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The Parthenon, February 17, 1998, Marshall University

The Parthenon

No abstract provided.

The Parthenon, February 13, 1998, Marshall University

The Parthenon

No abstract provided.

Mu Newsletter, February 5, 1998, Office Of University Relations

MU NewsLetter, 1987-1999

No abstract provided.

Mu Newsletter, January 22, 1998, Office Of University Relations

MU NewsLetter, 1987-1999

No abstract provided.

Mu Newsletter, January 15, 1998, Office Of University Relations

MU NewsLetter, 1987-1999

No abstract provided.

Marshall News Releases: January, February, March, 1998, Marshall University

Marshall University News Releases

No abstract provided.

"The Boys'll Listen To Me": The Labor Career Of William Blizzard, Shae Ronald Davidson

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

In the Fall of 1892, Timothy and Sarah Blizzard gave birth to a son. Timothy and Sarah began their family during a transitional period in West Virginia’s history. The couple started their lives as farmers. However, the potential income from West Virginia’s coal industry encouraged them to abandon this lifestyle and to plunge into the new industrial economy. Timothy became a miner, while Sarah took on the role of a mother living in a company town. Both became involved in the earliest organization drives of United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), whose efforts to organize the state had started only …

From The Southeast To Fort Ancient: A Survey Of Shell Gorgets In West Virginia, Darla Spencer Hoffman

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

One of the most unique and artistic artifacts found throughout the eastern United States is the engraved shell gorget. During late prehistoric and protohistoric times many of these gorgets were transported from the Southeast, where they were associated with the Mississippian Southeastern Ceremonial Complex, into Fort Ancient territory.

Engraved shell gorgets can be traced to their region of origin, indicating prehistoric trade networks that were in place throughout the eastern United States. In addition, the gorgets can serve as temporal markers to order late prehistoric and protohistoric Fort Ancient sites in time.

Shell gorgets are found mainly in a burial …

Modernization And Migration In Indonesia, I Wayan Mastriyana

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

This research is a step toward understanding the nature of the relationship between population movement and the level of modernization in Indonesia as that country continues with its development program all across the provinces. From the Intercensal Population Survey 1995, migration and seven modernization indicators of the 27 provinces were explored. The results of the findings indicated there was a correlation between modernization and migration although the outcomes vary from one variable to another. In combining those seven variables to one modernization variable, the relationship was weak but positive. The study shows the uniqueness of Indonesian migration because it is …

Occupational Titles And The Perception Of Gender, Cynthia A. Lokey

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

First, this study examines the findings of Shinar’s (1975) study on the perception of gender in occupations in comparison to a current population. Second, the answers of a population of college students in WV were compared to their place of origin. Third, current neutral titles were compared to earlier gendered counterparts. Lastly, the answers of male and female respondents were analyzed.

Overall, occupational titles were found to be less gendered but retained their gender when compared to data collected by Shinar in 1975. Those respondents who were native to in WV were not found to be more stereotypical in their …

In The Fullness Of Time: The Literature Of Denise Giardina, Cathy Pleska

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

Appalachia can lay claim to many authors who have written works worthy of critical analysis and scholarly research, as the literature they have produced warrants consideration. This consideration, however, is often not forthcoming, and it is the situation concerning West Virginia author Denise Giardina. To date there has been no definitive, full-length study on her and her literature. As an author of considerable talent, who by any measure has published literature of significant quality, she deserves serious scholarly study, not just as an author of regional literature, but also as a contemporary author of the late twentieth century.

The purpose …

Narrative Voicings In The Novels Of Roddy Doyle, Larry Poe

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

Scholars have generally ignored Irish novelist and playwright Roddy Doyle. Little attention has been paid to his narrative techniques or to his development as a novelist. In the American academy, thus far, only one dissertation concerning Doyle’s novels has appeared, written in 1996, by Caramine White, at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. White notes that her dissertation is the first on Doyle and “its basic purpose will be to introduce the novels to the reading public and to convince the reading public that Doyle, although a very popular artist, is also a gifted writer who should be taken …

A Study Of Job Satisfaction Of Female Administrators In The National Education Association And Its Affiliates, Jacqueline G. Goodwin

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between age, tenure of employment, level of administrative position, educational level, and personality type and the degree of self-expressed job satisfaction among female administrators in the National Education Association (NEA) and affiliate organizations. The total population of 181 female administrators employed at the National Education Association and its affiliates were surveyed.

Each participant was mailed a survey packet containing a cover letter, a demographics sheet, and two questionnaires. Personality type was determined by scores on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator-Form G (1977). Demographic information was collected using the Survey of National …

Adolescent Depression: The Influence Of Self-Esteem, Self-Consciousness And Gender, Kevin W. Adams

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

This study explored gender differences in reports of depressive symptoms among adolescents. Self-esteem was examined for its relationship to reports of depressive symptoms and self-consciousness was examined to determine its influence on self-esteem and depression. One hundred four 10th grade students were involved in the study. The Beck Depression Inventory-II, the Imaginary Audience Scale, and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Inventory were used in the analysis. A hierarchical multiple regression analysis was used to analyze the data. Alpha was set at .05. A positive relationship was found between gender and the variables of depression, abiding self-consciousness, transient self-consciousness, and self-esteem. Females scored …

Leisure And Delinquency: A Comparative Study Of The Link Between Leisure Activities And Delinquency, Patricia L. Brougham

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

For decades policymakers, among others, have assumed that involving juveniles in leisure/recreation somehow prevents them from engaging in misbehavior and/or leisure/recreation has rehabilitative value for delinquents. The belief seems to be that involvement in leisure/recreation changes juveniles so they will be less likely to engage in delinquent behavior in the future. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between delinquency and leisure/recreation by comparing samples of high school students with juveniles who were on probation for delinquent behavior.

There were three statistical comparisons made. First, statistical analyses were used to determine whether there were gender differences. …

Oral History Interview: Raymond Dawson, Raymond Dawson

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. Raymond Dawson has lived in West Virginia all his life except for his service in the Navy during World War II. He discusses: shooting marbles; his family; his military service; growing up in Huntington, WV; his participation in baseball; and his activities in the union at International Nickel Inco, including a strike; and other topics.

Oral History Interview: Margaret Gault Whitehair Day, Margaret Gault Day

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. Mrs. Margaret Gault Whitehair Day was born in Holden, WV in 1913. She discusses: her childhood in Eastern Kentucky, including school, neighbors, clothing they wore, and games they played; her first encounters with modern amenities such as indoor plumbing; mining towns; candy; food; some discussion of churches; working at General Electric in Louisville, KY; her family; and other topics.

Oral History Interview: Mae Brumfield, Mae Brumfield

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. Ms. Mae Brumfield discusses: where she was born; where she was raised; childhood activities; marriage and the role of a housewife; religion; child-rearing; her short career as a teacher in a one-room school house; home remedies; living in Appalachia during the Depression and World War I; and other topics.

Oral History Interview: Donna Conway Cushman, Donna Conway Cushman

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. Donna Cushman discusses: the Appalachian region (its culture, stereotypes, and Appalachia in general); her Appalachian identity; community life; her family; a brief discussion of music; her experiences living in Florida; her education; some talk of race relations; discrimination (including discrimination between north and south WV); church and religion; raising her family; and other topics.

Oral History Interview: Frederick & Maxine Williams, Frederick Williams

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. At the time of the interview, Mr. & Mrs. Williams were living in French Creek, WV. They discuss their families and their employment history (she was a telephone operator and he worked many jobs to support his parents, siblings, and family; some of his jobs include an owner of a teens club, a railroad worker, and a union member in a factory). They also discuss: their personal histories; their education; Mr. William's military service (which took him to Alaska); heath problems; houses they've lived in; very detailed …

Oral History Interview: Nell Preece Evans, Nell Preece Evans

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. In this interview, Nell Preece Evans discusses: her family; church; her life on a farm; her education; her husband; child discipline; owning a store; and other topics.

Oral History Interview: James G. Matthews, James G. Matthews

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. The interviewer is not named, but has the initials LAE. An open discussion with three guests (Carolyne Brown, Huey Perry, and Sam Moore) which deals with race relations in the southern Coal fields, including the topics of education, religion, and desegregation.

Oral History Interview: Lillie Heaberlin, Lillie Heaberlin

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. Page one of the transcript is missing. Lillie Heaberlin discusses: her family; her childhood; her religious faith; charity work she has done through the Church; individuals such as Clovis Shepard, Jay Rockefeller, Cecil Underwood, Grover Vance, & Bobby Nelson; how Huntington has changed during her life (including how Marshall University has changed the city); her education; other places she had traveled to or lived in (including Cleveland, Ohio); amusement parks such as Camden Park, Cedar Point, and others; pets she owns and animals she has raised (such …

A Critical View Of Kai Erikson's Everything In Its Path: The Current State Of Appalachian Studies, Matthew Franklin Moore

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

This thesis is a critical response to Kai Erikson’s depiction of Appalachian culture in his book, Everything In Its Path. I also survey associated writers such as Jack Weller and others. Erikson’s traditional “Culture of Poverty” model frames the research questions by “blaming the victim”. Everything In Its Path is written in a vacuum, without historical continuity. The questions that Erikson (following Welier) employs in his research methodology are poor cause and effect description in which Erikson blames the Appalachian culture for its societal differences. Erikson glosses over the social dynamics and socio-economic history of the Appalachian region. Furthermore, the …

Expectations Of Job Responsibilities Of Recreation And Sports Managers, Jennifer Y. Mak

Management Faculty Research

The purpose of this study was to identify whether there were differences in the expectations of job responsibilities between different levels of recreation and sports managers towards the same post. The problem was divided into two sub-problems: (l) to determine the relationship in the perceived importance of entry-level managers' job responsibilities between entry-level managers and middle-level managers; and (2) to determine the relationship in the perceived importance of middle-level managers job responsibilities between middle-level managers and top-level managers. Several items were found to have significant difference in the perceptions among the subjects.

Euthanasia : Dignity In Death, Dignity In Life : A Qualitative Approach Utilizing Karl Marx's Concepts Of Alienation, Reification, And Commodification In Contemporary Society, Bryan R. Williamson

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

This research endeavor investigates the social condition of euthanasia, or physician assisted suicide. Viewed from the perspective of Karl Marx's conceptual framework of alienation, the external influences from society's institutions and from the perspective of the individual are used towards the goal of understanding the need for continued debate concerning individuals and their quest for a dignified death A core concept has been to accent a person's right to choose death when faced with terminal illness. Throughout the study a main objective has been to offer insight into the alienating influences large social structures exert upon individuals, and the manner …

Mu Newsletter, December 4, 1997, Office Of University Relations

MU NewsLetter, 1987-1999

No abstract provided.

The Parthenon, November 14, 1997, Marshall University

The Parthenon

No abstract provided.

Mu Newsletter, November 12, 1997, Office Of University Relations

MU NewsLetter, 1987-1999

No abstract provided.

Mu Newsletter, October 23, 1997, Office Of University Relations

MU NewsLetter, 1987-1999

No abstract provided.