Oakland Journal Number 08: Winter 2005
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Item Item Editorial Note(Oakland University, 2005-01-01) Folland, Sherman T.; Folland, Sherman T.Oakland Journal Issue 8 editorial noteItem Table of Contents(Oakland University, 2005-01-01) Folland, Sherman T.Oakland Journal Issue 8 table of contentsItem Saving Open Spaces and Special Places(Oakland University, 2005-01-01) Hansen, Fay M.; Folland, Sherman T.Open spaces are currently at risk of development in rural areas.Item The Role of the Economist in Environmental Issues: Uses and Abuses Of Benefit Cost Analysis(Oakland University, 5-01-01) Roddy, Juliette K.; Folland, Sherman T.Benefit cost analysis is used in both economic fields focusing on the environment: natural resource economics and environmental economics.Item Current Environmental Initiatives at Oakland University(Oakland University, 2005-01-01) Ren, Simon; Folland, Donna; Folland, Sherman T.The purpose of this article is to present some of the ways in which Oakland University is responding, both as an institution and through the actions of individual faculty and staff, to a call for leadership in environmental stewardship.Item Two German Girls: Claudia and Wiebke, Exchange Students, Provide Their Impressions of Oakland University(Oakland University, 2005-01-01) Neiman, Wiebke; Grimberg, Claudia; Folland, Sherman T.Oakland University and the University of Oldenburg in Germany have had an exchange program between the two universities.Item Systematic Evaluation of University Administrators: An Idea Who’s Time Has Come (And Is Long Overdue!)(Oakland University, 2005-01-01) Goldstein, Robert Justin; Folland, Sherman T.A proposal for a program of systematic faculty (and, in some cases, student and staff) evaluation of the performance of high-ranking University administrators.Item Ricochet’s Hard-Boiled Bounce(Oakland University, 2005-01-01) Cole, Natalie B.; Folland, Sherman T.A book review of Sue Grafton's "R is for Ricochet"Item The Underground Railroad Quilt Code: A History of African-American Quilting from Ancient Practices to the Civil War Times(Oakland University, 2005-01-01) Bohde, Stefanie; Folland, Sherman T.A quilting pattern often overlooked in today’s society is the Underground Railroad quilt code. Used during the time of abolition and the Civil War, this visual code sewn into the pattern of quilts readied slaves for their upcoming escape and provided them directions when they were on their way to freedom.Item Behind Every Poem a Story(Oakland University, 2005-01-01) Brockman, Chris; Folland, Sherman T.Teaching poetry to 6th, 7th and 8th grade students.Item Notes from the Dismal Science: Gas Prices: What’s Real and What’s Not?(Oakland University, 2005-01-01) Folland, Sherman T.; Folland, Sherman T.Historical trends in United States gas and oil prices.Item “The Flicks” Oakland University’s Prospective Regular Cinema(Oakland University, 2005-01-01) Folland, Sherman T.A plan to show films, curated by faculty, at Oakland University.Item Contributors(Oakland University, 2005-01-01) Folland, Sherman T.Oakland Journal Issue 8 contributors listItem How to Get the Oakland Journal(Oakland University, 2005-01-01) Folland, Sherman T.Item Call for Papers(Oakland University, 2005-01-01) Folland, Sherman T.