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Location, Location, Location: The Importance Of Proximity In Student Peer Evaluation, Roger White

Economics

The appropriateness of physical distances as a proxy for interpersonal networks is examined using data on peer evaluation scores collected from undergraduate student presentations in econometrics courses during the spring 2010 and spring 2011 semesters at Franklin & Marshall College. Employing the Tobit regression technique and decomposing the resulting coefficient estimates into marginal effects, we find that greater physical distance is negatively related to peer evaluation scores in the sense that greater distance lowers scores and reduces the likelihood that the evaluating student will assign the maximum possible score. Similarly, evaluating students assign higher scores to those student presenters they …

Unraveled Fall 2013, Southern Adventist University

Unraveled - School of Education and Psychology Newsletter

The Fall 2013 issue of Unraveled features articles on the masters in counseling programs, a pictorial directory of the December 2013 education and psychology graduates, and spotlights on new faculty members.

Success Or Bust? An Analysis Of Draft Position And Nfl Success, Connor King

Sport Management Undergraduate

The National Football League (NFL) draft is a reverse-order event that positions the teams with the worst record in the NFL to draft first, thus enabling those teams to get the best talent from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to help their team grow and be successful. In today’s NFL draft, there are 7 rounds of selections which includes 32 selections for 32 teams. While literature exists on what statistics are relevant toward evaluating specific positions and how that knowledge is used to select draft picks, there is no existing research that examines NFL success based on statistics and …

The Factors Of Awareness And Fan Identification Of Soccer Fans, Joseph Mcavoy

Sport Management Undergraduate

Professional soccer is a growing sport in America. The sport of soccer itself is still a growing sport among Americans. How people in America begin to identify themselves as soccer is not yet identified. I want to identify the factors of awareness and fan identification of soccer fans. I plan on surveying people through social media to see how they became soccer fans. I believe that through this research I will help identify the factors that lead people to become interested in soccer. This will help America create more soccer fans

Perception Of Ticket Scalping In New York State, Kevin M. Lute

Sport Management Undergraduate

The development and growth of the secondary ticket market over the last few decades was discussed, in order to see how it has become what it is today. The goal of the research is to see how people living in New York perceive ticket scalping and whether or not they respect the law. The expanding use and popularity of secondary websites such as StubHub are discussed, and how most transactions take place over the internet. Additionally, the current trends in the ticketing industry are mentioned and how organizations have attempted to curb scalping over the last few years. As a …

Community Relations Programming In Non-Traditional Nhl Markets, Charles Ragusa

Sport Management Undergraduate

In the past twenty years, USA Hockey participation figures have grown at exponential rates, with overall amateur participation numbers reaching the half-million mark for the first time in 2011 (USA Hockey, 2012). Much of the overall growth of hockey in the United States has occurred in what some may define as non-traditional markets. These non-traditional markets comprise of Southern, mid-Atlantic, and West Coast cities, and several of the expansion and relocation teams that have grown since the early 1990s. In order to understand the growth of the sport, it is first important to look into what community outreach programs have …

Major Junior Or Ncaa Hockey: Which Path Should Be Chosen?, Christopher Roeder

Sport Management Undergraduate

Each year in Canada and the United States, thousands of talented teenaged hockey players are faced with a life changing decision. They must make a choice between playing in the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) or going to college and playing NCAA DI (National College Athletic Association, Division I) hockey. This is such a big decision because each of these choices can help lead a player to a professional career, but in very different ways. The CHL is structured more like the NHL in the number of games they play and the day to day schedule of practice and games. College …

An Exploratory Study Of Serious Leisure And Lifestyle For Amateur Athletes, Hungling (Stella) Liu, Lowell Caneday, Tyler Tapps

Health and Nutritional Sciences Faculty Publications

The purpose of this exploratory study was to apply the concept of serious leisure to gain an under-standing of how amateur athletes in a community setting integrate their free-time interests with life-style. A secondary purpose was to investigate which characteristics of serious leisure may identify the participants’ levels of dedication to participation in an adult sport program. The study was con-ducted in the south-central region of the United States in a rural city. A total of 252 pen-and-paper based surveys were collected from softball and volleyball players who enrolled in the community sport program in the fall of 2010. The …

2012-2013 Hccp Year-End Summary, Kristen S. Cloutier

Year-end Summaries

No abstract provided.

Scholarworks Statistics - October 2013, Scholarworks

ScholarWorks Reports

For the month of October 2013, ScholarWorks recorded a total 28,413 full-text downloads and 17,360 page views.

China At The Crossroads, Singapore Management University

Perspectives@SMU

When villagers in Wukan village (乌坎) in Southern China protested against illegal land grabs in September 2011, it highlighted a main source of tension in China: the displacement of rural Chinese by rapid urbanisation, sometimes done illegally. The Seige of Wukan was a case in point, where local Communist Party officials had sold communally held farmland

Research & Action Fall/Winter 2013, Wellesley Centers For Women, Sally Engle Merry

Research & Action Report

In this issue:

Wellesley Centers for Women Connections grow in Washington, D.C.

Recent Findings Fall/Winter 2013

Q&A with Tamara Beauboeuf-Lafontant, Ed.D.: Daughters of Educated Men: School Girls, College Women, and the Ethics of Settlement Life

Q&A with Beatrice Achieng Nas, BSC: Nobody is a Nobody, Everybody is Somebody

Commentary: Thinking about Trafficking
by Sally Engle Merry, Ph.D.

Spotlight: New Funding and Projects Fall/Winter 2013

Brazen (Fall 2013), Hollins University

Brazen - Gender & Women's Studies Department Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Haven't We Been Here Before?: The Cabin In The Woods, The Horror Genre, And Placelessness, Katherine A. Troyer

The Collaborative for Learning and Teaching

No abstract provided.

Breaking The Cycle Of Maltreatment: The Role Of Safe, Stable, And Nurturing Relationships, Terence P. Thornberry, Kimberly L. Henry, Carolyn A. Smith, Timothy O. Ireland, Sarah J. Greenman, Rosalyn D. Lee

College of Liberal Arts All Faculty Scholarship

Purpose

We examine two research questions. First, does a history of child maltreatment victimization significantly increase the likelihood of maltreatment perpetration during adulthood? Second, do safe, stable, and nurturing relationships (SSNRs) during early adulthood serve as direct protective factors, buffering protective factors, or both to interrupt intergenerational continuity in maltreating behaviors?

Methods

Data come from the Rochester Youth Development Study that followed a community sample from age 14 to 31 with 14 assessments. Maltreatment victimization records covering birth through age 17 were collected from Child Protective Services records as were maltreatment perpetration records from age 21 to 30. Data on …

Dipl 4803 Politics And Society In Latin America And The Caribbean, Justin Delacour Phd

Diplomacy Syllabi

This seminar provides an overview of major approaches to the study of Latin American politics and society. It emphasizes both a historical perspective and an analysis of current trends and issues. Using various analytical lenses, including cultural, structural, institutional, and rationalchoice perspectives, the course focuses on the different kinds of political regimes and the patterns of political and social change that have characterized Latin American countries in the past century. We will take up several specific questions: Why have some countries in Latin America enjoyed more stable political systems than others? Why have some countries faced severe threats from guerrilla …

Emeriti News, Fall 2013, Emeriti Council

Emeriti News

Contents from Volume XVlll Number 2:

• Emeriti Council
• Message from the Chair
• Upcoming Events
• Summary of Past Events
• Wednesday II Programs
• Scholarship
• Emeriti Council Website
• Announcements

Pseudo Newsgathering: Analyzing Journalists’ Use Of Pseudo-Events On 'The Wire', Patrick Ferrucci, Chad Painter

Communication Faculty Publications

This textual analysis examines the role of pseudo-events in the newsgathering process depicted on season five of The Wire. The researchers found that the press and sources construct “reality”; sources present “masks” to conceal “reality”' and journalists acknowledge the absurdity of pseudo-events but cover staged events as genuine news. The overriding conclusion is that journalists fail citizens by constructing a false reality through a negotiation with powerful sources who are media- savvy enough to control depictions. These findings are then interpreted through the lens of cultivation theory.

Identifying Themes Among Broke Former Nfl Athletes, Shelby Christensen

Sport Management Undergraduate

The purpose of this research was to identify any potential variables that may predict the financial struggles of retired NFL athletes. It was important to validate previous research while determining new unidentified areas of concern. Available data of bankrupt and non-bankrupt former NFL (National Football League) athletes was collected to run the analysis. Results showed there were five significant predictors within the analysis. These variables could lead to more informative and useful retiree programs in and outside of the NFL.

Faculty Achievements, October 2013, Otterbein University

Faculty Achievement Reports

No abstract provided.

Wellesley Magazine Fall 2013, Wellesley College Alumnae Association

Wellesley Magazine (Alumnae Association)

Featured in this issue:

Getting to 'I Do' / by Jennifer Vanasco ’94

Campus Wags / by Alice Hummer, Jennifer Flint, and Lisa Scanlon ’00

Living Faith / by Jana Riess ’91

Ncaa Sanctions And Their Effect On Athletic Success, Aidan Wiese

Sport Management Undergraduate

Cheating is a part of everyday life and is prominent aspect in the competitive nature of business. The ultimate goal of cheating is to gain an advantage over your competitors and ultimately be successful. Even though cheating is considered wrong, why do people still do it? The risk of being caught and punished is seemingly outweighed by the reward of success from cheating. This concept is relevant in the sporting world as well with the violation of rules by college athletic programs. In the highly competitive division I level of intercollegiate athletics the goal is to be the best. To …

"A Commentary On The Guide For Spiritan Formation", Philip Massawe C.S.Sp.

Spiritan Horizons

No abstract provided.

External Influence As An Indicator Of Scholarly Importance, Ho Fai Chan, Bruno S. Frey, Jana Gallus, Markus Schaffner, Benno Torgler, Stephen Whyte

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

The external influence of scholarly activity has to date been measured primarily in terms of publications and citations, metrics that also dominate the promotion and grant processes. Yet the array of scholarly activities visible to the outside world are far more extensive and recently developed technologies allow broader and more accurate measurement of their influence on the wider societal discourse. Accordingly we analyze the relation between the internal and external influences of 723 top economics scholars using the number of pages indexed by Google and Bing as a measure of their external influence. Although the correlation between internal and external …

Tom Safford Associate Professor Of Sociology Travels To Brazil, Thomas G. Safford

Faculty Travel Reports

No abstract provided.

College Connections Newsletter, Fall 2013, Jeanne Curran-Sarto (Ed.)

CAHS College Connections Newsletter

In this issue:

• Major research projects
• Faculty Team Wins grants
• Shaping Public Policy

The Cross Examiner, Seton Hall University School Of Law

Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Academic And Motivational Impact Of California Gateways And Lexia Reading On English Language Learners With Disabilities, Rebecca Hayley Wilner

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

This study examined the effectiveness of California Gateways in combination with Lexia Reading on the reading fluency and comprehension skills of 4th and 5th grade English Language Learners with mild to moderate disabilities. Oral reading fluency and maze passage fluency were examined. To evaluate the motivational impact of the intervention, participants completed a pre and post Motivation to Read Profile. A multiple baseline across participants design was used to evaluate the use of daily California Gateways lessons and Lexia Reading intervention with five students who are English language learners and have been identified with disabilities. Curriculum Based Measurement probes were …

Perceptions Of Parental Awareness Of Emotional Responses To Stressful Life Events, Lisa Jobe-Shields, Gilbert R. Parra, Kelly E. Buckholdt

Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies: Faculty Publications

There is a need to better understand family processes related to recovery from past stressful life events. The present study aimed to investigate links between perceptions of parental awareness regarding stressful life events, continued event-related rumination, and current symptoms of depression. Students at a diverse, urban university completed a life events checklist and a semistructured interview regarding family processing of stressful life events, as well as self-report measures of event-related rumination and depression. Results indicated that perceptions of mothers’ and fathers’ awareness of sadness regarding stressful life events as well as mothers’ and fathers’ verbal event processing predicted symptoms of …

Update On Geospatial Patterns Of Antecedent Behavior Among Perpetrators In The American Terrorism Study (Ats), Brent L. Smith, Paxton Roberts, Kelly Damphousse

Research Projects

As part of the Terrorism and Extremist Violence in the United States (TEVUS) database integration effort, researchers at the Terrorism Research Center in Fulbright College at the University of Arkansas and the University of Oklahoma have been adding: 1) federal terrorism court cases and associated data and 2) incident and antecedent geospatial data from these court cases to the American Terrorism Study (ATS). The goal of the project is to examine geospatial patterns in perpetrator behavior and determine if the patterns identified in earlier studies have changed significantly. The ATS allows examination of a number of different units of analysis. …