Sociology Commons^™

Factors Affecting Participation In Senior Center Programs, Betty J. Jefferson

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

This study investigated whether the factors of relationships, recreation, relatedness, and reward would affect participation in senior centers. Demographic variables of age, sex, and socio-economic status and enabling variables of health, transportation, and income were also investigated. Data were collected from a sample of 57 older adults (aged 55 and over) from three Las Vegas Senior Centers using an instrument developed by the investigator. Findings revealed that relationships, recreation, and relatedness contributed to reasons for participation. Rewards did not seem to affect participation. In terms of demographics, more participants tended to be older, female, and educated. Enabling variables revealed participants …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 74, No. 55, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Karen, Mattias. Faculty Involve Students in Rift – Sociology
• Back, Shannon. Suit Against Commissioner Raises Concern – Bowling Green City Commissioners, Sandy Jones
• Harper, Molly. Student Issues Dominate Western’s Summer Agenda – Student Health Services, Budget
• Moore, Leigh. Faculty Morale Declines – Gary Ransdell
• Wilkins, Erin. Students Charged for Useless Parking Permits – Parking & Traffic Services
• The 1999 Marsupial Awards
• Tabor, Chris. Editorial Cartoon Koala Handing in Marsupial Awards
• Sewell, Ariel. Sociology Department Not in Turmoil
• Foster, Ashley. Ignore Few Disgruntled Voices – Sociology
• What Are You Doing …

Naccs 26th Annual Conference, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

NACCS Conference Programs

Missionary Positions: Post-Colonialism to Pre-Sexto Sol
April 28-May 1, 1999
Radisson Hotel

The Rattler (Volume 85, Issue 13, 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. 74, No. 54, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Karen, Mattias. Sociology Department in Turmoil
• Harper, Molly. Student Health Services Debate Not New
• Karen, Mattias. Woman Files Suit Over Harassment – Wayne Jones, Tammy Collins, Lawsuits
• Clark, Ryan. Ryan Morrison Wins Student Government Association Election
• Back, Shannon. Ethics Board Postpones Review – Bowling Green City Commissioners, Sandy Jones, Joe Denning
• Stamper, John. Grades Won’t Be Mailed – Internet, Registrar
• Hieb, Dan. Photographers Finish First & Second – Chris Hamilton, Jonathan Kirschner
• Walters, Mary. Banshee Stories Excessive
• Vest, Joe. Charlie Lanter Completely True
• Hoover, Judith. Embrace Human Dignity – …

Trends. Tragedies Of School Shootings In The United States: A Matter Of Experts, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the opining of experts after the Columbine school shooting.

Trends. A Profile Of Racial Profiles, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses profiling as an approach to prevent crime and to apprehend criminal perpetrators.

Needling Around: Discovering The Factors Affecting Physician Opinion On Acupuncture, Crea Fusco '99

Honors Projects

This paper investigates the effects of the independent variables, age, exposure to acupuncture, knowledge of acupuncture, level of religiosity, physician referrals for acupuncture and physicians type of practice on the dependent variable, opinion of acupuncture. Using bivariate cross-tabulations, gamma and linear regression analysis, exposure, knowledge and physician referrals were found to have a significant relationship with opinion of acupuncture. The self-administered questionnaire was mailed to all physicians and surgeons of the Bloomington! Normal IL community who were listed in the April 1998 GTE phonebook. Respondent's ages ranged from 29 to 95 years old, the mean equaling 46.4 years old. Four …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 74, No. 53, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Wilkins, Erin. Alleged Peepers Caught – Pearce-Ford Tower, Housing & Residence Life
• Wilkins, Erin. White Professor Claims Race Bias in Suit – Virginia Pfohl, Community College
• Cowles, Brooke. Dorms Get 24-Hour Visitation – Housing & Residence Life
• Back, Shannon. Student Health Services in Jeopardy – Again
• Back, Shannon. Commissioners Respond to Mayor’s Ethics Complaint – Eldon Renaud, Bowling Green Municipal Utilities
• Pedigo, Matt. Bowling Green Area Code Changes
• Open Documents Restore Confidence – Wayne Jones, Lawsuits
• Alexander, Amber. Columnist Bashes Unfairly – Charlie Lanter
• Harshfield, Lara. Joe Matheis Letter …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 74, No. 52, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Karen, Mattias. Complainant: I Felt Dirty – Wayne Jones, Sexual Harassment, Lawsuits
• Hutchins, Chris. Baptized In Beer – Banshee
• Harper, Molly. General Education Changing
• Back, Shannon. Mayor Seeks Investigation of Commissioners – Eldon Renaud, Sandy Jones, Joe Denning
• Karen, Mattias. Harassment Documents Released – Wayne Jones
• Wilkins, Erin. Pearce-Ford Tower Shower Arrest Imminent – Housing & Residence Life, Peeping Toms
• Swath of Scandal – Student Government Association, Elections
• Tabor, Chris. Editorial Cartoon Student Government Association Nasty Campaigns
• Emly, Karri. Make Time for Kindness, Compassion
• Matheis, Joe. Candidate Thanks Blacks …

Two Studies Of The Impact Of Performance Feedback On Community Service Learning Among College Students, Mahesh Subramony

Thesis, Dissertations, Student Creative Activity, and Scholarship

In Study 1, I manipulated students' access to frequent written performance feedback from agency supervisors. Thirty-eight service-learning students enrolled in a Midwest university were randomly assigned to a performance feedback (experimental) condition and a no performance feedback (control) condition. Student learning from community service (SLCS) was measured both before and after the semester-long intervention. Students in the experimental group did not show significant improvements in SLCS over those in the control condition. However, an individual differences variable, feedback disposition predicted SLCS.

In study 2, I looked at the impact of organizational feedback quality, client feedback quality, student feedback seeking, and …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 74, No. 51, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Gaines, Jim. Man Spying on Women in Showers – Pearce-Ford Tower, Housing & Residence Life
• Clark, Ryan. Turbulent Elections Complete – Student Government Association
• Lynch, Caroline. Fashion Show Opens Western to World – International Students
• Harper, Molly. Grant Loss May Close Adult Day Care Center
• Wilkins, Erin. WKU Police May Lose Officers – Budget
• Karen, Mattias. Funding for Western Could Increase, With Tuition to Follow - Budget
• Moore, Leigh. Holocaust Survivor to Tell Life Story – Joseph Gavi
• Leffler, Matthew. Student Government Association Offers No Leadership
• Haile, Marybeth. Punish …

Sensitive Pitcher Plant Populations, Dona Bentzien

Historical Documents

Non-compliance with Audubon International construction plan related to the destruction of sensitive pitcher plant population near construction site. Memo from Dona Bentzien to Joe Noll.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 74, No. 50, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Long, Brittany. Inflated Prices Costing Downing University Center Theatre
• Clark, Ryan & Dan Hieb. Judical Council Questions Joe Matheis – Student Government Association, Elections
• Sutton, Lyndsay. Dancing Through the Decades – Alpha Gamma Rho, Kappa Delta
• Back, Shannon. Professor Says Some Bowling Green Municipal Utilities Officials Corrupt – Jesse Droddy, Sandy Jones
• Hieb, Dan. Former University of Kentucky Student to Speak About Life with AIDS – Joey Blanton
• Karen, Mattias. Staff Advisory Council Losing Members
• Wilkins, Erin. Charges Against Jason Nemes – Phi Delta Theta
• Issue-Less Candidates Offer Few …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 74, No. 49, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Hutchins, Chris. Student Dies of Cancer – Maureen Decker aka Mo
• Batcheldor, Matt. Evening of Dance – Theatre & Dance
• Darr, John. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jr. Honored for Talents
• Karen, Mattias. Faculty Not in Favor of Appeal – Wayne Jones, Lawsuits
• Corbin, Brett. April Fools’ Day Switch No Joke to Radio Listeners – WKDF-FM
• Harper, Molly. Fund-Raiser Canceled – Rugby
• Harper, Molly. Comedian Here Saturday – Wendi Fox
• Eliminate Elitist Rule – Student Government Association
• Tabor, Chris. Editorial Cartoon NATO Energizer Bunny
• Stamper, John. Pay Attention to War in Yugoslavia …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 74, No. 48, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Moore, Leigh. A Night of Pageantry – Miss Black Western, Shadana Dickerson
• Clark, Ryan. Student Government Association Bends Election Rules
• Wilkins, Erin. Phi Delta Theta President Arrested – Jason Nemes, Student Government Association
• Gaines, Jim. Outages Cause Missed Classes – Utilities
• Karen, Mattias. Diversity Problems Still Plague Western – Integration, Desegregation
• Hieb, Dan. Web Site Showcases Work of Kentucky Artists – Internet, Artists of Kentucky
• Police Cameras: Big Brother Is Watching You
• Tabor, Chris. Editorial Cartoon Big Brother Watching Student Eat Breakfast
• Gilbert, Dan. Dave Matthews Band Won’t Come …

Letter From Edna Saffy To Betsy Griffey, Earl Farris, Jerry Patterson, Request For Support April 6, 1999, Edna Louise Saffy

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Letter from Dr. Saffy, Professor of Speech Communication to Betsy Griffey, Department Chair, Earl Farris Dean, Jerry Patterson, President of FCCJ South Campus and Other Appropriate Distribution requesting support for attending meetings for 1999-2000 President Advisory Committee on the Arts of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Florida Community College at Jacksonville letterhead. Box 41 Folder General Correspondence 1999-2001

Agenda For April 5, 1999 Class Meeting, Edna Louise Saffy

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Speech 2600.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 74, No. 47, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Charles, Dawn. Cancer Claims Student – W.C. Fowler aka Tra
• Wilkins, Erin. Police Installing Cameras
• Clark, Ryan. Student Government Association Questions President on Privatizing Student Health Services
• Clark, Ryan. Field Large for Student Government Association Primaries – Elections
• Karen, Mattias. Petition Could Curb Sprinkler Costs for Students – Student Government Association
• Clark, Ryan. Dwight Campbell, Kerri Richardson Expect to Rock Western with Change – Student Government Association, Elections
• Campus Ministries Observing Good Friday – The Way of the Cross
• Hieb, Dan. Meeting to Discuss Swimming Pool
• Hieb, Dan. Faculty …

The Effects Of Ethnicity, Ethnic Salience And Ethnic Identification On Consumers' Sources Of Information And Purchase Behavior, Patricia Wooten Humphrey

Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine if there were any significant differences in the search and purchase behavior between white and black consumers due to ethnicity, ethnic identification, ethnic salience and ethnic situation.

The sample was chosen from two universities, one predominately white, the other predominately black. Of the 360 questionnaires administered, 345 were usable. The sample was representative of the student population of each university with respect to age, gender, and ethnicity. Statistical techniques used were ANOVAs, t-tests and paired comparisons.

The findings indicate that ethnicity plays an important role in an individual's sources of information used …

Individual Differences In Attributional Style: The Mediating Influence Of Self-Efficacy, Self-Esteem, And Sex Role Identity, Angela J. Hirschy

Dissertations

Previous research into achievement attributions failed to demonstrate consistent main effects for sex or interaction effects between sex and situational or task variables. The ambiguity of these findings suggests that intervening variables other than sex may be influencing differences in attributions. Based on evidence derived from the theoretical and research literature related to psychological well-being and the reformulated learned helplessness model of depression, self-efficacy, selfesteem, and sex role identity have the potential to influence attributions made in different types of success and failure situations. The purpose of this study was to expand on achievement attribution research by investigating the relationship …

Poverty And Poverty Alleviation Strategies In Egypt, Ragui Assaad, Malak Rouchdy

Faculty Books

No abstract provided.

Lgbta 2nd Annual Pride Week '99 [Poster], University Of Northern Iowa. Gender & Sexuality Services, Uni Proud.

UNI Proud Documents

A poster promoting LGBTA 1999 Pride Week.

Problems, Politics, And Possibilities Of A Progressive Approach To Service Learning In A Community College: A Case Study, Kevin L. Burr

Higher Education

Change -- it is easy to determine when change is needed and even what needs to be changed; the problem is effective implementation. Cohen and Brawer (1989) said that community colleges still have not found a way to implement alternative learning methodologies.

It is reasonable to assume that in an institution dedicated since its inception to 'good teaching', new instructional forms will be tried. However, despite the spread of reproducible media, traditional methods of instruction still flourish. Visitors to a campus might be shown mathematics laboratories, the media production facilities, and computer-assisted instructional programs. But on the way to those …

Self Service: Self-Concept Enhancement In High School Students In A Service Learning Program, Sarah Foster

Thesis, Dissertations, Student Creative Activity, and Scholarship

This study attempted to answer the question of whether participation in a high school service learning program can be linked to increases in measures of self-esteem in students. Proponents of service learning claim that it is a valuable means of engaging students, increasing comprehension, and fostering citizenship, but the positive psychological effects are often overlooked.

The Rosenberg (1965) Self-Esteem Scale was used to measure self-esteem levels. Personal interviews were also conducted and coded categorically into scales for self-values of competence, self-determination, personal unity, and moral worth. This coding was done according to a framework created by Gordon (1982). The results …

Strengthening And Supporting Service-Learning Objectives, Ins

Project Summaries

In the fall of 1994, the W. K. Kellogg Foundation gave a pilot grant to the Institute for Global Ethics to develop and demonstrate a methodology that incorporates a values-based orientation and reflection component into a selected number of service-learning programs across the country. A continuing two-year grant to expand the initiative got under way in December, 1996.

Service-Learning As A Tool For Violence Prevention An Annotated Topic Bibliography, Ann Treacy

Bibliographies

Bibliographic information for discussions and reports on service-learning as a tool for violence prevention.

A Comparative Assessment Of The Status, Structure And Process Utilized By Nevada's Family Support And Preservation Consortia To Achieve Collaboration, Marlys A. Morton

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

This paper presents a framework for understanding inter-organizational collaboration and describes and analyzes how collaboration was used as a method to build new service networks, the characteristics of the consortia, and the status of the collaborative processes.

Although the literature on inter-organizational collaboration in the human services is increasing, little is known about how regional consortia view the process of working together towards a common purpose. The results reported in this paper are intended to help fill that gap.

The findings reported in this study are based on a survey process using a standardized questionnaire to study the collaborative status. …

Clark Memorandum: Spring 1999, J. Reuben Clark Law Society, J. Reuben Clark Law School

The Clark Memorandum

• Weightier Matters (Elder Dallin H. Oaks)
• The Constitutional Thought of J. Reuben Clark, Jr. (J. David Gowdy)
• A Courtroom with a View (Joyce Janetski)
• The Challenge (Alexander B. Morrison)

Judicial Decision Making Under Michigan Sentencing Guidelines, Abel E. Ekpunobi

Dissertations

Many states and the federal judiciary have adopted sentencing guidelines as a mechanism of sentencing reform. This study used the bounded rationality model to investigate judicial decision-making under Michigan Sentencing Guidelines, and the effectiveness o f the guidelines in reducing or eliminating sentencing disparities — situations in which legally similar defendants receive dissimilar sentences.

A statistical and comparative analysis of a database sample of felony cases (n = 20,834), sentenced in four different-sized Michigan counties from 1992 through 1997, was examined with logistic and linear regression models. Logistic regression results indicate a significant association (p < .05) between incarceration and some legal and extralegal variables. Legal variables, such as prior felony convictions, sentencing guideline scores, offense type/severity, the defendant’s relationship with the criminal justice system, and extralegal variables, such as the defendant’s race and gender, year and county of sentencing, are important predictors of sentencing outcomes. Linear regression results indicate a significant association (p < .05) between the minimum term of imprisonment and prior felony convictions, sentencing guidelines and offense type/ severity, but not with extralegal variables. These results suggest that judicial decision-making remains a human/“bounded rationality” process.

The findings of this study …