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St. Norbert CollegeDigital Commons @ St. Norbert College

Undergraduate Research Forum Programs St. Norbert Collaborative Center for UndergraduateResearch

4-8-2008

A Day of Celebration of Student and Faculty / StaffCollaborations 2008St. Norbert College

Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.snc.edu/collaborative_programs

This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the St. Norbert Collaborative Center for Undergraduate Research at Digital Commons @ St.Norbert College. It has been accepted for inclusion in Undergraduate Research Forum Programs by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@ St. Norbert College. For more information, please contact [email protected].

Recommended CitationSt. Norbert College, "A Day of Celebration of Student and Faculty / Staff Collaborations 2008" (2008). Undergraduate Research ForumPrograms. Paper 4.http://digitalcommons.snc.edu/collaborative_programs/4

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1

On behalf of the Office of Faculty Development

and the Office of the Dean of the College,

we extend

A Big Thank You to:

All Participating Student, Faculty and Staff Collaborators

Copy Center

Conference and Event Services

And We Especially Thank:

Ben Petry (‘09) Faculty Development Intern

Stephanie Schauer (‘10)

Faculty Development Office Assistant

for consistently practicing a high level of professionalism and foresight in the preparation

for and execution of this event, making it possible for this Celebration to take place.

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2

C

eleb

rati

ng

Stu

den

t an

d Fa

cult

y/St

aff

Col

labo

rati

ons

fo

cuse

s on

th

e va

lued

tra

diti

on a

t

St. N

orbe

rt C

olle

ge o

f co

llabo

rati

ons

ta

kin

g pl

ace

in la

bs, s

tudi

os, a

nd

oth

er s

chol

arly

or

crea

tive

set

ting

s,

resu

ltin

g in

a r

ich

arr

ay o

f sc

hol

arly

re

sear

ch a

nd c

reat

ive

wor

ks.

Th

is c

eleb

rati

on f

eatu

res

colla

bora

tive

pr

ojec

ts t

hat

evo

lved

ou

t of

inde

pen

den

t st

udi

es, c

lass

ass

ign

men

ts, a

nd

casu

al

inte

ract

ion

s, a

s w

ell a

s th

ose

colla

bora

tion

s su

ppor

ted

thro

ugh

Stu

den

t-Fa

cult

y D

evel

opm

ent

Endo

wm

ent

Gra

nts

or

the

R

esea

rch

Fel

low

s P

rogr

am.

Co-

sponso

red b

y th

e O

ffic

e of

Facu

lty

Dev

elop

men

t and t

he

Off

ice

of t

he

Dea

n o

f th

e C

olleg

e

31

Not

es

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4:00

-4:3

0 Lo

unge

P

oste

r A

licia

Bri

nkm

an, S

opho

mor

e M

athe

mat

ics a

nd

Se

cond

ary

Educ

atio

n C

ertif

icat

ion

Nan

cy M

athi

as, A

ssoc

iate

Dire

ctor

of L

eade

rshi

p an

d Se

rvic

e

POW

ER O

F TW

O-T

OR

ING

The

M3C

Pro

gram

at S

t. N

orbe

rt C

olle

ge is

a g

roup

of m

ostly

fir

st y

ear s

tude

nts w

ho a

re m

otiv

ated

in c

omm

unity

serv

ice

and

deve

lopi

ng th

eir l

eade

rshi

p sk

ills.

The

M3C

Pro

gram

is p

rimar

ily

devo

ted

to c

olla

bora

ting

with

the

Jeff

erso

n El

emen

tary

afte

r-sc

hool

pro

gram

to tu

tor l

ow-in

com

e st

uden

ts. T

his p

roje

ct w

ill

show

the

impa

ct th

at b

oth

coho

rts h

ave

on o

ne a

noth

er a

nd

vario

us w

ays t

hat t

he M

3C P

rogr

am h

as im

pact

ed th

e co

mm

unity

.

“…it

is ti

me

not j

ust f

or c

ompa

ssio

nate

wor

ds,

but c

ompa

ssio

nate

act

ions

…”

Mar

ian

Wri

ght E

delm

an

3

Th

is p

rogr

am is

put

toge

ther

in

sequ

entia

l ord

er.

Tim

e, lo

catio

n, a

nd

pres

enta

tion

type

are

list

ed a

t the

top

of

each

pag

e. O

ral p

rese

ntat

ions

and

pe

rfor

man

ces w

ill o

ccur

dur

ing

the

time

liste

d. P

oste

rs a

nd o

ther

exh

ibits

will

be

disp

laye

d fr

om 2

:00

- 5:0

0 p.

m.,

but a

re

liste

d ac

cord

ing

to th

e tim

e m

embe

rs w

ill

be a

vaila

ble

to d

iscu

ss th

eir p

roje

cts.

A

list o

f all

stud

ents

and

facu

lty/st

aff

part

icip

atin

g in

Cel

ebra

ting

Stud

ent a

nd

Facu

lty/S

taff

Colla

bora

tions

is a

vaila

ble

on th

e fo

llow

ing

two

page

s, al

ong

with

the

page

num

bers

whe

re y

ou ca

n fin

d th

eir

proj

ects

. So

me

stud

ents

and

facu

lty/st

aff

may

be

invo

lved

in m

ultip

le p

roje

cts o

r pr

esen

ting

thei

r pro

ject

mor

e th

an o

nce,

an

d ar

e lis

ted

acco

rdin

gly.

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Luis

Alta

mira

no...

......

.16,

23

Alic

ia B

rinkm

an...

.16,

23,

30

Hea

ther

Bro

sig

......

......

......

..6

Cris

tina

Bur

rill.

......

......

.....

13

Mat

thew

Cap

tain

e....

...16

, 23

Bra

ndon

Cle

men

s....

....1

6, 2

3

John

Cre

mer

......

......

....1

6, 2

3

Laur

a D

aly

......

......

......

......

25

Jona

than

Dau

n....

......

......

...28

And

y Fa

rrel

l....

......

......

......

26

Stev

e G

ale.

......

......

......

......

12

Mag

gie

Geo

rge.

......

......

.....

25

Mol

ly G

ill...

......

......

......

.....

14

Sam

anth

a G

oebe

n...

......

....1

7

Am

ber H

artl

......

......

....1

8, 2

4

Kat

e K

amin

ski.

......

.....

16, 2

3

Emily

Kap

szuk

iew

icz

......

...6

Kim

Kei

l.....

......

......

......

.....

20

Ian

Kle

in...

......

......

......

.....

7, 9

Step

hani

e K

ohle

r.....

......

....2

7

Stev

e K

raft

......

......

......

....7

, 9

Kas

sie

Lang

......

......

......

..19

Kat

hlee

n M

iller

......

..16

, 23

Tere

sa P

atitu

cci..

......

......

15

Jenn

y Pa

ul...

......

......

.18,

24

Rya

n Pa

vlik

......

......

..16

, 23

Just

in P

ierc

e....

......

...16

, 23

Kat

ie P

ierr

e...

......

.....

18, 2

4

Rac

hel S

ayer

......

......

......

10

Step

hani

e Sch

auer

..16,

23,

28

Am

ber S

chuh

......

......

.....

22

Hea

ther

Sch

ulze

......

.16,

23

Ric

hard

Sco

tt....

......

..18

, 24

Ale

xand

ra S

kibb

ie...

......

.11

Mic

hael

Sza

dkow

ski.

.....

29

Oliv

ia T

racz

yk...

......

......

11

Kat

ie V

ater

......

......

......

.....

8

Cai

tlin

Whi

tney

......

......

..21

Jam

ie W

ietin

g...

......

......

.22

Jenn

ifer W

irth

......

....1

6, 2

3

Yuk

iyas

u Y

amad

a....

......

14

Stud

ent P

artic

ipan

ts

29

4:00

-4:3

0 Lo

unge

P

oste

r M

icha

el S

zadk

owsk

i, Ju

nior

Bio

logy

Maj

or

Ani

ndo

Cho

udhu

ry, A

ssoc

iate

Aca

dem

ic D

ean

&

A

ssoc

iate

Pro

fess

or o

f Bio

logy

and

Env

ironm

enta

l

Scie

nce

M

OL

EC

UL

AR

CH

AR

AC

TE

RIZ

ATIO

N O

F T

HE

H

UM

AN

BR

OA

D T

APE

WO

RM

The

goal

of t

his p

roje

ct is

to d

eter

min

e th

e or

igin

of t

he N

orth

A

mer

ican

hum

an b

road

tape

wor

m, D

iphi

labo

thri

um la

tum

. The

cu

rren

t hyp

othe

sis i

s tha

t the

y w

ere

intro

duce

d fr

om E

urop

e by

hu

man

s and

bec

ame

esta

blis

hed

in th

e N

orth

Am

eric

an

ecos

yste

m. H

owev

er, t

here

are

als

o al

tern

ate

hypo

thes

es th

at th

ey

cam

e ov

er in

hum

an h

osts

via

the

anci

ent m

igra

tory

pat

h ov

er th

e B

erin

g la

nd b

ridge

, or t

hat t

hey

are

an a

ncie

nt p

aras

ite o

f a w

ild

anim

al. B

y co

mpa

ring

the

mol

ecul

ar p

hylo

geny

bet

wee

n th

e sp

ecim

ens f

rom

Eur

ope,

Asi

a, a

nd N

orth

Am

eric

a w

e ho

pe to

ad

dres

s the

se h

ypot

hese

s.

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4:00

-4:3

0 Lo

unge

P

oste

r Jo

nath

an D

aun,

Sop

hom

ore

Econ

omic

s Maj

or

Step

hani

e Sc

haue

r, S

opho

mor

e M

athe

mat

ics M

ajor

and

Seco

ndar

y Ed

ucat

ion

Cer

tific

atio

n Jo

hn F

rohl

iger

, Ass

ocia

te P

rofe

ssor

of M

athe

mat

ics

G

EN

ER

ATIN

G S

UD

OK

U P

UZZ

LE

S

A (s

olve

d) S

udok

u pu

zzle

can

be

view

ed a

s a fu

nctio

n

w

ith c

erta

in “

near

one

-to-o

ne”

prop

ertie

s. In

this

cas

e, fo

r fix

ed

a an

d b,

f(x,

y,a,

b), f

(a,x

,y,b

) and

f(a,

b,x,

y) a

re in

ject

ive

func

tions

of

(x,y

). A

n un

solv

ed p

uzzl

e gi

ves y

ou so

me

of th

e va

lues

of f

; yo

u ne

ed to

find

the

rest

. W

e w

ill u

se c

erta

in c

lass

es o

f the

se

func

tions

to g

ener

ate

som

e Su

doku

puz

zles

.

94

3)

(:Z

Z→

f

5

Deb

orah

And

erso

n...

......

......

......

......

......

...20

Ani

ndo

Cho

udhu

ry...

......

......

......

......

...12

, 29

Kar

i Cun

ning

ham

......

......

......

......

......

......

7, 9

Cyn

thia

Ear

les O

chsn

er...

......

......

......

......

..22

Dei

rdre

Ega

n...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

11

Bra

dfor

d El

lis...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.8

Rus

s Fei

rer.

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.....

15

John

Fro

hlig

er...

......

......

......

......

......

......

....2

8

Dav

id H

unni

cutt.

......

......

......

......

......

......

...14

Terr

y Jo

Lei

term

an...

......

......

......

......

...16

, 23

Kris

sy L

uken

s....

......

......

......

......

......

......

...25

Nan

cy M

athi

as...

......

......

......

......

......

...13

, 30

Yok

o M

ogi-H

ein.

......

......

......

......

......

......

..17

John

Pen

ning

ton.

......

......

......

......

...10

, 18,

24

Dav

id P

oist

er...

......

......

......

......

......

......

19, 2

6

Jona

thon

Rus

sell

......

......

......

......

......

......

...22

Jaso

n Se

njem

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.....

6

Mat

thew

Sto

llak.

......

......

......

......

......

......

...21

Mic

helle

Tic

hy...

......

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...27

Facu

lty/S

taff

Par

ticip

ants

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2:00

-2:3

0

Sh

ield

Roo

m

O

ral P

rese

ntat

ion

Hea

ther

Bro

sig, S

opho

mor

e B

usin

ess a

nd E

cono

mic

s M

ajor

Em

ily K

apsz

ukie

wic

z, S

opho

mor

e C

omm

unic

atio

ns

an

d Ec

onom

ics M

ajor

Ja

son

Senj

em, A

ssist

ant P

rofe

ssor

of B

usin

ess

A

dmin

istra

tion

THE

STR

UC

TUR

ES A

ND

DY

NA

MIC

S O

F

NO

N-P

RO

FIT

OR

GA

NIZ

ATIO

NS

B

y w

orki

ng w

ith tw

o no

n-pr

ofit

orga

niza

tions

, we

wer

e ab

le to

di

stin

guis

h di

stin

ct a

spec

ts o

f bot

h an

d m

ake

com

paris

ons a

nd

cont

rast

s as w

ell.

Our

find

ings

show

the

uniq

ue a

spec

ts o

f bu

sine

ss m

odel

s use

d in

non

-pro

fit o

rgan

izat

ions

. We

can

show

th

roug

h ca

se st

udy

whi

ch m

etho

ds w

ork

bette

r and

whi

ch m

ay

not.

We

also

show

stre

ngth

s, w

eakn

esse

s, en

able

rs, a

nd

cons

trict

ions

that

non

-pro

fit o

rgan

izat

ions

mus

t fac

e an

d ov

erco

me

to b

e su

cces

sful

.

27

4:00

-4:3

0 Lo

unge

P

oste

r St

epha

nie

Koh

ler,

Sen

ior E

lem

enta

ry E

duca

tion

M

iche

lle T

ichy

, Ass

ista

nt P

rofe

ssor

of E

duca

tion

FEM

INIS

M A

ND

EA

RLY

C

HL

DH

OO

D E

DU

CAT

ION

This

pro

ject

has

exa

min

ed th

e te

nsio

n in

ear

ly c

hild

hood

ed

ucat

ion

betw

een

the

alm

ost e

xclu

sive

role

of w

omen

as

prof

essi

onal

s in

it an

d th

e la

ck o

f thi

s pro

fess

ion

embr

acin

g fe

min

ism

and

fem

inis

t ped

agog

y. T

here

is li

mite

d so

cial

scie

nce

rese

arch

in th

e fie

ld o

f ear

ly c

hild

hood

edu

catio

n, so

this

stud

y is

a

step

in th

e di

rect

ion

of c

reat

ing

solid

em

piric

al e

vide

nce

rega

rdin

g th

e st

ate

of th

e fie

ld o

f ear

ly c

hild

hood

edu

catio

n an

d th

e pr

imar

y at

titud

es th

at le

ad to

a re

sist

ance

to e

mbr

acin

g fe

min

ist i

deal

s and

ped

agog

ical

met

hods

in e

arly

chi

ldho

od

educ

atio

n. T

his p

roje

ct c

ombi

nes a

thor

ough

lite

ratu

re re

view

w

ith a

surv

ey b

ased

stud

y.

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4:00

-4:3

0

Loun

ge

Pos

ter

And

y Fa

rrel

l, Ju

nior

Env

ironm

enta

l Sci

ence

Maj

or a

nd

Org

anis

mal

Bio

logy

Con

cent

ratio

n D

avid

Poi

ster

, Ass

ocia

te P

rofe

ssor

of C

hem

istry

and

En

viro

nmen

tal S

cien

ce

EFF

EC

TS

OF

EC

OL

OG

ICA

L C

OM

PET

ITIO

N O

N

AULA

COSE

IRA

ABU

ND

AN

CE

AT T

RO

UT

LAK

E

Aula

cose

ira

is a

col

onia

l dia

tom

pre

sent

in in

land

wat

er b

odie

s. Th

e go

al o

f thi

s pro

ject

was

to st

udy

the

effe

cts o

f eco

logi

cal

com

petit

ion

on th

e ab

unda

nce

of A

ulac

osei

ra c

olon

ies i

n Tr

out

Lake

, Vila

s Cou

nty,

Wis

cons

in. S

ampl

es w

ere

colle

cted

wee

kly

durin

g th

e sp

ring

and

fall

diat

om b

loom

in th

e ic

e-fr

ee se

ason

of

2006

. The

sam

ples

wer

e an

alyz

ed to

det

erm

ine

Aula

cose

ira

abun

danc

e an

d co

lony

size

. Com

petit

or d

ensi

ty w

as a

sses

sed

by

mea

surin

g th

e co

ncen

tratio

n of

chl

orop

hyll-

a. M

axim

um

Aula

cose

ira

abun

danc

e w

as m

easu

red

durin

g th

e la

st p

art o

f May

an

d w

as fo

llow

ed b

y a

rapi

d de

clin

e to

the

mid

sum

mer

m

inim

um. L

abor

ator

y ex

perim

ents

indi

cate

that

the

term

inat

ion

of th

e sp

ring

Aula

cose

ira

bloo

m w

as li

kely

cau

sed

by

com

petit

ion

from

gre

en a

lgae

fo

r non

-sili

ca n

utrie

nts.

7

2:00

-2:3

0 Lo

unge

P

oste

r 2:

30-3

:00

Loun

ge

Pos

ter

Ian

Kle

in, S

opho

mor

e Ch

emist

ry M

ajor

St

eve

Kra

ft, S

enio

r Che

mis

try M

ajor

K

ari C

unni

ngha

m, A

ssis

tant

Pro

fess

or o

f Che

mis

try

FREE

D F

RO

M T

HE

FRIE

DEL

AN

DER

: D

ER

IVAT

IVE

OF

NO

VE

L 1,

10-

PHEN

AN

THR

OLI

NE

Li

gand

s suc

h as

1,1

0-ph

enan

thro

line

are

very

ver

satil

e in

cre

atin

g a

hom

olog

ous s

erie

s of c

oord

inat

ion

com

poun

ds.

This

bid

enta

te

ligan

d no

t onl

y bi

nds v

ario

us m

etal

s mor

e ra

pidl

y th

an o

ther

ni

troge

n ch

elat

es, b

ut it

als

o of

fers

a w

ider

var

iety

of p

ossi

ble

subs

titut

ions

alo

ng th

e lig

and

back

bone

. O

ur c

urre

nt re

sear

ch h

as

crea

ted

a sy

nthe

tic sc

hem

e to

func

tiona

lize

the

2 an

d 9

posi

tions

se

para

tely

. Th

roug

h th

is in

vent

ive,

two-

step

synt

hesi

s, w

e ha

ve

foun

d th

at w

e ha

ve a

chie

ved

both

hig

h ov

eral

l yie

lds o

f pro

duct

an

d an

incr

ease

d fle

xibi

lity

in d

eriv

atiz

atio

n in

an

alre

ady

vers

atile

liga

nd.

“I a

m a

mon

g th

ose

who

thin

k th

at sc

ienc

e ha

s gr

eat b

eaut

y. A

scie

ntis

t in

his l

abor

ator

y is

no

t onl

y a

tech

nici

an: h

e is

als

o a

child

pla

ced

befo

re n

atur

al p

heno

men

a w

hich

impr

ess h

im

like

a fa

iry ta

le.”

- Mar

ie C

urie

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O

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rese

ntat

ion

Kat

ie V

ater

, Sen

ior S

pani

sh a

nd G

erm

an M

ajor

B

radf

ord

Ellis

, Ass

ista

nt P

rofe

ssor

of S

pani

sh

A

WO

MA

N B

ET

WE

EN

TW

O W

OR

LDS:

ID

EN

TIT

Y ,

PLA

CE

AN

D D

ESI

RE

IN

SOR

MA

RC

EL

A D

E S

AN

FE

LIX

'S

MU

ERTE

DEL

APE

TITO

The

tum

ultu

ous e

arly

life

of S

or M

arce

la d

e Sa

n Fé

lix, t

he

illeg

itim

ate

daug

hter

of t

he g

reat

Spa

nish

pla

ywrig

ht L

ope

de

Veg

a, fa

ctor

ed h

eavi

ly in

her

dec

isio

n to

join

the

Trin

itaria

n O

rder

at t

he C

onve

nt o

f San

Ilde

fons

o in

Mad

rid w

hen

she

was

si

xtee

n. W

hile

sequ

este

red

behi

nd th

e co

nven

t wal

ls, s

he

follo

wed

in h

er fa

ther

’s fo

otst

eps a

nd b

ecam

e a

writ

er,

inco

rpor

atin

g in

to h

er e

arlie

r wor

ks th

e di

chot

omy

betw

een

earth

ly li

fe a

nd th

e sp

iritu

al li

fe o

f her

new

self-

impo

sed

asce

ticis

m w

ithin

the

conv

ent.

Thi

s stu

dy e

xplo

res t

extu

al

repr

esen

tatio

ns o

f thi

s dic

hoto

my

in S

or M

arce

la’s

ear

liest

shor

t pl

ay, M

uert

e de

l Ape

tito

(The

Dea

th o

f Des

ire)

, as a

mea

ns to

be

tter u

nder

stan

d no

t onl

y th

e w

ay sh

e tri

ed to

cop

e w

ith p

hysi

cal

sepa

ratio

n fr

om th

e w

orld

she

knew

, but

al

so h

er o

wn

stru

ggle

as a

relig

ious

w

oman

to m

aste

r wor

ldly

app

etite

s and

de

sire

s.

25

4:00

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0

Ro

om 2

01 B

C

Ora

l Pre

sent

atio

n La

ura

Dal

y, S

enio

r Edu

catio

n M

ajor

M

aggi

e Geo

rge,

Sen

ior E

duca

tion

Maj

or

Kri

ssy

Luk

ens,

Inst

ruct

iona

l Tec

hnol

ogy

Spec

ialis

t

WH

ERE

IN T

HE

WO

RLD

: A

N IN

TE

RA

CT

IVE

GPS

LE

SSO

N

This

mod

el le

sson

, hig

hlig

htin

g G

PS a

nd G

IS te

chno

logi

es, w

as

crea

ted,

fiel

d-te

sted

, and

revi

sed

by fo

ur se

nior

edu

catio

n st

uden

ts

from

St.

Nor

bert

Col

lege

as p

art o

f an

enric

hmen

t pro

ject

, pa

rtner

ing

with

a lo

cal m

iddl

e sc

hool

. The

insp

iratio

n fo

r thi

s le

sson

cam

e fr

om th

eir d

esire

to c

reat

e le

sson

s tha

t wou

ld a

ctiv

ely

invo

lve

stud

ents

in th

e us

e of

GPS

and

hav

e th

em e

xper

ienc

e re

al

life

situ

atio

ns.

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3:30

-4:0

0

Shi

eld

Room

O

ral P

rese

ntat

ion

Am

ber H

artl,

Sen

ior E

nglis

h M

ajor

Je

nny

Paul

, Sen

ior E

nglis

h M

ajor

K

atie

Pie

rre,

Sen

ior E

nglis

h M

ajor

R

icha

rd S

cott,

Sen

ior E

nglis

h M

ajor

Jo

hn P

enni

ngto

n, P

rofe

ssor

of E

nglis

h

WH

AT T

HE

DIC

KEN

S? A

DIS

CU

SSIO

N O

F TH

E W

OR

K O

F C

HA

RLE

S D

ICK

ENS:

PA

NEL

PR

ESEN

TATI

ON

FO

R T

HE

SIG

MA

TAU

D

ELTA

NAT

ION

AL

CO

NV

ENTI

ON

IN

LOU

ISV

ILLE

, KY,

MA

RC

H, 2

008

Our

pan

el w

ill th

e di

scus

s the

lega

cy o

f Cha

rles D

icke

ns,

argu

ably

the

grea

test

nov

elis

t in

the

Engl

ish

lang

uage

, cer

tain

ly

one

of th

e m

ost p

opul

ar n

ovel

ists

to e

ver w

rite.

Am

ber H

artl

will

di

scus

s the

impo

rtanc

e of

cha

ract

eriz

atio

n in

Dic

kens

, foc

usin

g on

the

hero

ic ty

pes h

e us

es to

stru

ctur

e hi

s nov

els O

liver

Tw

ist

and

Har

d Ti

mes

. Je

nny

Paul

will

als

o fo

cus o

n ch

arac

teriz

atio

n,

thou

gh sh

e w

ill e

xam

ine

how

Dic

kens

use

s com

edy

as m

oral

id

entif

icat

ion

with

cha

ract

ers i

n O

liver

Tw

ist a

nd G

reat

Ex

pect

atio

ns.

Kat

ie P

ierr

e w

ill c

halle

nge

Dic

kens

, par

ticul

arly

in

his d

epic

tion

of w

omen

in D

avid

Cop

perf

ield

, Ble

ak H

ouse

, and

G

reat

Exp

ecta

tions

; Kat

ie a

rgue

s tha

t Dic

kens

is a

mbi

vale

nt

abou

t wom

en, t

houg

h Es

tella

in G

reat

Exp

ecta

tions

hin

ts a

t a

chan

ging

atti

tude

tow

ard

wom

en.

Fina

lly, R

icha

rd S

cott

will

ex

amin

e w

hat m

ost p

eopl

e as

soci

ate

with

Dic

kens

- C

hris

tmas

; R

icha

rd e

xam

ines

cha

ract

er tr

ansf

orm

atio

n in

A C

hris

tmas

C

arol

, The

Hau

nted

Man

, and

The

Sto

ry o

f the

Gob

lins W

ho S

tole

a

Sext

on.

9

2:30

-3:0

0 Lo

unge

P

oste

r 2:

00-2

:30

Loun

ge

Pos

ter

Ian

Kle

in, S

opho

mor

e Ch

emist

ry M

ajor

St

eve

Kra

ft, S

enio

r Che

mis

try M

ajor

K

ari C

unni

ngha

m, A

ssis

tant

Pro

fess

or o

f Che

mis

try

FREE

D F

RO

M T

HE

FRIE

DEL

AN

DER

: D

ER

IVAT

IVE

OF

NO

VE

L 1,

10-

PHEN

AN

THR

OLI

NE

Li

gand

s suc

h as

1,1

0-ph

enan

thro

line

are

very

ver

satil

e in

cre

atin

g a

hom

olog

ous s

erie

s of c

oord

inat

ion

com

poun

ds.

This

bid

enta

te

ligan

d no

t onl

y bi

nds v

ario

us m

etal

s mor

e ra

pidl

y th

an o

ther

ni

troge

n ch

elat

es, b

ut it

als

o of

fers

a w

ider

var

iety

of p

ossi

ble

subs

titut

ions

alo

ng th

e lig

and

back

bone

. O

ur c

urre

nt re

sear

ch h

as

crea

ted

a sy

nthe

tic sc

hem

e to

func

tiona

lize

the

2 an

d 9

posi

tions

se

para

tely

. Th

roug

h th

is in

vent

ive,

two-

step

synt

hesi

s, w

e ha

ve

foun

d th

at w

e ha

ve a

chie

ved

both

hig

h ov

eral

l yie

lds o

f pro

duct

an

d an

incr

ease

d fle

xibi

lity

in d

eriv

atiz

atio

n in

an

alre

ady

vers

atile

liga

nd.

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P

oste

r R

ache

l Say

er, S

enio

r Eng

lish

Maj

or

John

Pen

ning

ton,

Pro

fess

or o

f Eng

lish

PETE

R P

AN

AN

D T

HE

TR

AG

IC S

USP

ENSI

ON

OF

DIS

BELI

EF

Our

pro

ject

arg

ues t

hat B

arrie

’s w

ork

depi

cts h

is v

ersi

on o

f hu

man

trag

edy

thro

ugh

Pete

r, w

ho is

trap

ped

in a

kin

d of

arr

este

d de

velo

pmen

t bet

wee

n ch

ild a

nd a

dult.

As t

he b

egin

ning

of P

eter

an

d W

endy

cla

ims:

“A

ll ch

ildre

n ex

cept

one

, gro

w u

p.”

Pet

er’s

in

abili

ty to

gro

w u

p is

con

nect

ed to

the

read

er’s

des

ire fo

r thi

s pe

rpet

ual y

outh

. In

oth

er w

ords

, the

read

er g

rasp

s at t

he

susp

ensi

on o

f dis

belie

f so

he o

r she

can

iden

tify

with

Pet

er.

In a

ke

y ch

apte

r cal

led

“Do

You

Bel

ieve

in F

airie

s?”

(and

cen

tral

com

pone

nt to

the

play

), T

inke

rbel

l has

inge

sted

som

e po

ison

and

is

dyi

ng; r

eade

rs a

re a

sked

to c

lap

thei

r han

ds if

they

bel

ieve

in

fairi

es, a

nd th

ey d

o. T

ink

is sa

ved.

But

the

read

er re

cogn

izes

the

hollo

wne

ss o

f thi

s bel

ief,

for P

eter

live

s in

Nev

erla

nd, a

pla

ce th

at

only

exi

sts i

n th

e im

agin

atio

n. P

eter

’s p

erpe

tual

ity a

s a c

hild

, the

re

ader

real

izes

, is a

n ill

usio

n, a

n im

poss

ibili

ty th

at is

cap

ture

d at

th

e en

d w

hen

Wen

dy, n

ow g

row

n up

and

a m

othe

r, to

uche

s the

“h

air o

f the

trag

ic b

oy,”

who

onl

y ha

s the

vag

uest

rem

embr

ance

of

her

. Pet

er is

trag

ic b

ecau

se h

e ex

ists

“B

etw

ixt-a

nd-B

etw

een,

” a

real

m th

e re

ader

des

ires b

ut re

cogn

izes

as a

n ill

usio

n. O

ur st

udy

conc

entra

tes o

n th

ree

maj

or te

xts:

“Pe

ter P

an in

Ken

sing

ton

Gar

dens

” (f

irst p

ublis

hed

in T

he L

ittle

Whi

te B

ird

- 190

2); P

eter

Pa

n (th

e pl

ay -

1904

); an

d Pe

ter a

nd W

endy

(the

nov

el -

1911

).

23

3:30

-4:0

0

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ge

Exhi

bit

3:00

-3:3

0 Lo

unge

Ex

hibi

t L

uis A

ltam

iran

o, S

enio

r Phy

sics

Maj

or

Alic

ia B

rink

man

, Sop

hom

ore

Mat

hem

atic

s Maj

or a

nd

Se

cond

ary

Educ

atio

n C

ertif

icat

ion

Mat

thew

Cap

tain

e, Se

nior

Phy

sics a

nd M

athe

mat

ics M

ajor

Br

ando

n C

lem

ens,

Juni

or P

hysic

s and

Mat

hem

atic

s Maj

or

John

Cre

mer

, Jun

ior B

usin

ess A

dmin

istra

tion

and

M

athe

mat

ics M

ajor

K

ate

Kam

insk

i, Ju

nior

Bus

ines

s Adm

inis

tratio

n an

d

Mat

hem

atic

s Maj

or

Kat

hlee

n M

iller

, Sop

hom

ore

Mat

hem

atic

s Maj

or

Rya

n Pa

vlik

, Sen

ior C

ompu

ter S

cien

ce a

nd

M

athe

mat

ics M

ajor

Ju

stin

Pie

rce,

Sop

hom

ore

Com

pute

r Sci

ence

and

Mat

hem

atic

s Maj

or

Step

hani

e Sc

haue

r, S

opho

mor

e M

athe

mat

ics M

ajor

and

Seco

ndar

y Ed

ucat

ion

Cer

tific

atio

n H

eath

er S

chul

ze, S

enio

r Mat

hem

atic

s and

Spa

nish

Maj

or

Jenn

ifer W

irth

, Sen

ior M

athe

mat

ics M

ajor

Te

rry

Jo L

eite

rman

, Ass

istan

t Pro

fess

or o

f Mat

hem

atic

s

TH

E S

QU

AR

E W

HE

EL

BIC

YC

LE

To

the

stud

ents

, the

task

soun

ded

impo

ssib

le.

Bui

ld a

squa

re

whe

el b

icyc

le th

at m

oves

smoo

thly

; one

you

cou

ld p

edal

all

day

long

if y

ou w

ishe

d. W

ith a

n ah

-ha

mom

ent,

a sh

ort l

oss o

f in

tere

st, m

any

hour

s, se

vera

l mis

take

s, an

d no

gra

de, a

squa

re

whe

el b

icyc

le w

as b

uilt

(and

ridd

en!)

by

a cl

ass o

f tw

elve

M

athe

mat

ical

Mod

elin

g st

uden

ts.

Dur

ing

this

exh

ibit,

the

bicy

cle

will

be

ridde

n, th

e m

athe

mat

ics w

ill b

e di

scus

sed,

and

the

secr

ets

will

be

told

!

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P

oste

r A

mbe

r Sc

huh,

Sen

ior C

hem

istry

Maj

or w

ith

Bio

chem

istry

Con

cent

ratio

n Ja

mie

Wie

ting,

Sen

ior B

iolo

gy a

nd C

hem

istry

Maj

ors

Cyn

thia

Ear

les O

chsn

er, A

ssist

ant P

rofe

ssor

of C

hem

istry

Jo

n R

usse

l, A

ssis

tant

Pro

fess

or o

f Che

mis

try

IN

VE

STIG

ATIO

N O

F T

HE

ME

CH

AN

ISM

OF

INH

IBIT

ION

OF

THE

DO

PAM

INE

T

RA

NSP

OR

TE

R B

Y M

OD

AFI

NIL

R

otat

ing

disk

ele

ctro

de v

olta

mm

etry

(RD

EV) w

as u

sed

to m

easu

re

the

time-

reso

lved

tran

spor

t of d

opam

ine

into

hum

an e

mbr

yoni

c ki

dney

(HEK

) cel

ls st

ably

exp

ress

ing

the

hum

an d

opam

ine

trans

porte

r (hD

AT)

. D

opam

ine

trans

port

was

firs

t ord

er w

ith a

Km

an

d V

max

of 0

.7 m

M D

A a

nd 2

1.6

pmol

DA

/sec

/104 ce

lls

resp

ectiv

ely.

Mod

afin

il, a

dru

g us

ed to

trea

t nar

cole

psy,

was

sh

own

to in

hibi

t the

hum

an d

opam

ine

trans

porte

r. T

he m

echa

nism

of

inhi

bitio

n ap

pear

s to

be c

ompe

titiv

e.

In c

onju

nctio

n w

ith e

ffor

ts to

pro

be th

e m

echa

nism

of d

opam

ine

trans

port

inhi

bitio

n, w

e ha

ve b

egun

an

inve

stig

atio

n of

the

synt

hesi

s of m

odaf

inil.

On

rout

e to

mod

afin

il, a

nalo

g fo

rms o

f the

dr

ug h

ave

been

syn

thes

ized

, pur

ified

, and

test

ed fo

r inh

ibito

ry

activ

ity.

The

first

ana

log

form

con

tain

ed a

met

hyl e

ster

in p

lace

of

the

amid

e fu

nctio

nalit

y fo

und

in m

odaf

inil,

and

the

seco

nd a

nalo

g co

ntai

ned

a m

odifi

ed a

mid

e be

arin

g an

isop

ropy

l gro

up.

Bot

h m

odaf

inil

anal

ogs w

ere

activ

e in

hibi

tors

of t

he d

opam

ine

trans

porte

r. In

par

ticul

ar, t

he a

nalo

g co

ntai

ning

the

met

hyl e

ster

fu

nctio

nalit

y ha

d a

high

er e

ffic

acy

for i

nhib

ition

than

the

inte

rmed

iate

con

tain

ing

the

isop

ropy

l am

ide.

The

syn

thes

is o

f m

odaf

inil

anal

ogs a

nd d

ata

supp

ortin

g a

prop

osed

mec

hani

sm o

f in

hibi

tion

of th

e do

pam

ine

trans

porte

r will

be

pres

ente

d.

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eld

Room

O

ral P

rese

ntat

ion

Ale

xand

ra S

kibb

ie, S

enio

r Eng

lish

Maj

or

Oliv

ia T

racz

yk ,

Seni

or E

nglis

h M

ajor

D

eird

re E

gan,

Ass

ista

nt P

rofe

ssor

of E

nglis

h an

d

Dire

ctor

of A

mer

ican

Stu

dies

TR

AN

SFO

RM

ATIV

E S

ER

VIC

E L

EA

RN

ING

: A

IDS

DIS

CO

UR

SE IN

TH

E C

LA

SSR

OO

M

AN

D C

OM

MU

NIT

Y

We

wan

t to

pres

ent h

ow w

e ha

ve w

orke

d to

link

our

aca

dem

ic

ende

avor

s with

our

serv

ice

expe

rienc

es a

t SN

C.

Last

fall,

we

cond

ucte

d an

inde

pend

ent s

tudy

focu

sed

on th

e Li

tera

ry a

nd

Arti

stic

Res

pons

es to

AID

S/H

IV in

Am

eric

a, w

hich

ask

ed th

e ov

eral

l que

stio

n of

how

art

can

resp

ond

to lo

ss.

As a

n of

fspr

ing

of o

ur in

depe

nden

t stu

dy, w

e al

so c

olla

bora

ted

with

the

T.R

.I.P.

S.

prog

ram

to c

reat

e a

new

serv

ice

trip

to S

an F

ranc

isco

ove

r Spr

ing

Bre

ak th

at fo

cuse

d on

AID

S/H

IV. F

rom

ther

e, w

e ha

d a

new

vi

sion

to a

pply

our

stud

ies o

f arti

stic

and

lite

rary

resp

onse

s abo

ut

the

issu

e as

an

educ

atio

nal p

rogr

am fo

r our

serv

ice

trip.

At e

ach

wee

kly

mee

ting

we

brou

ght i

n ar

t, te

xts,

and

prof

esso

rs (E

gan,

R

upsc

h, N

eils

on),

who

hel

ped

educ

ate

our m

embe

rs b

y m

eans

of

look

ing

at d

iffer

ent a

naly

ses o

f the

arts

. Fi

nally

, on

the

trip

we

used

the

arts

to re

spon

d to

the

serv

ice

wor

k w

e w

ere

invo

lved

in,

and

crea

ted

our o

wn

artis

tic re

flect

ions

. Th

is is

an

inno

vativ

e w

ay to

exp

lore

arti

stic

resp

onse

s, as

wel

l as c

ombi

ne th

e va

lue

of

clas

sroo

m le

arni

ng w

ith th

e T.

R.I.

P.S.

pro

gram

to c

reat

e tra

nsfo

rmat

ive

serv

ice

lear

ning

exp

erie

nces

for s

tude

nts o

n th

is

cam

pus.

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P

oste

r St

eve

Gal

e, Ju

nior

Bio

logy

Maj

or

Ani

ndo

Cho

udhu

ry, A

ssoc

iate

Aca

dem

ic D

ean

&

A

ssoc

iate

Pro

fess

or o

f Bio

logy

and

Env

ironm

enta

l

Scie

nce

C

OM

PAR

ISO

N N

A S

EQ

UE

NC

ES

BE

TWE

EN

E

UR

OPE

AN

AN

D N

OR

TH

AM

ER

ICA

N

ISO

LAT

ES

OF

TH

E IN

VASI

VE

EU

RO

F D

OPE

AN

SN

AIL

BIT

HYN

IA T

ENTA

CULA

TA

Parti

al se

quen

ces f

rom

the

18S

rRN

A, 1

2S rR

NA

, and

C

ytoc

hrom

e c

oxid

ase

subu

nit 1

gen

es w

ere

used

to c

hara

cter

ize

popu

latio

ns o

f the

inva

sive

Eur

opea

n sn

ail B

ithyn

ia te

ntac

ulat

a.

DN

A w

as e

xtra

cted

, am

plifi

ed, p

urifi

ed, a

nd se

quen

ced

to

gene

tical

ly c

ompa

re is

olat

es o

f thi

s sna

il sp

ecie

s. T

he d

ata

dem

onst

rate

som

e ge

netic

diff

eren

ces b

etw

een

the

geog

raph

ical

ly

isol

ated

pop

ulat

ions

, hig

hlig

hted

by

smal

l diff

eren

ces i

n th

e 12

S se

quen

ces,

larg

er d

iffer

ence

s in

the

CO

I gen

es, a

nd th

e gr

eate

st

diff

eren

ce in

the

18S

rRN

A g

ene

sequ

ence

s. T

hese

dat

a ar

e be

ing

used

to m

onito

r how

this

inva

sive

spec

ies h

as c

hang

ed si

nce

its

intro

duct

ion

into

Eas

tern

Nor

th A

mer

ica.

21

3:30

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0 Lo

unge

P

oste

r C

aitli

n W

hitn

ey, S

enio

r Bus

ines

s Adm

inis

tratio

n M

ajor

M

atth

ew S

tolla

k, A

ssis

tant

Pro

fess

or o

f Bus

ines

s

Adm

inis

tratio

n

EX

AM

ININ

G E

MPL

OY

ER

AN

D A

PPL

ICA

NT

EX

PEC

TAT

ION

S O

F T

HE

RE

CR

UIT

ING

PR

OC

ESS

IN N

OR

THEA

ST W

ISC

ON

SIN

Nor

thea

ster

n W

isco

nsin

has

exp

erie

nced

a “

brai

n dr

ain”

of

colle

ge g

radu

ates

leav

ing

the

stat

e. I

n 20

06, t

he G

reen

Bay

Are

a SH

RM

cha

pter

mem

bers

reco

gniz

ed a

per

ceiv

ed d

isco

nnec

t be

twee

n th

e w

ages

, hou

rs, a

nd te

rms a

nd c

ondi

tions

of

empl

oym

ent o

ffer

ed to

rece

ntly

gra

duat

ed c

olle

ge st

uden

ts a

nd

the

expe

ctat

ions

of s

tude

nts t

akin

g th

eir f

irst j

ob.

Furth

er,

mem

bers

reco

gniz

ed d

iffer

ence

s bet

wee

n th

eir e

valu

atio

n of

re

cent

gra

duat

e’s c

ompe

tenc

ies a

nd th

e gr

adua

tes o

wn

perc

eptio

n of

skill

leve

l. W

ere

thes

e co

ntrib

utin

g fa

ctor

s to

the

brai

n dr

ain?

Th

is p

roje

ct a

ttem

pted

to e

xplo

re d

iffer

ence

s in

expe

ctat

ions

be

twee

n ap

plic

ant a

nd e

mpl

oyer

s reg

ardi

ng th

e re

crui

ting

proc

ess

and

appl

ican

t com

pete

ncie

s.

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3:30

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unge

P

oste

r K

im K

eil,

Soph

omor

e B

iolo

gy M

ajor

D

ebor

ah A

nder

son,

Ass

ocia

te P

rofe

ssor

of B

iolo

gy

E

VO

LU

TIO

NA

RY

CH

AN

GE

S IN

TH

ISBE

MYS

(R

OD

EN

TIA

; ISC

HY

RO

MY

IDA

E) R

EC

OV

ER

ED

FR

OM

TH

E BR

IDG

ER F

OR

MAT

ION

, G

RE

EN

RIV

ER

BA

SIN

, WY

OM

ING

D

ue to

abu

ndan

ce, m

orph

olog

y, a

nd a

shor

t geo

logi

c ra

nge,

Th

isbe

mys

has

the

pote

ntia

l to

be a

use

ful b

ioch

rono

logi

c zo

ne

foss

il fo

r the

Brid

geria

n N

ALM

A. M

olar

s hav

e w

ell-d

evel

oped

cr

enul

atio

ns; i

ncis

ors a

re tr

iang

ular

in sh

ape,

uni

que

amon

g th

e Is

chyr

omyi

dae.

Orig

inal

cla

ssifi

catio

n of

seve

ral s

peci

es o

f Th

isbe

mys

bas

ed o

n th

eir d

iffer

ent s

tratig

raph

ic lo

catio

ns w

ithin

th

e B

ridge

r For

mat

ion

has l

ed to

con

fusi

on a

bout

the

alph

a ta

xono

my.

A q

uant

itativ

e an

d qu

alita

tive

anal

ysis

of T

hisb

emys

sp

ecim

ens r

ecov

ered

from

the

Brid

ger F

orm

atio

n of

Wyo

min

g w

as c

ompl

eted

. Res

ults

of t

he st

udy

incl

ude

a ta

xono

mic

revi

sion

of

Thi

sbem

ys a

nd e

vide

nce

of a

gra

dual

incr

ease

in si

ze d

urin

g th

e B

ridge

rian.

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3:00

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0 Lo

unge

Post

er

Cri

stin

a B

urri

ll, S

enio

r Soc

iolo

gy a

nd S

pani

sh M

ajor

N

ancy

Mat

hias

, Ass

ocia

te D

irect

or o

f Le

ader

ship

and

Serv

ice

E

FFE

CT

S O

F C

OL

LE

GE

ST

UD

EN

T LE

AD

ER

SHIP

PR

OG

RA

MS

ON

STU

DEN

T D

EVEL

OPM

ENT

Th

e pu

rpos

e of

this

stud

y w

as to

det

erm

ine

the

effe

cts o

f col

lege

st

uden

t lea

ders

hip

prog

ram

s on

stud

ent d

evel

opm

ent o

f the

val

ues

outli

ned

by th

e so

cial

cha

nge

mod

el o

f lea

ders

hip.

Diff

eren

ces i

n de

velo

pmen

t of t

hese

val

ues b

ased

on

gend

er w

ere

also

test

ed.

Fina

lly, t

he e

ffec

ts o

f lea

ders

hip

prog

ram

s on

stud

ent i

nvol

vem

ent

in o

rgan

izat

ions

and

lead

ersh

ip p

ositi

ons h

eld

with

in th

ose

orga

niza

tions

wer

e al

so st

udie

d.

“The

re is

not

hing

like

retu

rnin

g to

a p

lace

th

at re

mai

ns u

ncha

nged

to fi

nd th

e w

ays i

n w

hich

you

you

rsel

f hav

e al

tere

d.”

- N

elso

n M

ande

la

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P

oste

r M

olly

Gill

, Sen

ior B

iolo

gy M

ajor

Yu

kiya

su Y

amad

a, S

enio

r Bio

logy

Maj

or

Dav

id H

unni

cutt

, Ass

ista

nt P

rofe

ssor

of B

iolo

gy

FL

AVO

BACT

ERIU

M C

OLU

MN

ARE

AN

D

INFE

CT

ION

OF

ZEB

RA

FIS

H (D

AN

IO R

ER

IO)

Flav

obac

teri

um c

olum

nare

is th

e ca

usat

ive

agen

t of C

olum

aris

D

isea

se (C

D),

a se

rious

pro

blem

in a

quac

ultu

re, f

ish

hatc

herie

s, an

d w

ild fi

sh p

opul

atio

ns.

The

zebr

a fis

h (D

anio

reri

o), a

co

mm

on m

odel

of v

erte

brat

e de

velo

pmen

t, ha

s bee

n ad

apte

d as

a

mod

el sy

stem

to st

udy

this

dis

ease

. Se

vera

l stra

ins o

f F.

colu

mna

re a

re b

eing

eva

luat

ed to

det

erm

ine

rela

tive

path

ogen

icity

in

this

mod

el.

Mut

ant b

acte

rial s

train

s whi

ch la

ck m

otili

ty m

ay

be le

ss p

atho

geni

c. A

dditi

onal

ly, a

pla

smid

car

ryin

g th

e ge

ne fo

r gr

een

fluor

esce

nt p

rote

in (G

fp) i

s bei

ng u

sed

to d

etec

t the

bac

teria

an

d tra

ck in

fect

ion

in ti

ssue

s.

19

3:30

-4:0

0 Lo

unge

P

oste

r K

assie

Lan

g, S

opho

mor

e B

iolo

gy a

nd E

nviro

nmen

tal

Sc

ienc

e M

ajor

D

avid

Poi

ster

, Ass

ocia

te P

rofe

ssor

of C

hem

istry

and

Envi

ronm

enta

l Sci

ence

EFF

EC

TS

OF

EN

VIR

ON

ME

NTA

L VA

RIA

BL

ES

ON

TH

E C

OL

ON

Y S

IZE

AN

D C

ON

CE

NT

RAT

ION

O

F AU

LACO

SEIR

A IN

TH

E G

RE

EN

BAY

SY

STE

M

In

ord

er to

det

erm

ine

wha

t fac

tors

influ

ence

col

ony

size

and

co

ncen

tratio

n of

the

diat

om A

ulac

osei

ra, w

ater

sam

ples

from

G

reen

Bay

and

the

adjo

inin

g Fo

x R

iver

wer

e co

llect

ed a

nd

anal

yzed

in 2

005

and

2007

. D

istin

ct d

iffer

ence

s in

colo

ny si

ze

wer

e ob

serv

ed b

etw

een

wat

er sa

mpl

es c

olle

cted

wee

kly

at th

e tw

o lo

catio

ns.

Thes

e di

ffer

ence

s app

eare

d to

be

rela

ted

to c

hang

es in

ph

ytop

lank

ton

abun

danc

e as

mea

sure

d by

chl

orop

hyll-

a co

ncen

tratio

n. E

xper

imen

ts w

ere

cond

ucte

d to

inve

stig

ate

the

mec

hani

sm b

y w

hich

the

pres

ence

of o

ther

phy

topl

ankt

on

influ

ence

s Aul

acos

eira

col

ony

size

. R

esul

ts in

dica

te th

at

diff

eren

ces i

n th

e ch

emic

al c

ompo

sitio

n of

the

wat

er in

Gre

en

Bay

and

the

Fox

Riv

er a

re th

e lik

ely

caus

e of

the

colo

ny si

ze

diff

eren

ces.

Alth

ough

the

chem

ical

diff

eren

ces a

t the

two

site

s ar

e lik

ely

crea

ted

by d

iffer

ing

amou

nts o

f prim

ary

prod

uctio

n an

d cl

early

influ

ence

Aul

acos

eira

abu

ndan

ce, f

acto

rs su

ch a

s nut

rient

de

plet

ion

do n

ot a

ppea

r to

influ

ence

Aul

acos

eira

col

ony

size

.

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rese

ntat

ion

4:00

-4:3

0

Sh

ield

Roo

m

Ora

l Pre

sent

atio

n A

mbe

r Har

tl, S

enio

r Eng

lish

Maj

or

Jenn

y Pa

ul, S

enio

r Eng

lish

Maj

or

Kat

ie P

ierr

e, S

enio

r Eng

lish

Maj

or

Ric

hard

Sco

tt, S

enio

r Eng

lish

Maj

or

John

Pen

ning

ton,

Pro

fess

or o

f Eng

lish

W

HAT

TH

E D

ICK

ENS?

A D

ISC

USS

ION

OF

THE

WO

RK

OF

CH

AR

LES

DIC

KEN

S:

PAN

EL P

RES

ENTA

TIO

N F

OR

TH

E SI

GM

A TA

U

DEL

TA N

ATIO

NA

L C

ON

VEN

TIO

N IN

LO

UIS

VIL

LE, K

Y, M

AR

CH

, 200

8 O

ur p

anel

will

the

disc

uss t

he le

gacy

of C

harle

s Dic

kens

, ar

guab

ly th

e gr

eate

st n

ovel

ist i

n th

e En

glis

h la

ngua

ge, c

erta

inly

on

e of

the

mos

t pop

ular

nov

elis

ts to

eve

r writ

e. A

mbe

r Har

tl w

ill

disc

uss t

he im

porta

nce

of c

hara

cter

izat

ion

in D

icke

ns, f

ocus

ing

on th

e he

roic

type

s he

uses

to st

ruct

ure

his n

ovel

s Oliv

er T

wis

t an

d H

ard

Tim

es.

Jenn

y Pa

ul w

ill a

lso

focu

s on

char

acte

rizat

ion,

th

ough

she

will

exa

min

e ho

w D

icke

ns u

ses c

omed

y as

mor

al

iden

tific

atio

n w

ith c

hara

cter

s in

Oliv

er T

wis

t and

Gre

at

Expe

ctat

ions

. K

atie

Pie

rre

will

cha

lleng

e D

icke

ns, p

artic

ular

ly in

hi

s dep

ictio

n of

wom

en in

Dav

id C

oppe

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