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Ua12/2/1 Phase - Drugs On Campus, Wku Student Affairs Nov 1994

Ua12/2/1 Phase - Drugs On Campus, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

Special magazine edition of the College Heights Herald:

  • Grundy, Julie. Reality Check: We’re a Town That Has Drugs – Rebecca Maldonado, Student Health Services
  • Bernardy, Patrick. Local Drug Use: A Slow But Steady Rise – WKU Police, Audrey Spies
  • Quarles, Mitchell. Know the Downers: Jail, Fines, Probation
  • Hutchins, Chris. I Did It Because It Was Fun . . . I Did Them to Escape – Drug Abuse
  • Bernardy, Patrick. Marijuana No Worse than Alcohol
  • Hieb, Dan. Drugs Steal Freedom; Don’t Create It



Ua12/4 Commuter Link, Vol. 2, No. 2, Wku Health Services Apr 1994

Ua12/4 Commuter Link, Vol. 2, No. 2, Wku Health Services

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created for non-traditional students returning to WKU.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 68, No. 38, Wku Student Affairs Feb 1993

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 68, No. 38, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

  • Tungate, Matthew. Some Not Enthused by Bill Clinton Proposals – Politics
  • Anna, Cara. Ralph Willard: Coach Appeals for Fan Support – Basketball
  • Gagliardi, Melissa. Diddle Arena Beomcing Country Heaven – Concerts
  • Broadbent, Stephanie. Safe Sex Can be Kinky & Erotic Speaker Says – Buck Harris, HIV, AIDS
  • Howard Lindsey to be Arraigned Tomorrow
  • Native American Lecture Coming – Hardin Planetarium
  • Hofmann, Martin. Editorial Cartoon Rush Limbaugh
  • Molley, Sean. Men Make Mistakes – Thomas Meredith
  • Wheeler, Shayne. Prayers for President Thomas Meredith
  • Zorn, William. Another Big …


Ua12/4 Commuter Link, Vol. 1, No. 1, Wku Health Services Oct 1992

Ua12/4 Commuter Link, Vol. 1, No. 1, Wku Health Services

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created for non-traditional students returning to WKU.


A Comparison Of Smoking Cessation Methods In Normal Smokers And Smokers With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Mary Beth Mueller May 1990

A Comparison Of Smoking Cessation Methods In Normal Smokers And Smokers With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Mary Beth Mueller

Open Access Master's Theses (through 2010)

This research was designed to investigate whether there would be a difference in mean exhaled carbon monoxide levels and mean number of cigarettes smoked for two randomized groups of smokers.Smoking cessation therapy was manipulated in smokers with a chronic, productive cough (COPD) and those who were asymptomatic (normal). Individual therapy was compared to self-help therapy.The main purpose of this study was an attempt to define the smoking cessation therapy that worked best for each of these two groups.With the information gained from this research, it was hoped that educating different types of smokers (those with and without lung disease) about …


Communication Barriers Between Teenagers & Parents About Sex & Sex-Related Topics: A Survey Of Teenagers In Sex Education Class, Karen Bonnell Apr 1990

Communication Barriers Between Teenagers & Parents About Sex & Sex-Related Topics: A Survey Of Teenagers In Sex Education Class, Karen Bonnell

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Public concern about teenage pregnancy and the threat of sexually transmitted diseases like AIDS make sex education information vital for today's teenagers. A 1986 Harris survey of 1,000 teenagers cited parents as their primary source of sex education information, but 42% said they would be too nervous or afraid to bring up the subject of contraception or birth control with their parents. States like Kentucky have mandated sex education courses for all public schools to provide necessary instruction for teenagers.

This study identifies communication barriers which teenagers say prevent communication with their parents about sex and sex-related topics. Questionnaires were …


Ua1b3 Report To The President, Wku Health & Safety Committee Dec 1989

Ua1b3 Report To The President, Wku Health & Safety Committee

WKU Archives Records

Report regarding AIDS and HIV policies for WKU.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 65, No. 19, Wku Student Affairs Oct 1989

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 65, No. 19, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

  • Hernes, Thomas. Officials Seek Gift for Recreation Center – Preston Health & Activities Center
  • Lawson, Jamie. Graduate Ron Jerrell Tells 400 His Story of AIDS
  • Summers, Kaye & Allison Tutt. Hilltopper Athletic Foundation Raises Support, $660,000
  • Summers, Kaye & Allison Tutt. Students, School Lend Services to Athletics
  • Eugene Evans to Outline Goals at Open Forum
  • Potter Lot Closed Until Tomorrow
  • University Logo to be Unveiled Today
  • Kinslow, Gina. Central Women Get Tucked In – Minton Hall, Barnes-Campbell Hall
  • Green, Travis. Associated Student Government Wants AIDS …


Ua66/13/4 The Ahec Vision, Vol. 1, No. 1, South Central Kentucky Ahec Oct 1989

Ua66/13/4 The Ahec Vision, Vol. 1, No. 1, South Central Kentucky Ahec

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by and about the South Central Kentucky Area Health Education Center.


Ua68/10/1 Dare In Nashville Schools 1988-89, John Faine Sep 1989

Ua68/10/1 Dare In Nashville Schools 1988-89, John Faine

WKU Archives Records

This report summarizes the results of a partial evaluation of the 1988-89 Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) effort implemented in all sixth grades in the Nashville, Tennessee, Metropolitan Public School system by trained instructors from the Nashville Metropolitan Police Department. As documented in the following pages, the evaluation effort had two major components.

1. An evaluation of the program by teachers and principals in all the participating schools.

2. Inner-City Study, an investigation designed to assess the impact of the program in elementary and middle schools that service those students thought to be most at risk to the threat of …


Ua12/4 Apple Tips, Vol. 1, No. 2, Wku Health Services Jan 1989

Ua12/4 Apple Tips, Vol. 1, No. 2, Wku Health Services

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter of the APPLE Project - A Planned Project for Life Enrichment created by WKU Health Services.


Ua12/1 Apple Tips, Vol. I, No. 1, Wku Apple Oct 1988

Ua12/1 Apple Tips, Vol. I, No. 1, Wku Apple

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by APPLE a planned program in life enrichment regarding drug and alcohol awareness programs.


Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - H Topics, Lowell Harrison Jan 1985

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - H Topics, Lowell Harrison

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed are for 108 topics beginning with H ranging from Hail Storm to Hundred Club.


A Comparison Of Two Instructional Methods In Teaching An Introductory Course In Health, Charlotte Mitchell Dec 1978

A Comparison Of Two Instructional Methods In Teaching An Introductory Course In Health, Charlotte Mitchell

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this research was to determine the effectiveness of the independent study method of instruction in promoting health knowledge and health attitude change. The experimental method was compared to the traditional classroom model of instruction.

A random sample of ten subjects was taken for the experimental group and matched control subjects were then selected. Control subjects were chosen based on the demographic variables of age, race, sex, academic classification and grade point average.

A pretest-posttest design using two standardized instruments was employed to measure the health knowledge gain and health attitude change. Data was statistically analyzed by use …