Coaster Mania Course Lets Students Earn Credit
Bowling Green State University will offer a three day summer course titled Coastermania A Conference on Coaster Culture at Cedar Point near Sandusky. Undergraduate participants will earn two hours of credit with a 65 tuition plus 10 rides fees. The class blends readings lectures and papers on coaster culture with sociology architecture art history and engineering perspectives.
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Bowling Green State University
Cedar Point
Sandusky
Ray Browne
Center For Study of Popular Culture
Brown
Browne
Harvard
Gypsies seek education and rights at Geneva conference
Gratton Paxon of Britain, leader of the World Romani Congress, opened a human rights campaign in Geneva to improve Gypsy education and status. He said statelessness and lack of citizenship hinder Gypsies in Greece, Belgium, France, and West Germany, while most Romany children in Western Europe receive little schooling.
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Switzerland
Gratton Paxon
Britain
India
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Egypt
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Paxon
World Romani Congress
Greece
Belgium
France
West Germany
Europe
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Subliminals Aim to Stop Shoplifting in Retail Tests
A scientist claims subliminal audio messages embedded in Muzak in a large Eastern city deter theft. The system, described by Dr Becker of Metairie, is tested to reinforce honesty with phrases like I am honest and I will not steal. A Tulane engineer notes the approach could be used in department stores and supermarkets. A New Orleans supermarket chain reports a shoplifting rate exceeding 1.6 million dollars annually in a store of about 2,000 employees.
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Becker
Metairie
Atlanta
Tulane University
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Adelinde Hahn
Tulane Information Officer
New Orleans
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