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| Schedule of Presentations | |
| Feb. 29 Lindsey Ledford--continued research on both embryonic and adult stem cells (10-7-8) Jane McCullough--increasing funding for FDA (19-8-3) Amber Rogers--stopping animal testing (7-22-1) Ryan Wetzel--supporting defense against weapons of mass destruction (23-3-4) |
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| March 21 Guest Speaker: Dr. Bruce Fuchs |
March 23 Trent Foster--pass stricter greenhouse gas laws, ratify Kyoto protocol (23-2-1) Travis Gross--use of adult stem cells instead of embryonic (25-0-1) Bret Kalber--eliminate redundancy in defense agencies for NB&C weapons (16-5-5) Trisha Toepfer--increase funding to FDA (18-6-2) |
| March 28 Jim Aloor--funding basic medical research (25-1-0) Angela Boyd--increase family assistance & population fund to 0.7% GNP per Cairo conference (17-3-6) Sean Clark--reduction in U.S. NB&C weapons (13-11-1) |
March 30 Bill Allen--refocus in-house research efforts, civilianize, reduce military establishment (16-6-0) Dawn Bray--stop U.S. population growth, using tax, immigration, and other provisions (14-8-2) Angie Fulton--continue funding for NASA (22-3-0) Eric Hewitt--increase funding for airborne laser, consolidate superfluous NB&C defense agencies (14-7-0) |
| April 4 Heather Francis--support continued use of animals in research (21-2-0) Kevin Marchant--human cloning* *allow human cloning (0-23-0) *allow human organ cloning (20-3-0) Tarina Owens--stronger laws & penalties regarding medical confidentiality (22-1-0) Aaki Thomas--form separate government agency (unrelated to FDA or NIH) to regulate genetic engineering, etc. (13-6-4) |
April 6 Michele Holtkamp--increase funding for tobacco education, toughen laws regarding retailers selling to minors (21-4-0) Rick Iaccino--increase funding for both adult and embryonic stem cell research (16-7-2) Jane McCullough--analyze NIH cancer funding for possible reallocation or increase (22-2-1) Erik Millick--reduce public funding for NASA, promote more private funding (8-11-5) Scott Stewart--fund "biopolitics" research (15-6-3) |
| April 11
Chris Bland--increase funding for therapeutic somatic gene therapy (23-0-1) [funding for germline gene therapy (8-11-4)] Kirby's question--legalize euthanasia (7-10-6) |
April 13 NO PRESENTATIONS! |
| April 18 Guest Speaker: Fr. Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald |
April 20 Heather Cherepkai--pass legislation to prohibit federal funding of human cloning (10-12-2) |
| April 25
Kent Koerner--oppose establishment of DNA banks using federal funds (14-7-3) Plus general ranting & raving by professors! |
April 27
Melissa Adams--build more distribution systems for water recycling across the U.S. (26-0-0) Chemutai Kipkorir--regarding infectious diseases, that the current CDC plan be strengthened through increased funding to local and state health agencies as well as continued and increased support from the W.H.O. especially in reinforcing surveillance activities (25-0-1) Tamika Manson--eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health by furthering development of existing data systems, conducting research, and improving focus and effectiveness of health services (17-0-7) Jeni Phillips--support increased leveraging by the FDA (15-7-2) [2-4-20] Kent Koerner--increase funding for biopolitical gene manipulation (9-16-0) |
| Topic List | |
| Space Exploration | Civilian vs. Military Research |
| Nuclear Energy | Biological, Chemical, Nuclear Weapons |
| Population, Third-World Countries | Endangered Species vs. Jobs |
| Global Warming | Pollution (NIMBY) |
| Science vs. Science Education | Competition between sciences |
| Funding for Medical Research | Medical Testing, Human Subjects |
| Genetics, Genetic Engineering | Cloning, Embryo Research |
| FDA, Drugs, and Food Safety | |
| Student Choices for Issue Briefs and
Presentations * indicates choice for presentation |
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| Melissa Adams presentation April 11 |
Population, Third-World Countries Endangered Species vs. Jobs |
| Bill Allen presentation March 30 |
Science vs. Science Education *Civilian vs. Military Research Endangered Species Pollution |
| Jim Aloor presentation March 28 |
Cloning, Embryo Research *Funding for Medical Research Genetics, Genetic Engineering Population, Third-World Countries Competition between the sciences |
| Kerry Amick presentation April 11 |
Population, Third-World Countries *Genetics, Genetic Engineering Bioethics Cloning, Embryo Research |
| Chris Bland presentation April 11 |
Biological, chemical, nuclear weapons Global warming *Genetics, Genetic Engineering Cloning, Embryo Research |
| Angela Boyd presentation March 28 |
*Population, Third-World Countries Science vs. Science Education vs. Science Literacy Funding for Medical Research Medical Testing, Human Subjects, Confidentiality |
| Dawn Bray presentation March 30 |
Biological weapons Space Exploration Global Warming Endangered Species vs. Jobs *Population (this country) (grad paper) |
| Heather Cherepkai presentation April 20 |
*Cloning, Embryo Research Medical testing, human subjects FDA, drugs, food safety Genetics, genetic engineering |
| Sean Clark presentation March 28 |
*Defense, nuclear, biological, chemical weapons Space exploration Bioethics Genetics, genetic engineering |
| Trent Foster presentation March 23 |
*Global warming Population, third-world countries Genetics, genetic engineering Endangered species vs. Jobs |
| Heather Francis presentation April 4 |
Bioethics Endangered species vs. Jobs Medical testing, human subjects, confidentiality *Animals in Research Defense, nuclear, biological, chemical weapons |
| Angie Fulton presentation March 30 |
*Space exploration Races for cures Medical testing, human subjects Cloning, embryo research |
| Heather Gropp presentation April 27 |
*Population, Third-World Countries Competition between sciences Funding for Medical Research FDA, food safety |
| Travis Gross presentation March 23 |
Defense; nuclear, biological, chemical weapons Space exploration Medical testing, human subjects, confidentiality *Cloning, embryo research |
| Eric Hewitt presentation March 30 |
Global warming Genetics, genetic engineering Cloning, embryo research *Biological, chemical, nuclear weapons |
| Michele Holtkamp presentation April 6 |
Population, third-world countries Endangered species vs. Jobs Medical testing, human subjects, confidentiality *FDA, drug, food safety |
| Rick Iaccino presentation April 6 |
Space exploration Genetics, genetic engineering Medical testing, human subjects Cloning, embryo research, bioethics |
| Bret Kalber presentation March 23 |
Nuclear energy *Biological, chemical, & nuclear weapons Civilian vs. Military Research Cloning, embryo research |
| Chemutai Kipkorir presentation April 11 |
*Population, Third-World Countries Medical Testing and human subjects Global warming Cloning |
| Kent Koerner | |
| Lindsey Ledford presentation Feb. 29 |
*Cloning, embryo research Medical testing, human subjects Genetics, genetic engineering Global warming |
| Tamika Manson presentation April 6 |
Genetics, genetic engineering, eugenics Races for cures Cloning *Human subjects, confidentiality |
| Kevin Marchant presentation April 4 |
Nuclear energy and high-energy physics Cloning, embryo research Endangered species vs. Jobs Global warming |
| Jane McCullough presentation Feb. 29 and April 6 |
Science vs. Science education Space exploration Endangered species vs. Jobs *Races for cures (grad paper) *FDA, drug testing, food safety |
| Erik Millick presentation April 6 |
Civilian vs. Military research *Space exploration Population, third-world countries Medical testing, human subjects |
| Tarina Owens presentation April 4 |
*Confidentiality Cloning Human subjects, medical testing FDA, drug and food safety |
| Jeni Phillips presentation April 11 |
Medical testing, human subjects, confidentiality Bioethics *FDA, drug, and food safety Genetics, genetic engineering, eugenics |
| Amber Rogers presentation Feb. 29 |
*Bioethics, animal testing Global warming Population, third-world countries FDA, drug, food safety |
| Jeff Schultz presentation April 11 |
Endangered species vs. Jobs *FDA, drug and food safety Space exploration Cloning, embryo research |
| Scott Stewart presentation April 6 |
Races for cures *Competition between the sciences Global warming Pollution |
| Aaki Thomas presentation April 4 |
Races for cures *Genome Research Human subjects, medical testing Cloning, embryo research Bioethics |
| Trisha Toepfer presentation March 23 |
Defense, nuclear, biological, chemical weapons Cloning Bioethics *FDA, drug, and food safety |
| Ryan Wetzel presentation Feb. 29 |
*Nuclear, biological, chemical weapons Global warming Genetics, genetic engineering Cloning, embryo research |
| Joe Witty presentation April 27 |
Defense, nuclear, biological, chemical weapons *FDA, drug, food safety Bioethics Population, third-world countries |