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  • 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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    Conflicts over Speech and Pornography Abstract APprovedu.'~. -_---Sii""":SS9;::a------------ William M

  • A case study of organizational culture in a sawmill

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    Chaney, Brian K.
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    The purpose of this study was to describe the level to which a target work culture based on core organizational values was shared in one lumber manufacturing plant. The organization under study perceived that their culture was a source of competitive advantage and was key to their success in safety,...
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    . Abstract approved: William M. Keit The purpose of this study was to describe the level to which a target

  • Archaeological Symbols of Status and Authority : Fort Hoskins. Oregon. 1856-1865

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    Bowyer, Gary C.
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    Fort Hoskins is located near Kings Valley, approximately 16 miles from Corvallis. The Fort, built after the Rogue Wars of the 1850s, was intended to safeguard the newly created Indian reserves. During its' ten-years of existence, U.S. Army Regulars manned the Fort from 1856-1861 while volunteers from California, Washington, and...
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    well defined and exact subordination (Duane 1813:20). Authoritarian items are usually military

  • Time to listen : an annotated bibliography of environmental readings, featuring Oregon writers, for middle school and high school students

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    Crateau, Carole Ann
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    The purpose of this annotated bibliography is to guide middle school and high school students into critical thinking about environmental issues. Through keen observation of their bioregion and through an integration of interdisciplinary literature which focuses on Oregon writers, students will be challenged to think, write, and discuss current issues...
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    connection with both. Leslie M. Silko explains in "Landscape, 8 History, and the Pueblo Imagination

  • Spousal Communication in the Family Setting (Married with Children)

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    Dokken, Cort J.
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    Communication plays an important role in the life of a couple. This study seeks to determine the nature of couple communication. This study compares and contrasts the differences and similarities in communication between childless couples and parenting couples. The material for this study comes from interviewing ten married couples along...
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  • The effects of the Mazama tephra-falls : a geoarchaeological approach

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    Matz, Stephan E.
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    About 7,000 years ago two major tephra-falls blanketed the Pacific Northwest in volcanic ash. These two tephra-falls, identified as the Llao and climatic tephra-falls, were a part of the eruptive events that led up to the collapse of Mount Mazama to form Crater Lake in the southern Oregon Cascades. The...
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    . 1983:Table 8.3). Trees: Larger woody plants, mostly well above 3 m. in height, inhabiting canopy

  • Children and the communication of values through significant emotional events

    Creator:
    Biddle, Ronald Lon
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    This study addresses how parents communicate with their children about Significant Emotional Events (SEEs). A SEE is an experience that is so mentally engaging as to cause an individual to consider, examine, and possibly change one's initial values or value system. It examines parent's goals, concerns, and values related to...
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    , children learn values. Duane Alwin from the Institute of Social Research at the University of Michigan

  • Work pants worn by loggers in Western Oregon, 1920-1970

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    Gullickson, Mark A.
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    With the arrival of European settlers to Western Oregon nearly 150 years ago came new methods of forest management. Early settlers' forest practices consisted of little more than harvesting what seemed an endless supply of timber. Forestry in the 20th century eventually incorporated such management concerns as re-forestation, biodiversity, wildlife...
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    would especially like to thank my parents, Duane and Betty Gullickson. Thank you for your support

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

    Creator:
    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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    I read Screwtape Letters for the first time; Patrick Williams; Duane Grasse; Roxie Bybee; Dale

  • The Value of New Technology : View Toward Reassessment

    Creator:
    White, Stephen J.
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    Abraham Heschel wrote that a philosopher's primary task was not merely to describe and judge the modes and facts of actual human behavior, but also to examine and understand the meaninq of those descriptions and judgements of modes and facts (Bella, 1978). Our values are critically tied to our structures...
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