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The John Muir Newsletter, Winter 1996/97, The John Muir Center For Regional Studies Dec 1996

The John Muir Newsletter, Winter 1996/97, The John Muir Center For Regional Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

Volume 7, Number 1 NEW °3> f\ND VARWIN God and Evolution in Nature by Shayne Zurilgen (Editor's note: The author, a senior in geology at the University of the Pacific, prepared this paper in the fall of 1996for an undergraduate history class, "JohnMuir and the Environment.") Ifred Lord Tennyson was looking into his microscope one day when he was moved to comment, "Strange that these wonders should draw some men to God and repel others."1 Tennyson was addressing the fervor surrounding Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. While he didn't really identify anyone in particular, Tennyson conceivably could …


From The Editor, Issue 14, 1996, Alvin White Nov 1996

From The Editor, Issue 14, 1996, Alvin White

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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Noesis, Lee Goldstein Nov 1996

Noesis, Lee Goldstein

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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Puzzles, Patterns Drums: The Dawn Of Mathematics In Rwanda And Burundi., D. Huylebrouck Nov 1996

Puzzles, Patterns Drums: The Dawn Of Mathematics In Rwanda And Burundi., D. Huylebrouck

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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Music And Mathematics, Roxanne Kitts Nov 1996

Music And Mathematics, Roxanne Kitts

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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Book Review: Emblems Of Mind, The Inner Life Of Music And Mathematics, By Edward Rothstein, Sandra Z. Keith Nov 1996

Book Review: Emblems Of Mind, The Inner Life Of Music And Mathematics, By Edward Rothstein, Sandra Z. Keith

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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Book Review: Emblems Of Mind, The Inner Life Of Music And Mathematics, By Edward Rothstein, Dan Fitzgerald, Joel Haack Nov 1996

Book Review: Emblems Of Mind, The Inner Life Of Music And Mathematics, By Edward Rothstein, Dan Fitzgerald, Joel Haack

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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Fibonacci Melodies, Robert Lewand Nov 1996

Fibonacci Melodies, Robert Lewand

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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Book Review: Ethnomathematics: A Multicultural View Of Mathematical Ideas, By Marcia Ascher, Bernadette Anne Berken Nov 1996

Book Review: Ethnomathematics: A Multicultural View Of Mathematical Ideas, By Marcia Ascher, Bernadette Anne Berken

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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The Folktale: Linking Story To Mathematical Principles, Audrey Kopp Nov 1996

The Folktale: Linking Story To Mathematical Principles, Audrey Kopp

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Psychosis, Lee Goldstein Nov 1996

Psychosis, Lee Goldstein

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 38 Number 4, Fall 1996, Santa Clara University Oct 1996

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 38 Number 4, Fall 1996, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

4 - ENTER THE CLASS OF 2000 They're committed, they're ambitious, they're adventurous-and they're here! By Christine Courard '97 Photographs by Charles Barry

10 - A COMMUNITY OF SCHOLARS FOR THE COMMON GOOD Unique gifts of students, facu lty, staff, and alumni advance University efforts to integrate learning and living. By Paul Locatelli, S.J, '60

13 - HEADY DAYS, MYLANTA NIGHTS Riding the roller coaster of high tech investing. Coming out on top. By Therese Poletti '81

18 - THE TAO OF PERSONAL LEADERSHIP New book by English Department chair describes how ancient Chinese philosophy can help leaders bring a …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 72, No. 9, Wku Student Affairs Sep 1996

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 72, No. 9, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

Regular features include:

  • Just a Second
  • Campus Line
  • For the Record / Crime Reports
  • People Poll
  • Sports
  • Diversions
  • Movie Reviews
  • Classifieds

Articles in this issue:

  • Brewer, Jerry. NAACP: Blacks Have Obligation to Vote
  • VanWinkle, Cara. Houses Hub of Activities – Fraternities & Sororities
  • Brown, Karen. Gordon Parks’ Struggle to Success Provides Encouragement
  • Stamper, John. Police Continue Hunt for Gunman
  • Government Shouldn’t Regulate Morality
  • Harbaugh, Jack. School Spirit Strong
  • Wilson, Randy. Military Still Needed
  • Craig, Ryan. Love is More Than Tight Jeans
  • Flanagan, Beth. Greed: The Downfall of America
  • Krenzin, …


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 72, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs Aug 1996

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 72, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

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

Regular features include:

  • Just a Second
  • Campus Line
  • For the Record / Crime Reports
  • People Poll
  • Sports
  • Diversions
  • Movie Reviews
  • Classifieds

Articles in this issue:

  • Lucas, Fred. Parties Seeking Identity – U.S. Presidential Campaign
  • Stamper, John. Tobacco Road – A Journey to the Harvest
  • Leonard, Kim. Kristen Miller Makes Plan to Drive Party-Goers Home
  • Leonard, Kim. Student Government Association Gives More Money to Campus Clubs
  • Night Owls Can Now Flock to the Library
  • Bradley, Ryan. Commentary Didn’t Have Facts Straight
  • Esposito, Mike. Voters Offered Two Major Differences
  • Howard, Jake. …


The John Muir Newsletter, Fall 1996, The John Muir Center For Regional Studies Aug 1996

The John Muir Newsletter, Fall 1996, The John Muir Center For Regional Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

Volume 6, Number 4 NEW DNSERVATIONIST: Agriculture in California's Central Valley by Kevin S. Frazier ;:';:::::;:.'ij ; (Editor's note: our feature article this month was written by a senior at the University of the Pacific, the first recipient of the Rockwell Hunt Summer Research Scholarship for UOP undergraduates.) s I frequently drive through the California Central Valley from my home in Sonora to school in Stockton, my constant companions are expansive agricultural fields. Corn gives way to tomatoes which give way to sugar beets; orchards of walnuts turn to orchards of peaches or apricots; herds of cattle graze by the …


Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 38 Number 3, Summer 1996, Santa Clara University Jul 1996

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 38 Number 3, Summer 1996, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

6 - THE BEATEN TRACK SCU Psychologist Stephanie Etukudo and Senior Lecturer in English Jeffrey Zorn debate whether ability groupings serve students' best interests.

12 - WHAT WOULD SOLOMON SAY? Adoptions gone awry trigger controversy over how to safeguard the rights of parents while protecting the welfare of the child. By Elizabeth Fernandez '79

18 - A THIRST FOR HEALING A pilgrim to Lourdes finds that the cures offered by the blessed waters can be mostly invisible. By Dee Danna '68 (MBA '72)

24 - THE FLOWERING OF SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY For more than a century, the Mission Gardens have …


John Muir Newsletter, Summer 1996, John Muir Center For Regional Studies Jun 1996

John Muir Newsletter, Summer 1996, John Muir Center For Regional Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

John Muir Newsletter summer 1996 university of the pacific volume 6, number 3 JOHN MUIR'S ATTENTION EPISTEMOLOGY by Richard Wiebe (Editor's note: Professor of Philosophy at Fresno Pacific College, Richard Wiebe presented this paper at a 1995 conference sponsored by the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment). Talk of mysteries!—Think of our life in nature,— daily tobe shown matter, to come in contact with it,— rocks, trees, wind on our cheeks! the so/M earth! the actual world! the common sensel Contact! Contact! Who are we? where are we? —"Ktaadn" from The Maine Woods by Henry David Thoreau …


Smith On Krauss, 'The Physics Of Star Trek', Anne Collins Smith May 1996

Smith On Krauss, 'The Physics Of Star Trek', Anne Collins Smith

Faculty Publications

Review of Lawrence M. Krauss.The Physics of Star Trek. New York: Basic Books, 1995. xvi + 188 pp. $20.00(cloth), ISBN 978-0-465-00559-8.

Reviewed by Anne Collins Smith (Austin Community College) Published on H-PCAACA (May, 1996)


From The Editor, 1996, Alvin White May 1996

From The Editor, 1996, Alvin White

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


The Mathematical Quest For The Perfect Letter, Frank J. Swetz May 1996

The Mathematical Quest For The Perfect Letter, Frank J. Swetz

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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On Mathematics In Poetry, John S. Lew May 1996

On Mathematics In Poetry, John S. Lew

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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Mathematician, Sherman K. Stein May 1996

Mathematician, Sherman K. Stein

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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Symmetry: A Link Between Mathematics And Life, Catherine A. Gorini May 1996

Symmetry: A Link Between Mathematics And Life, Catherine A. Gorini

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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Life Math, Kathy Hayes May 1996

Life Math, Kathy Hayes

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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Monasticism And Mathematics, John F. Loase May 1996

Monasticism And Mathematics, John F. Loase

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


X-Ette, Lee Goldstein May 1996

X-Ette, Lee Goldstein

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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Ode To Numbers, Pablo Neruda May 1996

Ode To Numbers, Pablo Neruda

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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Mentalism, Lee Goldstein May 1996

Mentalism, Lee Goldstein

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Nanotechnology, Fullereness, & The Golden Mean, Loretta L. Lange May 1996

Nanotechnology, Fullereness, & The Golden Mean, Loretta L. Lange

SWITCH

This article explains how nanotechnology can be used in digital art forms and how it may be used in the near future. The development of nanotechnology has led to breathroughts such as the discovery of buckyballs and fullerenes. Such concepts eventually led to the research into nanobiology. The world of nanotechnology is still considered new and all of the concepts that dabbled into this medium can be expectred to evolve as time goes by.


Gnarled Defined, Rudy Rucker May 1996

Gnarled Defined, Rudy Rucker

SWITCH

The article is a reflection of the author’s conception of the term ‘gnarly’, extending the term’s meaning from its origins in California surfer slang. 'Gnarly' is often used in a colloquial context, however, the author believes that the term is able to be used in an academic field as it pertains to outcomes and results of equations. Discussions towards the application of the term 'gnarly' showcase how it can be used in a scientific, mathematical, and artistic context through seemingly random patterns. In order to be gnarly, things must lie and exist between the realm of orderly and chaotic often …