Honors Symposium Fall 2006
November 10, 2006

The Carolyn M. Small Honors Program provides opportunities for engagement excellence. For information on how to become a member of the Honors Program please contact Mary Ann Studer (419) 783-2555, email mstuder@defiance.edu or contact the McMaster School for Advancing Humanity at (419) 783-2552.

Throughout the program members of the Carolyn M. Small Honors Program are designated with an *.


8:00 am ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center Room 121
*Kaycie Atchison
Determination of Time since Death with Abrupt Environmental Temperature Changes

Serrick Center Room 123
*Pam Gibson, *Grace Powers
Forensic Ballistics with a Focus on Wound and Terminal Ballistics

Serrick Center—Cultural Arts Center
*Nathan Fitton, *Tiffany Baum
Teleportation: Issue in Science



8:30 am ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center Room 121
*Kirsten Harmon, Elizabeth Free, John Kemper
Dark Matter: Mass Discrepancy

Serrick Center Room 123
Joseph Hart, Laurel Smith
The Future of Ballistics Identification

Serrick Center—Cultural Arts Center
*Kaitlin Studer, Misty Erford
Hyperbaric Therapy: Can you heal under pressure?
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9:00 am ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center Room 121
Corynne Long
Let's Scrapbook

Serrick Center Room 123
Chris Khoma
World War II Battle of Midway and the Birth of Guerilla Warfare



9:30 am ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center Room 121
Chad Alfreds, Michael Rostocil
The JFK Assassination: A Physics Perspective

Serrick Center Room 123
Jessica Renfro
Blood Spatter Patterns and Analysis: Forensics Scientists New Key to Solving Crimes



9:00 am POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center—Cultural Arts Center

*Samantha Higdon
The Evolution of Hammer Throwing

Kayle Prince
Who is a Hero?: The New York Yankees

Emily Meyer
The Invention of the Adhesive Bandage

*Alyssa Shuherk
Executive Order 9066

Andrew Fee
The Black Death

Jake Heaberlin
Ancient Agriculture

Adam Warnement
The Real Pearl Harbor

Andrew Wrasman
Fingerprinting and All It Can Identify

Katie McNamara
The Effect Woodstock had on Society

Cindy Toth
A World Brought Together By Sports - The First Winter Olympics
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10:00 am ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center Room 121
Justin Schafer, Heather Dietrich, Kendra Rea, Brad Cannon
Investigating Technology of the Egyptian Lathe

Serrick Center Room 123
Heather Rumbaugh, Becki Johnston
Analysis of Blood Spatter



10:30 am ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center Room 121
Amanda Misencik
How Do Important Proteins Fold? A Look at Thermodynamics

Serrick Center Room 123
Kylea Frederick
Dancing before 1500—North America Native Americans



10:00 am POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center—Cultural Arts Center

Tim Pitro, Trey Harris
Recreational Sports before the 1500s

Jacob Mulinix, Kristin Goldstein
History of Green Tea

Fletcher Noble
How Important was Bathing to Romans?

*Sarah Busch
Life inside Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp

Laura Derov
The Quest for the Holy Grail

Kevin Patterson
Small Pox

*Robin Diers
Facial Transplants

Tiffany Clayton
How Hippies Changed the World

*Rachel Flad
The Evolution of Lacrosse
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11:00 am ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center Room 121
Ashton Converse, Kersten Sobczak, Mike Floyd
The Chinese Dilemma

Serrick Center Room 123
Nate Conley, Aida Rodriguez, Joey Stephens
Diseases in Mauryan in Mayan Societies: Challenges and Interactions



11:30 am ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center Room 121
Grant Phillips
Development of Complex Society

Serrick Center Room 123
Kai-Drew Marshall, Cyndi Wein
Technological Advancements in Society: Roman Sewage System



11:00 am POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center—Cultural Arts Center

*Stephanie Lieto
History of Tattoos

Elizabeth Dickman
The History of Primitive Religions: Animism

Jessica Szuch
Attitudes & Beliefs

*David Hammersmith
Attachment Theory

Christina Rawlins
Methods of Healing in Medieval Times

Hannah Jones, Stephanie Fick, Katie Feher, Daniel Meehan
Development of the Aztec Calendar

Stacey Bosserman, Elisa Hickman, Breeann Lee
Ohio has more to Admire than Cornfields

Chuck Bowman, Cody Nash, Michael Sharp
The Roman Coliseum: A Theater of Death

Kristina Reeves
Origins of Australia
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12:00 pm ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center Room 121
*Luke Caliguire, Mike Szuma, Collin Selahowski, Matt Petrus
Water Crisis in the Middle East

Serrick Center Room 123
Andrew Pratt
Catalunya—Europe’s Forgotten Minority



12:30 pm ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center Room 121
Ashton Judis, Kalina Moore, Brandon Portales
Greek and Aztec Government: A Comprehensive View

Serrick Center Room 123
Brenda Weslow
Learning Volunteerism from Each Other



12:00 pm POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center—Cultural Arts Center

*Lindsay Whitman
Education in French Occupied Cambodia

*Kristy Davenport
Buddhism and Christianity: A Comparison

Steve Bok
Stonely Kabrick

Zach Bowling
Mel Gibson’s The Patriot: History versus Hollywood

Jessica Smith
If Athletic Stereotyping Correlates with Poor Academic Performance

Jennifer Creighton
The Nuremburg Trials

Maggie Busbiber
Origins of Domesticated Plants and Animals

*Myree Mills
You Can’t Hide

Amanda Benson
Whether Post Partum Depressions is More Prone to Adolescences versus Adult Mothers

Brooke Lancey
Graphic Design Portfolio
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1:00 pm ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center Room 121
D. Anderson, T. Roscom, A. Kreger, *A. Kohls, A. Pratt
Inca Stonework

Serrick Center Room 123
*Matt King, Josh Wade, Eric Phillips, Kevin Wheeler
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers



1:30 pm ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center Room 121
Bill Vance, Cody Steinke, Courtney Sauber
War in Greece and China: A Social Perspective

Serrick Center Room 123
*Sara Weiland, Julie Miller, Joey Frey
Marriage and Gender in Ancient India and Mesoamerica



1:00 pm POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center—Cultural Arts Center

Kevin Patterson, Richard Aldrich
Smallpox

Eric Hirzel
Arabian Saddles

Travis Guisinger, Nick Nicol, Alfie Reyes, Keegan Hill, Joe Depasquale
The Adventures of the Australian Boomerang

Sydney Erickson, Danielle Shuler, Renesha Noel, Bryce Beasley
Greek Watermill: The Beginning of Many

Staci Williams
Drama: Christian Education Tool in the Medieval Church

Kyle Varner
Death of One Era and the Birth of Another

Meghan Bryant
The Most Evil Mobsters in Film

Jessica Dirrim
Cultural Revolution in China

Sara Jacobs
How Women’s Basketball Changed the Society

Sarah Stottlemyer
How Apple Computers Changed our Society

Ryan Nusbaum, Hannah Davis, Angela Gratz
Egyptian Slavery
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2:00 pm ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center Room 121
Anthony Heckler
9/11 Aftermath: What Hasn’t Happened

Serrick Center Room 123
Bobbi Kemper
Clear the Skies—Air Traffic Controls Response to the September 11th Attacks

Serrick Center—Cultural Arts Center
Steven McQuade
The Achievements of Louis Armstrong



2:30 pm ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center Room 121
David Hinkle
Technology Before and After the 9/11 Attacks

Serrick Center Room 123
Staci Williams
Building a Healthy Children’s Church Ministry

Serrick Center—Cultural Arts Center
*Diane Perkins
'Marlaria: The Global Killer'
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3:00 pm ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center – Buchman Board Room
*Mary Winters
Experience at Skylark Youth Center

Serrick Center Room 206
*Hilary Karst
Tourette Syndrome

Serrick Center—Cultural Arts Center
*Diane Perkins
Time Travel



3:30 pm ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center Buchman Board Room
Emily Kohout, Lisa Squires, Jenni Schroeder, Margaret Barber
Water Scarcity in the Nile

Serrick Center Room 206
Alexander Toll
The Real Pirates of the Caribbean

Serrick Center—Cultural Arts Center
*Devon Palk
Castle Doctrine Laws and Their Effects
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4:00 pm ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center—Buchman Board Room
Jason Westrick
Taking the Stage: How to Build an Effective Drama Ministry Team

Serrick Center Room 206
*Miranda Moor
Postcolonial Children’s Literature

Serrick Center—Cultural Arts Center
*Juanita Phippen
Spirituality is Our Home Base in all Religions



4:30 pm ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center—Buchman Board Room
*Kim Gieras
Fatal Insomnia: A Prion Disease

Serrick Center Room 206
Lauren Ranalli, Jessica Aybar, Dave Zwiebel
The United States and Its Neighbors

Serrick Center—Cultural Arts Center
*Kyrie McDonald
Cyber Bullying



5:00 pm ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Serrick Center—Buchman Board Room
Eric Stricklin
Fellowship of Christian Athletes

Serrick Center—Cultural Arts Center
Jennelle Hammer, Emily Anderson
Robin Hood: Myth and Movie Star
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