Cultural Regulation: The Disparity Between CRTC Regulation And Public Demand In Quebec

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Chantelle Komm and Dr. Harrison Powley, Music As proposed, I spent this summer in Quebec listening to the radio and making comparisons between the amount of French I heard on the radio, the amount of French mandated by the CRTC, and the amount of French in non-regulated spheres. The two areas I looked at for […]

Phylogenetic Analysis Of Crayfish Using Astacin

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Crystal Komm and Dr. Keith A. Crandall, Zoology Astacin is a zinc-endopeptidase, originally described as a unique enzyme and first sequenced from the crayfish Astacus astacus (Geier 97). This project aimed to gather several Astacin gene sequences from multiple taxa of crayfish and to submit them to phylogenetic analysis using PAUP (Swofford 98). PAUP would […]

Educational Technology: Evaluation Of An Interactive Cd-Rom For Teaching And Learning Organic Reactions

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Loranna K. Kitchen and Dr. Edward E. Green, Instructional Psychology and Technology Purpose Advances in computer technology have affected many parts of our lives. The field of education is no exception. Increasingly, technology is used in schools to enhance students’ learning. Computer based learning programs offer students an opportunity for self-directed study to complement the […]

Cultural Paintings

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Wendy Balderson Keller and Professor Robert T. Barrett, Visual Arts Illustration has the ability to create awareness of different cultures in a way that can educate and inspire. As the church continues to expand globally, the leaders of the church have recognized the need for increased understanding and appreciation of the rich ethnic diversity which […]

Statistical Survey Of International Terrorist Activity: An Examination Of The Effectiveness Of Military Deterrence

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Eric R. Jorgensen and Dr. Jay Goodliffe, Political Science As we recently observed the one-year anniversary of the embassy bombings in Africa, thoughts turned again to our vulnerability to terrorist attacks. One year ago President Clinton vowed to “wage war on terrorism.” It was at this point that many began to question the effectiveness of […]

Observations On Public Interest Group Maintenance: Environmental Groups Shed Light On Success And Failure

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Jeffrey Jones and Dr. Jay Goodliffe, Political Science The massive proliferation of public interest groups in the past forty years appears to have surpassed our understanding of how these groups form, function, and maintain members. The purpose of my research is not to attempt to answer all the questions of how groups form and stay […]

Creating A Genetic Stock In Order To Examine Linkage Group Locations On Oat Chromosomes

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Lindsay Johnson and Dr. Eric N. Jellen, Agronomy and Horticulture The motivation behind this project involves the desire to assign diploid oat linkage groups to specific locations on the physical diploid oat chromosome (1). In order to accomplish this, a stock of monosomic oat plants is required. Monosomic plants are defined as plants that are […]

Compilation of Scandinavian Studies Index, Volume 37 – Volume 71

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Joshua D. Jewkes and Dr. Gary R. Hooper, Comparative Literature With the generosity on the part of the Office of Research and Creative Design and the grant offered me, I was able to produce a significant piece of scholarly work that will contribute significantly to a major academic field: a subject-word index for the academic […]