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  • Zooarchaeologjcal and Taphonomic Investigations of Site 35JA42, Upper Applegate River, Southwestern Oregon

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    Schmitt, Dave N.
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    Site 35JA42 represents the first protohistoric village complex excavated in Southwest Oregon. Analyses of animal bones recovered from the site offer the first significant insights into human subsistence behaviors in this region. Although the faunal assemblage is extremely fragmented, detailed zooarchaeological analysis indicates that deer were the primary meat resource...
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    . Upper Applegate River, Southwestern Oregon Redacted for Privacy Abstract approved: R. Lee Lyman Site

  • Worldminded Attitudes of Japanese College Students in Japan and in the United States

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    Ishida, Etsuko
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    This study focused on the worldminded attitudes of Japanese college students in Japan and in the United States. The effects of studying abroad and the change in attitudes between Japanese college male students and female students were examined in terms of worldmindedness, which is defined as a frame of reference,...
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    includes Adam Smith who believed in the benefits of free trade, and Woodrow Wilson, who initiated the

  • Women Farmers and Ranchers and Agricultural Knowledge: Gender. Experience, and Connection

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    Filan, Trina Robin
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    This research is based on in-depth interviews with 20 women farmers and ranchers from the state of Oregon. These women employ a variety of methods and subscribe to a number of divergent philosophies regarding agricultural practices. The intention of this study is to examine how women who are the primary...
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  • Willamette Mission Archeological Project : Phase III Assessment

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    Weber, Mary K. (Mary Kathryn)
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    The Willamette Mission archeological project consists of a broad program of cultural research in the fields of archeology, history, and architecture. The study focuses on the first Methodist mission in the Pacific Northwest. Archeological excavations were conducted in 1980 to locate the site of the mission, to assess the site's...
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    archeologist R. Lee Lyman. Julie Brauner helped with clerical assistance, but the person who deserves a

  • Willamette Mission archeological project : phase III assessment

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    Chapman, Judith Sanders
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    The Willamette Mission archeological project consists of a broad program of cultural research in the fields of archeology, history, and architecture. The study focuses on the first Methodist mission in the Pacific Northwest. Archeological excavations were conducted in 1980 to locate the site of the mission, to assess the site's...
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    comments provided by Oregon State University archeologist R. Lee Lyman. Julie Brauner helped with clerical

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

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    Holderness, William Robert
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    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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    their R-rated 1999 full-length animated move, South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, which was

  • Whose community is it anyway? : the CDA and cultural conflicts over speech and pornography

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    Christian, Mary Ann
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    The Communication Decency Act became law in 1996 and was immediately challenged on Constitutional grounds. It was subsequently declared unconstitutional based on the First Amendment guarantee of free speech. Using Fantasy Theme Analysis, an analysis of the dramatic elements of the key players was accomplished. The dramatic elements of Overall...
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  • When she was bad : framing female killers in contemporary film

    Creator:
    Finch, Kurstin
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    This thesis presents an analysis of seventeen contemporary blockbuster films in which women kill people. The purpose of the analysis is to discover the "frames" with which film producers, directors, scriptwriters and actors portray women in film. The thesis first establishes the model in use in the analysis: Entman's model...
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    . Iyengar's (1990) work suggests that there are two maj~r types of frames: thematic frames, with which

  • Wedding Bells, Binaries and the Heterosexual Menace

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    McNeill, Elizabeth
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    This research explores and aligns a postmodern method in line with a theoretical lens of "strategic political queer/feminism" to understand the construction and positioning of the issue/ problem of same-sex marriage. The method takes shape through a theoretical framework that leads to a political maneuver opening access to the rights...
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  • Vocalization Patterns of Captive Francois ́ Langurs (Presbytis francoisi)

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    Krishnamurthy, Ramesh S. (Ramesh Saligrama), 1964-
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    Vocalization patterns of two groups of captive Francois' langurs (Presbytis francoisi) were studied between August 1989 and June 1990. During the 11 months of observation, 109 hours of vocalization recordings were made at Metro Washington Park Zoo, Portland, and the San Diego Zoo, San Diego. Based on the behavioral observations...
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