http://hdl.handle.net/2104/4815 2013-05-19T05:19:55Z 2013-05-19T05:19:55Z Wolfgang, Amy. http://hdl.handle.net/2104/8479 2012-11-20T17:37:45Z 2012-08-08T00:00:00Z

Designing a wilderness : the legacy of Benton MacKaye and the Appalachian Trail. Wolfgang, Amy. Forester and regional planner Benton MacKaye first published a plan for a long-distance hiking trail along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains in 1921. Ninety years later, MacKaye's greatest accomplishment is the Appalachian Trail, a footpath traversing over two-thousand miles through fourteen states. His plan incorporated both wilderness and social ideology, at times bordering on the radical. Central to all of MacKaye's ideology was that outdoor recreation should be accessible to as many Americans as possible. Undervalued for decades in the environmental community, interest in MacKaye's cohesive understanding of a “primeval” environment is growing. An examination of MacKaye's work establishes lasting influence through the history of the Appalachian Trail. Using MacKaye's writing as a basis for evaluating influence, two major events, the 1968 National Trails System Act and the 1984 delegation of power back to the Appalachian Trail Conference will be reevaluated to determine the legacy of Benton MacKaye.

2012-08-08T00:00:00Z Yang, Yueqin, 1987- http://hdl.handle.net/2104/8249 2012-11-20T17:40:06Z 2011-09-14T00:00:00Z

Stereotypes of Asians and Asian Americans in the U.S. media : appearance, disappearance, and assimilation. Yang, Yueqin, 1987- This thesis commits to highlighting major stereotypes concerning Asians and Asian Americans found in the U.S. media, the “Yellow Peril,” the perpetual foreigner, the model minority, and problematic representations of gender and sexuality. In the U.S. media, Asians and Asian Americans are greatly underrepresented. Acting roles that are granted to them in television series, films, and shows usually consist of stereotyped characters. It is unacceptable to socialize such stereotypes, for the media play a significant role of education and social networking which help people understand themselves and their relation with others. Within the limited pages of the thesis, I devote to exploring such labels as the “Yellow Peril,” perpetual foreigner, the model minority, the emasculated Asian male and the hyper-sexualized Asian female in the U.S. media. In doing so I hope to promote awareness of such typecasts by white dominant culture and society to ethnic minorities in the U.S.

2011-09-14T00:00:00Z Cox, Jordan D. http://hdl.handle.net/2104/8204 2012-11-20T17:38:42Z 2011-09-14T00:00:00Z

The professionalization of youth sports in America. Cox, Jordan D. Adolescent athletes in America have unknowingly been turned into de facto professionals by existing organized youth sports systems. The current approaches have become overly injurious to participants and their families. This work explores the history of organized youth sports in America, some of the adult factors involved in youth sports, the cost emotionally and developmentally to kids involved, overuse injuries, and how youth sports has become big business. While competition is an integral part of American culture, strong alternatives to current youth sports systems do exist. Examples are given of efforts being made to reshape youth sports and provide healthier benefits to participants.

2011-09-14T00:00:00Z Shi, Yan, 1981 Dec. 3- http://hdl.handle.net/2104/8053 2012-11-20T17:39:26Z 2010-10-08T16:27:15Z

Sino-Soviet border clashes of 1969 and its implications on the making of U.S. foreign policy. Shi, Yan, 1981 Dec. 3- Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Sino-U.S. relations have experienced twists and turns. Along with the changing postwar international situation, both Washington and Beijing turned to develop their foreign policies favorable to the other. The Sino-Soviet military clashes at Zhenbao (Damanskii) Island broke out in March 1969, which played an important role in shaping the reorientation of US's China policy in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Within the context of both the development of the Sino-Soviet border conflict and the U.S.'s changing foreign policies in 1968 and 1969, America's own hostile stance towards China in the aftermath of the crisis was reduced, and the Nixon administration made it possible for the Chinese leaders to begin a major reorientation of its foreign relations with the U.S. The impact of Sino-Soviet tensions on the moves toward rapprochement was taken by both Beijing and Washington and Nixon managed to reestablish a new relationship with the People's Republic of China. Includes bibliographical references (p. ).

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