Free to Be: Supporting Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Students on Catholic Campuses

There is a long history of tension between the authority of the Vatican and the relative autonomy of Roman Catholic institutions of higher education, particularly in the United States of America. These tensions currently arise on Catholic campuses where student affairs practitioners seek to support lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) students while at the same time operating within Vatican teaching that homosexuality is objectively disordered (Ratzinger, 1986). This paper will review those Catholic teachings on homosexuality and explore policies and practices of student affairs practitioners seeking to serve LGB students at Catholic higher education institutions

Interdisiplinarity: A Major Issue

Interdisciplinary majors are a growing feature of the undergraduate university (Robles, 1998). Their widespread popularity should be of interest to both professional academics and student affairs professionals. These programs present unique opportunities to foster engagement across difference and to encourage a critically reflective learning approach, a style that the Association of American Colleges and Universities (2002), the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators and the American College Personnel Association (2004) all advocate. While highlighting the challenges and opportunities of interdisciplinary programs, these authors, who graduated with bachelor’s degrees in interdisciplinary majors, will argue that these programs provide important opportunities for bridging gaps between the academic and student affairs spheres of university life

OH154 Golden Dillard Oral History

Golden Dillard details his experiences as an African American soldier during the Second World War. He describes his life prior to war and the time he spent in the Civilian Conservation Corps near Murray, Kentucky. During the war, he was stationed or at Camp McCain, Grenada, Mississippi, Camp Forrest, Tullahoma, Tennessee, Camp Gordon, Georgia, Camp Shanks, New York, Camp Atterbury, Indiana and overseas bases in the United Kingdom, France, Belgium and Germany. He details his duties as part of the United States Army Motor Pool and activities throughout the war. He claimed to have been the personal driver of General Dwight D. Eisenhower for three months while stationed at Frankfurt, Germany. He concludes with his post-war experiences and work with the American Legion Post in Murray, Kentucky

OH016 Paul Hornbeak Oral History

Paul Hornbeak, a 94 year old veteran of both World Wars, discusses his wartime experiences in the First World War. He served with a company of bakers during the war and worked with his brother as a businessman between the wars

OH158 Joe Wilkins Oral History

Joe Wilkins recounts his experience as an African American soldier during the Second World War and Korean War. He describes his training prior to United States entry in the war. He provides an account of events in North Africa and Italy and his participation in those campaigns. He discusses his civilian occupations and life between the Second World War and the Korean War. Wilkins concluded the interview by recalling his participation in the Korean War and racial issues he witnessed in the United States

OH156 Charles W. Perry Oral History

Charles W. “Dub” Perry details his experiences as an African American soldier during the Second World War. He describes volunteering for the United States Army and training at Fort Belvoir, Virginia and Fort Bragg, North Carolina. During the war, he was stationed at Fort Belvoir, Fort Bragg, Fort Indiantown Gap, Brooklyn, the Barbados Islands, Australia, New Guinea, San Francisco Camp Atterbury, Atlantic City, and Fort Leonard Wood. He details the missions he was involved during the New Guinea Campaign and concludes with his medical discharge in 1945

OH007 Ellwyn Coffman Oral History

Ellwyn Coffman discusses his many diverse experiences and adventures in the United States Army during the First World War. Included in the interview are a personal glimpse of the European culture and humorous anecdotes as told from an American perspective. Included in the interview are his different experiences in the Jackson Purchase Area and his international seed business

Vector Flow Imaging in Pediatric Cardiology - Extracting and Validating Data

In the field of bedside cardiac diagnostic imaging, Doppler Ultrasound (DU) is the gold standard for diagnosing heart conditions. The largest benefit of DU is its ability to noninvasively image cardiac flow and allow the estimation of blood velocity and quantification of anatomical disease. However, to get correct velocity estimation, the position of the transducer in relation to the flow field needs to be known. This is the problem of angle/direction dependency and limits DUs accuracy when imaging in areas where perfect alignment or exact position of the transducer in relation to flow field is not possible or known, such as in the left ventricle. As a solution to the problem of angle dependency, Vector Flow Imaging (VFI) is used because it is non-invasive and angle-independent. In this study, VFI was used in 12 pediatric patients from Arkansas Children’s Hospital to analyze left ventricular flow using the 4-chamber view. The shape, in the form of ellipse Major:Minor axis ratio, of ventricular vortices was then measured. The deviation of an individual patients heart flow from what is theoretically healthy as defined in literature, an ellipse with Major:Minor axis ratio of 1.9, was compared to what was measured with VFI. The average directional deviation for these 12 patients was 64.85o±10.34o from what is theoretically healthy. After optimizing ellipse parameters to actual patient flow, the true average optimal ratio was found to be 1.98 ±0.58. Additionally, it was found that heart rate (p \u3c 0.0001), age (p = 0.003), and weight (p \u3c 0.0001) had a significant effect on angle deviation. However, there was no trend in the data. This preliminary study paves the way for using VFI to define healthy parameters for left ventricular flow and assist clinicians with more accurate diagnoses in anatomical areas with complex flow