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Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 72, No. 1, Wku Student Affairs Aug 1996

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 72, No. 1, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

Regular features include:

  • Just a Second
  • Campus Line
  • For the Record / Crime Reports
  • People Poll
  • Sports
  • Diversions
  • Movie Reviews
  • Classifieds

Articles in this issue:

  • Hall, Jason. Former Plumber Wins Discrimination Case
  • Lega, Stephen. Handrails Take Hold of the Hill
  • Stamper, John. Poet, Professor Will be Remembered for His Writing – Jim Wayne Miller
  • LaBelle, Charboneé. Cracks Pervade Keen Hall’s First Floor
  • Getting Views Expressed, Ours and Yours
  • Johnson, Jerry. Towing Cars Now Could Involve Guns
  • Johnson, Jerry. Deceased Friend Missed in Downing University Center – Charles Crume
  • Simmons, …


The John Muir Newsletter, Fall 1996, The John Muir Center For Regional Studies Aug 1996

The John Muir Newsletter, Fall 1996, The John Muir Center For Regional Studies

Muir Center Newsletters (1981-2015)

Volume 6, Number 4 NEW DNSERVATIONIST: Agriculture in California's Central Valley by Kevin S. Frazier ;:';:::::;:.'ij ; (Editor's note: our feature article this month was written by a senior at the University of the Pacific, the first recipient of the Rockwell Hunt Summer Research Scholarship for UOP undergraduates.) s I frequently drive through the California Central Valley from my home in Sonora to school in Stockton, my constant companions are expansive agricultural fields. Corn gives way to tomatoes which give way to sugar beets; orchards of walnuts turn to orchards of peaches or apricots; herds of cattle graze by the …


The Athens Of The West: Education In Nashville, 1780-1860, Timothy Augustus Sweatman Aug 1996

The Athens Of The West: Education In Nashville, 1780-1860, Timothy Augustus Sweatman

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Nashville, Tennessee, is known as the Athens of the South because of its reputation as a center of learning. The city’s commitment to education goes back to the days of its founding as a village on the extreme Western frontier of the United States. In 1785, five years after Nashville was first settled, Davidson Academy, an advanced classical school, was established. At the same time, numerous private schools operated in the Nashville area, providing many of the region’s children with a basic education.

During the first quarter of the nineteenth century Nashville moved closer to becoming a major educational center. …


Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar May 1996

Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program listing graduates.


The Princess Wenonah Legends, Monica Drealan Degrazia May 1996

The Princess Wenonah Legends, Monica Drealan Degrazia

Student Capstones, Theses, & Dissertations

This thesis explores the Princess Wenonah legend and its permutations. From 1805 to the present, the published versions of the legend-dependent on the imaginations, literary tastes, individual whims, and beliefs of their authors-vary in detail and purpose. The more than thirty versions of the legend share some common denominators, but their variations add color to local history and reflect some of the important cultural changes that have occurred over the course of almost two centuries.


Hollins Columns (1996 Mar 18), Hollins College Mar 1996

Hollins Columns (1996 Mar 18), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

  • Ring Night causes controversy
  • Hollins literary festival showcases new talent
  • Right Night: More than just three days of craziness
  • Students respond to library survey
  • Plagiarism plagues student
  • Golden Rule dinner supports Habitat
  • Yearbook complications cause delay
  • BSA to host forum on racial issues
  • Ring Night complaint
  • W&L Mock Convention draws a large crowd
  • The 1996 Presidential election update
  • Disappearing Acts fine intro to McMillan's honest world
  • Roanoke events provide activities
  • Academy Awards are bound to be interesting
  • Redford, Pfeiffer light up silver screen
  • Get involved with PREVIEWS program, April 11-12
  • SHAB advises women to get to know …


Archeological Investigations For Fort Stabilization And Restoration, For Mckavett State Historical Park, Menard County, Texas: 1978-1990 Seasons, Amy C. Earls, John Leffler Mar 1996

Archeological Investigations For Fort Stabilization And Restoration, For Mckavett State Historical Park, Menard County, Texas: 1978-1990 Seasons, Amy C. Earls, John Leffler

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

The U.S. Army occupations at Fort McKavett from 1853 until 1859 and from 1868 until 1883 were part of Texas's frontier defense. During the Civil War and from 1883 until the present, civilians have inhabited and used the fort buildings, creating the small town of Fort McKavett. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department developed part of the town as a state historical park, restoring this property to its appearance during the second military occupation. Archeological investigations at the park between 1978 and 1990 focused on recovering architectural data and artifacts to support restoration, stabilization, and interpretation of the military occupations. …


Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 18, Number 1, Kentucky Library Research Collections Mar 1996

Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 18, Number 1, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Muhlenberg County Heritage

“The Muhlenberg County [Kentucky] Heritage” was published four times a year by the Muhlenberg County Genealogical Society in Greenville, Kentucky, from 1978 to 2001. The cover title sometimes appears as “The Heritage.” The publication’s purpose was to support the society and to publish information about the genealogy, culture, and history of Muhlenberg County. A separate annual index was printed each year for volumes 1-14. Afterwards, each issue was indexed separately. Generally, the index is to surnames only.


Ethj Vol-34 No-1 Mar 1996

Ethj Vol-34 No-1

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.


The Best Years Of Our Lives, Francis E. Abernethy, Hazel S. Abernethy Mar 1996

The Best Years Of Our Lives, Francis E. Abernethy, Hazel S. Abernethy

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews Mar 1996

Book Reviews

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.


1996-01-02 Morehead News, Morehead News (Morehead, Ky.) Jan 1996

1996-01-02 Morehead News, Morehead News (Morehead, Ky.)

Morehead News Archive

Morehead News published on January 2, 1995.


Mid-Twentieth Century Pioneering Of The Royal Slope Of Central Washington, Ellis Wayne Allred Jan 1996

Mid-Twentieth Century Pioneering Of The Royal Slope Of Central Washington, Ellis Wayne Allred

Graduate Student Projects

Pioneering of the Royal Slope in central Washington State is explored. Interviews with original settlers, especially those who arrived in 1955 and 1956, the first two years in which water from The Columbia Basin Project was available for farming on the Royal Slope, are the primary sources used. An overview of earlier attempts to settle the area without the benefit of water and power is also included.


World War Ii: On The Home Front - M. Francis Coulson Interview, Jenny Sonnenberg Jan 1996

World War Ii: On The Home Front - M. Francis Coulson Interview, Jenny Sonnenberg

Adams County History

Americans love anniversaries. The fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War has afforded citizens an opportunity to remember with pride the great men and events of a war that saved the world from totalitarian tyranny. Happily, memories of World War II have not been restricted to recalling battlefield heroics or diplomatic intrigues. Across the United States, public libraries and local historical societies have commemorated the Home Front during the war years with exhibits that recapture the texture of life on farms, factories, in classrooms, and at home during what Studs Terkel has labeled "the Good War." These …


Bicentennial Bits [Part B], Carol Crowe Carraco, Nancy Disher Baird Jan 1996

Bicentennial Bits [Part B], Carol Crowe Carraco, Nancy Disher Baird

Teacher Resources: Kentucky History

No abstract provided.


Bicentennial Bits [Part A], Carol Crowe Carraco, Nancy Disher Baird Jan 1996

Bicentennial Bits [Part A], Carol Crowe Carraco, Nancy Disher Baird

Teacher Resources: Kentucky History

No abstract provided.


The Conflicts Between Chang Kai-Shek And Joseph Stilwell During World War Two, Changfa Yang Jan 1996

The Conflicts Between Chang Kai-Shek And Joseph Stilwell During World War Two, Changfa Yang

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

On December 7, 1941, the Japanese troops attacked the American fleet at Pearl Harbor. This incident brought the United States into . the Pacific War against Japan. In order to counter Japanese pressure on China and Southeast, in addition to the increasing quantities of Lend-lease material being sent to China, in the Spring of 1942, Washington sent General Joseph Stilwell to China as Commander-in-Chief of the China-Burrna- India Theater (CBI) to "increase the effectiveness of U.S. assistance to the Chinese Government for the prosecution of the war and to assist in improving the combat efficiency of the Chinese Army. "A …


Nigerians In The United States: Potentialities And Crises, Paul E. Udofia Jan 1996

Nigerians In The United States: Potentialities And Crises, Paul E. Udofia

William Monroe Trotter Institute Publications

This Research Report examines the various waves of Nigerian immigration, community and leadership development, as well as crises in the United States.

This study is divided into three parts. Part I begins with a brief historical overview of the Nigerian background and crises, thereafter showing the patterns of Nigerian immigration to the U.S. and their varying characteristics from 1970 to 1995. Part II analyzes the many ways in which Nigerians have attempted to adjust into the American mosaic, resulting in the emergence of a Nigerian community. Part III focuses on the three types of Nigerian leadership systems that have largely …


Lewis And Clark On The Columbia River: The Power Of Landscape In The Exploration Experience, William L. Lang Jan 1996

Lewis And Clark On The Columbia River: The Power Of Landscape In The Exploration Experience, William L. Lang

History Faculty Publications and Presentations

During their 1804-06 transcontinental expedition, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark expected that the Columbia River and its tributaries would provide relatively easy passage to the Pacific Coast. Instead, they encountered a formidable barrier of raging waters and disjunctive ecological zones. Continuous frustrations caused the explorers to offer harsh judgments of the landscape and some of the Indians, whom they labeled as primitive and treacherous. These descriptions contrasted greatly with their more positive portrayals of landscape and peoples encountered elsewhere during the trip.


John Muir Newsletter, Winter 1995/96, John Muir Center For Regional Studies Dec 1995

John Muir Newsletter, Winter 1995/96, John Muir Center For Regional Studies

Muir Center Newsletters (1981-2015)

John Muir Newsletter winter 1995-96 university of the pacific volume 6, number 1 HOW I FOUND SMOKEY JACK'S CAMP AND TWENTY-HILL HOLLOW ByRobert Bauer (Editor's note: When not raising turkeys, Robert Bauer is a graduate student in anthropology at California State University, Stanislaus, working on a master's thesis that places Muir and his work in the context of the land and people of the Sierra foothills between the Merced and Tuolumne rivers.) John Muir first came to eastern Merced County in 1868 by a circuitous route. Following a botanzing trip through Florida and Cuba, he was taken with a fever …


Gone But Not Forgotten: The Cultural Resources Of Northeastern New Mexico, Jerry L. Williams Oct 1995

Gone But Not Forgotten: The Cultural Resources Of Northeastern New Mexico, Jerry L. Williams

Homestead Geography Project - Oral Histories and Publications

No abstract provided.


The Alabama-Coushatta Indians: An Annotated Bibliography, Daniel J. Gelo, Tammy J. Morales Oct 1995

The Alabama-Coushatta Indians: An Annotated Bibliography, Daniel J. Gelo, Tammy J. Morales

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.


Partnership Of Necessity: The Anglo-American Intelligence Relationship From 1921 To 1942, H. Douglas Brooks Iii Oct 1995

Partnership Of Necessity: The Anglo-American Intelligence Relationship From 1921 To 1942, H. Douglas Brooks Iii

History Theses & Dissertations

Throughout the period between the two world wars, Great Britain and the United States were embroiled in an imperialistic rivalry focused heavily in East Asia. The strong sense of competition and mistrust between the navies of the two nations hindered the development of close cooperation as war became imminent in the late 1930s. This state of affairs encompassed every aspect of naval operations, including signal intelligence whose officials sought to forge a working relationship beneficial to both countries in the opening days of the Second world War. Old prejudices and outdated perceptions of national interest were difficult to overcome even …


1995-09-29 Morehead News, Morehead News (Morehead, Ky.) Sep 1995

1995-09-29 Morehead News, Morehead News (Morehead, Ky.)

Morehead News Archive

Morehead News published on September 29, 1995.


Maine 175 - A Celebration Of 175 Years Of Maine Statehood, Osher Map Library And Smith Center For Cartographic Education Sep 1995

Maine 175 - A Celebration Of 175 Years Of Maine Statehood, Osher Map Library And Smith Center For Cartographic Education

Osher Map Library Exhibition Catalogs

Maine 175 - A Celebration of 175 Years of Maine Statehood.

September 5, 1995 - January 28, 1996

This exhibition is designed to celebrate the 175th anniversary of Maine statehood using maps and other artifacts.

Maps and their creators have played an important role in the history of Maine from the time of the first visits by European mariners to the present. Explorers and mapmakers struggled first to take the measure of the land and then used maps to take possession of it. French and English officials put forward conflicting claims to Maine in the form of maps, as did …


"Preservation...From The Dangers Of The Enemy As Well As Seas": The Establishment Of The Old Cape Henry Lighthouse, Kevin Charles Valliant Jul 1995

"Preservation...From The Dangers Of The Enemy As Well As Seas": The Establishment Of The Old Cape Henry Lighthouse, Kevin Charles Valliant

History Theses & Dissertations

As the federal government of the United States began its existence, the Chesapeake Bay had gone without a significant navigational aid for nearly two centuries. What factors then led the newly established government to build a lighthouse on Cape Henry, at the entrance of the Bay? Although the colonial governments of Virginia and Maryland failed to build a lighthouse, their efforts provided the groundwork for the Cape Henry light, which the federal government envisioned not only as a device to guide ships to safety, but as part of a system designed to ensure revenue for the new nation. This study …


1995-06-23 Morehead News, Morehead News (Morehead, Ky.) Jun 1995

1995-06-23 Morehead News, Morehead News (Morehead, Ky.)

Morehead News Archive

Morehead News published on June 23, 1995.


1995-06-02 Morehead News, Morehead News (Morehead, Ky.) Jun 1995

1995-06-02 Morehead News, Morehead News (Morehead, Ky.)

Morehead News Archive

Morehead News published on June 2, 1995.


John Muir Newsletter, Summer 1995, John Muir Center For Regional Studies Jun 1995

John Muir Newsletter, Summer 1995, John Muir Center For Regional Studies

Muir Center Newsletters (1981-2015)

John Muir Newsletter summer 1995 university of the pacific volume 5, number 3 JOHN MUIR AND THE VAN DYKE RANCH: INTIMACY AND DESIRE IN HIS FINAL YEARS By Peter Wild (Editor's note: Well-known author, poet, biographer and nature writer, Peter Wild is Professor of Modern Language at the University of Arizona in Tucson. The following paper is an outgrowth of his recent research on the Muir family in the Southwest. Part Two will be published in the next issue.) PARTONE When occasional gunfire erupted in the town, it could be heard at the nearby desert ranch, but that didn't seem …


1995 Report Of Gifts, South Caroliniana Library--University Of South Carolina May 1995

1995 Report Of Gifts, South Caroliniana Library--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society - Annual Report of Gifts

No abstract provided.