907 research outputs found
Jamie & the bishop
No full textOne of James Gordon Bennett's perennial editorial campaigns against the Catholic bishop of New York John Hughes is the subject of "Jamie & the Bishop." On the left Scottish-born "Jamie" Bennett, a quill pen behind his ear, shoots a clyster at the archbishop, saying, "Hoot awa mon, this is the best weapon in the College of Pharmacy, & mickle dirty water can I fling with it mon!" "Dirty water" is probably a reference to the notoriously squalid form of journalism practiced by Bennett in his newspaper, the New York "Herald." Hughes retaliates with a swing of his crozier, saying, "With all the power of Holy Church will I assail thee, most reprobate & contemptible viper." Behind Hughes stands an Irishman, a gin bottle in his pocket and club in his hand. He growls, "Be Jasus shtand back! your honor's worship, & let me have a shlap at him wid the shillaly!" Bennett is offered support by another Scotsman, who scratches his back against a nearby lamp-post, "Wait a bit, Jamie, till I've scratched my bock & I'll lend yees a hand, mon."Entered . . . 1844 by James Baillie.Lithography & print coloring on reasonable terms by James Baillie No. 33 Spruce St. New York.Signed: H. Bucholzer.Title appears as it is written on the item.The Library's impression of the print was deposited for copyright on July 5, 1844.Weitenkampf, p. 83-84.Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1844-30
Writers Talk featuring authors Troy Hicks and Elaine Wolf
No full textElaine Wolf, author of Camp, talks to OSU students Erin Reilly-Sanders and Allison Fetzer. Author and teacher Troy Hicks talks to OSU employee Kevin Cordi about the impact of technology on the teaching of writing.The media can be accessed here: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/WritersTalk-Audio/WT_2013-3-18-Hicks_Wolf.mp3Ohio State University. Center for the Study and Teaching of Writin
Creighton University Window Fall 1991
No full textTHE WAR THAT CHANGED CREIGHTON: "WE WILL NEVER BE HAPPY LIKE THIS AGAIN" / REMEMBERING THE 'BIG WAR' 50 YEARS LATER; WWII CHANGED CREIGHTON FOREVER
Author Robert Reilly, long a denizen of the Creighton campus, recalls the days of World War II - preceding, during, and following ~ and the many changes it brought to the Hilltop and its people. Page 4.
EMERALD IMAGES / EMERALD IMAGES: FR. DOLL IN IRELAND
Creighton's famed Jesuit photographer, Rev. Don Doll, S.J., was among 75 photographers from around the world invited to capture "A Day in the Life of Ireland." Some of his images from the Emerald Isle appear starting on Page 10.
COLUMBUS QUINCENTENARY: YEAR OF CELEBRATION OR YEAR OF MOURNING / COLUMBUS QUINCENTENARY: IS IT CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION OR MOURNING?
Freelancer Cynthia Furlong Reynolds writes about the Columbus who is no longer "politically correct" and despite a 500th-year commemoration may not be thought of as the hero and discoverer of the New World. Meanwhile, Creighton produces a video play about Columbus. Page 17.
WHAT IS LIFE? / WHAT IS LIFE? A BIOLOGIST'S TEXTBOOK
Dr. Allen Schlesinger, professor of biology and a member of the Window editorial advisory board, shares part of a chapter from his forthcoming book. It examines the science and philosophy of life at its simplest levels. Page 20.
FROM RED TO PINK TO ... COMMUNISM SELF-DESTRUCTS / CHANGE IN THE SOVIET UNION: INSIDE THE RUSSIAN ENIGMA
Pamela Vaughn interviews Dr. Ross Homing, who shares insights on the momentous events occurring in Russia as Communism self-destructs. Page 24.1
Creighton University Window Spring 1991
No full textTHE PLATTE: A TREASURE AT RISK / THE FLAT PLATTE: AN IMPERILED TREASURE OF NEBRASKA, PLAINS
Dr. John Schalles, Creighton biologist, and Don Doll, S.J., photographer, take you on a tour of the Platte River system, a three-state treasure of which everyone wants a piece. Page 4.
SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK / TRY A NIGHT OUT... ON THE LAWN ... WITH SHAKESPEARE
Brian Kokensparger and photographers Don Doll, S.J., Tim Fitzgerald of University of Nebraska at Omaha, and Kent Sievers show you how Shakespeare is done on a midsummer's night as you'll like it. Page 14.
SHE SWINGS FOR THE FENCES / COACH HIGGINS SWINGS FOR THE FENCES FOR CREIGHTON, FAMILY
Mary Higgins has brought the Lady Jay softball team to national prominence. For her, family or Creighton are the same — she goes for the home run all the time. Read about this enthusiastic top Lady Jay. Page 18.
THE BLACKROBE IN LITERATURE / THE JESUITS IN LITERATURE: SALVOS FROM WRITERS' PENS
Author Bob Reilly researches the references to Jesuits in literature that trace back to their beginnings. Sometimes it's not flattering, but it's always intriguing. Page 21.3
LOOKING BIAS: AN EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VISUAL SEARCH AND PRENOMINAL ADJECTIVE ORDER IN ENGLISH
No full textThe aim of the present study was to determine the relationship between the order of analysis of objects within the visual system and prenominal adjective ordering rules in English, as past syntactic and semantic theories have proven insufficient to explain the phenomenon in its entirety. Three experiments were designed to investigate whether ordering preferences when multiple adjectives are stacked before a noun are determined by properties of the visual system that subsequently map directly onto language via the semantic system. First, an experimental protocol was designed to discover whether participants’ visual search pattern varied based on the type of stimuli presented. A second experiment was created to determine whether participants observed features of objects in an order that corresponded to grammatical adjective ordering rules in English. A third and final experiment was devised to explore whether inversions of adjective categories typically positioned closer to the noun were more acceptable than inversions of adjective categories placed further away from the noun or vice versa. Eye tracking data was analyzed for scan sequence (Experiments 1 and 2) and acceptability judgments were obtained using a 7-point Likert Scale survey (Experiment 3). Results showed that participants did not vary systematic scan patterns based on image type, with a greater propensity to not fixate when presented with shapes. Data from the second experiment demonstrated that participants viewed objects in an order that was correlated with prenominal adjective ordering with varying levels of significance. Acceptability judgments from the third experiment indicated that inversions of adjective classes that are typically placed closer to the noun were generally more acceptable than inversions of adjective classes typically placed further from the noun. This study provides preliminary evidence that language rules may be derived from properties of the visual system and cognition. Further research is necessary to explore the nature and extent of correlations between perception, the semantic system, and grammatical features of language.Public Healt
Abstract Word Dropout and Cross-Speaker Misalignment of Word Concreteness are Features of Conversation in Aging
No full textOur earliest acquired words tend to reference concrete objects that can be seen, heard, touched, and felt. One hallmark of language maturation involves an ‘abstractness shift’ where language is used to convey intangible mental states, emotions, and ideas. Much of our understanding of the trajectory of concreteness in language development ends at early adolescence and is informed by studies of comprehension. We investigated concreteness effects in language production across the span of adulthood with a focus on conversation. We tested two competing hypotheses about abstract word use in conversation as a function of normal aging. The first hypothesis is that a steady accrual of vocabulary knowledge over the lifespan will confer a more expansive abstract lexicon and that older adults will in turn produce more abstract words in conversation. An alternative hypothesis is that aging gradually compromises executive resources that impact abstract word retrieval, leading to a concreteness bias in conversation. We analyzed distributions of abstract and concrete words and cross-speaker alignment within unscripted conversations between adults of different ages (N=1565 conversations, >8 million words, age range 19-66) using a novel computational algorithm (ConversationAlign). Aging was associated with abstract word dropout, a finding that is consistent with the hypothesis that high processing demands of conversation (e.g., alignment, topic maintenance) bias lexical retrieval toward concrete word use. We discuss the significance of these results for understanding intergenerational communication and relationships between aging, executive functioning, and lexical retrieval in high-level discourse
The Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Based Intensive Program for Adolescents Who Stutter: A Qualitative and Quantitative Approach
No full textThe primary purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of Speak Now, a five-day intensive CBT-based summer camp for adolescents who stutter, in improving communicative self-efficacy and reducing the impact of stuttering. It was predicted that attending Speak Now would lead to an increase in self-efficacy in communication situations as measured the Self Efficacy for Adolescents Scale (SEA-Scale) and a reduction in the impact of stuttering as measured by the Overall Assessment of Speakers Experience of Stuttering (OASES). Phenomenological analysis was performed of parent interviews regarding their child’s experience at camp to determine what themes emerged. Scores decreased in the sections of the OASES that measured general knowledge, reactions to stuttering, and overall quality of life, although subject variables and a small sample size probably contributed to a lack of statistical significance in the results. Phenomenological analysis of parent interviews revealed six themes: 1) campers benefitted from peer engagement with other children who stutter; 2) campers were anxious before starting camp; 3) parents benefitted from the experience of interacting with other parents of children who stutter; 4) parents benefitted from hearing the thoughts and feelings of other children who stutter; 5) parents observed an increase in confidence and relaxation for their children in speaking situations following camp; 6) parents learned about stuttering and how to help their child from camp. Clinical implications as well as directions for future research are discussed.Communication Science
Leveraging Pupillometry and Luminance-Based Mental Imagery for a Novel Mode of Communication
No full textThe aim of the present study was to characterize participants’ abilities to answer binary yes/no questions by mentally manipulating imagery to produce imagined changes in luminance, which would in turn cause reflexive perturbations in pupil diameter. First, a paired association was established with participants, linking “yes” responses with imagining a “sunny sky” and “no” responses with imagining a “dark room”. Participants (N=20) then answered 16 yes/no questions using this response method, in place of providing verbal or gestural (e.g., head nod) answers. Pupil diameters were recorded for a period of 8000 ms following each stimulus question while participants maintained the mental image that corresponded with their answer. We hypothesized that on average, “no” responses would yield a pupil dilation and increased diameter relative to baseline, while “yes” responses would instead result in constrictions and smaller pupil diameters compared to baseline. A 2-factor repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA), where time was one factor and response type (i.e., yes or no) was the other, revealed a statistically significant interaction of time and response type, a significant main effect of time, and a trend toward significance for response type in aggregated group data. Item level discrimination consisted of comparing the mean pupil diameter in response to a single item for a single participant (e.g., “yes” response on one trial) to the mean pupil diameter of all contrasting responses for that same participant (e.g., all “no” response trials). This method achieved a 64.5% discrimination accuracy. This investigation affirmed the plausibility of leveraging pupillometry and luminance-based mental imagery in favor of an alternative communication system for individuals who are locked-in, as well as its potential as a screening tool. However, further investigation is warranted prior to its implementation.Communication Science
Creighton University Magazine Winter 1999
No full textCREIGHTON STUDY SHEDS LIGHT ON INTERCHURCH MARRIAGES / INTERCHURCH MARRIAGES:
A Creighton study finds that sharing religious activities and managing religious differences play a vital role in marital success. Page 8.
GAMELAN: THE SOUND MOONLIGHT / THE SOUND OF MOONLIGHT:
Creighton's Lied Education Center for the Arts is home to a 71-piece Javanese gamelan. Page 12.
AT THE END OF A MISSION: MICHAEL G. MORRISON, S.J. / AT THE END OF A MISSION:
The Rev. Michael G. Morrison, S.J., tells writer Bob Reilly that life as Creighton's 22nd president has been more than a job - it's been a mission. Fr. Morrison has announced he will step down as the University's chief executive on or before June 30, 2000. Now in his 19th year, Creighton's longest-serving president will leave behind a legacy of accomplishments. Page 14.
ETCHED IN STONE? TWO TABLETS, 10 COMMANDMENTS, A MULTITUDE OF MEANINGS / EXPLORING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS:
Are the Ten Commandments etched in stone? Biblical scholar Leonard Greenspoon, Ph.D., Creighton's Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization, provides insights into how changes in cultural, social and historical circumstances have shaped one of the most recognizable of Old Testament doctrines. Page 22.
THE MILLENNIUM IN WESTERN SOCIETY:
History professor Eileen Dugan, Ph.D., investigates how people have viewed the millennium and the end of time. She writes that while millennialism has its roots in the Judeo-Christian anticipation of a Messiah, it has evolved over time to a more secular celebration. Page 30.
SILAS HAS CHARLOTTE BUZZING / HOOP DREAMS:
The NBAs Charlotte Hornets name Creighton alumnus Paul Silas, BSBA64, as the franchises fifth head coach. Page 36.
ORGAN DONORS:
Creighton alumnus Robert Metzger, MD'64, serves on two national committees within the transplant field. Article Not Included.
A VOICE FOR THE HILLS:
CU alumna Janice Marcantonio, BSN'83, works to preserve a unique land formation shaped by the runoff from ancient glaciers. Article Not Included.
LETTERS REVEAL THE OTHER SIDE OF HENRY JAMES / THE OTHER SIDE OF HENRY JAMES:
Usually depicted as an ultra-proper, uptight, reclusive and elitist writer, renowned American author Henry James reveals a warm, tender, informal side in his personal letters. Page 51
TREATMENT OF CHILDHOOD APRAXIA OF SPEECH: A SINGLE-CASE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN STUDY OF INTENSITY OF TREATMENT
No full textChildhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is a pediatric motor-speech disorder which has been controversial due to its difficulty to diagnose and little progress in treatment. The purpose of the present study was to examine a principle of motor learning (PML) within the context of an evidence-based treatment for this disorder, as a way to improve outcomes for children with CAS. In particular, this study examines the role of intensity, specifically, massed versus distributed practice, when treating CAS using a modified form of Dynamic Temporal Tactile Cueing (DTTC; Strand et al., 2006). Two participants with CAS between the ages of 5 and 11 received massed and distributed practice on individualized targets in an single-case alternating treatments design with multiple baselines. Accuracy of speech targets on probe tasks was judged by blinded listeners. Results were interpreted through inspection of graphs and calculation of effect sizes. The results of the study showed that massed practice had a marginal benefit over distributed practice. Implications from this study suggest the importance of continued research examining the role of PML in CAS treatment and the value of using a massed-treatment approach when treating CAS.Communication Science
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