Oral Presentations at SOURCE are grouped together into blocks of three to four related talks. Faculty or students may speak about various types of research projects, including work completed as part of their senior seminar or master's programs. They may present descriptive, correlational, or experimental research; independent studies; or creative capstone projects. Powerpoint or Prezi presentations typically accompany these fifteen-minute talks.
Below you can find abstracts describing 2013's Oral Presentations. All presentations took place at the Student Union and Recreation Center--noted as SURC in the schedule.
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2013 | ||
Thursday, May 16th | ||
8:00 AM |
Messier Marathon Scheduler: A Software Tool for Novice Star-Gazers and Experienced Astronomers Katherine Moore SURC 140 8:00 AM - 8:20 AM |
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8:00 AM |
Open Governance: Trends from "Cutting Edge" Governments in the US and Abroad Sarah Schacht SURC 137A 8:00 AM - 8:20 AM |
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8:00 AM |
Psychological Studies on “Molyneux’s Question” Do Not See All the Points Maxwell Davis SURC 202 8:00 AM - 8:20 AM |
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8:00 AM |
Russian Revolutionary in London: S.M. Stepniak and the Appeal to Foreign Sympathizers Kristopher Owens SURC 271 8:00 AM - 8:20 AM |
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8:00 AM |
Andrea Eklund SURC 201 8:00 AM - 8:20 AM |
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8:20 AM |
Creation Assistant for Easy Assignment Hank Burton SURC 140 8:20 AM - 8:40 AM |
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8:20 AM |
Markus Chishom SURC 201 8:20 AM - 8:40 AM |
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8:20 AM |
Komsomol Participation in the Soviet Antireligious Campaign, 1918-1932 Rebecca Hastings SURC 271 8:20 AM - 8:40 AM |
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8:20 AM |
Sex Trafficking In the Middle East: An Untold Story Salam Awad SURC 137A 8:20 AM - 8:40 AM |
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8:20 AM |
The Epistemic Value of Live Theatre: A Dramatic Response to the Question of Knowledge Hannah Hicks SURC 202 8:20 AM - 8:40 AM |
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8:40 AM |
An Essay on the Natural Law and Republican Form of Government Robert Taylor SURC 202 8:40 AM - 9:00 AM |
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8:40 AM |
Examining the Relationship Between Farmers' Markets and Obesity Rates in Washington State Taylor Steele SURC 201 8:40 AM - 9:00 AM |
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8:40 AM |
Talea Anderson SURC 271 8:40 AM - 9:00 AM |
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8:40 AM |
Ontogenetic Variation in the Thermal Biology of Northern Pacific Rattlesnakes Caleb Loughran SURC 137B 8:40 AM - 9:00 AM |
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8:40 AM |
Preventing student drop out at CWU Suvarna Arakh SURC 140 8:40 AM - 9:00 AM |
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8:40 AM |
Alec Schmidt SURC 137A 8:40 AM - 9:00 AM |
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9:00 AM |
Barriers Student Face When Cooking in the Dorms Catherine Shepler SURC 201 9:00 AM - 9:20 AM |
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9:00 AM |
College Students Underage Drinking, the Law, and the Police: A Survey Study. Saeed Mohamed SURC 137A 9:00 AM - 9:20 AM |
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9:00 AM |
David Reavill SURC 137B 9:00 AM - 9:20 AM |
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9:00 AM |
Massively Parallel k-NN using CUDA and MARS Joshua Smithrud SURC 140 9:00 AM - 9:20 AM |
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9:00 AM |
Robert E. Lee and Southern Memory Kellie Hedgers SURC 271 9:00 AM - 9:20 AM |
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9:00 AM |
The Role of Socially Engaged Monks in Burma Hillary Matson SURC 202 9:00 AM - 9:20 AM |
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9:30 AM |
Creating a CWU Institutional Repository (IR) to Showcase Students’ Research and Scholarly Work Ping Fu SURC 140 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM |
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9:30 AM |
Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington et. al. Saeed Mohamed SURC 137A 9:30 AM - 10:50 AM |
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9:30 AM |
Inside the Fish Bowl: Application of Sociological Theory to Observations of State Government Aleisha Sebastian SURC 201 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM |
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9:30 AM |
Insurance Premium Comparison among Different Countries Vicky Dyer SURC 202 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM |
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9:30 AM |
Caless Davis SURC 137A 9:30 AM - 10:50 AM |
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9:30 AM |
Lies, Valor Lies,and The First Amendment Jonathan Umana SURC 137A 9:30 AM - 10:50 AM |
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9:30 AM |
Miller v. Alabama: Juveniles and Eighth Amendment Edward Welch SURC 137A 9:30 AM - 10:50 AM |
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9:30 AM |
Kelsey Martin SURC 137B 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM |
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9:30 AM |
Songs of Manifest Destiiny: A cultural reflection Brock Wolitarsky SURC 271 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM |
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9:30 AM |
United States v Windsor - Should Federal Law Define Marriage? Jordyn Ashford SURC 137A 9:30 AM - 10:50 AM |
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9:50 AM |
Ethan Green SURC 137B 9:50 AM - 10:10 AM |
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9:50 AM |
Gender Representations and Stereotypes on Gamers and Games Neko Phillips SURC 201 9:50 AM - 10:10 AM |
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9:50 AM |
Drew Heber SURC 202 9:50 AM - 10:10 AM |
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9:50 AM |
Renae Harvey SURC 271 9:50 AM - 10:10 AM |
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9:50 AM |
Status Update: A Theoretical Look at Social Media Melinda Miracle SURC 140 9:50 AM - 10:10 AM |
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10:10 AM |
Economics of Ellensburg and Washington State Normal School Brian Davis SURC 271 10:10 AM - 10:30 AM |
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10:10 AM |
Expressions for Life Insurance and Life Annuities and How They are Related Nathan Rindlisbacher SURC 202 10:10 AM - 10:30 AM |
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10:10 AM |
Jill Hooghkirk SURC 137B 10:10 AM - 10:30 AM |
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10:10 AM |
Respondus LockDown Browser Revisited: Disclosure Donald Moncrief SURC 140 10:10 AM - 10:30 AM |
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10:10 AM |
Tanned and Ripped: The Growth of Male Objectification Nicholas Pucci SURC 201 10:10 AM - 10:30 AM |
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10:30 AM |
A Comparative Study of Urban and Rural Cannabis Politics Brian Grimmer SURC 201 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM |
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10:30 AM |
Is Deferment Period Protection Necessary Samuel Guiles SURC 202 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM |
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10:30 AM |
Carlos Pelley SURC 271 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM |
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10:30 AM |
Bryant Sawada SURC 137B 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM |
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10:30 AM |
The Trans-Pacific partnerships impact on America Matthew Swenson SURC 140 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM |
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11:40 AM |
“A fresh look at Washington State’s Guaranteed Education Tuition Program” Adam Blanar-Oviatt SURC 202 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM |
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11:40 AM |
Cuchulain: A Literary Instrument of the Gaelic Revival Aaron Steeves SURC 271 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM |
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11:40 AM |
Environmental Gradients as Drivers of Virus-Mediated Microbial Evolution Laura Adams SURC 137B 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM |
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11:40 AM |
Travis Wentworth SURC 201 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM |
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11:40 AM |
New far-infrared laser emissions from optically pumped formic acid and several of its isotopic forms Kerry Olivier SURC 140 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM |
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11:40 AM |
Student Attitudes towards Police — The Importance of Perceived Fairness and Procedural Justice Jillian Shafer SURC 137A 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM |
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12:00 PM |
Characterizing a 474 nm Laser as a Source for Spontaneous Parametric Down Conversion Joshua Balmer SURC 140 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM |
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12:00 PM |
Does previous exposure to Leishmania major affect the outcome of infection Leishmania infantum Heidi Anderson SURC 137B 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM |
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12:00 PM |
Global Trade Patterns of Trafficking in Persons Diane Buchanan SURC 201 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM |
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12:00 PM |
Net Level Premium Application: A look at Smokers vs. Nonsmoker’s Sarah Flatebo SURC 202 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM |
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12:00 PM |
Sexual Victimization Among College Students in a Rural Setting Jordyn Ashford SURC 137A 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM |
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12:00 PM |
The IRA: Portrayal, Perception, and Reality, 1916-1921 Elise Hoolbrook-Bruns SURC 271 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM |
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12:20 PM |
Design and implementation of an optical spectrum analyzer Adam Powell SURC 140 12:20 PM - 12:40 PM |
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12:20 PM |
Ecology of Crime in Seattle, WA: Drug Market Intervention Assessment Jillian Shafer SURC 137A 12:20 PM - 12:40 PM |
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12:20 PM |
Gaelicizing Ireland's Youth: The Creation of St. Enda's School for Boys Christina Bartholet SURC 271 12:20 PM - 12:40 PM |
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12:20 PM |
Regulation of the Host Immune System by the Hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum Nicholas Diliani SURC 137B 12:20 PM - 12:40 PM |
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12:20 PM |
The Relationship Between Artificial Social Environments and Deviance Tyler Cummings SURC 201 12:20 PM - 12:40 PM |
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12:20 PM |
What Can Be as a Good Predictor of a Higher ADR in GI practices (Actuarial Science) Rui Huang SURC 202 12:20 PM - 12:40 PM |
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12:40 PM |
Assessment of Anthelminthic Activity of Plant Extracts on the Hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum Kaitlin Koppinger SURC 137B 12:40 PM - 1:00 PM |
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12:40 PM |
Development of a Nuclear Lifetime Measurement Apparatus Brian Bianco SURC 140 12:40 PM - 1:00 PM |
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12:40 PM |
Guns and Crime: an Analysis of the Effects of Firearms Associated with Criminal Activity Drew Heber SURC 202 12:40 PM - 1:00 PM |
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12:40 PM |
The Effectiveness of Reintegrative Shaming Theory within the Mechanisms of Secondary Deviance Scott Perkins SURC 137A 12:40 PM - 1:00 PM |
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12:40 PM |
The Japanese Bushido of the Era of Civil War Hideki Takei SURC 271 12:40 PM - 1:00 PM |
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12:40 PM |
The Relationship Between Homeschooling and Child Abuse Rebecca Webster SURC 201 12:40 PM - 1:00 PM |
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1:10 PM |
Candace Chappelle SURC 202 1:10 PM - 1:30 PM |
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1:10 PM |
Emily Faust SURC 201 1:10 PM - 1:30 PM |
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1:10 PM |
Read trimming of chloroplast genome sequences may lead to better quality assemblies Angela McFadden SURC 137B 1:10 PM - 1:30 PM |
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1:10 PM |
Revolution and Education in Iran Khodadad Kaviani SURC 301 1:10 PM - 1:30 PM |
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1:10 PM |
Trichloroethylene: The Silent Massacre Terri Pace SURC 137A 1:10 PM - 1:30 PM |
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1:10 PM |
Truth Over Time: The Evolution of Hollywood's Thinking on the Vietnam War Kellie Hedgers SURC 271 1:10 PM - 1:30 PM |
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1:10 PM |
Variable Temperature Virtual Star Ernest Skousen SURC 140 1:10 PM - 1:30 PM |
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1:30 PM |
An Estimation of the Proportion of Abundant Numbers Melissa Pidde SURC 202 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM |
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1:30 PM |
Castle City, Carcassonne, the Education of its Youth Susan Donahoe SURC 301 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM |
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1:30 PM |
History of Mental Disorders as Portrayed in Film Meagan Riggs SURC 271 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM |
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1:30 PM |
David Wenger SURC 140 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM |
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1:30 PM |
Danielle Polage SURC 201 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM |
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1:30 PM |
Pollution Control in the Puyallup Floodplain: The Problem of Urban Sprawl Spencer Kajca SURC 137A 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM |
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1:30 PM |
Selection on domestication traits and QTL in water-stressed sunflower crop-wild hybrids Birkin Owart SURC 137B 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM |
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1:50 PM |
Doctored, Strange Love: Or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Zomb Cyphar Hopkins SURC 271 1:50 PM - 2:10 PM |
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1:50 PM |
Christopher Prather SURC 201 1:50 PM - 2:10 PM |
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1:50 PM |
Anthony Marrese SURC 137B 1:50 PM - 2:10 PM |
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1:50 PM |
Investigating Bell’s Theorem on Correlated Systems Utilizing Monte Carlo Methods Ryan Corbin SURC 140 1:50 PM - 2:10 PM |
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1:50 PM |
Multicultural Education: A Solution to Meeting the Needs of Today’s Underserved Students Julia Anderson SURC 301 1:50 PM - 2:10 PM |
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1:50 PM |
Residential Stormwater and the Contamination of Puget Sound Kirsten McLeod SURC 137A 1:50 PM - 2:10 PM |
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1:50 PM |
Christina Ordonez SURC 202 1:50 PM - 2:10 PM |
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2:10 PM |
Cherry Point Coal Transfer Station: To Build or Not To Build Keith Rakes SURC 137A 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM |
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2:10 PM |
Laura Bostwick SURC 202 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM |
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2:10 PM |
Magic, Zeitgeists, and Cognitive Dissonance Melinda Miracle SURC 201 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM |
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2:10 PM |
Populations of Daphnia melanica vary in their behavioral response to visible and UV light Amanda Tompkins SURC 137B 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM |
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2:10 PM |
The Value of Anthropomorphic Literature Stephanie Nielson SURC 301 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM |
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2:10 PM |
Weak Domestic or Fighting Female: Anime and the Portrayal of Women Amy Kobashigawa SURC 271 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM |
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2:40 PM |
A Fresh Look at National Dental Data Russa Tokarczyk SURC 202 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM |
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2:40 PM |
Decreasing a College Student’s Disorganization James Heberling SURC 301 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM |
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2:40 PM |
How America's Drug War affects Mexico's Tourism Carley James SURC 271 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM |
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2:40 PM |
Protein-Protein Interactions in the Embryonic Mouse Neocortex: Emx2 and Binding Partners Cierra Miller SURC 137B 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM |
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2:40 PM |
Susan Ann Keenan SURC 201 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM |
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2:40 PM |
The Illusion of Power: An Analysis of Magical Realism and Religion in Bless Me, Ultima James Thomas SURC 135 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM |
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2:40 PM |
Brendan Shearer SURC 137A 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM |
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2:40 PM |
Tracing Atmospheric Nitrates in the Lower Yakima Valley Basin, Washington Gabrielle Cavanaugh SURC 140 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM |
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3:00 PM |
Haunting History in Toni Morrison's Beloved Hannah Ryker SURC 135 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM |
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3:00 PM |
Identification of proteins that interact with Lhx2 in the embryonic neocortex William Jackson SURC 137B 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM |
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3:00 PM |
Increasing Making the Bed for 23 Year Old Male Brooke Piper SURC 301 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM |
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3:00 PM |
International Tourist Flows and Natural Disasters Jacob Clement SURC 271 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM |
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3:00 PM |
Krystelle Purkey SURC 137A 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM |
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3:00 PM |
Maternal investment in free-ranging Tibetan macaques (Macaca thibetana) Ashley Murphy SURC 201 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM |
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3:00 PM |
Modeling Metamorphic History of High Pressure Rocks from Western China Jesse Walters SURC 140 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM |
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3:00 PM |
Occupational Employment Analysis for 2012 Nathan Rindlisbacher SURC 202 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM |
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3:20 PM |
Pablo Gonzalez SURC 137A 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM |
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3:20 PM |
A Methodology For Nominating Behaviors To Measure Personality Traits In Nonhuman Primates Alexander Pritchard SURC 201 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM |
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3:20 PM |
Flavonoid Effects on Breast Cancer Cells Averyl Shindruk SURC 137B 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM |
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3:20 PM |
Food, Music, and Language: The Power of Folklore Sara Rodriguez SURC 271 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM |
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3:20 PM |
Michael Hadfield SURC 202 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM |
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3:20 PM |
Increasing Putting Dishes in the Dishwasher Using Prompting and Positive Reinforcement Nadine Smith SURC 301 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM |
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3:20 PM |
Nick Flerchinger SURC 135 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM |
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3:20 PM |
Using GIS to Assess the Post-Fire Table Mountain Environment for Mass Wasting Susceptibility Owen Takagi SURC 140 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM |
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3:40 PM |
2013 Cross Cultural Leadership Program Spring Immersion Project Ryan Gregson SURC 271 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM |
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3:40 PM |
Being Mexican-American: A Literary Analysis of the Life of Mexican Immigrants in the United States Markie Stratton SURC 137A 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM |
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3:40 PM |
Compact Rio - Analyzing Acceleration and Straine Louie Palencia SURC 202 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM |
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3:40 PM |
Anne Vassar SURC 140 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM |
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3:40 PM |
Impact of Park Ranger Quality on Tibetan Macaques (Macaca thibetana) at Mt. Huangshan, China Rie Usui SURC 201 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM |
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4:10 PM |
Bondage: How the James Bond films effect the female race. Jessica Murillo-Rosales SURC 135 4:10 PM - 4:30 PM |
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4:10 PM |
Sathyanarayanan Rajendran SURC 202 4:10 PM - 4:30 PM |
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4:10 PM |
Perceptions of Drug Users and Drug Use Within Rural Communities Eric Seitz SURC 271 4:10 PM - 4:30 PM |
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4:10 PM |
Redox Reactions of Iron and Carbon in Soot Samples Andrew Straub-Walden SURC 137B 4:10 PM - 4:30 PM |
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4:30 PM |
Alcohol Consumption and Intercollegiate Athletes Nicole Prigge SURC 271 4:30 PM - 4:50 PM |
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4:30 PM |
Investigation of the role of polyelectrolytes in the stabilization of reactive redox species James Siegenthaler SURC 137B 4:30 PM - 4:50 PM |
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4:30 PM |
Jannicke Moffat SURC 135 4:30 PM - 4:50 PM |
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4:30 PM |
Making, Curing, and Testing Concrete Cylinders in a Senior Level Construction Management Course P. Warren Plugge SURC 202 4:30 PM - 4:50 PM |
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4:50 PM |
P. Warren Plugge SURC 202 4:50 PM - 5:10 PM |
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4:50 PM |
Gender Norms: The Negative Impact of Pop Culture on the Advancement of Gender Roles Nancy Pizano SURC 135 4:50 PM - 5:10 PM |
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4:50 PM |
Troy Kilburn SURC 137B 4:50 PM - 5:10 PM |
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4:50 PM |
Kevin McFadden SURC 271 4:50 PM - 5:10 PM |
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5:10 PM |
The Negative Effects of Discrimination Riley Elliot SURC 135 5:10 PM - 5:30 PM |
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5:10 PM |
Using Game Theory Pedagogy in Construction Management- Prisoner’s Dilemna and the 20 Dollar Game Warren Plugge SURC 202 5:10 PM - 5:30 PM |