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  • The Blessingway : A Woman's Birth Ritual

    Creator:
    Biddle, Jeanette M.
    Abstract:
    This study examines participants' perceptions of the significant messages and meanings communicated to them through the ceremony of the Blessingway (a ritual titled after the Navajo Blessingway), a contemporary women's birth ritual performed by midwives. A narrative approach was used for data gathering based on Fisher's rationale that meaning emerges...
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    Masters Thesis
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    mention birth rituals (Grinnell, 1896, 1902; Kay, 1982; Kitzinger, 1980; Kluckhohn & Leighton, 1974

  • The Role of the Academic Advisor as a Support Person for Student-Athletes in Higher Education

    Creator:
    Phillips, Rachel (Rachel Lynne)
    Abstract:
    Despite policies implemented by the NCAA with the intention of increasing student-athlete academic success and persistence to graduation, student-athlete graduation rates still remain low, with only 65% of student-athletes receiving their college degree. Certain non- cognitive variables, including the availability of a strong support person, have been shown predict persistence...
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    Masters Thesis
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    American student perceptions of race on campus climate, Reid and Radhakrishnan (2003) found the support

  • Why we worship the economy : a Burkean analysis of South Park's "Margaritaville"

    Creator:
    Holderness, William Robert
    Abstract:
    The television show South Park, created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, is viewed by millions of people each week, regularly addresses a number of controversial issues and plays a major role in contemporary popular culture. Current academic research acknowledges Parker and Stone's willingness to attack the dominant views surrounding...
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    Masters Thesis

  • For the Purpose of Power: An Analysis of George W. Bush’s Warrantless Wiretapping Address

    Creator:
    Owens, Michael V.
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    The purpose of this study is to examine the rhetorical efforts of President George W. Bush in defending his administration's warrantless wiretapping program. Specifically, the study attempts to determine the president's underlying motives when he defended the National Security Agency in a December 2005 radio address by applying Kenneth Burke's...
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    Masters Thesis
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    States Senate, Harry Reid of Nevada, when asked by reporters where he stood, said, “It’s a question

  • The rhetoric of the Dalai Lama

    Creator:
    Gorsevski, Ellen Weihe
    Abstract:
    This thesis examines the rhetoric (persuasive discourse) of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet. The analysis of this thesis provides an historical foundation of understanding for the international campaign of rhetoric which the Dalai Lama has been leading for the past forty years, culminating...
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    Masters Thesis