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Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald - New Tops On The Block, Wku Student Affairs

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Special homecoming edition of the College Heights Herald.

• Harney, Lashana. Homecoming Theme Based on Conference Move – Conference USA
• Homecoming 2014 Schedule of Events
• Pettway, Shantel-Ann. National Pan-Hellenic Council Homecoming Step Show Inspired by 90s Sitcoms – Fraternities & Sororities
• Eli Young Band to Headline Annual Homecoming Concert
• Voorhees, Jessica. Students, Community Gear Up for Homecoming Parage
• Kirk, Kierstin. WKU Sweethearts Get Engaged – Zach Talton, Madison Schwettman
• Phelps, Rachel. Homecoming Queen to Be Announced at Saturday Game
• Holloway, Kae. Pulitzer Prize Winner Inducted Into Alumni Hall of Fame – Rick Loomis
• Martin, Madison. Jazz Musician Inducted into Alumni Hall …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 20, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Holloway, Kae. Enrollment Discussed at Regents Meeting
• Harney, LaShana. Minton Hall Flood Damages Elevator – Housing & Residence Life
• Harrison, Taylor. A Hilltopper Remembered – Tyler English, Fires
• Mudd, Aaron. Cancer Survivors Share Stories, Remember Loved Ones – Relay for Life
• Holloway, Kae. Barbara Burch to Begin Another Chapter at WKU – Regents
• Editorial Cartoon Condom
• Sex Ed: Word Is, WKU Is Lousy in Bed
• WKU Student Identity Outreach – WKU Doesn’t Need to Survey All Students for LGBTQ Issues – Gays, Lesbians
• Nolan, Lauren & Sally Wegert. Horror …

Faculty In Print - Beyond The White Negro: Empathy And Anti-Racist Reading, Kimberly Chabot Davis

Bridgewater Review

Excerpt from Kimberly Chabot Davis, Beyond the White Negro: Empathy and Anti-Racist Reading (University of Illinois Press, 2014)

Ruby Dee, 1922-2014, Judith E. Smith

American Studies Faculty Publication Series

Ruby Dee was a marvelously expressive actor, and a lifelong risk-taking radical committed to challenging racial and economic inequality. She made history as part of an extraordinary group of Black Arts radicals — including Paul Robeson, Lorraine Hansberry, Harry Belafonte, John O. Killens and Julian Mayfield, as well as her husband Ossie Davis — who actively protested white supremacy and thought deeply about the political implications of conventional racial representations, creating new stories and introducing new Black characters to convey deep truths about Black life.

In small parts and choice roles, Dee’s presence lit up stage and screen. In her …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 19, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Voorhees, Jessica. Parking & Transportation Services Gathers Student Feedback for Parking
• Harney, LaShana. WKU Plant Has Psychedelic Effects – Datura stramonium, Jimson Weed, Martin Stone, Horticulture
• Crumbie, Trey. Kentucky Museum Store Closing Next Semester
• Phelps, Rachel. Sex in a Fishbowl Forum Spurs Dialogue About Sex – Phi Beta Sigma
• Harney, LaShana. Student Government Association Committee Focuses on Diversity Issues
• Pettway, Shantel. WKU Encourages Organ Donor Registration
• Crumbie, Trey. Voting Precincts to Move
• Parker, Jacob. Halloween Creates Happy Haunts, Frights
• Little, Emily. Editorial Cartoon Halloween Witches Brew & Alcohol
• Cole, …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 18, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Eldridge, Brittany. WKU Plans to Improve Enrollment Numbers
• Mathews, Mackenzie. Mouse Trap – Sleep, Biology, Noah Ashley, Experiments
• Voorhees, Jessica. WKU Book Store to Increase Book Buybacks
• Prochazka, Tyler. Exhibit Educates, Memorializes Professor – David Coffey, Year of Ecuador
• Eldridge, Brittany. WKU Looks to Improve Retention Methods
• Little, Emily. Editorial Cartoon Students Don’t Vote
• WKU Needs to Rock This Election
• French, Jackson. Ouija Fails to Overcome Its Gimmicky Premise – Movies
• Mountain Photos – Photojournalism, Mountain Workshops
• Jessie, Stephanie. Treasure Hunts Become Real with Geocaching
• Latte Love – Coffee …

Ua12/2/1 Topper Extra - On Another Level, Wku Student Affairs

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Special edition of the College Heights Herald featuring athletics.

• Williams, Kyle. Band of Brothers – Football
• Pratt, Elliott. Execution Key for Hilltopper Defense Moving Forward – Football
• Pratt, Elliott. Wood Selig’s Impact as Athletic Director Still Resonating at WKU
• Players to Watch – Brandon Doughty, Nicholas Holt, Taylor Heinicke, Ray Lawry

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 17, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Holloway, Kae. WKU, State Policies Questioned After Election – Regents, Barbara Burch, Nepotism
• Brown, Leah. All-Gender: Single-Occupancy Restrooms to be Renamed
• Mudd, Aaron. Students Get a Taste of Ecuadorian Culture – Dining Services
• Henderson, Andrew. Pecha Kucha Provides Variety of Opportunity
• Pettway, Shantel. Ask in the Dark Provides Sexual Awareness for Students – Housing & Residence Life
• Editorial Cartoon Guthrie Bell Tower
• Cole, Tanner. 10 Best Songs Played by the Guthrie Bell Tower
• Parker, Jacob. Happiness Is Brews Can Get You Out of the Blues – Alcohol
• Pope, Jake. …

The Dark Skin I Am In, Zakiya A. Brown

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“You know, you’re pretty for a dark skinned girl, but I’m sure people tell that all the time”

“Can I honestly tell you, that you are the prettiest dark skinned girl I know?”

Throughout my life I have received comments such as these. I’ve heard them from my mother’s colleagues, strangers, and sometimes my friends. They provoked me to think that somehow I genetically lucked out to be physically attractive even though I was cursed to live within dark skin. [excerpt]

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 16, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Crumbie, Trey & Leah Brown. Regent Election Causes Debate – Nepotism
• Pettway, Shantel. Boom, Clap Drum Circle Offers Alternative to Thirsty Thursdays – Counseling & Student Affairs
• Brown, Leah. WKU Involved in Six Lawsuits
• Voorhees, Jessica. Honors Housing Affected by Gatton Academy for Mathematics & Science Expansion – Schneider Hall, Housing & Residence Life
• Pettway, Shantel. WKU Police Department Works to Return Stolen Items to Its Owner
• French, Jackson. The Book of Life Fun Celebration of Mexican Culture – Movies
• Little, Emily. Editorial Cartoon WKU Dining Services Ball & …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 15, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Brown, Leah. Regent to Leave After Seven Years – Patti Minter
• Henderson, Andrew. Speak Out: Voices Rise Against Domestic Violence – Barren River Area Safe Space, BRASS
• Cole, Tanner. A Two-Wheeled Mission – Sustainability, Big Red Bikes
• Harney, LaShana. Gary Ransdell Hosts Casual Dinner for LGBTQ Students – Gays, Lesbians
• Crumbie, Trey. College Heights Herald Advertising Manager Arrested, Four Charges Filed – Sidney Wahle
• Parker, Jacob. Happiness Is Running with Roomies
• Editorial Cartoon Happy Face Emoji
• Cole, Tanner. 10 Great Things About Being a Hilltopper
• Isham, Mercedes. Don’t Let …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 14, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Voorhees, Jessica. Science Building Plans in Progress – Snell Hall
• Voorhees, Jessica. WKU Works to Address Vegan Option on Campus – Dining Services
• Harney, LaShana. LGTBQ Students Celebrates National Coming Out Day – Gays, Lesbians
• Phelps, Rachel. Student Ambassador Group Promotes WKU – Spirit Masters
• French, Jackson. Courtroom Thriller, Family Drama Collide in The Judge – Movies
• Little, Emily. Editorial Cartoon Gary Ransdell on Money
• Gary Ransdell’s Salary Too High
• WKU Coalition for Social Justice. WKU Policy Doesn’t Protect Assault Victims
• Franke, Luke. Purple Rain Photos – Phi Gamma …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 13, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Mudd, Aaron. Movin’ On Up – Kentucky Street Apartments, Housing & Residence Life
• Brown, Leah. WKU Updates Title IX Policy – Sexual Harassment
• Henderson, Andrew. Students Set Off Bells on Second Day of Wacky Engineering Camp
• Mudd, Aaron. Students Inducted Into Honors Organization – National Society of Collegiate Scholars
• Pettway, Shantel. WKU Police Department Changes Uniforms After Four Decades
• Parker, Jacob. Happiness Is Singing in the Rain
• Editorial Cartoon Ghost & Parking Spots
• Cole, Tanner. 18 Things That Are Somehow Easier to Find at WKU Than a Parking Spot …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 12, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Brown, Leah. Gary Ransdell Donating Salary Increase – WKU Foundation
• Pratt, Elliott. Jimmy Feix 1931-2014 Celebrating a Legend
• Harney, LaShana. Uniqueness Defines MajorRedz
• Eldridge, Brittany. WKU Opens Passport Office for Students
• Bradley, Erian. WKU Hosts Food Fight Food Drive Encourages Students to Participate – Leadership & Volunteerism
• Eldridge, Brittany. Good Samaritan Foundation Donates $50,000 to Institute of Rural Health
• Cole, Tanner. Headaches of a Student Cyclist – Bicycles
• Little, Emily. Editorial Cartoon Cycling on Highwire
• Support Cycling: WKU Needs Better Biking Options
• Osborne, Sam. Lucinda Williams Latest Record a …

Prefatory: Informing Higher Education Policy And Practice Through Intersectionality, Donald Mitchell Jr., Ph.D., Don C. Sawyer Iii

Executives, Administrators, & Staff Publications

Intersectionality as a framework has garnered much attention in law, sociology, and education research, and conversations surrounding the framework and its utility now span the globe. Intersectionality addresses the junction of identities, and how the intersectional nature of identities, together, shape the lived experiences of individuals (Hancock, 2007) because of interlocking systems of oppression and marginalization often associated with those identities. In this special issue, “Informing Higher Education Policy and Practice Through Intersectionality,” the authors build upon Crenshaw’s (1989) articulation of intersectionality to frame their work, seeking to improve U.S. higher education.

Contemporary Conversations On Cross-Cultural Exchange, Jenni L. Shelton

The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs

No abstract provided.

Birthing, Blackness, And The Body: Black Midwives And Experiential Continuities Of Institutional Racism, Keisha La'nesha Goode

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Within the last decade, historical and contemporary accounts of midwives, along with the efficacy of the Midwives Model of Care for pregnancy, childbirth and general women's health, have become increasing popular in mainstream publications and documentaries. Yet, very few of these accounts represent historical or contemporary black midwives (and midwives of color, more generally). Despite a long history of midwifery in the black community, black women currently represent less than 2% of the nation's reported 15,000 midwives. Relatedly, black women and infants experience the worst birth outcomes of any racial-ethnic cohort in the United States.

In the early 20th century, …

The Mad Science Of Hip-Hop: History, Technology, And Poetics Of Hip-Hop's Music, 1975-1991, Patrick Rivers

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

In 1979, the first commercial recordings of hip-hop music were released. The music's transition from the parks and clubs of the Bronx to recorded media resulted in hip-hop music being crafted and mediated in a recording studio before reaching the ears of listeners. In this dissertation I present a comprehensive investigation into the history of the instrumental component of hip-hop music heard on recordings, commonly referred to as beats. My historical narrative is formed by: the practices involved in the creation of hip-hop beats; the technologies that facilitated and defined those practices; and the debates around these two aspects that …

The Ideal And The Real: Southern Plantation Women Of The Civil War, Kelly H. Crosby

Student Publications

Southern plantation women experienced a shift in identity over the course of the Civil War. Through the diaries of Catherine Edmondston and Eliza Fain, historians note the discrepancy between the ideal and real roles women had while the men were off fighting. Unique perspectives and hidden voices in their writings offer valuable insight into the life of plantation women and the hybrid identity they gained despite the Confederate loss.

Post-9/11 Illegal Immigrant Detention And Deportation: Terrorism And The Criminalization Of Immigration, Stefany N. Laun

Student Publications

This paper analyzes the changes in immigration policy since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in terms of how immigrants are viewed in the United States. The goal is to address the recent criminalization of immigration in that the perceptions of terrorists and immigrants have become relatively synonymous since 2001. Although deportations have decreased, immigrant detention has increased significantly. Detention centers pose threats to the basic human rights of the immigrants residing in them, as well as perpetuate the culture of fear enveloping recent immigrants, whether they are legally or illegally in the country, and native United States citizens …

Afro-Ecuadorian Educational Movement: Racial Oppression, Its Origins And Oral Tradition, Ethan Johnson

Black Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations

In this paper, three objectives are presented, first, to describe the socio-historical context of Afro-Ecuadorians generally and specifically related to education. Here, it is demonstrated how colonial and nation building practices and processes have attempted to silence and make absent the contributions people of African descent have made to development of the nation. Second, the Afro-Ecuadorian social movement is considered within the local, regional and global socio-historical context, and it is argued that the Afro-Ecuadorian Etnoeducación is part of a continuous struggle for freedom and inclusion in the nation as full citizens. The third area of analysis focuses on one …

Archives Of Transnational Modernism: Lost Networks Of Art And Activism, Anne Donlon

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Archives Of Transnational Modernism: Lost Networks Of Art And Activism considers the work of several intersecting figures in transnational modernism, in order to reassess the contours of race and gender in anglophone literature of the interwar period in the U.S. and Europe. Writers and organizers experimented with literary form and print culture to build and maintain networks of internationalism. This dissertation begins to suggest some of these maps of connection, paying particular attention to people who played key roles as hubs within networks. British radical Sylvia Pankhurst's 1920s publications, which have not been much considered in terms of literary contribution, …

The Ideological And Organizational Origins Of The United Federation Of Teachers' Opposition To The Community Control Movement In The New York City Public Schools, 1960-1968, Stephen Brier

Publications and Research

This article explores the origins and ideological practice of public school teacher unionism as it was articulated and revealed in New York City before and during the epochal strike against an experiment in community control of neighborhood schools undertaken by the United Federation of Teachers in the fall of 1968 that closed down the city’s massive public school system for weeks and put almost 1 million school children in the street. How and why did unionized New York City public school teachers support the particular kind of trade unionism that the UFT and its president, Albert Shanker, embodied and practiced …

Different Placements Of Spirit: African American Musicians Historicizing In Sound, Casey Hale

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation examines two recent projects by African American musicians that enact critical and historiographic agency by reconstructing the music of the past: William Parker's project The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield, dedicated to re-imagining the works of the soul music icon with an ensemble featuring the poetic recitation of Amiri Baraka; and Marcus Roberts's reinvention of the Jazz Age rhapsodies of George Gershwin and James P. Johnson, Rhapsody in Blue and Yamekraw: A Negro Rhapsody. Rooted in African American interpretive traditions, and working both within and against such discursive categories as "jazz," "black music," and "American music," these artists …

Reconstructing The Nation: African American Political Thought And America's Struggle For Racial Justice, Alex Zamalin

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation examines how twentieth-century African American intellectuals engaged American political cultural beliefs central to American identity. A prominent argument of American political thinkers has been that the liberal-democratic ideals of freedom, equality, representative government, the rule of law, tolerance and civic obligation are what make Americans a unique people. From the immediate aftermath of the Second World War to the late twentieth-century such an argument provided American politicians, social movements and intellectuals a strong justification for divergent political claims, from Cold War warriors calling for the containment of Soviet Communism, to Civil Rights activists calling for racial integration to …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 11, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Brown, Leah. Regents Committee Approves Psychology Program
• Allen, Whitney. Remembered: Fraternity Celebrates Life of Brother – Sigma Phi Epsilon, Cory Beavin
• Mudd, Aaron. Sorority Uses Football to Fight Autism – Alpha Xi Delta
• Voorhees, Jessica. Convenience Stores’ Hours Change – Housing & Residence Life
• Harney, LaShana. Chinese Culture Comes to Bowling Green – Confucius Institute
• Crumbie, Trey. Two WKU Films to Be Screened at Film Festival
• Pettway, Shantel. WKU Sisterhood Grant Finalists Prepare for Award Presentations
• Parker, Jacob. Fall Break Allows Students Chance to Unwind, Catch Up
• Cole, Tanner. …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 10, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Crumbie, Trey. Regents Committees to Meet on Friday
• Prchazka, Tyler. Against All Odds – John All
• Harney, LaShana. Campus Improvements Drives Student Government Association Meeting
• Harney, LaShana. Student Government Association Discusses LGBTQ Issues – Gays, Lesbians
• Lawson, Anna. History Department Holds Trivia Night
• Brown, Leah. Gatton Academy of Mathematics & Science Seniors Named National Merit Semifinalists
• Editorial Cartoon Crying Emoji
• Cole, Tanner. 10 Best Places to Cry on Campus
• Parker, Jacob. Find Relaxation in Daily Campus Life
• King, Jennifer. On the Air Photos – NewsChannel 12, WKYU-TV
• Jessie, Stephanie. …

Wanted More From Moore, Rashida Aluko-Roberts

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I was very excited when I first picked up Wes Moore’s book The Other Wes Moore. After hearing that it was chosen as the common reading text for the incoming class, and also being given the opportunity to co-facilitate a discussion based on the book, I was even more excited.

However, as I read the book, I found myself more frustrated than fulfilled. [excerpt]

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 9, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Pettway, Shantel. Emergency Texts Alert Students of Crimes
• Voorhees, Jessica. Big Green Tractor – Agriculture, Biofuels, Dining Services, Sustainability
• Bradley, Erian. Former Forensics Team Student Returns as Director – Ganer Newman
• Mudd, Aaron. Ebola App Uses Tweets to Track Virus – Armin Smailhodzic
• Corum, John. WKY Dynamic Leadership Institute Inspires Activism
• Editorial Cartoon She’s Not Asking for It
• WKU Making Strides in Preventing Sexual Assault But Much More Work Still to Be Donoe
• Hughey, Aaron. Our Tolerance for Differences Is What Makes Us Strong
• Among the Stars Photos – …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 8, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Mudd, Aaron. Students Discuss Rental Rights – WKU Student Coalition for Renters’ Rights
• Mudd, Aaron. Marchers Gather to Remember Michael Brown – Demonstrations, Protests
• Greer, John. Burger & Bun Gives Bowling Green an Upscale Burger Joint – Restaurants
• Martin, Madison. Kentucky Museum Displays State’s Uniqueness
• Brown, Leah. WKU Welcomes 40 New Faculty Members
• Crumbie, Trey. New WKU Book Store Director to Be Hired Within Next Month
• Parker, Jacob. Nature Offers Escape from Everyday Life
• Little, Emily. Editorial Cartoon Student Flunking Out
• Cole, Tanner. Is It Too Late: Reasons You …