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Evidence Of A "Hearing" Dialect Of Asl While Interpreting, Campbell Mcdermid

Journal of Interpretation

Little is know about the characteristics of fluent hearing signers and their ultimate attainment of ASL as a second language. To address this, a study was conducted with 12 ASL-English interpreters who were native English speakers to examine their use of ASL while interpreting. Each subject was asked to simultaneously interpret a short English narrative into ASL and a panel of three Deaf native signers assessed their fluency. Though the group included both novice and expert interpreters, the results revealed many similarities in their work. These included a reduction in pronouns between the English source and ASL target text, the …

Connecting Institutional Discourses And Everyday Understandings Of Climate Change: Viewpoints From A Suburban Neighborhood In Tampa, Florida, Christopher Metzger

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Despite a general consensus regarding anthropogenic global climate change across the international scientific community, many of the major greenhouse gas producers in the world, especially the United States, are hesitant to implement strict emissions regulations. According to some prominent atmospheric scientists, such as James Hansen and Michael Mann, if industrialized countries continue to produce carbon emissions at current rates, an irreversible planetary tipping point of raising temperatures 2°C above pre-industrial levels could be reached in less than 40 years. Societies have a wealth of information from the natural sciences to understand the climate problem and currently possess the technological means …

Examining Academic Performance Of Polynesian Student-Athletes Using The Theory Of Planned Behavior, Sierra Terina Keung

Theses and Dissertations

This study used Ajzen's (1991) Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to explore Polynesian student-athletes' motivation to improve academic performance (AP), while participating in Division I (D1) college football. Specifically, this study examined how attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control influence motivation to achieve a higher GPA. Furthermore, ethnic identity, family obligation and cultural values were examined as potential contributors to subjective norms. The sample consisted of 70 Polynesian football student-athletes at 10 U.S. D1 universities. A modified TPB questionnaire was used to assess the TPB variables (attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control) as contributors to Polynesian football student-athletes …

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Colby Magazine

Colby Magazine vol. 91, no. 2 (Spring 2002): full issue

From The Hill

Colby Magazine

The Liberal Art of Giving
William D. Adams, President

Colby to the Corps: Colby tops list for Peace Corps volunteers per capita

'Nijikai to follow'

Gourley's Collected Works: Colby's retiring museum director praised for his legacy

WMHB's New Wave

wit & wisdom

The Tooth, the Whole Tooth and Nothing But...

Q&A: Bets Brown on carrying a torch for the Olympics and science

Raising Hardy Girls: Lyn Mikel Brown and Karen Heck '74 create spaces where girls can thrive

How We Teach

No Time to Wait: Student activists press for change- now

Jan Plan Goes South

Internship Fund is the Jan …

Asking Why: Campus Activists Question Factors That Lead To Need

Colby Magazine

Serving meals at the local soup kitchen is just one part of the activist equation, says Jonathan White, visiting professor of sociology. The other is determining why people end up at a soup kitchen at all- and then doing something about it.

White is one of the catalysts of a renewed political activism at Colby, a movement that he jump-started by bringing separate groups of activists together when he arrived on Mayflower Hill almost two years ago.

Students have brought a growing roster of speakers, liberal and conservative, joined an e-mail list serve, established an activist newspaper, The Difference, and …

Profiles In Giving, Gerry Boyle, Matt Apuzzo, Alicia Nemiccolo Macleay

Colby Magazine

It's hardly news that Colbians leave Mayflower Hill and go on to do important things for their communities, for their countries, for humanity. But the breadth of their contributions, from making a small town a better place to shaping international policy, is easy to take for granted.

On the following pages are representatives of many, many more alumni who see it as their responsibility to give back in some way. Physicians who donate their time all over the world, actors who use the stage to remind us of social ills, clergy who give hope where there otherwise would be very …

Better To Give: A Surge In Community Service Reflects Colby Tradition And National Trends, Gerry Boyle

Colby Magazine

It was a sunny afternoon in January and, like a bus driver making a stop, Nick Snyder '05 pulled his Blazer up in front of Foss Hall. Snyder picked up Shawn Sato '05 and then drove downtown to the Albert S. Hall School, where, in the library, fifth graders were waiting.

Within minutes, Snyder, Sato and several other Colby mentors taking part in the Colby Cares About Kids program were talking about Play Station games, movies like Dumb and Dumber, the perils of having younger siblings. Snyder's friend Roy, who is 11, showed him his class picture. "There you are," …

From The Hill

Colby Magazine

Diversity and the Future of Affirmative Action
William D. Adams, President

No Alternative: Dennis Ross sees negotiation as the only way to end Mideast violence

Just Wondering…
Why is the blue book blue?

A Rare Lecture, Important Lesson

wit & wisdom

Lecture Marks 175 Years of Colby Economics

The Principal Principle

The Other Interview

On The Ground: Guilain Denoeux teaches democracy in Mideast, North Africa

How We Teach

Love of Labor Lost

Q&A: Cheryl Townsend Gilkes on ministering, teaching and immersion in the church

Another Side: AIRE grant gives undergraduate research a voice

The Art of Exploration: Jacqueline Johnson '01 …

The D Word: A Reexamination Of Diversity At Colby Opens The Door To New Possibilities, Stephen Collins

Colby Magazine

When Tennessee Watson '03 arrived at Colby two years ago from a suburb of Rochester, N.Y., she confidently threw herself into tough academic courses and settled on a double major in Latin American studies and government. In her first semester she played soccer on weekends with international students and made up for relative inexperience on the field with tenacity. In the winter she won competitions at Sugarloaf in the boardercross- a sort of snowboard-race-meets-roller-derby event. Almost instantly, Colby was her oyster. "I saw it as a pretty homogenous environment and realized it was comfortable for me," she recalled this spring. …

Mules On The Move, Stephen Collins

Colby Magazine

"Triply Sweet": Matt Williams '99 helped men's lacrosse to a higher standard

Distinction On and Off the Court

Third in the Nation

Sports Shorts

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Colby Magazine vol. 90, no. 4 (Fall 2001): full issue

Alumni At Large

Colby Magazine

Class Notes

Profiles
Curious Behavior: Melvin Lyon '52
Challenge Match: Marjeanne Banks Vacco '62
No Place Like Home: Karen Caputo Craft '77
Down to the Wire: Mary Schwalm '99

Obituaries

Impossible Image: Eating Disorders Can Develop When Societal Pressures Overwhelm Students, Alicia Nemiccolo Macleay

Colby Magazine

When Stephanie Looney '02 says she battled anorexia for six years, she means it. Every second, every day, was consumed by her obsession. Even sleep didn't bring a reprieve. "I used to dream about food," Looney said. "I'd have terrifying nightmares that I ate a bowl of cereal."

Looney, a bright, articulate woman who is now leaning towards a forensic science career, developed anorexia when she was 14 and became overwhelmed with pressures. She was participating in sports year-round, found she had to start working to earn those once-assumed A's and was experiencing a home life she describes as "miserable". …

September 11th, Gerry Boyle

Colby Magazine

The Colby community searches for solace.

Back Matter

Colby Magazine

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From The Hill

Colby Magazine

Three Steps Forward: Morris Dees recounts quest for racial justice

Diallo's Mother Speaks on Racism

Calabresi to Receive First Brody Award

Edson V. Mitchell '75 Killed in Plane Crash

wit & wisdom

Colby Friend Paganucci Passes

Q&A: Allen LaPan on student mail, surrogate parenthood and being gay at Colby

Language is the Key: Adrianna Paliyenko opens doors that open minds

A Colby Classic

Remembering Lines, Beauty and Truth

What they're saying...

Resurrecting Fats: Paul Machlin makes strides putting Waller's music in print

No More Doodling

Recent Releases
The Croton Dams and Aqueduct, by Christopher R. Tompkins '89
Call and Response, …

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Colby Magazine vol. 89, no. 4 (Fall 2000): full issue

Periscope

Colby Magazine

Who's Hiding?

You May Have Seen

A Brontë-esque Yankee

Moosecellaneous

Summer Stalwart

Bully for Billy

To Name a Few

Back Home

Matched Set

Quite a Crew

Seniors Set Record

All Hail!

Alumni At Large

Colby Magazine

Alumni News

Class Notes

Profiles
The Objects of His Affection: Donald C. Freeman '26
A Matter of Multiples: Candace Orcutt '57
In the Lab, Showing His Mettle: Courtney Grimes '78
It's Cool To Be Smart: Lynn Brunelle '85

Obituaries

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Colby Magazine vol. 88, no. 2 (Spring 1999): full issue

Troublemaker, Stephen Collins

Colby Magazine

Pakistani journalist Zafaryab Ahmed, who escaped the noose in his native country to come to Colby, reminds students that the struggle for human rights is far from won.

Faculty File, Kevin Cool

Colby Magazine

A Voice in the Wilderness: Priscilla Doe speaks for people who can't speak for themselves

Colby Welcomes 11 New Faculty

pundits & plaudits: Unplugged and Loving It

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Colby Magazine vol. 87, no. 2 (Spring 1998): full issue

Periscope

Colby Magazine

Doing Our Part

New PBKs

Not One, But Two

So You'll Know

Net News

Faculty Notes

Moosecellaneous

To Name a Few

Saving Trees

New Political Science Award Honors Alumna Jurée Capers '08, Winthrop University

Winthrop News 2014

• The Jurée Capers Political Science Graduate School Award supports graduating Winthrop seniors who will pursue graduate degrees in political science.
• Jurée Capers '08 is an assistant professor of public management and policy at Georgia State University.

The Echo Chamber Is Getting Louder, Tom Cavanagh

UCF Forum

My ears are starting to hurt. Let me explain.

What Matters Most? The Everyday Priorities Of Teachers Of English Language Learners, Johanna Boone

Theses and Dissertations

Teachers work within a context of competing stories, including pressures regarding English language learners (ELLs), a deficit view of teachers, and high-stakes testing and accountability, all of which impact teachers' emotions. Within this context, teachers prioritize what is most important to them. This self-study using narrative inquiry methods lays the author's stories of teaching alongside those of two other teachers of ELLs. The author conducted a series of interviews with the participants, analyzed the interviews for themes and tensions, negotiated meaning with participants, and created interim texts to represent the participants' priorities in teaching ELLs. Three teachers' priorities, as indicated …

Summer 2014: Being Norbertine, Susan Allen Allen, Lisa Strandberg

St. Norbert College Magazine 2013-2018

We live where 900 years of tradition meet the youthful energy of each incoming class. We share a heritage infused with zeal, commitment, devout service and a loving spirit. All this combines to make St. Norbert College – its campus, the four-year student experience and the extended family scattered around the globe- unique worldwide.

Overcoming The 5th-Century Bce Epistemological Tragedy: A Productive Reading Of Protagoras Of Abdera, Ryan Alan Blank

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This thesis argues that the most prominent account of Protagoras in contemporary rhetorical scholarship, Edward Schiappa's Protagoras and Logos, loses critical historiographical objectivity in Platonic overdetermination of surviving historical artifacts. In the first chapter, I examine scholarship from the past thirty years to set a baseline for historiographical thought and argue that John Muckelbauer's conception of productive reading offers the best solution to the intellectual and discursive impasse in which contemporary Protagorean rhetorical theory currently resides. The second chapter explains the pitfalls of Platonic overdetermination and the ways in which Plato himself was inextricably situated within an ideological blinder, from …