CHEM 465 Chemistry Senior Seminar - Fall 2001

Schedule for Group Presentations

The numbers associated with each presentation, correspond to the proposition number on a questionnaire completed by enrolled students on the first day of class. The results of that questionnaire are posted.
 

Seminar Dates
November 7
November 14
November 28
Pod 1

Presentation

1:25 - 1:40

Q&A 

1:40 - 1:50

 26.    Ritalin is a dangerous drug that should be prescribed only for severe cases of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
(web-site) 1
Heather Eichert, 
Wayne Gosnell, and 
Lynn Schiavoni		 12.    The chemical industry took responsible action when confronted with evidence that the ozone layer was being depleted by fluorocarbons.
(web-site) 2
Melissa Fennemore, 
Grant Johnson, and 
Peter Kiefer		 19.    Aspartame (a. k. a. NutraSweet), widely used in sugar-free drinks and diet foods, is perfectly safe.
(web-site) 3
Taylor Dickerson, 
Bart Fennemore, and Michele Jablonski
Pod 2 

Presentation

1:50 - 2:05

Q&A

2:05 - 2:15

 16.    The fact that effective AIDS drugs can be produced and sold in Third World countries for less than 10% of the U.S. price suggests that drug companies are grossly overcharging patients in this country.
(web-site) 4
Valerie Dzubeck, 
Allison Olszewski, and Cathy Visintainer		 38.    Genetically modified (GM) foods pose serious health concerns.
(web-site)  5
Eugene Antipov, 
Brandon Koffel, and
Joost Monen		 27.    The potential medical benefits described by stem cell researchers are overblown.
(web-site)  6
Michael Berseth, 
Carlton Clark, and 
John Heiss
Pod 3

Presentation

2:30 - 2:45

Q&A

2:45 - 2:55

 16.    The fact that effective AIDS drugs can be produced and sold in Third World countries for less than 10% of the U.S. price suggests that drug companies are grossly overcharging patients in this country.
(web-Site)  7
Jen Crocco, 
John Mondick, 
William Morris, and Matthew Swierbinski		 29.    If implemented by all countries including the U. S., the Kyoto treaty would decrease greenhouse gases world-wide.
(web-site) 8
Alex Bailey, 
Gene Rossi, and 
Paul Shall		 27.    The potential medical benefits described by stem cell researchers are overblown.
(web-site) 9
Chad Alexander, 
Scott Buzby, and 
Guy Gravino
Pod 4

Presentation

2:55 - 3:10

Q&A 

3:10 - 3:20
 

OPEN

 35.    The experience with "Mad Cow Disease" in Great Britain means that there is risk of MCD associated with eating beef in the United States.
(web-site)10
Fred DePalma, 
Dave Finneran, and 
Ernest Lada		 32.    Research on cloning animals should be stopped.
(web-site) 11
Gabriel Episcopo, 
Gary Lance,
Kristine Nolin, and Jaimie Robinson
Wild Cards Peter Gillies, DuPont
Don Dennis, UD CBCH 
Brian Bahnson, UD CBCH		 Scott Cunningham, DuPont
Deborah Andrews, English
Steven Brown, UD CBCH
Arnold Rheingold, UD CBCH		 Eugene Mueller, UD CBCH
Mary Wirth, UD CBCH

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