; Ways to Save the Environment; Don't Poke at That Fetus; Ms. Hippie's Advice to Yuppies; Dissatisfactions with Our Culture: Skinny Chauvinism and Loose Usage; Jackson Victory Reviewed; Film Stuff Mourned; Journalism Review: What They Don't Say About a Strike; Gay Stuff: Record Review with Enticing Quotations; Men Turn Monsters at Whiff of Spring

Volume 17, Number 1, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

A Look at the Ideal Future of Birthing, OSHA Works Against Safety and Health, Brutal and Dangerous Rabbit Factory Approved, Community News Breakthroughs, Underground Artist Remembered, Movie Review in Alternative Form, The Controversial Ask Ms. Hippie, Is God Dead? You Tell Us, Nancy Reagan Ridiculed and Berated, Praiseful and Vitriolic Letters, Presidential Candidates' Stands on Gay Rights, The Underground Barfly Hits Mugsy's and Pub II

Volume 16, Number 6, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Vidette Story Exposed; Ask Ms. Hippie, Our New Advice Column; Will El Salvador Explode? Well, Probably; Ecuador Story Covered in Two Very Different Ways; Robertson Deep-Sixes Own Past; Near Side Cartoon; Post Mail; The Return of Our Animal Lovin' Correspondent; Community News; Pig Course Boondoggled Through ISU; District 87 Turns to Competency-Based Learning; Homebirth and Midwifery--A Hopeful New Alternative; Outrageous Opinions About Reproduction; Comix Galore; A Review of Lambda's Latest AIDS Publication; State AIDS Testing Ridiculed; Stupid Anti-Drug Ad Ridiculed; GPA Calendar; Gay Comic Reviewed; Campaign Posters Ridiculed; Tummy Tucks, No Thanks! and Gays Can Be Cannon Fodder Too; Sexism …

Volume 16, Number 5, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

A Visit to Electric Coffee; Changing and Unchanged; The Watkins Resignation--A Personal View; Constitution Loses Ground; There's No Place Like Home and You Can't Go Back; Your HIV Status--Do You Want to Know?; Miscellaneous AIDS Outrages; Principal Victim of Police State Tactics; The Underground Panelologist; Balrog's Best; Captain America--In Step with the Times; North, Poindexter Win Double-Speak Awards; God Changes Mind, Backs Robertson; The Underground Barfly

Tutoring German Esl Students, Sabina Mussgnug

Masters Theses

Tutors of American university writing centers can be invaluable advisors for German ESL students who come to study in the United States. The tutors can directly assist German students in coping with their particular academic and cultural difficulties.

German students must adapt to the American academic conventions to become successful students at their U.S. universities. The tutors can point out to them the features of the American academic standard and show them effective methods for learning and studying in the American environment.

The American academic standard includes the students' almost perfect reading comprehension. Students must be prepared for heavy reading …

Attitudes Of Teachers And Teacher Trainees Towards Faculty Unionization, Caroline M. Rodriguez

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Communication Through Athletic History At Eastern Illinois University: 1899-1988, Michael H. Chron

Masters Theses

This study is divided into 14 chapters, with an introduction, the 12 different sports categories and the year-by-year results, and a conclusion. The sports are arranged into chapters in accordance with the scheduling of the academic year.

The method of research involved collecting and classifying source materials, and interpreting and presenting these facts and findings. This method is critical in synthesizing the development and history of intercollegiate athletics at Eastern Illinois University.

This documented data will serve as a public relations project for the athletic department as a recruiting tool for prospective athletes and coaches who contemplate coming to Eastern …

Viewers' Reactions To Ordinary People In Television News Events, Janice R. Kidd

Masters Theses

Viewers' Reactions to Ordinary People in Television News Events examines two hypotheses relating to respondents' reactions to viewing violent events or the likelihood of violent death as portrayed on the major news networks. Research centers on reactions of viewers to ordinary people caught in extraordinary news events. Results of two free-flow written exercises are discussed.

Research excludes reactions to viewing those in the news, such as police personnel, soldiers etc., whose lives might be expected to be involved in violent or dangerous events.

Lincoln And Oregon, Todd Hageman

Masters Theses

The Civil War is one of the most significant events in American history. President Abraham Lincoln’s term in office was dominated by the War, therefore the study of Lincoln has likewise been dominated by War developments. The War’s battles were overwhelmingly concentrated in the eastern United States, and hence the American west has largely been ignored by Lincoln scholars. This study attempts to uncover Lincoln’s policy toward Oregon, including War developments and his domestic policy, to partially fill the “western gap” in Lincoln scholarship.

Oregon was admitted to the federal Union in 1859, and by Lincoln’s election in 1860 that …

Age And Sex Differences In The Responses Of Adolescents To The Hand Test, Sonya R. Castle

Masters Theses

The purpose of the present study was to investigate age and sex differences in the responses of adolescents to the Hand Test (Wagner, 1962). This instrument was administered to 44 14-year olds (26 males and 18 females), 40 15-year-olds (23 males and 17 females), 45 16-year-olds (19 males and 26 females), and 34 17-year-olds (13 males and 21 females) who were enrolled in grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 of a public high school. Data for the 24 Hand Test variables was normalized using a Z-score transformation on the group mean of all subjects to allow for simultaneous analysis of …

Social Dependency And Chinese Political Economic Reform, Jiang Li

Masters Theses

This study of Chinese politics, economics, society and culture is intended to contribute to better understanding of the contemporary reforms in China. This task was not easy due to the facts that China has not been open to direct observation, and its policies were influenced by unpredicted changes.

This thesis is concerned with the reforms and changes that occurred during the years starting 1978 up to the present time. In 1978, the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Communist Party of the Chinese Central Committee in Beijing, marked the beginning of the reforms in China. The Chinese leaders made efforts …

The Development Of A School Emergency Plan For The Blue Ridge School District #18, Farmer City, Illinois, Robert D. Hooker

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to devise an emergency preparedness plan handbook for the Blue Ridge School District #18, Farmer City, Illinois. The handbook was designed to aid the school administration and staff by defining definite administrative action in carrying out the steps necessary to protect students and staff in the event of an emergency situation. A data base was formed from several sources. Information was received through a review of the literature; a review of organizational materials; a review of information from school districts through a questionnaire; interviews with individuals from professional agencies; and a review of school …

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Policies In Central Illinois: A Survey, Analysis, And Model, Daniel Lathrop

Masters Theses

One purpose of this study was to develop model policies for school districts to use in dealing with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). A second purpose was to identify which school districts in the Educational Service Region (ESR) comprised of Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar, Moultrie, and Shelby counties had addressed the issue of AIDS policies. The population surveyed in the initial phase consisted of 22 superintendents within the ESR. A survey was developed utilizing many items from a national study (Keough and Seaton, 1987). The survey was administered during a monthly meeting of superintendents hosted by Regional Superintendent Rosemary Shepherd. …