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Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 92, No. 36, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Austin, Emma. Gary Ransdell Declines Sanctuary Status – Immigration, DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
• Ziesig, Kathryn. City Commission Tables Fairness Ordinance
• Alvey, Rebekah. Event Empowers Students Through Political Education – Black History Month
• Williams, Jamie. Video Contest Aims to Raise Sexual Assault Awareness – Voice of Justice
• Williams, Jamie. Student Government Association Offers New Scholarships for Marginalized Groups
• Keltner, Bryson. School of Nursing Changes Program Degrees
• McCarthy, Casey. Dual Credit Enrollment Continues to Rise
• Vogler, Emily. Editorial Cartoon re: Big Red
• Johnson, Kalyn. Looking …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 92, No. 35, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Dick, Jacob. Crafting Tim Caboni
• Kast, Monica. University Senate Endorses Sanctuary Resolution – Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, Immigration
• Slaughter, Wesley. Editorial Cartoon re: Protecting Students
• Differing Doctrines: College Heights Herald, WKU Agree on Principle Not on Actions – Title IX
• Ronkainen, Millie. Trusting God, Rediscovering My Worth
• Mohr, Olivia. Annual Science Fiction Convention to Take Place This Week - Concave
• Critchelow, Andrew. Learning to Fight Back – Martial Arts
• Alvey, Rebekah & Andrew Critchelow. Speaker Tackles Issues of Race with Poetry – Clint …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 92, No. 34, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Bowling Green City Commissioner Sues WKU – Sue Parrigin
• Williams, Jamie. Students Rally for Higher Education
• Austin, Emma. State Legislation Moves Through General Assembly
• Alvey, Rebekah. Art Project Turns Attention to Construction Projects – Michael Wheatley
• Kast, Monica. Students Campaign for Women’s Education – Americans for Informed Democracy
• Brockman, Kacie. Student Group Traveling to Capitol for Refugee, Immigration Day – No Lost Generation
• Austin, Emma. College Awaits Approval of New Specialist Degree
• Slaughter, Wesley. Editorial Cartoon re: Gary Ransdell, Semester at Sea
• Johnson, Kalyn. Don’t …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 92, No. 33, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Miller, Callie. New Strategy Targets International Enrollment
• Austin, Emma. Kentuckians Record Views on America – Kentucky Museum, Protests
• Ziesig, Kathryn. Pulitzer Prize Winner to Visit Campus – Renee Byer
• Mohr, Olivia. Professional Recording Studio Offers Services for All Artists – Studio 17, Clay Aydt
• Hatchett, Gina. Following the Golden Rule in Times of Tumult
• Slaughter, Wesley. Editorial Cartoon re: Gary Ransdell’s Valentine’s Day
• Huff, Taylor. Betsy Devos: Is She Fit to Be Queen of Education?
• Johnson, Tommy. Baptist Campus Ministry: Our Approach to International Students …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 92, No. 32, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Gary Ransdell Accepts New Presidency Position – Semester at Sea
• Williams, Jamie. Student Government Association Cuts Safe Ride for Thursdays
• Austin, Emma. Citizens Protest Attorney General Nomination – Jeff Sessions
• Chattopadhyay, Srijita. Downtown Post Office Looking for Place to Relocate
• Bradley, Erian. Organization Event to Educate, Recruit Members – Black Leadership & Academic Conference
• Alvey, Rebekah. Letter Writing Events Show Support for International Students – 2K Letters KY
• Kast, Monica. Donation from Fruit of the Loom Creates Scholarship Fund
• Slaughter, Wesley. Editorial Cartoon re: Parking …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 92, No. 31, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Ares, Nicole. WKU to Sue Over Open Records Decision
• Austin, Emma. Tuition Deficits may lead to University Budget Policy Change
• Ziesig, Kathryn. Unity is Love – Protests, Immigration
• McCarthy, Casey. eSports Team Hosts First Live Event, Plans to Keep Growing
• Williams, Jamie. Event Connects International & American Students – International Student Diplomats
• Wegert, Sally. Women’s Campus Ministry to Open Chapter at WKU – Delight Ministries
• Slaughter, Wesley. Editorial Cartoon re: Bowling Green Massacre
• Ronkainen, Millie. Balancing the Pressure to be Well-rounded
• Burgess, Kelly. Bless Your …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 92, No. 30, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Williams, Jamie. 10 Members Appointed to Student Government Association
• Keltner, Bryson. WKU Students Graduate with More Loan Debt
• Alvey, Rebekah. WKU Police Officer Recognized for Making DUI Arrests – Dustin Lee
• Williams, Jamie. Professor Appointed to Human Rights Task Force – Sam McFarland
• McCarthy, Casey. Monthly Group Discusses Gender Identity – Science Café
• Restricting Records: Title IX Records
• Slaughter, Wesley. Editorial Cartoon re: Open Records Access
• Jones, Shawn. Kentuckians Need Easier Access to Quit Smoking
• Cox, Ebony. Stepping Up – Homecoming Step Show
• Chavis, Danielle. …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 92, No. 29, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Board of Regents Name WKU’s 10^th President – Timothy Caboni
• Ares, Nicole. Extreme Vetting – Elnaz Jalali, International Students
• Williams, Jamie. Board Approves President, Coach Contract – Timothy Caboni, Mike Sanford
• Austin, Emma. Attorney General Rules WKU Violates Open Records Law
• Williams, Tyger. WKU Celebrates Chinese New Year: Year of Rooster
• Editorial Cartoon re: Immigration, Big Red as Statue of Liberty
• Henderson, Andrew. Attacks on Refugee Rights Attack Universal Human Rights
• Hormell, David. A Soliloquy for the Forgotten People – Immigration
• Mattingly, Evan. The …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 92, No. 28, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Kast, Monica & Jacob Dick. Regents to Discuss Bylaws, President
• Williams, Jamie. Topper Tour – Timothy Caboni
• Alvey, Rebekah. Traveling Duo Brings World to New Sandwich Café – Roam Sandwich Company
• Kast, Monica. Housing & Residence Life Director Retires After 33 Years at WKU – Kit Tolbert
• Alvey, Rebekah. Renovations Made to Grise Hall Auditorium
• Slaughter, Wesley. Editorial Cartoon re: First Week of Class
• Horoscopes
• Johnson, Jack. Disney Goes Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
• Snapshot: Best of Winter Break
• Moore, Elisabeth. Meet WKU’s Amazon …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 92, No. 27, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Board Names Preferred Presidential Candidate – Timothy Caboni
• Kast, Monica. University Senate Calls Meeting for President – Timothy Caboni
• Austin, Emma. Students Join Women’s March on Washington, DC
• Alvey, Rebekah. Topper Grill & Pub Awaits Liquor License Approval
• Alvey, Rebekah. Campus Construction Continues Progress – Hilltopper Hall
• Reigning Regents: Shared Governance Must Be More Than a Concept
• Editorial Cartoon re: President Timothy Caboni
• Potter, Abby. The People United – Donald Trump, Protests
• Harry Potter Fans Pair Up in Magical Speed Dates
• Chavis, Danielle. Social Justice …

2017 Mlk Keynote Emory Douglas Program, Center For Social Equity & Inclusion, Emory Douglas

Martin Luther King, Jr. Series

Program for the 2017 MLK Keynote Address: Emory Douglas. An artist, educator and human rights activist, Emory Douglas served as the Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party from 1967-80. Best known for his political drawings and cartoons in the Black Panther Newspaper, he articulated the injustices experienced by African Americans living in the inner city, the growing militancy and organization among urban black youth in the face of police violence and the need for community-based social programs. 2017 MLK Keynote, Emory Douglas discusses the process, meaning and impact of his artwork then and now.

2017 Mlk Keynote Emory Douglas Educational Foldout, Center For Social Equity & Inclusion, Emory Douglas

Martin Luther King, Jr. Series

Educational foldout for the 2017 MLK Keynote Address: Emory Douglas. An artist, educator and human rights activist, Emory Douglas served as the Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party from 1967-80. Best known for his political drawings and cartoons in the Black Panther Newspaper, he articulated the injustices experienced by African Americans living in the inner city, the growing militancy and organization among urban black youth in the face of police violence and the need for community-based social programs. 2017 MLK Keynote, Emory Douglas discusses the process, meaning and impact of his artwork then and now.

2017 Mlk Keynote Emory Douglas Educational Foldout, Center For Social Equity & Inclusion, Emory Douglas

Martin Luther King, Jr. Series

Educational foldout for the 2017 MLK Keynote Address: Emory Douglas. An artist, educator and human rights activist, Emory Douglas served as the Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party from 1967-80. Best known for his political drawings and cartoons in the Black Panther Newspaper, he articulated the injustices experienced by African Americans living in the inner city, the growing militancy and organization among urban black youth in the face of police violence and the need for community-based social programs. 2017 MLK Keynote, Emory Douglas discusses the process, meaning and impact of his artwork then and now.

2017 Mlk Keynote Emory Douglas Program, Center For Social Equity & Inclusion, Emory Douglas

Martin Luther King, Jr. Series

Program for the 2017 MLK Keynote Address: Emory Douglas. An artist, educator and human rights activist, Emory Douglas served as the Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party from 1967-80. Best known for his political drawings and cartoons in the Black Panther Newspaper, he articulated the injustices experienced by African Americans living in the inner city, the growing militancy and organization among urban black youth in the face of police violence and the need for community-based social programs. 2017 MLK Keynote, Emory Douglas discusses the process, meaning and impact of his artwork then and now.

Ua19/16/1 2017-18 Wku Track & Field Cross Country Record Book, Wku Athletic Media Relations

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WKU track and field media guide for 2017-18 season.

Ua19/16/1 2017 Media Guide, Wku Athletic Media Relations

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Athletic media guide for volleyball team.

Ua19/16/1/1 2017 Baseball Media Guide, Wku Athletic Media Relations

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2017 baseball media guide produced by WKU Athletic Media Relations, includes athletic records and statistics, photographs, schedule and information regarding opponents.

Ua1f Wku Cultural Diversity, Wku Archives

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Bibliography of sources related to cultural diversity at WKU.

Ua19/16/2 Track & Field Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations

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Press releases regarding WKU's track & field teams for 2017.

Ua19/16/1 2017-18 Wku Hilltopper Preseason Prospectus, Wku Athletic Media Relations

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WKU mens basketball team prospectus for the 2017-18 season.

Ua19/16/1 Lady Topper Media Guide, Wku Athletic Media Relations

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2017-18 women's basketball media guide produced by WKU Athletic Media Relations, includes athletic records and statistics, photographs, schedule and information regarding opponents.

Ua19/16/1 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 2017-18 Media Guide, Wku Athletic Media Relations

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2017-18 men's basketball media guide produced by WKU Athletic Media Relations, includes athletic records and statistics, photographs, schedule and information regarding opponents.

Ua19/16/2 Athletic Media Relations Press Releases, Wku Athletic Media Relations

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General WKU athletics press releases for 2017.

The Reflection And Reification Of Racialized Language In Popular Media, Kelly E. Wright

Theses and Dissertations--Linguistics

This work highlights specific lexical items that have become racialized in specific contextual applications and tests how these words are cognitively processed. This work presents the results of a visual world (Huettig et al 2011) eye-tracking study designed to determine the perception and application of racialized (Coates 2011) adjectives. To objectively select the racialized adjectives used, I developed a corpus comprised of popular media sources, designed specifically to suit my research question. I collected publications from digital media sources such as Sports Illustrated, USA Today, and Fortune by scraping articles featuring specific search terms from their websites. This experiment seeks …

An Analysis Of Black Undergraduate Students' Social Activism Through Social Media Usage, Tayla Richards

Masters Theses

Social media has become a tool for college students to engage in social activism. Black undergraduate students is one population that actively utilize social media's impact as illustrated through recent activist movements and demonstrations within university communities. This study sought to explore and analyze the ways that Black undergraduate students utilize social media platforms in general and for activism. The researcher conducted one-on-one interviews with three Black undergraduate students and analyzed their posts on each of their frequently used social media platforms in order to study how their personal narratives were connected to their social media use.

Results showed that …

Back To Africa In The 21st Century: The Cultural Reconnection Experiences Of African American Women, Marcia Tate Arunga

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

The purpose of this study is to examine the lived experiences of 18 African American women who went to Kenya, East Africa as part of a Cultural Reconnection delegation. A qualitative narrative inquiry method was used for data collection. This was an optimal approach to honoring the authentic voices of African American women. Eighteen African American women shared their stories, revelations, feelings and thoughts on reconnecting in their ancestral homeland of Africa. The literature discussed includes diasporic returns as a subject of study, barriers to the return including the causes of historic trauma, and how Black women as culture bearers …

Influence Of Media Messages On Obesity And Health Perceptions Among African American Women, Carolyn Grant

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

African American women have the highest prevalence of overweight and obesity in the United States, thus increasing their risks for chronic diseases. Their understanding of their health status and response to it could be triggered by messages in the media, yet few researchers have examined this topic with African American women. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore how advertisement and editorial content in media contributed to perceptions African American women have about overweight and obesity. Following the theoretical foundation of the social cognitive theory, the research questions explored what messages study participants encountered and which messages prompted …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 92, No. 26, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Kast, Monica. Some WKU Donors Kept Confidential by Foundations – WKU Foundation, College Heights Foundation
• Ares, Nicole. Records Denial Appeal Filed to Attorney General – Title IX
• Keltner, Bryson. International Students Share WKU Experience – Ali Alessa, Eunyoung Hayley Choi
• King, Jennifer. Editorial Cartoon re: Chestnuts Roasting
• Ho Ho Herald: College Heights Herald 2016 Christmas Gifts
• Henderson, Andrew. Look Above to the Stars for Final Week Woes
• Miller, Callie. Culture Series Attracts Expensive Speakers – Cultural Enhancement Series
• Collins, Emma. Preston Health & Activities Center …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 92, No. 25, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Dick, Jacob. Sigma Alpha Epsilon Suspended One Year for Alcohol Violations
• Sandefur, Alex. Strive for Success – Geo International High School, Refugees
• Collins, Emma. WKU Files Suit Against State Retirement System
• Kast, Monica. Greek Affairs Adviser Removed After Twitter Post – Alexandria Kennedy
• Alvey, Rebekah. List of Campus Safe Spaces Available Online
• King, Jennifer. Editorial Cartoon re: End of Semester
• Dimeo, Chris. Smokey Bones Is Back At It Again
• Beauchamp, Kijana. Educate Yourself Following Election
• Huff, Taylor. Taking a Look Back a the Barak Obama …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 92, No. 24, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Collins, Emma. PolitiFact Staffers Visit WKU
• Perry, Natalie. International Dialogue Informs Students About Recent Political Events
• Keltner, Bryson. Bowling Green Black Lives Matter Hosts Action Meeting
• Miller, Callie. Associate Provost Plans Awareness of Research – Cheryl Davis
• Carlson, Kylie. Student’s Work Prompts Proclamation Signing – Antibiotic Awareness Week
• King, Jennifer. Editorial Cartoon re: Nutrition Labels
• Burgess, Kelly. Three Major Keys to Nutrition
• Kaufkins, Barry. Standing with My Muslim Students
• Johnson, Kalyn. Coming to Understand Why People Protest
• Disalvo, Ann. Bowling Green Beauties – Miss Bowling …