Extinction Awareness Causes Uproar Clemson Student Organization Hosts National Tiger Awareness Week
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wmrnmm Extinction awareness causes uproar Clemson student organization hosts National Tiger Awareness Week. Kelsey Morgan population and any with the showing of the backyards. This is probably A few exotic animals may be attention. I've always^ loved Contributor donations received will documentary The Elephant in a situation that would be closer than one might believe. animals growing up, and go to Tigers for Tigers' the Living Room. The video considered rare and only a Based on information given then I found out about Tim This week is National two main philanthropies: presented the topic of the minor issue. by the Department of Natural Harrison and the other side of Tiger Awareness Week hosted Central Florida Animal private ownership of exotic This is not the case, Resources, there are two animal captivity and realized by Clemson University's Reserve and Tiger Trust animals and offered both the though, as 30 states allow the tigers being kept as pets in Six that they belong in the wild Tigers for Tigers. Events in India. opinions of those who are ownership of exotic animals in Mile, S.C., just a few miles and not our backyard." are occurring each day with Junior wildlife and against it and of those who homes. The largest problems from campus. National Tiger the main event happening fisheries biology major are in favor of it. arise when the animals and Junior wildlife and Awareness Week continued Friday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. in Emily Church says of the This video was not about reptiles become too big and fisheries biology major and yesterday with our mascot Tillman Hall. Tim Harrison, National Tiger Awareness the ownership of animals by either escape or are taken Clemson Tiger's for Tigers being chased around campus a law enforcement officer Week, "My favorite part a zoo, as zoos must have an and left out in a field by the Vice President Diane Dotson by a poacher. Today continues who works with Outreach of the week is out festival, accreditation stating that they owners. These animals then speaks on the her involvement with Tigerfest and the chance for Animals, will be giving a Tigerfest, because it brings in have the education and the make their way onto highways with Tigers for Tigers: "I to pie professors in the face presentation on the ownership a lot of people and will help resources to humanely and where they chase cats into wanted to get involved in in the Carrillon Garden of exotic animals. raise awareness." safely house exotic animals. towns where they cause panic, conservation, and I saw a from 2 p.m.-5 p.m. Friday This week primarily The week kicked off The video did, however, deal or they breed where they are flyer saying there are only is the main event, hosting serves to raise awareness Monday with a wing-eating with the ownership of exotic and create a population in 3,200 tigers remaining in the Tim Harrison at 7 p.m. in about the tiger's declining contest, and Tuesday night animals in people's homes and the middle of the suburbs. wild, and it really grabbed my Tillman Hall. Tigra scientifica: Wrapping Stressing up the questions Mummy remains demonstrate early scientific Relaxation experimentation with preservation recipes. Tori Tanenbaum B.C. to 3,350 B.C., which the early Egyptian embalmers postulated that the Egyptians were originally thought to Jordan Byrne as permit a healthy amount Contributor utilized plant oils and animals may have originally used Contributor of sleep the week of exams. have been preserved through fats for their mummy making some of these substances Yet despite adequate Though most people the extreme conditions of the recipes. There were also for symbolic purposes, and It's that time of planning and time focus on what lies beneath upper Egyptian desert. Upon notable traces of plant gum, then became aware of their the year again. With management, stress levels the wrappings, new evidence examination, the mummy sugar and wax in the samples. preservation abilities. Thanksgiving Break fast can certainly soar to new from mummy linens linen wrappings were noted Many of these These mummification approaching and Winter peaks. Some students will demonstrates the wrappings to have a shiny, resin-like substances wete present in materials have stood the Break soon to follow, cope with large tubs of ice themselves contain appearance, thus indicating an altered format, showing test of time, indicating students will face one last cream and/or alcohol, while fascinating information. artificial substances were used that deliberate chemical the effectiveness of their hurdle before enjoying some others will find healthier Current research suggests during the mummification processes were induced for antimicrobial properties. well earned down time in outlets like hitting the gym. the practice of using process. These textiles were the purpose of embalming. The early Egyptians' use December. Starbucks and "I can get pretty synthetic preservatives then chemically analyzed One of the most remarkable of resin from coniferous Java City sales will soar. Hair stressed, but I calm myself may have advanced earlier using gas chromatography- discoveries was the specific trees, for example, has been will be lost and tears will be down by taking things one in history than previously mass specttometry identification of the shown to guard against shed... it's exams. at a time and trying not to speculated. With this (GC-MS), and thermal substance 5,6-secosterol, bacterial degradation. Many For those of you who think about everything I finding, the Egyptian desorption/pyrolysis-gas which is a degradation of these early materials, may be unaware, exam week have to do. Coloring and tradition of deliberately chromatography-mass product of hipposterol, including coniferous resins, at Clemson begins Monday, listening to music also embalming the deceased spectrometry (TD/Py-GC- found in Mediterranean were consistently used in Dec. 8. All too often, and for helps," Emma Coleman, has a chronology extending MS). The GC-MS and marine sponges. preservation recipes nearly far too many students, this sophomore biosystems thousands of years before TD/Py-GC-MS methods This finding suggests 3,000 years later, at the means studying for exams engineering major, said. the classic Phataonic period, allow fot the breakdown of that the Egyptians may have height of mummy-making in begins somewhere around 2 But for others, the stress when King Tutankhamun materials found in the linen appreciated the regenerative Egypt. p.m. on Dec. 7. According to simply isn't worth it. was mummified. The samples. Once the samples ability of sponges, and The cultural practice Dr. Susan Whorton, director "Stressing out about an abilities of these fabricated are separated into their incorporated them into of body preservation of the Academic Success exam is a waste of time. It's substances to ward off derivatives, these substances burials to enable soft- perpetuated early chemical Center (ASC), student better to stay positive and microbes and preserve soft- are identified based on their tissue preservation. To and biological experiments, preparation should begin study effectively as much as tissue exemplify the scientific mass spectra values, which further support this idea, of which the findings still now. you can before a test. Things experimentation took place are compared to those of phytanic acid was among the hold true today. Thanks "The best strategy for tend to work themselves out in early Egypt. known substances. substances identified, which to ancestral scientific preparing for final exams is in the end," said Milap Patel, Macquarie University's After characterizing the is also commonly associated inquisition, these mummy to develop and implement a a senior microbiology major. archaeologists have revisited embalming substances, the with marine organisms. linens have secured a place in plan for preparing for exams . Whether or not you mummy remnants from 4,500 archaeologists deduced that From this finding, it is modern times. .. I would encourage students are an individual prone to to start planning for exams stress, the best method for now, create a study schedule achieving a stress free exam and stick to it and get plenty week (relatively speaking) is of sleep during exam week. to be proactive. Start now. Avoid cramming!" The ASC offers tutoring Dr. Whorton suggests for over 100 classes that that students begin gathering runs through Dec. 5. course materials three weeks They also offer workshops in advance, beginning "mini- and one-on-one meetings review" sessions two weeks to develop personalized prior to exams, and intensive study plans. study sessions about a week Putting in the work out. If successful, this plan now will certainly make for should provide plenty of a more relaxing winter break time for preparation as well in front of the fire. On Affirmative Interview With Swift's Battle With The IN THIS ISSUE Action I outlook Wayne Gallman I sports Streaming Giant I Timeout' ii C1 Dl »\ please recycWXvs. TIGER O First Copy Free »Tk please recycle THE TIGER » A First Copy Free »\ please recycle THE TIGER B* ^^——mm^0mmam^^mM*ma*mm*—mm*a^^m+ ** ^^^^^mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm A2 • NOVEMBER 13, 2014 NEWS THE TIGER On the homefront Out-of-state students grapple with distance from their families. 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