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Monitor Newsletter April 11, 2005, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

April 11 2005 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

Counselor, Vol. 25, No. 32, April 11, 2005, New York Law School

New York Law School Community Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Veiled Women, Veiled Truths: Um Conference Looks Beyond Western Stereotypes Of Islam, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Minutes - April 8, 2005, Usm Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

April 8, 2005, College Of Science Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee

No abstract provided.

"The Crescent" Student Newspaper, April 8, 2005, George Fox University Archives

"The Crescent" Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of George Fox University.

The Wooster Voice (Wooster, Oh), 2005-04-08, Wooster Voice Editors

The Voice: 2001-2011

This edition of the Wooster Voice was published on April 8 of 2005, and it is eight pages long. On April 2, an unidentified person broke into Kittredge dining hall by breaking two windows. South Asia Week, which began on April 4 ends on April 9. A door and white board in Babcock Hall were found defaced with harassing graffiti last weekend. Mourners had to be turned away to view the body of Pope John Paul II at the Vatican. All of the security staff had to reapply for their positions because of the reorganization of the department. Liz Miller's …

2005 - The Tenth Annual Symposium Of Student Scholars

Symposium of Student Scholars Program Books

The full program book from the Tenth Annual Symposium of Student Scholars, held on April 8, 2005. Includes abstracts from the presentations and posters.

Flyer News, Vol. 52, No. 38 (April 8, 2005), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton

Newscast, April 8, 2005, Illinois State University, College Of Applied Science And Technology

newsCAST

Newsletter of the Illinois State University College of Applied Science and Technology

Daily Eastern News: April 08, 2005, Eastern Illinois University

April

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Wage Discrimination In The Workplace 1963 - 2005, Latisha Gaither

Undergraduate Student Symposium

The Equal Pay Act of 1964, Title VII of the Civil Right’s Act of 1964 and other pieces of legislation have established that “equal pay for equal work” is the law of the land. Recent studies suggest that while wage differentials are narrowing they remain significant. A 2004 study by the Department of Labor revealed that while there has been steady and significant progress in education and skill development over the past several decades, women who work full time still earn only 75 cents for every dollar that a man earns. More importantly, fully one third, or eleven cents of …

The Targeting Of Women In The Advertising And Weight-Loss Industries, Lauren Adamczyk

Undergraduate Student Symposium

“The most powerful diet pill ever discovered! No diet or workout required. The secret weight-loss pill behind Fitness models, Show Biz and Entertainment professionals! No prescription required to order” (USFTC 14).

There is an ever-increasing desire to be thin among women in the United States. Why is this? Advertising is one of the primary reasons pencil thin women have become the ideal. Previous to the depiction of women as extremely thin, full figured women were the sign of health, beauty, and status. Now that the advertising industry has chosen these images to portray success and attractiveness, the weight loss industry …

The Princess And The Dragon, Jennifer Keating

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Even if one kingdom was on friendly terms with Edinburg, King Farvuew would have to relinquish his whole kingdom to the other. Then how could he face his ancestors who had been fighting for this land for generations. No, his daughter would have to marry a knight. The thought of a man not brought up in the royal ways taking his place humiliated Farvuew, but not as much as passing over the kingdom. King Farvuew was witnessed now and again pacing around the castle muttering, “a prince? No, it must be a knight. But a knight is so degrading. But …

A Possibility, Angela Cuyugan

Undergraduate Student Symposium

She’s only seventeen, naïve little thing.

Big dreams with positive motivation, as far as it seems,

      destiny confirms doubtful obligations.

She’s only a princess, praying for her prince.

What is it she strives for? What is it she lives and breathes for?

Look at her, sitting there—just waiting.

The way she smiles—there is only one.

The way she laughs—there are so many.

Tenth Annual Women's Studies Symposium Program, 2005, Illinois State University, Women's Studies Program

WGSS Student Research Symposium

Program from the Women's Studies Symposium

Spartan Daily, April 8, 2005, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 124, Issue 44

Social Perceptions Of Cohabitation In Undergraduate College Students, Lela Rogers-Whitson, Natasha Romero, Sivan Shammay, Ana M. Rodriguez

Undergraduate Student Symposium

The present study investigated undergraduate college students’ perceptions, attitudes, and values about cohabitation. Cohabitation is operationally defined as a couple living together in an intimate, heterosexual union, without being legally married (Sassler, 2004). Current research demonstrates that cohabitation is becoming a transitional stage between singlehood and marriage in the United States (Seltzer, 2000). This study was designed to examine differences between individuals who never cohabitated versus those who would. Participants were from a private southeastern college campus. Recruited college students (N = 195) completed a Likert-test scale consisting of 50 questions about their attitudes toward cohabitation and 10 demographic questions. …

Should The Consumer Population Purchase Juvenon To Slow Down The Aging Process?, Katina Campos

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley have conducted a clinical study which claims to slow down the aging process of cells, by restoring proper carnitine acetyltransferase (CAT) function via combining the substrate acetyl L-carnitine (ALCAR) with alpha lipoic acid (LA). CAT is an enzyme involved in the breakdown of food molecules in the mitochondria. One result from this study is the commercially available health supplement, Juvenon. This "award winning team of scientists" claim that Juvenon, as advertised in Popular Science magazine promotes healthy brain cell functioning, slows down the clock on your aging cells, sustains energy levels …

Rna Analysis Prior To Use In Microarrays, Zakiat Darojat

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Extracting RNA from an organism and isolation of mRNA is an intermediate step done prior to its use in further applications. Therefore, assessment of RNA presence, including its quality is important. There are many techniques that are currently available; however, they can be time consuming or sample consuming. The purpose of this experiment was to determine an efficient way to assess RNA prior to using the sample in a microarray-based study. Twenty hours after Saccharomyces cerevisiae was plated on YEPD media, RNA was extracted using Ambion’s RiboPure Yeast Kit. Different protocols were examined to determine an efficient way to analyze …

Further Studies To Determine Subspecies Identity Of Panthers By Examining The Nadh-5 Gene Obtained Originally From Clotted Blood And Hair For Conservation Applications, Marta Hubert, Marimer Gonzalez

Undergraduate Student Symposium

The goal of this project to further research done previously to determine the subspecies identity of a panther (named Sasha) currently living in a zoo in Ecuador. Although Sasha is thought to be a South American puma (Puma concolor concolor). This is primarily due to local belief and she is likely to actually be a Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi) brought to Ecuador from south Florida in the early 1980s. The mitochondrial gene NADH-5 (ND5) has been used as a genetic marker in several large- scale studies establishing genomic ancestry and subspecies identity of pumas. As …

Do Cells Grown In The Same Environment At The Same Time Express The Same Genes: Got Cdna?, Maria Farrell

Undergraduate Student Symposium

An innovative and powerful tool for analyzing gene expression is the microarray. In this experiment, Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast cells) were examined to determine whether gene expression would be similar for two samples grown in the same environment. RNA was extracted and its quality and quantity was assessed. cDNA was made from the mRNA (taken from the total RNA sample) and its subsequent presence was verified by amplifying a known gene that should always be expressed, TDH1, and visualizing it on an agarose gel. The cDNA samples were labeled with the appropriate fluorescent dyes and hybridized to the array. The slide …

Cosmic Ray Telescope, Andrew Barry, Rezwan Alam, Adriana Ardeljan, Moataz Behairy, Fahd Sattar, Sally Gaertner, Shweta Shah

Undergraduate Student Symposium

The purpose of this project was to construct an apparatus known as a “Cosmic Ray Telescope” and use it to detect cosmic ray activity by detecting the frequency and intensity of muon emittance by these cosmic rays. Muons are subatomic particles that travel at relativistic speeds and contribute to a harmless amount of “background radiation” originating from outer space. The presence of this radiation was first recorded in 1911 by Austrian physicist Victor Hess during a series of experiments with a Geiger counter in a hot air balloon to detect the radiation at that elevation level. This project has similar …

An Investigative Study Using Computer Games As A Method For Creating Friendships, Thomas Brown

Undergraduate Student Symposium

This research projects examines, if any, the relationship between establishing friendships and computer games. As more people start to play Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games or MMORPG, the chance to interact with multitudes of other people arises. The question that this research examines is whether computer games, in particular MMORPG, can be used as a basis to establish friendships. It seems only natural that friendships could be formed from playing these types of games considering the fact that on a daily basis people are interacting with one another. Unfortunately, most of the current research involving computer games is about computer …

Crusader, April, 8, 2005, College Of The Holy Cross

Student Newspapers

The student newspaper for the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Articles include coverage of campus events and issues, sports, editorials and special features.

The World Is Spoiled With Oil, Michael Bergbauer

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Alternative energy sources such as hydrogen and solar power are not feasible fuels for the automotive industry, or any industry. Despite their plausibility as energy sources, they have too many glaring drawbacks—such as cost effectiveness and compatibility—to act as primary fuel sources. As our nonrenewable oil supplies run low, many people believe that alternative fuels will serve as suitable replacements for oil. This article informs people about the serious flaws of alternative fuels—hydrogen and solar power—and the threat of oil depletion.

The Library, Stephen Deck

Undergraduate Student Symposium

A short story about a librarian who breaks his glasses on his way to work, and the day he spends without them. The focus is primarily on the visual aspects of being without glasses, the world as it appears to the myopic. Freed somewhat from a reliance on normal sight, the protagonist discovers a new clarity and freedom.

Shock Collar: Love Hurts?, Vien Tran

Undergraduate Student Symposium

This is a persuasive policy speech aiming at reducing the usage of shock collar, an electronic device to stop dogs from barking. The problem with shock collar is that it produces undesirable results, such as instilling fear in the animals or increasing their aggressive behaviors. This speech calls for moderate intervention from the state government, like requiring a license for possessing shock collars, and attempts to persuade the audience to help by keeping the public informed about the ineffectiveness of shock collars.

Seppuku, Stephen Deck

Undergraduate Student Symposium

A poem of self immolation and redemption. It is set in an extended metaphor of the Japanese samurai's ritual suicide, undertaken when no other option would allow the samurai's honor to survive. The poem attempts to capture the idea of discarding, violently, old identities when they are no longer viable, and the need for recreating a functional self afterwards.