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The Murray Ledger And Times, February 25, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times Feb 2015

The Murray Ledger And Times, February 25, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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The Murray Ledger And Times, February 21-22, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times Feb 2015

The Murray Ledger And Times, February 21-22, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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The Murray Ledger And Times, February 20, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times Feb 2015

The Murray Ledger And Times, February 20, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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The Murray Ledger And Times, February 18, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times Feb 2015

The Murray Ledger And Times, February 18, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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The Murray Ledger And Times, February 17, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times Feb 2015

The Murray Ledger And Times, February 17, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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The Murray Ledger And Times, February 16, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times Feb 2015

The Murray Ledger And Times, February 16, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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The Murray Ledger And Times, February 13, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times Feb 2015

The Murray Ledger And Times, February 13, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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The Murray Ledger And Times, February 12, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times Feb 2015

The Murray Ledger And Times, February 12, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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The Murray Ledger And Times, February 11, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times Feb 2015

The Murray Ledger And Times, February 11, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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The Murray Ledger And Times, February 7-8, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times Feb 2015

The Murray Ledger And Times, February 7-8, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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The Murray Ledger And Times, February 4, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times Feb 2015

The Murray Ledger And Times, February 4, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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The Murray Ledger And Times, January 31, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times Jan 2015

The Murray Ledger And Times, January 31, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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The Murray Ledger And Times, January 29, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times Jan 2015

The Murray Ledger And Times, January 29, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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The Murray Ledger And Times, January 28, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times Jan 2015

The Murray Ledger And Times, January 28, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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The Murray Ledger And Times, January 24-25, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times Jan 2015

The Murray Ledger And Times, January 24-25, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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The Murray Ledger And Times, January 21, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times Jan 2015

The Murray Ledger And Times, January 21, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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The Murray Ledger And Times, January 17-18, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times Jan 2015

The Murray Ledger And Times, January 17-18, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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The Murray Ledger And Times, January 15, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times Jan 2015

The Murray Ledger And Times, January 15, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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The Murray Ledger And Times, January 10-11, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times Jan 2015

The Murray Ledger And Times, January 10-11, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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The Murray Ledger And Times, January 9, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times Jan 2015

The Murray Ledger And Times, January 9, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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The Murray Ledger And Times, January 7, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times Jan 2015

The Murray Ledger And Times, January 7, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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The Murray Ledger And Times, January 3-4, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times Jan 2015

The Murray Ledger And Times, January 3-4, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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Operation Nudge: How Non-Sovereign Organizations Gain Quasi-Sovereign Powers To Solve Public Choice Problems, Kelly Grenier Jan 2015

Operation Nudge: How Non-Sovereign Organizations Gain Quasi-Sovereign Powers To Solve Public Choice Problems, Kelly Grenier

Commonwealth Review of Political Science

Captain Crunch, Tony the Tiger, and Toucan Sam are watching you. Particularly, they are watching children. With their eyes gazing downward at a 9.6 degree angle, these characters make eye contact with individuals to encourage feelings of friendliness which will in turn increase the sales of the product. It is not that we are "cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs," but rather that we are being covertly nudged to buy these products (Musicus). Cereal companies are not the first to figure this out; we are nudged all day long. Our behaviors are encouraged and discouraged through choice architecture. We take the stairs …


Honors Day, 2015, Murray State University Jan 2015

Honors Day, 2015, Murray State University

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Honors Day Programs, Murray State University. (Digitization and metadata processed by Madison Erwin.)


Explaining State-Level Student Dropout Rates: The Impact Of Exit Exams And Public School Resources, Martin Battle, James C. Clinger Jan 2015

Explaining State-Level Student Dropout Rates: The Impact Of Exit Exams And Public School Resources, Martin Battle, James C. Clinger

Commonwealth Review of Political Science

This paper examines one key indicator of school performance, the dropout rate among the public school students at the state level from 1998 to 2002, using a. pooled, cross-sectional time series research design. In this analysis the effects of high stakes testing (i.e., exit exams required for graduation), funding levels, and other school resources are examined. The results ind.irate that exit exams have no statistically significant effects upon dropout rates. Per pupil expenditures do not seem to reduce dropouts and may in fact have a positive effect at the state level. However, the analysis indicates that high pupil to teacher …


Social Action Meets Social Media: Environmental Justice In West Virginia, Debra Hunt Young, Samantha Teixeira, Helen Hartnett Jan 2015

Social Action Meets Social Media: Environmental Justice In West Virginia, Debra Hunt Young, Samantha Teixeira, Helen Hartnett

Contemporary Rural Social Work Journal

This article presents a case study of a community organizing effort known as Citizens Actively Protecting the Environment (CAPE). Led by rural West Virginians in response to the Elk River chemical spill of 2013, this environmental justice movement was novel in that it harnessed social media, specifically Facebook, to catalyze advocacy and change efforts in a rural area. The literature on environmental health disparities and environmental justice in rural communities is reviewed. Then authors describe how resident-led organizing in rural areas was effective in promoting environmental justice. Details of the CAPE project are presented, as well as ways social media …


Social And Environmental Justice And The Water-Energy Nexus: A Quest In Progress For Rural People, Karen V. Harper-Dorton Ph.D., Stacia J. Harper Jan 2015

Social And Environmental Justice And The Water-Energy Nexus: A Quest In Progress For Rural People, Karen V. Harper-Dorton Ph.D., Stacia J. Harper

Contemporary Rural Social Work Journal

Access to affordable and reliable clean water and energy is necessary for economic development, health, and well-being of all people worldwide. Unavailable, unaffordable, or unreliable water and energy resources represent social and environmental injustices that disproportionately burden poor people, especially those in rural areas. Furthermore, there is an inextricable link between water and energy: clean water requires power for delivery and sanitation, and power production requires large amounts of water. This water-energy nexus connects two vital resources for humanity with more attention to economic concerns than to human or environmental issues. This paper addresses social and environmental justice issues that …


Ecology And Social Justice: A Course Designed For Environmental Social Work In Rural Spaces, Arielle Dylan Jan 2015

Ecology And Social Justice: A Course Designed For Environmental Social Work In Rural Spaces, Arielle Dylan

Contemporary Rural Social Work Journal

This article describes a course developed by the author that responds to the stated social justice aims of the social work profession. If social workers are to advocate successfully for environments conducive to the general welfare of all people, promote social justice, equitable distribution of resources, and just environmental management, environmental social work scholarship needs to move beyond theorizing and suggestions itemizing broad responses, and provide instead illustrative examples of interventions and alternative practices. The trend in very recent years of environmental social work scholarship has done just this. Education, in particular in the classroom setting, provides an opportunity to …


The Slow Violence Of Climate Change In Poor Rural Kenyan Communities: “Water Is Life. Water Is Everything.”, Jennifer L. Willett Jan 2015

The Slow Violence Of Climate Change In Poor Rural Kenyan Communities: “Water Is Life. Water Is Everything.”, Jennifer L. Willett

Contemporary Rural Social Work Journal

Climate change is the most pressing global environmental problem and the most unyielding worldwide environmental injustice of our time. Although some social workers have begun to address climate change, this literature is centered on its generalized impact, rather than its specific effects on vulnerable populations. As a concept, slow violence offers a frame to understand the slow occurring effects of climate change on the global poor. This study used an ethnographic approach to examine the effects of climate change on two poor rural Kenyan communities. Findings discussed include the consequences of droughts, the connection between droughts and deforestation, failed governmental …


Rural Community Transition And Resilience: What Now For Social Work?, Jonathan Scherch Jan 2015

Rural Community Transition And Resilience: What Now For Social Work?, Jonathan Scherch

Contemporary Rural Social Work Journal

Rural communities, like all communities, face myriad social, economic and ecological challenges as they endeavor to resolve precarious dependencies on critical, energy-intensive and supply-chain extensive resource systems. With increasing impacts of climate change and related incidents of human and more-than-human displacements, including losses of life and habitat, rural communities have become beset with frequent, prolonged and persistent recovery and coping obligations. The progressive resolution of injustices will need to occur in the face of serious ecological stressors. Designing for and increasingly demonstrating social work practices that prioritize the multi-modal skills of sustainable living may well be the most effective means …