What Don Quixote Means (Today)

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE STUDIES, Vol. 43, No. 4, 2006. Copyright © 2006 The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Review: The Breathless Zoo: Taxidermy and the Cultures of Longing by Rachel Polinquin

Rachel Poliquin, The Breathless Zoo: Taxidermy and the Cultures of Longing. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2012 Reviewed by Stephanie S. Turner, University of Wisconsin-Eau Clair

Review of \u3cem\u3eMarx versus Markets.\u3c/em\u3e Stanley Moore. Reviewed by Cecil L. Eubanks, Louisiana State University.

Stanley Moore. Marx versus Markets. University Park, PA: Penn State Press, 1993. $22.50 hardcover

Alfonso Sastre: The Abandoned Doll/Young Billy Tell

Review of: Alfonso Sastre. The Abandoned Doll/Young Billy Tell. Trans. Carys Evans-Corrales. Estreno, University Park PA, 1997, 67 pp

The Schenley Experiment: A Social History of Pittsburgh’s First Public High School

Jake Oresick, The Schenley Experiment: A Social History of Pittsburgh’s First Public High School. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2017. 222 pp. ISBN 978-0-271-07833-5. $19.95 (paperback)

Physical Activity, Park, Nature Trail Usage among Students, Faculty and Staff at a Mid-sized University

Physical activity (PA) is a vital component of a healthy lifestyle. There is strong evidence demonstrating an association between PA and reduced risk of many chronic diseases, increasing in prevalence and incidence in the United States. PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to determine the PA levels of the students, faculty, and staff members of a mid-sized state university and how usage of a nature center and community park facilitated PA. METHODS: An observational, cross-sectional survey design was used to complete the study objectives. The 20-minute survey was distributed online using Survey Monkey to all faculty, staff and students at the host university. It consisted of basic demographic questions, questions concerning respondents’ physical activity behaviors and their use of two community parks to engage in physical activity. The two park spaces included in the survey, Bay Area Park (BAP) and Armand Bayou Nature Center (ABNC), are located approximately 3.5 Km from the university. Survey respondents were incentivized by being entered into a raffle to win a small gift card and students could receive course credit for completing the survey. RESULTS: The survey was completed by 952 students, 94 faculty, and 250 staff members. Students reported the least PA, with an average of 2.8 PA days per week, 26.9% reporting no PA days per week, and only 5.3% reporting daily PA. Staff reported 3.0 average PA days per week, 20.2% reported no PA days per week, and 5.9% reported daily PA. Faculty reported 3.4 average PA days per week, 21.4% reported no PA days per week, and 14.3% reported daily PA. Participants less than 20y reported the least amount of inactivity (15.7%); 9.8% reported daily PA and on average exercised 3.3 days per week. Participants 50-60y reported the highest amount of inactivity (28.6%) and \u3e60y reported the lowest average number PA days per week (2.7 days). Students, faculty, and staff report not using parks (including BAP and ABNC) as a main place for PA; 69.5% report not visiting a park in the last week, 59% have not visited BAP in the last 3 months and 84% have not visited ABNC in the past 3 months. CONCLUSIONS: Students, faculty, and staff surveyed are not meeting the recommended daily PA. Neighborhood outdoor space is the main space used for PA (38.1%). The majority of students, faculty and staff surveyed had not visited any parks in the week leading up to this survey and most have not visited the parks utilized in this survey during the past 3-months. Further research interventions is necessary to determine if awareness of parks and nature trails facilitate increased physical activity

Rereading the Conquest: Book Review

Book review by Charlotte Gradie. Krippner-Martinez, James. Rereading the Conquest: Power, Politics and the History of Early Colonial Michoacan, Mexico, 1521-1565. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-271-02129-

Review: Picturing Kingship. History and painting in the Psalter of Saint Louis by Harvey Stahl

Picturing Kingship. History and painting in the Psalter of Saint Louis. By Harvey Stahl. 464 pp. incl. 89 col. + 81 b. & w. ills. (Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park PA, 2008), $85. ISBN 978-0-271-02863-7

\u3cem\u3eCreating Social Democracy: A Century of the Social Democratic Labor Party in Sweden.\u3c/em\u3e Klaus Misgeld, Karl Molin, and Klas Amark.

Klaus Misgeld, Karl Molin and Klas Amark (Eds.). Creating Social Democracy: A Century of the Social Democratic Labor Party in Sweden. University Park, PA: Penn State Press, 1993. $65.00 hardcover,$16.95 papercover