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Student Presentations 2013

HS 100 - Afternoon

Facilitator: Katie Nolting

12:30-2:30 Bemidji State University Mock Trial: Andy Allen, as the Surviving Spouse of Lee Allen v. Neptune Underwater Expeditions - Ida Brooks*, Taylor Burdick, Kelsey Fuerst, Kaitlin Hazard, Cheyenne Horien, Andrew Lindquist, Laura Miller, Nicholas Nelson, Amy Peterson, Christopher Restemayer, Chelsey Warner

HS 102 - Morning

Facilitator: Janet Moen

10:30-10:50 Analysis of Odocoileus virginianus Data Collected in Upper Midwest - Lawrence MoellerJr

11:00-11:20 Anishinaabe/Ojibwe of Northern Minnesota: Identity and Language - Ashley Locklear

11:30-11:50 Assessing Trait Narcissism in Relation to Narcissistic Personality Disorder - Zane Hensel

HS 102 - Afternoon

Facilitator: Derek Webb

1:00-1:20 Attendance and the Minor Leagues-Does MLB Affiliation Matter? - Dylan Gronlund*

1:30-1:50 Attila, History and Literature - Sarah Barott

2:00-2:20 Back to Fall - Songs by Caige Jambor - Caige Jambor

HS 103 - Morning

Facilitator: Carol Nielsen

10:30-10:50 Using RT-PCR to Investigate the Levels of Expression of the FGD Family of Genes in Pancreatic Tumor Cells - Trevor Andrews, Sarah Mayer

11:00-11:20 Violence in Youth Hockey - Travis Smith

HS 103 - Afternoon

Facilitator: Larry Swain

1:00-1:20 Wastewater Treatment at Petrochemical Refineries - Charles Sandiford

1:30-1:50 White-tailed Deer Browse in the Hobson Forest - Alex Carlson

HS 105 - Morning

Facilitator: Brent Bolte

10:30-10:50 Hunting for Huntington’s Evidence: An Empirical Reassessment of The Clash of Civilizations Theory - John Shindelar

11:00-11:20 Identities in World of Warcraft - Class, Race, and Role in MMOs - Richard Bravo

11:30-11:50 Is FEMA Misunderstanding Mitigation? - Natasha Kleinsasser

HS 105 - Afternoon

Facilitator: Sarah Tarutis

1:00-1:20 IT CAN W8: An Intervention to Decrease Cell Phone Use While Driving - Ginni Ali, Joseph Anderson, Kylie Faber, Sarah Frisch, Joshua Knieff, Ayla Koob, Vinesh Mohan, Kaisa Oja, Hans Ritter

1:30-1:50 Is Political Party Identification Learned or Inherited Among Latino Voters? - Dylan Davison

2:00-2:20 Living Without Unity and Clarity - Brandon Allen*

HS 107 - Morning

Facilitator: Sandra Kranz

10:30-10:50 Safe Zone Training: Should BSU Have One & What Should it Look Like - Joseph Moubry

11:00-11:20 Selection of Birth-Site Cover by Parturient Elk in the Black Hills of South Dakota. - Dillon Fogarty

11:30-11:50 Sex Trafficking: The Influence of Culture, Socio-Economic Structures and Law & Order on Sex Trade in Asia - Saanya Dua

HS 107 - Afternoon

Facilitator: Carol Nielsen

1:00-1:20 Spawning Habitat Preferences of Brown Trout in Straight River - Matthew Skoog

1:30-1:50 Student\'s Opinions and Perceptions of Their Local Law Enforcement - Grant Holy

2:00-2:20 The Demographic and Geographic Basis of Municipal Annexation in Minnesota - Paul Kirchoff

HS 112 - Morning

Facilitator: Hongxia Sui

10:30-10:50 The Effect of Magnetic Fields on Radish (Raphanus sativus) Seeds and Seedlings - Melissa Noerenberg

11:00-11:20 Women Ruling the Bench: Steps to Achieving Gender Parity on State Courts - Cheyenne Horien

11:30-11:50 A Life Course Perspective on High School Dropouts: A Look Into the Circumstances Leading to the Dropout Decision - Megan Wark

HS 112 - Afternoon

Facilitator: Courtney Waid-Lindberg

1:00-1:20 A Time to Lead - Kari Cooper

1:30-1:50 An Evaluation of Centrarchid Populations Throughout Leech Lake - Ethan Karppinen

2:00-2:20 Addressing Accessibility: Analysis of Disability Services Policy and Practice at Bemidji State University with Specific Regard to Assistive Technology - Maria Eastman

HS 113 - Morning

Facilitator: Eric Medberry

10:30-10:50 California Three Strikes Law: Outside Students\' Perspectives - Jimmy Moore

11:00-11:20 Cracking the Tax Codes: How State Tax Laws Influence the Number of Manufacturing Jobs Within Their Borders - Nick Lorenson+

11:30-11:50 Detecting Lipid Interactions Using Luciferase Fusion Proteins of the PH and FYVE Domains from the RhoGEF FGD6 - Kari Balduc, Natasha VandeKamp

HS 113 - Afternoon

Facilitator: Carol Lindquist

1:00-1:20 Detection of FGD6 in Pancreatic Tumor Cell Lines Using Western Blot Analysis - Grace Beuch, Gregory Smith

1:30-1:50 Does Money Correlate With Happiness? - Amanda Vincent*

2:00-2:20 Effects of Color Exposure on Aggressiveness in Betta splendens Toward Intruders - Kathryn DeMaris

HS 229 - Morning

Facilitator: Michael Herbert

10:30-10:50 North Dakota’s Oil Boom and its Effect on North Dakota Politics - Nicholas Nelson

11:00-11:20 Memory Reminiscence and Social Interaction in the Elderly - Kaisa Oja

11:30-11:50 Molecular Cloning of Rho Family Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors FGD1-5 - Vinesh Mohan, Stephanie Rossman

HS 229 - Afternoon

Facilitator: Angela Hahn

1:00-1:20 Music & Identity - Caige Jambor

1:30-1:50 Ojibwe Grammatical Terms in Ojibwe Language Teaching - Jordyn Flaada

2:00-2:20 Review of the Methods Used to Estimate and Monitor Tiger Populations - Shivathayalan Thamlarason

HS 231 - Morning

Facilitator: Dean Frost

10:30-11:30 President\'s Student Commission: Effective Education: A Study of Modalities of Instruction at Bemidji State University - Morgan Bartlett*, Laura Christensen, Kari Cooper, Kirsten Goldstein, Kayla Jensen, Chelsea Lipski, Phoebe Mathius, Jake Mechtel, Matthew Meyers, Krysta Miller, Daniel Rekuski*, Andrew Roiger*, Gopal Sapkota, Chloe Streeper*, Bryan Syrstad

HS 231 - Afternoon

Facilitator: Carla Norris-Raynbird

1:00-1:20 The Great Northern Lumber Strike of 1917 - Corbin Horner

1:30-1:50 The Heard and the Hiding - Samuel Birkholz

2:00-2:20 The Influence of Personality Traits on Subjective Health Ratings: A Review - Kaisa Oja

HS 233 - Morning

Facilitator: Laurie Desiderato

10:30-10:50 Endocrine Disrupters in the Nation’s Streams and Ground Water - Brandon VanTassel+

11:00-11:20 High Altitude Balloon Flight Patterns and Elastic Limitations - Jake Mack*

11:30-11:50 Factors Affecting Attitudes Toward Suicide - Tara Ripplinger

HS 233 - Afternoon

Facilitator: Keith Gora

1:00-1:20 Full Lake Survey Variation of Three Different Years for Six Lakes in the East Metro Area of Twin Cities, Minnesota - Kristine Markham

1:30-1:50 Global Climate Change and the International Economy - Megan Fitzgerald+

2:00-2:20 Explaining Political Activeness and Attitudes Toward Unionization Among Nurses in the United States - Crystal Lesmeister

HS 249 - Morning

Facilitator: Jacob Passa

10:30-10:50 The Life of Soren Kierkegaard and his Contributions to the Development of an Individualized Psychology - Zane Hensel

11:00-11:20 The Possibility Of Implementing Sustainable Energy Projects At Bemidji State University - Sanjay Maharjan

11:30-11:50 The Role of Nurses in Pediatric Pain Assessment and Intervention - Katie Pfannenstein*

HS 249 - Afternoon

Facilitator: Jeanette Lukowski

1:00-1:20 The Sights and Sounds of Laughter and the Induction of Positive Moods - Megan Terhaar

1:30-1:50 The Wrong Man: A Study of Chaska’s Hanging, and its Controversy and Historical Meaning in Minnesota since 1862. - Scott Sobocinski

2:00-2:20 Tree Height and Diameter Relationships of White Pine and Tree Fall Patterns of Red Pine in Northern Minnesota - Jake Mack*