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Ua12/2/1 A Christmas Herald, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special edition of the College Heights Herald featuring articles:

• Green, Travis. Decorations Dazzle Dorm Rooms
• Summers, Kaye. Tree-buying Becomes a Family Affair – Dude’s Market, Christmas Trees
• Tsimekles, Diane. ‘Tis the Season to Make an Easy Dollar
• Tutt, Allison. They’ll Not be Home for Christmas – International Students
• Bricking, Tanya. If Funds are Very Low, Students Can Still Ho-ho-ho
• Lambert, Michelle. Parade of Worries Began in September
• Kinslow, Gina. Shirk Tradition; Seek the Odd
• Eline, Sidney. Cold Weather Produces Hot Items
• Gaines, Jim. Traditional Toys Touted for Tots
• Kiggins, Pamela. Top Toys Electronic Today, but Students Recall Others

Ua12/2/1 December Magazine, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special magazine edition of the College Heights Herald featuring articles:

• White, Douglas. Going Once, Going Twice . . . – Cooper’s Bargain Center Auction
• Underwood, Jennifer. Joe Iracane No Longer a Fish Out of Water – Regents
• Albrecht, Dana. Learning Disabled Smash through Barriers

Pre-Lent Celebrations: Shrovetide & Carnival, Eleonore Mitchell

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The history of pre-Lent celebrations is traced through the presentation, comparison, and evaluation of the main theses of origin held by Shrovetide and Carnival scholars. It is determined that the question whether the festivals are of pagan or Christian origin is not important for the analysis of their present-day significance. Their vitality stems first of all from the general importance of celebration for humans to define themselves in a setting in which they can perform, act, and behave in non-traditional ways that cannot be transferred to everyday life. However, the festivals' uniqueness can be defined through two main characteristics: (I) …

Ua12/2/10 Delta Gamma Chatter, Kappa Delta

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Kappa Delta sorority in 1988.

Ua12/2/10 Kay Dee Konnection, Kappa Delta

Student Organizations

Calendar / newsletter created by and about Kappa Delta in 1988.

Folk Custom As A Barometer Of Social Change In A Tennessee Community, Chad Berry

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Using the techniques of oral history, residents of the Cypress Creeks area of southwestern middle Tennessee were questioned about their perceptions of the social change since 1940. In that year, the National Park Service hired men in the area to help snake out logs for the Natchez Trace Parkway's right-of-way. For most men in the area, the temporary positions on the Trace were the first "public" jobs they ever had. After these positions were no longer needed, outmigration brought residents north to factory-cities; thus, the building of the parkway remains a watershed in residents' memories as the benchmark when change …

Ua12/2/4 Alpha Phi Omega Newsletter, Alpha Phi Omega

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Alpha Phi Omega fraternity.

Ua12/2/11 Epsilon Delta Newsletter, Alpha Delta Pi

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Alpha Delta Pi sorority for 1988.

Ua12/2/4 Scrapbook, Alpha Phi Omega

Student Organizations

Scrapbook created by and about Alpha Phi Omega fraternity in 1988.

Ua12/2/10 Delta Gamma Chatter, Kappa Delta

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Kappa Delta sorority in 1987.

Ua12/2/10 Kay Dee Konnection, Kappa Delta

Student Organizations

Calendar / newsletter created by and about Kappa Delta sorority in 1987.

Ua12/2/4 Scrapbook, Alpha Phi Omega

Student Organizations

Scrapbook created by and about Alpha Phi Omega fraternity in 1987.

Ua12/2/11 Epsilon Delta Newsletter, Alpha Delta Pi

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Alpha Delta Pi sorority for 1987.

Ua12/2/4 Exciting Events In The Xi Psi Chapter, Alpha Phi Omega

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Alpha Phi Omega fraternity.

At The Spiritual Grassroots: An Analysis Of Visionary Art & Artists, Ann Taft

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In this thesis I focus on an art form alternately described as "naive," "visionary," "environmental," "singular," "individual," or "grassroots." Not easily placed within established academic or popular art categories, such art usually lands by default in the folk art pile and is quickly cast to the peripheries of that genre. In this thesis, I am not concerned with inventing another label for these artists and their work. Instead, I explore the possibility that visionary art may be a separate genre, but one to which folklore analysis may usefully be brought to bear.

Chapter One is a historical and bibliographical analysis …

Ua12/2/4 Exciting Events In Alpha Phi Omega, Alpha Phi Omega

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Alpha Phi Omega fraternity.

Ua12/2/80 Garnet To Gold, No. 3, Pi Kappa Alpha

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.

Ua12/2/80 Garnet To Gold, No. 2, Pi Kappa Alpha

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.

Ua12/2/78 The Messenger, Vol. 1, Kappa Sigma

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Kappa Sigma fraternity in 1986.

Ua12/2/10 Delta Gamma Chatter, Kappa Delta

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Kappa Delta sorority for 1986.

Ua12/2/80 Garnet To Gold, No. 1, Pi Kappa Alpha

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.

Ua12/2/69 Sigma Alpha Epsilon: A Degree In Friendship, Sigma Alpha Epsilon

Student Organizations

Booklet created by and about Sigma Alpha Epsilon

• Sigma Alpha Epsilon Members 1985-1986
• Fones, Matt. Letter from the President
• Gott, Doug. Twenty Years of Kentucky Beta
• Minton, John Jr. Our Alumni
• Sigma Alpha Epsilon National
• Brown, Cathy. Little Sisters of Minerva
• Intramurals
• Sigma Alpha Epsilon Social Life
• Community Service
• Academics
• Facts About Kentucky Beta
• Facts About Sigma Alpha Epsilon
• Wayland, John. The True Gentleman
• Record of Awards
• Campus Information

Ua12/2/78 Alumni News, Kappa Sigma

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Kappa Sigma fraternity in 1986.

Ua12/2/4 Scrapbook, Alpha Phi Omega

Student Organizations

Scrapbook created by and about Alpha Phi Omega in 1986.

Ua12/2/10 Delta Gamma Chatter, Kappa Delta

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Kappa Delta sorority in 1986.

Ua12/2/77 The Traveler, Kappa Alpha Order

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Kappa Alpha Order in 1986.

Singing Schools In Southcentral Kentucky, Donald Beisswenger

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Singing school teachers, who teach rural church congregations to sing from shape-note gospel songbooks, are still working in southcentral Kentucky, but the demand for them is smaller than it was in the first half of the twentieth century. The interdependence network in which singing school teachers, songbook publishers, and community singing events were key parts began to weaken in the 1940s as a result of the growth in popularity of professional gospel quartet concerts and gospel record albums. Many gospel music enthusiasts who once looked to songbooks as a major source for new material and for developing singing skills turned …

Ua37/13 Plants Used By The Prehistoric Indians Of Kentucky, Chuck Crume

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

No one knows exactly when the Indians first entered the area we now call Kentucky, but there is an approximation. Archeologists have found evidence of Clovis camps and living sites in the state (9,000 to 12,000 B.P.), This would have been during the Paleo Stage, toward the end of the last ice age. The climate of the area would have been much cooler then. The selection of plants and animals would also have been different than those found in modern times.

Paleo Indians used plants for food, utility and medical uses. It seems that plant use during this period is …

Ua12/2/84 Rush Review, Sigma Chi

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Sigma Chi fraternity.

Ua12/2/69 Sigma Alpha Epsilon: A Degree In Friendship, Sigma Alpha Epsilon

Student Organizations

Brochure used to promote Sigma Alpha Epsilon during rush.