The Parthenon, November 9, 2012

The Parthenon, Marshall University’s student newspaper, is published by students Monday through Friday during the regular semester and weekly Thursday during the summer. The editorial staff is responsible for the news and the editorial content

The Classic, Winter 1985-1986

Alumni of the year: Robert H. Muilenburg, Ronald G. Korver, Robert Hoogeveen; From the Office of the President; Inaugural speaker cites Abraham as model for leadership; Homecoming 1985; N-Club honors coaches, former players; During depression, teacher traded garden produce for groceries, tutoring services for half a hog; Board hears President, decides to seek bids on Chapel/Performing Arts Center; Teachers trained at Northwestern encouraged to treat students as \u27created beings\u27; Diary from Heartland; Ordinary activities become new experiences when grad crosses cultural barriers; Focus on the faculty; Three new staff members; Sports News; You can help turn this cornfield into a chapel!; Gala Auction: Bargain Hunting of a Different Sort; News in photos; Alumni Director\u27s Report from Doug Van Berkum, Class of \u2762; Chapter Reports; Marriages, Mergers and Births; Births; Deaths; Class Noteshttps://nwcommons.nwciowa.edu/classic1980/1009/thumbnail.jp

Chanticleer | Vol 59, Issue 8

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Commencement, 2011

Program for the One Hundred Seventy-Fourth Commencement of Marshall University

The Historical and Cultural Influences of Gagok 가곡 (Korean Art Song): A Musical Guide

This document explores what Gagok (Korean Art Song) consists of, the origins and history of it and how one may approach it musically, vocally and interpret it textually. The main questions I answer in this document include: What makes these art songs distinctly Korean? What significance does the role of Eastern Asian history have in order to closely tie the inspiration of writing Gagok? How does the text and music express these important historical events? The answers to these questions are essential to understanding Gagok by analyzing and interpreting the songs also in relation to approach learning them. The research of this document is focused on a select set of art songs, briefly examining Nan Pa Hong (1897-1941) and primarily spending more time on the selections by Dong Jin Kim (1913-2009) and Isang Yun (1917-1995), three contrasting Korean composers of three distinct eras. Hong is the pioneer of Korean art song, drawing upon simplicity. Kim’s writing displays a Korean traditional style. He studied in Korea but was influenced by music introduced by Western missionaries. Lastly, Yun’s early writing is also traditional in style but was mainly influenced by Modern Western styles. He spent his later career in Germany in his later years. An overarching question of this document is: How do the origins of the art songs of Nan Pa Hong evolve into further emphasizing the traditional Korean style of Dong Jin Kim? Then, where did Isang Yun venture to compositionally in order to make a deliberate decision to experiment from the conventional traditions? Furthermore, how did all three composers with different influences depict and connect the overall Korean historical structure and identity in music? This document explores and answers these relevant questions for a clearer understanding of Gagok on a deeper level

Is complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) cost-effective? a systematic review

BACKGROUND: Out-of-pocket expenditures of over $34 billion per year in the US are an apparent testament to a widely held belief that complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies have benefits that outweigh their costs. However, regardless of public opinion, there is often little more than anecdotal evidence on the health and economic implications of CAM therapies. The objectives of this study are to present an overview of economic evaluation and to expand upon a previous review to examine the current scope and quality of CAM economic evaluations. METHODS: The data sources used were Medline, AMED, Alt-HealthWatch, and the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Citation Index; January 1999 to October 2004. Papers that reported original data on specific CAM therapies from any form of standard economic analysis were included. Full economic evaluations were subjected to two types of quality review. The first was a 35-item checklist for reporting quality, and the second was a set of four criteria for study quality (randomization, prospective collection of economic data, comparison to usual care, and no blinding). RESULTS: A total of 56 economic evaluations (39 full evaluations) of CAM were found covering a range of therapies applied to a variety of conditions. The reporting quality of the full evaluations was poor for certain items, but was comparable to the quality found by systematic reviews of economic evaluations in conventional medicine. Regarding study quality, 14 (36%) studies were found to meet all four criteria. These exemplary studies indicate CAM therapies that may be considered cost-effective compared to usual care for various conditions: acupuncture for migraine, manual therapy for neck pain, spa therapy for Parkinson's, self-administered stress management for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, pre- and post-operative oral nutritional supplementation for lower gastrointestinal tract surgery, biofeedback for patients with "functional" disorders (eg, irritable bowel syndrome), and guided imagery, relaxation therapy, and potassium-rich diet for cardiac patients. CONCLUSION: Whereas the number and quality of economic evaluations of CAM have increased in recent years and more CAM therapies have been shown to be of good value, the majority of CAM therapies still remain to be evaluated

El lenguaje simbólico de las formas precolombinas

A través del estudio de las formas precolombinas es posible aproximarnos a la mitología, la magia y la cotidianidad del individuo prehispánico. Estas formas revelan toda una simbología, aunque difícil de comprender, pues se dio en otro tiempo y en diversos lugares. No por pertenecer al orden de lo racional sino por constituir la representación de mitos y leyendas mediante la asociación de imágenes, denotan la capacidad de síntesis y la creatividad, presentes en la arquitectura, la orfebrería, la alfarería, la talla en piedra y la labor textil