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2 Volume 35 No. 1 May 2007 Free Inquiry In Creative Sociology

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GENERAL EDITOR: John R. Cross, Oklahoma State University SPECIAL EDITION EDITOR: Albert G Mata, Jr., University of Oklahoma ARABICEDITOR: Arabic mss; Ibtihaj Arafat, City College, New York EUROPEANEDITOR: Charles Kaplan, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitaet, Germany ASSOCIATEEDITORS: Bruce L. Berg, California State University-Long Beach; Bonnie Berry, Social Problems Research Group; Don Drennon-Gala, Drennon-Gala & Associates; Beth Hartung Freimuth, California State University, Fresno; Cecil Greek, Florida State University; Thomas D. Hall, DePauw University; Charles Harper, Creighton University; Jeffrey R. McDade, Graceland University; Ralph O'Sullivan; Carl Pope, University of Wisconsin; William A. Reese, II, Augusta State University; Beverly Stiles, Midwestern State University; Donald Yates, Albany State University; and Marjorie Zatz, Arizona State University. TYPESETTER: Deborah Sweet, Oklahoma State University COVER DESIGN: Hobart Jackson, University ofKansas School ofArchitecture

BOARD OF GOVERNORS: Patricia Bell, Oklahoma State University; Alvin Turner, East Central University; Susan Chase, University of Tulsa; Marvin Cooke, Tulsa Community College; Kay Decker, Northwestern OSU; David Ford, University ofCentral Oklahoma; Lawrence Grear, Langston University; Philip Holley, Southwestern OSU; Jody Hom, Oklahoma City University; Tina Winn, University ofScience & Arts ofOklahoma; Chuck Ziehr, Northeastern State University; Ed Mauzey, Southeastern OSU; Gordon Crews, Cameron University; Craig St. John, University ofOklahoma; Abe Marrero, Rogers State University.

OKLAHOMA SOCIOLOGYASSOCIATION2006 OFFICERS: Donna Barlow, Southwestern OSU President; Robert Bausch, Cameron University, President Elect; Monica Varner, Rogers State University, Secretary-Treasurer.

PUBLISHED: May and November by the Oklahoma Sociology Association and the Consortium of University Sociology Departments and Programs in the State ofOklahoma.