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  • The wild flesh of Gary Snyder's "natural language"

    Creator:
    Hanson, Michael (Michael Edward)
    Abstract:
    This paper explores the language theories of Gary Snyder, an important modern environmental author whose early work was associated with the Beat movement of the early 1950's. I am particularly interested in Snyder's thoughts on how language relates to nature. I focus primarily on Snyder's prose in attempts to understand...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Master of Arts in English presented on June 15, 2006. Title: The Wild Flesh of Gary Snyder's "Natural

  • A study of socioeconomic factors which influence recycling participation in two Oregon communities : Beaverton and Corvallis

    Creator:
    Gustafson, Gary G.
    Abstract:
    Seven socioeconomic factors common to two Oregon communities, Beaverton and Corvallis, were examined and compared for the influences they might have on participation in recycling programs. Sampling technique involved the use of a prepared survey questionnaire through which the data necessary for the appropriate statistical methodology used in the study...
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    Capstone Project
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    PARTICIPATION IN TWO OREGON COMMUNITIES: BEAV'ERTON AND CORVALLIS by GARY G. GUSTAFSON A RESEARCH PAPER

  • Some macrophytic, intertidal algal associations on the coast of Oregon

    Creator:
    Gill, Gary Lawlor
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    Two sampling lines were established in the intertidal region at each of three geographically separate sites on the coast of Oregon. Each sampling line, which was positioned in the zone dominated by the brown alga Hedophyllum sessile, was one meter in height and extended 50 meters horizontally. Information was sought...
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    Masters Thesis
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    coast of Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF GARY LAWLOR GILL (Name) in BOTANY (Major) for the

  • Bright lights, big city : electrified female desire in Edith Wharton and Theodore Dreiser

    Creator:
    Larsen, Haley A.
    Abstract:
    This thesis explores the electrified female subject in two novels, Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie (1900) and Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth (1905). As cultural touchstones, two literary works that prominently feature electricity -- Henry James' story "In the Cage" and Henry Adams' biography The Education of Henry Adams --...
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    Theodore Dreiser Abstract Approved: Peter J. Betjemann This thesis explores the electrified female

  • The objects within : an applied OOO literary criticism

    Creator:
    Dodson, Matthew J.
    Abstract:
    For centuries, continental philosophy has clung to the belief that the world only meaningfully exists through human perception--that, in other words, when a tree falls in the forest, it does not make a sound. Literary theory, which has strong roots in continental philosophy, followed suit, remaining tied to humanism even...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Matthew J

  • Real roots of polynomials : an interactive computer approach

    Creator:
    Moussaoui, Ahmed
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    This is an interactive, self explanatory computer program on real roots of polynomials with real coefficients. This program called POLYROOT has the double feature of tutoring and problem solving. It allows the user to enter on one line any polynomial with real coefficients. Then, the user can find : 1....
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    computer program and the thesis. I also wish to thank Gary L. Musser, and William F. Burger for their

  • Wild nature or the garden : conservation themes in the forests of Tarzan and Herland/Ourland

    Creator:
    Davis, Caryn M.
    Abstract:
    At first glance, Edgar Rice Burroughs's wildly popular romantic fantasy novel, Tarzan of the Apes (1912), and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's feminist science fiction-utopian novel, Herland (1915), with its dystopian companion, With Her in Ourland (1916), may appear to have little in common. Tarzan celebrates the human connection with wild nature...
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    of Tarzan and Herland/Ourland Abstract approved: Peter J. Betjemann At first glance, Edgar

  • The Bachman Cave (10-OE0565) point typology, Owyhee County, southwestern Idaho

    Creator:
    Chavarria, Juan C.
    Abstract:
    In the past, archaeological investigations have recovered material culture that have often been stored as museum property without a focused analysis or written report of the results. This study focuses on one such assemblage ofchipped stone projectile points from the Bachman Cave locality of southwestern Idaho that has been stored...
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    Masters Thesis
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    -OE-565) Point Typology, Owhee County, Southwestern Idaho. Abstract approved: Barbara J. Roth In the

  • Reproductive decision-making in young women breast cancer survivors

    Creator:
    Everson, Courtney Louise
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this study is to use an integrated biocultural perspective to examine the decision-making processes of young survivors as they navigate breast cancer treatment and reproductive health care options. This retrospective study utilizes a mixed-methods approach that integrates quantitative survey data (Phase I) with interview (Phase II) and...
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    Cancer Survivors Abstract approved: Melissa J. Cheyney The purpose of

  • The infinite margin : living in reading

    Creator:
    Kleiman, Alicia J. Alicia J.
    Abstract:
    This thesis, a collection of creative non-fiction essays, explores the nature and influence of reading and school in the author's life. After a brief introduction explaining the title, part one describes the sensory dimensions of reading. Part two discusses the author's work as a student and teacher and the contradictions...
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    Masters Thesis
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    THESIS OF Alicia J. Kleiman for the degree of Master of Arts in English presented on April25, 2001