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Graduation celebration
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1989)
"Beaming from the bleachers at Faurot Field, 14,000 spectators watched as 1,900 graduates were individually recognized during MU's Sesquicentennial Graduation Celebration May 6. During the 3 1/2-hour ceremony, members of ...
Curators go on offensive at retreat
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1989)
"'It's time for the state to wake up and see what we're facing,' said Board of Curators President Edwin S. Turner at a retreat April 28 and 29. 'The money is not there to do what we need to do.' After 20 hours of debate, ...
Flames spark shack memories
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1989)
"The Shack's colorful past met with a fiery finish Nov. 1. Alumni recall memories of the Campus snack bar and watering hole at 704 Conley Ave."--Table of contents for issue.
Sample some good reads
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1989)
"Check out a list of recommended reading, appropriately 150 books, which are named on a 'Sesquicentennial Sampler' poster."--Table of contents for issue.
First families
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1989)
"Take a guided personal tour of the state through the anecdotes of three Missouri families. Their stories are part of a study that traces roots during the University's 150th anniversary."--Table of contents for issue.
40 years of unposed reality : the Missouri photo workshop
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1989)
"Forty years ago, newspaper photographers practiced what Cliff Edom, BJ '46, calls 'stand 'em up, shoot 'em down' photography. But these stiffly posed shots that relied on plenty of flash were not how Edom, the father of ...
'All we can and should be'
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1989)
"As last year's chairman of the Board of Curators' resources and planning committee, Jim Sterling, BJ '65, listened quietly as others presented a gloomy forecast of the future of the University of Missouri. The Bolivar, ...
The new quad : trees and grass, no cowpaths
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1989)
"Calvin Ahlbrandt has a fancy word for the cow paths on Francis Quadrangle. He calls them geodesics. A geodesic, says the professor of mathematics, is a path of shortest length."--Page 12
Stull starts operation turnaround
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1989)
"A proven winner, Coach Bob Stull infuses MU's football program with new philosophies and enthusiasm."--Table of contents for issue.
Let the celebration begin
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1989)
"Marching Mizzou boomed down Eight Street Jan. 13, enroute to a flag-raising ceremony on the Quad to open the University's 150th year."--Page 11
Banī Halba Classification of poetic genres Teirab AshShareef
(1989)
The Banī Halba are an Arabic-speaking ethnic group who live in the Southern part of the Darfur Region in the Sudan. They are one of the Baggāra (cattle-rearing) ethnic groups who inhabit a curve-like belt in the Southern ...
Equal access
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1989)
"Around campus and in the classroom, the barriers have come down for disabled students."--Page 16
MU : king of the road
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1989)
"Hundreds of MU alumni are tooting their own horns with personalized license plates. Such loyalty should pay off for future students. Starting in July 1990, Missourians may buy personalized plates with a college theme. The ...
Mizzou athletes : Tigers in the classroom
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1989)
"189 MU athletes were honored at a breakfast April 12 for 3.0 GPAs. The Athletic Department recruits on good grades as well as solid athletic ability."--Table of contents for issue.
Nuclear sleuths
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1989)
"With the help of nuclear power, Mizzou scientists study everything from poison in banana cream pie to the disappearance of dinosaurs. This story is reprinted from Mizzou Magic, a science magazine produced by MU for junior ...
The MU political action committee
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1989)
"MU-PAC is seeking funds from faculty, staff, alumni and friends to assist in obtaining funds for higher education and to bolster the campaign chests of candidates who support higher education."--Page 14
Sīrat Banī Hilāl : introduction and notes to an Arab oral epic tradition
(1989)
This poetic tradition which Egypt’s preeminent literary scholar, Ṭaha Hussein, recalls at the outset of his autobiography is one familiar through much of the Arab world—the sīra of the Banī Hilāl Bedouin tribe which ...
Which came first, the Zajal or the Muwaššaḥa? Some evidence for the oral origins of Hispano-Arabic Strophic poetry
(1989)
Up to this point, I have summarized some theoretical arguments, derived from certain structural features of the texts at hand, to suggest why the zajal might antedate the muwaššaḥa, from which the latter could be derived. ...
Qur’ān recitation : a tradition of oral performance and transmission
(1989)
Oral performance by means of recitation of the Qur'?n is at the center of Islamic corporate and individual piety. The Qur'?n is recited during the daily ?al?t prayer services; nightly during the Ramadan fasting month; in ...
Sesqui singers leads the way
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1989)
"Watch eight students share the MU pride in a high-energy song-and-dance routine. We present . . . the Shelter Insurance Sesquicentennial Singers."--Table of contents for issue.