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The Bg News April 17, 2015, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. April 17, 2015. Volume 94-Issue 89.

Learning Through Serving: Learning Service-Learning Pedagogy To Enhance Your Teaching, Paul Valdez, Laura Landry-Meyer, Kate Magsamen-Conrad, Denise Niese, Jeanette Dillon

Ohio Association of Gerontology and Education Conference (2015)

This workshop is geared toward faculty and staff at universities who would want to integrate service learning into their courses as well as community partners who would like to explore a service-learning opportunity with a campus partner. The definition of service learning and how it is different from other forms of experiential learning will be discussed. Concepts will be illustrated using a short video clip and other real life examples. The service learning criteria of Meaningful Service, Enhanced Academic Learning, and Purposeful Civic Learning will be identified. The application of these criteria will be illustrated through BGSU service-learning courses - …

Differences In Expectations Of Cleanliness Among Students At Bowling Green State University, Ashley Meehan

Honors Projects

Objective: To determine if there are significant differences in perceptions of cleanliness between different demographic groups of undergraduate students at Bowling Green State University (BGSU). Methods: A cross-sectional survey was distributed to all undergraduate students at BGSU’s main campus through the campus email system, and a two-sample t-test was used to analyze data. Results: There were significant differences in cleanliness perceptions between females and males and between Health Science and non-Health Science students. No significant differences were detected between first-year and second, third, and fourth-years students. Discussion: Possible psychological explanations of these differences were offered, and it is not possible …

Genghis Khan…The Great Wall…Gourmet Coffee? Chinese Consumption Identity And The Launch Of Starbucks In Inner Mongolia, Ruimeng Yang

Graduate Communication Association Conference (2015)

This study analyzes the “Othering” process in Inner Mongolia. Using the establishment of several Starbucks stores as examples of Westernization, the study examines how young professionals in Inner Mongolia think Starbucks is ''exotic": strange and different, yet intriguing and exciting. At the same time, Starbucks is more than coffee; it is an upscale and sophisticated coffee experience with a wholly new coffee vocabulary.

This study will analyze the contexts and cultural identity markers surrounding the Starbucks brand. Existing research (Bookman, 2013; Clarke, Micken & Hart, 2002; Garner, 2005; Maguire & Hu，2015) found that global brands in China are commonly held …

Violence-Related Police Crime Arrests In The United States, 2005-2011, Philip M. Stinson, Steven L. Brewer Jr, Joelle K. Bridges

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

This study is a quantitative content analysis of news reports and court records on 3,328 violence-related arrest cases of 2,586 individual sworn law enforcement officers during the years 2005-2011. The arrested officers were employed by 1,445 nonfederal state, local, special, constable, tribal, and regional law enforcement agencies located in 805 counties and independent cities in 49 states and the District of Columbia. Binary logistic regression and classification and regression tree (CART) analyses were conducted to predict criminal conviction in violence-related police crime arrest cases. Finding indicate that conviction of police officers on one or more offenses charged are driven by …

Wood County Project Connect: Final Report For Event Held October 15, 2014, Melissa W. Burek, Mamta Ojha, Morgan Fair

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

Project Connect is an outreach and an awareness raising event based on a model endorsed by the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness. The event is an opportunity to inform the community about the need that exists, as well as a chance to address that need. Project Connect (PC) is designed to provide immediate goods and services to at risk individuals in one day at one location. Our report presents that descriptive data and evaluation of a PC event that occurred in October of 2014 in Wood County, Ohio.

Restructuring The Sense Of Nation In The Culture Of Imagined Communities Through Bollywood, Shrinkhala Upadhyaya

Ray Browne Conference on Cultural and Critical Studies (2015-2021)

Restructuring the sense of nation in the culture of imagined communities through Bollywood

Unarguably, Bollywood (Hindi cinema) has spread its wings and continued its legacy to be the second most popular film center of the world after Hollywood, and successfully made its impact globally (Punathambekar, 2013). Two of its remarkable productions, DilwaleDulhaniya Le Jaenge(DDLJ, The Brave Heart Will Take the Bride, 1995) and Purab aur Paschim (PAP, East and West, 1970) are still cherished. The paper will talk about these two movies representing the idea of nationalism before and after globalization, thereby creating sense of nation in the idea …

Postcolonial Disability In Mohesen Makhmalbaf’S Kandahar, Sukshma Vedere

Ray Browne Conference on Cultural and Critical Studies (2015-2021)

Kandahar (2001), an Iranian film directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, details the journey of the protagonist, Nafas, to Kandahar to save her sister from committing suicide on the day of the solar eclipse. The film has gained recent attention by disability studies scholars for the representation of disability in Afghanistan; scholars have discussed the significance of prosthetics and international aid for the disabled in post-war zones of the Third World, but little has been said about disability as a postcolonial embodiment. I argue that Kandahar represents the postcolonial state as a disabled space both literally and metaphorically. It projects the veil …

Exploring The Context Of Coached Masters Swim Programs: A Narrative Approach, Scott Rathwell, Bettina Callary, Bradley W. Young

International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education

Knowing the psychosocial themes in a specific sport context allows us to understand athletes’ experiences and informs approaches of coaches (Côté et al., 1995) and sport programmers (Danish et al., 2005). Few qualitative studies focus on psychosocial conditions of adult athletes in coached sport settings. The purpose of this study was to capture important psychosocial themes from the perspective of Masters swimmers involved in day-to-day coached swimming environments. Data were collected using semi-structured open-ended interviews with 10 competitive swimmers (5 male, 5 female; M age = 53 years; range: 45-65 years). Analyses revealed four over-arching themes that represented athletes’ a) …

Twelve Years A Terror: U.S. Impact In The 12-Year Civil War In El Salvador, Cara E. Mckinney

International ResearchScape Journal

This essay explores the impacts of the United States government and military in the civil war in El Salvador in a comprehensive historical study. Through the presence of monetary aid, a disregard for the human rights of people in El Salvador, and the presence of U.S. trained soldiers at the then School of Americas and the current Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, the U.S. prolonged and augmented the negative effects of the Salvadoran Civil War.

Communication For Development: Theory And Practice For Empowerment And Social Justice, Third Edition, Srinivas R. Melkote, H. Leslie Steeves

BGSU Faculty Books

This third edition features significantly revised and updated chapters to include the latest scholarship on, and practices of, media and communication for development. It explores empowerment and social justice to individuals and communities around the world in the context of increasing globalization. Tracing the history of development communication, it looks objectively at diverse approaches and their supporters, and goes on to provide models for the future. It also offers a new chapter presenting the authors' framework foregrounding empowerment and social justice as goals for development communication in the 21st century.

The earlier editions of this book, Communication for Development in …

Protecting Consumers From Themselves: Consumer Law And The Vulnerable Consumer, Neil M. Browne, Kerin B. Clapp, Nancy K. Kubasek, Lauren Biksacky

Economics Faculty Publications

Attitudes toward consumer protection are shaped primarily by complex assumptions about human nature and its interaction with modern marketing. The dominant perspective governing American consumer law is individualism, a descriptive and frequently normative assumption that places watchdog responsibilities on the individual consumer. This perspective is described and analyzed through an examination of public policy arguments about (1) advertising that targets children, (2) restrictions on consumption of sugared beverages, and (3) creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Board. Individualism is then contrasted with the portrayal of consumers as vulnerable. Specifically, insights from behavioral economics and neuropsychology are used to gain a …

Police Crime: The Criminal Behavior Of Sworn Law Enforcement Officers, Philip M. Stinson

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

This essay examines the criminological conceptualizations and research on police crime, that is, the criminal behavior of sworn law enforcement officers. It starts with an overview of the conceptualization of police crime as it relates to organizational and scholarly perspectives of social deviance. Police deviance is often conceptualized to include various misconduct, corruption, and/or crime committed by police organizations and police officers. This essay focuses on police crime resulting in the arrest of a sworn law enforcement officer and is organized within a conceptual framework that incorporates five types of police crime: sex-related police crime, alcohol-related police crime, drug-related police …

The Effect Of Marriage Verses Cohabitation On Sexual Communication In Latino, African American, And Caucasian Adults, Erin Koosed, Danielle Mahaffey, Mckenzie Rand, Elizabeth Wagner, Dr. Heesoon Lee

International ResearchScape Journal

This study focuses on the effect of communication on sexual relationship satisfaction when comparing cohabiting couples with married couples. Communication is an important part of relational and sexual satisfaction. Research was conducted using scholarly journal articles and quantitative data from questionnaires. Fifty-four questionnaires were completed by males and females that were at least forty years, married or cohabitating, and identified as Latino, African American, or Caucasian. The data from the questionnaires found that both heterosexual and homosexual couples in domestic partnerships had better sexual communication than those who were married. People from diverse backgrounds can relate to the data collected …

Fp-15-07 The Role Of Same-Sex Marriage In The Declining U.S. Marriage Rate, Wendy D. Manning, Krista K. Payne, Bart Stykes, Susan L. Brown

National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

No abstract provided.

Fp-15-10 Remarriage & Stepfamilies, Bart Stykes, Karen Benjamin Guzzo

National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

No abstract provided.

A Cross-Cultural Qualitative Study: The Differences In Attitudes And Opinions On Advance Care Planning Among African, Caucasian, And Latino Americans, Jennifer Sims

International ResearchScape Journal

The purpose of this study is to identify African American and Latino Americans’ beliefs and attitudes about advance care planning (ACP) and compare these with beliefs held by Caucasian Americans. The objectives are to identify if there are differences in opinions between racial groups and to provide relevant information for health and social service providers. African American and Latino American participants in this study indicated many factors that affect their hesitation to utilize ACP services: spiritual and religious beliefs; family caregiving; and lack of knowledge about ACP services. Implications for practice include providing easy-to-understand information about ACP to clients of …

Fp-15-12 Generation X And Millennials: Attitudes Toward Marriage & Divorce, Kasey J. Eickmeyer

National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

No abstract provided.

Fp-15-08 The Remarriage Rate: Geographic Variation, 2013, Krista K. Payne

National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

No abstract provided.

Fp-15-14 Assortative Mating: Age Heterogamy In U.S. Marriages, 1964-2014, Esther Lamidi, Susan L. Brown, Wendy D. Manning

National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

No abstract provided.

Fp-15-13 Generation X And Millennials: Attitudes About Having & Raising Children In Cohabiting Unions, Bart Stykes

National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

No abstract provided.

Fp-15-16 Assortative Mating: Racial Homogamy In U.S. Marriages, 1964-2014, Esther Lamidi, Susan L. Brown, Wendy D. Manning

National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

No abstract provided.

Fp-15-18 Divorce Rate In The U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2014, Kasey J. Eickmeyer

National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

No abstract provided.

Fp-15-19 Marriage-To-Divorce Ratio In The U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2014, Kasey J. Eickmeyer

National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

No abstract provided.

Fp-15-20 Marriage Rate In The U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2014, Huijing Wu

National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

No abstract provided.

Fp-15-01 Twenty-Five Years Of Change In Cohabitation In The U.S., 1987-2013, Wendy D. Manning, Bart Stykes

National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

No abstract provided.

Fp-15-03 Trends In Births To Single And Cohabiting Mothers, 1980-2013, Wendy D. Manning, Susan L. Brown, Bart Stykes

National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

No abstract provided.

Where Are All The Women? The Decline Of Female Coaches Post Title Ix, Madeline Amon

Master of Education in Applied Human Development Graduate Projects

This paper helps illustrate the decline of female coaches in the NCAA post Title IX. Before Title IX was passed female coaches coached over 90% of female athletes and currently, while female sport participation is at an all-time high, female’s coaching female athletes is not. This drop in females coaching is a serious issue that demands change. This paper calls for change within the current NCAA administrative structure. This paper looks at recent literature surrounding the issue and replicates a study conducted by Dr. Nicole LaVoi from the University of Minnesota that illustrates the issue at the Division I level. …

Utilization Of Leadership Behaviors In Athletic Training According To Job Title, Adam Reel

Master of Education in Applied Human Development Graduate Projects

Context: The frequent practice of leadership within Athletic Training is critical to the profession's growth. While there is some research into the importance of leadership behaviors in Athletic Training (AT), there is little in regards to the practice frequency (utilization) of leadership behaviors. Objective: To examine the frequency of use for leadership behaviors within AT and to make recommendations to AT educational programs. Methods & Procedures: Non-experimental, exploratory and descriptive research design. Intervention: The forty-nine item Leadership Utilization in Athletic Training Scale (LUATS) was developed based on important leadership behaviors described by Kutz (2010). Each behavior was rated on a …

Fp-15-04 Number Of Children Living In Same-Sex Couple Households, 2013, Krista K. Payne, Wendy D. Manning

National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

No abstract provided.