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Kentucky Speech Arts Association (Mss 717), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Kentucky Speech Arts Association (Mss 717), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 717. Minutes, 1931-1962, and associated records (correspondence, membership lists, program notices, and financial data) of the Kentucky Speech Arts Association, first organized as The Kentucky Association of Teachers of Speech.
From Coalescence To Bureaucratization: Veganuary’S Use Of Rhetorical Strategies On Social Media, Sabrina A. Carr
From Coalescence To Bureaucratization: Veganuary’S Use Of Rhetorical Strategies On Social Media, Sabrina A. Carr
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Social movement plays an integral part in how our society makes progress and changes overtime. With the birth and adoption of digital technologies comes new and unique opportunities for social movements and social movement organizations to make further progress and accomplish its goals. This study uses the foundations of organizational identification and values advocacy to evaluate the rhetoric of a specific organization within the vegan movement, Veganuary, and shows how this organization utilizes various strategies on its social media platforms to grow as an organization over a six-year time period. Specifically, I argue that Veganuary was able to move from …
Ua3/2/4 Wku President's Office-Garrett Speech File, Wku Archives
Ua3/2/4 Wku President's Office-Garrett Speech File, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Speeches and notes for speeches written by and delivered by Paul Garrett.
A Rhetorical Analysis Of President Bill Clinton's First Term Presidential Rhetoric, Ireland Hill
A Rhetorical Analysis Of President Bill Clinton's First Term Presidential Rhetoric, Ireland Hill
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
Bill Clinton was the United States of America’s (U.S.) 42nd President, and his rhetoric set the tone of U.S. political climate for years following his presidency. Due to the power that a president possesses, a president’s presence and statements are frequently analyzed. It is clear, however, that there is a lack of research completed on presidential rhetoric. Upon this realization, I reflected on my previous areas of research; one of those areas was the first term presidential rhetoric of Clinton. As a result, I decided that a rhetorical analysis of some of the major rhetoric that contributed to Clinton’s first …
Ua12/2/28 Forensics Team, Wku Archives
Ua12/2/28 Forensics Team, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about the forensics / debate team.
Ua99/6/1 Bowling Green Business University Student Affairs Student Organizations, Wku Archives
Ua99/6/1 Bowling Green Business University Student Affairs Student Organizations, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by student organizations.
Ua1c11/93 Wku Forensics Team Photo Collection, Wku Archives
Ua1c11/93 Wku Forensics Team Photo Collection, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Photographs created by and about the WKU Forensics Team.
Ua3/10/1 Investiture Address, Timothy C. Caboni
Ua3/10/1 Investiture Address, Timothy C. Caboni
WKU Archives Records
Speech delivered by Dr. Timothy Caboni upon his installation as president of WKU.
Ua37/42 Faculty Personal Papers Nina Hammer, Wku Archives
Ua37/42 Faculty Personal Papers Nina Hammer, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Personal papers of Nina Hammer, Bowling Green Business University Registrar 1938-1963; WKU Registrar 1963-1969.
Ua1c6/1 Demonstration / Protest Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c6/1 Demonstration / Protest Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of student / faculty demonstrations and protests of various types.
Ua3/9/5 Hall Of Distinguished Alumni Speech, Wku President's Office
Ua3/9/5 Hall Of Distinguished Alumni Speech, Wku President's Office
WKU Archives Records
Speech written and delivered by Gary Ransdell on his and his wife, Julie Ransdell's induction into the WKU Hall of Distinguished Alumni.
Ua37/6 Faculty Personal Papers L.Y. Lancaster, Wku Archives
Ua37/6 Faculty Personal Papers L.Y. Lancaster, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records regarding the nomination of Lennie Lancaster for the Kentucky Medical Association and Kentucky Academy of Family Physicians awards. The series is arranged in chronological order. A short biographical sketch by Dr. Jerry W. Martin, who made the nominations, is included. Dr. Lancaster's diplomas are in the collection, as well as an oral history interview conducted in 1973 which tells, among other things, of his work to establish Western's first campus bookstore in the summer of 1921. The collection also includes the KMA and KAFP awards, as well as several other certificates and awards.
Come On In, The Writing's Fine: Preserving Voice And Generating Enthusiasm In My English 100 Syllabus, Elisa Leah Berry
Come On In, The Writing's Fine: Preserving Voice And Generating Enthusiasm In My English 100 Syllabus, Elisa Leah Berry
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
This thesis explores the potential for creating a composition syllabus that presents a model of good writing, is an enthusiastic invitation to the discipline, and provides a clear roadmap to success, not only for the course, but also for the students’ college career. This is especially useful for an increasingly diverse student community that arrives to college with a varying knowledge of the academic institution, with its specialized language and systems. The project explores the existing research on syllabus crafting, uses current composition studies and a survey of English 100 students to interrogate the rhetorical situation of the author’s own …
The Liberty Counsel's : An Ideographic Analysis, Daniel M. Chick
The Liberty Counsel's : An Ideographic Analysis, Daniel M. Chick
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Ideology is a powerful means of persuasion in contemporary audience appeals. Through the means of ideographic and fragmentary analyses provided by Michael Calvin McGee (1980, 1990) and Saindon (2008), I examine the rhetorical appeals made by the Liberty Counsel, an evangelical Christian organization, which provides legal counsel for cases regarding “religious liberty.” Through an ideographic and fragmentary analysis, I conclude that the Counsel utilizes the ideograph as a superseding means of denoting its ideology. Further, I argue that is the ideograph that represents the ontological nature of the organization’s philosophy and serves as the guiding principle for many of the …
Crisis Of Man To Crisis Of Men: Ray Rice And The Nfl's Transition From Crisis Of Image To Crisis Of Ethics, Heidi E. Sisler
Crisis Of Man To Crisis Of Men: Ray Rice And The Nfl's Transition From Crisis Of Image To Crisis Of Ethics, Heidi E. Sisler
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Using typologies by Benoit (1995), Seeger (2006), and Heath (2006) this study argues that when an organization encounters multiple complications (e.g., perceived guilt, magnitude of harm, nature of the victims, etc.) compounding a crisis situation, that the organization’s best course of action is to employ atonement rhetoric. Second, this study also argues for the inclusion of a new best practice in crisis communication, which highlights the importance of organizations to recognize the impact visual evidence, especially video footage, has on complicating crisis response while also increasing demand for an appropriate and timely response. To do this the study uses the …
Ua1c11/58 Dan Curd Photo Collection, Wku Archives
Ua1c11/58 Dan Curd Photo Collection, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Photographs donated by Dan Curd.
Ua94/7/2 Student/Alumni Personal Papers Training School Mary Grise, Wku Archives
Ua94/7/2 Student/Alumni Personal Papers Training School Mary Grise, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about Mary Grise and collected by her during her years at College High. Mary participated in forensics, drama and music festivals hosted by Western Kentucky University and other organizations in Kentucky. She was elected as a delegate to the American Legion's Girl State and went on to represent Kentucky in Washington, D.C. at Girls Nation. The collection includes scrapbooks, correspondence and papers related to all her college activities. Photographs have been removed to UA1C11.69 Mary Grise Photograph Collection.
Ua12/2/38 Congress Debating Club, Wku Archives
Ua12/2/38 Congress Debating Club, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Records created by and about the Congress Debating Club including minute books, programs, club constitution, and more.
[Sabbatical Report], Angela M. Jerome
[Sabbatical Report], Angela M. Jerome
Sabbatical Reports
I use argumentation theory to illustrate that the NCAA's main obstacle in defending its policies on amateurism and impermissible benefits, that many perceive to be problematic, lies in the fact that its justifications are built on weak premises that conflict with the core values of its opposition. In (a further) essay I argue that the typology of renewal rhetoric, which is largely understudied, may be used as a tool for collegiate athletic directors to follow when navigating a "risky" hire. (Finally I) will report the results of a longitudinal, RCap-funded study I conducted during my sabbatical to assess one women's …
Ua1c11/67 Randall Capps Photo Collection, Wku Archives
Ua1c11/67 Randall Capps Photo Collection, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Photographs and negatives of WKU Forensics Teams and unidentified theater productions.
Ua68/3/1 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Communication Publications, Wku Archives
Ua68/3/1 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Communication Publications, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Publications created by and about the Communication Department.
Ua68/3/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Communication Student Organizations, Wku Archives
Ua68/3/2 Potter College Of Arts & Letters Communication Student Organizations, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Student organization records created by the Communication Department and the WKU Forensics Team.
Ua3/9/5 President's Office-Ransdell Speech File, Wku Archives
Ua3/9/5 President's Office-Ransdell Speech File, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Speeches written and delivered by Gary Ransdell.
The Impact Of Competition In Forensics On Future Careers, Jace Thomas Lux
The Impact Of Competition In Forensics On Future Careers, Jace Thomas Lux
Dissertations
Each year, thousands of college students participate in forensics (competitive speech and debate). Despite previous studies that identify numerous benefits to forensics participation, the activity is often eliminated from college campuses due to financial constraints. Although previous literature identifies the benefits of forensics participation to competitors, these studies do not address the lasting impact of college forensics participation on the careers of former competitors.
This exploratory study sought to identify the forensics outcomes that former competitors felt are used most frequently in their current careers, as well as the amount of emphasis forensics programs are placing on teaching these particular …
A Change In Competition: Assessing The Nfa-Ld Community And Its Views On Topical Counterplans, Matthew Whitman
A Change In Competition: Assessing The Nfa-Ld Community And Its Views On Topical Counterplans, Matthew Whitman
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
Intercollegiate academic debate allows students to participate in various contests and competitions to demonstrate expertise in argumentation and public speaking (Freeley & Steinberg 2009). The National Forensic Association's Lincoln-Douglas (NFA-LD) debate is a two-person style of policy-based debate, and it borrows much of its argumentative structure from other team-based debate organizations (Freeley & Steinberg, 2009). Yet it also prohibits other theoretical arguments from being used through its codified rules. This project seeks to examine current NFA-LD community attitudes towards the prohibition of topical counterplans, a theoretical negative argument, in the event.
Discourse And Conflict: The President Barack H. Obama Birth Certificate Controversy And The New Media, Timothy Lee Adams
Discourse And Conflict: The President Barack H. Obama Birth Certificate Controversy And The New Media, Timothy Lee Adams
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
A creative exploration of the consequences of public speech in the era of freely accessible, social media, as the author, a former elections official, records and explores the consequences of public dissent in the case of President Barack Obama’s eligibility controversy. This non-fiction narrative culminates with the author’s analysis and observations on both his personal experiences and the state of public speech and political power in contemporary America.
Ua98/2 Potter College For Young Ladies Administration, Wku Archives
Ua98/2 Potter College For Young Ladies Administration, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Administrative records related to Potter College. The series includes grade books, textbook list and a receipt.
Ua12/2/22 Western Kentucky State Normal Commonwealth, Wku Moot Congress
Ua12/2/22 Western Kentucky State Normal Commonwealth, Wku Moot Congress
WKU Archives Records
Undated report of the WKU Moot Commonwealth Committee on Resolutions. Resolutions regarding transportation, economic development, alchohol and conservation.
Ua94/2 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Ogden College, Wku Archives
Ua94/2 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Ogden College, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Small collections of items donated by or about Ogden alumni.
Ua3/8/8 President's Office-Meredith Speech File, Wku Archives
Ua3/8/8 President's Office-Meredith Speech File, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Speeches written and delivered by Thomas Meredith.