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The Rattler (Volume 99, Issue 6, Edition 1), St. Mary's University

The Rattler (Previous issues)

Founded in 1919, The Rattler is the student voice of St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. The newspaper documents campus life, academic and social issues, student opinion, and local and national events as they relate to the University community. Content typically includes news articles, editorial commentary, arts and culture coverage, sports reporting, and advertisements.

Tragicidade - A Violenta Relação Entre As Diferentes Classes Sociais Nos Centros Urbanos Brasileiros E Sua Representação Na Literatura Contemporânea, Daniela Meireles

Research Papers

O presente ensaio irá examinar a representaçäo da violência e segregaçäo urbana nos contos Solar dos Princípes' e 'Esquece' da coletânea Contos Negreiros (2005) e 'Angu de Sangue' e 'J.C.J.' da coletânea Angu de Sangue (2000) de Marcelino Freire. A análise será feita em busca de respostas para as seguintes perguntas: frente a exclusäo social e consequente negaçäo a plena cidadania, como se comportam os personagens dos contos analisados? O que esse comportamento revela sobre a vida em sociedade nos centros urbanos? O que os contos comentam sobre a cidadania?'

Independent - Nov. 22, 2011, Janean L Watkins

The Independent (1988-present)

No abstract provided.

State Of The College Address 2011, Jeremy Travis

Reports and Publications from John Jay College

No abstract provided.

Supplementing A Librarian's Information Literacy Toolkit With Textbooks: A Scan Of Basic Communication Course Texts, Melissa A. Gains, Richard A. Stoddart

Communications in Information Literacy

This inquiry subjectively examines selected basic communication textbooks for information literacy concepts from the communication discipline point of view. Librarians can build on these concepts in library skills instruction sessions for first-year communication students. This analysis reveals that communication textbook authors are addressing information literacy concepts and standards with content, exercises, examples, and most importantly, context, and they are often utilizing their own discipline-specific terminology to do so. Since finding, using, and evaluating information is a cornerstone of communication education, and because the most successful information literacy efforts result from learning its tenets in a variety of contexts, librarians supporting …

Spartan Daily November 21, 2011, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 137, Issue 45

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 036, Number 13, November 21, 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.

Child Welfare Workers’ Perceptions Of The Influence Of The Organizational Environment On Permanency Decisions For Families, Belinda Smith, Rhonda Wells-Wilbon

Journal of Family Strengths

The findings of this study suggest that while child welfare workers are consistently distracted by competing priorities from unexpected events, most are committed, and to understand perspectives is more inclusive and may improve retention rates. Notably, while it is recognized that permanency decisions are not made in an intellectual, legal or clinical vacuum and certain traditional aspects of the bureaucratic structure do not impact decision making, this study advances the body of knowledge on child welfare decision making. Examined in this study are child welfare case workers’ perceptions of the extent to which the organizational environment influences the permanency decisions …

Curriculum Minutes 11/21/2011, Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Dakota Wicohan Addresses A Loss By Re-Envisioning A Future Sustained By Dakota Culture, University Relations

Campus News Archive

The nonprofit organization, co-founded by Teresa Luckow Peterson ’91, seeks to renew and sustain the Dakota language.

Differences In Aggression As A Relationship Between Sex And Levels Of Video Game Playing, Kunal Puri

Theses

Video games have grown into a multibillion-dollar industry over the past 40 years. A number of studies have been carried out to explain the relationship between playing video games and the different levels of aggression it generates. This pilot study examines the differences in aggression present in males and females following video game playing. The purpose of the study is to explore the relationship between the amount of time spent playing video games and the type of video games played by both males and females with the amount of aggression it stimulates across different sex. The study uses theories like …

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, November 20, 2011, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2011

No abstract provided.

Gpsa Student Council Meeting, 11/19/2011, Graduate And Professional Student Association

GPSA Meeting Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Bad Cops At Home: An Exploratory Study Of Officer-Involved Domestic Violence, Philip M. Stinson, John Liederbach

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

Officer-involved domestic violence is a problem that should concern researchers, policymakers, the policing community, and the general public. Yet there is very little research in the area and no official data is available to discern the nature and prevalence of domestic violence in police families. Victims are reluctant to report officer-involved domestic violence and often feel helpless in the criminal justice system where the abuser is employed. This is complicated by provisions of the Lautenberg Amendment of 1996 which prohibit anyone convicted of a crime of domestic violence from carrying a firearm. This study explores 324 cases of state and …

Rejection Sensitivity And Early Relationships: Explaining Differential Outcomes In Early Dating, Heather Holly

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Resource Loss And Coping On Ptsd And Depression In Ipv Survivors, Rachel Kendra, Michelle M. Lilly

Other Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 87, No. 23, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Duvall, Tessa. Student Government Association Shocked About Owing for Provide-a-Ride
• Blanford, Sidney. Students Embracing New Major in Film Studies
• Wade, Katherine. WKU Improves in Trojan Sexual Health Rankings
• Blanford, Sidney. Boutique Provides Formal Wear on a Budget – Michelle’s Consignment Boutique
• Wood, Shane. K is for Kayaker – Matt Hodges
• Bratcher, Nick. New Summer Hours Approved by Administration
• Hayden, Natalie. Bruce Wilkerson, Melinda Hill Sworn Into Office
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon re: Athletic Suspensions
• Illegal Procedure – Athletic Suspensions
• Adams, Jacqueline. Lance Guidry’s Decisions Lack Leadership – Drinking
• Eppinger, …

Daily Eastern News: November 18, 2011, Eastern Illinois University

November

No abstract provided.

O Poder De Consumo Como Instrumento Da Cidadania Verde Em Human Festa (2008), De Regina Rheda, Danielle Murta De Laborde Affonso

Research Papers

O veganismo reclama e difunde uma forma de cidadania na atualidade: a cidadania verde, tópico efervescente em variados campos de estudo e tema principal de Humana Festa (2008) da escritora brasileira Regina Rheda. Através do posicionamento vegano de alguns personagens, relações comportamentais se (con)fundem entre certo' e 'errado'. Além do fator moral do qual o veganismo é imbuído, o poder de consumo é outro pilar no qual esta cidadania se apoia. O romance conta com personagens de níveis intelectuais e sociais distintos, trazendo diferentes respostas às práticas veganas, cada qual de acordo com sua realidade social e poder aquisitivo. Este …

Kenyon Collegiate - November 18, 2011

Kenyon Collegiate

No abstract provided.

New Mothers And Media Use: Associations Between Blogging, Social Networking, And Maternal Well-Being, Brandon T. Mcdaniel, Sarah M. Coyne, Erin K. Holmes

Faculty Publications

Drawing on Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory and prior empirical research, the current study examines the way that blogging and social networking may impact feelings of connection and social support, which in turn could impact maternal well-being (e.g., marital functioning, parenting stress, and depression). One hundred and fifty-seven new mothers reported on their media use and various well-being variables. On average, mothers were 27 years old (SD = 5.15) and infants were 7.90 months old (SD = 5.21). All mothers had access to the Internet in their home. New mothers spent approximately 3 hours on the computer each day, with most of …

[ ], Megan Metté

Theses

[ ] explores the socially constructed notions surrounding a house and a home and those things that are necessary in order to feel at home in the world. As a way to process the feelings associated with being the child of a broken home, I reconfigure the rooms of various houses in an attempt to escape my reality, and enter into an ideal dream space. Both my photographic and video works explore how utopian architecture and the American dream have in some ways influenced my concept of the ideal and my process of making these dreams. In the end, the …

Umsl Ibi News - Fall 2011, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

UMSL Magazine and other UMSL Magazines

The International Business Institute at the University of Missouri–St. Louis publishes IBI News twice a year for alumni, friends, faculty, students and staff. The newsletter highlights the people and programs that make the institute great.

Spartan Daily November 17, 2011, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 137, Issue 44

Feminist Advocacy In Community Based Responses To Domestic Violence: Gendered Identity, Ideology And Practices, Andrea J. Nichols

Dissertations

The anti-domestic violence movement began as a feminist grassroots effort. Early feminist advocates relied on survivor-defined and social change practices rooted in feminist identity and ideology. Advocacy has evolved over time, moving from grassroots efforts into professionalized organizations, and now includes collaboration with the justice system in community based responses to domestic violence (CBR). Through inductive analysis of interviews with 26 domestic violence victim advocates and drawing from a gendered organizations framework, I examine how advocates’ feminist identity and ideology shape their practices in CBR. Findings indicate that advocates both resist and reproduce various gendered practices within traditionally feminist anti-domestic …

Daily Eastern News: November 17, 2011, Eastern Illinois University

November

No abstract provided.

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

• McClure Arrested, Released on Bond
• Views
• Sports
• Classifieds
• Puzzles/ Comics
• Arts

Spartan Daily November 16, 2011, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 137, Issue 43

Television In Ireland Before Irish Television: Nationalist Rhetoric And International Programming, Edward Brennan

Conference Papers

Typical of an international tendency, the history of television in Ireland has been framed by national boundaries. This paper argues that viewing the history of television solely through institutional sources and a nation state-bound perspective obscures transnational influences and homogenises diverse audience experiences. Moreover, such histories may serve to reproduce a limited range of types of nationalist rhetoric. The research presented here explores the history of television in Ireland through life story interviews. This reveals views of the nation, its global context and processes of social change quite different to those discussed in orthodox histories. Arguably, this shift in historical …

The Specialization Of Foreign Assistance In Sub-Saharan Africa, Kevin Michael Richardson

Theses

This study uses time-series cross-sectional logistic and OLS regressions to analyze data on foreign assistance and governance in Sub-Saharan Africa to determine the impact of different methods of foreign aid on democracy and democratic characteristics in Sub-Saharan Africa. Even though all foreign assistance has the end goal of promoting democratic growth, different aid targeted sectors have varying effects on democracy. The research has found that aid targeting social infrastructure, specifically health and government sectors, in Sub-Saharan Africa has a substantial, positive effect on democracy and democratic characteristics while economic infrastructure aid has no effect. This analysis could have an impact …