Monday, January 25, 2010

“La. College announces dean's list - Alexandria Daily Town Talk” plus 4 more

“La. College announces dean's list - Alexandria Daily Town Talk” plus 4 more

La. College announces dean's list - Alexandria Daily Town Talk

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:40 AM PST

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Gottlieb, Natosha (FR, Athletic Training, Alexandria) Graham, Tyler (FR, Pre-Med, Lafayette) Greene, Devan (JR, Biology, Kaplan) Hall, Brianna (FR, Pre-Med, Shreveport) Hamilton, Courtney (SR, Criminal Justice, Alexandria) Hargrove, Deanna (SO, Many) Harris, Latrisa (SR, Social Work, Alexandria) Hartzog, Anna (JR, Music Performance, Baton Rouge) Hendl, Jennifer (JR, Media Communications, Zachary) Holifield, Laura (SR, Elem.Ed., Livingston) Hollier, Jeremy (SR, HPE, Ragley) Honey, Sarah (JR, Psychology, Baton Rouge) Horan, John (SR, Deville) Hudson, Noel (JR, Social Work, Deville)

Hunt, Hali (SR, Elem. Ed., Alexandria) Hunter, Daniel (SR, Pineville) Jeffus, Hayley (JR, French, Pineville) Jenkins, Jeremy (JR, Mgt/Marketing, Deville) Jones, Lee (SO, Chemistry, Lake Charles) Joseph, Justin (JR, HPE, Baton Rouge) Karsan, Anish (SR, History, Alexandria) Kees, Jason (SR, Anacoco) Kingham, Cody (SO, Lake Charles) Kirkikis, Carol (SR, Alexandria) Lacaze, Stephen (SR, Nursing, Pineville) LaCroix, Charly Bradford (SR, English, Pineville) Lanier, Hannah (SO, Gen. Business, Sulphur) Larry, William (SR, Athletic Training, Oakdale) Lavergne, Christopher (SR, Mgt/Management, Opelousas) Lavespere, Quinn (JR, Journalism, Colfax) LeBlanc, Julie (SR, Communication Arts, Pineville) Lemmons, Jessica (JR, Psychology, Ball) Lewis, Christy (JR, Psychology, Mansfield) Lightfoot, Spencer (FR, Athletic Training, Baton Rouge) Lingenfelter, Maggie (SO, Social Work, Pollock) Long, Matthew (SR, Pub. Admin., Monroe) Longoria, Stevi (JR, Psychology, DeRidder) Lucas, Daniele (SR, Gen. Business, Laurel, MD) Magee, Christopher (SR, Mgt/Marketing, West Monroe) Marcantel, Derek (SR, Biology, Pineville) Massey, Rebecca (SO, Mgt/Marketing, Union, MS) Mayon, Cory (SR, Athletic Training, Morgan City) McCullin, Alice (JR, Social Work, Alexandria) McGee, Anna (SR, Oakdale) McGee, John (Walt) (SR, HPE, Pineville) McKay, Wesley (SO, Dry Prong) McNaughton, Kimberly (SR, Gen. Studies, Woodworth) Moncada, Lucas G. III (SO, Ball) Monroe, Corinne (FR, Psychology, Folsom) Montgomery, Josh (SO, Accounting, Texarkana, TX) Morris, David (FR, History, Alexandria) Mutch, Deanna (JR, Biology, Las Vegas, NV) Paige, Brandon (SO, Biology, Pilot Point, TX) Poche, Heath (JR, Biology, Dry Prong) Prestridge, Kristopher (SR, Theatre Arts, Deville) Pyka, Sheree (SR, Pineville) Quinney, Marlisa (SO, Journalism, Alexandria) Raymond, Tiffany (JR, Mathematics, Mount Hermon) Richard, Jeff (SR, English, Ball) Robinson, ReKeitha (SR, Biology, Pineville) Roszell, Todd (SR, Criminal Justice, Deville) Roussel, Ory (JR, Gen. Business, Pineville) Rush, Sara Michelle (JR, Social Work, Deville) Russell, Gregory (JR, Alexandria) Russell, Rachal (JR, Nursing, Boyce) Schopper, Maegan Sanders (SR, Social Studies Ed., Alexandria) Shamblin, Sarah (SO, History, Dry Prong) Sharp, Richard (FR, Accounting, Deville) Shirah, Autumn (SR, Pineville) Shull, Cameron (SO, Biology, Sulphur) Sikes, Jennifer (SR, Elem. Ed., Pineville) Smith, Matthew Ryan (FR, Accounting, Haughton) Stanford, Jessica (SR, Pub. Admin., Folsom) Striedel, Michael T., II (JR, HPE, Oakdale) Sumner, Michael (JR, Psychology, Baton Rouge) Sutton, Allison (FR, Forest Hill) Taylor, Katherine (FR, Piano Performance, West Monroe) Thomas, Elizabeth (SO, English, Lake Charles) Thompson, Adam (FR, Theatre Arts, Columbia) Tillman, Rachel (JR, Biology, Bastrop) Tu, Min (FR, Accounting, Shanghai, CH) Tubre, Dustin (SR, Biology, West Monroe) Tull, Hannah (SR, Elem. Ed., Deville) Turner, Michelle Green (JR, Pineville) Uzee, Gregory (JR, Mgt/Marketing, Gretna) Verrett, Brian (SR, Denham Springs) Veuleman, Zachary (SO, Biology, Pleasant Hill) Vincent, Adena (SR, psychology, Sulphur) Walker, Elizabeth (FR, Nursing, Pineville) Whittington, Lara Beth (FR, Fitness & Wellness, Oak Grove) Wigley, Megan (SR, Trinidad, TX) Wiley, Chase (SR, Gen. Studies, Effie) Williams, Amanda (SR, Theatre Arts, Pollock) Williams, Amber (FR, Psychology, Pineville) Williams, Kelly (JR, History, Monroe) Williams, Nicole (SR, Fitness & Wellness, Chauvin) Williams, Patrice (SO, Sociology, Alexandria) Wilson, Carlee (FR, English. Ed., Greenwell Springs) Yost, Adrianne (SR, English, Pineville)

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Biology Wars - The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 10:42 AM PST

The Religion, Science and Education Controversy

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The current legal and political battles surrounding the teaching of evolution in American schools are part of an 80-year-old debate stretching back to the summer of 1925 and the famous Scopes "monkey" trial in Dayton, Tennessee. Now, as then, the fight reflects deep divisions within the country over the appropriate role of religion in explaining life's origins.

In December 2005, the Pew Forum invited Edward Larson, Talmadge Chair of Law and Russell Professor of American History at the University of Georgia, to its biannual Faith Angle Conference on Religion, Politics and Public Life to discuss today's debates over teaching evolution in light of the Scopes trial and other historical developments. Larson is uniquely qualified to speak on the issue, having won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for his book Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate over Science and Religion. In his presentation, Larson also considered recent efforts to promote intelligent design as an alternative theory on the origins of life. This Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life Discussion includes excerpts from Larson's remarks. It has been edited for clarity.

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GCRL to host photographer - Hattiesburg American

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 11:42 PM PST

The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Laboratory will host an evening with award-winning nature photographer Tom Ulrich at 7 p.m. Feb. 4 in GCRL's Caylor Auditorium.

The 70-minute wildlife photography presentation will feature Ulrich's work from the past year, with a focus on hummingbirds of Ecuador, the Pantanal of Brazil, Glacier National Park, and animals of North America.

The event and reception following is free to the public. Call (228) 818-8847 to reserve a seat.

Ulrich grew up in South Chicago, graduated with a degree in biology from Southern Illinois University and taught biology for four years before launching his career as a freelance photographer. He has supported himself with nature photography for more than 35 years.

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Public lecture on Black Plague to be presented by Honors Program at ... - Alexandria Daily Town Talk

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:40 AM PST

The Honors Program at LSU Alexandria, with assistance from three academic departments, will present a free interdisciplinary public lecture on the mid-14th century Black Plague in Europe at 6 p.m., Friday, Jan. 29, at the Alexandria Museum of Art.

The lecture will deal with the historical fallout of the 1348 plague and complications presented by the state of science at that period.

Historians commonly estimate there were 10 million deaths from the plague over an 11-year period, according to the news release from LSUA.

The plague, it was eventually discovered, is a bacterial disease spread by infected fleas carried by rodents. It is believed that this version of the plague originated in Mongolia and was distributed by Venetian trader ships.

Lecturers include Elisabeth Elder,Ph.D., professor of biology; Dr. Christof Stumpf, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology; Alice Blackwell, Ph.D., assistant professor of English; and James Rogers, Ph.D., associate professor of history.

Light refreshments will be served.

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Plant Switches Pollinators When Caterpillars Strike - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 11:07 PM PST

It is not a perfect situation, the relationship between coyote tobacco and hawkmoths.

Sure, the hawkmoth does a good job of pollinating the plant, Nicotiana attenuata, which grows in the Western United States and flowers at night. But the hawkmoth has this habit of leaving behind its eggs, which develop into caterpillars that like nothing better than to eat the plant.

So N. attenuata strikes back in a novel way, according to scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany. As they describe in Current Biology, it shifts the time of its flowering to mornings and attracts a different pollinator, a hummingbird.

"Nobody had actually noticed this before," said Ian T. Baldwin, director of the institute and senior author of the Current Biology paper. He said Danny Kessler, the lead author, was taking photographs one day of a plant that happened to be attacked by caterpillars. "Out of the blue, the flowers opened in the morning," he said.

Munching caterpillars produce oral secretions that "activate a whole series of defense responses," Dr. Baldwin said, including the production of toxins and protease inhibitors that decrease the caterpillars' digestive ability. The change in flowering time, he said, "is a fourth major group of events that are activated by caterpillar attack."

By shifting pollinators, the plant reduces the damage from hawkmoths. But why doesn't it eliminate hawkmoth pollination? Probably because the hawkmoth is a better pollinator than hummingbirds -- it travels farther and visits more plants. "The tobacco plant gets superior pollination services out of the hawkmoth," Dr. Baldwin said.

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