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Western News, Sept. 7, 1995, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: First fall Faculty Senate meeting set for tonight, German exchange professor to speak this afternoon, Marines call on WMU center for new evaluation system, Aviation project moves ahead with $6 million grant in hand, Regulation of telecommunications industry is focus of 32nd annual economics seminar series, Semester-long series explores topics related to Africa, Macleod earns arts medal, Boothroyd pens book on self-defeating behaviors, Walker researches writings of Henry James, Liggons joins WMUK staff.

Western News, Aug. 31, 1995, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Science complex construction slated to begin this fall, Haenicke advised to recuperate at home, Several departments relocate during renovation, Thompson to lead session on new research policy, Haenicke issues letter to supporters regarding intercollegiate athletics, New Travel Center plans open house for Sept. 6-7, Key offices open later to better serve students.

Western News, August 10, 1995, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story Highlights: Haenicke names screening committee for AD, WMU evaluators conduct field study for MEAP test, Preparations begin for Wood Hall construction, WMU will cover fall costs for Native Americans, Two-month grant report includes $1 million for public service projects, University receives $50,000 gift in honor of President Haenicke, WMU part of educational cable TV system

The Westerner Vol. 15 No. 4, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• The many faces of Western • Association announces 1995 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients • Homecoming 1995 • Biggest-ever Bronco sports radio network to hit Michigan, Indiana airwaves in 1995-96 • Calendar of fall performances and sports events • Night games remain prominent in 1995 football schedule

Sharing Multicultural Literature Through Storytelling, Florence M. Newell

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Literature can be used as a means to support children's development in the areas of cognition, language, social mores, creativity, personality, and aesthetics (Glazer, 1986). As the children in public schools today become more culturally and linguistically different, the diversity of literature should be expanded to reflect these differences among learners. Each child brings unique literacy strengths and serves as a resource to help teachers and other students understand one another (Templeton, 1991). Sharing literature from different cultures or literature that includes characters with different cultural or ethnic backgrounds offers a variety of benefits for teachers and students. Using multicultural …

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 22, No. 2 (June 1995)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEMINIZATION OF THE AIDS EPIDEMIC - Mark S. Kaplan
• LIFE STORIES: A PRACTICE-BASED RESEARCH TECHNIQUE - Rena D. Harold, Margaret L. Palmiter, Susan A. Lynch and Carol R. Freedman-Doan
• ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER AND CASE MANAGEMENT: INFUSING MACRO SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE - Dennis D. Long
• THE IDEOLOGICAL CONTEXT OF CHANGING JUVENILE JUSTICE - Preston Elrod and Daryl Kelley
• PROTECTING WOMEN'S JOBS: UNIONS AND DEINDUSTRIALIZATION - Marietta Morrissey
• FAMILY CORRELATES OF DELINQUENCY: COHESION AND ADAPTABILITY - Glenn Shields and Richard D. Clark
• SECOND-ORDER VICTIM-BLAMING - Paula L. Dressel, Vincent Carter, and Anand Balachandran

BOOK REVIEW ESSAY

• Unfaithful Angels: How …

Feminization Of The Aids Epidemic, Mark S. Kaplan

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Although males still constitute a substantial number of persons with AIDS, it is becoming clear that this is a disease affecting women and minority populations more adversely. Today women, while representing approximately 16 percent of all AIDS cases nationwide that are reported to the Centers for Disease Control, make up the fastest-growing segment of the population with AIDS. This article contends that AIDS is increasingly afflicting women who have little economic, political, or social power. Furthermore, misdirected public policy has been partly responsible for the greater incidence of the disease in certain regions and populations.

Housing Satisfaction In The Suburbs: A Racial Comparison, Amonda Stokes

Masters Theses

The primary focus of this study was to compare African Americans' and European Americans' satisfaction with housing in the suburbs. Previous literature suggests that African Americans are living in older suburbs, close to the central city, and in lower quality housing than European Americans.

The population of this study consisted of black and white households living in the suburbs. This was a national sample taken from the American Housing Survey (1991). Cross-tabulations were conducted to determine differences by race of affordability, age of housing unit, ownership, neighborhood satisfaction, and housing satisfaction. Multiple regression analysis was used to determine which variables …

30th International Congress On Medieval Studies, Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University

International Congress on Medieval Studies Archive

The printed program of the 30th International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 4-7, 1995).

Western News, April 6, 1995, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story Highlights: WMU earns grant for prestigious NEH summer seminar, $100,000 gift establishes endowment supporting new Ethiopian Development Studies Program, Western Jazz Quartet CD released on prestigious label, Expert on effects of addiction to give lecture on helping high-risk children and families, Falk compiles annotated bibliography of sources on women and religion in India

Lost In The Fifties: A Study Of Collected Memories, Janelle L. Wilson

Dissertations

This is a study of ordinary people's recollections of the decade of the nineteen fifties. The theoretical concepts of collective memory and collected memories guide design and analysis. Unstructured interviews with 33 individuals who grew up in America in that decade were conducted. The snowball method identified potential informants. The data from these interviews, combined with secondary sources on that time period, served to reconstruct this decade. A number of themes emerged from the data; the decade was seen: as an apolitical time, as fun and innocent, as fearful with respect to atomic weaponry and Communists, as problematic for race …

Personal Interviews Vs. Awareness: A Health Promotion Program For Behavior Change, Elizabeth Klein

Honors Theses

In the United States, heart disease is currently the number one cause of death in the adult population (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1991). Unlike many of the major causes of death, heart disease is largely preventable through changes in health related behaviors. Although a portion of heart disease risk is attributed to genetics, the primary cause of heart disease development lies in the eating habits, exercise behaviors, and smoking habits of the individual.

A Feasibility Study For Using Computerized Water Well Records To Delineate Areas Of Recharge-Discharge Potential, Lauren D. Hughes

Masters Theses

A method for delineating areas of recharge-discharge potential has been developed utilizing computerized water well records. The methodology is based on the vertical head differences found between wells with shallow depths of submergence and those with deeper depths of submergence. The residual values generated represent the magnitude of vertical potential and can be contoured to delineate areas of recharge-discharge potential. Well data were obtained from the Kalamazoo County Groundwater Database. Well selection was based on depth of submergence and total well depth.

The methodology was tested in Texas and Schoolcraft Townships, the Donnell Lake Study Area, and Kalamazoo County. Regularly …

Geophysical Investigation At The Mouth Of The St. Joseph River Valley And Adjacent Lake Michigan Shoreline In St. Joseph And Benton Harbor, Michigan, David L. Seng

Masters Theses

A combination of geophysical methods were employed in an attempt to characterize a small section of the shoreline of the St. Joseph, Michigan, region of the Lake Michigan shoreline. Electrical resistivity and Ground Penetrating Radar profiles conducted along the shoreline and within the nearshore environment reveal a buried valley of the ancestral St. Joseph river. This valley represents incision of the channel during lowered lake levels at the end of the Pleistocene.

Lakeward dipping radar reflectors are identified throughout the study site. Within the buried valley the reflectors are not glacial till as is the case outside the inferred valley …

Western News, January 19, 1995, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: WMU researchers putting stock in office waste paper, Grants support research and public service projects, Latino students and community service projects will benefit from new grant-funded program, New service available at Fetzer Center helps make meetings more productive and efficient, Jeremy earns award for outstanding service

Western News, January 12, 1995, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Involvement is key to design of new science facility, Myriad of events planned for MLK Day observance, Richard Burke to receive honorary degree, Two staff members appointed to positions in Office of Student Life, WMU participation on CAPP CARE among efforts to contain health and medical costs, Waldo Stadium undergoing partial renovation

Worldview--Reality As Viewed By Students: Additional Methodologies, William W. Cobern

Scientific Literacy and Cultural Studies Project

We are basically asking 1) to what extent people see themselves as a natural part of nature; 2) whether or not people are perceived as being qualitatively different from other aspects of nature; 3) to what extent, if any, control over nature by people is appropriate. The interview description given for the first interview sequence applies here as well.

An interview begins with the grand tour question, "If there is any kind of order in the world, where do people fit in that order?" The informant's response is followed with three elicitation devices.

Western Michigan University Undergraduate Catalog 1995-1997, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Course Catalogs (1904-present)

• Glossary of Terms
• 1989-91 Calendars
• About Western Michigan University
• Accreditation
• For More Information, Contact . . .
• Physical Facilities and Campus Map
• Admissions Policies and Procedures
• Student Fees
• Financial Assistance and Scholarships
• Academic Policies and Procedures
• Registration, Records, and Regulations
• Services for Students
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• Degrees and Curricula
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• The Graduate College
• Division …

Fact Book 1995-1996, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Fact Books

• General Information
• Enrollment Information
• Institutional Comparison
• Student Information
• Faculty Information
• Budgets and Resources

Subsurface Glacial Geology Of The Area Between The Tekonsha And Kalamazoo Moraines, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Kim Finkbeiner

Masters Theses

Cross sections profiling the stratigraphy of the glacial sediments were created using the geological logs recorded on water well records. Glacial sediments in the study area comprise a large outwash complex between two moraines. The surficial landforms are the result of the last Wisconsinan advance and retreat through the area.

Cross sections contructed for this project reveal at least three major till units. An additional till unit contains a weathered soil sequence. Therefore, it is possible that this paleosol represents the Sangamon Interglacial period between the Wisconsinan and Illinoian stages. No obvious evidence of movement of the Saginaw Lobe remains …

Gender Differences In Higher Education: A Comparison Of Males And Females Applying To Graduate School, Lynda Bennett

Masters Theses

The objective of this study was to determine in what ways male and female applicants to graduate school are similar or different. Secondary analysis was conducted on survey data which described attitudes and behavior of students admitted to graduate programs at Western Michigan University. The purpose was to assess the relationship between gender and curricula selected, likelihood of applying for and receiving financial aid, and the influence of marital status. Gender did have a statistically significant relationship with curricula selection and influence of marital status. Furthermore, it appeared that women graduate students find marriage to be a more limiting factor …

Western News, November 17, 1994, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Plan designed to move University to Research II status, United Way fund-raisers recognized as drive nears end, University attracts more than $2.1 million in grants, Counseling Center earns continued accreditation, $346,344 in gifts reported to Board of Trustees, Jazz quartet returns for second tour of Poland

Western News, November 10, 1994, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Oxhandler, Starcher earn Distinguished Service Awards, Trustees approve Haenicke's recommendations on athletics, Board gives School of Nursing fonnal go-ahead, Faculty Senate to vote in December on one-year delay of general education policy implementation, Theatre complex named for Irving S. Gilmore

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting November 4, 1994, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Remarks by the Chair
• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• Remarks by the President
• 1995 Meeting Dates
• Authorization to Confer Degrees
• Recommendation re Honorary Degree
• Naming of Building
• Academic and Student Affairs Committee Recommendations
• Grant Report
• Personnel Report
• Revision of Assurance of Protection of Human Research Subjects and Compliance of Department of Health and Human Services Regulations
• Program Revision Requests for 1995/96
• Proposal to Create a School of Nursing
• Bachelor of Science Degree with a Major in Nursing
• Budget and Finance Committee Recommendations
• Gift Report
• Personnel Report
• Transfer of Power Plant
• Acquisition of Real Estate
• Remarks by the …

Western News, October 27, 1994, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Micklin's Aral Sea work focuses on preventing further damage in Asia, Geography computer project puts meteorological info in student hands, Sitkins honored with faculty service recognition from regional continuing education association, VISitingscholar to describe successful methods to eliminate illiteracy,ADD, learning disabilities, Reid's social work text translated into Japanese

Western News, October 20, 1994, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Innovative mathematics curriculum moves to national test sites, South African poet and activist among speakers for Peace and Justice Education Week Oct. 24-26, Work by WMU playwrights opens off-Broadway

Reading Aloud To Low Achieving Secondary Students, Deborah Phelps Zientarski, Donald D. Pottorff

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Information abounds about the benefits of reading aloud to elementary children (Kimmel and Segel, 1988; Trelease, 1985), but very little has been written on the merits of reading to older students. Undertaking a read aloud project with secondary students, then, is likely to raise questions such as the following: 1) will students be annoyed and feel that listening to a story is not age appropriate?; 2) will reading to students waste valuable time that could be used more wisely in reading and improving comprehension in content materials?; 3) will reading to students really motivate them to want to become independent …

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 21, No. 3 (September 1994)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• EDITORIAL AND REMARKS
• TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY INVITED PAPER:... AND WE KEEP ON BUILDING PRISONS: RACISM, POVERTY, AND CHALLENGES TO THE WELFARE STATE - Paula L. Dressel
• RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN TIMING AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH RETIREMENT - Namkee G. Choi
• THE ELUSIVE BOUNDARIES OF SOCIAL WORK - Arnon A. Bar-On
• PUBLIC CHILD WELFARE PROFESSIONALS: THOSE WHO STAY - Rhonda Reagh
• ECONOMIC STRAIN, FAMILY STRUCTURE AND PROBLEMS WITH CHILDREN AMONG DISPLACED WORKERS - Carolyn C. Perrucci
• HOW QUALIFIED ARE SOCIAL WORK EDUCATORS? - Carol T. Tully
• DESIGNING COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICES - John O'Looney
• COMMODIFICATION, THE WELFARE STATE AND THE ISRAELI …

... And We Keep On Building Prisons: Racism, Poverty, And Challenges To The Welfare State, Paula L. Dressel

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Prison-building is argued to be an intervention of last resort when a nation loses faith in the social welfare enterprise. Recent proposals for more punitive regulations for means-tested benefits, along with the recent dramatic growth in the construction of prisons and in the size of the inmate population, indicate that we are moving as a society toward heightened levels of scapegoating and victim-blaming as a response to troubles generated by significant structural shifts in the economy. This paper analyzes the connections between poverty, punishment, and prisons, with particular emphasis on the scapegoating of people of color. The role of racism …

Gis Application For Nitrogen Dioxide Pollution Monitoring In Moscow, Russia, Maria V. Privalsky

Masters Theses

The focus of this study was nitrogen dioxide pollution monitoring in Moscow, Russia. ERDAS GIS was used to create maps of nitrogen dioxide distribution on the territory of the city for the years from 1983 to 1991.

A special model was written to compare the consecutive pairs of years in respect to the nitrogen dioxide pollution change. Results of model application were analyzed in order to determine the territories that experienced maximum changes during the study period.

Relationship between street density as a measure of car flow and nitrogen dioxide pollution was estimated. Two measures of the relationship were used: …