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Third Annual Women's Studies Symposium Program, 1998, Illinois State University, Women's Studies Program

WGSS Student Research Symposium

Program from the Women's Studies Symposium

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 73, No. 44, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Robinson, George. New Coach Looks to Rebuild Tops – Dennis Felton, Basketball
• Back, Shannon. Conflict Surrounds Task Force Report – Women’s Task Force
• Back, Shannon. Wine Served at Faculty Colloquium – Alcohol
• Institutional Research Gets New Director – Robert Cobb
• Easter Egg Hunt Planned – Alpha Delta Pi, Lambda Chi Alpha
• Batcheldor, Matt. Campus Police Incentives Headed for Vote – WKU Police, Employee Benefits
• Harper, Molly. Social Work Spreading Its Message in March
• New Coach Has Big Job Ahead of Him – Basketball, Dennis Felton
• Harlow, Paige. Editorial Cartoon …

The Professional Decline Of Physicians In The Era Of Managed Care, Aimee E. Marlow

New England Journal of Public Policy

Physicians have long enjoyed prestige, power, and autonomy, but the rise of managed care organizations has drastically changed their status. Many doctors are in thrall to the financial well-being of the corporations that employ them, their knowledge and expertise controlled and manipulated in the interest of profit maximization. This article investigates the professional decline of physicians, citing the use of gag clauses, incentives to withhold care, and the breakdown of their authority. In an effort to regain some measure of control, physicians have taken their concerns to the public, supporting state and federal legislation that attempts to curb questionable managed …

Animal Tracks Northern Forest Action Pack, Elizabeth Soper, Marsha A. Lakes Matyas, Sara Bradley, Cheryl Dixon, Elenor Hodges, Jennifer Kier, Margaret Tunstall, Charles Wilkinson

Curriculum

Welcome to Animal Tracks®, a classroom education program of the National Wildlife Federation focusing on teacher training and environmental education resources. In Animal Tracks materials, the animals and their tracks lead educators and students on an exploration of conservation issues.

Thank you for using this Action Pack, our newest resource. We hope you find the Action Packs useful and as a ''work-in-progress,'' we welcome any comments you might have for improvements. As you turn the page you'll see our questionnaire. Please take a minute to fill it out and put it in the mail. We'll include you on our mailing …

The Politics Of Three Case Studies Industrialization, Eve S. Weinbaum

New England Journal of Public Policy

This article analyzes the grassroots efforts of the working and unemployed poor of three Appalachian communities to improve their towns ' devastated economy in an era of rapid economic change and globalization. While all three were beset by plant closings, their forms of political mobilization, both before and after the shutdown, differed. Each group of workers mounted a communitywide campaign designed to convince the company to stay, to induce local government action, to receive pay and benefits due, and to influence state legislation and economic development policy. Mobilization in the wake of a plant closing is rather extraordinary, especially in …

Cambodian Political Succession In Lowell, Massachusetts, Jeffrey Gerson

New England Journal of Public Policy

This article asks, What factors have in the past affected and will continue to affect the degree of Cambodians' participation and representation in Lowell politics? Gerson argues that five key factors, three internal — coming to terms with the legacy of mistrust resulting from the holocaust wrought by Pol Pot's murderous regime; lacking a tradition of democratic participation in their home country; and generational differences between those who regard themselves as Cambodian and the American-born — and two external — Lowell's two-tiered political system and the response of the city's elected officials to the influx of Southeast Asians that began …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 73, No. 43, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Lanter, Charlie. Distinctive Programs Reduced to Four – Programs of Distinction
• Wilson, Misty. Fraternity Bares All for Charity – Kappa Alpha Psi
• Harper, Molly. Women’s Studies Not Fluffy – Women’s History Month
• Lanter, Charlie. Western Bringing Race Relations to Forefront – Ethnic Relations Task Force
• Fight Ends In Arrest – Terrence Smith, WKU Police
• Library Closed Tuesday Morning – Helm-Cravens Library
• Harper, Molly. Student Evaluation Proposal Gets Faculty Senate Approval
• Karen, Mattias. Business Seminars Set
• It’s Time to Adopt An E-Mail Policy
• Harlow, Paige. Editorial Cartoon Email Policy
• Malek, …

The Rattler (Volume 84, Issue 11, Edition 1), St. Mary's University

The Rattler (Previous issues)

Founded in 1919, The Rattler is the student voice of St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. The newspaper documents campus life, academic and social issues, student opinion, and local and national events as they relate to the University community. Content typically includes news articles, editorial commentary, arts and culture coverage, sports reporting, and advertisements.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 73, No. 42, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Batcheldor, Matt. Two New Parking Lots Planned for Hill – Parking & Transportation Services
• Lanter, Charlie & Molly Harper. Computer Spending a Western Priority – Budget
• Brewer, Jerry. Lady Tops Fall Short in Sun Belt Conference Final
• Back, Shannon. Professor Denies E-Mail Misconduct – Rom Milliman, Sexual Harassment
• Moore, Leigh. Composting Program Turns Things Around
• Moore, Leigh. Students Use Preston Health & Activities Center to Gauge Health Goals
• Review Would Keep Faculty Up to Standard – Post-Tenure Review
• Harlow, Paige. Editorial Cartoon Post-Tenure Faculty Review
• Duncan, Kelly. Western Hurting …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 73, No. 41, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Batcheldor, Matt. Students Face Counterfeit Charges – Jason Cardwell, Craig Fagg
• Back, Shannon. Merit Bill Going to Full Senate – Scholarships
• Manley, Beth Greek Pageant Aids Former Students – Stacey Coy, David Hill, Sigma Chi Derby Darling Pageant
• Prizes Available for Sobriety Pledge – Alcohol
• Racial Conciliation Forum Tonight
• Music Recital Saturday
• Harper, Molly. Tenure Policy Change Needed
• Moore, Leigh. Report Says Insurance Benefits Below Average – Employee Benefits
• Women’s History Should Be Celebrated – Women’s History Month
• Harlow, Paige. Editorial Cartoon Women’s History Month
• Fish, Jon. Matt Kilcullen …

Faculty Association Resolution March 5, 1998, Faculty Association

Historical Documents

Faculty Association Resolution asking the UNF Administration to move the proposed location of the Golf Management and Learning Center. Resolution passed.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 73, No. 40, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Back, Shannon. Senators Look to Combine Merit Bill – Scholarships
• Hieb, Dan. Weird.com: The Internet Offers a Multitude of Strange Places to Waste Time
• Smith, Scheri. Percussion Group to Visit Campus – Nexus, Concerts
• Siren to Be Tested Again – WKU Police, Facilities Management
• Band Concert Tonight – Music
• Harper, Molly. Volunteers Have Little to Fear – Psychology, Experiments
• Moore, Leigh. Jobs Added to Speed Facilities Management Work
• Alcohol Policy Should Be All or Nothing
• Harlow, Paige. Editorial Cartoon Big Red Keg – Alcohol
• People Poll: What Should Be …

Ray Bowman To Folio Weekly March 3, 1998, Ray Bowman

Historical Documents

Letter from faculty member Ray Bowman to the Folio Weekly concerning issues with the proposed Golf Management and Learning Center.

World Views, Political Attitudes And Risk Perception, Lennart Sjöberg

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Dr. Sjöberg questions the Cultural Theory approach to evaluating variance in risk perception. He also presents the results of a survey using elements of that and other scales to help explain individual differences in risk perception.

No. 06: Trading Places: Cross-Border Traders And The South African Informal Sector, Sally Pederby, Jonathan Crush

Southern African Migration Programme

Non-South African street traders are often portrayed in the South African media as “illegal”, ill-educated, new arrivals who take opportunities from South Africans and money from the country. The findings of this study challenge some of the basic myths about non-South African street traders and their activities.

The study also makes policy recommendations for changes in both immigration and customs policy on informal cross-border trade. The study examines the participation of non-South African street traders in regional cross-border trade and its implications for customs and immigration policy.

The study focuses on traders in the handicraft and curio sector, as they …

Faculty View: Does Equality Mean Treating Everyone The Same?, Sarah Willie-Lebreton

Sociology & Anthropology Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Awarding Credit For Service: A Study Conducted For The Corporation For National Service, Robert D. Shumer

Higher Education

The expansion of service-learning and service programs throughout the educational system in the United States continues at a strong rate. Bolstered by the national initiatives sponsored by the Corporation for National Service (CNS) and by state movements such as the mandated graduation requirement for service in Maryland, many people are interested in where and in how this reform movement is being implemented. Specifically, they are interested in understanding what counts for service, how service is monitored, and how service counts or is credited in school districts. A central issue focuses on the criteria school systems and school personnel use to …

Nationalism In Spain: Is It A Danger To National Integrity?, Fernando Pastor Villar

Theses and Dissertations

In recent years there has been a worldwide resurgence of ethnic nationalism as ethnic minorities have seen in this ethnic differentiation a better way to increase their political power within the states where they reside. Spain is a complex country divided into a number of contrasting regions with widely varying economic and social structures as well as different historical, political, and cultural traditions that includes different languages. This extreme complexity is related to its national diversity and also to the political and social articulation of nationalist claims within the state. This study arrives at five conclusions. First, Basque and Catalan …

Improving The Quality Of Child Care In The Rural South, Margaret E. Griffin, R. Dwight Hare, Patrica A. Baggerly, Melinda M. Leftwich, Sue Standifer, Susan A. Elkins

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

A collaborative of six social service agencies and a state university determined that the single most pressing need of families in a 14-county, rural area was child care. The Training Resource Center, developed through a W K. Kellogg Foundation grant, worked with day care licensing and early childhood professional groups to develop a plan to address the systemic nature of the problem of how to improve the quality of child care. Programs developed included training, mentoring, NAEYC accreditation, and a resource library. After 15 months, some programs show the possibility of sustainability.

Culture Mediator Model As A Predictor For Somatic Complaints Among Japanese And Japanese Americans, Yoko Tanaka

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

[Abstract Not Included]

Through A Lens Darkly--Superfund Spectacles On Public Participation At Brownfield Sites, Kris Wernstedt, Robert Hersh

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

The authors discuss the recent trend in brownfield site development against a backdrop of Superfund experience and explore current barriers to public participation.

Refocusing On Qualitative Methods: Problems And Prospects For Research In A Specific Asian Context, Lily Kong

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

A recent issue of Area (1996, Volume 28.2) devoted space to six papers on focus groups, attesting to their increasing importance as a means of obtaining qualitative data. The papers provided interesting insights into the use of focus groups in specific research and cultural contexts, and raised three main issues in my mind. The first is a continuing misunderstanding as to the nature of knowledge, which surfaces in discussions of, and approaches to, the use of qualitative methods such as focus groups. The second is the range of related techniques that are actually involved in the qualitative method, known as …

Why Service-Learning Is Bad, John Eby

Service Learning, General

Service-learning has potential to transform teaching and learning in the academy and to call a generation of students to develop social responsibility and an ethic of service. Research on the learning side of the service-learning equation shows that students develop social responsibility, reduce racism, develop leadership and gain personal and social skills. There are however important questions which must be examined on the service side of the equation. The demands a learning orientation places on service limits its effectiveness and its ability to address community needs at a structural level. The service students do is often ameliorative and the explanations …

When Do Single Mothers Work? An Analysis Of The 1990 Census Data, Marta Elliott, John F. Packham

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This study analyzes the relative effect of the amount of public assistance income received one year on the probability that a single mother is employed the following year compared to a variety of other determinants of employment status. The analysis is based on a national sample which was drawn from the Public Use Micro data 5 percent Sample (PUMS) of the 1990 U.S. Census. It consists of the 275,744female householders who were divorced, separated, widowed or never married, and living with their own children age 18 and under. Logistic regression was utilized to calculate the probability of being employed in …

Partnerships For Vitalizing Communities And Neighborhoods: Celebrating A "Return"!, Linwood H. Cousins

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

In 1994, ten community and university partnerships joined the W. K. Kellogg Foundation to develop training strategies that would improve social systems and better serve families and neighborhoods. The partnerships and training strategies were to be based on what the Foundation refers to as the "assets model"- or seeing the strengths and assets of families and neighborhoods, rather than their deficits, as the primary building block for social systems (Parsons, 1997). Called the "W. K. Kellogg Foundation Families and Neighborhoods Initiative, Community/ University Partnerships," according to Beverly Parsons, a program evaluator, "Funding is provided for sites to demonstrate that partnerships …

Community Organizing And Comprehensive Community Initiatives, Mark Joseph, Renae Ogletree

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

In order for comprehensive community initiatives (CCIs) to be sustained beyond their initial funding period, they must "take hold" in a community and develop the capacity of community members to control and guide the community-building process. Given that CCIs are usually formulated largely by sources external to the community, such as private foundations and government agencies, it can be difficult for CCIs to achieve the necessary level of local participation. Furthermore, conflicts over the dynamic of power within the CCI, and differences over internal versus external interest, can make interaction between external agents and community members problematic. The author suggests …

Partners For Change: Community Residents And Agencies, Julie O'Donnel, James Ferreira, Ralph Hurtado, Ellen Ames, Richard E. Floyd Jr., Lottie M. Sebren

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Efforts to combine the knowledge and skills of community residents and diverse professionals to bring about community and service delivery change are becoming increasingly popular, yet difficult to achieve. This article details, from the perspective of community residents and agency and university staff, the challenges, strategies, and benefits in developing one community-agency collaborative which has successfully engaged community residents. The program is located in a low-income, culturally-diverse, densely populated urban area. Challenges faced by the partnership included recruiting residents, reducing logistical barriers to resident involvement, joining together residents and agency staff, and aligning community and agency goals. Successful strategies in …

Policy Guidelines On Sex For Security Bureaucracies, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article provides policy guidelines for personnel managers within security bureaucracies on sexual dispositions.

Right, Left, Right On, Or Left Out: New Directions For Political Road Maps?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article illustrates problems for social constructions of the political right and left.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 73, No. 39, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Harper, Molly. Council to Study General Education – Curriculum
• Moore, Leigh. Ashes to Ashes – Lent, Religion, Christianity
• Batcheldor, Matt. Pot Arrests Up on Hill – Marijuana, Drug Abuse
• Moore, Leigh. Self-Insurance OK Elsewhere – Employee Benefits
• Chinese Scholars Visit Campus
• Radon Test Available to Students
• Wilson, Misty. Eating Disorders Screening Scheduled for 2:15 Today
• Lanter, Charlie. Cheryl Chambless Reassigned; Sharon Dyrsen Gets Admissions
• Open Up Teacher Evaluation Results
• Harlow, Paige. Editorial Cartoon Student Evaluations
• Black History Month Failure On Campus – Minority Student Support Services
• People Poll: How …