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Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 93, No. 20, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Kast, Monica. Professor’s Use of Funds Investigated by FBI, WKU – Matthw Dettman
• Collins, Emma. Halloweekend – International Students, Halloween
• Collins, Emma. Regents Discuss Drop in Enrollment, Diversity Plan
• DeLetter, Emily. International Engineering Student Studies at WKU – Bareera Mirza
• Alvey, Rebekah. Students Respond to Controversial Halloween Costumes
• Johnson, Kalyn. Wear These Alternative Halloween Costumes
• Austin, Emma. Editorial Cartoon re: Trick or Treat or Tuition
• Leonard, Nicole. Spooky Style
• Huff, Taylor. Spook Up Your Life with Help from the Stars – Horoscopes
• Mansfield, Tyler. Young …

Ua12/2/1 Wkuherald321, Wku Student Affairs

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Newsletter recapping the top stories of the week.

Public Media At 50: Commemorating The 50th Anniversary Of The Public Broadcasting Act, Michael Huntsberger

Faculty Presentations

“The Politics of Public Media" was the theme for the 2017 Jim Joyce Symposium on Political Communication at the University of Nevada-Reno. The symposium, co-sponsored by KNPB Public Television and KUNR/Reno Public Radio, commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Public Broadcasting Act. The Public Broadcasting Act was signed by President Lyndon Baines Johnson on November 7, 1967; it established the framework for public broadcasting in the United States, creating the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and leading eventually to PBS and NPR. These prepared remarks from Dr. Michael Huntsberger (associate professor of Mass Communication at Linfield College) speak to the …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 93, No. 19, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Coyle, Cameron. Students Express Concern Over WKU Alert System
• Alvey, Rebekah. Faculty Regent Reflects on Term – Barbara Burch
• Eastham, Lillie. Glow Walk Honors People Affected by Cancer – Relay for Life
• Ziege, Nicole. Student Government Association Fails to Pass Resolution Supporting Dreamers – Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
• DeLetter, Emily. Scheduling Software Aims to Simplify Registration
• Huff, Taylor. Do You Support the Fairness Ordinance?
• Austin, Emma. Editorial Cartoon re: Faculty Regent Election
• Part-time Faculty Deserve a Say in Faculty Regent Election
• Hormell, David. The …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 93, No. 18, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Alvey, Rebekah. Faculty Regent Ballot Results Tossed Over Part-time Vote
• Moore, Noah. Stand Proud – Pride Festival
• Stahl, Matt. Event Celebrates Young Women in Science, Technology, Engineering & Math – SkyTeach
• Collins, Emma. Hiring Process Changes to Address Budget Deficit
• Harsh, Spencer. New Tracks to Add to your Playlist
• Smith, Alexis. Editorial Cartoon re: Fairness Ordinance
• Fair Play – Fairness Ordinance
• Burgess, Kelly. Raising the Granola Bar of Collegiate Nutrition
• Heichelbech, Evan. Offensive Line Coach Recovering from Brain Surgery – Mike Sanford
• Jessie, Alec. Conditioning …

Ua12/2/1 Wkuherald321, Wku Student Affairs

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Newsletter recapping the top stories of the week.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 93, No. 17, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Coyle, Cameron & Monica Kast. Multiple Shots Fired Near Campus Late Tuesday Night
• DeLetter, Emily. Powerhouse – Jadier Rivera, Weightlifting
• Alvey, Rebekah. Bowling Green Hosts First Pride Festival on Saturday
• Hornsby, Morgan. Student Finds Sisterhood, Growth with Major Redz – Melody Dickerson
• Huff, Taylor. #MeToo Social Media Campaign – Sexual Harassment
• King, Jennifer. Editorial Cartoon re: Candy Corn
• Leonard, Nicole. Direct Discussion: Hollywood Confronted Rape Culture, So Should We
• Dimeo, Chris. Babylon Offers Authentic Oasis of Middle Eastern Cuisine
• Porter, Sam. Friday Night Lights – …

Documenting An Imperfect Past: Examining Tampa's Racial Integration Through Community, Film, And Remembrance Of Central Avenue, Travis R. Bell

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This research examines the Civil Rights Movement in Tampa, Florida through documentary film to recognize an imperfect past and visually reconstruct Central Avenue as a physical and Thirdspace site of remembrance located at an intersection of race and community. Motivated by an ethnographic approach and through community engagement, Tampa Technique: Rise, Demise, and Remembrance of Central Avenue is a 54-minute film that explores Central Avenue’s rise to prominence through segregation, its physical and symbolic demise as a racialized site of communal space, and how it is remembered through collective and public memory in the location it once occupied. Documentary film …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 93, No. 15 [16], Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Kast, Monica. Timothy Caboni Makes Changes to Address Budget Shortfall
• Chisenhall, Jeremy. Assistant Basketball Coach Resigns After DUI – Ben Hansbrough
• Mathews, Carly. Student Researches Tourism in Iceland – Jason Fox
• Henderson, Andrew. Editor’s Note – New Look
• Collins, Emma. Grise Hall Auditorium Officially Opens After Renovations
• Gabhart, Ebonee. Global Warning: A Climate Exchange
• King, Jennifer. Editorial Cartoon: Huffs Post
• Huff, Taylor. Enhancing Education: Addressing the Root of Sexual Assault at WKU
• Barnes, Mason. A Conservative Perspective on Gun Control
• Manlove, Clay. Lady Toppers Thriving …

Ua3/9/5 Hall Of Distinguished Alumni Speech, Wku President's Office

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Speech written and delivered by Gary Ransdell on his and his wife, Julie Ransdell's induction into the WKU Hall of Distinguished Alumni.

Ua12/2/1 Wkuherald321, Wku Student Affairs

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Newsletter recapping the top stories of the week.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 93, No. 14 [15], Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Miller, Callie. Strategic Planning Process Kicks Off
• Ziege, Nicole. Setting Sail – Theatre & Dance
• Waters, Adrianna. Alumna Publishes Novella Revenge in the Bluegrass – Carol Maupin
• Ziege, Nicole. Garrett Conference Center Renovations Aim to Be Relevant to Students
• Kast, Monica. Status Conference Requested in College Heights Herald Lawsuit
• Johnson, Kalyn. Insensitive Halloween Costumes – Blackface
• King, Jennifer. Editorial Cartton re: Synthesis
• Hormell, David. Digital Junk Food: Social Tools Gone Wrong
• Johnson, Kalyn. The Las Vegas Shooter: He’s Not a Lone Wolf – Stephen Paddock …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 93, No. 13 [14], Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Kast, Monica. Campus Mourns Death of Professor – Lloren Foster
• Alvey, Rebekah. Campus Reflects on 100 Days with Timothy Caboni
• Kast, Monica. Andy Beshear, Timothy Caboni Commit to End Domestic Violence
• Kast, Monica. Poetry Contest Takes Place This Weekend – Jim Wayne Miller
• Daniels, Katie. Students Participate in Poverty Simulation
• DeLetter, Emily. Committee Discusses Academic Freeze Option – University Senate
• King, Jennifer. Editorial Cartoon re: Gun Violence
• No Simple Solution: No Quick Fix to Our Gun Violence Issue
• Leonard, Nicole. Using Art to Flip Femininity …

The American Pickers Demonstrates Communication Skills, Jeffrey Brand

Discourse: The Journal of the SCASD

This activity prepares students to identify persuasive communication practices in non-classroom environments and to view reality-based television programs as a learning platform for understanding communication theories and concepts. Using selected scenes or an entire episode from a popular reality-television program, American Pickers, students can observe how Mike and Frank establish a rapport with new customers, get to know them and their stories, negotiate sales, interact with each other as a team, and leave with a new relationship (client) and connection intact. The purpose of this exercise is to help students observe these initial contacts and relationships as they develop on …

Developing A Supportive Communication Climate For Virtual Task Groups, Brent Kice

Discourse: The Journal of the SCASD

This class activity places students in virtual teams to assess Gibb’s (1961) defensive or supportive behaviors as a means of reinforcing trust among virtual task-group members. A worksheet offering a fictitious online chat transcript is provided for group analysis; student directions for creating unique team names are also given. This activity helps students to establish positive climates for virtual task groups.

Men’S Rights Activists And The Ray Rice Domestic-Violence Case: Using Critical Communication Pedagogy To Counter Hegemonic Masculinity, David H. Kahl

Discourse: The Journal of the SCASD

Some groups in society communicate in ways that attempt to marginalize others. One such group is the Men’s Rights Activists (MRA) who use language to attempt to normalize the subjugation of women through its rejection of feminism. This activity is designed to engage students in a dialogue about MRA’s response to the domestic-violence incident involving Baltimore Ravens’ running back Ray Rice and his fiancé, Janay Palmer, in a hotel elevator. Specifically, the activity allows students to learn about MRA members and their hegemonic ideology, to examine/view the domestic-violence incident, and to use critical-communication pedagogy (CCP) as a means to examine …

Closing The Assessment Loop In The Basic Communication Course, Claire H. Procopio

Discourse: The Journal of the SCASD

Participation in the learning-outcome assessment is an important expectation of most communication teachers. Considerable communication research has been devoted to defining assessment, identifying what is assessed, and determining how best to do assessment (Morreale, Backlund, Hay, & Moore, 2011). The National Communication Association (NCA) recently announced the publication of Learning Outcomes in Communication (NCA, 2015). This case study explores how a program, one new to learning-outcome assessment in the basic course, overcame common challenges with implementing assessments. The case illustrates how to use assessment data meaningfully and offers specific strategies that individual communication instructors, course directors, and assessment leaders can …

Blending Theory And Application: Student-Authored Organizational Case Studies, Colleen Arendt

Discourse: The Journal of the SCASD

Case studies have been used as a pedagogical method for nearly a century. The case-study method provides numerous benefits for students, encouraging problem-solving, perspective taking, reflecting, and strategizing. After a semester of reading and discussing published case studies, the purpose of this assignment is to have students write and analyze their own case studies based on their organizational experiences. This assignment blends theory and application, helps students engage in important sensemaking about their experiences, and calls on them to contribute knowledge and content to the course. Variations, debriefing prompts, and an assignment appraisal are included.

Enemies Of The State: The Symbolic Annihilation Of White-Zimbabwean Identity In The Twenty-First Century, Rick Malleus

Discourse: The Journal of the SCASD

This article explores the Zimbabwean government-controlled newspapers’ symbolic annihilation of white-Zimbabwean identity in the twenty-first century. Zimbabwe has been through political, social, and economic upheaval in the last 15 years, and it is in this context that the media’s construction of white identity is examined. Using a content analysis of online articles from The Herald and The Chronicle, six themes of constructed white identity were identified. The government media’s motivation for this symbolic annihilation of white-Zimbabwean identity is discussed, and the article concludes with a consideration about why this construction of white-Zimbabwean identity matters.

An Examination Of The Narratives Of Lottery-Scholarship Legislation, Kristopher D. Copeland

Discourse: The Journal of the SCASD

States have relied on lottery-scholarship policies to support public goals, such as higher education. In this paper, I utilize the narrative paradigm to examine how stories from the Hope for Arkansas lottery campaign became embedded in the policy-design process. Through in-depth interviews with 19 participants and a document analysis of 86 documents, the findings suggest that the Hope for Arkansas campaign’s narratives were tied to the policy-design process of the lottery legislation.

Listening To Unheard Voices: Nurses’ Communication Experiences With The Nrs Pain Scale, Matthew H. Barton, Kevin Stein

Discourse: The Journal of the SCASD

This study examines nurses’ experiences with the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS). These responses characterize the communication trials that nurses face with pain diagnosis, pain management, and overall patient care. Interviews with 20 nurses reveal three themes: subject dissatisfaction, feeling limited, and subjective satisfaction. An analysis of these themes reveals the need for renewed discussion about the way pain is communicated and the challenging expectations nurses must regularly confront. Implications for listening to important, but often quiet, even silent, voices in pain management and clinical practice are discussed.

Weight-Based Stigma And Self-Esteem: A Test And Extension Of The Stigma Communication Model, Andie Malterud, Jenn Anderson

Discourse: The Journal of the SCASD

Personal experience with weight-based stigma is negatively associated with self-esteem (Myers & Rosen, 1999). Our study examines how self-esteem is affected by exposure to weight-based stigma communication that is directed at another person. Using Smith’s (2007) stigma communication framework, we created a 2 (Stigma level: high, low) x 2 (Gender of stigmatized person: male, female) x 2 (Body of stigmatized person: large, small) posttest-only experiment. Participants’ self-esteem was highest after seeing a small body subjected to intense stigma and lowest after seeing a large body subjected to intense stigma. Additionally, we observed three-way interactions affecting the perceptions of two stigma-communication …

Should A Dropped Argument Always Be Treated As A Conceded Argument?, Ryan K. Clark

Discourse: The Journal of the SCASD

In this brief essay, I shall argue that the answer to this question is ”No.” The notion that “dropped equals conceded” reflects a well-intentioned norm against intervention which is embodied in the tabula rasa metaphor of adjudication . However, accepted as and absolute rule, it favors quantity (i.e., speed) reduces debate to “ink on the flow” instead of arguments weighed in the mind, and distorts our understanding of what actually happens in debates. In it’s place, I propose a norm which proceeds from an alternative formulation of adjudication. It is only when an uncontested argument passes prima facie tests that …

From The Editor, Anthony M. Wachs

Discourse: The Journal of the SCASD

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Ua12/2/1 Wkuherald321, Wku Student Affairs

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Constructive Peer Evaluations: The Toilet Paper Stuck To My Shoe Lesson, Stephanie Kelly

Discourse: The Journal of the SCASD

Peer evaluation is a useful learning tool that provides students with a holistic view of their work. However, getting students to provide quality feedback to their peers can be a struggle. The purpose of this activity is to make students realize that constructive criticism, when given tactfully, is the only polite option so that they will share thorough, useful feedback throughout the semester.

Simulated Creative Collaboration: Experiencing Challenges To Innovative Virtual Teaming In The Classroom, Brian C. Britt, Kristen Hatten

Discourse: The Journal of the SCASD

This activity provides students with in-depth experience working as part of an innovative virtual team, which will enable them to better understand the relative advantages and disadvantages of various approaches to creative collaboration in different contexts. Participants are divided into groups, which must then solve an assigned problem using a specified communication technology and creative process from the literature. The instructor will introduce a variety of obstacles to communication using each technology, which may inhibit students’ creative processes. Following the activity, the class will discuss these challenges, participants’ responses, and the range of experiences with different collaborative processes and technologies.

Using Social Lubricants To Increase Conversationality, Nathaniel Simmons

Discourse: The Journal of the SCASD

Responding to the epidemic of the dying art of conversation (Asha, 2014; Barnwell, 2014 April), this activity constructs a space in which students tap into social lubricants as a conversational, artistic tool to increase conversational skills. Inspired by Monahan & Lannutti’s (2000) social lubricant work, this study views social lubricants— any object or action that facilitates social interaction, such as a dog or a compliment— as a vital resource that merits pedagogical attention. After completing a role-play in which students tap into a social lubricant to achieve an assigned goal, students will be able to: (a) define social lubricants; (b) …

Social Justice Storytelling: Giving Our Students More Than Just An Education In Speech, Phillip E. Wagner

Discourse: The Journal of the SCASD

In an effort to highlight the practical and relevant applications of public speaking, this activity was designed to give students a safe space to discuss current social justice issues. Beginning with an open-ended narrative prompt, this activity requires students to take turns building upon a social justice narrative, giving them an opportunity to practice confident delivery and healthy dissent while also further enhancing public speaking skills and fostering a social-justice orientation.