From a small southern town of Hinton West Virginia to Richmond Virginia comes a spunky career woman seeking knowledge to the dating experience in a three year project. Using the "personal ads" vie newspaper to interview 91 men with a set standard of questions. Safety must be the key factor used by women in dating. Paula Ann learn this the hard way by the lost of all of her clothes and belongings and having to relocate in the middle of the night. She went into hiding for many months to regain her confidence to continue and put closure to this book. Paula Ann even rode with a trucker and his eighteen wheeler for a week in one interview to Georgia. She could have been raped, robbed and even murdered in pursuit of gathering vital data on dating in this project. To my dear #91 Bruce; words can never express the heartfelt enduring love I have for you and the support you have given to me to complete this book as we enter our marriage together in Mexico. I do not have to carry a "poop" bag with him. He is the real WINNER in the dog show. There are NO fleas with him From the mountains of a small southern town Hinton in Summers County to the waters of the Chesapeake Bay; it is your memories that make me what I am today. I am stronger now and feel that I will be safe and have a wonderful life.

What particular form of liberal education should a college or university institute? Reform in general liberal education is an inevitable reality for faculty and the administration. Core texts are at the heart of that reform debate. Establishing an institution's core texts requires extensive research and discussion. At the 2002 Association for Core Texts and Courses conference over 100 institutions explored the relevance and role of the core texts to a 21st century education. This collection of essays captures the excitement of this debate and allows serious thinkers and practitioners of liberal arts education to see what other colleagues and institutions are developing.