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Glbt Center Meeting Minutes – 28 May 2009, Joseph A. Santiago, Eva Jones, Andrew Winters

Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Center

GLBT Center meeting notes, updates, and tasks. GLBT Center Meeting Minutes – 28 May 2009; Staff Hours: Send Andrew an e-mail with hours for each time period (every two weeks). Staff members will work approximately 15 hours per week.; Marcus’s Room: There’s been a cleaning delay due to staff shortages. Marcus and Andrew agreed to do a walk through to assess whether cleaning staff was necessary, so that Marcus can move in ASAP. Conference and Resource Room in the works – the rooms have been cleaned. 12 August 2009, Career Services Professional Development Presentation Provide Career Services with LGBT perspective …

The Heavens And The Scriptures In The Eyes Of Johannes Kepler, Dale L. Mcintyre

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2009

The heavens declare the glory of God… Ps. 19:1 Acclaimed as one of the most accomplished and influential scientists of his time, the subject of this paper was also a passionate defender of the Christian faith who believed he had been called by God to glorify Him in the study of His Creation. We see a man who was so immersed in both the Scriptures and his exploration of the heavens that his scholarly writings often burst forth with biblical quotations and songs of praise for God the Creator. Though always magnanimous and tolerant of others, he suffered persecution from …

The Neuron-Silicon Carbide Interface: Biocompatibility Study And Bmi Device Development, Christopher L. Frewin

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Damage to the central nervous system (CNS) leads to the generation of an immune response which culminates with the encapsulation of the damaged area. The encapsulation, known as a glial scar, essentially breaks neural signal pathways and blocks signal transmissions to and from the CNS. The effect is the loss of motor and sensory control for the damaged individual. One method that has been used successfully to treat this problem is the use of a brain-machine interface (BMI) which can intercept signals from the brain and use these signals to control a machine. Although there are many types of BMI …

Rape Attitudes And Beliefs: A Replication Study, Rhissa Emily Briones

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The phenomena of sexual violence have been studied on college campuses for over 50 years. Despite changes in society's attitudes towards women and gains made by women in education and the work force since the 1960s, research reveals that the incidence and prevalence rates of date rape have not changed significantly over the years. Extant literature indicates that endorsement of rape myths has been found to be associated with sexual aggression by males. A review of existing instruments revealed that current assessments of rape supportive attitudes and beliefs appear outdated in their language and may not be geared for today's …

Leavell, Tim (Fa 416), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 416. Paper: ["Folklore in the 'Daily News'"] written by Tim Leavell for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Sterling, Margaret (Fa 440), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 440. Paper: "Use of Proverbial Phrases in 'Watchmen'" written by Margaret Sterling for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Rose, Kibby (Fa 437), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 437. Paper: "A Country Gentleman" written by Rose for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Stelk, Sara Georgianna (Fa 439), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 439. Interviews with Michael Sullivan, Joe Koniak, Ambee Leanhart, Elizabeth Wright and Robin Lentz about hacky sack conducted by Sara G. Stelk for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Smith, Carro Isabel (Wheatley), 1896-1989 (Fa 443), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 443. Interviw with Carro (Wheatley) Smith about farm life in Washington County, Kentucky.

Tessler, Heather (Fa 442), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Foklife Archives Project 442. Paper: "Folklore in Advertising[:] 'Southern Living' 1993" written by Heather Tessler for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Teague, Stanley (Fa 441), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 441. "[Folklore in Media Project on Folk Speech in 'Sports Center']" by Stanley Teague for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Neglected Standard: History Of Mathematics In The Service Of Mathematics Education, Calvin Jongsma

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

An integrated approach that more intrinsically connects the historical development of mathematics with its content enables students to learn how an idea or method emerged while simultaneously exposing (i) the dynamic nature of mathematics along with (ii) its connections to other fields, and (iii) its cultural embeddedness. Examples will be given from a textbook currently in development.

Larry Lee Interview, Ami Shah

Asian American Art Oral History Project

2009 interview with installation artist and curator Larry Lee by Ami Shah

Larry Lee website

View Larry's work in the AAOH project gallery

5/26/89: An Audience With An Audience, Philip J. Cunningham

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

On May 26 I got another glimpse of student command central, when Chai Ling was at the height of her power. She was holding court in the broadcast tent, the ideological hothouse of student-occupied Tiananmen Square. It wasn’t easy getting in. I had to pass three rings of student security to secure an “audience.”

The BBC had yet to give me any kind of ID, so I learned to talk my way into things. My only “press” pass was my wit, which worked okay because I liked to talk and could do so in Chinese. There were times when the …

Table Of Contents (2009), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2009

Seventeenth Conference of the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences

A News Story On School Collapses Tantalizes, Then Disappears, David Bandurski

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

Yesterday, China Media Project’s David Bandurski published a post that highlights the best of what CMP does: muckraking in the China media and blogosphere, in this case regarding school construction in Sichuan. If CMP isn’t already on your RSS feed, we encourage you to add them. In the meantime, Bandurski kindly agreed to let us re-post this piece on the suppression of findings regarding shoddy school construction in Sichuan.

China Economic Weekly, a spin-off magazine of the official People’s Daily, ran an important story Monday about the collapse of school buildings in last year’s Sichuan earthquake. But the story, posted …

Schedule (2009), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2009

Seventeenth Conference of the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences

Nesbitt, Robert, Bronx African American History Project

Oral Histories

Robert Nesbitt (b. January 8, 1924) was a soldier in the Tuskegee Airmen unit during World War II. He was born in Harlem, on 125^th St. and Broadway, the son of an ex-military father from South Carolina and a mother from North Carolina. During this time, Harlem was fairly integrated: his neighbors included blacks as well as Irish, Jews, and Italians. When he was eight years old, his family moved to Corona in Queens, to an almost universally black neighborhood. Unlike many young African-American men, Nesbitt attended high school at Haarem high, where he developed a passion for mechanics …

William F. Bahret: The Cold War Aerospace Technology History Project (Interview 2), Squire L. Brown, William F. Bahret

Cold War Aerospace Technology Oral Histories (MS-431)

Squire Brown interviewed William Bahret, an authority on radar signature, on May 27, 2009 for the Cold War Aerospace Technologies History Project. In the interview Mr. Bahret discusses his role in the development of military technology during the Cold War.

Zadie Lundy Douglas

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Council For Iwu Women Inspiring Students, Graduates, Rachel Hatch

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

English Chair To Lead International Updike Society, Sarah Julian ’07

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

Barriers And Facilitating Factors To High School Students’ School Engagement, Amy Green

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Students who are engaged in their high school environment have higher graduation rates, fewer discipline problems, and lower delinquency rates. In addition, students who are connected to teachers and involved in extracurricular activities consistently experience positive outcomes. However, although the benefits of school resources such as extra-curricular activities and connections to supportive individuals during high school have been well documented, the factors influencing utilization of these resources have not yet been established. Given the known benefits of activity participation and connection to supportive individuals in school settings, and the voluntary nature of their utilization, it is important to investigate factors …

Structural Polarities In J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord Of The Rings, Quincey Vierling Upshaw

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

My thesis reflects an assessment of The Lord of the Rings centering on the idea of a structure of opposites. For each place, race, character and object in The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien included an element which serves as an antithesis. In addition, the style, pacing, and language of the work also contain antithetical pairs which continually engage and propel the reader to the work's conclusion. I contend that this deliberate pairing of opposing elements adds depth and verisimilitude to the work.

Tolkien was an avid student of what his contemporaries would have called "fantasy" or "fairy …

Reading Roundup

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

1. A very cool set of reports from 1949 on what happened in Shanghai sixty years ago when the Communist Party took control (Hat tip: Shanghaiist).

2. Alec Ash continues with brief insights on critical issues. Here’s a nugget on the Chinese “brain drain.”

3. A very smart review of Zhao’s memoir by Richard Rigby at East Asia Forum:

What was not generally known at the time to outside observers was Zhao’s determination, mentioned several times in the book, that he not go down in history as the General Secretary who approved unleashing the PLA against the demonstrators.

In so …

Brown Family Papers (Sc 1925), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1925. Correspondence, news clippings, photographs and licenses related to the Brown family of Breckinridge County, Kentucky, particularly Johnie Brown, a World War I casualty, and Henry Brown, a Methodist minister in Kentucky.

Red River Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Logan County, Kentucky (Mss 258), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 258. Copies of items related to the history of the church; items detailing the preservation efforts of the Red River Church Memorial and Cemetery Association; 1948 list of burials in the Old Red River graveyard.

Shakers - South Union, Kentucky - Covenant, 1830 (Sc 1922), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1922. Covenant, or constitution, for the Shaker community at South Union, Logan County, Kentucky. Includes signatures of those Shakers confirming this document. Original found in Shaker Record A, pp. 619-640.

Robertson, Stephen & Cindy Robertson (Fa 436), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 436. Interview with June Long conducted by Stephen Robertson and Cindy Roberston for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.

Rose, Gerald M. (Fa 438), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 438. Paper: "Sharecropping" written by Gerald M. Rose for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.