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Ua11/1 On Campus, Vol. 1, No. 13, Wku University Relations

WKU Administration Documents

On Campus newsletter featuring articles about faculty, staff and events at Western Kentucky University. Regular features are:

• College News
• Sponsored Programs
• Hot off the Press
• Personnel File

This issue includes articles:

• Fifth Women's Studies Conference Opens
• Hardin Planetarium Show Features Sun's Children
• President Thomas Meredith Appointed to Constitutional Improvement Policy Council
• WKU to Begin Reaccreditation Process
• Students Raise $48,715 First Week of Alumni Fund Student Phonathon
• Phillips, Hugh. Russia's Coup; A Historical Perspective
• Esion, Sheila. Jim Wayne Miller's Writing Takes New Shape
• Threads of Compassion: Fabric Art Exhibit by Penny Sisto Opens Tomorrow
• Shuttle May Have Foiled, but Summer Eclipse …

Beyond The Party-Group Continuum: Massachusetts Interest Groups In The 1980s, John C. Berg

New England Journal of Public Policy

Studies in the 1960s determined that Massachusetts had strong parties and weak interest groups. In the 1970s and 1980s, as the Republican Party shrank, party competition declined, conflict with the Democratic Party grew, and interest groups gained more importance — and probably will remain important despite the Republican gains of 1990. However, group conflict and citizen mobilization, including increased use of the initiative and referendum, create a situation of interest-centered conflict rather than interest-group dominance as traditionally conceived. This article, based on a 1987 survey of state legislators and legislative aides, plus a summary of recent Massachusetts political history, assesses …

Canadian Federal Policy Towards Indian Education Since Confederation: Policy Making And Its Philosophy, Ling Yang

Master's Theses

Canadian Indian education is a complex problem in Canada's history. For the native people, education is the only way to preserve their cultural tradition. For the government, it has been the main means to assimilate the natives into the mainstream of the society. Because the majority culture has dominated Canadian society for more than two centuries, the Canadian federal government's policy and its making are the keys to understanding Indian education. Based on research in official records in the National Archives of Canada and field-research in Canadian Indian Reserves, this thesis shows that the federal government did not accept "Indian …

J. Robert Oppenheimer And His Role In The Development Of The United States Nuclear Weapons Policy 1945-1953, Craig M. Harris

History Theses & Dissertations

J. Robert Oppenheimer played a highly visible role in the development of nuclear weapons policy for the United States. He was very influential in President Harry S. Truman's Administration after the Second World War. Following the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb blast in August 1949, Oppenheimer became out of step with those who made nuclear weapons policy. He continued to give advice on disarmament issues. In 1953, the first year of Dwight D. Eisenhower's Administration, Oppenheimer questioned the utility of the Superpower's nuclear arms build up, particularly the hydrogen bomb, while leaving the American people ignorant of the impact such …

Workers' Party Press Release : De Rossa Pays Tribute To Sean Garland, Workers Party Of Ireland

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The President of the Workers' Party Proinsias De Rossa TD, issues a statement were he pays tribute to outgoing General Secretary Sean Garland.

Workers' Party Press Release: Sean Garland Not To Seek Reappointment, Workers Party Of Ireland

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Press release issued by Tony Heffernan to announce a statement on behalf of the General Secretary of the Workers Party Sean Garland which declares his intentions not to seek reappointment.

Includes some biographical details for Sean Garland.

Tomorrow's People : May 1st. 1991. No.1, Workers Party Of Ireland

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No abstract provided.

Workers Youth Party : Letter From Stephen Hayden, Workers Party Of Ireland

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Letter from Stephen Hayden, National Youth Organiser, Workers party Youth ,to members of branches advertising the upcomming position of National Youth Organiser.

Nacs 19th Annual Conference Program, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

NACCS Conference Programs

Los Dos Méxicos
The University of Arizona
April 24-27, 1991

Equal To The Best: The Workers' Party Submission To The Second Commission On The Status Of Women, April 1991, Workers' Party Of Ireland

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No abstract provided.

Freedom, Democrary, Equality: A Draft Programme For Democratic Socialism, Workers' Party Of Ireland

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No abstract provided.

Letter From Ellen Hazelkorn : Re. Seminar On The Political Relevance Of Social Class, The Workers Party

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Letter from Ellen Hazelkorn to members confirming the holding of an afternoon seminar by The Workers Party on the theme: The political relevance of social class.

Speakers include, Chris Whelan, Richard Breen, James Wickham, Kathleen Lynch, John Tierney and conclusion by Proinsias de Rossa.

Workers' Party : Letter Re. Ard Comhairle/Cec Meeting, Workers Party Of Ireland

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Covering letter to members from Pr. De Rossa, Chairperson CEC, enclosing the report of the commission on the party programme and organisation. The letter gives notice of a forthcomming CEC meeting to be held in Wynns Hotel, Sunday 10th February, 1991 at 10.30.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 66, No. 34, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special edition of the College Heights Herald regarding the Persian Gulf War.

• Howard, Laura. Campus Calm As Protests Hit D.C. – Persian Gulf War, 1991
• Garcia, Joseph & Barry Williams. Protests in the Park Photospread - Demonstrations
• Poynter, Chris. Family Life is Among Conflict’s Causalities
• Dorris, Donna. Newlyweds Await End of War – Tiffany McKeel, John Boucher
• Support Groups to Combat Gulf Concerns Tomorrow
• Some of the Students Called to Duty

Principles Of A Socialist Economic Policy, The Workers Party

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No abstract provided.

Class Sectarianism And Inequality In Northern Ireland, Anon

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No abstract provided.

Certified Receipts And Payment Accounts For The Period 20th. April 1990 To The 30th. April, 1991, Stack Molloy & Co.

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No abstract provided.

General Secretary's Report To The Workers' Party Ard Fheis Annual Delegate Conference 1991, Workers' Party Of Ireland

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No abstract provided.

Freedom, Democracy, Equality: The Workers' Party Ard Fheis/Annual Delegate Conference, 1991: Clár, Workers' Party Of Ireland

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No abstract provided.

Tomorrow's People : Covering Letter From Noel Mcfarlane, Worker's Party Of Ireland

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Letter from Noel McFarlane (Editor) of the newspaper ''Tomorrow's People'', advertising it's launch May 13th 1991.

Workers' Party Report : Autumn 1991, The Workers Party

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Second annual report on the Dail work of the Workers' Party by TD. Pat Rabbitte.

Letter From Cllr. Eric Byrne Re. Mount Jeome Cemetery, The Workers Party

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Letter concerning conditition of Mount Jerome cemetery in Harolds Cross.

Dublin 2000 : Draft Outline Of Topics, The Workers Party

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''Description of the city we want to have in the year 2000 - contrasted with the city we are likely to have if present trends continue.''

Proposals For The Establishment Of A Social, Economic And Policy Research Institute, The Workers Party

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Please Note : Date is approximate

Working Towards A New Agenda For Industry, New Agenda

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New Agenda was the provisional name for The Workers Party pre Democratic Left which came about in 1992.

New Politics, New Hope : A Draft Manifesto, The Workers Party

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This draft manifesto was published in the period between the Workers Party changing to the provisional name, New Agenda before becomming Democratic Left.

Date is approximate.

Jobs Not Dole From Europe : Pamphlet, The Workers Party

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Pamphlet addressing the unemployment crisis.

Date is approximate.

Workers Party Launches Major Document On Industrial Strategy : Press Release, The Workers Party

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Note : date is approx.

Party Programme : The Workers Party, The Workers Party

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Please note date is approx.

Article refers to the collapse of the socialist states of Eastern Europe and the end of the Cold War.

Proposed Outline For Document On Socialist Economic Theories, The Workers Party

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Introduction setting out the aim of the docurrent, viz. to provide an overview of the politically highly charged debate about the renewal of socialism where it intersects with economic theories.