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Sedition, October 1972, Graphic Offensive

Sedition

Volume 2, Issue 3

The Flor-Ala Vol. 42 No. 1, University Of North Alabama

Flor-Ala 1970-1979

1972-09-25

Sedition, September 11, 1972, Graphic Offensive

Sedition

Volume 2, Issue 1

Black Studies As An Agent Of Social Change On The Structural Level At Selected Colleges And Universities, Vincent Van Davis

Dissertations and Theses

In a relatively short period of time American higher education has witnessed the development of numerous black studies programs and departments. These new academic endeavors have been instrumental in producing structural changes in the institutions of higher education. Recently higher education has attempted to assess the progress of black studies programs and departments within their structures. This has been done with some attempt to assess the past of black studies as well as project the future of black studies within higher education.

Due to the hurried developmental process of black studies programs, which led to the establishment of black studies …

White Attitudes Toward Racial Tolerance & The Perception Of Party Differences: 1956-1969, Paul Messick

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study is to examine attitude change toward a particularly salient political and social issue "over time." A second purpose is the examination of the perception of party differences in their positions toward the aforementioned issues "over time."

An Assessment Of Yinger's Nondoctrinal Religion Using The Intrinsic-Extrinsic Concept, Warren Hamby

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This thesis is an attempt to examine an operational definition (or measure) of nondoctrinal religion proposed by J. Milton linger in 1969. Yinger, in his 1969 publication, suggests that the majority of scientific studies of religion have been pursuing a less valuable course by assuming definitions of "religion" which restrict the concept to mere traditional forms of religion. Such definitions tend to prevent researchers from examining important and abundant structures which serve religious functions but dc not resemble traditional institutionalized religion in form. Such structures serve the function of dealing with chaos, the human situation, and ultimate concern. There is …

Libertinism, Political Activism And Religious Conservatism: Some Correlates Of Anomie, George Wade

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The present study concerns college students in particular, the attitudes they hold toward both their society and their own personal life within that society, and how these attitudes affect their behavior. The six specific variables being dealt with are libertinism, religious conservatism, political activism, personal anomie, systemic anomie, and probusiness. These are viewed from the perspective that the attitudes and opinions held by the students will influence their behavior. Specifically, this perspective views feelings of anomie or alienation (the two terms will be used interchangeably throughout) as affecting the religious, political, and libertine views and behavior of the students. This …

An Exploratory Study Of Black Students' Self-Report Of Their Views About Academic Success And Failure, Katharine Norris Webb

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Sociological Analysis Of The Cartage Truck Driver's Occupation, Robert Miller

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This is an occupational study of the cartage truck driver in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Webster defines cartage as "the act of carrying by cart or truck, usually within a city." Bowling Green contains a flurry of diversified trucking activities. For this reason, the study has been narrowed to those drivers involved in the government-regulated transportation of mixed freight. It is believed that an occupational study of the cartage truck driver has never been attempted. Interest in the study of occupations, particularly that of the cartage truck driver, was developed through personal driving experience. This experience consisted of three and a …

Ua12/2/2 1972 Talisman, Part I, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

1972 Talisman yearbook pp. 1-223.

Student Life Pictorial:

• Registration for Fall Semester Sets Students’ Heads Spinning
• Students Flock to Bookstore; Cash Registers Begin to Ring
• Western Class Successful in Preventing Sale of Estate to Russians
• No Hours, Refrigerator Rental Added to Dormitory Program
• Married Student Problems Encountered by Siewertsens
• Students Transform Campus Into Disneyland at Homecoming
• Small-scale Concerts Bring Top Entertainment to Campus
• Disenchantment Abounds with Concert Cancellations
• Associated Students Lectures Gain Momentum with Wide Range of Views
• Student Actors Breathe Life Into Scripts for Super Season
• Congestion Plagues Drivers
• Professional Artists Visit WKU Western Students Campaign for Gubernatorial Candidates …

Criminal Homicide In Warren County Kentucky: 1970-1971, Timothy Carter

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Individuals resorting to violent aggression in the form of criminal homicide have often been the object of great public concern. Of the many actions punishable by criminal law, the taking of a human life by another human being most often entails a severe sanction, especially when it has been done deliberately and with a degree of premeditation. Public fear and concern dictate forceful sanctioning toward the homicide offender or offenders; no other criminal offense is so likely to result in the death penalty or life imprisonment.

Ua12/2/2 1972 Talisman, Part 2, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

1972 Talisman yearbook pp. 224-end.

Organizations continued:

• Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity Places First in Scholarship
• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sponsors Miss Black Western Pageant
• Alpha Omicron Pi’s Win National Award
• Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Sponsors Housing Project
• Alpha Tau Omega’s Finance Playground
• Orphanage Girl Scout Troop Sponsored by Alpha Xi Delta
• Philanthropic Participation Tops Chi Omega’s Activities
• Delta Sigma Theta Adopts Two Local Black Children
• Delta Tau Deltas Treat Orphans to Circus; Basketball Game
• Kappa Alpha Psi Gives to Orphanage & Charities
• Kappa Delta Washboard Jamboree & Holiday Bazaar Highlight Sorority Events for 1971-72
• Kappa Sigma’s Fine Spirit Cannon
• Freshman-Varsity Ballgame …

A Descriptive Analysis Of The Social Roles Of Nursing Home Residents, John A. Hermann

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

In contemporary American society there has been a growing trend toward nursing home residency for the aged. Up until the present there has been almost no attempt on the part of Sociology to study the sociological aspects of the life within such institutions.

A major objective of this study was to descriptively analyze the social life of nursing home residents. In order to do this, role theory was used as a tool for analysis and applied to the methods of unstructured observation and informal interviewing. The points of analysis were: role enactment, role expectations, and self-role congruency.

The research was …

Children Bear Babies, Danielle E. Wuchenich

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This research focuses on 15 high school girls who have become pregnant illegitimately and have kept their babies, whether married or not. The purpose of this exploratory research was to study factors influencing pregnant high school girls to keep their babies. These girls are attending or have attended the Rubidoux High School program for pregnant girls called Esperanza. The data were collected by observing these girls in class, and by interviewing them privately. The interviews ranged in time length from 35 minutes to nearly 90 minutes.

The Principle of Legitimacy states that every child needs a man as guardian, protector, …

The Bearing Of The Sociology Of Knowledge On Sociological Theory, Jerome Price

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Theoretical advancement in sociology is contingent upon an understanding of the cognitive framework of these who hope to convey an explanation of social phenomena. Throughout much of the history of sociology, disagreement as to how one should approach social theory has existed; the most marked difference being that between adherents of positivism and Those who, following Max Veber, attempt to view social reality through the subjective orientations of the individual or group. Speaking of the complicated and detailed classifications of modern sociological theories, one inveterate critic of sociology says that "this multifariousness of classifications denotes a rather chaotic situation, but …

The Influence Of Ethnic Background, Religion, Education, And Income Upon Family Planning Behavior And Attitudes Of Certain Married Couples At Utah State University, Gustavo Loza-Montenegro

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The objective of this study was to determine whether certain socio-cultural factors tend to influence family planning behavior and attitudes of certain married couples at Utah State University. Socio-cultural factors considered in this study were: ethnic background, religious preference, level of education, and income. These socio-cultural factors (independent variables) were examined from the standpoint of their influence upon one or more of the following dependent variables: the use or non-use of family planning, the extent to which family planning is used, attitude toward the most important source of information for family planning, and attitude regarding the single method which is …

The Sociological Effects Of Marijuana Legislation, Judith L. Friedman

Student Scholarship

The sociological effects of marijuana legislation are explored through a cyclical relationship between informal social control and formal law. The document defines three distinct foci: the informal code of morals and mores, a transitional period of social instability, and the eventual implementation of formal code. Morals are described as individual concerns or expressions of the superego, while mores are culturally salient norms that protect societal stability. The transition to formal legislation occurs when personal morals conflict too drastically with societal mores, causing a perceived threat to social order. 

The text argues that much of the push for restrictive marijuana legislation …

The Young Child's Concept Of Human Conception And Birth, Julie Ann Broberg Puzey

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The views held by children about the ere at ion and birth of babies are of importance in child development and developmental psychology. However, most of the research done in this area has been of a theoretical nature rather than empirical. The research shows controversy in the child's concept of human conception and birth, and because of this controversy a study was deemed necessary to find out more of what the young child's concept is of human conception and birth.

The purpose of this study, therefore, was to attempt to determine the extent of children's awareness of the nature of …

Attitudes Toward And The Consequences Of Infant Oral Pacification, Faye M. Preece

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The purpose of this study was focused in two specific objectives: (1) to determine attitudes of professionals, namely pediatricians, general practitioners, and orthodontists toward the use of the oral pacifier; and (2) to determine the attitudes of primiparous mothers toward the use of the pacifier.

The mothers were chosen from the r1cKay-Dee Hospital in Oqden, Utah. They were divided into three groups: (1) 17 mothers with three-month- old babies, (2) 15 mothers with six-month-old babies, and (3 ) 15 mothers with nine-month-old babies, for a total of 47 mothers.

The professionals were divided into three groups: pediatricians, 10 general practitioners, …

Semantic Influence And Concept Attainment Of Slang And Its Effects On Parents' And Teenagers' Linguistic Interaction, Kim Earl

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The purpose of this research was to determine parents and teenagers slang awareness and when this awareness begins to appear in the vocabulary of the younger generation.

Two studies were construed to measure the intended purpose of t his research. Study A was conducted to determine if semantic influence and concept attainment of slang definitions would be greater for teenagers than that for adults. The instrument was an open ended word list consisting of 25 slang terms. Criterion for the selection of words was assessed by determining if each word used could be found in three of the five sources. …

A Repost On A Survey Of Sociology In South In South Dakota's Colleges And Universities, Marvin P. Riley, Eugene T. Butler

Agricultural Experiment Station Rural Sociology Pamphlets (1940-1977)

This report is based on a survey of the current status of sociology in the colleges and universities of South Dakota conducted in February and March of 1972 and covers the academic year of 1971-72. The authors sincerely hope that the information contained in this report will serve to increase the awareness of Sociology as a viable academic discipline in the colleges in South Dakota and to acquaint the members of the profession with their colleagues engaged in this enterprise. The authors wish to express their warm appreciation to those colleagues that cooperated by responding to a rather lengthy questionnaire. …

Ua68/10/1 Sociological Symposium No. 8 – Childbirth & Infancy Life Cycle Series, Wku Sociology

WKU Administration Documents

Table of Contents:

• Hernandez, Pedro F. Catholic Church & Birth Control in Latin America
• Kovit, Leonard. Labor is Hard Work: Notes on the Social Organization of Childbirth
• McNurlen, Lewis J. Childbirth: A Family Affair
• Miller, Rita Seiden & Ron Miller. Social Values Supporting Pregnancy: Dilemma for Population Control
• Newman, John F. & William L. Graves. Neo-Natal Mortality & Socio-Economic Status
• Newman, Lucille F. The Anthropology of Birth
• Rutzen, S. Robert. Urban Life & Breast Feeding: A Sociological Analysis
• Schulz, Barbara & Richard Schulz. Family Size Preferences & Sex Composition
• Steinhoff, Patricia G., Roy G. Smith & Milton Diamond. Characteristics & …

Newsletter, April 1972, Department Of Sociology

The Socializer

Volume 1, Number 6 of the WMU Sociology departmental newsletter, published April 1972.

An Annotated Guide To Periodical Publications In Sociology And Related Disciplines (Revised Edition, 1972), M. P. Riley Dr., Kenneth Vogt

Agricultural Experiment Station Rural Sociology Pamphlets (1940-1977)

The students in the Intermediate Sociology class, Fall Semester, 1971, decided that a worthwhile class project would be to up-date the 1964 “A Guide to Periodical Publications in Sociology and Related Disciplines", in view of the fact that there had been a significant increase in University Library periodical acquisitions since 1964. The students believed that an up-to-date annotated guide to periodical literature in the field of Sociology and related sciences would be a useful research tool for undergraduate and graduate students majoring in the social sciences, and, more particularly in the field of Sociology. The class felt that a much …

New Forms Of Heterosexual Marriage And Mating, Robert Lundy

Honors Theses

One third to one half of marriages are destined to end in a divorce court. However, in the de jure system or orders, monogamous marriage is the only accepted form with sexual behavior limited thereto. The nuclear family is the economic and residential unit. The expectation is that the marriage should last for the lifetime of the spouses, although increasingly there are provisions for exceptional cases termed failure. Other popular expectations are that the woman will be the socializing agent and the male will be the economic agent. This thesis explores the changing nature of families and marriage.

Newsletter, February-March 1972, Department Of Sociology

The Socializer

Volume 1, Number 5 of the WMU Sociology departmental newsletter, published February-March 1972.

Residential Environment Studies Relevant For Research Programs. An Annotated Bibliography. Economic, Aesthetic And Environmental Aspects Of Family Housing, Florence S. Walker

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

At the time NCR-54 Committee was activated in 1966, the membership was charged with recommending new directions for housing research by home economists and others associated with Agricultural Experiment Stations. Basic to this charge, the committee determined to compile a list of housing research publications which had had an impact on the teaching and research responsibilities as perceived by the committee members. The compilation took the form of abstracts of research on selected aspects of housing: i.e., design and aesthetic, physical-physiological and socioeconomic, as well as influential general studies.

Comparative Sacred-Secular College Religiosity: An Exploratory Study, Richard D. Miller

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Unlv "Rebels" Vs Pepperdine "Waves", University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

UNLV Basketball Programs

Team roster for both schools.

Newsletter, January 10, 1972, Department Of Sociology

The Socializer

Volume 1, Number 4 of the WMU Sociology departmental newsletter, published January 10, 1972.