This thesis is about the Ohio State University and the fans of the OSU Buckeyes Football Team. In a study of the students that attend this university, I highlight the behavioral norms that dictate their identities and daily practices. I mean this report to serve as an example of the way in which college football, the marketing and rhetoric of the university, and larger cultural assumptions about college form individual identity. The perspective employed in this report is that of the anthropological process of participant observation, and therefore includes personal reflections throughout my research. This thesis focuses on the theoretical framework of Erving Goffman and discusses the intersection between college football and undergraduate education.

The outfalls of the eight tributaries entering Grand Lake-St. Marys were monitored during the eleven month period from August, 1972 through June, 1973. Both biological and physical parameters were measured at all sites.The biological parameters that were measured included; fecal coliforms, fecal streptococci, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Proteus spp., seudomonas,aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. The physical parameters were; pH, turbidity, water temperature, dissolved oxygen and local rainfall.All eight outfalls were shown to exceed the limits recommended by the U.S. Public Health Service for fecal coliform counts. The ratio of fecal coliforms to fecal streptococci suggested that the pollution came from both human and animal wastes that were carried into the lake in stormwater runoff. The low fecal counts obtained away from the tributaries, in the center of the lake, indicated that the lake was able to recover from the pollution entering at the outfalls. Primary contact recreation in the vicinity of the tributary outfalls is not recommended but the remainder of the lake presents no apparent health hazard.Ball State UniversityMuncie, IN 47306

Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio State University, 2009. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 42-50).

Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2002. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xiv, 156 p. : col. ill., maps (part col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.

Zugl. umfassend überarb., erg. und korr. Fassung von: Wien, Univ., Diss., 2008

Thesis (D. Min.)--Ashland Theological Seminary, 2008. / Abstract . Description based on microfiche version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 179-187).

Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio State University, 1950. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 173). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

Thesis (D. Min.)--Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, MA, 2003. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 130-133).

Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio University, November, 2009. / Release of full electronic text on OhioLINK has been delayed until September 1, 2014. Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 382-386).