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University Of Nebraska-Lincoln Women's Studies Program Fall 1997, Bidisha Nag, Barbara Dibernard

Women's and Gender Studies Program: Information and Materials

Sponsored by the Women's Studies Program and Native American Studies, Beth Brant will be visiting UNL on October 20-22 to read from her work and talk with students, faculty, and all interested community members. Brant is a Bay of Quinte Mohawk lesbian writer. Some of her published works include: A Gathering of Spirit: A Collection by North American Indian Women (1984, 1989), Mohawk Trail (1985), Food and Spirits: Stories (1991), Writing as Witness: Essay and Talk (1994), and I'll Sing Til the Day I Die: Conversations with Tyendinaga Elders (1995). On Monday, October 20,Brant will hold an informal reading from …

Efficacy Of Deer Stopper™ Repellent For Reducing White-Tailed Deer Damage To Ornamental Plantings, James B. Armstrong, M. Keith Causey, John T. Owen

Eastern Wildlife Damage Management Conference: 8th (1997)

A 2-year study was undertaken to assess the efficacy of Deer Stopper™ repellent for reducing white-tailed deer damage to ornamental plantings. Efficacy testing was conducted on a captive deer herd at Auburn University’s White-tailed Deer Research Facility and the Stimpson Wildlife Sanctuary, Jackson, AL. Japanese Holly (Ilex crenata), a highly preferred browse species in this area, was used as the test plant at all study sites. Plants were arranged randomly between treatment and control. Treatment plants were sprayed with prescribed applications of Deer Stopper™ and percent defoliation and browsing estimated for each plant. Repeated measures analysis of variance …

Regional Socioeconomic And Sociocultural Differences Among U.S. Latinos: The Effects Of Historical And Contemporary Latino Immigration/Migration Streams, Ed A. Munoz, Suzanne T. Ortega

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

In this paper we explore two potential sources of variation in the life experiences of Latinos in the United States: region of the country in which a group resides and national origin. Although scholars have recognized the theoretical importance of these two variables, few studies have empirically examined the relationship of region of the country and national origin to socioeconomic variables such as occupation, education, and income or to cultural variables such as bilingualism and English language proficiency. Data from the 1990 U.S. Census 5% Public Use Micro Sample show that both the social structural and cultural experiences of Latinos …

Review Of The Texas Challenge: Population Change And The Future Of Texas Edited By Steve H. Murdock, Nazrul Hoque, Martha Michael, Steve White, And Beverly Pecotte, Robert K. Holz

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Steve H. Murdock, in collaboration with four secondary authors, has produced an intriguing but somewhat puzzling book on population change and the future of Texas. While population studies are certainly within the authors' domain of Rural Sociology, Texas is no longer a "rural" state based on population. Over eighty percent of the state's population now resides in urban areas, although Texas laws, traditions, and attitudes still honor and project a rural mystique. This might have been emphasized as part of the Texas Challenge.

Throughout the text the authors emphasize four major trends in Texas population: the changing rate of …

Review Of Beyond Subsistence: Plains Archaeology And The Postprocessual Critique Edited By Philip Duke And Michael C. Wilson, Alan J. Osborn

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Philip Duke and Michael Wilson have compiled a well-written, well-organized book designed to "demonstrate the potential of postprocessualism to Plains archaeologists." It contains an editors' introduction, eleven scholarly contributions, as well as two commentaries. The editors suggest that the success of this "new paradigm or research strategy" will be assessed on the basis of its "second-generation scholars" and what they contribute to the "intellectual hybridization" of postprocessualism.

The reader must be aware that postprocessual archaeology does not consist of a coherent body of theory, models, concepts, or robust methods for data collection and analysis. Instead, it is a postmodern response …

Contents - Volume 7, Number 2, Fall 1997

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Contents:

Articles

Book Reviews

News and Notes

Annual Index

News And Notes - Volume 7, Number 2, Fall 1997

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Content:

Call for papers

Conferences

Where One Size Does Not Fit All: Small Community Diversity, Kathleen Prochaska-Cue, Ann Ziebarth, Bonnie Shrewsbury

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Using a community classification based on key demographic and geographic factors and data from the U.S. Census, analyses from 212 small communities indicate significant inter- and intra-state differences. The communities studied were located in two states within the North Central Region. The sample was limited to incorporated places with populations between 1,000 and 2,500. Several commonly-held ideas about small communities are either challenged or confirmed by this research. Similarities and differences among the communities as well as between the states support the conclusion that small communities have diverse characteristics. Not all small communities ofthis size are geographically isolated places with …

Developing Urban Deer Management Plans: The Need For Public Education, Deborah Green, Glen R. Askins, Phillip D. West

Eastern Wildlife Damage Management Conference: 8th (1997)

Independent public opinion surveys concerning urban deer (Odocoileus virginianus) management were conducted in two Virginia communities. A total of 346 citizens were interviewed in two Random Digit Dial telephone surveys. In addition to questions concerning management techniques and their administration, participants were asked about their experience with deer, their awareness of problems with deer in the area, and their enjoyment of deer. In both localities, non-lethal controls were preferred over lethal controls; trapping and relocation, fencing, repellents, and birth control measures were favored by a majority of residents. The only lethal control acceptable to residents in both communities …

The Rural Workplace And Technology Utilization: Results From The 1997 Annual Nebraska Rural Poll, John C. Allen, Rebecca Filkins, Sam Cordes, Amy M. Smith, Eric Jarecki

Publications from the Center for Applied Rural Innovation (CARI)

This working paper presents findings from the second annual Nebraska Rural Poll. The study is based on 3,264 responses from households in the 87 non-metropolitan counties in the state. The objectives of this paper are to answer the following questions:

1. What percent of rural Nebraskans have employment, and what is the nature of that employment: full-time? part-time? self-employed?
2. What benefits do rural Nebraskans have at their place of employment? Health insurance? Paid vacation? Other?
3. What is the extent and nature of self-employment in rural Nebraska?
4. What is the extent of telecommuting and the use of various …

The Effects Of Divorce And Custody Arrangements On Children’S Behavior, Development, And Adjustment, Michael E. Lamb, Kathleen J. Sternberg, Ross A. Thompson

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

This article summarizes the consensus among a group of experts from developmental and clinical psychology, sociology, social welfare, and law who sought to evaluate existing empirical evidence regarding the ways in which children are affected by divorce and the varying custody arrangements that follow it. Divorce and/or single parenthood tend to have adverse effects on children’s adjustment, with the magnitude of the effects varying depending on the psychological status of the two parents, the extent of conflict between them, and the financial circumstances, particularly after divorce. Children whose nonresidential parents continue to support them financially, those whose custodial parents are …

Center For Sustainable Agricultural Systems Newsletter, September/October 1997

Center for Sustainable Agricultural Systems: Newsletter (1993–2000)

Contents:

Linking Ecology and Agriculture to Increase Sustainability

California Salad and Australian Emu in Nebraska?

The State of Rural America: We Can Choose Our Future

Seeking K-16 Curriculum Volunteers

Impact Project Deadlines

Rural Development Strategies For Nebraska: Results From The 1997 Annual Nebraska Rural Poll, John C. Allen, Rebecca Filkins, Sam Cordes, Amy M. Smith, Eric Jarecki

Publications from the Center for Applied Rural Innovation (CARI)

This working paper presents findings from the second annual Nebraska Rural Poll. The study is based on 3,264 responses from households in the 87 non-metropolitan counties in the state. The objectives of this paper are to answer the following questions:

1. Do rural Nebraskans generally support policies of state and local governments which provide tax breaks and other financial incentives to businesses that will locate or make a commitment to stay in their state/area?

2. How effective do rural Nebraskans believe the Nebraska Employment and Investment Growth Act and the Nebraska Employment Expansion and Investment Incentive Act have been in …

Commentary On Linda Mealey (1995), The Sociobiology Of Sociopathy: An Integrated Evolutionary Model, Scott F. Stoltenberg, Joseph L. Hernandez Cruz, Don Joseph Stein, Linda Mealey

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

[SFS] When Genotype × Environment (G × E) interactions are present, heritability estimates are not interpretable. Mealey cites abundant evidence for G × E interactions in the etiology of sociopathy, thereby completely undermining estimates of the heritability of sociopathy which form the foundation of her model. Without proper evidence for a genetic basis of sociopathy, Mealey’s sociobiological model collapses under its own great weight.

[LM] It is impossible to discuss the constructs “heritability,” “theory of mind,” and “normality” in a single coherent essay. The following three rejoinders address each of these exceedingly complex constructs individually, as each relates to the …

Quality Of Life Of Rural Nebraskans: How Are They Doing And What Is In The Future?, John C. Allen, Sam Cordes, Amy M. Smith, Matt Spilker, Amber Hamilton

Publications from the Center for Applied Rural Innovation (CARI)

This working paper presents findings from the first Annual Nebraska Rural Poll. The study is based on 2,754 responses from households in the 87 non-metropolitan counties in the state. The objectives of this paper are to answer the following questions:

1. All things considered, do rural Nebraskans believe they are better off today than five years ago, and do they believe they are better off than their parents were at their age?
2. Do rural Nebraskans believe they will be better or worse off ten years in the future?
3. What is the current level of psychological well-being among rural …

Ianr Program Support: Results From The Nebraska Rural Poll, John C. Allen, Amy M. Smith, Sam Cordes, Amber Hamilton, Matt Spilker

Publications from the Center for Applied Rural Innovation (CARI)

This working paper presents findings from the first annual Nebraska Rural Poll. The study is based on 1,971 responses from households in the 87 nonmetropolitan counties in the state. The objectives of this paper are to provide information on how rural Nebraskans perceive the importance of various programs funded by the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR). The survey questions about IANR programs were included as a separate one page insert that was included in the large Rural Poll survey booklet. Because the IANR questions were marked “optional,” one must be cautious in drawing definitive conclusions from the responses. …

Why Targets Of Regulations Do Not Comply: The Case Of Conservation Compliance In The Corn Belt, J. Dixon Esseks, Steven E. Kraft, Edward J. Furlong

Center for Great Plains Studies: Staff and Fellows Publications

This article employs survey data to test hypotheses about Corn Belt farmers’ intentions to apply conservation compliance plans. The data came from winter 1995 telephone interviews with a random sample of 839 farmers in that five-state region who had USDA-approved plans for their high4 erodible cropland For ethical and practical reasons noncompliance was measured indirectly-the respondents’ estimates of the percentage of their peers in the county who would “not apply their plans to any meaningful extent in 1995.” Regression analysis found that, as predicted by deterrence theory, farmers who believed in high probabilities of violations being detected or penalized were …

Community Life In Rural Nebraska: Results From The 1997 Annual Nebraska Rural Poll, John C. Allen, Sam Cordes, Rebecca Filkins, Amy M. Smith, Eric Jarecki

Publications from the Center for Applied Rural Innovation (CARI)

This working paper presents findings from the second annual Nebraska Rural Poll. The study is based on 3,264 responses from households in the 87 non-metropolitan counties in the state. The objectives of this paper are to answer the following questions:

1. How do rural Nebraskans perceive changes occurring in their community?

2. How do rural Nebraskans describe their communities: friendly or unfriendly, trusting or distrusting, supportive or hostile?

3. How satisfied are rural Nebraskans with various services and amenities; and how does satisfaction vary by community size, region, household income, age, gender, education and marital status?

4. Do rural Nebraskans …

Center For Sustainable Agricultural Systems Newsletter, July/August 1997

Center for Sustainable Agricultural Systems: Newsletter (1993–2000)

Contents:

Economic, Environmental and Sociological Effects of Whole-farm Production Systems in Eastern Nebraska: Alternative Production Systems and Quality of Life

SARE Announces Two Grant Opportunities

A Woman's Place on the Farm

Nebraska Resources Ideal for Aquaculture

Glickman Announces National Commission on Small Farms

Diverse Strategies for Diverse Crops

Review Of On Behalf Of The Wolf And The First Peoples By Joseph Marshall Iii, Ellen Dubas

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Much of what has been written about Native Americans has been written by Euro-Americans. It is very important that the peoples write about aspects of their culture that they consider to be most important about themselves. On Behalf of the Wolf and the First Peoples by Joseph Marshall III is, I hope, the first of many such works.

In his book Marshall demonstrates a relationship between Native Americans and the wolf. That humans are a part of nature and not in control of nature is an idea that has begun to resonate throughout Anglo culture in the form of the …

Quality Of Life Of Rural Nebraskans: Results From The 1997 Annual Nebraska Rural Poll, John C. Allen, Sam Cordes, Rebecca Filkins, Amy M. Smith, Eric Jarecki

Publications from the Center for Applied Rural Innovation (CARI)

This working paper presents findings from the second annual Nebraska Rural Poll. The study is based on 3,264 responses from households in the 87 nonmetropolitan counties in the state. The objectives of this paper are to answer the following questions:

1. Has the well-being of rural Nebraskans changed from what they reported in the first annual Rural Poll?
2. All things considered, do rural Nebraskans believe they are better off today than five years ago, and do they believe they are better off than their parents were at their age?
3. Do rural Nebraskans believe they will be better or …

The Probe, Issue 176 - May 1997

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

Contents:
Consensus, Coalition and Consent-Antidote to Conflict
Calendar of Upcoming Events
NADCA Committees
Overturning Sunday Hunting Bans
Who Funds Anti-Hunting Measures?
NH Defeats Anti-Trap Bill
Extreme Bill Introduced in California
New Rules Proposed for Canada Geese
Taking the Lead: A Report on Connecticut's NWCO Association Seminar
Louisiana Nutria Headed for Russia
Activist Files Suit Against ADC
Coyotes Prey on Suburban Colorado Dogs
PETA Asks Fishing Ban
An Open Letter to NADCA
Ultrasound Not Effective for Bird Control
More Abstracts Published at the 3rd Annual Conference of the Wildlife Society
Range expansion and ecology of the eastern coyote
Wolf-livestock conflict resolution …

Center For Sustainable Agricultural Systems Newsletter, May/June 1997

Center for Sustainable Agricultural Systems: Newsletter (1993–2000)

Contents:

Economic, Environmental and Sociological Effects of Whole-farm Production Systems in Eastern Nebraska: Environmental-Economic

Specialty Crop Field Days August 9 and 16

Farmers' Markets Foster Sense of Community

Why Bother to Rotate Vegetable Crops?

OCIA Relocates to Lincoln

Agroforestry Satellite Broadcast Available on Video

EPA's "319" Program Can Help Launch Agroforestry Projects

Minigrants: a Proven Technique for Learning about Sustainable Agriculture

Review Of The Community In Canada: Rural And Urban Edited By Satadal Dasgupta, Paul Gingrich

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

This book surveys studies of rural, small town, and urban community in Canada. The first third of the book, written by Dasgupta, provides definitions and perspectives of community. The remainder of the book contains a selection of studies of communities in Canada, mostly sociological and mostly from the 1960s and 1970s.

Dasgupta begins with Hillery's 1955 classification of ninety-four definitions of community, noting that all but three of these definitions involve "a group of people in 'social interaction.’” Theories and perspectives on community are organized into five categories: ecological, ethnographic, social system, social or interactional, and conflict approaches. The author …

Contents - Volume 7, Number 1, Spring 1997

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Content:

Articles
Book Reviews
News and Notes
Leslie Hewes Award

Why Black Psychology In The Introductory Psychology Course?, Linda Rhone

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

“An important factor is the need for more psychologists over the next decade, particularly psychologists of color, who can bring perspectives other than Eurocentric.”

Diversity Denial: An Exercise Of Mind And Will, Cathy Martinez, Paul H. Gutierrez

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

“When we all conform to the ‘majority rules,’ we are leaving behind the richness of the diversity we have to offer the people in the organization.”

Diversity, Athletics, And Mentoring: Creating New Academic Avenues, Lisa Hardaway, Pat Lutt

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

Culture shock, academic stress, making the transition, and high athletic performance expectations are just some of the things student-athletes experience.

The Need For American Ethnic Studies At Predominantly White Institutions (I): African American And Native American Studies, C.J. White, Frances W. Kaye, Keith Parker

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

This session will provide a straightforward account of what ethnic studies is and the current state of ethnic studies.

The Need For American Ethnic Studies At Predominantly White Institutions (Ii): Latino And Judaic Studies, Miguel Carranza, Alan Steinweis, Keith Parker

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

This session will provide a straightforward account of what ethnic studies is and the current state of ethnic studies.