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From Alpha to Omega: Ancient Mysteries and the Near-Death Experience

Description: Article discussing Osirian temple rites of ancient Egypt, which may have involved ceremonial procedures deliberately calculated to induce an experience that was functionally identical to modern near-death experiences.
Date: 1986~
Creator: Ring, Kenneth
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Testing and the Process of Change

Description: Photocopy of an article, discussing the National Assessment project designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the educational system through an assessment of success. Students were tested on how they responded to art, if they valued art as a medium, how skillfully they produced art and how much history they know. By collecting the date it was possible to make claims about the status of art teaching.
Date: September 1986
Creator: Wilson, Brent
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[The buck stops where?]

Description: An article about an opinion of William "Buck" Buckingham during his tenure as director of the AIDS ARMS Network, Inc. and as AIDS czar for the Clinton administration.
Date: [1986..1993]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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The Darkness of God: An Account of Lasting Mystical Consciousness Resulting from an NDE

Description: Article describing the author's near-death experience (NDE) in 1983 as a result of poisoning. Almost every feature of the experience has been antithetical to the author's prior background, both in childhood and in adult life, thereby providing evidence against reductionist explanations of NDE. An account is given of how the new consciousness is affected by various life-circumstances, and of its practical impact on the quality of living.
Date: 1986~
Creator: Wren-Lewis, John
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Evaluating Near-Death Testimony: A Challenge for Theology

Description: Article proposing a nonreductionist interpretation of near-death experiences (NDEs), showing that it is possible to give credit to individual testimony while still taking into account the physiological, psychological, and cultural conditions that influence visionary experience in the face of death.
Date: 1986~
Creator: Zaleski, Carol G.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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High-School Biology, Chemistry, or Physics Learned Well in Three Weeks

Description: Paper written by Julian C. Stanley, examining 25 young students who studied chemistry, biology, or physics over three or six weeks, and their scores on the College Board's Advanced Placement Program college-level examination in those subjects.
Date: March 1986
Creator: Stanley, Julian C. & Stanley, Barbara S. K.
Partner: Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science
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Arts Unlimited

Description: An article containing information about Arts Unlimited, an aesthetic education program at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Two notes have been written by hand above the article on the first page.
Date: 1986
Location: 41.379779 -83.630083
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Mathematical Aptitude in China

Description: Paper written by Julian C. Stanley, concerning a recent trip he and his wife took to China, and the Chinese aptitude and appreciation for learning.
Date: November 1986
Creator: Stanley, Julian C.
Partner: Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science
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Mollie Finch Belt - A Voice to the Voiceless

Description: This article is a short biography of reporter Mollie Finch-Belt who runs The Dallas Examiner newspaper, which was founded by her father. It describs Belt's previous background in civil rights, challenges in taking over the paper, and her viws on journalism.
Date: Autumn 2018
Creator: Johnson, Jasmine C.; Wells, Amani; Young, Kelcei & Moore, Briana
Partner: UNT Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism
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