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Social Identity And Substance Abuse In The Lesbian Community, Molly Kerby

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of substance use (alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs) among members of the lesbian community. Additionally, the investigator attempted to determine if there was a relationship between negative social identity and low selfesteem that is reflected in higher rates of substance abuse. The data collection method employed in this study was a type of nonprobability sampling procedure referred to as a purposive sample. The questionnaire was derived from instruments used by other researchers and validated by an expert panel. In order to select respondents from the lesbian population to be included …

Naqshbandiyya In Damascus: Strategies To Establish And Strengthen The Order In A Changing Society, Leif Stenberg

Book Chapters / Conference Papers

No abstract provided.

Sterilization In The United States: Prevalence And Controversies, Carey Brown

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

There have been many breakthroughs in birth control technologies, many of which have been beneficial for women. However, many feminists who advocate reproductive freedom also warn that freedom for some might lead to further oppression for others. The case in point is the practice of tubal ligation in the United States. Conflict theory indicates that the field of medicine is a social structure that is based upon capitalistic ideology and serves to perpetuate inequality. Feminist theory argues that medicine systematically disempowers women and that notions of family are very narrowly defined. This study examined the prevalence of tubal ligation among …

The Social Process Of "Passing" To Manage Stigma: Acts Of Internalized Oppression Or Acts Of Resistance?, Valli Kalei Kanuha

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

In order to manage social stigma, some individuals construct and enact a social interaction strategy known as passing, which is "a performance in which one presents himself as what one is not" (Rohy, 1996). Based on interviews with lesbians and gay men of color, this article suggests that the process of passing is not based upon a rejection of stigmatized identity, but situationally employed to resist social oppression.

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 26, No. 4 (December 1999)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• THE URBAN ECOLOGY OF HOSPITAL FAILURE: HOSPITAL CLOSURES IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO, 1970-1991 - Gunnar Alm gren & Miquel Ferguson
• THE SOCIAL PROCESS OF "PASSING" TO MANAGE STIGMA: ACTS OF INTERNALIZED OPPRESSION OR ACTS OF RESISTANCE? - Valli Kalei Kanuha
• CONTRIBUTIONS OF FOREIGN-BASED AUTHORS TO SELECTED SOCIAL WORK JOURNALS IN THE UNITED STATES - Muammer Cetingok
• USING PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED ACTORS IN SOCIAL WORK ROLE-PLAY SIMULATIONS - Helen E. Petracchi
• THE INCREASE IN INTERGENERATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILIES HEADED BY GRANDMOTHERS - Dorothy S. Ruiz & Iris Carlton-LaNey
• MELTING MULTICULTURALISM? LEGACIES OF ASSIMILATION PRESSURES IN HUMAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS …

The Increase In Intergenerational African American Families Headed By Grandmothers, Dorothy S. Ruiz, Iris Carlton-Laney

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This article analyzes census data on grandparent heads of household. Information on African American grandparents, grandmothers in particular, is the focus of this analysis. The data include a profile of African American grandparent householders, reasons for the increase in households headed by grandparents, challenges and problems, living arrangements/household characteristics, and implications for practice. African American children are more likely to live in the home of their grandparents than are White or Hispanic children. In 1993, 12 percent of African American children lived in the home of their grandparent in comparison to 4 percent for Whites and 6 percent for Hispanics. …

Perceiving Oppression: Relationships With Resilience, Self-Esteem, Depressive Symptoms, And Reliance On God In African-American Homeless Men, Jill Littrell, Elizabeth Beck

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Empowerment has been proffered as a desirable goal for many disadvantaged populations. The process of empowerment can include encouraging disadvantaged individuals to recognize the structural factors in society (e.g., discrimination, oppression, injustice) which contribute to disadvantaged status. Two studies sought to determine the impact that recognition of oppression has on a disadvantaged individual's (1) self-esteem; (2) level of depressive symptoms; (3) resilience which includes a sense of master y and optimism; (4) anger; and (5) reliance on God. These issues were investiga ted in a sample of African-American men seeking services at a soup-kitchen ministry. Perceptions of racial discrimination were …

Review Of Shifting The Color Line: Race And The American Welfare State. Robert C. Lieberman. Reviewed By Jill Quadagno, Florida State University, Jill Quadagno

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Shifting the Color Line: Race and the American Welfare State. Robert C. Lieberman. Reviewed by Jill Quadagno, Florida State University

Save The Date Paca December 3-5, 1999

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Save the Date for President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts Meeting December 3-5, 1999.

Stress At A Juvenile Detention Center: Identifying Stressors And Examining The Coping Process, Matthew J. Schmid

Masters Theses

In the examination of the literature dealing with stress as it relates to corrections, normally "juvenile corrections workers are not considered, due to the dearth of stress-related research" (Huckabbe, 1992, p. 479). This thesis is a qualitative project designed to analyze detention workers' views on stress. I was interested in finding out the following two things: (1) the workers' identification of the major stressors in their job, and (2) the ways the workers coped with the stressors identified.

Structured interviews were conducted with one third (12) of the detention staff that worked at a forty bed juvenile detention center in …

The Estimation Of Rape Prevalence: A Reflexive Account Of The Construction And Pretesting Of A New Questionnaire, Edith Marie Fisher

Masters Theses

A review of the rape literature and current assessment suggests that research done in this highly sensitive area is especially vulnerable to response effects. Comparisons between studies is problematic due to vast differences in the conceptualizations of rape, the wording and context of the questions used to solicit data as well as the method of data collection. I created a new rape prevalence questionnaire with the intent of decreasing response effects. I conducted 15 semi-structured pretest interviews with female Western Michigan University students and three pilot tests, in which 30 telephone interviews were completed, 30 personal interviews were completed, and …

Welfare Reform A Success?, Laura Stivers

Laura Stivers

The Social Uses Of Advertising, Mark Ritson, Richard Elliott

Mark Ritson

Advertising research has focused exclusively on the solitary subject at the expense of understanding the role that advertising plays within the social contexts of group interaction. We develop a number of explanations for this omission before describing the results of an ethnographic study of advertising's contribution to the everyday interactions of adolescent informants at a number of English high schools. The study reveals a series of new, socially related advertising-audience behaviors. Specifically, advertising meanings are shown to possess social uses relating to textual experience, interpretation, evaluation, ritual use, and metaphor. The theoretical and managerial implications of these social uses are …

Case Studies On The Assimilation Of Contemporary Mainland Migrant Families In Hong Kong : A Segmented Assimilation Theory Perspective, Shing Tak, Pedro Chan

Lingnan Theses

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 75, No. 25, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

• Moore, Brian. Suspicious Fires Plague Pearce-Ford Tower – Housing & Residence Life
• Gaines, Jim. Transpark Proposed for City
• Brown, Abbey. Few Join Protest to Save Vice President Position – Student Affairs, Demonstrations
• Karen, Mattias. Baker Street Café Closed
• Ragan, Jason. Kentucky State Police Supports Safety Programs for Holidays
• Batcheldor, Matt. Stop Treating Us Like Babies – Housing & Residence Life
• Gaines, Jim. Computer Information Systems Minor in Suspense – Curriculum
• Banner 2000 Waffling Dumb, Just Dumb – Registrar
• Tabor, Chris. Editorial Cartoon Smoking
• Bennett, Jacob. The Word Is Out, …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 75, No. 24, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

• Karen, Mattias. New Rules Forcing Program Reviews – Curriculum
• Brown, Abbey. Students to Protest for Vice President – Student Affairs, Demonstrations
• Lynch, Caroline. McLean Hall Gets a Makeover
• Warren, Brandy. Mice Continue Their Stay at Dorm – Bemis Lawrence Hall, Housing & Residence Life
• Hammock, Michelle. Article Shows How Precious Life Is – W.C. Fowler aka Tra
• Rexroat, Scott. Brain Cancer Article
• Murphy, Ben. Commission Listened to Constituents – Bowling Green City Commission
• Nichter, Kevin. Ordinance Anything But Fair – Fairness Ordinance, Bowling Green City Commission
• Bedo, Leslie. Professors …

Edelbert Rodgers, Edelbert G. Rodgers '33, Yvonne Jones

All oral histories

Rodgers speaks of how he came to enroll at IWU (from his home in St. Louis), racism as well as kindness he encountered in Bloomington, and jobs he held as the sole provider of his expenses at school during the Depression. He also describes research he conducted while a student and how he went to the University of Minnesota for his Master's work prior to being drafted in World War II and the Ph.D. in Psychology he received from New York University afterwards. Virginia Rodgers speaks briefly about her Nursing education in Maryland. The two eventually settled in Flint, MI …

The Southern Nevada Strategic Planning Authority Plan Public Outreach Efforts In The City Of Henderson, Brenda S. Fischer

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Region is the fastest growing region in the United States and has been for several years. The same source lists Henderson as the fastest growing large city (over 100,000 population) since 1990.

To mitigate the effects of growth, the Southern Nevada Strategic Planning Authority (SNSPA) was created in 1997. it was tasked with creating a 20 year plan for growth and presenting that plan to the 1999 legislature. The purpose of this paper is to determine it the residents of Henderson agree with the contents of the plan, as rt …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 75, No. 23, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

• Gaines, Jim. Staff Paying Steep Price for Parking Tags – Parking & Transportation Services
• Brown, Abbey. Schedule Change Rethought – Registrar
• Warren, Brandy. Studies Show College-Age Smoking on Rise
• Batcheldor, Matt. Banner 2000 Presentation
• Ragan, Jason. County Reinstates Ban on Open Fires – Drought
• Ragan, Jason. Gary Ransdell Will Speak – Delta Sigma Pi
• Ragan, Jason. Senior Wins Drawing – Janet Thompson
• Ragan, Jason. Council on Postsecondary Education Approves Joint Program – Bowling Green Technical College
• Ragan, Jason. Regents Chair Receives Leadership Award – Cornelius Martin
• Welcome to Western, …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 75, No. 22, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

• Brown, Abbey. New Class Schedule Begins in Fall – Registrar
• Brown, Abbey. Student Government Association Plans Protest – Student Affairs, Demonstrations
• Karen, Mattias. Thompson Science Complex Funding Falters
• Moore, Brian. Campus Police Get New Chief – Robert Deane, WKU Police
• Macky, Crystal. Concert Tonight – Gumbo, Grits & Gravy
• Moore, Brian. WKU Police Investigate Peeper
• Moore, Brian. Backhoe Stolen
• Bowling Green City Commission Holds On to Small-Town Stereotypes – Fairness Legislation, Gays, Lesbians
• Tabor, Chris. Editorial Cartoon Bowling Green Walking Into Dark Ages – Fairness Legislation, Gays, Lesbians
• Black, …

Ua12/2/1 Fountain Of Youth, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

Special basketball edition of the College Heights Herald:

• Mayo, Travis. Hilltoppers Take the Court This Year with Eight Youngsters
• Clark, Ryan. Hilltoppers Predicted to Finish Fourth in Sun Belt Conference
• Mayo, Travis. Western Hopeful After Last Season’s Success
• Sisco, Scott. An Invitation to Dennis Felton
• Meet the Hilltoppers – Team Roster
• Williams, Travis. Big Men Could Be Answer to Toppers Low-Post Problems
• Mayo, Travis. Questions Loom as Toppers Begin Season
• Mayo, Travis. Cincinnati Leading Men’s Top 25
• Yeo, Chris. Managers Key to Team’s Success

The Mystery Of Alexina [Film Series Flier], University Of Northern Iowa. Gender & Sexuality Services, Uni Proud.

UNI PROUD Documents

A flier promoting Mystery of Alexina film.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 75, No. 21, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

• Lynch, Caroline. Fairness Proposal on the Ropes – Bowling Green City Commission, Gays, Lesbians
• Lynch, Caroline. No Pill for Parking Pain – Parking & Traffic Services
• Lynch, Caroline. Parking Committee Not Popular
• Mayo, Travis. Life & Death – W.C. Fowler aka Tra, Obituaries
• Moore, Brian. Crime Prevention Comes to Western – WKU Police
• Warren, Brandy. Historian Expects Ideological Turnabout – Marion Lucas, Politics
• Students Losing Their Voice in the Interest of Down-Sizing – Student Affairs
• Tabor, Chris. Editorial Cartoon Student Affairs Robot
• Bennett, Jacob. The Freshman 15 Looms Large …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 75, No. 19 [20], Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

• Karen, Mattias. Gary Ransdell Plans to Eliminate Vice President Position – Student Affairs
• Brown, Abbey. Student Government Association Members Oppose Move – Student Affairs
• Brewer, Jerry. Breaking Down Jaime Walz – Basketball
• Ragan, Jason. Business Job Fair
• Ragan, Jason. Intern from Western Extra in NBC Show – Charlie Lanter
• Karen, Mattias. Dero Downing to Be Speaker at Lancaster Lecture Friday
• Ragan, Jason. Low Voter Turnout Plagues Polls Across Kentucky – Elections
• Warren, Brandy. American Civil Liberties Union Speaker Encourages Students to Fight for Their Rights – Jeff Vessels, ACLU …

Ua12/2/1 The Little Team That Could, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

Special basketball edition of the College Heights Herald:

• Brewer, Jerry. This Year’s Team Is Ready to Prove the Doubters Wrong – Basketball
• Clark, Ryan. Sun Belt Conference Should Have Another Predictable Year
• Brewer, Jerry. Lady Tops Have Remedy for Doubters – Winning
• Brewer, Jerry. Volunteers, University of Connecticut Lead College Heights Herald Top 25
• 1999-2000 Lady Topper Roster
• Brewer, Jerry. Meet the Lady Toppers
• Mayo, Travis. Trying to Uncover These Lady Tops Could Be Tough
• Yeo, Chris. Post Players Crucial to Lady Toppers’ Success
• Knox, Malcolm. Walk-Ons Contribute Depth to Roster
• Brewer, Jerry. Questions Loom As Lady Tops Begin Season

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 75, No. 19, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

• Mayo, Travis. Chris Marcus New Guy in World of Hoops – Basketball
• Gaines, Jim. Governor Burns Midnight Oil – Paul Patton, Elections
• Moore, Brian. Police Have No Suspect in Murder Near Campus – Kevin Ragland
• Walsh, Erica. Author to Speak on New Fatherhood – Allan Johnson
• Gaines, Jim. Candidate Wants Mayberry Image – Robert Deane, WKU Police
• Bennett, Jacob. Chief Prospect Favors Prevention Program – Mari Harris, WKU Police
• Big Show Could Come to Western – Concerts, University Center Board
• Tabor, Chris. Editorial Cartoon WKU Turning Dave Matthews Band …

Grappling, Theodore R. Sizer, Nancy Faust Sizer

Special Topics, General

"Moral" or "character" education is neither a discrete curriculum added as an afterthought nor an unreflective activity, such as "community service, " that has never been probed for its meaning. Truly moral education, the authors maintain, is an intellectual undertaking that must infuse the entire school.

Youth Service-Learning And Community Service Among 6th- Through 12th-Grade Students In The United States: 1996 And 1999, Brian Kleiner, Chris Chapman

Special Topics, General

Involving America's students in community service activities is one of the objectives established under the third National Education Goal for the year 2000, which seeks to prepare students for responsible citizenship. Over the past 10 years, legislative initiatives have responded to and galvanized a growing national emphasis on increasing students' involvement with their local communities and linking this service to academic study through service-learning. Examples of initiatives that have mandated support for service-learning activities in elementary and secondary schools include the National and Community Service Act of 1990, the Serve America program and the National and Community Service Trust Act …

Mandatory Community Service: Citizenship Education Or Involuntary Servitude?, Susan M. Anderson

Service Learning, General

A popular topic of conversation lately among parents, educators, policymakers, students and the media is the isolation of young people from their communities. Many people feel schools have a responsibility to build bridges among diverse populations of children and youth, provide nonviolent problem-solving experiences and promote positive activities for young people, even during after-school hours. Involving young people in community service is seen as one potential solution. Indeed, some citizens and educators would like to ensure that all students — including those least likely to participate voluntarily but most likely to benefit from the experience — have the opportunity to …

Invlving Older Adults In Schools, Jane Angelis, Lisa Wathen

Intergenerational

Older adults possess what many young people lack: history, patience, and a deep knowledge of the human struggle. At a time when flexibility and the ability to change are essential skills for entry into the economy, senior citizens can show the way. They were born, after all, before television, jet planes, and communications satellites. And in an age in which mobility, poverty, and other forces have severed family ties, older adults are a living link with the past. With all the benefits that can accrue from involving older people in our schools, it would seem to make sense that' this …