Oakland Journal Number 04: Spring 2002

 

Recent Submissions

  • Editorial Note 

    Brieger, Gottfried (Oakland University, 2002-04-01)
    Oakland Journal Issue 4 editorial note

  • Racial Profiling 

    Meehan, Albert J.; Ponder, Michael C. (Oakland University, 2002-04-01)
    We have three goals for this presentation: 1) to briefly review why racial profiling-specifically driving while black-catapulted to national attention in the 1990's; 2) to present our research which focuses on the importance ...

  • Memories at Vézelay 

    Barnes, Carl F., Jr. (Oakland University, 2002-04-01)
    Medieval architecture and events as seen through the eyes of a Benedictine monk.

  • Fashion and Politics: How Roman Women Groomed their Public Images 

    Wood, Susan (Oakland University, 2002-04-01)
    How Roman women portrayed their public image through the use of hair styles and fashion.

  • Beneath Speech 

    Samyn, Mary Ann (2002-04-01)
    Poetry

  • Memory and the Dark Dream of Irish History 

    Moran, Seán Farrell (Oakland University, 2002-04-01)
    Irish history has left its traces in memory, legible vestiges which survive no matter how often they seem to be erased. It is these traces which reiterate Irish history and in the process control the past and the present.

  • The Raccoon 

    LaFemina, Gerry (Oakland University, 2002-04-01)
    Poetry

  • Hair of the Dog 

    Oakley, Barbara A. (Oakland University, 2002-04-01)
    In the 1970s through the 1980s, a group of American fishermen and businessmen teamed up with the Soviets to form one of the only joint Soviet-American companies in the world Marine Resources Company. In this Joint Venture, ...

  • The Contributions of The Jam Handy Organization to American Commerce and Culture 

    Eberwein, Robert T.; Sandy, Bill (Oakland University, 2002-04-01)
    Film to Jamison Handy was not an end in itself, but a means to an end, one of many ways to reach out and penetrate into the mind of the viewer..Where Hollywood used film as a substitute for the stage, a way to entertain, ...

  • Wellness, Health Promotion and Injury Prevention Advocacy 

    Rorke, Stafford C.; Goslin, Brian R. (Oakland University, 2002-04-01)
    Approximately fifty percent of all untimely disease and death is preventable. This paper outlines public health issues and initiatives of concern to the Oakland community. The longterm cost to society of not addressing ...

  • Passing Cats 

    Folland, Sherman T. (Oakland University, 2002-04-01)
    Poetry

  • Forum: What's Good for the University? 

    Eberwein, Jane Donahue; Moudgil, Virinder K.; Howell, Sharon L.; Winkler, Barry S.; Mabee, Barbara (Oakland University, 2002-04-01)
    Faculty opinions on the history and future direction of Oakland University.

  • What Profiteth the Not-For-Profit University? Notes From the Dismal Science 

    Folland, Sherman T. (Oakland University, 2002-04-01)
    The biblical phrase I recall is "What profiteth a man if he gain the whole world but lose his own soul." At times I think that the "soul" of the university is the pursuit of truth, art, and knowledge. Yet, at other times ...

  • Contributors 

    (Oakland University, 2002-04-01)
    Oakland Journal Issue 4 contributors list

  • Detroit: Techno 

    Bowen, Johnathan (Oakland University, 2002-04-01)
    Detroit has long been known by many names: Motown, the Motor City, Hockey Town, and even the less than flattering Murder City. However, with the passing of time and the dimming and brightening of trends, Detroit would come ...