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Annika Sorenstam, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

There is a philosophical puzzle that poses the question, if a tree falls in the forest and there is no one there to hear it, does it make a noise? Although it is not quite the same thing, that line did come to mind last weekend as Annika Sorenstam waltzed to victory in the second major of the year. In fact, Sorenstam has been waltzing all over everybody, everything, and everywhere in the last few years on the LPGA tour. Over the past few months, she has been torrid, and last weekend she moved halfway towards her goal of winning …

Bud Selig's Bad Faith, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

I would like to reflect a bit on the dis-ingenuousness of one Allen H. "Bud" Selig, Commissioner of Baseball and Supreme Potentate of Dissemblers. Having accrued most of the power in baseball unto himself over the past several years, "Bud" has shown, at times, some insight and leadership only ultimately to disappoint.

In Memory Of George Mikan, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

He made the number 99 on his jersey famous decades before Wayne Gretzky wore it on his hockey sweater. George Mikan, the 6'10" center of the Minneapolis Lakers died on Thursday at the age of 80. He was the first big man in professional basketball, the first in college basketball, and he was a key reason the NBA succeeded when other leagues had failed. Leonard Koppett in his history of the NBA called the first eight years of league existence the "The Mikan Era." That is certainly how I remember those years as a boy in Minneapolis.

The Death Of Pat Tillman, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Over the past few weeks, the world of sport has been touched by the world of politics in a number of ways. Politics and sport are often mixed and when they are, the results can be at once unfortunate, distressing, and sometimes appalling. Certainly, the House of Representatives' hearings on steroids come to mind in this context.

Haïti Et L’Afrique Noire : De La Primauté À La Marginalité, Du Modèle Au Contre-Modèle, André Ntonfo

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

As we know, Haiti, the first Black republic in the world, commemorated the bicentennial of its independence in 2004. This paper examines how that unique experience has been received by the Black world in general and by independent African states in particular, as well look at the place that Haiti occupies in their imagination. This paper will examine Haiti’s role as an ideological place of structuring and as a real space for experimentation with post-colonial strategies applied to independent Black nations, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. The author will demonstrate how Haiti, from its position as a pioneer for these nations, …

Play And Technology:A Study Of Icts In Play Activities Of Irish Children (4-8 And 8-12), Brian O'Neill, Noirin Hayes, Stella Downey

Conference Papers

Defined in the Ireland’s national play policy as ‘freely chosen, personally directed, intrinsically motivated behaviour that actively engages the child’ (NCO, 2004, p.10), play now more often than not is a technologically-mediated activity. This paper focuses on the role of technology in play and explores the impact of technological change on children’s play activities. Drawing on our study commissioned by Ireland’s National Children’s Office, we present a detailed exploration of the play activities of Irish children, identifying the range of technologies accessed by children and how they are used in their daily play patterns. The project provided children with an …

Nation, Heritage, And Hospitality In Britain After Thatcher, Ryan S. Trimm

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his paper, "Nation, Heritage, and Hospitality in Britain after Thatcher," Ryan S. Trimm examines the trope of cultural inheritance in postimperial Britain. "Heritage," an ubiquitous term in 1980s Britain, circulates largely as a conservative concept, an imagined bequest that works to exclude groups such as minorities who are disinherited putatively by not being part of the past and conceived as handing down some legacy. Such seems to be precisely the way heritage functioned under Margaret Thatcher's heritage politics, a collection of policies that associated icons such as the country house with the nation itself. However, although appeals to heritage …

Tracing Chinese Gay Cinema 1993-2002, Lan Dong

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

Lan Dong explores in her paper, "Tracing Chinese Gay Cinema 1993-2002" the recent landscape of Chinese gay cinema through discussing the following three feature films: Chen Kaige's Farewell My Concubine (1993), Zhang Yuan's East Palace, West Palace (1996), and Stanley Kwan's Lan Yu (2001). The grouping derives from the concern that they all set their stories in Beijing. Using the capital city as a cultural background, the films display how queer is perceived in China from the 1920s to the end of the 1990s. All three storylines portray the characters' struggle to recognize their particular identity as gay men. In …

Reality Tv, Faking It, And The Transformation Of Personal Identity, Joanne Morreale

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her paper, "Reality TV, Faking It, and the Transformation of Personal Identity," Joanne Morreale examines the hybrid makeover, game, and reality TV show Faking It as a cultural form that portrays the transformation of personal identity through performance. Morreale argues that the contents and performance of the show intensify the link between consumer culture and the fabrication of identity by teaching that fulfillment comes from becoming, rather than having, a commodity. In the show, participants learn to perform new selves that are perceived as "better." Faking It thus puts on display the processes of fabrication whereby the self is …

But... Can The Subaltern Sing?, Rebecca Romanow

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her paper, "But... Can the Subaltern Sing?," Rebecca Romanow discusses the dominance of the English language in rock music and the cultural values and global power that are exerted through the exportation of rock by American and British bands. Further, she explores the question of the ways in which this music represents an area of popular culture where the voices of the non-English speaking and the non-Western are silenced. Salman Rushdie, in The Ground Beneath Her Feet, complains that rock music "is precisely one of those viruses with which the almighty West has infected the East, one of the …

Dust And The Avant-Garde, Jake Kennedy

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his paper, "Dust and the Avant-Garde," Jake Kennedy presents an interdisciplinary exploration of experimental modernism in the work of visual artist Marcel Duchamp and writer Gertrude Stein. Kennedy focuses on the strange presence of dust in the work of these two artists and argues that as an abject object -- it is literally the unwanted of domestic space -- the idea of dust engages radically modernism on a material level. Dust is also the unwanted of modernity itself, as it represents a potentially subversive sister-part to urban, masculine modernity's valorisation of machinery, glass, and steel. Transmuted into the metaphysical …

Introduction To New Papers In American Cultural Studies, Joanne Morreale, P. David Marshall

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

No abstract provided.

Selected Bibliography Of Scholarship In (Comparative) Cultural Studies And Popular Culture, Steven Tötösy De Zepetnek, Yilin Liao

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

No abstract provided.

Political Deliberation And E-Participation In Policy-Making, Rebecca J. Romsdahl

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her paper, "Political Deliberation and E-Participation in Policy-Making," Rebecca J. Romsdahl proposes that the internet has now become a valuable medium for information dissemination and long distance communication; it is also gaining attention as a potential tool for political deliberation. Public participation has been a long-standing tradition in American democracy but most scholars today believe it needs a revival. Some of these scholars believe that e-participation in policy-making could help revitalize political discussion between citizens and government and promote greater participation by disenfranchised groups. Whether this would lead to greater opportunities for true deliberation on political issues and not …

Harry Potter And The Susceptible Child Audience, Kara Lynn Andersen

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

Kara Lynn Andersen, in her paper "Harry Potter and the Susceptible Child Audience," argues for a rethinking of assumptions of child audiences as passive readers and viewers through an analysis of the Harry Potter phenomenon. Andersen argues that instead of categorizing children as passive and homogenous subjects of analysis, they should instead be incorporated as participants in the discourse about children's books and films. Although frequently figured as especially susceptible to the affects of advertising and other media, young Harry Potter fans are particularly visible as not only consumers of the texts, but creators of new texts. Using work done …

Changes For Manchester United, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

There is nothing more delightful for an American of a certain perverse persuasion than to watch the Brits get their knickers all twisted up over something as silly as the sale of Manchester United to some little billionaire twit from the dismal swamps of Florida. It has been a wonderful several weeks to watch the spectacle of hysteria over such a trivial matter as this.

The Proposed Nba Age Limit, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Open Letter to Mr. David Stern, Commissioner, National Basketball Association

Ua3/9/5 Islamic Center Of Bowling Green Open House, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Speech delivered by WKU president Gary Ransdell at the Islamic Center of Bowling Green open house. He discusses the internationalization of Bowling Green.

A Vintage Derby Day Column From 2001, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

This column was originally published in 2001. A friend who is Louisville born and bred and has lived in Florida for nearly 30 years, about as long as I have, sent me this e-mail less than an hour before this year's Kentucky Derby.

Hollins Columns (2005 May 4), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Retiring Faculty Bring About Academic Changes
• A compilation of senior projects, thesis and papers
• Senior Hilary DuBose creates community garden
• Hollins Alum killed in Murder-Suicide
• New study abroad program offered in Argentina
• New director of dining services, Janett Russell, arrives on campus
• The "Goombah" program begins search of student mentors
• Theater department undergoes a variety of changes
• Mayfest brings rocking bands to campus
• Senior Wills '05!
• A Grand Ol' Time at the Grandin: "Les Choristes" & "Melinda and Melinda"
• Dear Editor: Rising tuitions and the three-year program - a direct correlation
• Goodbye sophomore year, goodbye class of …

Mtv: Sounds Of A Generation, Amanda Evens

Honors Capstones

Capstone submitted as a graduation requirement for the BSU Honors Program.

Does The Internet Fundamentally Change Anything?: European Research And The Cost A20 Action On The Impact Of The Internet On Mass Media (Television, Newspapers And Radio), Brian O'Neill

Conference Papers

The subject of this paper represents one attempt at a more balanced approach and consists of the research undertaken under the COST A20 action, ‘The Impact of the Internet on Mass Media’. The paper presents a brief overview of some of the principal themes under discussion in relation to radio, television and newspapers as well as offering some reflections on the emerging issues for communications research at a cross media level. The central theme is whether there the Internet (with a capital ‘I’) has had the transformative effect its proponents might once have claimed or whether there has been a …

Ua12/2/1 Hilltopper Graduation 2005, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special magazine edition of the College Heights Herald.

• Green, Tavia. Transition Into Real World Won’t Be Easy for Graduates
• Coulter, Amber. Commencement Will Differ from Past Years
• McNamara, Andrew. Year-Long Leases Keep Student from Getting Out of Dodge – Apartments
• Schoenbaechler, Danny. Hills, Tree Top Leave Mark on Senior’s Memories
• Farner, Keith. Professors, Peers & Fellow Journalists Will Be Missed
• Baker, Joanie. No Matter What It Took, Senior Still Pulled Through
• Sainlar, Lindsay. Graduation Parties or Kentucky Derby Festivities: A Senior’s Struggle
• Sainlar, Lindsay. Four-Year College Heights Herald Reporter Says Goodbye, Looks to Future

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 80, No. 52 [55], Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Richardson, Kelly. Students Now Taking Longer to Graduate
• Hupman, Samantha. Burned Sigma Alpha Epsilon House Coming Down
• Hupman, Samantha. Police to Write Tickets Electronically, May Use Wheel Boots
• Clark, Ashlee. Regents to Vote on Tuition, Budget, Street Renaming
• Hupman, Samantha. Graduate Students May be Getting 20 New Scholarships
• Marsupials: Because You Know It’s the Truth
• Wilson, Brandon. Hey Mr. Williamson – Christianity
• Hallam, Amanda. Suggestion for the Student Government Association – Budget
• Welberding, Beth. Only, Not Lonely
• Sainlar, Lindsay. Jail: Been There, Done That, Not Going Again
• Wilberding, Beth. …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 80, No. 52 [54], Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Hupman, Samantha. Sigma Alpha Epsilon House Intentionally Set on Fire, Officials Say
• Richardson, Kelly. University Senate Warns Against Hasty Division Move – Football
• Caudle, Leah. Western Celebrates First Amendment – Freedom of the Press
• McNamara, Andrew. Girls Experiment with Science – Girls in Science Day
• Richardson, Kelly. New University Senate Chair Ready to Speak – Andrew McMichael
• Bill Powell’s Retirement End of Chapter, Not of Book
• Ingram, Brooks. Editorial Cartoon – The Last Splash – Bill Powell
• Vincent, Daniel. Equality is Subjective? – Gay Pride Week
• Crews, Whitney. In …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 80, No. 51 [53], Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Clark, Ashlee. Top Dollars Spent for Lobbying
• Wilberding, Beth. Bill Powell Announces Retirement
• Fontana, Alex. ALIVE Promotes Public Service – A Local Information & Volunteer Exchange
• Wilberding, Beth. Dining Services Plans Changes; Seating Expansion Expected in Garrett Conference Center
• Coulter, Amber. Student Government Association Spends Money Left in Budget
• Coulter, Amber. Commuters May Get Alternate Meal Plans
• Ingram, Brooks. Editorial Cartoon – Renaming Big Red Way
• Changing Street Name Is a Big Red Mess – Big Red Way
• Bailey, Andrew. Comedian Deserved Respect – Justin McKinney
• Dickman, Heather. So …

Hollins Columns (2005 Apr 20), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Alum and acclaimed golfer chosen as commencement speaker
• Photo chemicals no longer to be dumped down the drain
• With the Club Coordinator's resignation, position to be revamped
• A changed ADA comes back on campus
• SGA Elections and Appointment Results
• Tinker Day Spring '05!
• General Speakers Bureau chair brought diverse group of speakers to campus
• Full Frame Festival a success
• A review of the hard-to-find film "Prozac Nation": more praise please
• Catch the pitch, you'll get the fever
• Off the shelf: Thoughts on poetry
• Nobody said finding a summer job was easy, but should it really be this …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 80, No. 50 [52], Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Clark, Ashlee. Big Red Way Might Get Name Change
• Wilberding, Beth. Honors Students Find Success
• Mullins, Mandy. Greek Tug it Out – Tug of War
• Wilberding, Beth. New Staff Council to Be Elected
• Sewell, Chase. Groups Sing the Gospel – Amazing Tones of Joy Gospel Extravaganza
• Coulter, Amber. Volunteers Clean Up Campus, Get T-Shirts, Food
• Salary Increases Begin to Measure Up
• Ingram, Brooks. Editorial Cartoon – Evolution of the Professor Salary Increase
• Tetreault Jeff. Attack on Catholics Not Christian-Like
• Saravia, Alejandro. College Heights Herald Stories Conflicting – Katie Autry …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 80, No. 49 [51], Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Mullins, Mandy. Silently Stating Their Point – Gay Pride Day
• Clark, Ashlee. Added Fees Having Students Paying Up
• Clark, Ashlee. More Money to Accommodate Western Faculty Promotions
• Hupman, Samantha. Sigma Alpha Epislon Members Search for Belongings Among Ashes
• Teague, Hawkins. Stumbling Into a Shakespearean Tragedy – Goodnight Desdamona (Good Morning Juliet)
• Harrell, Bobby. Futuristic Apartments Under Construction – Registry
• Hupman, Samantha. Business Expo to Be Held at South Campus
• The Good, the Bad & the Donkeys – Television
• Editorial Cartoon – Sigma Alpha Epsilon House
• Basore, Brandon. Campus Police …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 80, No. 47 [50], Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Clark, Ashlee. Lucas Goodrum Threatening Lawsuit – Katie Autry Case
• Hupman, Samantha. Fire Destroys Sigma Alpha Epsilon House
• Clark, Ashlee. Tuition Hike May Decrease Next Semester
• Hupman, Samantha. Four in House Escape Fire Uninjured
• Fontana, Alex. Wind Ensemble to Perform Concerts in Russia
• Harrell, Bobby. Safety Standards Met Last Fall – Sigma Alpha Epsilon
• Ingram, Brooks. Editorial Cartoon – Provide-A-Ride
• Provide-A-Ride Provides Smiles
• Bechert, Michael. Thanks from the Sigma Alpha Epsilons
• Sainlar, Lindsay. Not Greek, Not Worried
• Dillon, Ryan. Police Deserve Respect
• Crowe, Shane. There’s Only One True Holy …