Tutoring Techniques in Online Vs. Face-to-face Environments

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Melissa Helquist and Dr. Beverly Zimmerman, English Online tutoring is a commonly used, but rarely evaluated, pedagogical extension of the traditional campus writing center. Online tutoring moves one-on-one student/ tutor conferences from a familiar face-to-face environment to the less familiar environment of the Internet (via email, chatrooms, MOOs, etc.) I conducted a qualitative study, observing […]

Images of Earth and the Human Form

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Heather Heiner and Professor Pat Debenham, Dance There is much beauty in the natural world that leaves me, as a dancer, stimulated with choreographic ideas. It was through the collaborative medium of dance and photography that I sought to share those experiences with others. I traveled with three other dancers from the BYU dance department […]

Producing a Transgenic Mouse

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Michael Hatch and Dr. David Kooyman, Animal Science One of the greatest challenges in the world today is providing adequate nutrition for all, particularly in third world nations. One potential way to improve worldwide nutrition is to use transgenic animals to create a better livestock base. Transgenic animals can potentially be bigger, stronger, and better […]

The Synthesis of Lipid A Analogs for Use in Studying the Binding of Lipid A and Polymyxin B

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Paul B. Savage and Dr. Bryce A. Harrison, Chemistry and Biochemistry Gram-negative bacteria contain a toxin known as lipid A (1 in Figure 1). During bacterial infections, lipid A may be released from the bacteria and cause a condition known as septic shock, an over-response of the host immune system that may result in death […]

Nineteenth Century Mormon Poetry

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Samuel S. Harkness and Dr. Richard H. Cracroft, English I still recall the day over four years ago when a General Authority proclaimed the LDS hymnal to be a ‘book of scripture.’ His seemingly bold declaration surprised me; but after reconsideration, it made sense. Some of the most spiritual times in my life have been […]

Internal Transcribed Spacer Regions of Nuclear Ribosomal DNA as a Tool For Phylogenetic Reconstruction

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Melissa E. Hardy and Dr. Keith Crandall, Zoology Phylogenetic trees are an estimate of genealogical relationships among groups of organisms. They are reconstructed by analyzing homologous nucleic acid sequences from different organisms and deriving an evolutionary relationship from the similarity in sequences. Ribosomal DNA consists of gene clusters tandemly repeated on a chromosome. Each cluster […]

A Test of Transitivity

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Derek L. Hansen and Dr. Mark Showalter, Economics, A theory is only as good as the assumptions upon which it is based. Because of this, assumptions are constantly held up to the light to see if, in fact, they are genuine. In the field of Economics, several assumptions are made concerning the rationality of humans. […]

Genetic Analysis of the Mountain Whitefish, Prosopium Williamsoni

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Daniel C. Hambleton and Drs. Dennis K. Shiozawa and R. Paul Evans, Zoology Although currently part of the Bonneville Basin system, Bear Lake was once connected to the Snake River system of southeastern Idaho 40,000 years ago. Subsequent geological activity disrupted the exchange of fish populations between the Snake River and Bear Lake. We anticipated […]

The Waldenses: A People Prepared for the Lord

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David Rolph Seely and Dr. Jared M. Halverson, Ancient Scripture Over three hundred years before Martin Luther drove his ninety-five theses into the door of Catholicism, another Protestant group was being driven from their homes amidst the Alps&the Waldenses. Named for Peter Waldo, this early Christian sect rejected the authority of the Catholic Church and […]