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Scenes of language

Creator:: Duerst, Gretchen
Abstract:: In this creative non-fiction thesis, I present a collection of personal essays that examine my significant moments of awkwardness with failed communications or frustrated relationships when I wanted to draw people closer with language, but was unsuccessful. In the twelve stories, I discuss these issues in my interpersonal communication interwoven...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: alone. "Remember to breathe," the minister added, and Robert and Betsy both rose with their heavy

The Gospel : according to Matt

Creator:: Weber, Joshua D.
Abstract:: The Gospel: According to Matt is a novel, told in the first person, simple past tense, depicting the struggle of a young man attempting to make sense of his relationship with his estranged father as he wrestles with a growing crisis of faith. Matt is deeply sincere in his desire...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: makin' some dough?" Oklahoma lay out before us, flat and wide. A cluster of buildings rose out of the

The legacy of two African American women in college administration : Maxine Buie Mimms and Wintonnette Joye Hardiman : a look back to go forward

Creator:: Washington, Kim Elaine
Abstract:: The focus of this study was to examine the administrative legacy of two African American women administrators, Maxine Buie Mimms and Wintonnette Joye Hardiman, who administrated The Evergreen State College-Tacoma, Washington (TESC-T) campus for more than three decades. TESC-T is nationally known for its community-based curriculum and pedagogy, high retention...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Patterns from the past : exploring gender and ethnicity through historical archaeology among fur trade families in the Willamette Valley of Oregon

Creator:: McAleer, Carolyn Patricia
Abstract:: This thesis examines archaeological material in order to explore gender and ethnicity issues concerning fur trade era families from a settlement in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Ethnohistorical information consisting of traders journals and travelers observations, as well as documentation from the Hudson's Bay Company, Catholic church records, and genealogical information...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (Sambucus glauca), Rose (Rosa sp.), Hardhack (Spiraea Douglasii), Renebark (Physocanpus capitatus), and

Whitman and technology: a modern romance

Creator:: Turner, David N.
Abstract:: Walt Whitman looked to the natural world, which he considered an original example of divine creation, for insights into the methods and patterns of the Creative Force; the poet then intuited connections between these divine natural patterns and human existence and spirituality. Convinced of the divinity of the human body,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The Gorda Escarpment's rise and fall : synthesis of exploration seismology, sampling efforts, micropaleontology, and radiometric dating

Creator:: Potter, Susan M.
Abstract:: The Gorda Escarpment (40.4° N and from 126° W to 124.7° W) is a topographic high which is the eastern portion of the Mendocino Transform Fault. The Vizcaino Block is the anomalously shallow portion of the Pacific plate immediately south of the Gorda Escarpment. Sediments of the Vizcaino Block record...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Fisk, Betsy Berg, Deborah Stakes, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, and the crew of the

Aquatic insect adaptations to different flow regimes

Creator:: Yamamuro, Asako Melody
Abstract:: My thesis explored the effects of environmental variability on population dynamics and community composition of aquatic insects. Environmental variability in the form of flow regime in streams can limit the distribution and life-history traits of aquatic insects. I used tributaries to the McKenzie River in Oregon with dramatically different flow...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Albins, Tim Pusack, Sarah Close, Alison Iles, Jeremy Rose, Joe Tyburczy, Chris Friesen, Rocky Parker

Conserving avian diversity in agricultural systems : the role of isolated Oregon white oak legacy trees

Creator:: DeMars, Craig A.
Abstract:: Over one third of the earth’s land surface has been modified to some extent for agricultural purposes. The large global footprint of agriculture, combined with the knowledge that existing reserve networks are likely insufficient for long-term conservation of native biodiversity, has necessitated that agricultural systems contribute to conservation of native...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Dan Donato, Betsy Glenn and John Campbell. Not only did they provide scientific advice when asked

The Impact of World Literature in Secondary Schools in Oregon and Chile : A Comparative Case Study

Creator:: McFarland, Annette Catherine
Abstract:: The reading of world literature, literary works from cultures other than one’s own, offers an effective means of creating greater awareness and sensitivity towards others. Research on the subject makes it clear that world literature can help lay the groundwork for a sense of world citizenship in students. To what...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: buddies Betsy Strobel and Kingsley Coates-Chaney; Renee Stowell; Rebekah Lancelin; the UHC office staff

Marine habitat use of black-footed and Laysan albatrosses during the post-breeding season and their spatial and temporal overlap with commercial fisheries

Creator:: Fischer, Karen Naess
Abstract:: Incidental bycatch in commercial fisheries has been identified as a threat to black-footed albatrosses (Phoebastria nigripes) and Laysan albatrosses (P. immutabilis). Effective long-term conservation of these albatrosses necessitates a thorough understanding of their marine distribution, which marine habitats are selected during foraging, and where they are most likely to interact...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Kirsten Bixler, Chris Couch, Justin Crawford, Betsy Glenn, Nathan Hostetter, Tim Lawes, Scott Miller

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Scenes of language

The Gospel : according to Matt

The legacy of two African American women in college administration : Maxine Buie Mimms and Wintonnette Joye Hardiman : a look back to go forward

Patterns from the past : exploring gender and ethnicity through historical archaeology among fur trade families in the Willamette Valley of Oregon

Whitman and technology: a modern romance

The Gorda Escarpment's rise and fall : synthesis of exploration seismology, sampling efforts, micropaleontology, and radiometric dating

Aquatic insect adaptations to different flow regimes

Conserving avian diversity in agricultural systems : the role of isolated Oregon white oak legacy trees

The Impact of World Literature in Secondary Schools in Oregon and Chile : A Comparative Case Study

Marine habitat use of black-footed and Laysan albatrosses during the post-breeding season and their spatial and temporal overlap with commercial fisheries

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