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Volume 14, Number 7, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

WESN: The Empty Spot on Your FM Dial; Thieves Explain Crimes; Home Birth Directory Available; Swastika Decorates Republican Entryway; Normal Officials Defy Court Order; Rock Island Arsenal Besieged; Deputies Start Fight: Local Woman Gets Broken Neck, Six Months; The Post Amerikan's Recommended Chr*stm*s List; Marcos Jails Philippine Writers; NEA Under Fire for "Pornographic" Poets; "Kiss of the Spider Woman"--Biting Realism; Do What to Your Neighbor?; Poster

Volume 14, Number 6, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

The Underground Barfly; Lehr Bites the Dust; GTE Threatens Physical, Mental Health; State Says Nix on Frisky Dicks; AIDS Is Caused by a Virus; Moss Grows on the Rolling Stone; Farm Aid--All Wet?; Rock 'n' Roll Dreams Can Come True; Embroidering Our History: Judy Chicago's Birth Project

Volume 14, Number 5, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

The Underground Barfly, AIDS in B-N: The Stigma as Bad as the Disease, Take a Bite of the Apples, Racism Hits Local Bar, Phoebe Finds a Hero, God's Plan for Humanity--Heterosexuality, WESN Back in Business, Parents Answer for Kids' Crimes

Volume 14, Number 4, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Landlord's Promises as Leaky as His Roof; State's Panty Raid Is a Bloomer; Hope, Bones, Breeders, Bits; What's New in Fast Foods?; Shut Down the Arsenal; Civil Disobedience: Protesting Contra Aid; Witness for Peace Documents Contra Tactics; U.S. Press Ignores El Salvador Air War; Vasectomy Pays Off; Abortion: A Woman's Point of View; ACLU Joins Gays in Struggle for Equality; Pantagraph "Misses" the Mark; The Underground Barfly

Volume 14, Number 3, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Reagan Returns in Teen Horror Classic, The FBI Spies Again...and Again, Your Friend the Phone Company, The Rape of Richard Beck, We Scream at "Silent Scream", ISU Student Acquitted in First Beer Riot Trial, Bloomington Pays $4500 for Police Brutality, YWCA Slides by Township Board, Another Superb Gay Documentary, Onward Christian Soldiers

Volume 14, Number 2, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

USS: A Fishy Answer, Moving Parts Moves Into B-N Music Scene, New Right Groups Infest U.S. Politics, Remember When Dotson Was Just a Car, Why Should I See a Foreign Film?, Nicaragua Under Siege, Whoops! Did We Really Say That?, Cardinal Toes the Gay Rights Line, Phone Sex Under Attack

Volume 14, Number 1, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

Reading Skills Disconnected at Gen Tel, Court's Ruling Means Big Changes for Bloomington Police, Gays Convene in Madison, Music Reviews, To Be or Not to Be: Don't Lose the Right to Choose, Abortion Terrorism, Art and Music for the Rape Crisis Center, Life in the Electronic Factory, Miscellaneous Outrages, When the Falcon Flew the Fuzz Floundered, My Sister the Punk Rocker

Volume 13, Number 10, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

The Spies Who Lived Next Door; City Housing Inspectors Target Low-Income West-Side Neighborhoods; Another Look at Wildwood Industries; Osteoporosis: 'The Time Is Yesterday'; Patients Won in Staff-Administration Battle; Fantasy Fan Lured by Feminist Feelings; YWCA Investigated for Misappropriation of Funds; We've Come a Short Way, Baby; "Consenting Adult" Showed Gays in a New Way; Toeing the Landlord/Tenant Line

Volume 13, Number 9, Post Amerikan

The Post Amerikan (1972-2004)

B-N Tenant Blacklist Takes Nosedive; Office Wroan Sues Waitress for "Defamation"; Police Crackdown on "Known Derelicts"; School Officials, Pantagraph Have Short Memory; GTE Insensitive to Symbolism; Hostility to Dissent Pervades Reagan's First Term; Will Mitsubishi Be Good for You?; Vasectomy: His & Hers; Patch, Don't Replace Those Mufflers; DDT Alive and Well in Your Backyard; Clean Chimneys Are Safe Chimneys; New Technology/Same Old Greed; Urinary Tract Infections: No Honeymoon

Approximating An Image: Beauty Among Female University Students, Gamine Beth Meckel

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Sex-Biased And Sex-Fair Item Selections On Interest Inventory Results, Christine Elizabeth Franklin-Panek

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which sex-biased items on an interest inventory stereotype the occupational interests by gender. Subjects were 194 eighth through twelfth grade students in rural, central Illinois public schools. A representative sample of students were administered a survey to determine which of these selection items depicted activities and occupations most commonly associated with males, females or both genders equally. Next, the interest inventory was revised to include only sex-fair terms.

Significant differences in occupational interests were found between males and females on the pretest using sex-biased selection items, with 73.3% of …

Factors Related To Job Satisfaction Of Academic Faculty And Administrators In Higher Education, Sutin Somprakit

Masters Theses

Statement of the Purpose

The purpose of this study was to identify factors which are most likely to affect job satisfaction of academic faculty and administrators in higher education. Specific recommendations were proposed for college and university administrators' application to maximize academic faculty and administrator job satisfaction. These recommendations were to improve organizational effectiveness and productivity of higher education.

Procedure

The identification of satisfaction-producing factors affecting academic faculty and administrators was accomplished by the related research and literature in the private (business and industry) and the public (higher education) sectors in relation to the motivation-hygiene theory of Herzberg. The recommendations …

A Study Of The Relationship Between Leadership Responsibility And The Career Aspirations And Salience Of College Women, Deborah R. Stevenson

Masters Theses

Expanded career opportunities for women have emerged following the women's movement and equal opportunity legislation. Today, statistics show more women, single, married and female heads of the household, are in the work force than ever before. Yet, women are not entering those jobs in which greater earning and advancement potential exist and professional women have not advanced significantly.

The literature discussing issues related to women and work indicates that leadership responsibility may play a role in raising both the career aspirations and salience of women. If this is so then providing appropriate leadership experience emerges as a potential tool for …

The Diplomacy Of William Jennings Bryan, Patricia Sue Chism

Masters Theses

William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) was Secretary of State for the first two years of the administration of Woodrow Wilson, from 1913 to 1915. During that time he sought to implement his views of diplomacy which were based upon his political and religious beliefs. His emergence on the national political scene in 1896 had been based upon his commitment to the welfare of common man which was inherent in his espousal of Populist principles. As Secretary of State he promoted policies, especially in Latin America, designed to advance the democratic form of government, which he believed best served the interests of …

Employment Trends And The Population Identified As Visually Impaired, Donna Mumford-Hinrichsen

Masters Theses

In an effort to obtain careers that are competitive, with advancement opportunities, persons identified as visually impaired have been blocked by attitudinal barriers of society. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of employer attitudes on employment opportunities for persons who are visually impaired in competition with individuals who are sighted. The population surveyed was a group of 200 employers of accountants field in the state of Illinois. The study was conducted using a questionnaire and a set of eight resumes of fictional individuals. Employers received packets containing the materials and were asked to review the resumes …

Egypt: The Shifting Cornerstone To The East-West Balance Of Power In 1956, David C. Dalgaard

Masters Theses

The seizure and subsequent war over the Suez Canal in 1956 is the major theme of this work. The effects on the international situation and world events are analyzed. The major participants, Great Britain under Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden, France under Premier Guy Mollet, Israel under Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, and Egypt under President Gamal Nasser, are developed from their personal aspirations and goals surrounding their actions.

These actions led to the chain of events which disrupted the bipolar balance of world power. The United States' containment policy was breeched. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles did not adequately …