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A History Of The Biology Department, Omer R. Larson Jan 2008

A History Of The Biology Department, Omer R. Larson

UND Departmental Histories

This departmental history was written on the occasion of the UND Quasquicentennial in 2008.


The Aviation Department: 1968-2008, Richard P. Graziano Jan 2008

The Aviation Department: 1968-2008, Richard P. Graziano

UND Departmental Histories

This departmental history was written on the occasion of the UND Quasquicentennial in 2008.


Geography: 1983-2007, Paul E. Todhunter Jan 2008

Geography: 1983-2007, Paul E. Todhunter

UND Departmental Histories

This departmental history was written on the occasion of the UND Quasquicentennial in 2008.


Information Systems And Business Education, University Of North Dakota Jan 2008

Information Systems And Business Education, University Of North Dakota

UND Departmental Histories

This departmental history was written on the occasion of the UND Quasquicentennial in 2008.


History Of The Office Of International Programs (1954-2008), William Young, Patricia Young Jan 2008

History Of The Office Of International Programs (1954-2008), William Young, Patricia Young

UND Departmental Histories

This departmental history was written on the occasion of the UND Quasquicentennial in 2008.


History Of Humanities And Integrated Studies Program: 1983-2008, Tami S. Carmichael Jan 2008

History Of Humanities And Integrated Studies Program: 1983-2008, Tami S. Carmichael

UND Departmental Histories

This departmental history was written on the occasion of the UND Quasquicentennial in 2008.


Colonial Presumptions: The War On Terror And The Roots Of American Exceptionalism, Natsu Taylor Saito Jan 2008

Colonial Presumptions: The War On Terror And The Roots Of American Exceptionalism, Natsu Taylor Saito

Faculty Publications By Year

The United States' current "war on terror" has been framed as a struggle for "civilization"; one which requires a "new paradigm of international law." The rationale for the United States' selective self-exemption from otherwise applicable international law in conducting this war has been that new and imminent threats require the re-shaping of legal doctrines. This essay considers this rationale against the backdrop of three centuries of American visions and policies, and the legal justifications put forth to justify Euroamerican expansion. It concludes that the justifications for American exceptionalism have been remarkably consistent throughout its history and that, as a result, …


Them That Has, Gets, Daria Roithmayr Jan 2008

Them That Has, Gets, Daria Roithmayr

MC Law Review

Justice Thurgood Marshall: Exploring the Life and Legacy of One of America's Most Celebrated Jurists


Literary New England: Planning And Implementing Domestic Travel Study, Craig Cobane, Derick Strode Jan 2008

Literary New England: Planning And Implementing Domestic Travel Study, Craig Cobane, Derick Strode

Honors in Practice Online Archive

Domestic travel courses provide honors programs/colleges a variety of educational opportunities to immerse students in a culture different from their own. This essay presents one example of an honors-sponsored domestic travel course and discusses its differences from and similarities to study abroad courses. Additionally, we discuss the various elements that go into conceiving, developing, and executing such an educational experience. The essay is structured to provide a roadmap for creating a domestic travel course.


Honors In Practice, Volume 4 (Complete Issue) Jan 2008

Honors In Practice, Volume 4 (Complete Issue)

Honors in Practice Online Archive

CONTENTS
Editorial Policy
Submission Guidelines
Dedication to Elizabeth C. Beck
Editor’s Introduction Ada Long

2007 CONFERENCE PLENARY ADDRESSES
Determining the Significance of Honors Katherine E. Bruce
Portable Widgets and Techie Tattoos: Honors of the Future Rosalie C. Otero
Honors in 2025: Becoming What You Emulate Craig T. Cobane
Honors 2025: The Future of the Honors College Richard Ira Scott and Philip L. Frana

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
Majoring in the Minor: A Closer Look at Experiential Learning Bernice Braid
Cultural Studies as the Foundation for an Honors Program: Documenting Students’ Academic and Personal Growth Sara E. Quay and Amy M. Damico

INNOVATIVE …


Recent Editions, Linnéa Caproni Jan 2008

Recent Editions, Linnéa Caproni

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979–2011)

This semiannual bibliography of documentary editions recently published in the fields of American and British history, literature, and culture is generally restricted to scholarly first editions of English language works. In addition to the bibliographical references, Internet addresses are provided for the editorial project or the publisher.


To Beef Or Not To Beef: Defining Food Security And Insecurity In Tucumán Argentina, Ariela Zycherman Jan 2008

To Beef Or Not To Beef: Defining Food Security And Insecurity In Tucumán Argentina, Ariela Zycherman

Ecological and Environmental Anthropology (University of Georgia)

Anthropologists have had a long and rich history of drawing out the cultural importance of diet and the beliefs and rituals that are associated with it. Many anthropologists combine this knowledge with biological data to create a more comprehensive understanding of the diet. This skill becomes particularly important in understanding the difficulties of defining terms like food security and food insecurity among vulnerable populations. Popular working definitions focus primarily on the diet as being a nutritious entity that leads to a healthy and active lifestyle. While these definitions weigh heavily on the biological importance of diet, they deal with the …


Eastern Michigan University Class Schedule - Summer 2008, Office Of The Registrar Jan 2008

Eastern Michigan University Class Schedule - Summer 2008, Office Of The Registrar

Class Schedules Collection

No abstract provided.


The Pageant Of Paha Sapa An Origin Myth Of White Settlement In The American West, Linea Sundstrom Jan 2008

The Pageant Of Paha Sapa An Origin Myth Of White Settlement In The American West, Linea Sundstrom

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

As a literary work initiated and directed by a committee of women, The Pageant of Paha Sapa captures the zeitgeist of the post Arontier era through the eyes of the influential women of one small town. Like all origin myths, this script presented the current populace as the rightful heirs of the place and its resources, having won them through persistence, struggle, and divinely ordained destiny. The pageant's message was that "civilizing" influences had transformed the former Indian paradise and frontier hell-on-wheels into a respectable modern community. This theme of social evolution was typical of the larger pageant movement; however, …


Table Of Contents- Winter 2008 Jan 2008

Table Of Contents- Winter 2008

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

GREAT PLAINS QUARTERLY

Volume 28 / Number 1 / Winter 2008

THE PAGEANT OF PAHA SAPA: AN ORIGIN MYTH OF WHITE SETTLEMENT IN THE AMERICAN WEST

U.S. INDIAN POLICY, 1865-1890: AS ILLUMINATED THROUGH THE LIVES OF CHARLES A. EASTMAN AND ELAINE GOODALE EASTMAN

NAMING A PLACE NICODEMUS

REVIEW ESSAY: THE PERSISTENCE OF POPULAR MEMORY: THE CINEMATIC CONSTRUCTION OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN

BOOK REVIEWS

NOTES AND NEWS


Annual Index Jan 2008

Annual Index

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

ANNUAL INDEX


The Teaching Resource Portfolio: A Tool Kit For Future Professoriate And A Resource Guide For Current Teachers, Dieter J. Schönwetter Jan 2008

The Teaching Resource Portfolio: A Tool Kit For Future Professoriate And A Resource Guide For Current Teachers, Dieter J. Schönwetter

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Extensive annotated bibliographies have guided academic researchers over several years and in various disciplines, providing key resources to assist in the development of new ideas. However, less common are published annotated bibliographies on effective teaching resources, both general to teaching across various disciplines as well as specific to each discipline, that guide the academic in the teaching enterprise. This chapter focuses on a tool, the teaching resource portfolio, that helps the graduate student preparing for an academic career including teaching, the new faculty member desiring additional teaching resources, the academic wishing to have resources that support discipline-specific scholarship of teaching …


Bibliography, Volume 26 (2008) Jan 2008

Bibliography, Volume 26 (2008)

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Bibliography for volume 26 (2008) of To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development.


Portable Widgets And Techie Tattoos: Honors Of The Future, Rosalie Ortero Jan 2008

Portable Widgets And Techie Tattoos: Honors Of The Future, Rosalie Ortero

Honors in Practice Online Archive

Just twenty-five years ago, in 1982, Gray Austin from Ohio State was the NCHC President. William Daniel from Winthrop College was the program chair for the NCHC conference that was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The conference fee was $46 and a room at the Hilton cost $37 a night. Writing Across the Curriculum was big news, and interdisciplinary seminars centered on the Great Books concept were a major component of honors programs. Today, there are honors programs and colleges at large and small universities, colleges, and community colleges. Service Learning is big news as is Outcomes Assessment. Honors curricula …


Beyond Unconscionability: The Case For Using "Knowing Assent" As The Basis For Analyzing Unbargained-For Terms In Standard Form Contracts, Edith R. Warkentine Jan 2008

Beyond Unconscionability: The Case For Using "Knowing Assent" As The Basis For Analyzing Unbargained-For Terms In Standard Form Contracts, Edith R. Warkentine

Seattle University Law Review

Much scholarship questioning the enforcement of standard form contract terms offers interesting insights into possible approaches a court can take in analyzing the issue, but the literature largely fails to examine what courts actually do in these cases. This Article identifies the gap between what scholars are saying about standard form contracts and what courts are doing about them. It notes that courts have not accepted the scholarship that urges a nontraditional approach to analyzing assent. Rather-with but a few exceptions—what has emerged is a case-by-case unconscionability analysis in which courts focus narrowly on particular terms and conditions in standard …


Judicial Decision-Making, Social Science Evidence, And Equal Educational Opportunity: Uneasy Relations And Uncertain Futures, Michael Heise Jan 2008

Judicial Decision-Making, Social Science Evidence, And Equal Educational Opportunity: Uneasy Relations And Uncertain Futures, Michael Heise

Seattle University Law Review

The full extent of what the Court decided in Grutter and Parents Involved remains in some dispute. What is far more certain is that both cases continue to stir deeply held passions that help frame public and legal debates about the Court and its role in affirmative action and school desegregation disputes. Amid these increasingly raucous debates, this Article expressly side steps the many questions (and controversies) about what the Court decided in those cases and seeks to escape from the frequently politically charged and volatile context of governmental uses of race. This Article instead focuses on how the Court …


Planning For Pandemic Influenza: Lessons From The Experiences Of Thirteen Indiana Counties, George H. Avery, Mark Lawley, Sandra Garrett, Barrett Caldwell, Marshall P. Durr, Dulcy Abraham, Feng Lin, Po-Ching C. Delaurentis, Maria L. Peralta, Alice Russell, Renata A. Kopach-Conrad, Lalaine M. Ignacio, Rebeca Sandino, Deanna J. Staples Jan 2008

Planning For Pandemic Influenza: Lessons From The Experiences Of Thirteen Indiana Counties, George H. Avery, Mark Lawley, Sandra Garrett, Barrett Caldwell, Marshall P. Durr, Dulcy Abraham, Feng Lin, Po-Ching C. Delaurentis, Maria L. Peralta, Alice Russell, Renata A. Kopach-Conrad, Lalaine M. Ignacio, Rebeca Sandino, Deanna J. Staples

RCHE Publications

Significant concerns exist over the ability of the healthcare and public health systems to meet the surge demands that would result from an event such as an influenza pandemic. Current guidance for public health planners is largely based on expert opinion and may lack connection to the problems of street-level public health practice. To identify the problems of local planners and prepare a state-level planning template for increasing health care surge capacity that accounted for these issues,a study was conducted of local pandemic planning efforts in thirteen counties, finding that cognitive biases, coordination problems, institutional structures in the healthcare system, …


Sustainable Trade In Pre-Colonial Asante, Karen Sanders Jan 2008

Sustainable Trade In Pre-Colonial Asante, Karen Sanders

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

Practically, the entire area of modern day Ghana was once dominated by the Asante Empire. How did such a vast empire come into existence? This empire was able to consolidate the multiple ethnic groups within the region into one unified nation. Who were some of these ethnic groups and how were they brought into the empire? The strength of the Asante’s economy was extremely important to the longevity of their civilization. Their economic strength enabled them to procure funding which they utilized to build an army, to build trade networks, and to increase their reputation within the region. How did …


Stratigraphy And Paleontology Of The Middle Devonian Silica Formation Of Northern Ohio, John Edwin Thornton Jan 2008

Stratigraphy And Paleontology Of The Middle Devonian Silica Formation Of Northern Ohio, John Edwin Thornton

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of The Feasibility Of A Joint Economic Development District Between The City Of Brunswick And Hinckley Township, Kevin O'Brien, Claudette Robey, Daila Shimek, Michael Mcgoun, Ryan Foster Jan 2008

An Analysis Of The Feasibility Of A Joint Economic Development District Between The City Of Brunswick And Hinckley Township, Kevin O'Brien, Claudette Robey, Daila Shimek, Michael Mcgoun, Ryan Foster

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

No abstract provided.


Book Review: Managing Biodiversity In Agricultural Ecosystems Edited By D.I. Jarvis, C. Padoch, And H.D. Cooper, Richard K. Baydack Jan 2008

Book Review: Managing Biodiversity In Agricultural Ecosystems Edited By D.I. Jarvis, C. Padoch, And H.D. Cooper, Richard K. Baydack

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

Managing Biodiversity in Agricultural Ecosystems is a series of 18 edited contributions that investigate a vast body of material relating to the broad category of "agricultural biodiversity." This subject is of increasing importance across the Great Plains of North America as we strive to ensure that our planet is able to meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the abilities of future generations to meet theirs. As such, the editors have sequenced and categorized the contributions so as to ensure that treatment of a wide range of topics- crop genetic resources; livestock genetic resources; aquatic biodiversity; pollinator diversity; …


Six Centuries Of Fire History At Devils Tower National Monument With Comments On Regionwide Temperature Influence, Michael C. Stambaugh, Richard P. Guyette, Erin R. Mcmurry, Joseph M. Marschall, Gary Willson Jan 2008

Six Centuries Of Fire History At Devils Tower National Monument With Comments On Regionwide Temperature Influence, Michael C. Stambaugh, Richard P. Guyette, Erin R. Mcmurry, Joseph M. Marschall, Gary Willson

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

This study documents over six centuries of historic fire events at Devils Tower National Monument in northeast Wyoming, USA. The 691-year tree-ring chronology is based on 37 ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa C. Lawson) trees collected at the monument. The period of tree-ring record ranged in calendar years from 1312 to 2002 and fire scar dates (n = 129) ranged from 1330 to 1995. The mean fire interval (MFI) for the entire record was 24.6 years, and intervals for individual trees ranged from 4 to 119 years. A period of increased fire frequency (MFI = 5.7 years) occurred from about …


Using Schools To Map The Frontier Of Settlement On The Canadian Prairies, John C. Lehr, Brian Mcgregor Jan 2008

Using Schools To Map The Frontier Of Settlement On The Canadian Prairies, John C. Lehr, Brian Mcgregor

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

Most attempts to map the frontier of agricultural settlement in western Canada have used land alienation data or population density calculated from census returns. Both methods are fraught with difficulties. Population density data are only available at five-year intervals at the 36-square-mile township level. Land alienation does not always reflect settlement. In Manitoba, entire townships were alienated years before they were occupied. The organization and building of schools is a better indicator of actual settlement and the emergence of community-based institutions. To test this hypothesis, school formation and land alienation in 35 townships in southeastern Manitoba were plotted. This showed …


Review Of The Geography Of American Poverty: Is There A Need For Place-Based Policies? By Mark D. Partridge And Dan S. Rickman., David J. Peters Jan 2008

Review Of The Geography Of American Poverty: Is There A Need For Place-Based Policies? By Mark D. Partridge And Dan S. Rickman., David J. Peters

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

This book is a comprehensive examination of poverty in the United States from 1969 to 1999. Its three main objectives are to document the uneven distribution of poverty, to explore its underlying demographic and economic determinants, and to offer policy prescriptions for its amelioration. The analysis of rural poverty is likely to be of most interest to readers of Great Plains Research.

The Geography of American Poverty authoritatively documents the trends and determinants of American poverty across both space and time. Its strength is in its quantitative analysis, but what interests poverty researchers may be tedious for nontechnical audiences. Its …


Great Plains Reasearch: A Journal Of Natural And Social Sciences Volume 18, Number 1, Spring 2008: Table Of Contents Jan 2008

Great Plains Reasearch: A Journal Of Natural And Social Sciences Volume 18, Number 1, Spring 2008: Table Of Contents

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

NATURAL SCIENCES

Engineer Cantonment, Missouri Territory, 1819-1820: America's First Biodiversity Inventory (Hugh H. Genoways and Brett C. Ratcliffe)

Testing Multigenerational Colonization of Carrion by Blow Flies in the Great Plains (Timothy E. Huntington, David O. Carter, and Leon G. Higley)

Mapping Agricultural Land Cover for Hydrologic Modeling in the Platte River Watershed of Nebraska (Patti R. Dappen, Ian C. Ratcliffe, Cullen R. Robbins, and James W. Merchant)

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Using Schools to Map the Frontier of Settlement on the Canadian Prairies (John C. Lehr and Brian McGregor)

Mapping the Dispossession: Scandinavian Homesteading at Fort Totten, 1900-1930 (Karen V. Hansen and …