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Families Communicating About Health: Conceptualization And Validation Of The Family Health Communication Quotient Scale, Erin E. Gafner

Communication & Theatre Arts Theses

Research on family health communication is based in part on the assumption that families actually communicate about a wide variety of topics pertaining to their health and wellness (or lack thereof). However, whether they do communicate about health and wellness, and exactly what they communicate about concerning health and wellness as well as how often, remains undocumented. To begin to address this problem of documenting the extent to which families talk about health and wellness, this study adapted Warren and Neer’s (1986) Family Sex Communication Quotient to create and report the preliminary validation of a new measurement instrument called the …

Newark Enrolls: A Principled Approach To Public School Choice, Kimberly Austin, Lucero Batista, Mahua Bisht, Andrew Karas, Jesse Margolis, Andy Sonnesyn

Center for Public Research and Leadership

Over the last 40 years, states and districts have increased choice among public schools through the creation of magnet, charter, and other specialized schools and through district-led open enrollment processes, among other approaches. These efforts, however, have at times created new inequities.

Families with greater access to information about schools and enrollment deadlines and those with more time and capacity to complete and submit applications are in a better position to exercise choice more effectively. Families also use whatever personal connections they have to help their children secure a seat in high-demand schools, which benefits some families more than others. …

Acoustical Damping For Poly Canyon Village's Music Room, Jayvee Martir

Construction Management

Poly Canyon Village was a project by Clark Construction and Architect Niles Bolton Associates that was completed in 2009 that provided housing for upcoming and continuing students. One of the buildings, labeled “Aliso” has constructed the music practice room for students to either play their musical instruments or have it become a convenient area to record, with one particular band “Tin Kitty” having problems with being too loud. Even so, there is potential for this music room to become much more than what it currently is. This paper is a research paper that covers the various materials and methods of …

A Case Study Of The Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, Sonia Vanhook

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The purpose of the study was to identify the impact that the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center (SWVHEC), located in Abingdon, has had on area residents in the past twenty years. The case study presented here is different from others that have been written in that it measures the number of courses offered, student registrations, and professional developments available to local residents. The data was collected and triangulated using different methods, such as structured interviews, archival records, newspaper articles, University websites, and participant-observations. The study included colleges and universities with either main campuses or satellite locations in Southwest Virginia and …

Sex And Religion: Unholy Bedfellows, Mary-Rose Papandrea

Michigan Law Review

A review of Geoffrey R. Stone, Sex and the Constitution: Sex, Religion, and Law from America's Origins to the Twenty-First Century.

A Right-Hand Man: A Novel, Christopher Giofreda

English Theses & Dissertations

This is the first half of a Catholic novel about a mailman with a hook hand. It is about the power of friendship and invites us to think about the posthuman.

Student Activism, The Naacp, And The Albuquerque City Anti-Discrimination Ordinance, 1947-1952, Lee Sartain

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.

Feasibility Analysis: Borderlight International Theatre Festival, Merissa Piazza, Molly Schnoke, Nick F. Zingale, Iryna Lendel

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

BorderLight International Theater Festival is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit established to launch a summer festival of contemporary international theater in Cleveland beginning in July 2019. Co-directors Dale Heinen and Jeffrey Pence have spearheaded BorderLight’s inception and programming. BorderLight is conceptualized in its debut form as a four-day international theater festival located in Cleveland, Ohio.1 It will include curated performances by international, national, and local artists—as well as an independent fringe festival—and will focus on engagement with underserved audiences and communities.2 This makes BorderLight a bifurcated theater festival, which is a combination of a curated and uncurated festival whereby some content is …

A Causal-Comparative Analysis Of Performance-Based Music Classes And Act Scores, Russell Courson

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Educational leaders at the state and district level are struggling to provide adequate funding for schools due to the uncertainty of the economic outlook throughout the country. Although several states have requested and received waivers for the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), many school systems still find themselves in the difficult position of providing enough instructional time dedicated to the four primary core content areas (language arts, math, science, and social studies) to allow students to be successful in high stakes standardized testing. While NCLB stated the fine arts, including performance-based music classes, such as band, choir, …

Self-Compassion In Pornography Users: A Moderation Analysis, Lucy Phillips

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Pornography use appears to be associated with many psychosocial problems for a subset of pornography users. Previous research indicates constructs such as experiential avoidance and shame-proneness may be related to pornography use. Research also suggests that self-compassion may be helpful in decreasing experiential avoidance, shame, and other predictors of problematic pornography use. To date, no research has been done examining self-compassion in pornography users. This may be an important construct to study in this population because the way people treat themselves during difficult times may be associated with the development of problematic pornography viewing patterns and negative outcomes related to …

Revisiting The Ramayana, Steven P. C. Fernandez D.F.A.

Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia

Excerpt: “Transcreation”—the strategy of adapting to a local community the language of a product to make it acceptable—thrived as a marketing and publishing practice in India. Rather than simply translating language to advertise a foreign product, transcreation attempted to approximate the same meanings and emotional appeal in the original for local cultures to accept.

A Survey Of Theater In Metro Manila: Selected Productions (January–December 2017), Arturo Hilado

Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia

Excerpt: The theater scene in Metro Manila, so prolific and variegated in 2016, segued into 2017 hardly missing a beat that an aficionado ran the risk of becoming blasé over the quantity and quality of offerings. The year’s output pretty much confirmed a seasonal pattern seen in previous years, with the scene starting to recover from a post-holiday stupor in the latter half of January, hitting its first peak in February and March, experiencing something of a slowdown for the summer months from April to June for the major theater companies (but continued and even heightened activity among campus groups, …

"Fake It Until You Make It:" A Reflection On Film, Hypocrisy, And Christian Ethics, William Bartley

Journal of Religion & Film

I will argue that a representative group of films including Mr. Lucky (with Cary Grant), Rossellini’s Il Generale della Rovere, and Galaxy Quest affirm an assumption that is as well known as it is offensively false to many: i.e., we acquire a virtue or quality of character by pretending that we already possess it—the ethic colloquially and popularly known as “fake it until you make it.” The importance and power of this ethic, as thoroughly secular as it seems to be, is best understood in the context of its Roman Catholic and ancient philosophical provenance, which for the most part …

First, Let Me Take A Selfie: Should A Monkey Have Copyrights To His Own Selfie?, Stephen Schahrer

Liberty University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Avoiding Judicial Second-Guessing In A Nontraditional Theatre Of War, Lauren Easter Lynch

Liberty University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Table Of Contents

Liberty University Law Review

No abstract provided.

To The Question Of The Director's Interpretation Of The Tragedy Of Shakespeare On The Stage Of The Theater, Mukhabbat Tulakhodjayeva

Culture and Arts of Central Asia

This article addresses the issues of the Director's interpretations of classical works, with special attention to productions of Shakespeare's tragedies. Discusses the performances created by the Directors of the European and Eastern theatres of the second half of the 20th century and early 21st century. Defines the main directions of modern art.

Daily Eastern News: March 30, 2018, Eastern Illinois University

March

No abstract provided.

Quest For Funny, Lois Simenson

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

I'll soon be at the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop in Dayton, Ohio. I've wanted to go for years, and the planets finally lined up.

James Joyce Run: Nothing Happens In The Public Houses, People Drink, Barry Sheehan

Academic Articles

I write a blog www.jj21k.com which looks at the works of James Joyce, the environment which he wrote about and changes that have taken place since he wrote about them. The blog posts are predominantly about Dublin. As part of discovering Dublin by reading and running, I have written several longer pieces.

This piece creates a running narrative that runs past every pub that is mentioned in Ulysses that is still a pub.

You can see more background information and other posts on www.jj21k.com.

Juliet's Ghost, Rebeca Wallin

Children's Book and Media Review

On Halloween night, a group of high school students sneak into their school theatre to borrow costumes for a party. As the dates decide on famous couples to dress up as, various romantic entanglements unfold. Amidst this excitement, the somewhat spooky Wendy appears with the story of a ghost that appears on the stage every Halloween night after dying before she had a chance to play Shakespeare’s Juliet. After one failed attempt to make the ghost appear, a new student takes the challenge seriously and Kate (who left earlier,) appears to play the part of Juliet. When the real Kate …

“Representing Canadian Interests In All Matters Relative To Canadian War Dead:” Lt. Col. J.A. Bailie And The Recovery, Concentration And Burial Of The “C” Force Casualties In Japan And Hong Kong, Mark Sweeney

Canadian Military History

Abstract : The processes and rituals of grieving, memorializing and remembering a nation’s war dead are well known, while the project of recovering, concentrating and preparing wartime casualties for burial is less clearly understood. The task of burying the Canadian war dead in the Pacific fell to one individual, former pow, Lt. Col. J.A. Bailie. This paper investigates Bailie’s experience that began with his pow journals and ended with the consecration of the Yokohama and Sai Wan Military Cemeteries in Japan and Hong Kong. Bailie’s efforts and the relationships he developed with Canada’s allies heralded successful results, despite meagre resources …

Interview With Tan Chin Tiong: Creating A New Management University, Chin Tiong Tan

Oral History Collection

The interview covered:

• Involvement with SMU
• Private university
• Collaboration with Wharton School
• Challenges

March 29, 2018, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2010-2019

No abstract provided.

Spring Sing: Heroes & Villains (2018 Poster)

Theatre Programs and Posters

Poster advertising the performances on March 29-31, 2018.

2018-March-29-Women On Wednesdays, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

Gwu Distinguished Artist Series Hosts Kennedy Center Music Education Director, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

The next program in the Distinguished Artist Series at Gardner-Webb University features a lecture by a music industry professional. Jennifer M. Bowman, director of Music Education at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., will share insights from her experience in arts management. The presentation is free and open to the public and will be held on April 12 at 8 p.m. in Hamrick Hall’s Blanton Auditorium on GWU’s main campus.

The Inkwell, Armstrong State University

The Inkwell

No abstract provided.

2018 Moms Weekend Is Loaded With Fun Activities (March 29, 2018), University Communications And Marketing

OHIO News Articles Archive

No abstract provided.

A Written History Of The Western Michigan University Department Of Dance, Amy Russell

Honors Theses

This historical, introspective telling of the Western Michigan University’s Department of Dance examines its development in relation to dance in higher education and dance across the United States. An analysis of the development of dance at Western Michigan University in comparison to other universities and the dance field was conducted by studying professional influences in the field and evolving social, educational, and industry trends. Research from texts written by respected dance scholars was collected, and trade journals were consulted for information regarding current trends in the dance field. Archival research at the Western Michigan University Zhang Legacy Collections Center: Archives …