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  • Documenting Significant Life Experiences in Nature, Nature Relatedness, and Mind Maps: A Case Study of United Methodist Church Members

    Creator:
    Sams, Jennifer D.
    Abstract:
    This study investigates the environmental-based life experiences in nature, nature relatedness, and demographic variables reported by members of First United Methodist Church (FUMC) of Claremore, Oklahoma. Previous studies have noted a lack of nature connectedness in modern culture and society and that this disconnect may impact human interactions with nature....
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    Dissertation
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    Methodist Church (FUMC) of Claremore, Oklahoma. Previous studies have noted a lack of nature connectedness

  • Sound and death in John Haines's poetry

    Creator:
    Noble, Darren L.
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    Poet John Haines is best known for his first book of poetry, Winter News, which was published in 1966. The book contains poems about the Alaskan landscape that surrounded Haines during his many years of living in Richardson, Alaska. The recurring motifs in his poems include hunting, trapping, the Arctic...
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    Masters Thesis
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    like to thank my parents John and Gail Noble for all of their support. Finally, a special thank- you

  • Feminist and Mormon: Reconciling Ideals of Equality and a Culture of Patriarchy

    Creator:
    George, Julie A. (Julie Ann)
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    The aim of this study is to explore how women who identify as both active, believing Mormons and as feminists negotiate the contradictions between an ideology that values equality (feminism) and a religion that values patriarchy (Mormonism). Data were gathered through recorded and transcribed interviews with women who identify as...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Church traces its origin to Joseph Smith, Jr.’s account of a visit from God the Father and Jesus Christ

  • John Archibald Wheeler : a study of mentoring in modern physics

    Creator:
    Christensen, Terry M.
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    This dissertation has two objectives. The first objective is to determine where best to situate the study of mentoring (i.e. the 'making of scientists') on the landscape of the history of science and science studies. This task is accomplished by establishing mentoring studies as a link between the robust body...
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    Dissertation
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    of Science on April 3, 2009. Title: John Archibald Wheeler: A Study of Mentoring in Modern Physics

  • Seasonal life history of Oncorhynchus mykiss in the South Fork John Day River Basin, Oregon

    Creator:
    Tattam, Ian A.
    Abstract:
    Understanding seasonal changes in growth, survival, and movement rates is crucial to salmonid management. These life history characteristics provide a context for evaluation of management actions. We evaluated the life history of individually marked Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri in the South Fork John Day River basin in Northeastern Oregon. This thesis...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Oncorhynchus mykiss in the South Fork John Day River Basin, Oregon by Ian A. Tattam

  • Downstream Rearing Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in the Upper Mainstem of the John Day River

    Creator:
    Scheu, Michael P.
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    Juvenile Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) leave the natal reach at different times and move downstream at different rates which can increase their productivity by allowing them to utilize habitats on different temporal scales and spreading risk of localized stochastic events. This life history diversity can also allow fish to adapt...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ) and includes the South Fork John Day River (SFJDR) which drains more than a third of the area

  • Two Oregon governors : the role of perceptions in community college state budget development

    Creator:
    Preus, Camille
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    The purpose of this phenomenological study is to describe how Oregon governors Barbara Roberts and John Kitzhaber, whose tenures both coincided with the passage and implementation of property tax limitation measures, determined the community college budgets within their recommended state budgets. The stories of Robert’s 1993 and Kitzhaber’s 2001 decisions...
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    Dissertation
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    Democrat elected in 1990, who served one four- year term (1991-1994), and Governor John Kitzhaber, a

  • The Art and Craft of John Williams

    Creator:
    Lincoln, Danae A.
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    The intent of this paper is to bring more attention to the mastery involved with film composition as an art form. The research focuses specifically on the life, style, influences, and works of John Williams as a conductor, film composer, and composer. It addresses his biography, filmography, and working relationships,...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    life, style, influences, and works of John Williams as a conductor, film composer, and composer

  • An informed and ignorant readership : the contradictions of creative nonfiction

    Creator:
    Rush, Lani
    Abstract:
    Creative nonfiction is a genre replete with contradictions--the name itself shows that: nonfiction writing is true and factual, but creative writing is imaginative and inventive. Because of fundamental contradictions like this, there is no standardized or even most common definition of the genre. This creates confusion for both critics and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    nonfiction is a genre replete with contradictions—the name itself shows that: nonfiction writing is true

  • "Justify[ing] the ways of God to man" : John Milton's Use of Satan to Promote a Christian Message in Paradise Lost

    Creator:
    Burkett, Kristen A.
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    This paper focuses on Satan as a sympathetic figure in Paradise Lost, and it argues that readers' sympathy for Satan drives them to pursue God's grace in order to avoid falling into the same fate as Satan. It uses Reader Response theory to show how readers connect with Satan, and...
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    Masters Thesis
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        “Justify[ing] the ways of God to man”: John Milton’s Use of Satan to Promote a Christian Message in