ITE JOURNAL / DECEMBER 2005 ONE OF THE MOST FRUSTRATING aspects of being a transportation professional, especially one with an engineering background, is the seeming reluctance of elected officials to readily accept the recommendations of highly qualified technical staffs. This feature is intended to help transportation technical staffs better understand the context within which elected officia...

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OP-ED P. 3 I pledge allegiance The 300 or so students transferring to McMurtry and Duncan all have their reasons, so why the scarlet letters? A&E P. 9 One step up, two steps back As the calendar turns, here's a look back at the holiday flicks and a preview of the best video games to come in 2010. SPORTS P. 11 Lucky number seven The women's track and field team has six straight titles under its ...

Delegates to the Alabama AFL-CIO Convention were surveyed concerning their attitudes toward their health benefits and various options for health care reform. Most are satisfied with their current health care coverage, but dissatisfied with its high costs. Participants attribute the high costs to providers' pricing policies and insurance companies' overhead.

Sports officials’ recruitment and retention is currently an issue for many sports. The sources of stress are numerous but seem to have a reduced impact on sport officials’ dropout. To examine potential reasons of sport officiating dropout, 1718 sport officials were asked to fill a survey about their motivation, the way they trained and are evaluated, perceived stress, the qualities and skills r...