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The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act

The Freedom Information Act of 2002 reported 2,351 occurrences of forcible sex offenses on campus and 1,670 in residence halls; 2,953 aggravated assaults on campus; 2,147 robberies on campus and 29,256 burglaries also on campus; and 1,098 arsons on campus in that year alone.

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Evelyn Underhill's spiritual history of Christian mystics

Evelyn Underhill was a prolific writer of some thirty-nine published books and more than three hundred and fifty articles and reviews who wrote about mysticism in her early years and about the spiritual life of ordinary people in her latter years (Evelyn pp).

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American attitudes toward nature from colonial settlement to industrialization

The relationship between American society and its natural environment has not only been one of rapid social change, it has also been subjected to radical and complex changes in attitudes towards nature.

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Factors influencing brand market definition beyond brand management

Business Marketing brand manager was quoted as saying, "You may think you define your relevant market." Comment.

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The role of family stability in child development

For a humane, the word 'community' hints at people trying to work out solutions to common problems. The term 'community' generally stands for a group that is bigger and more diverse than a family or any group of people bound together with relationships.

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Puritan origins of American national character and individualism

What characteristics are distinctly American, regardless of class, race, background? What is problematic about making these generalizations and inheriting the culture? What have we inherited exactly? What problems arise with our ideals - and are we being honest with ourselves?

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Impact of information systems on manufacturing operations

The impact of IS/IT on manufacturing begins with an analysis of firm's value-chain analysis.

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Mythology's role in teaching moral values and cultural understanding

On an individual level, mythology could teach moral or human truths, whereas on a collective level mythology could be used to keep people in touch with their origins. Mythological stories could then be used to teach children values such as hard work, diligence and obedience.

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Obesity as a public health epidemic in the United States

Obesity as one commentator says, is not just a "matter of aesthetics" but has become a major public health problem in the United States.

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Women's survival and divided loyalties in Civil War Appalachia

Women and the Home Front in Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee during the Civil War This paper examines the living conditions and attitudes that shaped the lives of the women in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee during and after the American Civil War.

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