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Easterner, Vol. 66, No. 15, February 4, 2015, Associated Students Of Eastern Washington University

Student Newspapers

This issue of the Easterner contains articles about the Day of Kindness, Get Lit!, tennis player Janaya Smith, the Graduate Research and Creative Works Symposium, Africana Studies professor Rachel Dolezal, the JFK Library, the men's basketball victory over the University of Idaho, and the UW Invitational track and field meet.

Cognitive And Psychomotor Responses To High-Altitude Exposure In Sea Level And High-Altitude Residents Of Ecuador, John E. Davis, Dale R. Wagner, Nathan Garvin, David Moilanen, Jessica Thorington, Cory Schall

Kinesiology and Health Science Faculty Publications

Background High-altitude inhabitants have cardiovascular and respiratory adaptations that are advantageous for high-altitude living, but they may have impaired cognitive function. This study evaluated the influence of altitude of residence on cognitive and psychomotor function upon acute exposure to very high altitude. Findings Ecuadorians (31 residing at 0–1,500 m [LOW], 78 from 1,501–3,000 m [MOD], and 23 living >3,000 m [HIGH]) were tested upon their arrival to a hut at 4,860 m on Mount Chimborazo. Cognitive/psychomotor measurements included a go-no-go test (responding to a non-visual stimulus), a verbal fluency test (verbalizing a series of words specific to a particular category), …

"Good" Food As Family Medicine: Problems Of Dualist And Absolutist Approaches To "Healthy" Family Foodways, Jm Parsons

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

A commitment to healthy foodways is a means of demonstrating responsible individualism and self-care. What are the consequences for maternal identity when forced to feed the family “unhealthy” food? In the current UK foodscape “good” food is usually “healthy” and feeding the family “healthy” food has high symbolic and cultural value. In this article I examine the implications of such rigid conceptualizations of appropriate feeding practices and feeding healthy food as a means of doing “good” mothering. I conducted a qualitative study over nine months in early 2011, inviting respondents to document their life histories around food through a series …

Unintended Consequences: Reverberations Of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Lauren Heidbrink

Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk

This paper details the socio-legal factors that shape the relationship between the child, the family, and the state, and the ways unaccompanied migrant children’s lives have come to be defined and contested. The legal identity of migrant children is socially situated within a history that intertwines social movements of helping professionals, legal jurisdictions characterized by increasingly intolerant approaches to juveniles, and shifts in the treatment of unauthorized migrant youth under immigration law over time. In a globalized world, this triangular relationship between children, families, and the state becomes increasingly complex and dynamic. Social policies and legal norms often lag far …

Interrogating The Experience Of Quaker Scholars In Hindy And Sikh Studies: Spiritual Journeying And Academic Engagement, Eleanor Nesbitt

Quaker Studies

This article reports a recent investigation of the relationship between the spiritual and academic journeys of seven scholars whose fields involve the study of aspects of Sikh and/ or Hindu faith. Several frameworks for the study are suggested, including Quaker encounter with Indic religions; the changing nature of social diversity; and the insider/ outsider discussion in religious studies. Discussion of their experience highlights the participants' faith background and promptings to attend a Quaker Meeting for Worship as well as the initial impetus to their academic specialism, their guiding values and their self-identification. Multiple connections between the two 'journeys' emerge-not least …

The Problem Of Quaker Identity, Peter J. Collins

Quaker Studies

The paper constitutes a summary of my attempts, during the past 15 years, to understand contemporary Quakers and Quakerism. The issue on which I focus is the difficulty in representing Quaker identity given the heterogeneity of Quaker belief. During the last decade I have found three approaches useful in analysing this problem. In the first place, I found that Quaker identity is revealed through their talk in and around Meeting. Although each individual friend has a unique biographical trajectory, this talk tends to be both storied and thematic. Furthermore, such narrative discourse is coloured by one particularly pervasive character of …

“We Have Been Working Overnight Without Sleeping”: Traditional Birth Attendants’ Practices And Perceptions Of Post-Partum Care Services In Rural Tanzania, Gladys R. Mahiti, Angwara D. Kiwara, Columba Mbekenga, Anna-Karin Hurtig, Isabel Goicolea

School of Nursing & Midwifery, East Africa

Background: In many low-income countries, formal post-partum care utilization is much lower than that of skilled delivery and antenatal care. While Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) might play a role in post-partum care, research exploring their attitudes and practices during this period is scarce. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore TBAs’ practices and perceptions in post-partum care in rural Tanzania.

Methods: Qualitative in-depth interview data were collected from eight untrained and three trained TBAs. Additionally, five multiparous women who were clients of untrained TBAs were also interviewed. Interviews were conducted in February 2013. Data were digitally recorded and …

The Advocate, February 3, 2015, Minnesota State University Moorhead

The Advocate

No abstract provided.

The Sun Star Vol 34 No. 15 (February 3, 2015), N/A N/A

Sun Star

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Human Brucellosis Occurrences In Inner Mongolia, China: A Spatio-Temporal Distribution And Ecological Niche Modeling Approach, Peng Jia, Andrew Joyner

ETSU Faculty Works

Background: Brucellosis is a common zoonotic disease and remains a major burden in both human and domesticated animal populations worldwide. Few geographic studies of human Brucellosis have been conducted, especially in China. Inner Mongolia of China is considered an appropriate area for the study of human Brucellosis due to its provision of a suitable environment for animals most responsible for human Brucellosis outbreaks. Methods: The aggregated numbers of human Brucellosis cases from 1951 to 2005 at the municipality level, and the yearly numbers and incidence rates of human Brucellosis cases from 2006 to 2010 at the county level were collected. …

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

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Cseas Weekly Bulletin (February 2, 2015), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

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Fort Williams - Glasgow, Kentucky (Mss 531), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 531. Correspondence, research, historical and archaeological reports, contracts, budgets and other documents relating to the 1970s excavation and restoration of Fort Williams, a Civil War fortification at Glasgow, Kentucky.

The Statesman, V. 58, I. 17, Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

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Brown, Marcus, B. 1994 (Fa 794), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text paper (click Additional Files below) for Folklife Archives Project 794. This collection features a term paper about the feud between fans of University of Kentucky’s Wildcats and the University of Louisville’s Cardinals basketball teams. The project was completed by Western Kentucky University student Marcus Brown for credit in an “Introduction to Folk Studies” class.

Edwards, Ashley (Fa 793), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text paper (click Additional Files below) for Folklife Archives Project 793. This collection features a term paper about delivery drivers in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Included in the paper are personal experience narratives from delivery drivers and information about their procedures. The project was completed by Western Kentucky University student Ashley Edwards for credit in an “Introduction to Folk Studies” class.

Woolen, Erin, B. 1989 (Fa 787), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text paper (click Additional Files below) for Folklife Archives Project 787. This collection features a term paper about the Thanksgiving traditions of the author’s family. Also includes a cookbook from a restaurant operated by the author’s family. The project was completed by Western Kentucky University student Erin Woolen for credit in an “Introduction to Folk Studies” class.

Wilkerson, Rachel Jayne, B. 1994 (Fa 788), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text paper (click Additiona Files below) for Folklife Archives Project 788. This collection features a term paper about believers in the metaphysical in south central Kentucky. Metaphysical refers to a reality beyond what is perceivable by the senses. The project was completed by Western Kentucky University student Rachel Wilkerson for credit in an “Introduction to Folk Studies” class.

Miller, Emily, B. 1996 (Fa 797), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text paper (click Additional Files below) for Folklife Archives Project 797. This collection features a term paper about the tradition of making and canning pickles within the author’s family. The project was completed by Western Kentucky University student Emily Miller for credit in an “Introduction to Folk Studies” class.

Bedell, Benjamin, B. 1969 (Fa 796), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 796. This collection features a term paper about personal experience narrative surrounding the issue of sleep paralysis and visions of shadow people. The project was completed by Western Kentucky University student Benjamin Bedell for credit in an “Introduction to Folk Studies” class.

Hamada, Rina (Fa 795), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text paper (click on Additional File below) for Folklife Archives Project 795. This collection features a term paper about the traditions surrounding the Japanese New Year's celebration. The project was completed by Western Kentucky University student Rina Hamada for credit in an "Introduction to Folk Studies" class.

Fuller, Mike (Fa 792), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text paper (click Additional Files below) for Folklife Archives Project 792. This collection features a term paper about raccoon hunting in Clinton County, Kentucky. Included in the paper are personal experience narratives and details about how to go about the hunt. The project was completed by Western Kentucky University student Mike Fuller for credit in an "Introduction to Folk Studies" class.

Camp, Jodi, B. 1994 (Fa 791), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text paper (click Additional Files below) for Folklife Archives Project 791. This collection features a term paper about commemorative tattoos and the various reasons behind why an individual may get such a tattoo. The project weas completed by Western Kentucky University student Jodi Camp for credit in an "Introduction to Folk Studies" class.

Phelps, William, B. 1982 (Fa 790), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text paper (click Additional Files below) for Folklife Archives Project 790. This collection features a term paper about the fan community surrounding director George A. Romero and his multiple films. The project was completed by Western Kentucky University student William Phelps for credit in an "Introduction to Folk Studies" class.

Dugger, Natalie, B. 1996 (Fa 799), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text paper (click Additional Files below) for Folklife Archives Project 799. This collection features a term paper about deer hunting in Barren County, Kentucky. Included in the paper are details as to the regulations, equipment, and laws that must be followed when deer hunting in this county. The project was completed by Western Kentucky University student Natalie Dugger for credit in an “Introduction to Folk Studies” class.

Lewis, Connor, B. 1996 (Fa 798), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text paper (click Additional Files below) for Folklife Archives Project 798. This collection features a term paper about the tradition of pinewood derby contests within the Boy Scouts of American organization. Pinewood derby contests consist of participants creating and racing small cars out of pinewood according to the specific regulations of the contest. The project was completed by Western Kentucky University student Connor Lewis for credit in an “Introduction to Folk Studies” class.

Sibalo, Admir, B. 1996 (Fa 789), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text paper (click Additional Files below) for Folklife Archives Project 789. This collection features a term paper about the Muslim religious traditions within the author's family. The project was completed by Western Kentucky University student Admir Sibalo for credit in an "Introduction to Folk Studies" class.

Osborne, Ryan Edward, B. 1995 (Fa 800), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text paper (click Additional Files below) for Folklife Archives Project 800. This collection features a term paper about the folklore traditions of the Colegio Refous Elementary School in Cota, Columbia. The project was completed by Western Kentucky University student Ryan Osborne for credit in an “Introduction to Folk Studies” class.

Learning Autoethnography: A Review Of Autoethnography: Understanding Qualitative Research, Daniel C. Allen

The Qualitative Report

Tony E. Adams, Stacy Jones, and Carolyn Ellis’ publication of Autoethnography explains the scope and process of conducting autoethnographic research and its uses of self-examination and society. As a recent graduate, the author examined his own experiences in graduate school and the debates over quantitative and qualitative research methodologies as he read the text. The book outlined the purposes, procedures, and methods to determine validity in autoethnographic research by proffering personal examples and narratives to elucidate the research paradigm.

Same-Sex Marriage And Loving V. Virginia: Analogy Or Disanalogy?, Ronald Turner

Washington and Lee Law Review Online

In its 1967 decision in Loving v. Virginia, the United States Supreme Court struck down Virginia antimiscegenation laws prohibiting and criminalizing interracial marriages, holding that the challenged laws violated the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. In recent federal appeals court decisions, Loving has been invoked as an authoritative analogy supporting plaintiffs’ claims that same-sex marriage bans violate the Constitution. This Essay considers the posited Loving analogy and the contentions (1) that different-race marriage and same-sex marriage prohibitions present similar, albeit not identical, instances of unconstitutional state limitations on an …