Digital Commons Network^™

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

• Views
• Arts
• Classifieds
• Puzzles/ Comics
• Sports

Professor Of Mathematics David Roberts Receives Inaugural Simons Foundation Collaboration Grant, University Relations

Campus News Archive

Roberts’ grant is one of only 140 awarded nationwide to increase the collaborative contacts between active researchers in the field of mathematics.

Managing Large Enrollment Courses In Hybrid Instruction Mode, Pooja Khanna

Higher Learning Research Communications

While Indian education system is still debating on values of Gurukal system to imperial western education; the world moves on to the hybrid teaching learning system. Though the western world started hybrid teaching in early 1990’s, it took us good 30 years to follow the Westroes. Even when we have initiated the process in few institutions there is much to understand and do before we actually get to see the success of Hybrid online teaching and learning. This paper set to study the hitches and glitches in Hybrid Instruction system of teaching and learning for large enrollment courses. This new …

November 8, 2011, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Seeking A Clearer Picture: Assessing The Appropriate Regulatory Framework For Broadband Video Distribution , Adam B. Vanwagner

Fordham Law Review

This Note examines the appropriate regulatory framework for the distribution of commercial video content over broadband networks. As online video providers such as Netflix and Hulu expand, they are beginning to compete directly with the video services of major cable and telecommunications companies. Frequently, these companies also serve as a customer’s Internet service provider, leaving them in the position of carrying these competitive services over their broadband networks. This conflict has led to calls for regulation that would protect nascent online video services from feared anticompetitive actions by the major providers. In April 2010, against the backdrop of this expanding …

Giving Arbitration Some Credit: The Enforceability Of Arbitration Clauses Under The Credit Repair Organizations Act , Genevieve Hanft

Fordham Law Review

In today’s economy, the effects of a bad credit report are devastating to consumers. Individuals with poor credit history are often crippled in their ability to purchase even the smallest item, and consequently turn for help to credit repair organizations advertising services that cure bad credit. Frequently, however, these organizations merely accept high fees from customers already in dire financial straits, without improving their financial standing. To combat these predatory practices, Congress passed the Credit Repair Organizations Act (CROA), which imposes several requirements on credit repair organizations. One such provision mandates that credit repair organizations give a form to each …

Blanket Policies For Strip Searching Pretrial Detainees: An Interdisciplinary Argument For Reasonableness , Daphne Ha

Fordham Law Review

In 2010, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third and Ninth Circuits joined the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in upholding the constitutionality of blanket strip search policies in correctional institutions. As a result, more government officials across the country can strip search arrestees and pretrial detainees as a matter of routine procedure without any reasonable suspicion that the detainees have contraband. These detainees include individuals without criminal histories who are arrested for traffic or other minor offenses, and who have done nothing to suggest that they are attempting to smuggle contraband into correctional facilities. This …

Labor Values Are First Amendment Values: Why Union Comprehensive Campaigns Are Protected Speech , Charlotte Garden

Fordham Law Review

Corporate targets of union “comprehensive campaigns” increasingly have responded by filing civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) lawsuits alleging that unions’ speech and petitioning activities are extortionate. These lawsuits are the descendants of the Supreme Court’s unexplained treatment of much labor speech as less worthy of protection than other types of speech. Starting from the position that speech that promotes democratic discourse deserves top-tier First Amendment protection, I argue that labor speech—which plays a unique role in civil society—should be on an equal footing with civil rights speech. Thus, even if union advocacy qualifies as legal extortion, the …

Another Word On The President's Statutory Authority Over Agency Action , Nina A. Mendelson

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Who's In Charge? Does The President Have Directive Authority Over Agency Regulatory Decisions? , Robert V. Percival

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Scientific Integrity: The Perils And Promise Of White House Administration , Heidi Kitrosser

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

U.S. Energy Sanctions And The Race To Prevent Iran From Acquiring Weapons Of Mass Destruction , Quinton Cannon Farrar

Fordham Law Review

The United States has used economic sanctions targeting the energy sector that is so vital to Iran’s economy with varying degrees of intensity since the Iran Hostage Crisis of 1979. By and large, the sanctions did not have their intended effect. By 2010, Iran was the foremost state-sponsor of terrorism and was on the brink of acquiring the capability to develop nuclear weapons—a phenomenon that could have cataclysmic repercussions for American interests in the Middle East and beyond. In July 2010, Congress passed and President Obama signed the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, in an effort …

Walk This Way: Do Public Sidewalks Qualify As Services, Programs, Or Activities Under Title Ii Of The Americans With Disabilities Act? , Sarah Jones

Fordham Law Review

In 2005, 54.4 million people in the United States reported some degree of disability. For many of these people—particularly the 13.5 million Americans who use wheelchairs, canes, crutches, or walkers—the issue of sidewalk accessibility is not merely one of convenience, but of civil rights and public safety. Faced with public sidewalks that are impassable due to disrepair, physical obstacles, or an absence of curb ramps, many individuals with disabilities are forced to choose between remaining housebound or traveling in the streets—posing a danger to both themselves and drivers. However, as disability activists push to resolve these shortcomings with an eye …

Which Treaties Reign Supreme? The Dormant Supremacy Clause Effect Of Implemented Non-Self-Executing Treaties , Leonie W. Huang

Fordham Law Review

The Supremacy Clause includes treaties in the list of supreme laws which state judges are bound to uphold against conflicting state laws. However, as the U.S. Supreme Court most recently affirmed in Medellin v. Texas, not all Article II treaties receive this Supremacy Clause effect immediately upon ratification. Some treaties, known as non-self-executing treaties, are domestically unenforceable by United States courts until passage of federal legislation implementing the treaty. Based on this distinction between non-self-executing and self-executing treaties, courts have disagreed as to whether an implemented non-self-executing treaty can preempt state law or whether only the implementing legislation can have …

The Preservation Obligation: Regulating And Sanctioning Pre-Litigation Spoliation In Federal Court , A. Benjamin Spencer

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Responsibilities Of Lead Lawyers And Judges In Multidistrict Litigation , Charles Silver

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Taking The Business Out Of Work Product, Michele Destefano Beardslee

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Pulling The Trigger On Public Campaign Finance: The Contextual Approach To Analyzing Trigger Funds , George Lobiondo

Fordham Law Review

The unpredictable nature of electoral politics makes it difficult for public campaign financing programs to be both efficient and effective. Programs that award too much money to publicly funded candidates risk insolvency, while miserly systems cannot attract participants. Moreover, the competitiveness of any given race changes with each election cycle—what was a landslide one year might be the closest of contests next November. Several states have tried to address this dilemma by enacting “trigger” provisions that disburse extra money to publicly funded candidates only after their opponents raise or spend beyond a certain amount. These laws have faced legal challenges …

Alien Language: Immigration Metaphors And The Jurisprudence Of Otherness , Keith Cunningham-Parmeter

Fordham Law Review

Metaphors tell the story of immigration law. Throughout its immigration jurisprudence, the U.S. Supreme Court has employed rich metaphoric language to describe immigrants attacking nations and aliens flooding communities. This Article applies research in cognitive linguistics to critically evaluate the metaphoric construction of immigrants in the law. Three conceptual metaphors dominate legal texts: immigrants are aliens, immigration is a flood, and immigration is an invasion. In order to gauge the prevalence of these metaphors, the Article engages in a textual analysis of modern Supreme Court opinions and presents original empirical data on the incidence of alienage terminology in federal court …

Justice Through Pragmatism And Process: A Tribute To Judge Denny Chin, Frank H. Wu

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Multiple Personality And Channeling, Rayna L. Rogers, D.O.

Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry

Psychiatry in the 1980's and 1990's has seen a rapid progression in the understanding of dissociative disorders, especially multiple personality disorder. Another phenomenon which has had a parallel rise in the past decade is trance channeling. Channeling is the process by which an individual enters a trance-like state and surrenders control of the body to a "guide" or "entity" who communicates with the listeners or "sitters" gathered for a "reading." The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between these two phenomena, specifically questioning whether channeling is a variant of multiple personality disorder or if it is pathological.

Collaborating With Public Librarians To Promote Emergency Preparedness And Safety Awareness, Gediminas Paulaitis, Emily J. Vardell, Jennifer Shipley

Faculty Research, Publications, and Presentations

The Louis Calder Memorial Library received an Express Community Day Award from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) to partner with the Miami-Dade County Public Library librarians to promote emergency preparedness and safety awareness. Named Safety Fair: Keep Your Family Safe - Emergency Preparedness at Home and Away, the events improved the public librarians’ knowledge of NN/LM resources, such as TOXNET, MedlinePlus®, ToxTown®, ToxMystery®, and WISER®, as well as University-created resources. A train-the-trainer program was also implemented for the public librarians.

Cseas Weekly Bulletin (November 7, 2011), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

No abstract provided.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 036, Number 11, November 7, 2011, Grand Valley State University

2011-2012, Volume 36

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Gsu Lincoln Laureate Honored, Office Of Public Affairs

Press Releases

Each year an outstanding senior from each of the four-year degree granting institutions of higher learning in Illinois is named a Student Laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois.

This year’s Lincoln Laureate from Governors State University is Darwin Gordon of Chicago. Gordon exemplifies the characteristics of Lincoln Laureates, who are chosen for their commitment to the principles of democracy and humanity as embodied by Abraham Lincoln. Gordon was also honored for his outstanding academic achievement and his extensive and committed service to those in need.

Ada News - 11/07/2011, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.

Commonwealth Times 2011-11-07

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily November 7, 2011, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 137, Issue 38

November 7th 2011, Csusb

Coyote Chronicle (1984-)

No abstract provided.

Graduate Faculty Committee, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Membership of Graduate Committee.