Schedule

Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Complete 2000 Program

6:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Kiley L. Bednar
John Ernst, Faculty Advisor

Science Commons, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Loneliness and Self-Esteem at Different Levels of the Self

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Nathan Bobofchak
Jeff Frick, Faculty Advisor

Science Commons, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Synthesis of Vicinal Amino Alcohols through a Bicyclic Aziridine Intermediate

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Nicholas J. Brazis
Joseph Williams, Faculty Advisor

Science Commons, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Temporal Differences in Theta Reset

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Christopher R. Butler
Jeff Frick, Faculty Advisor

Science Commons, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Studies toward the Synthesis of an Organophosphorus Analog of Acetylcholine

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Sara J. Estle
Karin A. Beaumont
James D. Dougan, Faculty Advisor

Science Commons, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Behavioral Contrast: A New Solution to an Old Problem?

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Parie Garg
David W. Bollivar, Faculty Advisor

Science Commons, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Role of the bchE Gene Product in Bacteriochlorophyll a Synthesis

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Robert Grabowski
Susie Balser, Faculty Advisor

Science Commons, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Colony Movement in the Freshwater Bryozoan Lophopodella carteri

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Elizabeth Huber
James D. Dougan, Faculty Advisor

Science Commons, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Mozart Effect: Can Rats Discriminate between Classical and Modern Music?

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Sunil Jagwani
David Janashvili
Melvyn Jeter, Faculty Advisor

Science Commons, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Diagonal Argument Revisited

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Kevin Kalus
Zhenhu Jin, Faculty Advisor

Science Commons, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

An Empirical Study of Recent IPOs in the U.S. Markets

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Peter Karlis
Carolyn Stumph, Faculty Advisor

Science Commons, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Informational Asymmetries and the Demand for IPOs: An Explanation of Underpricing

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Beth Keller
Peter Verbeek, Faculty Advisor

Science Commons, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Preference for Natural Things in Preschoolers

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Neva Laurie
Loni Walker, Faculty Advisor

Science Commons, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Identification of LRF1 and LRF2 Mutants in Arabidopsis

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Esteban Lizano
Margaret Chapman, Faculty Advisor
Carolyn Stumph, Faculty Advisor

Science Commons, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Microsoft versus Netscape: A Case Study of Games Businesses Play

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Robin Meers
Robert Leekley, Faculty Advisor

Science Commons, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

A Test of the Environmental Kuznets Curve for Local and Global Pollutants

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Tadvana G. Narayanan
Ileana G. Rau
Gabriel C. Spalding, Faculty Advisor

Science Commons, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Experimental Considerations in Measuring the Thermal Conductivity of SrTiO₃

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Ketaki K. Patel
William Jaeckle, Faculty Advisor

Science Commons, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Are there Differences in Nutrient Assimilation among Cell-Lineages of Sea Urchin Embryos?

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

William Schneider
William Jaeckle, Faculty Advisor

Science Commons, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

An Assay for the Estimation of Organic Content in Unknown Samples

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Leila Setork
Carolyn Nadeau, Faculty Advisor

Science Commons, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Gypsy Persecution during the Golden Age of Spain

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Amelia Taylor
Abigail Jahiel, Faculty Advisor
Kathleen Montgomery, Faculty Advisor

Science Commons, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Explaining Environmentalism among the Rural Indigenous Poor in the Developing World: Is Post-Materialism Involved?

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Caryn Terril
Linda J. Kunce, Faculty Advisor

Science Commons, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Psychosocial Effects of a Parent-Child Communication Activity on Siblings of Children with Autism

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

David Wong
David N. Bailey, Faculty Advisor

Science Commons, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Determining the pK_a of Benzoylecognine

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Liz Dierbeck
Robert Bray, Faculty Advisor

Anderson Auditorium, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Log by Log: Building Abraham Lincoln in American Youth Consciousness

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Anders Floor
Zahia Drici, Faculty Advisor

Room E103, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

LaSalle's Invariance Principle on Measure Chains

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Robert C. Grabowski
Alex Tewfik, Faculty Advisor

Room E103, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Effect of Natural Barriers in a Marine Reserve on Queen Conch Strombus Gigas, "Spillover" to Surrounding Fished Areas, East Harbour Lobster and Conch Reserve, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Kristina Harlan
Christina Isabelli, Faculty Advisor

Anderson Auditorium, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Foreign Language Textbooks in the Classroom: Bridging the Gap between Second Language Acquistion Theory and Pedagogy

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Alexandra S. Latham
Jack F. Cully, Faculty Advisor
Sheryl Swartz Soukup, Faculty Advisor

Room E103, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Brown-Headed Cowbird Brood Parasitism in Bison-Grazed and Ungrazed Tall Grass Prairie in Northeastern Kansas

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Jason Lewis
Michael Seeborg, Faculty Advisor

Beckman Auditorium, Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University

Factors that Determine Foreign Direct Investment in Lesser Developed Countries

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Rae Marie Marotta, '00
Dan Terkla, Faculty Advisor

Anderson Auditorium, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Power of Perception and Origin Myth: Re-Reconsidering the Origins of the Arthurian Legend

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Joy-Denise Moore
Carren Moham, Faculty Advisor

Beckman Auditorium, Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Performance Practice of Negro Spirituals on the Concert Stage

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Ginte Sabaliauskaite
Michael Seeborg, Faculty Advisor

Beckman Auditorium, Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University

Privatization in Lithuania: General Environment and Case Studies

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Anita Saha
Carolyn Nadeau, Faculty Advisor

Anderson Auditorium, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Early History of the Violin in Spain

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Susanna Widicus
Wendy S. Wolbach, Faculty Advisor
Rebecca Roesner, Faculty Advisor
Benjamin Nelson, Faculty Advisor

Room E103, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Chemical Techniques for the Isolation of Elemental Carbon from Sediments

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Mark Wieland
R. Given Harper, Faculty Advisor
Jeffrey A. Frick, Faculty Advisor

Room E103, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

A Survey of Organochlorine Pesticide Contamination in a Costa Rican Conservation Area

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Alva Winfrey
James Sikora, Faculty Advisor

Beckman Auditorium, Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University

Does Public Housing Cause Poverty and Isolation: An Examination of the Effects of Public Housing on Causing Poverty and Flight of the Middle Class

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Christine Pacyk
James Plath, Faculty Advisor

Anderson Auditorium, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

A Proximity of Words: Influence and Interplay in the Works of Raymond Carver and Tess Gallagher

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Kyle Painter
Dan Terkla, Faculty Advisor

Anderson Auditorium, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Chaucer's Constructive Ecclesiastical Criticism

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Nathan Taulbee
Carolyn Stumph, Faculty Advisor

Beckman Auditorium, Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University

Economic Influences on the Stock Market

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Kathryn Vojack
Kathleen Montgomery, Faculty Advisor

Beckman Auditorium, Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University

Benefits by Gender: Determinants of Welfare Accessibility for Migrant Women in Western Europe

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Bethany VonBehren
Joy H. Calico, Faculty Advisor

Anderson Auditorium, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

Bach as a Modernist?

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Kathryn L. Weber
Dan Terkla, Faculty Advisor

Anderson Auditorium, Center for Natural Science, Illinois Wesleyan University

The Chivalric Equilibrium: The Gawain Character in Yvain; or, the Knight with the Lion and Sir Gawain and the Green

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Alison Whittington
Christina Isabelli, Faculty Advisor

Beckman Auditorium, Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University

A Replication Study of the Effects of Test Language and Mathematical Skills Assessed on the Scores of Bilingual Hispanic Students

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM