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The Cowl - V.67 - N.11 - Nov 14, 2002

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 67 - No. 11 - November 14, 2002. 28 pages.

The Cowl - V.67 - N.10 - Nov 7, 2002

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 67 - No. 10 - November 7, 2002. 28 pages.

Habitat Structure And Alarm Call Dialects In Gunnison's Prairie Dog (Cynomys Gunnisoni), Bianca S. Perla, C. N. Slobodchikoff

Habitat Assessment and Management Collection

We examined the relationship between habitat structure and alarm call characteristics in six colonies of Gunnison’s prairie dogs (Cynomys gunnisoni) near Flagstaff, Arizona, before and after a mid-summer vegetation change. We found significant differences in alarm call characteristics between colonies, confirming the existence of alarm call dialects. Differences in frequency components but not temporal components of calls were associated with differences in habitat structure. Playback experiments revealed that differences in alarm call structure affected acoustic transmission of calls through the local habitat. Thus, we identify habitat structure as one factor that may contribute to alarm call differences between colonies of …

The Cowl - V.67 - N.9 - Oct 31, 2002

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 67 - No. 9 - October 31, 2002. 28 pages.

The Cowl - V.67 - N.8 - Oct 24, 2002

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 67 - No. 8 - October 24, 2002. 36 pages.

The Cowl - V.67 - N.6 - Oct 10, 2002

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 67 - No. 6 - October 10, 2002. 28 pages.

The Cowl - Oct 10, 2002 - Winter Sports Preview

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. October 10, 2002 - Winter Sports Preview. 12 pages.

The Cowl - V.67 - N.7 - Oct 17, 2002

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 67 - No. 7 - October 17, 2002. 32 pages.

The Cowl - V.67 - N.6 - Oct 3, 2002

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 67 - No. 6 - October 3, 2002. 32 pages.

The Cowl - V.67 - N.5 - Sept 26, 2002

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 67 - No. 5 - September 26, 2002. 32 pages.

The Cowl - V.67 - N.4 - Sept 19, 2002

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 67 - No. 4 - September 19, 2002. 32 pages.

The Cowl - Sept 12, 2002 - Welcome Back Special Issue

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. September 12, 2002 - Welcome Back Special Issue. 8 pages.

The Cowl - V.67 - N.3 - Sept 12, 2002

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 67 - No. 3 - September 12, 2002. 28 pages.

Bilingualism: Language, Memory And Applied Issues, Jeanette Altarriba

Online Readings in Psychology and Culture

Bilingualism, or the knowledge of more than one language, is quite prevalent throughout the world. However, much of the cognitive literature that exists on language processing and memory retrieval has included participants who are monolingual speakers. The current chapter introduces the ways in which bilingualism has been investigated in the areas of autobiographical memory, memory recall, and communication in applied settings. The notion of code-switching or language-mixing is introduced as a strategic means through which bilingual memory may be fruitfully investigated.

The Cowl - V.66 - N.27 - May 2, 2002

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 66 - No. 27 - May 2, 2002. 36 pages.

Unmediated Communication In Games With Complete And Incomplete Information, Dino Gerardi

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

In this paper we study the effects of adding unmediated communication to static, finite games of complete and incomplete information. We characterize S U ( G ), the set of outcomes of a game G , that are induced by sequential equilibria of cheap talk extensions. A cheap talk extension of G is an extensive-form game in which players communicate before playing G . A reliable mediator is not available and players exchange private or public messages that do not affect directly their payoffs. We first show that if G is a game of complete information with five or more …

The Cowl - V.66 - N.26 - Apr 25, 2002

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 66 - No. 26 - April 25, 2002. 32 pages.

The Cowl - V.66 - N.25 - Apr 18, 2002

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 66 - No. 25 - April 18, 2002. 32 pages.

The Cowl - Vol V.66 - N.24 - Apr 11, 2002

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 66 - No. 24 - April 11, 2002. 32 pages.

The Cowl - V.66 - N.23 - Mar 21, 2002

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 66 - No.23 - March 21, 2002. 36 pages.

Mothers In The Media: Blamed And Celebrated -- An Examination Of Drug Abuse And Multiple Births., Sonya Charles, Tricha Shivas

Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications

The media has always had a profound interest in mothers and birth stories. This study examined the difference between media portrayal of 'good' mothers and 'bad' mothers. Did the media cover potential harm to fetuses and would-be children in the same way for two groups of mothers: (a) pregnant women addicted to illicit drugs and (b) women who chose to continue a high-order, multiple birth pregnancy? Two searches were conducted on Lexis-Nexis, one with keywords 'McCaughey and birth' and another with the keywords 'pregnancy and illegal drugs.' A total of 210 articles were coded for the McCaughey search, and 90 …

The Cowl - V.66 - N.22 - Feb 28, 2002

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 66 - No. 22 - February 28, 2002. 32 pages.

The Cowl - V.66 - N.21 - Feb 21, 2002

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 66 - No. 21 - February 21, 2002. 32 pages.

The Cowl - V.66 - N.20 - Feb 14, 2002

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 66 - No. 20 - February 14, 2002. 36 pages.

The Cowl - Feb 14, 2002 - Valentine's Day Special Issue

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. February 14, 2002 - Valentine's Day Special Issue. 8 pages.

The Cowl - V.66 - N.19 - Feb 7, 2002

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 66 - No. 19 - February 7, 2002. 32 pages.

The Cowl - V.66 - N.18 - Jan 31, 2002

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 66 - No. 18 - January 31, 2002. 36 pages.

The Cowl - V.66 - N.17 - Jan 24, 2002

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 66 - No. 17 - January 24, 2002. 28 pages.

In Search Of King Solomon’S Ring: Cognitive And Communicative Studies Of Grey Parrots (Psittacus Erithacus), Irene M. Pepperberg

Sentience Collection

During the past 24 years, I have used a modeling technique (M/R procedure) to train Grey parrots to use an allospecific code (English speech) referentially; I then use the code to test their cognitive abilities. The oldest bird, Alex, labels more than 50 different objects, 7 colors, 5 shapes, quantities to 6, 3 categories (color, shape, material) and uses ‘no’, ‘come here’, wanna go X’ and ‘want Y’ (X and Y are appropriate location or item labels). He combines labels to identify, request, comment upon or refuse more than 100 items and to alter his environment. He processes queries to …

Stirring The Soul: The Influence Of Prayer On Mind And Body, E. James Baesler

Communication & Theatre Arts Faculty Publications

From the Introduction:

Individuals within and outside of the field of communication sometimes ask me what I do for a living. When I respond, “I do prayer research,” nearly everyone looks rather puzzled. After I explain that prayer is a type of spiritual communication, then most individuals immediately see the connection between communication and prayer. However, many communication scholars are not convinced that prayer is a communication-related phenomenon amenable to social scientific inquiry. Yet I believe that prayer is indeed worthy of further investigation.