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The Daily Gamecock, Thursday, December 3, 2009, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

December

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Research Experiences For Undergraduates: An Evaluation Of Affective Impact, Brian N. Chantry

Theses and Dissertations

Each year the National Science Foundation (NFS) grants funding for universities in the United States to provide a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) summer program. The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Brigham Young University (BYU) has been a recipient of NSF REU grants for several years. This year the administrators of the REU program at BYU requested an evaluation be conducted to determine if their program was effective at helping participants have a significant research experience, as well as determine the impact the program is having on student's attitudes towards the field of physics, graduate school, and research. This …

Part Of Their World: Gender Identity Found In Disney Princesses, Consumerism, And Performative Play, Emily Grider Ray

Theses and Dissertations

One way that children explore concepts of gender is through make-believe and performative play. One of the most prevalent presentations of gender that is packaged for children's play is the Disney Princess brand. In 2007 the Walt Disney Princess campaign profited over four billion dollars and expanded to include over 25,000 items for sale. Princess paraphernalia reflects a change in the way that young girls (ages 3-5) engage in imaginary play by creating a whole new paradigm of thought. As these girls project themselves into the role of a certain Princess, typical play transforms into a consumer based theatrical experience. …

A Multidimensional Measure Of Professional Learning Communities: The Development And Validation Of The Learning Community Culture Indicator (Lcci), Courtney D. Stewart

Theses and Dissertations

Because of disunity among prominent professional learning community (PLC) authors, experts, and researchers, the literature was studied to develop a ten-element model that represents a unified and reconceptualized list of characteristics of a PLC. From this model, the Learning Community Culture Indicator (LCCI) was developed to measure professional learning community (PLC) implementation levels based on the ten-element model. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed to determine the structural validity of the LCCI. Factor analyses provided successful levels of fit for the models tested in representing the constructs of the LCCI. Reliability measures also indicated high levels of internal consistency …

Feathers: A Creative Thesis, M. Shayne Clarke

Theses and Dissertations

Feathers is a young adult novel about two knucklehead boys and a summer of mischief they share. Boots and Gopher, the two principal characters in Feathers, are twelve-year old boys who are fascinated by a loft of racing pigeons kept by a peculiar man living on the edge of their small town. The fascination leads them to steal a few pairs of pigeons in hopes of generating their own loft. Their plan is to release the adult pigeons back to the man's loft while Boots and Gopher keep the babies. In stealing the pigeons, they discover the man also houses …

The Missouri Miner, December 3, 2009

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

No abstract provided.

Daily Eastern News: December 03, 2009, Eastern Illinois University

December

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The Comment, December 3, 2009, Bridgewater State College

The Comment

No abstract provided.

The Pan American (2009-12-03), Brian Silva

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 66, No. 13

Commonwealth Times 2009-12-03 [Front Page Has 2009-11-30]

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

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The Advocate, December 3, 2009, Minnesota State University Moorhead

The Advocate

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The Grizzly, December 3, 2009, Caitlin Dalik, Katie Callahan, Ashley Mccomeskey, Jonathan Edward Barber, Gianna Paone, Lisa Jobe, Matt Whitman, Claire Peterson, Carly Siegler, Helen Ann Coin, Zach Shamberg, Matt Campbell, James Wagner

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Students Write Letters to Raise Money for St. Jude • Usernames Unlock Opportunities: UC Career Net Overview • Introducing the Ursinus Bioethics Society • Tuition Increases to Stay Competitive and to Cut Back on State Debts • Savoring Beer: All it Needs is a Little Love • Ursinus Japan Club Makes One Thousand Paper Cranes • Opinion: "Can Ex-Significant Others Ever Be Your New Close Friends?" • Ursinus Men's Basketball Wins Home Opener; Improves to 3-1

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

• A Final Farewell to Grubes
• News
• Opinions
• Weekend Wrap
• Grube Goodbye
• Features
• Classifieds
• Sports

The Impact Of Opencourseware On Paid Enrollment In Distance Learning Courses, Justin K. Johansen

Theses and Dissertations

Since MIT launched the first OpenCourseWare (OCW) initiative in 2002, responses from the academic community have ranged from exuberance to angst. Some institutions have been reluctant to adopt a program of open publishing because of concerns about long-term funding and possible adverse effects on paid enrollment. Money is an issue, forcing some organizations that initially created OCW programs to furlough them due to funding challenges. This study examined the cost of converting online distance learning courses to OCW, the impact of opening these courses on paid enrollments, and the long-term sustainability of OCW through the generation of new paid enrollments. …

The Montclarion, December 03, 2009, The Montclarion

The Montclarion

Student Newspaper of Montclair State University

Ascents And Descents: Personal Pilgrimage In Hieronymus Bosch's The Haywain, Alison Daines

Theses and Dissertations

At the end of the fifteenth century, Hieronymus Bosch provided the foremost expression of the strict religious piety embodied by the Devotio Moderna and the impending embrace of secular humanism. As a result, Bosch's seemingly complex images provided viewers with positive messages concerning the journey of life through the use of binary symbolism. He utilized the pilgrimage motif as a guide throughout his paintings and in relation to the liminal spaces surrounding his works. This article will examine his important triptych, The Haywain, (c.1495-1516) as an example of spiritual paths taken simultaneously by both religious and contemporary figures, along …

Otter Realm, December 3, 2009, California State University, Monterey Bay

The Otter Realm

Honoring Ord History -- Love the Life You Live -- What You Otter Do! Dec 3 - Jan 2010 -- Got Stress: Get the Cure -- Traffic Tragedy -- Citizens for Sustainable Marina: A Resilient Community -- More Budget Cuts -- Surviving the Holidays -- OBR: A Place for Food and Much More -- Honoring Ord's History -- My Mind is Silenced -- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: The Holidays are Here -- Vision and Volume -- Blue Fin: Something for Everyone -- ''Tis the Season of Bah Humbug -- Pieces of California -- "The Story of Brazilian Samba": The Sounds …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 41 No. 92, December 3, 2009

Central Florida Future

Fla. population migrates for jobs; Uncover Thursdays; Need to know?; Plus: Saturday brings Taking Back Sunday; The best breakups ever; Three new programs launch at media center; Professor's book shows the history from FTU to UCF; Group raises money, hopes to help Haiti.

The Life And Origins Of Paul Bunyan: Part One, Michael Ryan Croker

Theses and Dissertations

Master of Fine Arts This novel is a chronicle of the early days of Paul Bunyan, an important figure in American folk culture. While Paul Bunyan is a central figure in the tale, the story itself is told through the eyes of Clay Filinger, a young man from the backwoods of Kentucky who leaves his home on a journey of American exploration. Clay reaches Boston, where he hires on to work for John Patrick, a wealthy merchant headed to Maine in search of pirate treasure. John is travelling with his nephew, Randolph Bunyan. Along with them are two more hired …

Vista: December 3, 2009, University Of San Diego

USD Vista (1965-)

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Ecophysiological Mechanisms Underlying Aspen To Conifer Succession, William J. Calder

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis includes three studies. The first study examined how reductions in light availability and changes in soil chemistry that occur as conifers establish in aspen stands, differentially affects the regeneration success of aspen and conifers. We found that aspen were more sensitive to changes in light and soil then subalpine fir. For aspen, reduced light and conifer influenced soils significantly reduced height, biomass, photosynthesis and the production of secondary defense compounds. Subalpine fir seedlings were significantly reduced in photosynthesis, biomass and R:S under lower light conditions but showed no differences in physiology or growth when grown on the contrasting …

Spartan Daily December 3, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 133, Issue 47

The Inkwell, Armstrong Atlantic State University

The Inkwell

No abstract provided.

December 3, 2009, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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Quaker Campus, December 3, 2009 (Vol. 96, Issue 12), Whittier College

Quaker Campus

No abstract provided.

The Pacifican December 3, 2009, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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Lanthorn, Vol. 44, No. 28, December 3, 2009, Grand Valley State University

Volume 44, July 8, 2009 - June 10, 2010

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Montana Kaimin, December 3, 2009, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

The East Texan, 2009-12-03, Texas A&M University-Commerce

All Issues

Volume XCIV, number 12 of The East Texan, a student newspaper published at Texas A&M University-Commerce.

The Register, 2009-12-02, North Carolina Agricutural And Technical State University

NCAT Student Newspapers

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