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Volume 6 Complete Issue, James W. Gallagher May 2025

Volume 6 Complete Issue, James W. Gallagher

The Geographical Bulletin

Volume 6 Complete Issue


Beer Consumption, Gary O'Dell May 2025

Beer Consumption, Gary O'Dell

The Geographical Bulletin

Alcohol is one of the beverages with which man has had a long association. In some form it is present in almost every society, often used for social, religious, and medicinal functions. One form of this beverage, beer, in the United States is the end product of a six billion dollar industry. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate an exercise, through student inquiry, which allows the development of the patterns an.d trends of beer consumption in the United States. The activity commences with locating the geographical points where the beer is consumed, and considers the direct and indirect …


Post-1960 Research Trends In Economic Geography: Review And Prospect, Jack D. Burk May 2025

Post-1960 Research Trends In Economic Geography: Review And Prospect, Jack D. Burk

The Geographical Bulletin

In the past twenty years economic geography has undergone very profound and important paradigmatic and methodological changes. The purpose of this note is to delineate and summarize briefly several of these changes and the related trends that have evolved in the recent literature of economic geography. Five trends have been discerned and each will be discussed in turn below. It should be noted that these five trends or tendencies are not mutually exclusive nor do they necessarily pertain only to the post-1960 literature of economic geography. Indeed, some of the research trends discussed below are not only indicative of the …


Root Wedging And Rock Disintegration, James E. Stembridge May 2025

Root Wedging And Rock Disintegration, James E. Stembridge

The Geographical Bulletin

Plants and their roots are very active in the process of rock disintegration and weathering. We are all familiar with sidewalks that have been lifted and cracked by tree roots. Most of us have seen concrete cracks widened by weed growth. Yet plant roots have been almost completely ignored by geomorphologists in their studies of weathering agents. Common opinion has been limited to the view that plants prevent erosion rather than cause it. The importance of plants in erosion control was given widespread popular recognition early in the nineteenth century after the Alpine torrents were blamed on the removal of …


The American Southwest', Lewis I. Deitch, David W. Lantis May 2025

The American Southwest', Lewis I. Deitch, David W. Lantis

The Geographical Bulletin

Nearly everyone seems to agree that there is a Southwest. But its location differs considerably according to the authority cited.2 Few would seem to agree that the collegiate athletic conference of that name is in the Southwest at all. " Our" Southwest (see map) is a dry land where there has been a blending of Indian, Hispanic, and Anglo cultures. Hence it extends from the eastern face of the Peninsular Ranges (in southern California) to the Great Plains. It stretches northward from the Mexican border-but how far? In the northeastern quadrant physiography is important-the Southwest abuts against the Southern Rocky …


The Resolution Of The Rann Of Kutch Boundary Problem, John B. Ray May 2025

The Resolution Of The Rann Of Kutch Boundary Problem, John B. Ray

The Geographical Bulletin

Political geographers have long been concerned with international disputes resulting from ineffectively established boundaries. Some of these conflicts have led to the severing of diplomatic relations between states but have escaped general public notice. Others, more extreme in nature, have produced newspaper headlines, particularly if they resulted in armed clashes between the competing claimants. In modern terms most international boundaries are finite lines delimited by treaty, located on accompanying large scale maps and demarcated on the ground. Along these boundaries the effective sovereign ty of one state is separated from that of another state. Times are long past, in most …


Editor's Comments, James W. Gallagher May 2025

Editor's Comments, James W. Gallagher

The Geographical Bulletin

At the Gamma Theta Upsilon business meeting, October, 1973 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, President Speigner read the inscription and showed the plaque to be presented to Dr. Robert G. Buzzard, founder of Gamma Theta Upsilon. Dr. Buzzard's reply to Dr. Speigner follows. 27 January 1972 Dr. Theodore R. Speigner Department of Geography North Carolina Central University Durham, North Carolina 27701 EDITOR'S COMMENTS Dear Dr. Speigner: Through the courtesy of the Department of Geography at Arizona State University, and the personal kidness of Dr. Leslie A. Holmes, Visiting Professor in that institution, there has been delivered to me a magnificent engraved copper …


Cover And Forewords, James W. Gallagher May 2025

Cover And Forewords, James W. Gallagher

The Geographical Bulletin

Cover and Forewords


Community Values As Reflected In Zoning Regulations And Land Use Practices, Robert Astrup May 2025

Community Values As Reflected In Zoning Regulations And Land Use Practices, Robert Astrup

The Geographical Bulletin

INTRODUCTION The cities of Dallas and Monmouth, Oregon have been selected as sites for a study of community values. By reviewing the zoning regulations in each town students can begin learning about often unspoken values in a community. In addition a series of maps of Dallas and Monmouth are employed by the students in order to accomplish specific tasks that demonstrate some community values.


Volume 5 Complete Issue, James W. Gallagher May 2025

Volume 5 Complete Issue, James W. Gallagher

The Geographical Bulletin

Volume 5 Complete Issue


George S. Corfield, David C. Winslow May 2025

George S. Corfield, David C. Winslow

The Geographical Bulletin

GEORGE S. CORFIELD-1896-1971 George Sibley Corfield, late National President of Gamma Theta Upsilon, passed away in May, 1971. He served as Head, Geography and Geology Department, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska, from 1954 until his demise. Born in Cato, New York in 1896, he attended high school there and began his teaching in Port Bryon. He then graduated from Oswego State Teachers College. He studied at Syracuse University and Cornell University. He was awarded a B.A. and a M.A. degree from Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, where he accomplished an additional year of graduate work.


South Acirema, Hjalmar B. Froiland May 2025

South Acirema, Hjalmar B. Froiland

The Geographical Bulletin

INTRODUCTION The continent of South Acirema is a fictitious region made by turning a familiar continent north to south in order to provide the student with a familiar land mass which has been changed. In this new context, students should be able to illustrate their understanding of the concepts which develop the world wide phenomena of climate, site location and transportation. The changed continent challenges the student to go beyond his knowledge of the real world. This exercise is developed for mature students who are concluding their studies of geography and a basic understanding of geographic concepts is therefore assumed. …


Response Error And Reality In Geographic Investigation, A.Y Abu-Ayyash May 2025

Response Error And Reality In Geographic Investigation, A.Y Abu-Ayyash

The Geographical Bulletin

The effect of response and nonresponse errors on the results of research is more dangerous and distroting of reality than the sampling error, since the exact amount of error in resronse nonresponse errors cannot be determined. Therefore, it is very essential that an adequate concern be given to response nonresponse errors in geographic investigation. The fundamentality of such concern should be emphasized at a stage of geographic research where a growing interest among geographers is geared toward the behavioral aspects of spatial phenomena. Such behavioral characteristics are emphasized in many recent studies such as that of Cox and Golledge,' Olsson …


Electricity, How An Energy Form Implements Geographic Change, Harold E. Murray May 2025

Electricity, How An Energy Form Implements Geographic Change, Harold E. Murray

The Geographical Bulletin

Agriculture is the greatest energy consuming industry of modern society. In this entire nation factories consume only half as much energy as do farms. Thus the farmer constantly searches for a cheaper form of power. Through the years he has utilized the wind, animals, water power, gas motors, and the human back. Since 1935 he has learned to use the almost miracle power of electricity-cheaper-more efficiently applied-more pliable than energy in any previously known form, the known uses total nearly five hundred-the end is nowhere in sight!' The intent here is to show, narratively and statistically, how the increase in …


The Mobile Home: A Neglected Phenomenon In Geographic Researc, A.Y Abu-Ayyash May 2025

The Mobile Home: A Neglected Phenomenon In Geographic Researc, A.Y Abu-Ayyash

The Geographical Bulletin

The neglect of certain types of housing units in geographic research implies a loss of vital information concerning different aspects such as the problems of location, housing, and behavioral patterns. The characteristics of the residential units may be approximations of the characteristics of their occupants. An individual's characteristics are the determinants which exert their influence on his behavior by initiating or constraining his action. It may be argued that the occupants of different types of housing units tend to exhibit different behavioral patterns. The aim of this paper is to bring to the attention of geographers a neglected phenomenon in …


The Via Egnatia: Rome's Traverse Of A Multi-Cultural Marchland, G. Philip Curti May 2025

The Via Egnatia: Rome's Traverse Of A Multi-Cultural Marchland, G. Philip Curti

The Geographical Bulletin

During the fourth century B.C., the Athenian empire encircled the Aegean Sea, Epirus tended to be independent, and Thessaly allied to Athens. Northward limits of Athenian control on the mainland approximately the latitude of Mount Olympus, and beyond the Haliacmon was Illyria and Macedonia. One of Alexander's first tasks was to control Balkan waist from Apollonia to the Hebrus, enforcing subservience of peoples such as the Paconians, Agrianis and Thracians and using those marchlands to exclude inroads from Illyria and Tribali along the lower Danube. As a result of the first Punic War (238 B.C.), Rome acquired a foothold across …


"Buzzard Honored At Commencement'", Robert Guy Buzzard May 2025

"Buzzard Honored At Commencement'", Robert Guy Buzzard

The Geographical Bulletin

Mr. Buzzard continued his education by earning an SB degree from the University of Chicago in 1916 and an SM degree from Chicago in 1917. A student of the well-known geographer Ellen Churchill Semple, he followed her from Chicago to Clark University, Worcester, Mass., where he earned a Ph.D. degree in 1925. He also received an AM degree from the University of Illinois in 1938. Mr. and Mrs. Buzzard have four sons : John A., Stamford, Conn.; Henry L., Peekskill, N. Y.; Robert D., Riverside, Calif.; and Charles E., Tempe, Ariz.


Toward A Viable Chapter Organization, Alice T.M. Rechlin May 2025

Toward A Viable Chapter Organization, Alice T.M. Rechlin

The Geographical Bulletin

On April 24, 1972, approximately ninety students and faculty from colleges and universities across the nation convened in Kansas City for the Gamma Theta Upsilon special session, held during the Sixty-eighth Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. The format for the session included group discussions and reports concentrating upon the theme: "Toward a Viable Chapter Organization." The underlying purpose was to provide participants with the opportunity to pool their ideas in an effort to strengthen Gamma Theta Upsilon at the local level. Sponsors of G. T. U. chapters have long realized how difficult it is to come up …


Toward An Alumni Chapter Of Gamma Theta Upsilon, Frederick A. Hirsch May 2025

Toward An Alumni Chapter Of Gamma Theta Upsilon, Frederick A. Hirsch

The Geographical Bulletin

Gamma Theta Upsilon is embarking on another venture to increase its service to the geographic community by establishing an alumni membership which will allow initiates to maintain an active identification with Gamma Theta Upsilon after they leave an active college chapter. Hopefully it will encourage our thousands of past initiates who are still interested in Geography to resume participation in Gamma Theta Upsilon activities. The alumni chapter is envisioned as a means of supporting an initiate's lifetime interest in Geography. It will allow the national organization to provide more services to the members, such as an expanded Gamma Theta Upsi …


Editor's Comments, James W. Gallagher May 2025

Editor's Comments, James W. Gallagher

The Geographical Bulletin

This issue of The Geographical Bulletin represents some new ventures for Gamma Theta Upsilon. First, is the discussion of chapter activities from the meetings in Kansas City as organized by Dr. Alice Rechlin. It is a fine article which hopefully can be the springboard for "viable chapters." The venture lies in good chapter communications. The second is an article by Dr. Fred Hirsch who has been appointed by the GTU Executive Committee to establish an "alumni chapter" which can bring past members of GTU back into activity with the Society. We should all give wholehearted support to this venture. The …


May 7, 2025 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina May 2025

May 7, 2025 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.


The Intersection Of Spirituality, Commerce, And Art In The Work Of William Keith, Joan Gallagher May 2025

The Intersection Of Spirituality, Commerce, And Art In The Work Of William Keith, Joan Gallagher

Theses

This thesis examines the nineteenth-century Tonalist artist William Keith, focusing on how he successfully integrated commerce, art, and spirituality to achieve financial success, artistic innovation, and spiritual depth. While scholars often emphasize the symbolism and religiosity in his work, they tend to overlook his financial accomplishments. This study explores Keith's background, religious influences, and artistic development within the cultural, economic, and social context of nineteenth-century America. As a Tonalist, Keith produced popular works for the art market; as a Swedenborgian, his art reflected the spiritual principles of that faith. Unlike his East Coast counterparts, Keith’s California-based landscapes captured the dramatic …


2024 Tennessee Drug Overdose Deaths, Tennessee. Department Of Health. May 2025

2024 Tennessee Drug Overdose Deaths, Tennessee. Department Of Health.

Drug Poisonings and Overdoses in Tennessee

No abstract provided.


Realmweaver: Designing A Sandbox Simulation Game With Ai-Driven Storytelling, Tianzhe Fan May 2025

Realmweaver: Designing A Sandbox Simulation Game With Ai-Driven Storytelling, Tianzhe Fan

Theses

This paper introduces Realmweaver, a sandbox simulation game concept that combines artificial intelligence (AI) and procedural generation to balance player creativity and system automation. Realmweaver empowers players to create dynamic characters, build expansive worlds, and co-author narratives through adaptive AI systems. By leveraging technologies such as natural language processing and layered procedural algorithms, the game addresses challenges in maintaining narrative coherence and balancing user agency with system autonomy. The design framework integrates intuitive interfaces, including highlighted narrative systems and interactive hover functionality, ensuring accessibility while enhancing engagement. These features enable players to navigate complex systems and shape immersive worlds with …


Residential Proximity, Duration, And Health-Related Quality Of Life: Insights From The Fernald Cohort, Sara Burcham, Wei-Wen Hsu, Sharon L. Larson, Phd, Jack Rubinstein, Susan M. Pinney May 2025

Residential Proximity, Duration, And Health-Related Quality Of Life: Insights From The Fernald Cohort, Sara Burcham, Wei-Wen Hsu, Sharon L. Larson, Phd, Jack Rubinstein, Susan M. Pinney

College of Population Health Faculty Papers

The impact of living near environmental contamination on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is not well understood. This study examined the impacts of the residential proximity (RP) and time spent near a former Department of Energy uranium processing facility (located in Fernald, Ohio) on the surrounding community’s HRQoL outcomes. A cross-sectional analysis was conducted using the data collected from participants using the Short Form-36 survey at the time of the enrollment in the Fernald Medical Monitoring Program (n = 7957). Mental and physical component summary scores (MCS and PCS, respectively) were computed for each participant. The scores were compared …


Regional Variations In Maternal Mortality, Infant Mortality, And Infants With Low Birth Weight: Implications For Sub Sahara Africa And Gender-Sensitive Policies, Guang-Zhen Wang May 2025

Regional Variations In Maternal Mortality, Infant Mortality, And Infants With Low Birth Weight: Implications For Sub Sahara Africa And Gender-Sensitive Policies, Guang-Zhen Wang

Journal of African Policy Studies

The paper examines regional variations in maternal mortality, infant mortality, and percentage infants with low birth weight in relation to economic development, gender equality, and women's rights by using data obtained from 137 developing countries (or areas). The 137 developing countries are divided into six regions: sub-Saharan Africa (N=45), Arab states (N=20), East Asia/Pacific (N=28), South Asia (N=9), Latin America/Caribbean (N=33), and Southern Europe (N=2). To examine regional variations, this paper is divided into four parts. The first part discusses regional variations in maternal mortality, infant mortality, and infants with low birth weight across and within regions. Part two focuses …


Economic Integration As A Contribution To Sustainable Development In The Horn Of Africa, Mengsteab Tesfayohannes, Hany Besada May 2025

Economic Integration As A Contribution To Sustainable Development In The Horn Of Africa, Mengsteab Tesfayohannes, Hany Besada

Journal of African Policy Studies

The Horn of Africa is one of the most geopolitically important regions of the world, with great human and natural resource potential. Unfortunately, the region is notorious for its crises and instability. This is due to internal and external destabilising factors related to ethnicity, tribalism, resource sharing, poverty, superpower rivalry, porous borders and hegemonic desires. Although it differs slightly between countries, the average per capita gross domestic product (GDP) of the region is less than $200. Gender disparity in education and economic activity is prevalent in the region at all levels. Over 75% of the labour force is engaged in …


The Inescapable Ideology: How Third Cinema And Afrofuturism Can Change The Future, Daniel Silver May 2025

The Inescapable Ideology: How Third Cinema And Afrofuturism Can Change The Future, Daniel Silver

James Madison Undergraduate Research Journal (JMURJ)

Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther films brought the genre of Afrofuturism to a mainstream audience. Afrofuturism seeks to reclaim a past that was stolen by Western colonial and imperialist powers; because that past has been erased, it must be imagined in fiction. Afrofuturistic stories are then used to address issues in the present and look towards a better future. This paper examines how those stories are told using the words and symbols of the dominant ideology in society. It uses Althusser’s theory of Ideological State Apparatuses, Gramsci’s concept of cultural hegemony, and Solanas and Getino’s understanding of the Third Cinema movement, …


Secessionism In Africa, Edmond J. Keller May 2025

Secessionism In Africa, Edmond J. Keller

Journal of African Policy Studies

No abstract provided.


Population Increase, Environment, Food Access And Development In Africa: The Role Of The African Union, Amado J. Kaba May 2025

Population Increase, Environment, Food Access And Development In Africa: The Role Of The African Union, Amado J. Kaba

Journal of African Policy Studies

This paper examines the impact of the massive population increase in Africa in the post World War II era and the environmental challenges the continent confronts in trying to feed such a high number of people. The paper is divided into three sections. The first section examines the demographics of Africa, which show that the continent has increased its total population by 750 million people from 1950 to 2008. The second section of this paper then presents arguments by scholars pertaining to the environmental challenges, especially for agriculture, facing Africa as it finds ways to feed this massive number of …