Abstract
This paper describes the resort community of Coeur D'Alene and the opportunities available for people wishing to relocate to this area.

Outline:
Overview
Ethnicity in Coeur D'Alene
Education
Outlook

From the Paper
"As settlers began making Coeur D'Alene home during the 1800's, whites were the predominant race. After the discovery of gold and silver, immigrants of Irish, German, and Swedish decent settled the surrounding communities of towns such as; Coeur D'Alene, Kellogg, Wallace, and St. Maries. The mining industry flourished and along with mining, logging and ranching became trades of the settlers also. Currently, these communities are holding onto tradition, but transitioning into resort communities with a firm grip on the future for growth by providing business opportunity for industry to relocate to the 'Right to Work' state. In doing so, it's provided opportunity for building contractors in the construction trade to relocate to the pristine communities of North Idaho to seek their fortune, as Miners did in the 1800's. During this community's transition from the historical past to the future in terms of industry, we are facing substantial growth."

Tags:population, census, construction, trade

Abstract
The paper describes the Chrysler Building and its art deco architectural style. The paper describes the architect William Van Alen, the building's principles of design and the histroical context of the style. The paper concludes that the building is an unforgettable sight in America.

Outline:
Introduction
The Architect
Historical Context and Description of the Design
Composition and Organizational Principles of Design
Formal Elements of Form
Conclusion

From the Paper
"The Chrysler Building in New York City was the tallest building in the world between the years 1930 and 1931, a time when the city was witnessing tight competition to build the tallest skyscraper in the world. Constructed from 1928 to 1930, this building is an architectural marvel designed by William Van Alen (1883-1954) and commonly recognized as the best example of Art Deco style skyscrapers as well as an ideal monument to American capitalism (Matthews and Artifice Inc., 1994). The most fantastic Art Deco feature of the Chrysler Building happens to be its 185 foot needle-thin chrome spire weighing 27 tons, "a series of sunburst punctuated by triangular windows," which Van Alen had secretly built inside the building before the entire structure could be seen to rise higher than the Bank of Manhattan and the Eiffel Tower ("Daniel's Manhattan")."

Tags:William, Van, Alen, design, art, deco

Abstract
This paper offers a look at the history and design of the famous Chrysler Building. The writer describes both the exterior and interior of the building, as well as the architectural structure. The paper then offers some information on the architect himself, William Van Alen, and the original deal that led to the purchase of the site and plans to build the building.

From the Paper
"Architect William Van Alen originally designed the Chrysler Building for real estate speculator William H. Reynolds, but in 1928, Walter Percy Chrysler, head of the Chrysler Motor Corporation, purchased the site on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 42nd Street in midtown Manhattan, as well as Van Alen's plans. (Sandler, 1996) Those plans were changed as the design began to reflect Chrysler's forceful personality. The project soon became caught up in the fixated quest for height that swept through the city's commercial architecture in the 1920s and 1930s. Buildings rose taller and taller as owners sought both to maximize office space as well as to increase consumer visibility. Van Alen's initial design anticipated a 925-foot building with a rounded, Byzantine or Moorish top. At the same time, however, Van Alen's former partner, H. Craig Severance, was building the 927-foot Bank of the Manhattan Company on Wall Street. Not to be outdone, Van Alen revised his plans, with Chrysler's blessing, to include a new tapering top that culminated in a spire, bringing the total height to 1,046 feet and establishing the Chrysler Building as the world's tallest, briefly anyway."

Tags:william, van, allen, car, automobile, manhattan, lexington

Abstract
This paper will discuss public relations within the sports community along the guidelines of "Effective Public Relations - 8th Edition" by Scott M. Cutlip, Alen H. Center and Glen M. Broom and seek to understand athlete relations, merchandising, communication, professionalism, adaptation to change, program evaluations and media relations within sports public relations.

Abstract
This paper provides three essays that answers questions related to American-Indian culture as illustrated in three works: Sherman Alexie's "The Business of Fancydancing;" Jaime de Angulo's "Indian Tales;" and Tony Hillerman's "People of Darkness."

From the Paper
""Indian Tales", "People of Darkness" and the poems and stories in "The Business of Fancydancing" provide us with fiction focusing on American Indians and their way of life. In doing so, they open the world of the American Indian to us in a much more engaging way than scholarly and factual articles on Indian culture. Though such articles often provide factual information on American Indian culture in fiction like these three books, we are able to become more enmeshed in the American Indian way of thinking..."

Tags:Navajo, Coeur D'Alene, reservations, alcoholism, culture, magical realism, mysticism, nature, religion

Abstract
Structuration is the novel concept that culture creates structure even while structure sets the parameters within which a culture can work. This paper shows that the plot of the movie "Smoke Signals", directed by Chris Eyre, gives us a perfect set of circumstances in which to demonstrate the sociological concept of structuration in action. The paper begins by explaining what exactly structuration is and then proceeds through the plot of "Smoke Signals", pointing out social interactions among the characters in the movie and explaining what it is about those social interactions that demonstrate structuration.

From the Paper
"Now that they have set the structural parameters that they are Indian and therefore not American, it inhibits their abilities to thoroughly interact with Americans. They can't get their seats back on the bus because they cannot talk to the white people on the bus as if they are equals. There is an obvious lack of real communication because they can't see past the "whiteness" of the men, where the men can only see the "Indianness" of Victor and Thomas. As one of the men put it, "So why don't you and Super Injun over there find some other place to have a powwow, okay?" and Thomas of course complains that the cowboys always win. Thomas and Victor don't even attempt to reason with the men because they know (or believe) it would be a fruitless endeavor."

Tags:Coeur, d?Alene, native