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Marijuana Legalization. Initiative Statute.

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Legalizes marijuana and hemp under state law. Imposes sales and use taxes on marijuana, including some medical marijuana. Allows Legislature to adopt laws to license and tax commercial marijuana activities. Creates commission to make recommendations to the Legislature. Permits some local regulation of marijuana possession, cultivation, or consumption. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: Reduced costs ranging from tens of millions of dollars to potentially exceeding $100 million annually to state and local governments related to enforcing certain marijuana-related offenses, handling the related criminal cases in the court …

The Missouri Miner, October 29, 2015

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

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Teaching While Lesbian And Other Identities: Sexual Diversity, Race, And Institutionalized Practices Through An Autoethnographic Lens, Sondra S. Briggs

Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership Dissertations

The implicit acceptance among educators and in institutions of learning that discussions around LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) issues are off limits perpetuates the marginalization of these identities and those who inhabit them. In K-12 schools and college classrooms the prevailing silence sends disturbing messages about the treatment of adults and children when their sexual orientation fails to fit neatly into prescribed binary classifications. As one who has been silent as well as silenced, I understand this dichotomy from a unique perspective. Moreover, my lived membership within diverse cultural and racial groups that have been routinely marginalized through institutionalized practices …

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"Membership In A Particular Social Group": Why United States Courts Should Adopt The Disjunctive Approach Of The United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees, Hannah Mccuiston

St. John's Law Review

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This Note calls for the adoption of the Guidelines on International Protection of the UNHCR in defining "membership in a particular social group" under the Refugee Act of 1980. Part I discusses the United States' obligations under the Convention and Protocol, and the process by which these obligations were incorporated into domestic law with the enactment of the Refugee Act of 1980. Part I also demonstrates how deviation from the United States' international obligations led to the circuit split. Part II outlines the views adopted by circuits on both sides of the split. Part III asserts that circuit courts …

Libqual+ 2015 Survey: Old Dominion University, Association Of Research Libraries, Texas A&M University

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Full results of the 2015 LibQUAL+ Survey of Old Dominion University Libraries -- provided by Association of Research Libraries.

Citizen-Sourcing And Reframing Environmental Discourse: An Analysis Of Frances Moore Lappé’S Ecomind, Emilie O. Falc

Communication Studies Faculty Works

This is a Selected papers and posters from the 12th biennial Conference on Communication and Environment, Participation Revisited: Openings and Closures for Deliberations on the Commons, held in Uppsala, Sweden at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, June 6-11, 2013. Theme: Communication for the Commons: Revisiting Participation and Environment, for the Proceedings of the 2013 Conference on Communication and Environment.

2015 Program, Office Of Academic Affairs

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A university is more than an amalgamation of several colleges. It also is an organization which celebrates the full richness of faculty contributions including those vital and exciting contributions in research, scholarship and creative activity within their disciplines. These contributions come in many forms: journal articles, book chapters, monographs, art works, music compositions, performances of many varieties and a host of others. Funded research contributions are similarly varied. Through such activities, faculty members stay at the growing edges of their fields, and in so doing, they enrich their intellectual lives as well as those of their students.

Once again, I …

The Diamond, October 28, 2015, Dordt College

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• Front Page: Sioux Center: Growing Bright or Just Growing Highways?; Syria to Sioux Center: Bethel CRC Making Plans for Refugees; Politically Packed Weekend on Dordt Campus
• News: Ag Ambassadors Represent Dordt at The World Food Prize Conference; Professors Divulge Commonly-Heard Excuses; Engineering Scholarships Result of Healthy Relationship with Professional Engineers; Defender Days Recap; Dordt Prepares Warm Embrace for Language Lovers; Presidential Chemistry Lab Uncovered in Virginia Leads to Dordt Campus Speculation; Campus Discussion Continues on Gun-Control; Freshman Van Eps Takes the Godspell Stage; Winery CEO Puts Fresh Spin on Stewardship
• Opinion: The Improvised Life: Guide to Building a Robotic Glitter …

Positive Parenting And Children's Prosocial Behavior In Eight Countries, Concetta Pastorelli, Jennifer E. Lansford, Bernadette Paula Luengo Kanacri, Patrick S. Malone, Laura Di Giunta, Dario Bacchini, Anna Silvia Bombi, Arnaldo Zelli, Maria Concetta Miranda, Marc H. Bornstein, Sombat Tapanya, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Liane Peña Alampay, Suha M. Al-Hassan, Lei Chang, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Kenneth A. Dodge, Paul Oburu, Ann T. Skinner, Emma Sorbring

Psychology Department Faculty Publications

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Research supports the beneficial role of prosocial behaviors on children's adjustment and successful youth development. Empirical studies point to reciprocal relations between negative parenting and children's maladjustment, but reciprocal relations between positive parenting and children's prosocial behavior are understudied. In this study reciprocal relations between two different dimensions of positive parenting (quality of the mother–child relationship and the use of balanced positive discipline) and children's prosocial behavior were examined in Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States.

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Mother–child dyads (N = 1105) provided data over 2 years in two waves (M …

Too Much Of Everything And Not Enough, Guadalupe Mejia

First-Gen Voices: Creative and Critical Narratives on the First-Generation College Experience

For author Guadalupe Mejia, the notion of identity as a multifaceted marker of one’s personhood created a sense of confusion and displacement within her. She struggled with a feeling of not belonging. Chronicling some of her experiences leading up to her college years, Mejia attempts to negotiate the ways in which her lived experiences, heritage and customs, and language and accent play a role in the person she strives to be and is expected to be. In the end, she comes to terms with her multicultural reality as a first-generation college student and first-generation U.S.-born American, but it isn’t easy.

The International Location Of Basque Studies, Mari Jose Olaziregi

BOGA: Basque Studies Consortium Journal

The aim of this brief paper will be to comment on the goals and anxieties that have conditioned the globalization of Basque culture in recent times. Questions regarding the desire of the Basque institutions to globalize our culture and the implementation of Basque Studies lectureships and chairs in international universities will be addressed. I will conclude my reflection by alluding to the novelty and debate surrounding the field of Basque Studies, as well as some of the challenges that this discipline faces.

Basque Studies And The Basque Academic Diaspora, Iñaki Goirizelaia

BOGA: Basque Studies Consortium Journal

This paper presents a reflection about the work done by the University of the Basque Country on the Basque Diaspora. A proposal for the development of different strategies to improve the relationship between the University of the Basque Country and the Basque Diaspora is also presented. Two are the main objectives: to create a new space to promote and develop the academic community of the Basque Diaspora and to create the program Basque Yourself Summer School to improve Basque Studies programs among young people.

Processing Implicit Control: Evidence From Reading Times, Jeffrey Jack Green, Michael Mccourt, Ellen Lau, Alexander Williams

Faculty Publications

Sentences such as “The ship was sunk to collect the insurance” exhibit an unusual form of anaphora, implicit control, where neither anaphor nor antecedent is audible. The non-finite reason clause has an understood subject, PRO, that is anaphoric; here it may be understood as naming the agent of the event of the host clause. Yet since the host is a short passive, this agent is realized by no audible dependent. The putative antecedent to PRO is therefore implicit, which it normally cannot be. What sorts of representations subserve the comprehension of this dependency? Here we present four self-paced reading time …

Lecture Transcript: Female Genital Mutilation (Fgm), Lorraine Koonce

The Journal of International Relations, Peace Studies, and Development

On 4 February 2015, Ms. Koonce was invited to the American Graduate School in Paris (AGS) to give a lecture as part of the AGS’s continued work on violence against women, with a discussion on female genital mutilation (FGM). The following is the transcript of her speech.

Commonwealth Times 2015-10-26

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The Free Press Vol. 47, Issue No. 07, 10-26-2015, Krysteana Scribner

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USM receives grant to combat climate change in Maine -- Early Halloween traditions date back to Celtics -- Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Maine in Full -- USM flu shot clinics -- Halloween Costumes: What is appropriate? -- Noyes Street fire memorial approved by committee

Creativity And Dissidence In Jordanian Women’S Literature, Omnia Amin

All Works

The journal provides a platform for different theoretical and thematic approaches to the following humanitarian research fields: linguistic researches, issues of literary narratives and contexts, influence of advertising discourse, theory and practice of translation, audiovisual research.

The Effect Of The Spanish Diminutive In Gender Processing Of Opaque Nouns, Falcon Restrepo-Ramos, Jorge Valdés-Kroff

World Languages & Cultures Department Publications

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Broadening Students’ Perceptions Of Conflict: The Challenge Of Metaphorical Change, Justin D. Walton

Administrative Issues Journal

This qualitative investigation examined the semester long effects of a critical transformative pedagogy on students’ metaphorical understandings of conflict interaction. The study included five university conflict management seminars taught over a four year period. Findings revealed that (a) while most students entered the course with predominantly negative and oppositional perceptions of conflict, the use of a critical transformative pedagogy did indeed (b) help support new metaphorical understandings of conflict interaction and (c) supported instances of personal empowerment and expanded self-knowledge. Implications and suggestions for future research are considered.

Chinese Lunch Special, Susan Dumais

UNH Today Archive

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'My Heart Is In His Hands': The Lived Spiritual Experiences Of Congolese Refugee Women Survivors Of Sexual Violence, Melissa Anne Smigelsky

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has experienced widespread violence, including sexual violence. Sexual violence toward women includes rape, genital mutilation, and sexual slavery. Many Congolese have sought to escape such conditions as refugees in the United States. In the present study, we examined lived spiritual experiences of nine Congolese refugee women, survivors of sexual violence. Overall, this study provides new insights into participants' experiences of spirituality in the aftermath of sexual trauma and in living as a refugee. Consensual qualitative research (CQR) methods were used to analyze participants' responses to a semi-structured interview protocol. Participants endorsed faith that God …

Keynote Address: "The Biographical Container", Langdon Hammer

James Merrill SymposiumOctober 22-23, 2015

Keynote address: “The Biographical Container” by Langdon Hammer, author of James Merrill: Life and Art (Knopf). Watch the video of the address here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BquCAmR6ANI.

Former English Learners’ Perceptions Of Their K-12 Educational Experiences, Corissa Rae Michaelson

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations

In this qualitative study four former English learners between the ages of 21 and 24 were interviewed in order to answer the following questions: What perceptions do participants have of their K-12 educational experiences? What perceptions do participants have regarding deficit thinking in their K-12 educational experiences? What responses do participants have to deficit thinking they might have experienced? What in-school factors, if any, might have improved participants’ educational experiences? Data from individual interviews was analyzed using the constant-comparison method (Glaser & Strauss, 1967). Major findings of this study were that participants had a more positive learning experience in ESL …

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The Montclarion, October 22, 2015, The Montclarion

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The Eastern Echo, October 22, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Student Newspaper: The Normal News & The Eastern Echo

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Writing & Linguistics News, Georgia Southern University

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• Jeff Mock & Margot Schilpp (Georgia Poetry Circuit poets) campus visit & reading

The Cauldron, 2015, Issue 08, Elissa L. Tennant, Abraham Kurp, Abby Burton, Gregory B. Kula

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Issue 8 of The Cauldron focused on the issue of homelessness at CSU and what it's like to be a homeless student working through college. We also reported on TEDxCleveland State University and previewed the upcoming season for men's and women's basketball. The Cauldron showcased students who rock and reviewed theatre, comedy, and film presentations. Finally, the OP section tackled race issues and the hot topic Black Lives Matter movement.

Gardner-Webb University Asl Students Volunteer For Community Deaf-Blind Camp, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Three Gardner-Webb American Sign Language (ASL) students volunteered at a 10-week camp for the deaf and blind over the summer at Lake Norman, N.C. Hosted by the North Carolina Deaf-Blind Associates, Camp Dogwood entertains hundreds of weekly visitors for recreational enjoyment through myriad outdoor activities. ASL senior Natalie Cardwell and juniors Madison McMahon and Marissa Richardson served as support service personnel (SSP) for campers on the weekend of Sept. 10-13.