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The Pacifican March 24, 2011, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

Spectrum, Volume 27, Issue 19, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Founder's Day Honors Longtime SHU Educators, Administrators -- Campus Construction Continues -- Spring Has Sprung but Snow Stays Put -- Donald Trump for President? -- And Then There Was One and Half -- Editorials

The Pacifican March 17, 2011, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

Spectrum, Volume 27, Issue 18, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Japanese Earthquake Shakes World -- Students Knitting for Greater Good -- Students Aim to Put the Breaks on Parking Problems -- Lucky You, It's St. Patty's Day at SHU -- Change your Workout, Change Your "Bod"

The Pacifican March 3, 2011, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

Spectrum, Volume 27, Issue 17, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Valentine Takes Heart -- American Journalists Put Their Lives on the Line -- Perry Offers Words of Wisdom -- Do You Really Lose When you Snooze? -- Has Lady Gaga Gone Too "Gaga" -- Editorials

A Stroll Down The Dark Side: Ultraviolent Japanese Animation’S Roots In Postwar Japan, Globalization, And Western Consumption, Brian Graham Roberts

History

Study of the root causes of the creation of dark and violent Japanese animation and the phenomena of American consumption of it.

Interview With Joel Berman - Vp For Legal Affairs, Joel Berman

Oral Histories of Nova Southeastern University

Dolphins agreement, Dan Marino, Jack LaBonte, David Rush, Ray Ferrero, Abe Fischler, Southeastern, Mort Terry, Arnold Melnick, Ovid Lewis, Steve Feldman, Olympia & York, law school, Park Plaza, hospital, Coral Reef Center, NYIT, Museum of Art , merger, Alex Schure, golf course

The Pacifican February 24, 2011, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

Spectrum, Volume 27, Issue 16, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Students Shake it to Support Charities -- Affordable Care Act May Raise Health Care Costs for SHU Students -- Editorials -- SHU Plans Break at Home -- Spider-Man gets "Fantastic" -- Spotlight on SHU Student Government

The Pacifican February 17, 2011, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

Oral History Interview With Ho Kwon Ping: Conceptualising Smu, Kwon Ping Ho

Oral History Collection

The interview covered: capturing SMU history, view of Singapore education system, Singapore Institute of Management, third university, business schools, business education, faculty recruitment, differentiating SMU, board of trustees, governance, student interaction, job satisfaction, non-profit organisations, inaugural convocation, differentiating SMU, future of SMU.

Biography:

Chairman, Board of Trustees, SMU, 2000–present
Chairman, Governing Council for Singapore Institute of Management, 1997–2000

One of Singapore’s most prominent businessmen, Mr Ho Kwon Ping, was tapped by Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan in 1997 to lead the effort to establish a new national university which would be autonomous and based on an American-style of education. An …

Spectrum, Volume 27, Issue 15, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: New Program Will Reflect Features of Study Abroad Program in Ireland -- Chairman Remembered for Contributions to Luxembourg Campus -- Things To Do This Week at SHU -- Reality TV Hits the beach and the ... Bookstore -- SHU Dishes on Hooking Up and Getting Involved

The Pacifican February 10, 2011, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

Spectrum, Volume 27, Issue 14, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Students from Sacred Heart University's media studies department were given the opportunity to travel to Cowboy’s Stadium in Dallas to work as production interns for the long weekend: Seniors Nicole Eastman, Gina Cemiglia, and Stephanie Kanner, and junior Erin Murtagh (photo)--A new group of students have been recently selected to attempt to make a difference in the lives of the people living in extreme poverty in El Salvador --Former SHU ROTC (Reserve Officers Training Corps) director Major Eric Refsnider was awarded a Bronze Star for his military service in Afghanistan on Dec. 11, 2010 --Active Minds is a …

Oral History Interview With Low Aik Meng: Conceptualising Smu, Aik Meng Low

Oral History Collection

The interview covered: first involvement with SMU, role and responsibilities, curriculum, student experience, first freshman team building camp, first classes, pioneer class, student activities, student ambassadors, community service, student hostel, student financial assistance.

Biography:

Founding Dean of Students, SMU, 2000–2011

Member of SMU start-up team

An SMU ‘pioneer’, Professor Low Aik Meng was one of the first three faculty to join the start-up team for the new university in 1998. Curriculum development was one his early responsibilities. Professor Low is best known for his next assignment—in 2000 he was appointed as SMU’s founding dean of students, a role in which …

The Pacifican February 3, 2011, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

Spectrum, Volume 27, Issue 13, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Seasonal Affective Disorder Causes Winter Blues in Northern Regions -- Medieval Music on Campus -- 21st Century Job Hunting -- Stop Wasting Start Saving -- Kick Off the Week With Super Bowl XLV -- Editorials

Oral History Interview With Michael Furmston: Conceptualising Smu, Michael P. Furmston

Oral History Collection

The interview covered: first involvement with Singapore and SMU, challenges and opportunities for the law school, faculty recruitment, law research, job opportunities, relationship with legal communities, internships, law building, future developments, dispute resolution.

Biography:

Founding Dean, School of Law, SMU, 2007–present

Professor Michael Furmston became the founding dean of the School of Law in August 2007. The second law school in Singapore, SMU’s undergraduate law programme has been noted for the significant proportion of business and finance courses. Its first students graduated in July 2011. In 2009, a postgraduate law programme was introduced, the juris doctor. During Professor Furmston’s tenure …

The Pacifican January 27, 2011, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

Spectrum, Volume 27, Issue 12, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Blizzard Blankets Bridgeport, SHU Must Go On -- Picoult Explains 'Fact Behind Fiction' -- New Grad Programs in the New Year -- SHU Said It -- He Said/She Said -- Turning Frustration into Creation -- Track Teams Come Home With Victory

The Pacifican January 20, 2011, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

Oral History Interview With Ruth Pagell: Conceptualising Smu, Ruth Pagell

Oral History Collection

The interview covered: first involvement with SMU, new library, city campus, role and responsibilities, academic librarians, research support, digital library, PYXIS, changing role of librarians, challenges.

Biography:

Founding University Librarian, SMU, 2005–2011

Ruth A. Pagell served as SMU’s first University Librarian from June 2005 until February 2011. During her time at SMU she led the effort to create a 21st century academic library recognised for enabling university research and teaching. She oversaw the implementation of the digital library (PYXIS) and the institutional repository (InK), and the development of the oral history site. After leaving SMU in February 2011, she moved …

Oral History Interview With Arnoud De Meyer: Conceptualising Smu, Arnoud De Meyer

Oral History Collection

The interview covered: first involvement with Singapore, tertiary education in Singapore, business schools, role of university, city campus.

Biography:

President, SMU, 2010–present

Professor De Meyer became the fourth president of SMU in September 2010. A leader and well-known scholar in management studies, his research interests include manufacturing and technology strategy, management of R&D and innovation, management under conditions of high uncertainty and for novel projects, management and innovation in Asia, the globalisation of Asian firms, and e-readiness in Europe. He publishes widely in academic journals and books.

For twenty three years, Professor De Meyer was associated with INSEAD where he …

Education In Action: A Story Of Commitment, Challenge And Change; Connecticut Cooperative Extension System, University Of Connecticut, 1960-2008, Nancy H. Bull, Anne H. Rideout, Nancy P. Weiss

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.

Pacific Review Winter 2011, Alumni Association Of The University Of The Pacific

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

No abstract provided.

A Partial History Of Connecticut College, Lilah Raptopoulos

Self-Designed Majors Honors Papers

No abstract provided.

Mary Pickford: The Life Of A Sweetheart, Beth Hunter

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 141-154

Collateral Damage: The History Of United States Case Law On Today's Military Hunger Strike Doctrine, Adrian Mora

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

HYPOTHESIS/AIMS: In the Global War on Terror (GWOT), hunger strikes by detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have been managed by military physicians through force feedings. This thesis answers the question of how did the United States justify its current practice of force feeding prisoners against prevailing medical ethics? The author hypothesizes that U.S. case law history of approximately 1979 to 1997 enabled the current military doctrine to force feed international detainees in GWOT.

METHODS: A qualitative and comprehensive review of the relevant literature was undertaken. The sources used for conclusive analysis included press releases, ethics commentary, law reviews, medical association …

Can We Laugh? Jewish American Comedy's Expression Of Anxiety In A Time Of Change, 1965-1973, Emily Schorr Lesnick

American Studies Honors Projects

This Honors project is a site of intersection of my academic and activist interests in interrogating Whiteness, my social identity as a cultural Jewish American, and my creative passions in comedy performance. The tragicomic films The Graduate, Goodbye, Columbus, and Annie Hall of the 1960s and 1970s articulate the painful process of Jewish self- and group-definition in relation to dominant culture amidst fractures amongst Jews and external hostility and invitation. The collision of Jews’ long history of humor as a cultural practice and the turbulence and ambivalence of the post-World War II moment facilitated a space for Jewish …