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Student Life, March 02, 2007 Mar 2007

Student Life, March 02, 2007

Student Life Newspapers

March 02, 2007 issue of Student Life, the independent newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis since 1878. 2006-2007 academic year. Permanent URL: https://doi.org/10.7936/K7SB44V6


Researching Crime, Justice, And Social Control In Ghana: Evolving Issues In A Developing African Country, Gordon A. Crews, Angela West Crews, Kofi Boye-Doe, Ken Aikins Mar 2007

Researching Crime, Justice, And Social Control In Ghana: Evolving Issues In A Developing African Country, Gordon A. Crews, Angela West Crews, Kofi Boye-Doe, Ken Aikins

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

The purpose of this presentation is to discuss a recent research project which seeks to offer an examination of the unique relationship between the traditional Ghanaian indigenous justice system and the established state-administered justice system. This is an overview of the interesting blend of indigenous practices (rooted in religious practices and strongly associated with spirituality and mysticism) and state (formal justice and governmental systems) in the Ghanaian justice system. In addition the topics of the treatment of women and children within these systems and the use of alternative dispute resolution, restorative justice, and conflict resolution strategies inherent within the two …


Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association Mar 2007

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss Up 'til Dawn event, plus/minus grading, professor accountability and hall of distinguished seniors.


Patient Care News: March 2007, St. Cloud Hospital Mar 2007

Patient Care News: March 2007, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

Policy Update: Chest Catheter

Patient ID for Transfers/Report Developmental Programs: Education/Professional

Clinical Ladder


March 2007: United States Foreign Relations, Dacus Library Mar 2007

March 2007: United States Foreign Relations, Dacus Library

Dacus Docs News

No abstract provided.


Self-Efficacy Of First-Generation College Students And The Relationship To Academic Performance And College Adjustment, Lucila Ramos-Sánchez, Laura Nichols Mar 2007

Self-Efficacy Of First-Generation College Students And The Relationship To Academic Performance And College Adjustment, Lucila Ramos-Sánchez, Laura Nichols

Sociology

The authors examined whether self-efficacy mediated the relationship between generational status and 2 academic outcome indicators of 192 college students. A mediation effect was not found with either academic performance or college adjustment. However, high self-efficacy at the beginning of the year predicted better college adjustment at the end of the 1st year. For college students in general, high self-efficacy was related to better college adjustment. Recommendations for counselors are discussed.


Sox And Whistleblowing: The Concerns, Richard E. Moberly Mar 2007

Sox And Whistleblowing: The Concerns, Richard E. Moberly

Nebraska College of Law: Faculty Publications

Yesterday, I reviewed the Whistleblowing provisions in SOX. Whether these provisions actually will reduce corporate fraud remains to be seen. Despite the Act’s strong anti-retaliation protections, during the first three years of SOX few whistleblowers actually won retaliation claims. In a recent study I completed of whistleblower claims (a draft can be found here ), only 3.6% of employees won relief through the initial administrative process that adjudicates SOX claims, and only 6.5% of whistleblowers won appeals through the process.


Archeological Investigations And National Register Testing At 41cv163, Coryell County, Texas, John E. Dockall, Jennifer K. Mcwilliams, Karl W. Kibler Mar 2007

Archeological Investigations And National Register Testing At 41cv163, Coryell County, Texas, John E. Dockall, Jennifer K. Mcwilliams, Karl W. Kibler

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

Prewitt and Associates, Inc. (PAI), conducted archeological testing of 41CV1636 for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), Environmental Affairs Division, under Contract No. 575XXSA006 (Work Authorization No. 57530SA006) and Texas Antiquities Permit No. 3980 from the Texas Historical Commission. Site 41CV1636 is situated in northwestern Coryell County, approximately 13 km east of Evant, Texas. The site was located during an archeological survey for a proposed roadway widening project along U.S. Highway 84. Proposed design plans required an additional 5 m of new right of way that would directly impact 41CV1636. Site 41CV1636 is a prehistoric site buried in Holocene alluvium …


Technium Pan-Wales: Impact Assessment, Gareth Davies, James Abbey Mar 2007

Technium Pan-Wales: Impact Assessment, Gareth Davies, James Abbey

IPED Technical Reports

The purpose of this document is to present the findings of an investigation into the impacts and returns provided to Wales by the investment made in the Technium Centres established across the country.


Friends Newsletter, March, 2007, Georgetown University Law Center Mar 2007

Friends Newsletter, March, 2007, Georgetown University Law Center

Edward Bennett Williams Law Library Friends Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Health And Security In Foreign Policy, Rebecca L. Katz, Daniel A. Singer Mar 2007

Health And Security In Foreign Policy, Rebecca L. Katz, Daniel A. Singer

Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Civic And Citizenship Education In 2009 (Iccs): A Comparative Study, Wolfram Schulz, John Ainley Mar 2007

Civic And Citizenship Education In 2009 (Iccs): A Comparative Study, Wolfram Schulz, John Ainley

Civics and Citizenship Assessment

It is over the ten years since IEA last investigated civic education, and in that time new challenges have emerged in educating young people for their roles as citizens in the 21st century. These challenges have stimulated renewed reflection on the meanings of citizenship and the roles of and approaches to civic and citizenship education. In many countries there is a growing interest in using evidence to improve policy and practice in civic and citizenship education. The purpose of the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) is to investigate the ways in which young people are prepared to undertake …


Congress And The U. S.-China Relationship 1949-1979, Guangqiu Xu Mar 2007

Congress And The U. S.-China Relationship 1949-1979, Guangqiu Xu

University of Akron Press Publications

Guangqiu Xu, a native of China fluent in both Mandarin and Cantonese, has written an exhaustive study of United States-China relations during the Cold War, with a special focus on the role of the U.S. Congress in influencing Sino-American policy.

Based upon extensive archival research in Chinese and American sources, Professor Xu's book is comprehensive and original. It is a detailed account of the interactions between Congress and the White House as the United States forged its policies regarding the world's most populous nation. Covering the period from the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949 to the …


Rhode Island Current Conditions Index — March 2007, Leonard Lardaro Mar 2007

Rhode Island Current Conditions Index — March 2007, Leonard Lardaro

The Rhode Island Current Conditions Index

No abstract provided.


Catholic Deaf Community Newsletter, Spring 2007 Mar 2007

Catholic Deaf Community Newsletter, Spring 2007

Catholic Deaf Community Newsletter

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Portland, OR

Catholic Deaf Community Newsletter Finding Aid


Risk And Protective Factors Predictive Of Sense Of Coherence During Adolescence, Shawn C. Marsh, Samantha S. Clinkinbeard, Rebecca M. Thomas, William P. Evans Mar 2007

Risk And Protective Factors Predictive Of Sense Of Coherence During Adolescence, Shawn C. Marsh, Samantha S. Clinkinbeard, Rebecca M. Thomas, William P. Evans

Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

This brief report presents a study undertaken to better understand the factors that are related to sense of coherence (SOC) levels among youth. Middle school students (N = 1619) reported on risk and protective factors across ecological domains. Analyses revealed that social support, anger expression, family conflict and neighborhood cohesion were predictors of SOC for both males and females. Community views regarding gang membership was a predictor of SOC only for males, while age was a predictor of SOC only for females. The findings suggest a resiliency and ecological framework may be helpful in understanding SOC in youth.


Spartan Daily, March 1, 2007, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Mar 2007

Spartan Daily, March 1, 2007, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 128, Issue 21


Dawkins, The God Delusion Review, Donald W. Viney Mar 2007

Dawkins, The God Delusion Review, Donald W. Viney

Faculty Submissions

No abstract provided.


Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 82, No. 37, Wku Student Affairs Mar 2007

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 82, No. 37, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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


2007 State Of The Journals Report, Vol.20 (3) January - March 2007, Houston Academy Of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library Mar 2007

2007 State Of The Journals Report, Vol.20 (3) January - March 2007, Houston Academy Of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library

Library Lines (1998-2009)

No abstract provided.


American Identity And Attitudes Toward English Language Policy Initiatives, Carlos E. Garcia, L. Bass Mar 2007

American Identity And Attitudes Toward English Language Policy Initiatives, Carlos E. Garcia, L. Bass

Faculty Publications, Sociology

No abstract provided.


Ephatha, Spring 2007 Mar 2007

Ephatha, Spring 2007

Ephatha

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Newark, NJ

Ephatha Finding Aid


2006 Oregon Population Report, Portland State University. Population Research Center, Risa Proehl, George C. Hough Jr. Mar 2007

2006 Oregon Population Report, Portland State University. Population Research Center, Risa Proehl, George C. Hough Jr.

Oregon Population Estimates and Reports

This report contains the annual population estimates for Oregon, and its counties, incorporated cities, and unincorporated areas for July 1, 2006. Included are estimates that are summarized by unincorporated and incorporated areas at the State level, as well as metropolitan areas and non-metropolitan areas. Supplements to the 2006 Population Report are included.


Rapid Humanitarian Assessments And Rationality: A Value Of Information Study From Iraq, 2003-2004, Aldo Benini, Charles Conley Mar 2007

Rapid Humanitarian Assessments And Rationality: A Value Of Information Study From Iraq, 2003-2004, Aldo Benini, Charles Conley

Global CWD Repository

This is an extended case study of a rapid humanitarian assessment and the factors that shaped a long series of decisions during its design and execution. The subject matter-contamination with landmine and Unexploded Ordonance (UXO)- and the settings- Iraq in 2003 and 2004- are almost incidental. The focus is on the rationality of decision-making during the assessment, meaning in this case, the value of the information produced versus the effort needed to produce it.


Bowling Green, Kentucky - Associations (Sc 1475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2007

Bowling Green, Kentucky - Associations (Sc 1475), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1475. Draft of an article entitled "Association Building in America, 1850-1920" written by Gerald Gamm and Robert D. Putnam. The paper discusses the development and maintenance of organizations in communities. Bowling Green, Kentucky, was used as a model city for the project.


Ua12/2/35 The Greek Standard, Vol. 1, Issue 2, Wku Interfraternity Council Mar 2007

Ua12/2/35 The Greek Standard, Vol. 1, Issue 2, Wku Interfraternity Council

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about the WKU Interfraternity Council. This issue contains articles:

  • 2006-2007 Spirit Masters
  • Up 'til Dawn Celebration
  • Greek Spotlights - Jordan Shaw, BryAnn Roth
  • Calendar of Events for March, April & May


Service Learning E-News - March/April 2007, Parkland College Mar 2007

Service Learning E-News - March/April 2007, Parkland College

Service Learning Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Individual Acoustic Variation In Fallow Deer (Dama Dama) Common And Harsh Groans: A Source-Filter Theory Perspective, Elisabetta Vannoni, Alan G. Mcelligott Mar 2007

Individual Acoustic Variation In Fallow Deer (Dama Dama) Common And Harsh Groans: A Source-Filter Theory Perspective, Elisabetta Vannoni, Alan G. Mcelligott

Veterinary Science and Medicine Collection

Mammals are able to distinguish conspecifics based on vocal cues, and the acoustic structure of mammal vocalizations is directly affected by the anatomy and action of the vocal apparatus. However, most studies investigating individual patterns in acoustic signals do not consider a vocal production-based perspective. In this study, we used the source-filter model of vocal production as a basis for investigating the acoustic variability of fallow deer groans. Using this approach, we quantified the potential of each acoustic component to carry information about individual identity. We also investigated if cues to individual identity carry over among the two groan types …


Carcass Composition And Meat Quality Of Three Different Iberian × Duroc Genotype Pigs, Rosario Ramírez, Ramon Cava Mar 2007

Carcass Composition And Meat Quality Of Three Different Iberian × Duroc Genotype Pigs, Rosario Ramírez, Ramon Cava

Slaughter and Slaughtering Practices Collection

Carcass composition and meat quality of Longissimus dorsi (LD) and Biceps femoris (BF) muscles from three different Iberian × Duroc genotype pigs were studied: GEN1: ♂ Iberian × ♀ Duroc1; GEN2: ♂ Duroc1 × ♀ Iberian; GEN3: ♂ Duroc2 × ♀ Iberian. Duroc1 (DU1) were selected for the manufacture of dry-cured meat products while Duroc2 (DU2) were pigs selected for meat production, with high percentages of meat cuts and low carcass fat. Genotype had a significant effect on the differences found while sex had not. GEN2 showed the highest weights at days 180 and 238 of weaning and the highest …


Oregon Trail School District Population And Enrollment Forecasts, 2007-08 To 2016-17, Portland State University. Population Research Center, Charles Rynerson, Vivian Siu Mar 2007

Oregon Trail School District Population And Enrollment Forecasts, 2007-08 To 2016-17, Portland State University. Population Research Center, Charles Rynerson, Vivian Siu

School District Enrollment Forecast Reports

Since the Oregon Trail School District (OTSD) was formed in 1997, overall K-12 enrollment has changed very little, with very small increases or decreases in most years. The K-12 total of 4,164 in 2006-07 is 164 students (3 percent) below the 1998-99 peak, but nearly identical to the total seven years ago in 1999-2000. This report presents the results of a study conducted by the Portland State University Population Research Center (PRC) concluding that the most likely scenario for future OTSD enrollment is for continued stability in K-12 enrollment during the next five years until 2011-12, and modest growth in …