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42th Annual Wku Student Research Conference, Student Research Council, Western Kentucky University

Student Research Conference Select Presentations

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 87, No. 28, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Claybourn, Cole. What a Ride! – Basketball
• Harrison, Taylor & Michael McKay. First Floor of Downing University Center Vacated for Start of Construction
• Rogers, Shelby. Jerry Greenfield of Ben & Jerry’s to Speak at WKU
• Anderson, Anna. S is for Saxophonist – Matthew Lund
• Williams, Joanna. Rooting for the Other Team
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon re: Downing University Center Renovation
• Martin, Chelsea. Meal Plans Should roll Over to the Next Week
• Hughey, Aaron. College Students Beware: The Middle Class is Shrinking
• Jenkins, Spencer. Events to Promote Sexual Assault Awareness …

Albrecht, Dana Lynn (Fa 85), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 85. [Barbecue in Bowling Green.] Typescript and interview notes from interviews with three barbecue cooks in Bowling Green Kentucky. Collection was written for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.

Brittain, Lanny Ray (Fa 88), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 88. [The Folk Art of Quilting.] Collection contains typescripts, photographs and an interview with Ida Lee Crase concerning her quilting. In addition to the photographs, cassette tape and typescripts, the collection also contains an example of Mrs. Crase’s hand stitched quilt piece. Project was completed for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.

Albrecht, Dana Lynn (Fa 86), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 86. [Ghosts: Fact or Fiction?] Typescripts and cassette tapes that document ghost stories with a specific focus on ghost stories of Western Kentucky University. Collection contains four cassettes of interviews, tape indexes, informant/fieldworker data forms and news clippings. Collection was created for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.

Anthony, Christian Renee (Fa 87), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid, full-text scan of paper, and interview (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 87. [Sexton House] Collection contains typescripts, photographs and an interview concerning the folklore surrounding the Sexton House in Russellville Kentucky. Collection was created for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.

Ua12/2/1 Housing Guide, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special housing guide edition of the College Heights Herald.

• Swanson, Kayla. Dorms vs. Off Campus
• Harrison, Taylor. Student Government Association’s Off-Campus Housing Website Being Redesigned
• Duvall, Tessa. A Place to Call My Own – Apartments
• Blanford, Sidney. Four Sororities will Fill All Rooms in Meredith Hall in Fall Semester – Alpha Omicron Pi, Chi Omega, Phi Mu, Alpha Xi Delta
• McKay, Michael. New Campus Housing Adds Choices for Upperclassmen
• Brown, Justin. Don’t Be Duped by Your Landlord
• Anderson, Anna. Former Resident Assistants Reminisce About the Past
• Apartment Guide – Campus Pointe, Pointe at Gables, Registry, College Suites, Pointe at Western

Ua12/2/1 Ncaa Extra - Going Dancing, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special NCAA edition of the College Heights Herald.

• Claybourn, Cole. WKU’s Storybook Season Continues in Big Dance
• Claybourn, Cole. WKU to Face Mississippi Valley State in Dayton
• Stephens, Brad. This Tournament’s for the 1,800
• Wells, Jordan. Fans Enjoy Family Atmosphere for Selection Sunday
• Stephens, Brad. Ray Harper Adds Another Title to His Legacy
• Claybourn, Cole. Critics Quiet After Ray Harper’s Success
• 2012 NCAA Tournament Bracket

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 87, No. 27, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• McKay, Michael. Co-workers Reflect on Member of McCormack Family – Spencer Wills
• Koch, Cameron. Rock Solid Memories – Rock House
• Harrison, Taylor. Student Government Association to Offer 175 Transcript Vouchers Through Program
• Duvall, Tessa. Honors Fraternity Says Joplin is Home Away from Home – Phi Sigma Pi
• Edwards, Dorothy. A Thousand Words – Clothesline Project, Hope Harbor
• Reinfelde, Monta. Professors to Take Pies in Face for Charity – Pi Mu Epsilon
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon re: Mary Cowles
• A Class Act – Mary Cowles
• Ray, David. Roll-taking Methods Should …

Meeting Minutes, Wku Staff Council

Staff Council

Minutes of March 2012 meeting.

Harris, Lucy Josephine, 1884-1977 - Collector (Sc 377), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 377. Slave bill of sale, Warren County, Kentucky, 1817; legal papers concerning lots sold in Franklin, Kentucky, 24 April 1820, and appointment of first trustees of Franklin, 13 December 1820; and contract with subscribers’ list for school to be taught at Sulphur Spring in Simpson County, Kentucky, 1867.

Supernatural Experiences (Fa 74), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scans of two out of thirteen papers (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 74. [Supernatural Experiences] Project completed by Western Kentucky University students for a folk studies class taught by Lynwood Montell. Collection focuses on short supernatural events experienced by informants. Subjects include dreams, ghosts, Ouija boards, sleepovers, church experiences and others.

Butler County, Kentucky - Tax Book (Mss 394), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 394. Tax book, 1884-1886, for Butler County, Kentucky, containing taxpayers’ names, town and nearest neighbor (in some cases), assessed value of land and personal property, and tax paid.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 87, No. 26, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Koch, Cameron. Other Kentucky Public Schools Lack Social Media Rules for Students
• Duvall, Tessa. A Little Nontraditional – Peggy Allen
• Hayden, Natalie. WKU to Give $500,000 in Student Research Grants
• McKay, Michael. Auction to be Held in Downing University Center
• Mack, Shelby. A Thousand Words re: Spring Weather
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon re: Ray Harper
• A Slam Dunk – Ray Harper
• Justice, Maciena. WKU Student Interns for NASA As Engineer – Tim Hennig
• Hayden, Natalie. Candidates Are Narrowed Down for Vice Provost Position at WKU
• Harrison, Taylor. Student Government …

[Owning My Own Business], Dominique T. Dillard

Undergraduate Research Award

No abstract provided.

Underwood, Oscar Wilder, 1862-1929 (Sc 372), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) of Manuscripts Small Collection 372. Letter, 26 August 1912, of U.S. Representative Oscar W. Underwood, Washington, D.C., to John M. Bogart, New York City, declining an invitation to a dinner honoring Kentucky governor Augustus Wilson because of matters of importance requiring his return to Alabama.

Ua52/1 Snowball Express Memories, Wku Archives

WKU Administration Documents

Memories regarding the Snowball Express train which was stranded in the snow solicited by WKU Archives.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 87, No. 25, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• McKay, Michael. Students Oppose Censorship on Twitter
• Koch, Cameron. Officials Offer Mixed Opinion on Twitter Controversy
• Anderson, Anna. Sophomore Beating Cancer with Titan Player’s Support – Kelsey Towns
• Blanford, Sidney. R is for Racquetball – Racquetball Club
• Hayden, Natalie. WKU Launching New Summer Scholarship Initiative
• Harrison, Taylor. Student Government Association Approves Spring 2012 Budget
• Jenkins, Spencer. Man Found Dead on Campus, Not WKU Affiliated – Everette Barger
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon re: Censorship
• Students Deserve First Amendment Rights
• Learned, David. Administration Should Listen to Students Needs - Censorship
• Biggs, …

Helm, Carrie (Fa 66), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 66. “Woodburn: A Memory Just Beneath the Surface”, an interpretive paper and interviews executed by Carrie Helm for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University in 1989.

Taylor, Amy Yvonne (Doyen) (Fa 73), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 73. Interviews with tobacco auctioneers conducted by Amy Taylor for a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University.

Interview With Madge Cardwell Lashley (Mss 707), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview with Madge Cardwell Lashley conducted by John Bryan "Jack" LeSieur related to the mining of rock asphalt at Kyrock in Edmonson County, Kentucky.

Galloway, Ewing, 1881-1953 (Sc 2502), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2502. Correspondence of Ewing Galloway, a native of Henderson, Kentucky and the owner of a photography agency in New York City, with Mary Marks, a geography professor at Western Kentucky University, related to a gift of photographs made to the Kentucky Library & Museum at WKU. Also includes clippings, chiefly related to Galloway’s return to Henderson, Kentucky and the gift to WKU.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 87, No. 24, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Jenkins, Spencer. Bradley Boling’s Smile Remembered Among Friends
• McKay, Michael. WKU Trying to Pull Strings on Social Media – Censorship
• Koch, Cameron. Students Mixed on WKU’s Policy – Social Media, Censorship
• Frantz, Elizabeth. A Thousand Words re: Madison Central Cheerleading
• Alleyne, Zirconia. Professor Mourns Loss of Dog After 14 Years – CJ Johanson
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon re: Sustainability
• Environmentally Safe – Sustainability
• Twitter Parody, Commentary & Fan Accounts Policy – Censorship
• Harrison, Taylor. Student Government Association Supports Removal of Policy from Handbook – Censorship
• Duvall, Tessa. Case of …

Should Marijuana Be Decriminalized? [An Annotated Bibliography], Christina M. Costa

Undergraduate Research Award

No abstract provided.

Ladies Literary Club - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Mss 393), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 393. Minutes, correspondence, programs, historical sketches, and miscellaneous material of the Ladies Literary Club of Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 87, No. 23, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Koch, Cameron. Gatton Academy Receives $20,000 from AT&T
• Alleyne, Zirconia. Puppy Love – Tim Straubel
• Hayden, Natalie. WKU Watching Social Media Sites for Language – Censorship
• Spees, Monica. Roller Derby Members Are Some of WKU’s Own – Alexandra Brumley, Tucker Davis
• English, Molly. Q is for Queen – George Morgan, Crossdressing
• Hilbert, Hayley. WKU App Update Released
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon re: Apartments vs. Dorms
• Williams, Joanna. To Dorm or Not to Dorm
• West, Natalie. Store Personalizing Products for WKU Greeks
• Harrison, Taylor. Locks of Love Event to Be …

Woodson, Urey, 1859-1939 (Sc 367), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 367. Letter to Miss Elizabeth N. Duncan, Denver, Colorado, concerning the availability of tickets to the Democratic Convention. Urey Woodson was Secretary of the Democratic National Committee.

Dalton, Callie Lou (Fa 62), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 62. “Survival is the Name of the Game or Is It?: The Role of the United Auto Workers in Bowling Green, KY,” an interpretive paper and interviews executed for an urban history class at Western Kentucky University in 1989. Includes a copy of the general agreement between General Motors and the U.A.W., and training materials.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 7, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• McKay, Michael. Apartment-style Living to Be Available in Fall – Housing & Residence Life
• Harrison, Taylor. Student Government Association May Present First Legislation of Semester
• Alleyne, Zirconia. Student Follows Dream to New York City – Frankie Smith
• Alleyne, Zirconia. WKU Professor Lives in Harmony with Pup – Peter Hamburger
• Brinkerhoff, Joel. Black History Month Events to Take Place at WKU
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon re: General Education
• Thumbs Up – General Education
• McKay, Michael. WKU Earns Bronze Ranking in Sustainability Assessment
• Rogers, Shelby. Confucius Institute to Host Spring Gala …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 6, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Koch, Cameron. Senator Mitch McConnell Honors Eric Yates
• Hayden, Natalie. WKU Giving Students More Time to Pay Bills
• Blanford, Sidney. Postcrossing Allows for Inexpensive World Exploration
• Koch, Cameron. Damaged Rock House to Be Demolished
• Andrews, Mary. P is for Poet – Clint Waters
• Williams, Joanna. When Talking About Race, Ignorance Isn’t Bliss
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon re: Panda Express
• Salman, Adam. Better Communication Needed During Downing University Center Renovations
• Harrison, Taylor. Four Student Government Association Members Attend Rally for Higher Education
• Swanson, Kayla. WKU Volunteer Organizations to Unite for …