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Court-Ordered Consent Decree For The Homeless: Process, Conflict And Control, Alice K. Johnson, Larry W. Kreuger, John J. Stretch

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

A 1985 class action suit on behalf of homeless individuals living in the City of St. Louis mandates both short-term and long-term services to homeless persons. These court-ordered requirements bring together an interesting triparite system: (1) the adversarial and justice-oriented legal system, (b) the highly political city government, and (c) the traditionally voluntary system of human service providers. Service provision to the homeless, the utility of advocacy, privatization, and the ethics of public disclosure are examined from a sociological conflict and control perspective. The St. Louis experience provides guidance for communities wishing to engage the legal, political, and social service …

An Evaluation Of An Organizationally-Focused School-Based Delinquency Reduction Program: The Milwood Project, H. Preston Elrod

Dissertations

An extensive body of research exists which links various aspects of schooling to delinquency. Despite a small body of research suggesting that school-based delinquency reduction programs which employ democratic problem solving to alter the social organizational climates of schools are viable, few evaluations of such programs exist. The object of this research is to evaluate the effectiveness of a three year school-based delinquency reduction project designed to alter the social organizational structure of a public junior high school.

This research describes the development, implementation and evaluation of the project which was guided by three interrelated theoretical perspectives: (1) the role …

A Comparison Of Selected Old And New Right Wing Groups: Involvement With Law Enforcement, Elvin W. Keith

Masters Theses

This study has determined that current right wing extremist groups in the U.S. have no greater propensity for damage to the national security than older right wing groups.

Although right wing groups are dangerous due to the popularity of conservative causes and the proliferation of modern weaponry, an examination reveals that dedication and increased military capability are offset by more efficient law enforcement response and lack of support by the general populace.

A careful examination of the American right wing, both old and new shows the disparity between the two groups. Emphasis is placed on exploring the old right wing …

Ua77/1 Western, Wku Alumni Association

WKU Administration Documents

WKU alumni newsletter.

• Thomas C. Meredith Inaugurated as Eighth President of Western
• Governor Wallace Wilkinson Announces WKU Institute for Economic Development
• President Thomas C. Meredith Awarded Honorary Degree – Kentucky Wesleyan College
• Western to Host State Marching Band Championships
• Spring Enrollment is 13,333
• Regents Approve 1989-90 Operating Budget
• Alliance Corporation Establishes Scholarship
• Drackett Company of Franklin Gives $10,000 Scholarship
• Greenwood Optimists Contribute to College Heights Foundation
• Potter College Honors Published Faculty
• WKU Announces 1989 Faculty Award Winners
• Journalism School Wins Top Honors
• Western Grad Awarded $6,000 Fellowship for Graduate Study
• Graduate Chasing Bachelor’s at Elizabethtown Community College – Mary Todd …

A Theory Of The Sociology Of Women, Helen A. Moore, Jane C. Ollenburger

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Feminist theories present a number of options for organizing a model of inequality for women. At times, these present mutually exclusive concepts or definitions, or even causal factors. Patriarchal theories will not be used because they do not perceive women's oppression. Without an assumption of sex stratification and oppression, women's reality cannot be accurately described. Along with these patriarchal models, sex role socialization theories have been criticized for having (1) an emphasis on finding a singular universal truth and verification method, (2) a commitment to objectivity and observer neutrality, (3) dichotomous classification and primarily causal models, (4) ahistorical views, and …

Ua68/13/4 Limited Edition, Vol. 6, No. 1, Wku Journalism

WKU Administration Documents

Newspaper created by students participating in the Minority Journalism Workshop hosted by the WKU Journalism Department.

• Mills, Deanna. Minorities Say Civil Rights Backsliding Here
• Anderson, Tiffany. Local Woman Gives Children Chance to Live - Judy Schwank
• Taylor, Carletta. Minnesota Names Former WKU Star Assistant Coach - Clemette Haskins
• Wright, Lisa. New Language, Old Friends Concern Refugees Most - Cambodians
• Hart, Jimmy. Quality of Students Made Integration Smooth
• Taylor, Carletta. Government Teacher Knows Importance of Role Models - Saundra Ardrey
• Anderson, Lisa. Robert Haynes Says Western Trying to Increase Minority Hiring
• Batson, Alycia. Good Opportunities Often Mean Leaving
• Shobe, Tracey. Local …

Legal Education As Political Consciousness-Raising Or Paving The Road To Hell, Richard F. Devlin

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

The Hand That Pushes The Rock, Paula Rothenberg

Trotter Review

Only a very few schools in this country actually require all students to spend an entire semester thinking about issues of race and gender. Many more have found a way to incorporate these issues in required courses in “social problems” where racism and sexism get their two weeks along with environmental pollution and other current issues. I think this approach is dead wrong. Racism and sexism are not “problems” or “topics.” They are ways of defining reality and living our lives that most of us have learned along with learning how to tie our shoes and how to drink from …

Race And Excellence In American Higher Education, James Jennings

Trotter Review

W,E.B. DuBois’ assessment of American higher education’s posture toward black students in 1926 — “The attitude of the northern institution toward the Negro student is one which varies from tolerance to active hostility” — could have been written today based on several investigations. The American Council on Education reported recently that “the higher education community must continue to address the issues of losses in participation at all levels for blacks; the segregation of Hispanics; the retention and graduation of minority students, both undergraduate and graduate; the lack of growth for minorities in faculty and staff ranks.” The College Board reports …

Test Of An Argumentative Skill Deficiency Model Of Interspousal Violence, Dominic A. Infante, Theresa A. Chandler, Jill E. Rudd

Communication Faculty Publications

Presents a study that examined a model of communication and interpersonal physical violence among married people. Relation between communication and violence; Review of related literature on interspousal violence; Application of the model on abused wives and abused husbands.

The Socializer, June 1989, Department Of Sociology

The Socializer

Volume 1, Number 28 of the Socializer, published June, 1989.

Towards A Construct Of Employment For Social Welfare And Economic Productivity, David C. Congdon

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This article analyzes Marxian socialist, neo-classical, and Keynesian economic theories toward developing a construct of employment which supports social welfare and economic productivity. It considers their motivational approaches, outcomes, and requirements for social control. A Keynesian construct of employment is recommended as supportive of social well-being, high productivity, and a level of social control reduced from that in currently dominant economic systems. Implications and implementation issues are considered.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 64, No. 55, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Schlagenhauf, Ann. Thomas Meredith Forecasts Busy Days Are Ahead
• Howard, Laura. Chinese Visitors Gather Impressions, Ideas
• Underwood, Jennifer. Child Care Drains Parents’ Minds, Pocketbooks
• Carter, Darla. Student Parents Face Special Problems
• Carter, Darla. Response Low to Tripling Plan – Housing & Residence Life
• Budget Leads Regents’ Agenda Today
• Faculty Senate Prepares for New Year
• Hernes, Tom & Gina Kinslow. Cherry Hall Bomb Threat a Hoax
• Marsupial Awards 1989
• Dillard, John. Swimming Pool is an Issue – President’s Home
• Porter, Angela. University Biased – President’s Day …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 64, No. 53, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Carter, Darla. Roomies Adopting a Third Will Save
• Howard, Laura. Jobless: Resumes, Blind Hope Not Enough
• Eline, Sidney. Walkway Linking Diddle Arena, Parking Structure Discussed
• Schlagenhauf, Ann. Retiring Vice President Harry Largen Praised
• Delta Sigma Theta Finds $1,063 Gone
• Hernes, Tom. Two Lose Property in Poland Hall Fire
• Take Suggestions to Master Planner – WKU Master Plan
• Chattin, John. Editorial Cartoon – WKU Master Plan Suggestions
• Wilder, Mary. Proud to Protest – Women’s Equality/Women’s Lives March
• Norene, Rebecca. Unborn Have Rights – Antiabortion
• Cardwell, Ronald, …

The Medicalization Of Senile Dementia: From "Normality" To “Pathology”, Rosamond Robbert

Dissertations

Once considered an uncommon presenile condition, Alzheimer's disease is today claimed to be one of the major causes of death in older persons. This study examines the process of changing definitions that led to this reconstruction. The method employs both unstructured non-quantitative and structured quantitative content analysis. The data base includes journal articles, media reports, government documents, professional manuals and conference proceedings. Alzheimer's disease is treated as a putative condition and all statements concerning the condition are treated as claims. Focusing specifically on the years 1970 to 1985, we show that cognitive impairment in older persons, once claimed to be …

Article And Interview Transcript With New Haven Advocate Newspaper, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist, was featured in this article and interview with the New Haven Advocate, a newspaper in New Haven, Connecticut. At the time, he served as consultant to the government of Mozambique representing the country and its interests in the United States, Canada, and Europe. 15 pages.

Interview: Margaret Baird, Joseph Watras

Joseph Watras Interviews

Subject of interview: Teaching at Dayton Public Schools during desegregation

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 64, No. 30, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Hall, David. Tornado Policy Not Reviewed Since August
• Stevenson, Cindy. Only Few Teachers Ousted by New Rules
• Turner, Karla. Once-Avid Fisherman Studies His Old Prey – Robert Hoyt
• Carter, Darla. Future Students Can Pay for College Now
• Bricking, Tanya. March Highlights Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
• Hall, David. Dorm Rates to Rise Next Fall
• Mandatory Tornado Drills Needed to Eliminate Confusion
• Editorial Cartoon – Big Red & Tornados
• Holiday Should Be Used to Honors Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday
• Cambron, Bruce. Comments Misleading – Literacy …

A Conflict Resolution Model Amenable To Sociological Practice, Phillip D. Robinette, Robert A. Harris

Clinical Sociology Review

Social connectedness constrains individuality in favor of relationship. Group affiliation contributes to a tension between self and social motivation. Often, it becomes difficult to find mutually acceptable solutions to common problems In such cases, conflicts may emerge which require professional intervention to resolve. This article presents a model of conflict resolution which draws resource from sociological theory, research, and practice It delineates an adaptable strategy applicable to a wide range of social structures and concomitant relational problems

Ua77/1 Western, Wku Alumni Association

WKU Administration Documents

WKU alumni newsletter.

• First University TV Station in Kentucky Debuts at Western
• Minority Forum for Students
• Borders, Leigh. Services Provided by Career Planning & Placement Center
• The Honor of Your Presence . . . Friday, April 14 – Thomas Meredith Installation
• Glasgow Business & Professional Women’s Club Fundraising Success
• WKU Honors Local High School Scholars
• WKU & High Tech Center Offer Joint Program – Kentucky Advanced Technology Center
• Record Enrollment
• WKU Cited for Top School Principals Program
• Congratulations to Award Winners – Kenneth Mussnug, Kenneth Balak, Carol White, David Dunn, Michael Lasater
• History Professor Honored by Libraries – Carol Crowe-Carraco …

Ua77/1 Western, Wku Alumni Association

WKU Administration Documents

WKU alumni newsletter.

• Borders, Leigh. Student Phonathon
• Harrison, Lowell. A Swing Through the Southland: Basketball 1934
• Cochran, Roger. From the Alumni File – Jim Phillips, Tom Emberton, Larnell Harris, Johnny Webb
• WKU Senior Is Top Animal Science Student in U.S. – Greg Blaydes
• WKU Artist Captures National Award – Kendall Hart
• WKU Dedicates Agriculture Center to Former Head, Leonard Brown
• WKU Industrial Technology Program is Reaccredited
• WKU Professor is Distinguished Scientist – William Lloyd
• Sam McFarland Receives Fulbright to Lecture in USSR
• Biology Professor Leader in Genetics Research - Valgene Dunham
• Photojournalism Student Captures National Award – Royce Vibbert
• WKU …

Singer Speaks With Spira, Peter Singer

Interviews

While in Melbourne, Henry Spira attended a workshop arranged by ANZFAS for animal rights/welfare workers to discuss the strategies adopted by the Coalitions. He advised on how Australian animal welfare groups could use US experiences to devise new approaches for local action.

For Animal Liberation Magazine he talked with fellow activist, PROFESSOR PETER SINGER, author of Animal Liberation, about animal rights issues and his involvement in the movement.

S.T.A.R.T. Economic Development Action Step Packet - Community Image And Marketing, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

Publications

Lack of a clear community image, or the presence of a negative or ambivalent image, may emerge during your S.T.A.R.T. Economic Development strategic planning sessions as a reason for economic difficulties. Image problems are often perceived as a major cause of declining sales, conflicts, residents shopping elsewhere, and young people leaving. Although a negative image may be only part of the reason for (or a product of) economic decline, it usually has some influence on the community economy. Image is manifest in feelings of pride or embarrassment about the community-its streets, houses, lawns, city buildings, and businesses. A lack of …

Ua77/1 Those Fabulous Fifties, Wku Alumni Relations

WKU Administration Documents

Alumni directory for the classes of 1950 through 1959 of WKU and the Bowling Green Business University. Contains segments on homecoming, athletics, arts and student life. Also included are selected graduate biographies.

Aids: Activism, Video, And The Media Lecture Series, John Cavallaro, Risd Archives

Health

Flyer outlining the programming for the AIDS: Activism, Video, and the Media Lecture Series.

Ivy Leaves. 1988-1989, Ivy Leaves Editorial Staff

Ivy Leaves

The 1989 edition of the Anderson College journal of art and literature, Ivy Leaves.

The names of the known editors for this issue of Ivy Leaves were Kirby Amick, Rusty Elrod, Christopher Gilmer, Lisa Haupfear, Steven Hendricks, Chris Lollis, Denise Sayer, Daryl Simmons, Caroline Weber, Anna Kesler, Amy Abrams, Brenda Dubose, Terri Brandon, Glenn A. Tatum, James Strickland, Shannon Walston, Charyl Vaughn Bannister, Charmen Feagin, Doug Davison, and Susan Wooten.

[Review Of] Peter Kwong. The New Chinatown, Jim Schnell

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Peter Kwong presents a provocative portrait of Chinese-Americans in The New Chinatown. This book describes aspects which have been the basis for the development of Chinese-American culture. However, the book does not (as the title indicates) clearly differentiate between a "new" Chinatown and an "old" Chinatown. Thus, an initial review left this reader wondering why the book is titled as such.

Critique [Of National Newspaper Analysis Of The Press Coverage Of Jesse Jackson's 1984 Presidential Campaign: The Confirmation Of The Candidate By J. Gregory Payne, Scott C. Ratzan, And Robert A. Baukus], James Bracy

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

The issue of journalistic tradition in campaign reporting of minority candidates is a serious one. The essence of this research article appears to this reader to be one of gradual accumulation of evidence that 'yes,' being a minority (and/or woman) may affect a campaigner's coverage by the newspaper media. The jury is still out, however, as to what extent such coverage influences voters and other media, as well as what effect, if any, such media coverage has on the final election.

[Review Of] Eduardo Galeano. Memory Of Fire: Genesis, Kathleen Danker

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

The first volume of a trilogy by the Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano, Memory of Fire: Genesis has been called remarkable, fascinating, vivid, passionate, angry, celebratory, and triumphant. It could also be called a history of Latin America to 1700, though that gives little sense of its style or scope. In his introduction, the author describes himself as "not a historian," but as "a writer who would like to contribute to the kidnapped memory of all America, but above all of Latin America, that despised and beloved land." To do this he has created a great mosaic of stories, most of …

[Review Of] Gail H. Landsman, Sovereignty And Symbol: Indian-White Conflict At Ganienkeh, Ronald N. Satz

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Anthropologist Landsman has written a fascinating study about the events surrounding the seizure of a 612-acre abandoned girls' camp in upstate New York in May 1974 by a group of Mohawks who named their settlement Ganienkeh. The ensuing Indian-white land dispute eventually culminated in the relocation of the Indians to parkland near the Canadian border in 1978 as a result of a unique arrangement, the Turtle Island Trust Agreement, which for "charitable, religious and educational purposes" under New York State law established "a permanent, non-reservation settlement of Indians claiming sovereign status."