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Catalyst, New College Of Florida

Student Publications

Eight page issue of the student produced newspaper.

Spectrum, Volume 15, Number 13, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: More cars stolen and vandalized on campus -- SHU celebrates Dr.King -- Lack of books anger students -- Winter weekend blows in -- Students rushing to join Greeks -- SHU hosts foreign students -- Part time students appreciated -- Coffeehouse introduces Russia and Europe -- Career development center promotes workshops -- What club is best for you -- Hall performs poetry at SHU -- Throwers qualify for ECAC meet -- Workout safety for the cold -- Men's track shine at Yale invite -- Lady's basketball on six game win streak

Our Prairie Mother, Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds, Myrtle Dirks

Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds Documents

This creative biography about Lydia Gates Dirks was written by Dr. Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds and her sister, Myrtle; Lydia, born in Nebraska in 1872, was their mother. Dr. Dirks-Edmunds graduated from Linfield College in 1937. She returned to teach in the Biology department at Linfield from 1941-1974; this biography was written in the later years of her life.

1998 Ruby Yearbook, Jacqui Hickey, Tisha Webster, Ursinus College Senior Class

The Ruby Yearbooks, 1897-2020

A digitized copy of the 1998 Ruby, the Ursinus College yearbook.

Nimbus (Winter/Spring 1998), New College Alumnae/I Association

Alumnae/i Association Collection

No abstract provided.

New College Class Of 1998 Commencement Program, New College Of Florida

Office of the Registrar Collection

Six page program detailing the order of events for commencement at the New College of the University of South Florida, including location and dates of events, speakers' names and subjects.

Chapter 7 - Reflections On The Scholarship Of Elizabeth B. Clark, Kristin Olbertson, Carol Weisbrod, Christine Stansell, Martha Minow

Manuscript of Women, Church, and State: Religion and the Culture of Individual Rights in Nineteenth-Century America

Elizabeth Clark's essays on early nineteenth-century reform movements make a compelling case that abolitionists and feminists alike understood individual rights from a profoundly religious perspective. Clark also demonstrates how these reformers advocated the protection of so-called "natural rights" for enslaved African-Americans and white women in the vivid and fervently emotional language of evangelical revivalism. Broader cultural and intellectual trends of resistance to governmental and clerical authority, trends rooted in liberal and evangelical Protestantism, Clark argues, helped fuel attacks on slavery and gender inequality. Rejecting other historians' portrayals of the antebellum reformers as primarily secular in orientation, Clark makes the arresting, …

How To Constitutionalize International Law And Foreign Policy For The Benefit Of Civil Society?, Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann

Michigan Journal of International Law

All societies have adopted rules in order to reconcile conflicts among the short-term interests of their citizens with their common long-term interests. All societies have learned that rule-making and rule-enforcement require government powers, as well as "checks and balances" against abuses of such powers. Constitutionalism has emerged as the most important human invention for protecting equal rights of the citizens against such abuses. It rests on the rationality of Ulysses who, when approaching the island of the sirens and knowing of their dangers, ordered his companions to bind him to the mast and not to release him under any circumstances.' …

Advanced Legal Studies, University Of Michigan Law School

Miscellaneous Law School History & Publications

The Law School is part of the University of Michigan, among the world's premier research and teaching universities. The University is renowned for its top-ranked graduate programs in the social sciences and humanities; its schools of law, engineering, business, medicine and music; and its specialized research institutes and centers of study. Law students are able to take advantage of the rich intellectual life and the tremendous resources such as libraries, cultural and recreational facilities, and curricular offerings in other fields, made possible by the larger university environment.

"The Tawnee Family": The Life Course Of Indian Value Adaptation For Eleazar Wheelock's Indian Scholars, Stacy Lynn S Hogsett

Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation is a study of value adaptation by the southern New England Indians who attended Moor's Charity School, in Lebanon, Connecticut, between 1743 and 1770. These Indians were part of New Light Minister Eleazar Wheelock's extended household, dubbed by one student, the "tawnee family." This designation distinguished these Indian scholars as surrogate members of the Wheelock family. I analyzed how the Indian students adapted to, resisted and reformed the values taught at Moor's as they grew to adulthood.

I drew my analysis from letters collected in the Eleazar Wheelock Papers housed at Dartmouth College. My arguments are drawn principally …

In The Name Of The Father: The Continuity And Paradox Of Puritan Theology And Pastoral Authority, Patricia J. Hill-Zeigler

Doctoral Dissertations

American scholars have long been interested in the intellectual and social impact of the eighteenth-century religious revival, the Great Awakening. This dissertation uses a colonial family as a case study of the significance of this major colonial event. It traces and compares the intellectual and theological development of Michael Wigglesworth, and his two sons, Samuel and Edward. The Wigglesworth family represents both the foundation of Puritan thought in the seventeenth century and the transformation of that thought in the eighteenth century. Michael Wigglesworth (1631-1705), a tutor and Fellow at Harvard College and pastor of the church in Malden, Massachusetts, was …

Mormon Culture Meets Popular Fiction: Susa Young Gates And The Cultural Work Of Home Literature, Lisa Olsen Tait

Theses and Dissertations

The few studies of Mormon home literature that have been published to date dismiss it as inferior artistry, an embarrassing if necessary step in the progression towards true Mormon literature. These studies are inadequate, however, because they divorce the texts from their context, holding them up to standards that did not exist for their original audience. Jane Tompkins' theory of texts as cultural work provides a more satisfactory way of looking at these narratives.

Home literature is thoroughly enmeshed in the cultural discourse of its day. Beneath the surface, these didactic stories about young Mormons finding love with their foreordained …

The Breast Feeding Practices Of Women With A History Of Breast Cancer, Lynn Ann Marlett

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This descriptive study examined the history of breast feeding experiences in women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, and resided in a large southwestern city. A questionnaire modified by the researcher, based on previous research regarding lactation and breast cancer was used to collect demographic data, reproductive and breast cancer histories, and breast feeding practices for each of the subjects first five pregnancies. The Neuman Systems Model was the conceptual framework for this study. Women, diagnosed with at least stage I breast cancer sometime during the last year were given a questionnaire. Data were analyzed using univariate and bivariate …

An Activist's Guide To Lesbian History: A Companion To The Video Not Just Passing Through, Polly Thistlethwaite

Publications and Research

This guide, designed to accompany the video Not Just Passing Through, contains guidelines for conducting oral history, forms for donating material to mainstream and community based archives, and lessons for engaging lesbian history with activism.

Herstories - Our History: A Bibliography Of Resources On Western Australian Women's History, Penelope Hetherington

Research outputs pre 2011

The centenary of Western Australian Women's suffrage in 1999 has seen a resurgence in interest in the history of women in W.A. While there exists a substantial body of historical resources, extensive guides to these resources are lacking. The majority of general histories of Australian women and Australian suffrage rarely treat W.A. in much detail.

This bibliography is intended as a guide and starting point for scholars and students interested in WA Women's history and the history of childhood. Only secondary sources are represented in this bibliography. A wealth of primary sources on WA women's history can be found at …

For Black Leaders : A Study Of West African And African-American Leadership, Markita M. Boney

Honors Theses

Ninety-two years ago WEB DuBois wrote, "The Problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the Color Line." This line is not just one experiences by blacks or merely a problem for the United States, but, rather, a problem the entire world faces. Many events in this century have supported his statement. However, I feel that the problem for Black America is the lack of intellectual and spiritual leadership within our community.

From Jerusalem To Athens: A Model Of Contemporary Evangelistic Preaching , Henry A. Trickey

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Utopian Marriage In Nineteenth-Century America: Public And Private Discourse, Brenda Olsen Andrus

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is a rhetorical analysis of utopian discourse about marriage in mid-nineteenth-century America. Although utopian communities are usually approached within the fields of history and sociology, a rhetorical analysis adds to the discussion by uncovering the discursive complexity of marriage beliefs within a rapidly changing culture. Discursive features of the Shaker, Oneida Community and Latter-day Saint texts are outlined and compared according to the following format:

Chapter One examines the textures of conflict within the dominant culture's views of marriage and gender roles in nineteenth-century America, with a brief overview of reform efforts of the day. This chapter provides …

Child Sexual Abuse In Ireland: An Historical And Anthropological Note, Kevin Lalor

Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies

Child sexual abuse in Ireland has entered the public domain only in the last twenty years. This process was accelerated by a number of high profile cases which became public in the mid-1990s. Prior to the recent past, few references to child sexual abuse in Ireland exist. The fIrst written evidence is found in the penitentials of the early Christian period. Penance is specified for those that "misuse" children. Mention of adult child sexual relations is also found in the Brehon Law Texts. Historians, sociologists and anthropologists of childhood suggest that patterns of child rearing vary across time and place …

Epideictic Rhetoric And The Formation Of Collective Identity: Nineteenth-Century Mormon Women In Praise Of Polygamy, Robbyn Thompson Scribner

Theses and Dissertations

In this thesis, I will proceed as follows: my first chapter will be a general overview of epideictic rhetoric, focusing on the limitations of how it has traditionally been viewed and understood by theorists. At the end of that chapter I will establish a working definition of epideictic which extends traditional views about how epideictic can function in certain types of writings, focusing on the important role of the speaker in epideictic rhetoric and how it can work in enabling a community to create a collective identity. In the remainder of the thesis, I will analyze two texts in which …

Co-Opting Compassion: The Federal Victim's Rights Amendment, Lynne Henderson

Scholarly Works

No abstract provided.

Internationalism And Nationalism In Bolshevism : An Internal Contradiction In Lenin's Revolutionary Strategy, William C. Watrel

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Fostering Flowers: Women, Landscape And The Psychodynamics Of Gender In 19th Century Australia, Pamela Hodge

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

It is said that when the Sphinx was carved into the bedrock of Egypt it had the head as well as the body of Sekhmet lioness Goddess who presided over the rise and fall of the Nile, and that only much later was the head recarved to resemble a male pharaoh. Simon Schama considered the 'making over' of Mount Rushmore to resemble America's Founding Fathers constituted 'the ultimate colonisation of nature by culture … a distinctly masculine obsession (expressing) physicality, materiality and empirical externality,… a rhetoric of humanity's uncontested possession of nature. It would be comforting to think that, although …

Spectrum, Volume 15, Issue 11, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Sacred Heart grieves the loss of a student, Paul Loiacono -- Townhouse burglarized over thanksgiving break -- SHU officials confident that East Hall lawsuit will prevail in courts -- Wield wins trip to Florida -- Watch out for barriers -- The truths about our lying -- New residence hall directors set goals at SHU -- Football finishes 1-9

Making Histories: The Torres Strait Expedition Of 1898, Elizabeth Edwards

Pacific Studies

The Cambridge Torres Strait Expedition used photography to address two agendas, both of which were grounded in the temporal ambiguities of photography. Photography was used first as an integrated tool of anthropological investigation, particularly in the field of salvage ethnography and through “reenactment”; and second as a site of social interaction between the expedition and the Torres Strait Islanders through the exchange and display of photographs. I argue that these two agendas and their function as “history” are grounded in the temporal ambiguities inherent in photographic inscription. The first, the scientific, depended on the construction and representation of a “static” …

Hoodwink'd By Custom: The Exclusion Of Women From Juries In Eighteenth-Century English Law And Literature, Judy M. Cornett

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Catalyst, New College Of Florida

Student Publications

Eight page issue of the student produced newspaper.

Spectrum, Volume 15, Number 10, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Many students are having difficulties with the registration process due to existing and unknown financial balances --Sixty-five students, faculty and staff modeled clothing for the International Club’s Third Annual Fashion Show “City Elements” --L.I.F.E. sponsors Diversity Week --Two years later the Sacred Heart University campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity is continuing to make Bridgeport a better place --Feature on sophomore Elaina Papachristos: Standing tall takes more than just height --Placing second and third in its respective divisions, the SHU men’s teams competed at the Eastern Intercollegiate Bowling Conference in Syosset, N.J. --Volleyball: SHU lady spikers end season …

Spectrum, Volume 15, Number 10, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Registration process causes difficulties for many -- Students and faculty strut their stuff on the runway -- L.I.F.E sponsors diversity week -- Panel urges peace -- Education passes with flying colors -- Students fuming over shuttle --SHU Habitat for Humanity improves local conditions -- Tragedy found in woods -- Flu season hitting SHU -- Off-campus residents find alternates to Flik food -- Barbie doll is the number one children's toy -- Men's bowling score high -- Woman's basketball begin with loss to Bucknell

Spectrum, Volume 15, Number 9, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Mock accident staged as part of Alcohol Awareness Week --Spotlight on Diana Varay, administrative assistant for the department of Residential Life --Delta Epsilon Sigma, the National Scholastic Honor Society for Catholic Universities, inducted 46 new members into its organization Sunday in the Mahogany room --As part of their course Urban Topics in Education, six Sacred Heart graduate students and Dr. Brian K. Perkins visited East Side High in Paterson, N.J., the inner-city school depicted in the 1989 film, “Lean on Me” --Six student tutors attended the Learning Assistance Association of New England conference on Oct. 24 to give …