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Spartan Daily, August 27, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 121, Issue 2

Spartan Daily, August 25, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 121, Issue 1

All The News That’S Fat To Print: The American "Obesity Epidemic" And The Media, Natalie Boero

Faculty Publications, Sociology

Increasingly the term epidemic is being used to describe the current prevalence of fatness in the United States. Skyrocketing rates of obesity among all groups of Americans, particularly children, the poor, and minorities, have become a major public health concern. Indeed, it is difficult to open a newspaper or magazine without encountering a discussion of the expanding American waistline and the health problems associated therewith. In this paper I use 751 New York Times articles on obesity to examine the media construction of the obesity epidemic. I show that there is not one dominant discourse (i.e. medicine) constructing this epidemic, …

The Role Of Indigenous Parataxonomists In Botanical Inventory: From Herbarium Amboinense To Herbarium Floresense, Jeanine Pfeiffer, Yeremias Uril

Faculty Publications, Environmental Studies

The enormous taxonomic scope of the Flora Malesiana Project is exacerbated by the extremely short supply of trained researchers and taxonomic experts available to undertake this task. The vast number of indigenous botanical experts resident in Malesia represents a potentially valuable, yet largely unrecognised and untapped, resource. By engaging in collaborative research with indigenous parataxonomists, Flora Malesiana researchers can develop field methodologies that enable a more comprehensive and accurate assessment of the botanical resources of the region while simultaneously enrolling local communities in the sustainable, long-term conservation of native biocultural diversity. This paper outlines a number of projects involving indigenous …

Attitudes Of Mexican American Women Regarding Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus And Its Management, Ofelia M. Bustos

Master's Projects

Latinos are twice as likely as the general population to have diabetes. Hispanic women with diabetes are medically undeserved. The purpose of this study was to examine Mexican American women's attitudes about type 2 diabetes and its treatment. A convenience sample of 43 Mexican American women, > 18 years of age, and residing in Northern California participated in this descriptive/exploratory non-randomized survey conducted in February and March 2003. The Diabetes Attitude Scale was used to measure the attitudes of Mexican American women about type 2 diabetes and its treatment. Results supported the beliefs that health care professionals needed special training to …

Spartan Daily, May 12, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, May 9, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, May 8, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, May 7, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, May 6, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, May 5, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, May 2, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, May 1, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Get It Out Of My Backyard! Why We Need To Proactively Plan For “Sensitive” Uses, Tara A. Kelly

Master's Projects

Today’s planning literature is ripe with articles and books proclaiming the value of “Smart Growth” and to a lesser degree New Urbanism. Planning conferences*, magazines and websites repeatedly proclaim the need for planners and municipal leaders to adopt Smart Growth practices and New Urbanist design guidelines as they shape the futures of their regions.

Broadly, Smart Growth is a set of planning principles largely defined and popularized in reaction to what is seen as the failures of sprawling single-family development which has dominated post-World War II housing construction in the United States.

Smart Growth’s counterpart, New Urbanism, was developed primarily …

Operation G.R.U.B.: Gardens Replace Urban Blight - An Ecological Alternative For Addressing The Health, Socio Economic, And Environmental Needs Of At-Risk Communities, Neil S. Brantley

Master's Projects

The issue of urban sustainability is a crucial one, particularly in poorer urban communities with limited socio-economic and environmental resources. The underlying goal of this research project is to provide a framework of relevant information for the development of sustainable urban agriculture systems as a tool for improving the quality of life of the urban poor.

Two different infrastructure contexts will be presented, with the intent of relating the applicability of Urban Agriculture initiatives to the enhancement of destitute urban communities in both the developed and developing worlds. A number of successful case studies will be referenced in each developmental …

Spartan Daily, April 30, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, April 29, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, April 28, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, April 25, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, April 24, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, April 23, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, April 21, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, April 18, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, April 17, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, April 16, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, April 15, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, April 14, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, April 11, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, April 10, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Spartan Daily, April 9, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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