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Ua11/1 On Campus, Vol. 3, No. 1, Wku University Relations

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On Campus newsletter featuring articles about faculty, staff and events at Western Kentucky University. Regular features are:

• College News
• Sponsored Programs
• Hot off the Press
• Personnel File
• Coming Up - Calendar of Events

This issue includes articles:

• Eison, Sheila & Bob Skipper. Regents Consider Ways to Beat Budget Woes
• WKU Gets $1 Million Gift in Software
• National Sheriffs Give WKU's Kentucky Academy $10,000 in Equipment
• Journalism
• Hearst Foundation Honors WKU's Journalism Department & Students
• Appreciating Faculty & Staff & Having Fun!
• California Students Adopt WKU - Edenvale School
• Project Focuses on Teams
• Jeffrey, Jonathan. Brinton B. Davis & WKU

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 68, No. 31, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Brewer, Mike. Thomas Meredith Proposes Affirmative Action Office
• Good, Epha. Kappa Deltas Say Goodbye to Housemother – Marie Kessinger
• Grundy, Julie. Hill Is Obstacle for the Disabled – Americans with Disabilities Act, Doug Froedge
• Shelton, Ellona. Americans With Disabilities Act Regulations Impact Western
• Student Government Association Presidents Fight Tuition Hike – Commonwealth Board of Student Body Presidents
• Brown, Larry. Homosexuality is Not a Choice – Gays, Lesbians
• Women Faculty Deserve Same Opportunities as Men
• Hofmann, Martin. Editorial Cartoon Big Red Justice Tipping Scales in Favor …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 25 No. 34, January 26, 1993

Central Florida Future

Missing money remains mystery; Clinton continues his call for change; Anti-abortionists march for life; AASU honors King in formal celebration; Opinion: Future columnist receives word from Vice Pres. Al Gore; Features: The Will Rogers Follies: A tribute to an American humorist; Sports: Lady knights find talent in underclassmen.

Ua12/2/1 Hillside, Wku Student Affairs

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Special magazine edition of the College Heights Herald:

• Poynter, Chris. Vietnam: Effects of a War – Larry Powell, Veterans
• Varney, Dennis. For the Team – Zack Stroble, Athletic Trainers

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 68, No. 30, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Miller, Stephanie & Pam Cassady. Bill Clinton, Students Focus on Future
• Sullivan, Laura. I Was Witnessing History – President Bill Clinton’s Inauguration
• Volunteers Needed for Test – Psychology
• Lewis, Scott. Western Loses a Familiar Face – William Britt, Retirements
• Students Should Call in Concerns About Tuition
• Hofmann, Martin. Editorial Cartoon Buzzard Turns to Magic – Radio Stations
• The Day the Music Died in Bowling Green – Radio Stations
• People Poll: What Issue Should President Bill Clinton Address First?
• Miller, Sharon. Think Before Adopting a Pet …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 25 No. 33, January 21, 1993

Central Florida Future

Clinton rings 'Bells of Hope' in Washington; UCF plans new fire station; Transfer students want advice, only get orientation: Many complain that orientation focuses on freshman and group advisement, not on academic needs; Opinion: Academics and research dollars come to odds; Features: Campus safe sex: Is it worth half-a-buck to you?; Sports: Gambling in sports: Two different looks at its impact.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 25 No. 32, January 19, 1993

Central Florida Future

King's birthday: More than a holiday; Israeli ambassador's talk uses and sparks tension; Grill cook charged with theft; Opinion: Looking grungy and feeling good about it all; Features: Rattlebone mixes rock sources to make its own music; Sports: Final seconds prove fatal to women's basketball team.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 68, No. 29, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Tungate, Matthew. Council on Higher Education Will Examine Possible Increases – Tuition
• Hannah, Jim. Some Students Ho-hum About Iraq Air Raid
• Brewer, Mike. Womens’ Faculty Pay Lagging Behind Mens’ – Salaries
• Mallon, T.J. In Pearce-Ford Tower It’s Flood, Sweat, Tears – Housing & Residence Life
• Investigation Going to Grand Jury – Dining Services
• Non-Traditional Students Need Their Own Floor – Housing & Residence Life
• Hofmann, Martin. Editorial Cartoon Non-Traditional Student Roommate
• People Poll: Should Non-Traditional Students Have Their Own Floor?
• Yates, Brandi & Cynthia Card. …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 25 No. 31, January 14, 1993

Central Florida Future

Ready or not, university students lose LUIS; Ambassador speaks of peace in the Middle East (with photo of Israel's Ambassador to the U.S. Zalman Shoval); Laser transportation plans completion of shelter by late January; Opinion: Everything you never wanted to know about snail sex; Features: "Socks" Clinton and other cats made the big time in 1992; Sports: Knights defeat Gentlemen to take first conference win.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 68, No. 28, Wku Student Affairs

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

• Cassady, Pam. Preston Health & Activities Center Pool Flooded With Problems
• Mahaney, Jill. Elvis Fans All Shook Up Over Stamp
• Morris, Linda. Students Want Their Own Floor – Non-Traditional Students, Housing & Residence Life
• Tungate, Matthew. Class to Learn, Receive Credit at Inauguration – Bill Clinton
• Universities Await Word on Cuts – Budget
• Faculty Evaluations of President Must Be Made Public
• Hofmann, Martin. Editorial Cartoon Public Demanding Thomas Meredith’s Evaluation
• Holland, Kamela. Marriott Turnstile Hinders Some – Dining Services
• Stoess, Ray. Summer Camp Needs Counselors …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 25 No. 30, January 12, 1993

Central Florida Future

Grads express enthusiasm: 'U Can Finish' (with photo); Added classes ease registration worries; Music dies along with be-bop father; Opinion: Business as usual: Registration day was hell on earth; Features: Newest South American import: a thrash metal band; Sports: Men and women's holiday break basketball recap.

Lucille Vinyard Journal 1993, Lucille Vinyard

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Ua11/1 On Campus, Vol. 3, No. 10, Wku University Relations

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Special issue of On Campus newsletter entitled Discovering WKU

This issue includes articles:

• You Too Could Be a Winner! - Cheryl Keyes, Wei-Ping Pan, Sallye Russell Clark, Raymond Mendel
• The Center for Teaching & Learning
• Meredith, Thomas. Greetings from the President
• Brag Sheet
• Meet 1992-93's Faculty Award Winners! - Joseph Bilotta, Nancy Minix, Marion Lucas
• Capitol Arts Series
• Sports
• Horse Cave Theatre
• WKU Children's Theatre Series, Fall 1993
• Kentucky Museum
• The Big Red Card
• The Louisville Ballet
• Join the Raymond B. Preston Health & Activities Center!
• Campus Extends to Four Centers
• University Libraries
• Robert Penn Warren Library
• Looking for the …

Symposium—In The Media, A Woman’S Place, Ted Pease

Journalism and Communication Faculty Publications

FOR WOMEN AND THE MEDIA, 1992 was a year of sometimes painful change-the aftermath of the Anita HillClarence Thomas hearings; the public spectacle of a vice president's squabble with a fictional TV character; Hillary Rodham Clinton's attempt to redefine the role of the political wife; election of women to Congress and to state offices in unprecedented numbers.

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Regents 1992-1993, Wku Archives

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Digitized vertical file materials regarding WKU Board of Regents.

The Media And Women Without Apology, Everette E. Dennis, Ted Pease

Journalism and Communication Faculty Publications

WHETHER IT IS a rejuvenated sense of urgency or simply the last straw of impatience in the latest "year of the woman," something new is in the air when people talk about women and the media. Conversations with people who care about mass communication, the larger society and how women are portrayed in or employed by print and electronic media have taken on a new, sharper tone in recent years, especially in 1992.

Who’S Covering What In The Year Of The Women?, Ted Pease

Journalism and Communication Faculty Publications

Top NEWS IN 1992-government and political news. Least prominent: agriculture and transportation. In a presidential election year, that's not too surprising. But who wrote what? Examination of a sample of front pages of 10 newspapers circulating to almost 8 million Americans every day from January through December offers some insights into news content and story assignments in the Year of the Woman.

Ua51/1/5 Wku Libraries Scrapbook 3, Wku Libraries

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Scrapbook has been disassembled. Photographs are available in UA1C11.23 WKU Libraries Photograph Collection. Documents housed in UA51.1.5 Dean of Libraries - Events File.

The Pc Harangue, James Boyle

Faculty Scholarship

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The Diffusion Of Innovations: A Review And Explication Of Central Concepts, Thomas D. Skill

Communication Faculty Publications

The study of the diffusion of innovations attempts to understand how new things or ideas, after a period of time, become widely adopted throughout a group or society.

Everett Rogers (1983), one of the pioneers in this area of research, sees the diffusion process as essential to understanding social change. Diffusion, as Rogers sees it, is essentially a communication activity. Accordingly, social change consists of the introduction of something new - invention, followed by the process of diffusing the invention - this is done through all forms of communication, and finally the process ends with some type of "consequence," or …