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  • From sister to sister to woman : the role of sororities in the social transmission of gender

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    Gilmore, Jennifer
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    Sororities play an important role in the process by which sorority women become gendered by influencing members' ideas about what it means to be a woman. Women and men become gendered through regular social interaction with other women and men, and sororities have a particularly strong impact on their members...
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  • The natural history of public works development

    Creator:
    Robertson, Robert A.
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    A case study of the Eugene Water and Electric Board's planning for the Minto Hydroelectric is examined in terms of social movement theory. It is hypothesized that public works projects have a significant likeness to a social movement and they conform in their essential ingredients to social movement explanations. The...
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Robert A. Robertson for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary

  • An Investigation of Age-Related Differences in Value-Driven Attentional Capture

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    Naylor, Jamie
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    Previous research on age-related differences in attentional capture has indicated that older adults are more susceptible to distraction than younger adults and this has been interpreted as a reduced capacity to inhibit distraction in late life. Recently, however, there have been discrepancies in the literature about in what circumstances older...
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    towards Dr. Kathryn Becker-Blease, secondary advisor, Dr. Robert Stawski, tertiary advisor, and Steven

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

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    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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    . Robert Sahr and Dr. Carol Caughey, but especially Dr. Mark Moore, who provided helpful guidance and

  • Of dragons, palaces, and gods : a mormon perspective on C. S. Lewis

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    Garrett, Christopher Edward
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    During his lifetime C. S. Lewis chose to speak to Christians in plain and simple language that they could understand. Lewis taught and defended truths that he felt were discernible through reason. Morality, free will, and the divinity of Jesus Christ were fundamental to his core beliefs and teachings. His...
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    ofhis busy schedule to serve on my committee; Robert L. Millet; Tony Kimball; Joe Cannon, for

  • Dress and acculturation among the Russian Old Believers in Oregon

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    Johnson, Patricia White
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    The Russian Old Believers in Oregon maintain a manner of dress which distinguishes them in the communities in which they live. Originating as a group because of a schism within the Russian Orthodox Church in 1666, the Russian Old Believers migrated to the edge of the Russian Empire and beyond...
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    (1968:1096). Johnston notes that second generation Polish immigrants to Australia identify themselves

  • To Express the Inexpressible: Poetry as Philosophy within Mystical Discourse

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    Hyam, Jarrod
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    Within this thesis, I posit that poetry, rather than philosophical argument, is a more effective means of expressing and understanding the nature of mystical experiences. William James’ analysis of mysticism inspires the theoretical approach utilized in this thesis. An analysis of the unique qualities of poetic language within mystical discourse...
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    Analysis, Robert M. Gimello (178) updates the list of common mystical features set forth by James, and

  • Megascopic plant remains from three housepits along the Applegate River, southwest Oregon

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    Cole, Madeline L.
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    In 1982 a protohistoric archaeological site along the Applegate River in southwest Oregon was excavated by Oregon State University Department of Anthropology. Three housepits and a possible menstrual but were uncovered with lithic, faunal, and archaeobotanical elements recovered from house floors and hearths. Seven botanical taxa were represented by carbonized...
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    , Professor of Anthropology in charge of co-field. Redacted for Privacy LaRea Dennis Johnston, Professor of

  • The Schultz Fire: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on its History, Management, and Ecological Effects

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    Ranseen, Susanne N.
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    This thesis examines the Schultz Fire as a case study to explain the complex history of fire suppression management in America’s forests, and to gain further understanding of how management practices have affected the increase in fire severity levels and how forests respond to such a disturbance. The thesis objectives...
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    10 Baker, Robert, Robert Maxwell, Victor Treat, and Henry Dethloff. "Timeless Heritage: A History

  • The Emergent Qualities of Diversity in Free and Open Source Software Communities: A Critical Review and Theoretical Discussion

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    Kuechler, J. Victor
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    Free and open source software (FOSS) projects primarily rely on the efforts of volunteer contributors from around the world. For this reason, recruiting and retaining contributor is vital to the sustainability and growth of FOSS projects. This notion became the jumping-off point for this three-part investigation into the cultural structure...
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    the chance of attaining developer status. 10 Lampe and Johnston [12] showed that the