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Volume 11, Number 8, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Local Ob/Gyn Likes 'Em Scared, Reality Check at Unemployment Office, Fortification Award, Plastification, Keeping Warm, Godfrey Plays Politics with Freeze, MEG Agent Confesses, More Snitches, NARCS Turn New Trick, Letters, Community News, Officer Sanders ... etc, My Sister the Punk Rocker, Voices of the Steam Era, Pigeon Trappers Cruel, Hospital Birth, Brokaw Mangles Employee, Hets to Be Polled, Fasting, Your Urine or Your Life, NAACP Demo, God Moves in Mysterious Ways, Power Politics and Religious Tyranny, Falwell Flipflops, Gay v. Gay, Socialized Football Threatens

Volume 11, Number 7, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

My Sister the Punk Rocker, Reagan Hides from Protest, Don't Burn Those Leaves, Unemployment Rises, Did Vidette Kowtow to Pressure?, Non-Driver Resents ID Hassles, City Man Confronted by MEG, White Rich Kids Score High on SATs, Council Tables Freeze Resolution, Reviews: One in Seven, Escape from the 80s, Straight Press Discovers Gays, Chicago Women Picket Bulls, Upstaging the New Right, Addictions and Health, Prisoners Sue System Officials, Cutting Down the Bible

Volume 11, Number 6, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Movie Trivia Quiz, Cops Quack Down, Our Millionth Subscriber, Plastification Award, Book Review, Ronnie the Rat, GI Joe, Gay Diseases, Briggs Lawsuit, Texas & Philly Gay Laws, Falwell, South Africa, Revolution in the Streets, Phony Heroin, Draft, Naturopathy, Birth, My Sister the Punk Rocker, Drastic Plastic, Robin Plan, Miscellaneous Outrages, Culture Fest

Volume 11, Number 5, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Bomb Follies, Brokaw Boycott, Endometriosis, S. Africa, TV

Volume 11, Number 4, Post Amerikan

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Lawyers Eat Legion's Lunch

Volume 11, Number 3, Post Amerikan

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Narc Fashion, MEG Money, Nukes, Garden Pests, ERA, Rush

Volume 11, Number 2, Post Amerikan

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Mothers, Cramps, Nukes, Other Pains

Volume 11, Number 1, Post Amerikan

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Ten Years Together, Post Anniversary

Volume 10, Number 10, Post Amerikan

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Porn, Planting, Parking, Propaganda, Pizza

Volume 10, Number 9, Post Amerikan

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Paving the West Side, Hospitals, Plastic, Lobsters, Weapons, Flags, Phone Books

A Multivariate Analysis Of The Effects Of Money In Congressional Elections On Incumbents And Challengers, Larry Summary

Masters Theses

The use of money in congressional elections will be the principal issue of this thesis. The money decides who will mount a serious contest and who will not. In determining the effect of money in congressional races, it is hypothesized that campaign spending has a much greater effect on the challenger's chances of winning than it does on the incumbent's.

One of the many implications of this thesis is that people and groups determine how well a candidate will do on election day. Such topics as long term trends in the House, congressional competition, voting behavior, conservative and liberal political …

Volume 10, Number 8, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Eureka Co. Pays Damages for Sexual Harassment

Monetary Factors And The Business Cycles, Nattasin Chongsanguan

Masters Theses

The emphasis in the study of economic fluctuations has been placed upon the disequilibrium nature of the growth process with private investment playing such a key role in generating oscillatory behavior. The view taken in this paper, however, is that fluctuations in aggregate economic activity are equilibrium phenomena. Expansionary and contractionary processes are considered as continuous adjustments along an equilibrium path through time.

The Hawtrey-Hicks monetary hypothesis is used in this study to explain irregular fluctuations in economic activity. Monetarist propositions together with rational expectations and dual-decision hypotheses are then drawn from the Hawtrey-Hicks analysis for the testing purposes. Quarterly …

An Objective Measure Of Assertiveness In Children, Deborah K. Price

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of The Casey School District's School-Community Relations Program, Juanita E. Worden Fribley

Masters Theses

Communication with the public is an essential facet of any school-community relations program. This study examines both external and internal communication methods. Before a school district can have a purposeful school-community relations program, the internal communication of the school personnel needs to be working effectively.

The survey used for this field experience was developed by the writer to determine the effectiveness of the Casey School District's school-community relations program. This telephone survey consists of eleven questions concerning an awareness of school news. One hundred people were randomly called and asked to respond to the survey.

The Casey School District utilizes …

Development Of An Emergency Preparedness Manual For Parkview Junior High School, Richard Philip Alsman

Masters Theses

Physical protection of the life and limb of every school pupil is a heavy responsibility that rests upon all officials involved in administering educational programs. Therefore, this study was done to prepare an emergency preparedness manual for Parkview Junior High School of Community Unit School District #20, in Lawrenceville, Illinois. The emergencies to be evaluated in the study include:

1. Tornadoes and Storms
2. Fire
3. Nuclear and Conventional Bombing
4. Explosion and Fire
5. Earthquake
6. Large Scale Air Pollutants
7. Blizzards
8. Bomb Threat

The study begins by describing each disaster, giving background information, destructive power, and possible dangers of which to be aware. This is …

An Examination Of The Verbal-Performance Differences And The Bannatyne Pattern Of The Wechsler Intelligence Scale For Children-Revised, Susan Hanft Bowyer

Masters Theses

Many psychologists use the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Revised (WISC-R) in the diagnosis of learning disabilities. They often place the results of the WISC-R into either the Bannatyne pattern or use the difference between the Verbal IQ and Performance IQ to help determine whether the child is learning disabled or non-learning disabled. This paper examined the feasibility of using either of these methods in determining learning disabilities. The case files of 300 children (211 males and 89 females) between the ages of 5 years, 10 months and 17 years, 3 months (X CA = 10.73 years, SD = …

Validation Of The Tactual Performance Test As An Organicity Screening Device, Stephen C. Lippold

Masters Theses

Organicity screening devices are those psychometric tests used to detect brain dysfunction during the initial assessment. The characteristics of such tests were listed and ones currently being used were reviewed. The review concentrated on the validity and clinical utility of these organicity tests. From the review it was concluded that the validity has not been thoroughly established, partially because weak criteria have been used. It was also concluded that current screening tests have questionable clinical utility, since an inordinant number of organically impaired people are not detected by the tests. The concept of organicity was discussed, and the Tactual Performance …

Analogic Communication As A Method Of Facilitating Change, Patricia Ann Tennery-Williams

Masters Theses

This thesis focused on nonverbal communication and the ways in which it may be employed to facilitate change in the context of psychotherapy. The anthropological, psychological, and medical literature was reviewed, and an overview presented of the relevant research on nonverbal communication. Nonverbal communication forms a critical dimension in the overall communication in the psychotherapeutic interaction. The importance of the therapist’s recognition of nonverbal behaviors characteristic of particular personality structures as well as the functions of nonverbal messages was examined. The utilization of meaningful nonverbal behavior by the therapist can greatly facilitate the client's change into more healthy and constructive …

The Social Psychology Of Imitated Jaywalking: An Extension Of Model Sex And Social Status, Edward W. Gregory Jr.

Masters Theses

A field experiment is designed and conducted to examine what effects the presence of a model who jaywalks (i.e., crosses a street against a "Don't Walk" light) has on inducing jaywalking by unknowing pedestrians who are on the street corner with the model. Two models are used, one male and one female, and their perceived social status is varied by changing their attire from one day to the next to determine what effects sex and social status of models have on initiating jaywalking in other pedestrians.

The review of related literature discusses the findings of a number of studies which …

Social Democracy In North America: A Canadian Example, Rodney Lavern Johnson

Masters Theses

This thesis attempts to discuss a unique political phenomenon in North America - successful Canadian socialism. The first part discusses a workable definition of ideology and a theoretical approach to the explanation of legitimate ideological diversity. The second part of the paper explains the socio-economic and political milieu of Western Canadian society in the early twentieth century and the evolution of a consequent Anglophone socialist movement in response to this environment. The third part discusses concurrent Francophone political phenomena.

Ideology is defined as an amalgamation of commonly agreed upon principles designed to promote a particular communal or national interest. Gad …