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In recent decades, Bolivia, Colombia, Italy, and Venezuela have all faced the turmoil and democratic crisis of party system collapse. In Bankrupt Representation and Party System Collapse, Jana Morgan analyzes the causes of such collapse. She does so through a detailed examination of Venezuela's traumatic party system decay as well as comparative analysis of seven other countries. Collapse occurs when the party system as a whole is unable to provide adequate linkage between society and the state, failing to furnish programmatic representation, integration of major societal interests, or clientelist exchanges. Linkage decays when party systems face challenges that jeopardize their core strategies at the same time that they are constrained in their ability to adapt and to confront these threats. If this decay is unchecked and linkage of all sorts fails, then the bankrupt party system collapses.

[Jana Morgan]'s exhibition, \"What to Wear in the Naked City,\" will run in the Campus Center Art Gallery at the Hammond Campus Center from Sept. 15 to Oct. 20. Morgan is a visual artist who works conceptually through fiber, paint and language. She has called her coming solo show a psychogeographic exploration that stitches together connections between the psyche and environments, both the body's immediate environment of clothing and the larger environments of cities.

According to the API's president and CEO, Jack Gerard, API member companies \"strongly support payment transparency\" and have done so \"for a decade\". On Wednesday, he touted ongoing efforts to work with the U.S. government in implementing a program, currently in 36 countries, called the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), which Gerard says \"would more effectively increase transparency without harming competitiveness\". Yet according to Global Witness's [Jana Morgan], the idea that compliance with Section 1504 would be tantamount to giving away company secrets is a \"red herring\", as most of these companies are already required to make similar payments disclosure through EITI. \"So, it's blatant hypocrisy for these companies to say they don't want to reveal payments.\" \"With reasonable changes, the SEC could have achieved the goal of increased transparency while also remaining faithful to its core mission to protect American investors,\" API's Gerard says. \"The rule should allow our companies to report their payments confidentially to the SEC and allow the agency to aggregate that information and publicly report payments by country.\"

Items of interest: [JANA MORGAN POLSKY] weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces at birth. She was named after her late great-grandmother, Jean Polsky, and late great-grandfathers Max Polsky and Meyer Negreann.

Key to the success of the site is Celarix's work to integrate its functions with carriers' back-office systems, said [Bob Sherwood]. More integration between the exchange and carriers greatly streamlines the auction process. But in the final analysis he thinks that the most successful auction will be the one that \"comes up with the most value for the carrier and who gets to the carrier first.\"Also determining the success of online cargo space auctions will be how much business shippers are willing to commit to these services. A number of shippers said the bulk of their business is shipped under contracts negotiated directly with carriers with only a relatively small portion of their cargo reserved for the spot market. This cargo may be used to take advantage of the lower rates that are available from auction sites or it may be generated by unforeseen circumstances such as a sudden lane shift or a customer's changing requirements. Rochester, N.Y.-based Eastman Kodak is looking to do more of its procurement online, said Dave Movsky, who is taking up new responsibilities for the company's import business. Two months or so ago Eastman Kodak decided to \"test the waters\" with online auctions when it did not receive satisfactory freight rates from ocean carriers for a particular piece of business. The cargo in question was moving in one lane with one origin and destination, he explained, and the carriers had requoted but \"the rate was not attractive.\" Although Eastman Kodak has not committed itself to using auctions regularly, the initial test was positive, Movsky said. \"Deregulation has given me more choice, so that makes it harder for the auctions,\" said Sherwood. He is referring to the numerous service requirements that shippers now can build into confidential contracts with carriers. As Sherwood pointed out, the ability to negotiate complex contracts that are constantly modified runs counter to the quick-fix solution offered by auctions. \"What happens if I don't like the free time at origin or when a chassis is available?\" he asked. Yes, such nuances still can be incorporated when a contract is negotiated online but Sherwood said that if the negotiations are protracted this can undermine the time savings that auctions claim they bring to the contract process.

Randolph-Macon (12-2 ODAC, 15-3): Hiltunen 13, Riesbeck 10, [Kristen Morgan] 14, Merkel 4, Shaffer 4, Stein 4, Shifflett 0, Childress 3, Dalla Valle 0, Ariail 10. Totals: 21 11-15 62. 3-point goals: Morgan 4, Hiltunen 3, Merkel, Childress. Home (9-4, 13-7): McGaughey 4, [Na'Keisha Anthony] 18, Goshen 6, Bozeman 21, Souter 6, Rivera 2, Cureton 0, Harrell 3, Baxter 0, Clemendor 5, Bailey 9. Totals: 25 15-36 74. 3-point goals: Bozeman 4, Goshen 2, McGaughey, Anthony, Harrell. Home (4-9, 5-14): Vernoy 3, Morris 8, [LaConya Polk] 14, Brown 11, Taylor 6, Washington 0, Spinks 6, Hubbard 4, Bural 0, Haynes 2. Totals: 17 15-21 54. 3-point goals: Brown 2, Vernoy, Morris, Spinks.

Second round: [Mayo Hibi] d. Lauren Jones 6-1, 6-3; [Jacqueline Cako] d. Sierra A. Ellison 6-4, 6-2; [Brianna Morgan] d. Charlie Catherine Naddeo 6-4, 6-0; Sanaz Marand d. Wendy Qi-Wen Zhang 6-1, 6-1; [Jana Nejedly] d. Yawna Allen 6-0, 6-2; [Jessica Lawrence] d. Tori Kinard 3-6, 7-5, 6-1.

[Morgan Lederhouse] has an outgoing personality, while [Jana Haggins] is more reserved. On the golf course, Lederhouse plays a power, go-for- broke game, while Haggins is a methodical and more conservative player who thinks her way around the golf course. Led by its yin and yang duo of Lederhouse and Haggins, as well as Alison Kirk-Owen of West Vancouver, UBC won its fifth straight NAIA regional title early last week in Moscow, Idaho, to advance to nationals. Photo: Richard Lam, UBC Athletics / Morgan Lederhouse has recovered from a disc problem in her neck.; Photo: Jana Haggins; Photo: (See hard copy for photo description).

[Morgan Lederhouse] has an outgoing personality, while [Jana Haggins] is more reserved. On the golf course, Lederhouse plays a power, go-for- broke game, while Haggins is a methodical and more conservative player who thinks her way around the golf course. Led by its yin and yang duo of Lederhouse and Haggins, as well as Alison Kirk-Owen of West Vancouver, UBC won its fifth straight NAIA regional title earlier this week in Moscow, Idaho, to advance to the nationals. Earlier this season, many were wondering -- including coach Chris MacDonald --whether the T-Birds were ever going to take flight. Unlike last year, when UBC started strongly and got stronger as the season progressed, this year's team struggled to find its groove. Only recently have Lederhouse, Haggins, Kirk-Owen, Erica Bennett of New Brunswick and Heather Cronkwright of Calgary started to play well as a team.

  [Gaston] faced little adversity in its quarterfinal win over Sacred Heart that advanced the Bulldogs to the semifinals earlier Wednesday. [Tanna Lawson] was stellar with her serves, as she recorded 10 aces in the match. After winning the first game, Gaston jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the second. Sacred Heart (20-19) fought back and eventually tied it at 16, but the Bulldogs went on a 9-1 run to end the game and seemingly broke the Cardinal spirit. Lawson ended the deciding Game 3 with four consecutive aces. \"It was almost a David and Goliath concept,\" Gaston (35-19) coach Kathy Brown said of her team's matchup against the defending state champions. \"It was a big difference. Not saying that my girls haven't been here before, because all of them have been here before and they know what it takes.\"