Browsing Oakland Journal Number 04: Spring 2002 by Title
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The Contributions of The Jam Handy Organization to American Commerce and Culture
(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, ... -
Detroit: Techno
(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 ... -
Fashion and Politics: How Roman Women Groomed their Public Images
(Oakland University, 2002-04-01)How Roman women portrayed their public image through the use of hair styles and fashion. -
Forum: What's Good for the University?
(Oakland University, 2002-04-01)Faculty opinions on the history and future direction of Oakland University. -
Hair of the Dog
(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, ... -
Memories at Vézelay
(Oakland University, 2002-04-01)Medieval architecture and events as seen through the eyes of a Benedictine monk. -
Memory and the Dark Dream of Irish History
(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. -
Racial Profiling
(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 ... -
Wellness, Health Promotion and Injury Prevention Advocacy
(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 ... -
What Profiteth the Not-For-Profit University? Notes From the Dismal Science
(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 ...