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SESSION XIV: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY
Science, Technology and Society Studies |
Smith Room
Session Chair: Paul Josephson |
| 9:30-11:30 AM |
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| 10:00 am |
Aaron Bradford ('07) |
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Video Games and Social Anxiety: A Historical Approach to the Fear of Youth |
| 10:15 am |
Madeline Horwitz ('06) |
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Man-Made Menopause |
| 10:45 am |
Jakob Moe ('06) |
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From Hatcheries to Aquaculture: A Technical Solution to a Tragedy in the United States? |
| 11:15 am |
Ethan Payne ('06) |
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Big Ideas, Big Technology and the Founding of Las Vegas 1905-1935 |
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SESSION XV: AMERICAN STUDIES
Honors Projects in American Studies |
Hurd Room
Session Chair: Margaret McFadden |
| 10:00-12:00 PM |
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| 10:00 am |
Tyler Hales ('06) |
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Is Baseball Still America's National Pastime, or has Football Become the All-American Sport? |
| 10:30 am |
Noah Balazs ('06) |
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iDentity: Constructing Identity in a Mass Mediated and Postmodern Society |
| 11:00 am |
Anna Erdheim ('06) |
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Exploring Opportunity in America: Immigrant Entrepreneurship and Rags to Riches Success |
| 11:30 am |
Chelsea Downs ('06) |
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The Economics of Hip Hop Culture -- More Than Music |
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SESSION XVI: ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Conservation Biology Presentations |
Olin 234
Session Chair: Russ Cole |
| 11:00 - 11:50 AM |
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Sharon McMonagle ('06), Jenna Morrison ('06) and Alaina Clark ('08), Conservation Biology Presentations
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Effects of Climate change on Coral Reef Ecosystems |
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SESSION XVII: EAST ASIAN STUDIES
Research in Asia |
Smith Room
Session Chair: Peter Ditmanson |
| 12:30-3:00 PM |
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| 12:45 pm |
Lijah Barasz ('06), East-Asian Studies
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The Effect of American Film on Chinese Youth Culture |
| 1:00 pm |
Michael Deheeger ('07) and O. Orantes ('07), Government
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'Long-Neck': Purgatory on the Thai-Burma Border |
| 1:30 pm |
O. Orantes ('07), History
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Glimpses of Hope, Laughter, and Sadness: Stories from Burmese Women Refugees in Thailand |
| 2:00 pm |
Lauren Brown ('06), History
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Sars in Taiwan: Effects on Public Health and Treatment of Infectious Disease |
| 2:30 pm |
B. Tjernstrom ('06), Economics
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Nomad's Land - Parks Protection in Mongolia: Structural and Human Obstacles |
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SESSION XVIII: ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Environmental Studies Honors Research |
Hurd Room
Session Chair: Philip Nyhus |
| 1:00-4:00 PM |
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| 1:00 pm |
B. Tjernstrom ('06) |
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Be the Change You Wish to See: National Attitudes and Climate Change Policy |
| 2:00 pm |
Alexandra Jospe ('06) |
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Modeling Spatially Explicit Human-wildlife Conflict: GIS and Moose-vehicle Collisions in Maine |
| 2:30 pm |
Hilary Langer ('06) |
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The Cost of Conservation: Payments for Environmental Services on The Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica |
| 3:00 pm |
Sarah Kelly ('06) |
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Energy Use Patterns and Potential Areas for Energy Conservation in Dorm Rooms at Colby College |
| 3:30 pm |
Jenna Morrison ('06) |
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Environmental Awareness of Waterville Junior High Students |
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SESSION XIX:
General Session |
Whitney Room
Session Chair: Yulia Chentsova |
| 1:00-3:30 PM |
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| 1:00 pm |
Gabrielle Adams ('06) |
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Time, Remorse, Compensation, and Reparations |
| 1:30 pm |
Katharine Gilroy ('06) |
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MP and 6Cl-tryptophan Administered to Attenuate Secondary Pathology in Guinea Pig Spinal Cord Injury |
| 2:00 pm |
Kathryn Rooney ('06) |
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Specificity and Affective Valence of Autobiographical Memories in Depression |
| 2:30 pm |
Steen Sehnert ('06) |
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Omission and Comission in the Inaction Inertia Paradigm |
| 3:00 pm |
Laura Snider ('06) |
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Mobilized Mothers and Women Warriors: Women's Political Participation in Sri Lanka and Chile |
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SESSION XX: BIOLOGY
Honors Research in Biology |
Olin Room 1
Session Chair: Frank Fekete |
| 1:00-4:00 PM |
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| 1:00 pm |
David Civitello ('06) |
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Genetic Breeding System of Gray Fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus, in a Protected Population |
| 1:30 pm |
Patrick Lizotte ('06) |
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Genetic Variation Between Populations of the Rare Orchid Isotria Medeoloides and Implications for Conservation |
| 1:45 pm |
Matthew Meredith ('06) |
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Concomitant Antibiotic and Mercury Resistance among Gastrointestinal Microflora of Feral Brook Trout, Salvelinus fontinalis |
| 2:15 pm |
Erin Parry ('06) |
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Mercury Resistance in a Multi-Drug Resistant Strain of the Fish Pathogen, Aeromonas salmonicida |
| 2:45 pm |
Matthew Aschaffenburg ('06) |
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The Impact of Trait-Mediated Effects on Predator-Prey Interactions in the Rocky Intertidal Community |
| 3:15 pm |
Sarah Hoskinson ('06) |
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A Comparison of Forest Type Resilience to Structural and Compositional Changes Following Beech Bark Disease Infestation |
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SESSION XXI: GEOLOGY
Geoseminar |
Mudd 218
Session Chair: Robert Gastaldo |
| 1:00 PM |
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B. Cantor ('08), C. Thompson ('08), D. Pace ('06), S. Reid ('08) and B. Aigler ('08) |
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The Plastic Response of the Genus Quercus to Atmospheric pCO2 Concentration |
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SESSION XXII: CHEMISTRY
Senior Chemistry Presentations |
Keyes 105
Session Chair: Mark Juhasz |
| 3:00 - 4:00 PM |
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Bram Geller ('06) |
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The Synthesis Of New Oxacalixarenes and Bicyclooxacalixarenes from 1,8-Naphthyridine Precursors. |
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Adelajda Zorba ('06) |
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Synthesis of 2-Oxo-16-(3', 4'-methylenedioxyphenyl)-trans-15-hexadecene, an Inhibitor of M. tuberculosis. |
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Zach Goldman ('06) |
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The Synthesis of RCLMs |
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SESSION XXIII: ECONOMICS
Honors Projects in Economics |
Smith Room
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| 3:30-6:00 PM |
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| 3:30 pm |
Jessica Minty ('06) |
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Media Coverage and Disaster Relief |
| 4:15 pm |
Caroline Theoharides ('06) |
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The Role of Home Equity in Retirement Saving: Building Your Nest (Egg) |
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SESSION XXIV: HISTORY
History 435 |
Hurd Room
Session Chair: Elizabeth Leonard |
| 4:00-5:30 PM |
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| 4:15 pm |
Anne Kearney ('08), History
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Waging the War of Opinions: Northern and Southern Newspaper Coverage of Antietam |
| 4:30 pm |
Nicole Lavery ('07), History
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Maryland and Kentucky: How Abraham Lincoln Kept Each Loyal to the Union |
| 4:45 pm |
Nathaniel Stone ('06), History
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Ben Butler and the Woman Order: Hard War Diplomacy or Inhumane Treatment of the Citizens of New Orleans? |
| 5:00 pm |
Benjamin Herbst ('08), History
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Pre-Civil War Acts of Violence and their influence on the Civil War |
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SESSION XXV: ART
Art |
Whitney Room
Session Chair: Ankeney Weitz |
| 3:45-5:30 PM |
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| 3:45 pm |
James Thompson ('06), Art
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Residential Environmental Design: 'A House for an Ecologist' Design Competition Entry |
| 4:15 pm |
Caroline O'Connor ('06), Art
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Use of Devotional Art in the Public and Private Setting in Renaissance Italy |
| 4:35 pm |
Tucker Burr ('06), Art
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Writing Styles of Modern Graffiti |
| 4:55 pm |
Steven Weinberg ('06), Art
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The Newspaper Redesign Project |
| 5:15 pm |
Courtney Page ('06), Art
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Exploration of Composition in Mixed Media: Fabric, Steel, and Magnets |
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SESSION XXVI: GEOLOGY
Geology Honors Presentations |
SSW Alumni Center
Session Chair: Robert Gastaldo |
| 5:00 PM |
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Katherine Curtis ('06) |
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A dynamic 3-D Model of the Seasonal Surface and Sub-surface Flow in the Belgrade Lakes Watershed, South-Central Maine |
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Christopher Russoniello ('06) |
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Quantification of Seasonal Groundwater Flux through the Southern Portion of the Serpentine Bog in South-Central Maine |
