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Christian Jurisprudence Of Robert E. Rodes Jr., Thomas L. Shaffer

Notre Dame Law Review

No abstract provided.

Violent Video Games And The Mam: Engagement, Attraction, And Effects, Gerard Jalette

Doctoral Dissertations

Video game effects research has often been guided by the assumption that video games are more engaging than other forms of media (e.g., television, film); therefore creating the potential for stronger effects. This study drew from theoretical domains including the limited capacity model for motivated mediated message processing (LC4MP), excitation-transfer theory, and disposition theory to further study the process of engagement and its effect upon outcomes following violent video game play. This research advances a model with individual difference factors predicting engagement and effects outcomes and highlights engagement’s influence in the process. This dissertation outlines a two-part study designed to …

February 20, 2014, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2010-2019

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

February 20, 2014, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Book Review: Black Women Against The Land Grab: The Fight For Racial Justice In Brazil, Catherine Ogunmefun

Journal of International Women's Studies

Review of Black Women against the Land Grab: The Fight for Racial Justice in Brazil by Keisha-Khan Y. Perry; Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2013.

Book Review: Female Soldiers In Sierra Leone: Sex, Security And Post Conflict Development, Nompilo Mjwara, Nokuthula Ngubane, Philani Hlengwa

Journal of International Women's Studies

Review of Female Soldiers in Sierra Leone: Sex, Security and Post Conflict Development by M.H. MacKenzie; New York: New York University Press, 2012.

Rhetoric And Politics Of The Female Body And Sex In Two Contemporary Chinese Tv Drama Serials: The Place Where Dreams Start And Blow The North Wind, Cai Shenshen

Journal of International Women's Studies

The discourse of body and sex has long been a taboo subject for Chinese females from time immemorial, and despite the Chinese Communist Party’s stated policies and legislation of “female equality”, the situation for females after the communist takeover improved only marginally and was most often just ‘window-dressing’. However, with the end of the Cultural Revolution and the beginning of reforms to ‘open up China’ and the growing importance of modern Western cultural thought, there appeared a gradual change in the Chinese people’s attitude towards discussions on body and sex. People began to understand the ideas of femininity, female desire …

The Forgotten Victims: Ethnic Minorities In The Nigeria-Biafra War, 1967-1970, Arua Oko Omaka

Journal of Retracing Africa

The Nigeria-Biafra War attracted enormous international attention not just for the brutal events of the period, but also because of how the conflict was interpreted, especially by foreigners. The ghastly images of victims of the war dominated the international media and roused the world’s conscience. The confl ict took a toll on human lives on both the Igbo and the ethnic minorities in Biafra. While the Igbo tragedy was largely perpetrated in Northern Nigeria, that of the Biafran minorities – Efi k, Ijaw, Ogoja, Ibibio – occurred mainly in their homelands. The gory experiences suff ered by the Biafran minorities …

Circling The Drain: Why Creativity Won’T Be Coming To School Today, Or Ever, David Gabbard

Literacy, Language, and Culture Faculty Publications and Presentations

We hear a lot of talk, recently, about America’s deepening “creativity crisis”(Seargeant Richardson, 2011) and what schools can do to resolve it. To whatever extent such a crisis is real (Schrage, 2010), we should not expect schools to be part of the solution. From its inception, compulsory schooling in the United States has always served the values of our nation’s dominant institutions and the interests of the social, political, and economic elites who own, control, and benefit most from the social arrangements and relations engendered by those institutions. To organize and operate a set of institutions dedicated to promoting critical …

The Columbus Myth: Power And Ideology In Picturebooks About Christopher Columbus, Christina M. Desai

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

In 1992, the 500th anniversary of Columbuss landing in the Bahamas was simultaneously celebrated and denounced in the US. Damaging facts about Columbus and the impact of his voyages were aired along with demands for truth and change. This study analyzes the power relationships and political ideology of picturebooks about Columbus published in the US in the 20 years since that anniversary to determine what messages and attitudes young readers are likely to absorb from them and whether the picturebook image of Columbus has evolved. It draws on the ideas of progressive educator Herbert Kohl, who demonstrates how the analysis …

North Korea: Madman Or Rational Actor, Daniel Skidmore, Dr. Raymond Christiansen

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Some experts have stated that North Korea is a good example of an illogical regime, which, to a lesser or greater extent, adheres to the madman theory. The madman theory emphasizes that states will sometimes purposefully act in a random or irrational nature of violence in the hope that other nations will be afraid to deal forcefully with them. Knowing whether this commonly held belief is correct or not is an important step to solving the Korea problem.

From Integration To Multiculturalism: Dr. King's Dream Fifty Years Later, Al Sturgeon

Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal

The author offers information on transformation from integration to multiculturalism in the U.S. He states that tolerance became a popular term following the victories achieved in the Civil Rights Era and choice between segregation and integration was a familiar topic of the Era. He mentions that a call for integration to the multiculturalism movement underlies an attempt to move beyond legal recognition to an appreciation of differences.

Just Apologies: An Overview Of The Philosophical Issues, Nick Smith

Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal

In this article, the author offers overview of his book "I Was Wrong: The Meanings of Apologies" published in the year 2008, which provides a theoretical framework for apologies from individuals and from groups. He informs that the book explains meanings of apologies from individuals and collectives and focuses on the development of framework to law.

Cseas Weekly Bulletin (February 10, 2014), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

No abstract provided.

Psychological Operations And Terrorism: The Digital Domain, Rodger A. Bates, Mara Mooney

The Journal of Public and Professional Sociology

Within the domain of asymmetric warfare, few struggles are won or lost by decisive military battles. Most struggles are decided by a combination of military and political means. Specifically, much of the political leverage is derived from effective psychological operations. The digital domain increasingly has emerged as a major component of this battleground and analysis provides important insights into propaganda and collective behavior in the 21^st Century.

Chimes: February 7, 2014, Calvin College

Chimes

Board of trustees approves strategic plan for the next five years by Lauren DeHaan

Low numbers reported for faculty participation in diversity events by Ben Rietema

New online faculty evaluation form available to students by Alden Hartopo & Connor Sterchi

Calvin students develop new Android application for student news by Joe Mohan

Hackers hit big targets around the world by Jonathan Hielkema

DAAC to reopen doors following sudden closure by Nathan Slauer

Calvin softball's new culture by Brian Exner

Literature Of Bushidō: Loyalty, Honorable Death, And The Evolution Of The Samurai Ideal, David A. Coldren

International ResearchScape Journal

This essay will address the evolution of the samurai warrior code (bushido), concentrating on its depiction in several prominent works of Japanese literature from 1185 to 1989. This essay will argue that rather than a concrete set of principles, bushido was actually a malleable set of romanticized qualities supposedly possessed by the samurai that were repeatedly adapted to a changing Japanese society in order to maintain a national identity predicated on the warrior class. Beginning with the introduction of the samurai through the Tale of the Heike, this essay will then proceed to discuss the blatant romanticization …

Theater Of War: Booth And Beyond, Valerie N. Merlina

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

Lastly, we come upon perhaps the best known actor of the Civil War era, John Wilkes Booth. Of course, the reason memory allows us to recall the name is not because of the merits achieved through his profession, but rather because he murdered the elected executive official – United States President Abraham Lincoln. Booth, a product of a theater family, was a dramatic, eccentric, and impatient being. He wanted the leading roles, did not want to prepare the role, but to simply play the role. His brother, Edwin Booth, a talented poetical performer, one might deduce, did prepare for his …

We Are...Marshall, February 5, 2014, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

No abstract provided.

Syria And The Olympics: National Identity On An International Stage, Andrea L. Stanton

Religious Studies: Faculty Scholarship

Since its 1946 independence, Syria has fielded a team for every summer Olympic competition except 1956, yet has won only three Olympic medals. In contrast with its smaller, higher-powered neighbor Lebanon, its participation at the Olympics has been consistent but limited, with the country making little impact internationally. Yet the history of Syria’s involvement with the Olympics reflects key elements of its political and social history: its ambitious but short-lived partnership with Egypt, the Baathist-supported promotion of women as athletes and head of the National Olympic Committee, and its commitment to participation in the vexed but ideologically important Pan-Arab Games. …

Neutral Or Negative, Accuracy Or Appeasement: Nouns Of Choice In The Iraqi Conflict, William J. Drummond

Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Non-Lethal Weaponry And Non-Proliferation, Jared Silberman

Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy

No abstract provided.

The Law Of Armed Conflict In The Global War On Terror: International Lawyers Fighting The Last War, Glenn M. Sulmasy

Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Intl Union Of Operating Eng V. Allied Erecting Dismantling

2014 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Man To Man: Perspectives On Being The Father Of A Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infant Through Interpretive Phenomenology, Donald A. Johnston

Nursing Theses and Dissertations

While volumes of literature lend insight into the experience of being a mother in the NICU, the experience of fathering a neonate remains vastly understudied. The goal of this hermeneutical phenomenological study was to explore the lived experience of eleven fathers of very low birth weight infants during their infants' stay in a neonatal intensive care unit. In-depth interviews were semi-structured, digitally recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data were analyzed using Max van Manen's methodology, along with a metaphorical illustration to illuminate meanings of experiences. Analysis was structured using Heidegger's philosophical concepts of Being-in-the-world and Being-with-others, as well as the added …

Connections, February 2014, University Library

Library Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Bard Free Press, Vol. 15, No. 5 (February 2014), Bard College

Bard Free Press - All Issues (2000-2018)

No abstract provided.

Writing To Think, Robert C. Rubel

Newport Papers

The purpose of this volume is to honor the work and thought of Robert C. Rubel, Captain, U.S. Navy (Ret.). Since his retirement from the Navy, Robert (a.k.a. “Barney”) Rubel has held senior positions in the Center for Naval Warfare Studies (CNWS), in the Naval War College, in Newport, Rhode Island—first as deputy dean, then as chairman of the War Gaming Department, and finally (since 2006) as dean. During this period, not only has he presided effectively over a complex (and in many ways anomalous) institution, but he has found the time to create a substantial body of published writings …

The Indeterminate International Law Of Jurisdiction, The Presumption Against Extraterritorial Effect Of Statutes, And Certainty In U.S. Criminal Law, Kenneth S. Gallant

Global Business & Development Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Unruly Girls, Unrepentant Mothers: Redefining Feminism On Screen By Kathleen Rowe Karlyn; African American Actresses: The Struggle For Visibility, 1900-1960 By Charlene Regester; Unsettling Sights: The Fourth World On Film By Corinn Columpar: A Review By Mantra Roy, Mantra Roy

Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.