This proceedings contains papers from a symposium conducted to promote the professional sharing of scholarly accomplishments of Black Hills State University faculty and students. The symposium also provided a forum for discussion of current issues related to the presentations. The papers, representing a variety of disciplines, are as follows: "The Internationalization of Geography Departments in American Colleges and Universities" (Roger Miller); "Increasing Teaching Effectiveness with the Physical Education Assertive Teaching Instrument" (Betsy Torrence); "An Investigation of the Student Journal as a Tool for Identifying and Resolving Writing Problems of Undergraduate Students" (Roger Ochse); "Effect of Patriarchal Structuring on Diagnosis of Mental Illness" (Elanor Pearson-Mizel); "Choosing the Snake Husband: Moskogee Watersnake Mythology in Joy Harjo's 'Flood'" (Alice Bedard Voorhees); "Raman Spectroscopic Investigations of Alkali Silicate Glasses at Ultra-High Pressures" (Dan Durben); "The Status of Native American Hunting and Fishing Rights as a Product of Historical Use and Judicial Interpretation" (Cheryl Cosenza-Weiand and John Glover); "South Dakota Principals' Perceptions About, Attitudes Toward, and Knowledge of Law-Related and Civic Education Practices in Their Schools" (Roger Wolff); "Reader Response: The Affective Side of Critical Thinking" (Carol Hess); "Using Qualitative Research in Education (Kristi Pearce); "Modified Oligonucleotide Viability Assays Through the Use of Flanked Homopolymer Sequences" (Doug Dellinger, Peter deLannoy, and Joseph Howell); "Working Memory Limitations on Older Adults' Sentence Production" (Cheryl Anagnopoulos); and "Death, Taxes and Change: A Look at Life Transitions from a Counseling Perspective" (Mimi Tschida). (SW)