Guy Bernard Funderburk Papers - Accession 524

This collection consists of the genealogical material collection and organized by Dr. Guy Bernard Funderburk (1902-1982) a family historian from Lancaster County, South Carolina. The papers include correspondence, linage charts, deeds, wills, census records, cemetery records, U.S. War service records, photographs, maps, newspaper clippings, historical sketches and family narratives, drafts of his Funderburk History and Heritage,and related papers pertaining to Funderburk’s research on the Funderburk family. This collection includes family history information primarily devoted to the Funderburk family , however includes information on the following allied family surnames: Baker; Barrett; Beaver; Belk; Bradley; Bartlett; Davis; Reese; Duke; Efrid; Emerson; Farm; Hodgson; Hunter; Jones; Laney; Lee; Lenoir; Lerchers; Littlejohn; McNeely; Miller; Milligan; Mungo; Parker; Piper; Plyler; Rape; Rockett; Roney; Sapp; Schooldraft; Shute; Smith; Stritzel; Studebaker; Threatt; Walters; Weddell; West; William; Williams;https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/1618/thumbnail.jp

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The Borderlands in Puerto Rico : Creating New Identities

Gloria Anzaldúa's Borderlands/La Frontera is one of the most influential books on border theory, but because her theories are rooted in her experiences in the Rio Grande Valley between Texas and Mexico, they cannot be indiscriminately applied to all Latinos in the United States. Cultural differences among nations must be taken into account in order to fully understand the border experiences of immigrants from different Hispanic nations. This is especially apparent when trying to apply Borderlands to Puerto Rican literature. The differences in the political situations between Puerto Rican culture and the Chicana culture that Anzaldúa writes about require a reexamination of Anzaldúa's theories in order to apply them to the border experiences of Puerto Ricans in the U.S. This thesis looks at texts from three Puerto Rican authors--Rosario Ferré's The House on the Lagoon, Judith Ortiz Cofer's The Line of the Sun, and Nicholasa Mohr's In Nueva York--through the framework of Borderlands to see how the border experience of Puerto Ricans affects cultural changes in language, religion, and women's roles.  The changes in language are eased somewhat by Puerto Rico's official policy of English-Spanish bilingualism. However, Spanish is still the cultural language of the island in much the same way that English is the cultural language of the United States and, as Ferré and Ortiz Cofer show, an inability to speak Spanish in Puerto Rico is as limiting as an inability to speak English in the United States. However, in Puerto Rican neighborhoods in the U.S., the two languages have blended together to create an interlanguage, Spanglish, which reflects the blending of cultures in these communities and eases the transition between languages, allowing Puerto Rican immigrants to keep their national identity while participating fully in life in the U.S.  With religion, the situation is different. Many Puerto Ricans practice what Anzaldúa calls "a folk Catholicism" (49), defined as Roman Catholicism syncretized with Creole religions, such as Santería and Espiritismo in Puerto Rico. The House on the Lagoon shows how these Creole religions are separated on the island by racial and class differences while The Line of the Sun and In Nueva York illustrate how Santería and Espiritismo have blended into a third religion called Santerismo. Because of the differences between the Puerto Rican and U.S. interpretations of mental health, these religions are used as healing practices as well, supplanting American psychology for many Puerto Ricans living in the U.S., allowing them to keep a vital connection to island culture.  The changes in women's roles in Puerto Rican culture are symbolized by the changes in the role of wives in family life. Anzaldúa's discussion of the influence of the Hispanic concepts of marianismo and machismo on family life exemplifies the limitations for Latinas who follow a traditional life in the U.S. However, as Ferré, Ortiz Cofer, and Mohr show in their works, these concepts can be manipulated, refined, and discarded by modern women, although these changes can be very difficult because family is an integral part of Latino and Hispanic cultures. Women who reject their traditional roles entirely risk being cut off from their culture, leaving them feeling adrift and alone in a strange land.  The issues discussed in this thesis show how the borderlands between the U.S. and Puerto Rico are more psychological than the physical borderlands of Anzaldúa's experience. This causes distinct differences in the border experiences of Puerto Ricans which must be taken into account in order to fully understand the works of Puerto Rican authors both on the island and in the U.S.  M.A

Between the Lines of Hegemony and Subordination: The Mombasa Kadhi’s Court in Contemporary Kenya

In the middle of a scalding hot October afternoon, I found myself waiting at the Mombasa Kadhi’s Court for the fifth time. Frustrated with my prior failure to meet the Kadhi and gain his permission to research at the court, I waited alongside a cross section of the Muslim community of Mombasa all attempting to meet with the Kadhi. Despite frustrations with the red tape surrounding the Kadhi’s court, acting as a barrier between me and all of the information I believed to be pertinent to my research, I realized that my research had already begun. A number of aggravated people around me began to strike up conversations, half due to frustrations with the Kadhi, and half due to the group curiosity surrounding the “mzungu” wearing a hijab. The court opened a standard fifteen minutes late, and the Kadhi’s staff informed me to try again in the morning. Apparently, the Kadhi had not returned to court for the afternoon. Disappointed at leaving the court yet again, unsuccessfully, my attention was drawn to a man making his way to the court. He was old and bedraggled, pushing himself upright from a makeshift wheelchair/ tricycle contraption, while simultaneously trying to prop himself on a single crutch. He struggled on to his only leg and began to make his way slowly to the large steps that ascended to the Kadhi’s court, only to be told that the Kadhi was not there and he should try again tomorrow. I wondered how many strenuous journeys this man would make up the stairs before his matter was solved with the Kadhi, or he gave up. When I reflect on an image that most clearly epitomizes my research on the Mombasa Kadhi’s Court, I continuously return to this man on his single leg and tattered clothes making the pilgrimage to court day after day. He represents my research on the Kadhi’s court, because he symbolizes the challenge and promise of the Kadhi’s court within contemporary Kenyan society. In particular, it reflects the Kadhi’s court as a site of struggle and contestation, where Kenyan Muslims attempt to maintain a court that upholds Sharia law while simultaneously participating as equal citizens in a pluralistic secular society that is often at odds with such attempts at upholding tradition

Jazz II Ensemble

Enjoy a free performance by Jazz II Ensemble, under the direction of Wes Funderburk.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/2387/thumbnail.jp

Math discourse

Meaningful mathematical discourse can serve to build shared understanding of mathematical ideas

President\u27s message

Assessment refers to more than just high-stakes tests. Teachers assess students every time they ask a question, have students share work on the board, review a homework assignment, or solicit student questions during a lesson

Mapping the Distribution of Barrier Island Slash Pine Woodland and Determining Growth Responses of Pinus elliottii to Hurricane Katrina (2005) on Cat Island, Mississippi

Barrier islands are ubiquitous features along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico North American coastline and are subjected disturbances such as extreme episodic events. The wind, waves, and storm surges of Hurricane Katrina heavily impacted the Mississippi–Alabama barrier island chain on August 29, 2005. Cat Island experienced a 7-m storm surge, the highest wind energy in the chain, but was estimated to have the least amount of forest mortality. The purpose of this study was to investigate the distribution of Pinus elliottii on Cat Island Mississippi and evaluate relationships of elevation with mean radial growth rate (mm y ̄ ˡ), stem diameter (cm), and change in radial growth rate (% change) five years post Hurricane Katrina. The overarching hypothesis is that growth rate in P. elliottii on Cat Island, is a function of elevation. The two sub-hypotheses tested were 1) mean radial growth and stem diameter are functions of elevation and 2) growth response to Hurricane Katrina (% change) is a function of elevation. Remotely sensed data was used in conjunction with tree core and ground data to assess these relationships. Trees were selected for sampling using a point-centered quarter distance method. At each sample site, two to four radii were extracted from each tree then the stem diameter was measured. The GPS location and elevation were recorded. Decreased radial growth from Hurricane Katrina was observed in 92% of the sample population. Regression analysis shows no relationship of radial growth and stem diameter versus elevation. The hypotheses were rejected and an alternate proposed

The Games Behind the Scenes: Newspaper Framing of Female African American Olympic Athletes

Competing in and representing their country in the Olympic games is considered one of the greatest achievements for an athlete. From heroes such as Michael Jordan and the “Dream Team,” to Michael Phelps setting world record after record in the pool, Olympians are remembered as legends to those watching at home. How their amazing achievements at these Olympic games have been framed by the media though is another story. Newspapers have facilitated a platform for a qualitative content analysis on the framing of three female African American Olympic gold medalists that showed statistical significance in terms of the amount of “Superhuman” athleticism attributes used as well as not used by four large well-known and respected newspapers