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Stephen Biko's Rhetorical Vision of Black Consciousness

Creator:: Fergusson, Julie K.
Abstract:: Stephen Biko was a black leader in South Africa who died in police custody on September 12, 1977. Biko's death echoed within the Republic of South Africa and around the world, showing that racial tensions in that country were severe. At his death he was a hero to the black...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Biko's Rhetorical Vision of B ack Consciousness. Abstract approved: Sean Patrick O'Rourke

Applicability of Public Participation for the Finnish Forest and Park Service

Creator:: Loikkanen, Teppo T. J.
Abstract:: Under what circumstances and in what ways can public participation be utilized in managing Finland's national forests? In the first chapter, a framework for answering this question is set by analyzing Finnish legal, cultural, historical and political background. The frame defines the Finnish Forest and Park Service's (FPS) decision making...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: 1994. Approved by: Perry Brown, Major Professor Forest Resources Department 280 Peavy HaD Oregon

A comparative analysis of aggression by active male participants in intramural and open recreation basketball at Oregon State University

Creator:: Harty, Robert A. (Robert Alvin), 1962-
Abstract:: As an increase in Americans seek their leisure experience in rationalized forms of play, certain symptoms of non-enjoyment, non-flow achievement are present; i.e., aggression. This relationship between aggression and rationalized play has widely manifested in university intramural sports settings. The review of literature provides the logical development for this relationship...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: at Oregon State University. Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy D6W P. Poling As an increase

An analysis of the relationship between corporate sponsorship and intramural event participation

Creator:: Tobery, James R.
Abstract:: More Americans are participating in sport every year and several organizations have made it their mission to provide the opportunity for organized sport participation. College and University intramural departments are one of those organizations. They provide participation opportunities on nearly every college campus. The review of literature identifies the sociological...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: privacy Dow P. Poling More Americans are participating in sport every year and several organizations

Turnover, Memory, Persistence: Four Decades of Ecological Community at Lost Valley

Creator:: Bruno, Mark P.
Abstract:: This study is an ethnographic investigation of residential turnover, organizational memory, and the persistence of Lost Valley, an Oregon ecovillage founded in 1989. Literature on organizational turnover, memory, and persistence is reviewed and integrated with scholarship on intentional communities and ecovillages, generating a theoretical framework for data collection and analysis....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Mark P. Bruno for the

Attitudes toward surrogate mothering theory and measurement

Creator:: Vee, Regina M.
Abstract:: Surrogate motherhood is a very complex issue with many groups having vested interests. In order to measure attitudes specific to surrogacy a 20-item Likert Scale with high reliability was developed through item analysis (N=131, Part-whole correlation range 0.749-0.478). Correlation of surrogacy attitudes was subsequently related to six other instruments: AIDS,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: correlation (p=0.05) was demonstrated with Abortion Scale (0.486, p= 0.001), Dogmatism (-0.253, p= 0.048) and

Attitudes Toward Political Participation and Preference for Violence

Creator:: Yatani, Choichiro
Abstract:: This study was designed to assess the effects of political participation upon hostility and the preference for violence. To investigate this problem a political participation scale was developed. 148 male subjects (mean age 22.6 years) and 93 female subjects (mean age 20.7 years) responded to the Political Participation Scale, the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ) low political participation is correlated to feelings of political incapability (r = -.39, P<.005

How Have Black/African American Division 1 Student-athletes Socioeconomic Backgrounds Affected their Mental Health Well-being Compared to their Counterpart Athletes

Creator:: Nassar, Arica Louise Fafa
Abstract:: Mental health among student athletes has gotten much more attention in the world of sport today. However, there has been a lack of research focusing on how the socioeconomic backgrounds of Division 1 student athletes can play a role in their mental health and their desire to seek out help...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: entry for "Negro" in the ninth edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica (1884, p. 316) stated

The rhetorical dynamics of culture : an interdisciplinary approach to a synthesis between rhetoric and culture

Creator:: Tobey, Toni K.
Abstract:: The frame of reference for understanding the rhetorical significance of cultural acts lies in the identification and explication of the diversity of theories which encompass sociological and anthropological definitions of culture. The paradigms presented in this thesis range from unilinear evolution, biological and environmental determinism, materialism, historical ethnology and reductionism...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: compos. A slapdash notion of the field can cripple our thinking about communication (Smith, 1977, p. 79

Influence of Political Liberalism on Contracting Prison Health Care

Creator:: Yarnall, Robert G.
Abstract:: Studies on prison contracting have typically focused on the privatization of entire facilities and carceral services offered to inmates. There has been limited research, however, as to how political ideology influences the extent to which state prisons contract out health care services. There also appears to be a need for...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: significant predictor for privatization (T. L. Brown, Potoski, & Van Slyke, 2008; Hebdon & Jalette, 2008

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Stephen Biko's Rhetorical Vision of Black Consciousness

Applicability of Public Participation for the Finnish Forest and Park Service

A comparative analysis of aggression by active male participants in intramural and open recreation basketball at Oregon State University

An analysis of the relationship between corporate sponsorship and intramural event participation

Turnover, Memory, Persistence: Four Decades of Ecological Community at Lost Valley

Attitudes toward surrogate mothering theory and measurement

Attitudes Toward Political Participation and Preference for Violence

How Have Black/African American Division 1 Student-athletes Socioeconomic Backgrounds Affected their Mental Health Well-being Compared to their Counterpart Athletes

The rhetorical dynamics of culture : an interdisciplinary approach to a synthesis between rhetoric and culture

Influence of Political Liberalism on Contracting Prison Health Care

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