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Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 93, No. 34, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Kast, Monica & Andrew Henderson. Job Eliminations Trim $5 Million in Salaries from Budget
• Collins, Emma. Admission Requirement Could Change Diversity
• Hicks, Amelia. WKU Police Department Initiates an Emergency Alert System
• Hicks, Amelia. Community Members Invited to March About Firearms
• Eiler, Olivia. Nursing Students Exceed Pass Rate for NCLEX
• Aud, Shawna. Bring Your Focus Back to Healthy After Break.
• Vogler, Emily. Editorial Cartoon re: Teacher Pension Protest
• Pension Protest: Give Teachers a Seat at the Table
• Austin, Emma. iPhone Escapades: The One with the Armed …

Ua12/2/1 The Hill In Review, Wku Student Affairs

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Newsletter recapping the top stories of the week.

10 Ways To Make A Difference At Umaine, Sarah O'Malley

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

One of the many amazing things about the college of our hearts always is its endless opportunities to make an impact, whether it be on this campus, in the state of Maine, for the United States or on a global scale. The best way to get involved is to collaborate with some of the amazing service, activist or political student clubs. With so many options, meetings and events it’s hard to know where to begin. Here are 10 organizations that are a great place to start.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 93, No. 32, Wku Student Affairs

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

• $16 Million Cut – Budget
• Chisenhall, Jeremy. Athletics Prepares for $1.3 Million Budget Cut
• Kast, Monica. Admission Standards to Increase at WKU
• Eiler, Olivia. Students Reflect on Tailgating Location Change
• Aud, Shawna. How to Revamp Your New Year’s Healthy Lifestyle
• Budget Burden: The Aftermath of the Gary Ransdell Empire
• Vogler, Emily. Editorial Cartoon re: Emperor Gary Ransdell
• Leonard, Nicole. Overcoming the Label of Victim in Modern Society
• Halloran, Hunter & Hanna Leboeuf. String Theory – WKU Symphony Orchestra
• Stahl, Matt. Hilltoppers Get Series Win Thanks …

Editorial: Challenging Diversity In Maine, Sarah Allisot

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Education is one of our best safeguards against ignorance. Without the crucial work of activist groups, representation would take a serious blow in our mostly-white state. Race demographics from the 2010 U.S. Census report that Maine is 94.8 percent white, with the remaining population split among several racial groups. The census also reports that black residents of Maine make up less than 1 percent of our population. Forbes reported on the 2016-2017 academic year demographics of the University of Maine, showing a modest 2 percent population of black students. Needless to say, Maine is mostly white, and very sheltered from …

The Role Of School Climate In Rates Of Depression And Suicidal Ideation Among School-Attending Foster Youth In California Public Schools, Holly Shim-Pelayo, Kris Tunac De Pedro

Education Faculty Articles and Research

Drawing from the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 administrations of the California Healthy Kids Survey, this study explored the relationships between school climate and depression tendency and suicidal ideation among foster youth in California public schools. This research also evaluated the data for the secondary purpose of examining the possible differences in the levels of depression tendency and suicidal ideation among foster youth by race and gender. Findings indicated a positive school climate is associated with lower rates of depression tendency and suicidal ideation among foster youth. In addition, female foster youth reported higher rates of depression tendency and suicidal ideation when …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 93, No. 31, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Deletter, Emily. Side of Fees – Aramark
• Kast, Monica. As Enrollment Changes, Budgets Don’t Always Follow
• Yaacoub, Sarah & Natasha Breu. Annual Chocolate Fest Raises Money for Hospice
• Sparks, Lora. Two School Shootings Start Debate About Firearms
• Eiler, Olivia. WKU Researches Potential Sleep Treatment for Autism
• Dimeo, Chris. Raw: The Uncut, Uncooked Cookie Dough Experience
• Vogler, Emily. Editorial Cartoon re: Fees
• Fee Frenzy: Student Financial Burdens Expand Along with Facilities
• Hormell, David. MTurk Program Reveals the Legal Grey Areas of Capitalism – Mechanical Turk
• Hardin, …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 93, No. 30, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Kast, Monica. More Students Are Pursuing Degrees in Healthcare
• Eiler, Olivia. Service Dog Awareness Program to Receive Grant
• Crutchfield, Ambriehl. Freshman Runs Off-road Auto Parts Business – Robert Bowden
• Deletter, Emily. White Squirrel Weather in Top 100 Twitter Accounts
• Collins, Emma. Glasgow Native, Ambassador to Canada Visits WKU – Kelly Craft
• Austin, Emma. A Journalist’s Journey in Argentina
• Vogler, Emily. Editorial Cartoon re: Scoreboards
• Scoreboard Scare – Diddle Arena Renovation
• Coyle, Cameron. The 15:17 to Paris – Movie Review
• Schweickart, Lydia. Along for the Ride …

Editorial: The Privilege To Be Socially Active, Sarah Allisot

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

In January, the cosmetics company L'Oréal Paris signed on Amena Khan, a British blogger with over half a million followers on Instagram, for a hair product advertisement. This move made a big statement among not just the beauty community, but social activists too — Khan wears a hijab, and is credited as being the first woman to wear one in a major mainstream beauty ad. This decision by L'Oréal spoke to the global push for more representation in media, giving hope to other hijab-wearing women that their voices are relevant, important and beautiful. But the celebration was cut short. The …

"The 'Problem' Of Blackness In The Revolutionary United States" At This Week's Socialist And Marxist Studies Series, Taylor Abbott

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

University of Maine history professor Liam Riordan gave this week’s lecture as part of The Socialist and Marxist Studies Series, which has happened almost every week at UMaine since 1988. The series is also coached by Maine Peace Action Committee, which is mainly a student group through the Division of Student Affairs, and also receives support from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Riordan teaches in the history department at UMaine with a specialization in American history and Revolutionary history from 1760-1830. Riordan’s lecture was titled, “The ‘Problem’ of Blackness in the Revolutionary United States.”

Netflix Documentary "13th" Is A Must-See, Sarah O'Malley

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

If you haven’t seen this documentary, clear your schedule. “13th,” a 2016 Netflix documentary directed by Ava DuVernay, breaks down racial justice issues surrounding mass incarceration, police brutality and race relations over the course of American history. The film has garnered critical success since its release; it was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 89th Academy Awards, awarded the Emmy for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special at the Primetime Emmy Awards,and clocks in at 96 percent fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 93, No. 29, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Eaton, Tyler. Hilltopper Athletic Foundation Annual Fund Gap of Over $5 Million
• Deletter, Emily & Sarah Yaacoub. The Real Cost – Community Education
• Collins, Emma. More Educators & Women Run for Office
• Dimeo, Chris. Mental Health Support Groups Help Students
• Harsh, Spencer. Start Your Day Off on the Right Track
• Vogler, Emily. Editorial Cartoon re: Superb Owl
• Murrer, Erick. Political Anomalies: Understanding the LGBTQ Right
• Kast, Monica. Read These Books Instead of Going Outside
• Walker, Silas. Crossfit for a Cause – Crossfitting 4 Cures
• Chisenhall, …

Black History Month Kicks Off At Umaine With The Black Lives Matter Flag Raising, Sarah O'Malley

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

As snow fell upon the first day of February, many University of Maine students, faculty and community members congregated between the Memorial Union and Fogler Library in the name of racial justice. Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018, marked the start of Black History Month, and the Office of Multicultural Student Life (OMSL) and the Black Student Union (BSU) have partnered to put together an impressive lineup of events spanning the entire month.

International Coffee Hour Helps Spreading Culture Across Campus, Bria Lamonica

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Carrying supplies, treats and decorations through the halls of the Memorial Union, members of the International Student Association (ISA), Office of International Programs and Black Student Union (BSU) gathered together to host their weekly Coffee Hour. Held every Friday at 4 p.m. in the North Pod of the Union, International Coffee Hour is a sponsored event meant to share and spread diverse cultures represented on campus. The hour of celebration also gives students and staff a chance to connect with students from different countries and backgrounds. “This event was in celebration of Black History Month, and it went better than …

Service-Learning At Parkland College, Brian Nudelman

Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Workshops

This slide presentation presented for the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) at Parkland College demonstrates how service learning opportunities engage the community in learning by defining what service learning is, outlining the benefits to students, faculty, community, and the college and featuring some of the service learning activities and volunteerism resources available to students and faculty.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 92 [93], No. 2 [28], Wku Student Affairs

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

• Henderson, Andrew. College Heights Herald Awarded Grant to Fund Ongoing Lawsuit
• Deletter, Emily. Enrollment in Language Classes Drops This Semester
• Deletter, Emily. Climate Chasers – Mesonet
• Eiler, Olivia. Student Course Evaluations Have Minor Impact
• Vogler, Emily. Editorial Cartoon re: Wrong Side of History
• Redacting Responsibility: One Victim Is Far Too Many – Sexual Abuse
• Collins, Emma. Board of Regents Approve Graduate Certificate
• Collins, Emma. Dean Accepts Position at University of North Texas – Neale Chumbler
• Williams, Tyger. In Character – Comic Con
• Jessie, Alec. Former …

Racism In Our Backyard, Liz Theriault

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Maine can be quiet. Humble. Secluded. Lost in the upper northern woods of New England, the large state can feel separated from the rest of the nation. Problems and politics are diluted by the rocky shores of Acadia, the dense enclosures of forests and the strong sense of community. This is “Vacationland” after all. So when a small, rural Maine community is thrust under the bright light of the national media spotlight, it tends to burn. Jackman, Maine is one of those small communities. Recently featured on media outlets including The Washington Post, CNN and USA Today, the story of …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 93, No. 1 [27], Wku Student Affairs

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

• Deletter, Emily. $40 Million in the Red – Budget
• Ziege, Nicole. Construction Complete on Ogden College Hall
• Eiler, Olivia. Ten-year Housing Plan Will Focus on Students
• Collins, Emma. Chick-fil-A Will Open Late Due to Renovations
• Ziege, Nicole. WKU Makes Plans to Combat Winter Weather
• Henderson, Andrew. WKU Is No Exception to Hate Crimes. Help Us Track Them
• Vogler, Emily. Editorial Cartoon re: Snow
• Meso-Debt: Kentucky Cannot Afford to Lose the Mesonet Program
• Byrd, Jessica. Cutting the Mesonet Deprives Everyone of Knowledge
• Joyner, Brook. March Like …

Are You Supporting White Supremacy?, Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt

Faculty Publications

Dr. Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt, professor of English at Linfield College, provides an opinion piece in the form of a checklist of 15 “troubles” she has identified to help others in academe recognize (un)conscious contributions to white supremacy.

This essay originally appeared as part of Conditionally Accepted, a career advice blog for Inside Higher Ed providing news, information, personal stories, and resources for scholars who are, at best, conditionally accepted in academe. Conditionally Accepted is an anti-racist, pro-feminist, pro-queer, anti-transphobic, anti-fatphobic, anti-ableist, anti-ageist, anti-classist, and anti-xenophobic online community.

H.E.L.L.A.: A Bay Area Critical Racial Affinity Group Committed To Healing, Empowerment, Love, Liberation, And Action, Farima Pour-Khorshid

School of Education Faculty Research

Despite repeated pleas for diversifying a predominantly White U.S. teacher workforce, a significant teacher diversity gap persists in almost every state of the country (Boser, 2014). Teachers of Color who enter the profession with commitments to social justice, in particular, face an array of racist structural and interpersonal challenges often leading to their burnout and in some cases push out from the field (Kohli & Pizarro, 2016). In response to neoliberal, color evasive, and apolitical approaches to teacher support, educators and organizers have reclaimed and reframed their pedagogies through critical professional development (Kohli, Picower, Martinez, & Ortiz, 2015) to center …

Mexican-Origin Parents’ Stress And Satisfaction: The Role Of Emotional Support, Tierney K. Popp, Melissa Y. Delgado, Lorey Wheeler

Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families, and Schools: Faculty Publications

Guided by a process model of parenting and the integrative model, this study examined sources of emotional support (i.e., partner, maternal, paternal) as related to stress and satisfaction resulting from the parenting role in a sample of Mexican-origin young adult parents who participated in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) during Wave IV. Participants were male and female parents (26–35 years of age; 59% female; N = 737) who had children and a partner. Results from structural equation modeling revealed support from mothers as salient; high levels of maternal support were associated with high levels …

Implications Of Parents’ Work Travel On Youth Adjustment, Lorey Wheeler, Anisa M. Zvonkovic, Andrea R. Swenson, Caitlin Faas, Shelby Borowski, Ruth Nutting

Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families, and Schools: Faculty Publications

Guided by ecological, work–family spillover and crossover frameworks, this study examined mechanisms linking parental work travel (i.e. nights per year) to youth adjustment (i.e. externalizing and internalizing behaviors) through youth’s perceptions of parenting (i.e. knowledge, solicitation) with traveler and youth gender as moderators in a sample of 78 children in 44 two-parent families residing in the United States. The findings from multilevel analyses suggested that mothers’ travel nights predicted lower levels of maternal knowledge, with variation by traveler and youth gender. Mothers’ and fathers’ work travel and perceived parenting were predictors of youth’s externalizing behaviors, whereas only fathers’ work travel …

Video-Based Approach To Engaging Parents Into A Preventive Parenting Intervention For Divorcing Families: Results Of A Randomized Controlled Trial, Emily B. Winslow, Sanford Braver, Robert Cialdini, Irwin Sandler, Jennifer Betkowski, Jenn-Yun Tein, Lisa Hita, Mona Bapat, Lorey Wheeler, Monique Lopez

Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families, and Schools: Faculty Publications

The public health impact of evidence-based, preventive parenting interventions has been severely constrained by low rates of participation when interventions are delivered under natural conditions. It is critical that prevention scientists develop effective and feasible parent engagement methods. This study tested video-based methods for engaging parents into an evidence-based program for divorcing parents. Three alternative versions of a video were created to test the incremental effectiveness of different theory-based engagement strategies based on social influence and health behavior models. A randomized controlled trial was conducted to compare the three experimental videos versus two control conditions, an information-only brochure and an …

Board Policy On Equity And Excellence, Adrienne Coleman, Traci Ellis

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Resources

The Academy recognizes and acknowledges the historical underrepresentation and marginalization of culturally, linguistically, and economically diverse groups, both universally, and particularly, in STEM education and professions. These disparities also exist in the representation of the Academy’s workforce. We are committed to advancing equity in STEM education and representation and creating a diverse, inclusive community of global citizens who can realize their full potential, and execute our mission to advance the human condition, through a model of Equity and Excellence.

Is Diversity Enough? Exploring Intergroup Friendships In Italian Multiethnic Schools, Cinzia Pica-Smith, Rina Manuela Contini, Bob Ives

Human Services and Rehabilitation Studies Department Faculty Works

Italian schools are increasingly diverse spaces in which children of different racial and ethnic backgrounds, religious beliefs, and cultural-linguistic practices interact daily. Thus, these spaces provide fertile ground for a continuum of relational experiences from positive intergroup relationships and friendships to tensions and experiences of discrimination and marginalization. Research has demonstrated that diverse spaces can be ideal for positive intergroup contact, intergroup dialogue and the formation of intergroup friendship, which have been associated with prejudice reduction and a decrease in intergroup anxiety. Employing a theoretical framework based on intergroup contact theory (Allport, 1954) and research on intergroup friendships, (Pettigrew & …

This Will Change Everything: Teaching The Climate Crisis, John Foran, Summer Gray, Corrie Grosse, Theo Lequesne

Environmental Studies Faculty Publications

We argue that U.S. sociologists have been woefully remiss in incorporating the climate crisis into our research agendas and even more, into our teaching. After laying out the gravity of the situation we issue a call for sociologists to consider whether they wish to continue this striking denial of responsibility to our students and to knowledge production. We then present four ways that we have infused our understanding of climate change, climate crisis, and climate justice into courses on global issues, social movements, inequality, and much more. We believe that “climate justice” – the key concept that drives our concern …

Symptomatic Leadership In Business Instruction: How To Finally Teach Diversity And Inclusion For Lasting Change, Linda L. Ridley

Publications and Research

Are business faculty complicit in mythologizing business concepts by ignoring historical precedence?

The refusal to examine in totality the history of discrimination and racism allows us to perpetuate a mythology of white supremacy that is enhanced through impotent diversity programs repeated throughout corporate America. This paper examines the importance of demythologizing the business curriculum through symptomatic thinking, which allows faculty and students to untangle the quagmire of diversity and inclusion in corporate America. Students are thereby equipped with tools for behavior transformation in the workplace that uses a symptomatic, rather than symbolic approach, to decision making and problem solving.

Addressing Minority Student Achievement Through Service Learning In A Culturally Relevant Context, Dottie Weigel, Julian D. Owens

Higher Education Faculty Scholarship

Research on recreational media use among youth indicates young people of color who spend more time with media may also be at higher risk for school disengagement and low personal contentment compared to their white peers. This puts these students in a position to be even more influenced by the themes and messages that abound in pop culture, particularly music and social media. ME: MIM is a multisensory, interdisciplinary, integrated approach to teaching and learning that uses music multimedia to engage students in individual and group activities and lessons that reinforces competencies aligned with positive youth development. Song lyrics, sound …

Incivility In The Workplace: The Experiences Of Female Sport Management Faculty In Higher Education, Elizabeth A. Taylor, Robin Hardin, Natalie Welch, Allison B. Smith

Faculty Publications

Access to higher education for women has dramatically increased in the United States during the past 50 years. Female college graduates have reversed the figures and gone from being outnumbered by their male counterparts 3 to 2 in the 1970s, to now outnumbering male college graduates 3 to 2. Women also graduate from masters and doctoral programs at a higher rate than men.

However, increases in the number of women obtaining college and advanced degrees has not translated to comparable representation in faculty positions or leadership roles in higher education. This lack of women in leadership positions, as well as …

2017-18 Student Success And Service-Learning Report, Lynn Pelco

Division of Community Engagement Resources

Institutional data across multiple academic years were used to assess the impact of undergraduate service-learning class participation on three critical student success metrics: Inclusive excellence, Degree completion, and Quality of learning. Results indicate that traditionally underrepresented student groups participated in VCU service-learning classes at expected rates given their proportion in the overall student population. Thirty-seven percent of undergraduate service-learning students were from underrepresented minority groups and 30% were Pell grant recipients. The average three-year retention rate across four matriculating cohorts of first-time, full-time undergraduate students was 84% for service-learning students compared to 70% for non-service-learning students. Seventy-two percent of undergraduate …