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Campaign Apologia As Process: Dan Quayle's Defense Of His National Guard Service, Paula Harrison

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This thesis contains an analysis of apologia from the 1988 national presidential campaign which resulted from Republican vice-presidential candidate Dan Quayle's disclosure that he served in the National Guard during the Vietnam War. Quayle's revelation created a "gaffe sequence" played out in the media over a period of approximately two weeks. The rhetorical situation dictated the use of an eclectic methodology to evaluate apologia generated in response to media questions about Quayle's avoidance of active military service.

Quayle's defense included minimalizing the issue through avoidance and denial during staged and spontaneous contact with the media, and also the rhetorical support …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 65, No. 49, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Green, Travis. Forum Opens Door on Closet Racism Here
• Tatum, Doug. Coach Could Be Named Today – Basketball
• Bricking, Tanya. Budget Battle Begins at Western Tomorrow
• Jones, Angie. Teacher Ross Terrill Tells Tiananmen Tales – Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989
• Math Department Head to be Named Soon
• Law Gives Tuition to Firefighters’ Kids
• Big Red and Cheerleader Tryouts Soon
• Lockert, Anya. Black Enrollment May Get a Boost from Success II
• Green, Travis. Associated Student Government Votes to Expand Congress
• General Education Requirements Being Revised
• Thank You …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 22 No. 53, March 29, 1990

Central Florida Future

Committee will review SG statutes; Four chairs resign posts; Sheridan: new arts dean; Intramural game ends in fight, suspensions.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 65, No. 48, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Lawson, Jamie. Western May Win in Games at Capital – Budget
• Summers, Kaye. Students’ Business Brings Carts of Cash – Tom Zoretic, Brett Hightower
• Howard, Laura. Regents Told School’s Identity Crisis Will be Solved – Western XXI
• Houchens, Gary. Peace Dividend: Harvey Sloane Focuses on Health Care, Jobs
• Students With Aid Will Have Fee Deducted
• Position Created to Cope with Enrollment – Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
• Committee Looking for Honors Program Director
• Wessling, Susan. Four Finalists Interviewing for Dean Spot – Education & …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 22 No. 52, March 27, 1990

Central Florida Future

Schmidt's hearing to be held April 12; Altman asks advice; Article prompts restroom repairs to fill 'glory hole;' State BOR discusses enrollment increase.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 65, No. 47, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Jones, Angie. Candidate Argues for Legalization of Drugs – Gatewood Galbraith
• Martin, John. Fewer Poor Students Can Pay for College
• Houchens, Gary. Student Organizations Say They Need Offices
• Ballard, Carl. Soviets' Strangers in a Strange Land - Immigrants
• Contributor to Women’s Interest Sought – WKU Women’s Alliance
• Teacher Job Fair to be at Kentucky State
• Board of Regents to Receive Update on Committee’s Progress – Western XXI
• Lockert, Anya. Stress Loses to Smart Thinking – Drug Abuse
• Athletic Spending Reports Shooting Blanks – Western XXI …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 22 No. 51, March 22, 1990

Central Florida Future

Schmidt vetoes election publicity bill; Prez selects review panel; Out-of-state tuitions waived because of lottery money.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 65, No. 46, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Summers, Kaye. Now, Faculty Senate Is More Credible
• Kelly, John. Worms in Space Intrigue Teacher Thomas Coohill
• Bricking, Tanya. Argument Over Sports Spending Flares Again
• Kendall, Dale. Candidate Hopes to Draw on Pot-Smoker Support – Gatewood Galbraith
• Governor Wallace Wilkinson Signs Poet Laureate Bill – Jim Miller
• Walk for Parks on Earth Day
• Jones, Angie. Healthstyles ’90 Addresses Drug Abuse
• Poynter, Chris. Students Must Prepay Tuition to Keep Classes
• Faculty Opinion Survey Reveals No Surprises
• Chattin, John. Editorial Cartoon Thomas Meredith as Caesar to Faculty …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 22 No. 50, March 20, 1990

Central Florida Future

Schmidt faces impeachment hearing; Faculty views master plan; Officials want land for housing

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 65, No. 45, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Summers, Kaye. Faculty Morale Survey May Raise Brows
• Howard, Laura. Preston Health & Activities Center Gets $100,000 Boost
• Tatum, Doug. No Frontrunner in Coaching Search - Basketball
• Howard, Laura. Legislators Back Bill for Full Tuition
• Panhellenic Week will Feature Talent Show
• Summer Work in National Parks Available
• Seminar Aids Creative Agriculture
• Greek Housing Ordinance Clears Two More Hurdles
• Student Tammy Lynn Smith Killed in Car Wreck
• Houchens, Gary. Senator Mitch McConnell Seeking Younger Vote
• Some Creative Suggestions to Aid Preston Health & Activities Center Fundraising …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 22 No. 49, March 8, 1990

Central Florida Future

Faculty senate: Don't support discrimination; Profs dropping students who haven't paid up; System changes shut down computer labs.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 22 No. 48, March 6, 1990

Central Florida Future

Students want Schmidt impeached; UCF ranks 1st in transfers; Finance club gets national affiliation.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 65, No. 44, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Bricking, Tanya. Faculty Senate to Hear Union Representative
• Ballard, Carl. Bill Asks to Raise Poet Laureates’ Prestige – Jim Miller
• Carter, Tricia. Close Counts with Paper Airplanes, To – Parking
• Beauty and the Beast – Sigma Chi Derby Week
• Baldwin, Paul. Wallace Wilkinson’s Confrontational Image Unfortunate
• Business Vice President to be Named After Spring Break
• Bricking, Tanya. Western Considers Plan to Aid Teachers
• Poynter, Chris. Smoke Detectors Fail in Pearce-Ford Tower Blaze
• Smart Promotion for Student Benefit – Paper Plane Contest
• Chattin, John. Editorial Cartoon …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 22 No. 47, March 1, 1990

Central Florida Future

Students demand apology; Laing and DiBona triumph; Students petition to change WUCF's format.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 65, No. 43, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Howard, Laura. Fate of Business Institute Cloudier – Institute for Economic Development
• Houchens, Gary. Campuses Air Concerns About Environment
• Wessling, Susan. Once at Full Boil, Writing Emphasis Now Simmers
• Overby, Carol. Fasters Try to Do World of Good for Hungry – Fast for a Hungry World
• Jones, Angie. Activist Marjorie Agosin Tells How Women Sew to Express Their Sorrow
• Competition for Fulbright Grants for 1991-92 Under Way
• Kentucky Poetry Competition Open to College Students
• Howard, Laura. Legislative Forum Addresses Concerns
• Second Arrested in Harassment Case …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 22 No. 46, February 27, 1990

Central Florida Future

Charges of racism filed vs. Schmidt; Taylor to back Singer; Students to rally to support WUCF change; Work on field house begins.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 65, No. 42, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Howard, Laura. Less Than a Third of Graduates Make It Out in Four Years
• Phillips, Noelle. Patients Learn to Speak Their Minds – Communications Disorders Clinic
• Black, Sam. Senior Jason Green Charged with 44 Counts of Harassing Teacher
• Poynter, Chris. Student Jeff Shannon to be Head of Class in Austria
• More Petition About Insurance Situation
• Phillips, Noelle. Student Group Writes Resumes – Public Relations Student Society of America, PRSSA
• Overby, Carol. Students Fast to Help Hungry – Fast for a Hungry World
• Open Forum Addressing …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 22 No. 45, February 22, 1990

Central Florida Future

Nitrogen gas leaks from tank in CEBA; Taylor resigns from senate secretary post; Mandela speaks on need for change in South Africa.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 65, No. 41, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Black, Sam. Alcohol Use High, but Few Seek Help
• Bricking, Tanya. Money Puts Goal of 16,000 Students Out of Reach
• Phillips, Noelle. Once Attracted to Sport, Cyclists Become Obsessed
• Houchens, Gary & Kaye Summers. Groups Plan for Earth Day
• Legislators to be at Higher Education Forum
• Search for Honors Director Under Way
• Thomas Meredith Spends Week in Puerto Rico
• Anti-Apathy Week Needs Keener Planning
• Chattin, John. Editorial Cartoon Big Red Sleeping with Fight Apathy Sign
• Bell, Angelique. Politics Influence Racism
• Thurman, Jerri. Dead Flowers Are …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 22 No. 44, February 20, 1990

Central Florida Future

Taylor loses appeal, will keep fighting; Cigarette ban proposed; International contest next for UCF.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 65, No. 40, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Phillips, Noelle. Car Only Victim of Falling Bricks – Thompson Complex
• Howard, Laura. South African Students Hopeful, Concerned
• Howard, Laura. Psychologist Victor Pestrak Questions Aim of Proposed Ordinances - Pornography
• Green, Travis. Associated Student Government’s Anti-Apathy Week on Tap
• Environmental Meeting Set for Next Week
• Scholarships Available for Next Year
• Applications Being Taken for Bike Ride – Bike Aid 1990
• Boggs, Suzanne. Students Lose Jobs, Blame Cutbacks
• Baldwin, Paul. Faculty Pay the Price for Trips
• Regents Need Freedom from Governor
• Chattin, John. Editorial Cartoon Bill …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 22 No. 43, February 15, 1990

Central Florida Future

Altman delays elections for judicial appeal; WUCF to clean up late show; State funds boost UCF's new film program.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 65, No. 39, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Bricking, Tanya. Bill Aims to Rid Regent Selections of Politics
• Summers, Kaye. University Wants to Look Into Waste Management
• Kendall, Dale. Juggling Jobs for Ukrainians: Group Prepares for Immigration of 78 Soviets
• Ausenbaugh, Laura. Loan Default Rate Here Below National Average
• Play to be Performed Tonight – Theatre & Dance
• Public Relations Student Society of America Takes Second in National Campaign – PRSSA
• Franchising Seminar to be Held Thursday
• Poynter, Chris. Professor Julia Roberts Gets $750,000 Grant
• Houchens, Gary. College Republicans Gear Up for Re-Election …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 22 No. 42, February 13, 1990

Central Florida Future

Student charged in sale of phony IDs; UCF to hire eminent scholar; Tuition increase called for by BOR, FSA.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 65, No. 38, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Dice, Tracey. Housing Settles On Alternative Plan
• Bricking, Tanya. Record 13,786 Students Enrolled
• Poynter, Chris. Western’s Extended Campuses Grow, Too
• Murry-Doyle, Cassondra. Class Offers Common-Sense Self-Defense
• Bricking, Tanya. Raising Money for Activities Preston Health & Activities Center Challenge
• Associated Student Government Wants More Parking on Lower End
• CPA Review Course to be Offered
• Kentucky Society to Prevent Blindness Looking for Beautiful Eyes
• Green, Travis. Concerts to Feature Small Bands
• Baldwin, Paul. History Books Overlook Blacks
• Baldwin, Paul. Volunteers Can Help in Filling Tax Forms
• Ex-Player …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 22 No. 41, February 8, 1990

Central Florida Future

Candidate has lost his appeal; Pell Grants on way despite technical errors.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 65, No. 37, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Houchens, Gary. Money is Still a Big Concern of Students
• Weber, Rob. Senior Hunk Roger Cassalengo Chosen Best Man, Again – Alpha Delta Pi
• Black, Sam. For Police, Little Money Means Many Hours
• Lockert, Anya. 100 Show to Kick Off Activities – Black History Month
• Black History Month - Calendar
• Jones, Angie. Flu Epidemic Expected To Peak Soon
• Green, Travis. Proper Clothing, Plenty of Fluids Can Stop Colds
• Enrollment Figures to be Released Today
• Retirement Planning Seminar This Weekend
• Communication Skills Taught at Workshop
• Man …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 22 No. 40, February 6, 1990

Central Florida Future

2 candidates get cut from race; Sparks cause fire in Biology; Temporary recruiter to try attracting more minorities.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 65, No. 36, Wku Student Affairs

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WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Green, Travis. 3 Areas Targeted for More Lighting
• Overby, Carol. New Group Gets Up Early for Worship – Prayer Warriors
• Lawson, Jamie. Physical Plant Turnover Rate May Go from Bad to Worse
• Associated Student Government Spring Election Dates Set
• Student Video Contest Taking Entries
• University Center Board Hosts Comedian at Niteclass – Alex Cole
• Windows Will Stay Shut at Pearce-Ford Tower
• Carter, Tricia. Topperettes Will Perform Here Tonight
• Master Plan Organizing Bright Future
• Chattin, John. Editorial Cartoon – Big Red with Campus Plan
• Presidents Seeking …

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