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Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 53, WKU Student Affairs 2015 Western Kentucky University

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 53, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

  • Rogers, Shelby. Administrators Start Filling $7.7 Million Gap – Budget
  • Rogers, Shelby. New Building for College of Business on Horizon
  • Ponder, Abby. Students Unwind at Valleypalooza – Housing & Residence Life
  • Ponder, Abby. WKU Owensboro Campus Becomes Small-Scale Main Campus
  • Pettway, Shantel. Building Maintenance Headline Summer Construction Projects – Facilities Management
  • Marsupial Awards
  • Profumo, Morgan. Finals Are Finally Here But Stay Calm
  • Wagner, Nick. Tobacco Worker Struggles to Support Family – Santiago Garcia, Migrant Workers
  • Henderson, Andrew & Trey Crumbie. Paper Cranes to Wish Good Luck on Finals – …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 52, WKU Student Affairs 2015 Western Kentucky University

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 52, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

  • Crumbie, Trey. WKU 2016 Fiscal Budget to Be Reallocated
  • Voorhees, Jessica. Full Stocked: Food Pantry Helps Advance Food Security
  • Wright, Samantha. New Director Coming to Gender & Women’s Studies – Kristi Branham
  • Harney, Lashana. President-Elect Hopes to Continue Successes in Student Government Association – Jay Richey
  • Editorial Cartoon The Paw Print Makes the Master
  • Together for a Better Future: Semester Accomplishments Positively Reflect on University – Parking, Insurance, Confucius Center, Racism
  • French, Jackson. Avengers: Age of Ultron Is Boundless & Relentlessly Fun – Movie Review
  • Pace Setter Photo Spread …


Life History Theory And School-Age Pregnancy: Review And Application, Anna Rozman 2015 University of Connecticut

Life History Theory And School-Age Pregnancy: Review And Application, Anna Rozman

Honors Scholar Theses

The United States currently holds one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in the developed world, but many Americans, including policy makers, view adolescent childbearing as a societal problem that stems from negligence, promiscuity, and poor decision making. This project seeks to frame the institution of school-age motherhood through the lens of Life History Theory, which posits that early reproduction is an adaptation in the face of harsh conditions and high extrinsic mortality rates. This assertion is supported by evidence that adolescent childbearing has been the norm for most of human history, and continues to be practiced in natural fertility …


"Cause I'M Young And I'M Black And My Hat's Real Low": Race, Hip-Hop, And Transformations In The Nba During The Late 1990s And Early 2000s, Christine DeBord 2015 Kennesaw State University

"Cause I'M Young And I'M Black And My Hat's Real Low": Race, Hip-Hop, And Transformations In The Nba During The Late 1990s And Early 2000s, Christine Debord

Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects (Full IR Collection)

Race and racial tensions have long been pressing concerns in professional athletics in the United States. Issues of race have been of particular importance to the National Basketball Association (NBA) since African Americans compromise 77 percent of the league's players. As such, this work examines the ways in which the media and the NBA responded to and managed the new generation of black players during the late 1990s and early 2000s while marketing to primarily white audiences. This time period is important in that it was unapologetically coined the 'thug era' by sports media and basketball fans alike, and the …


The Theology And Agency Of Love As The Substance Of Kingian Non-Violent Philosophy And Activism., Matthew Quainoo 2015 University of Rhode Island

The Theology And Agency Of Love As The Substance Of Kingian Non-Violent Philosophy And Activism., Matthew Quainoo

Senior Honors Projects

The theology of Love focuses on King’s understanding of God as love:

A Research Abstract (Project Summary)

Problem: Almost 50 years after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., controversy continues to swirl around the motivational forces that inspired the nonviolence approach employed by King in his fight for equality for African Americans, the economically disadvantaged and victims of injustice through peaceful protest. Some scholars argue that Kings was inspired by such advocates of nonviolence such as Mahatma Gandhi and Buddha Shakyamuni. Others believe that Dr. King’s philosophy of nonviolence was an expression of the Christian theology of God …


Experiences Of African American Female First Generation College Students, Ashley Green 2015 Western Michigan University

Experiences Of African American Female First Generation College Students, Ashley Green

Dissertations

The purpose of this qualitative phenomenology study was to gain a better understanding of the experiences of African American, female, first generation college students attending a large, predominantly White research university and to understand what motivates them. The major research question guiding this study was: How do African American, female, first generation college students (in good academic standing) describe their college experience? The researcher asked the participants to discuss their challenges, how they responded to challenges, sources of motivation, and factors that contributed to their success in college.

Through individual, face to face, interviews with 10 African American, female, FGC …


Documenting Ferguson: Capturing History As It Happens, Sonya Rooney, Jennifer Kirmer 2015 Washington University in St Louis

Documenting Ferguson: Capturing History As It Happens, Sonya Rooney, Jennifer Kirmer

WashU Libraries Presentations

This poster chronicles a novel archive project—the Documenting Ferguson Project at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL). Our poster highlighted our steps in the documentation and preservation of materials created in the course of and surrounding events in Ferguson, Missouri following the shooting death of Michael Brown on August 9, 2014. WUSTL created a committee, consisting of University Archives and other library staff, faculty, and additional university staff, to coordinate the efforts to capture the history as it happened. The Documenting Ferguson Project Team was called together in August 2014, soon after the death of Michael Brown and the first …


Agency And Afro-Pessimism: Richard Wright And Ayi Kwei Armah, Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah 2015 University of Connecticut - Storrs

Agency And Afro-Pessimism: Richard Wright And Ayi Kwei Armah, Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah

Honors Scholar Theses

Various scholars in Ethnic Studies have made the claim that people of color in the United States have constituted a colony within. That is to say, by virtue of the effects of institutional racism racialized bodies in the United States have experienced a form of colonialism unique to the American context. Examining the connections between forms of subjectivity in the United States and in Africa, this paper attempts to extend the concepts “social life” and “social death” to the literature of continental Africa. Through a close reading of Ayi Kwei Armah’s “The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born,” and Richard …


The Role Of Stress: Low Birth Weight And Preterm Birth For African American Women, Tionna Latrice Jenkins 2015 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

The Role Of Stress: Low Birth Weight And Preterm Birth For African American Women, Tionna Latrice Jenkins

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This population-based study evaluates the impact that psychoSocial stress has on adverse birth outcomes of low birth weight (LBW) and pre-term birth (PTB) among African American mothers in Arkansas. The relationship between adverse birth outcomes in African American women and stress in comparison to non-Hispanic Caucasian women data was evaluated from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) quantitative survey. Data from 2005 through 2010 was reviewed to show the impact that psychoSocial stress has on adverse birth outcomes. The study sample was comprised of 14,196 participants.

Ethnic group status is the key maternal-level independent variable in this study. Of …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 51, WKU Student Affairs 2015 Western Kentucky University

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 51, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

  • Harney, Lashana. The Elephants in the Room – Politicians, Hal Heiner, James Comer, Matt Bevin
  • Harney, Lahsana. A Look Back: Ransdell Hall Turns 4 Years Old
  • Rogers, Shelby. Swimming Team Attorney, Gold Medalist Speak About Suspension – Brian Lowder, Hazing, Claire Donahue
  • Ponder, Abby. WKU Elizabethtown / Fort Knox Campus Offers Military, Nontraditional Students Opportunities
  • Profumo, Morgan. Truth Be Told: The Difference Between a Perfect Relationship or a Masked Dictatorship
  • Parker, Jacob. A Tentative Student Syllabus for Fall 2015 Professors
  • Lafser, Erica. Adjusting to Autism – Robert Dietle, Samuel …


Ua12/2/1 Best Of The Hill - 2015 Winners, WKU Student Affairs 2015 Western Kentucky University

Ua12/2/1 Best Of The Hill - 2015 Winners, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special awards edition of the College Heights Herald.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 50, WKU Student Affairs 2015 Western Kentucky University

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 50, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

  • Crumbie, Trey. Student Gets Hit by Car – Shawntrice Hammonds, Traffic Accidents
  • Henderson, Andrew. Drag 101 – Housing & Residence Life
  • Rogers, Shelby. Vice President for Alumni Relations Retiring – Kathryn Costello
  • Rogers, Shelby. Gender Conference Discusses Sexuality, Identity – Housing & Residence Life, Gays, Lesbians
  • Rogers, Shelby. University Handling Seven Lawsuits, Most Pending – University Attorney
  • Voorhees, Jessica. Board of Regents Debate Student Athletic Fee Increase
  • French, Jackson. Age of Adaline Doesn’t Live Up to Exciting Innovative Plot – Movie Review
  • Lives Depend On Campus Road Safety – …


Constructing National Memory: The Problematics Of Resistance & Remembrance In The Wpa Slave Narrative Collections, Nathan A. Moore 2015 University of Kentucky

Constructing National Memory: The Problematics Of Resistance & Remembrance In The Wpa Slave Narrative Collections, Nathan A. Moore

Library Student Employees' Research

No abstract provided.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 49, WKU Student Affairs 2015 Western Kentucky University

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 49, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

  • Rogers, Shelby. Parking, Tuition to be Key Topics at WKU Regents’ Friday Meeting
  • Henderson, Andrew. GIScience Club Celebrates Earth Day – Geography & Geology, Geographic Information Science
  • Rogers, Shelby. New Temporary Lot Coming to Russellville Road – Parking & Transportation Services
  • Crumbie, Trey. WKU Hosting Gubernatorial Debate Next Week – Politicians
  • Henderson, Andrew. Student Voice Program Concludes First Semester at WKU – Voices of Discovery
  • Profumo, Morgan. Sneezing Season – Allergies
  • Sproles, Katherine. Old Conditions for Animals in Logan County Human Society Unacceptable
  • Dahmer, Jody. Corruption Starting in Student …


Meeting Minutes, WKU Council of Academic Deans 2015 Western Kentucky University

Meeting Minutes, Wku Council Of Academic Deans

Council of Academic Deans

Meeting regarding personnel issues, accreditation, retreat, American Association of State Colleges & Universities dues, faculty hiring procedures, part-time faculty benefits, equal treatment of students, fellowships and budget.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 48, WKU Student Affairs 2015 Western Kentucky University

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 48, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

  • Harney, Lashana. Election Winner Jay Richey Ready to Move Forward – Student Government Association
  • Crumbie, Trey. Fond Farewell – Huda Melky, Equal Employment Opportunity
  • Henderson, Andrew. Kentucky Museum Teaches Students Colonial History
  • Voorhees, Jessica. Quest for Research Position Makes Headway – Faculty Senate
  • Ponder, Abby. Writer & Speaker to Give Presentations on Physics – Sky Science Festival, Jeffrey Bennett
  • Voorhees, Jessica. Healthcare Possibilities Aid Students in Future – Student Health Services, Insurance
  • College Heights Herald Stands With Staff of University of Kentucky Newspaper After Tragedy – Jonathan Krueger, Murder …


“Servants, Obey Your Masters”: Southern Representations Of The Religious Lives Of Slaves, Lindsey K.D. Wedow 2015 Loyola University Chicago

“Servants, Obey Your Masters”: Southern Representations Of The Religious Lives Of Slaves, Lindsey K.D. Wedow

The Gettysburg College Journal of the Civil War Era

This paper focuses on how representations of the religious lives of slaves, specifically their abilities to comprehend the Bible and flourish spiritually, became an issue that not only propelled the North and South toward the Civil War, but also perpetuated the conflict. Using original documents from the collections housed at Chicago’s Newberry Library, predominantly sermons written by proslavery ministers as well as documents published by missionary organizations, this paper explores the fierce defense of the institution of slavery mounted by proslavery Christians. Specifically, this paper’s interest is in how the representation of slaves by proslavery evangelical Christians as incapable of …


Citizenship Without Borders: Understanding Empathy And Domestic Direct Service As Powerful Approaches To Making Global Connections That Matter, Courtney Tielking 2015 Georgia Southern University

Citizenship Without Borders: Understanding Empathy And Domestic Direct Service As Powerful Approaches To Making Global Connections That Matter, Courtney Tielking

Honors College Theses

By unraveling a case study on Georgia Southern University's Alternative Break program, this research examines the relationship between empathy and globalization. Alternative Breaks are week-long trips, during University holidays, which facilitate and encourage direct service, immersion in a specific social issue, and guided reflection sessions. Four active Alternative Break participants and advisors were interviewed to outline accurately and depict their experience with culture-based Alternative Break trips. Their stories demonstrate an alternative to traveling abroad in order to achieve a sense of global citizenship. The research suggests that through empathy and direct service, one can become a global citizen without ever …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 47, WKU Student Affairs 2015 Western Kentucky University

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 47, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

  • Rogers, Shelby & Trey Crumbie. WKU Suspends Swimming Team for Five Years – Hazing, Sexual Assault
  • Harney, Lashana. Judicial Council to Rule on Election Violations Today – Student Government Association
  • Crumbie, Trey. Recent Pedestrian Accidents Could Change WKU Roads – Traffic Accidents
  • Editorial Cartoon Student Government Association Election Issues
  • Profumo, Morgan. Dieting Delusions Can Lead to Poor Health
  • Hyde, Will. Salem Sets Up Battle of Baddest Witches in New Season – Television Review
  • Lafser, Erica. Just Peachy Photo Spread – Bowling Green OnStage
  • Henderson, Andrew. Street Talk: Event Encourages …


Eugenics No Matter What?: An Investigation Of The Eugenic Origin Of Planned Parenthood And Its Effect On Contemporary Society, Sarah McCrea 2015 The College of Wooster

Eugenics No Matter What?: An Investigation Of The Eugenic Origin Of Planned Parenthood And Its Effect On Contemporary Society, Sarah Mccrea

Black & Gold

According to Students for Life of America, the reproductive health non-profit known as Planned Parenthood was founded upon the principles of the Eugenics movement. They also argue that Planned Parenthood is still working toward the goals of that movement today. While Planned Parenthood’s ties to the Eugenics movement are clear, it is not necessarily true that the organization’s workers, volunteers, and officers are toiling to achieve century-old eugenic goals in contemporary society. In fact, this hypothesis ignores a piece of the puzzle that is integral to our understanding of why Planned Parenthood facilities are located where they are: the link …


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