The Sigma Zetan Volume LXII 1996
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The Sigma Zetan Volume LXII 1996 Proceedings of the National Convention Ball State University Muncie, Indiana March 21 - 23, 1996 Now on the web www.malone.edu/sigmazeta/ The Sigma Zetan The Official Publication of Sigma Zeta Volume LXII Robert J. Moffitt, National Editor Malone College, Canton, Ohio Chapter Officers 1996-1997 I!~------------~ Beta: McKendree College Alpha Nu: Oglethorpe University President: Matt Hamm President: Zachary Schwab Vice Pres: Ryann Nieman Vice Pres: Ryan Queen Table of Contents Secretary: Delisa Sonaram Sec/Treas: Kathleen Miraflores Treasurer: Andrew Berberich Adviser: John A. Cramer Pi: Millikin University Alpha Pi: Trevecca Nazarene Univ. President: Elizabeth Sondgeroth President: Sonya Olson Vice Pres: Sarah Holtschlag Vice Pres: Jason Mounts Secretary: Cindy Roegge Secretary: Natasha Worthington Chapter Officers ............................................... 3 Treasurer: Matthew Harres Treasurer: Cherie Casey Adviscr:Dr. Harold Wilkinson Adviser: Walter Black Abstracts of Student Papers ............................ .4 Phi: Eureka College Alpha Rho: Stonehill College President: Shawn Sarver President: Amy Kuhn Sigma Zeta Honor Awards ............................... 15 Vice Pres: Olumide Idowu Vice Pres: Melanie Allen Secretary: Michele Bevard Secretary: LaSalette Camara National Council Meeting ............................... 18 Adviser: Beverly Hartter Adviser: Roger Denome Proceedings of the General Meeting ............... 20 Alpha Beta: Campbellsville College Alpha Upsilon: Union University President: Mary C. Bland President: Rhonda Gardiner Founder's Cup Award ...................................... 23 Vice Pres: Stephanie Southard Vice Pres: Jason Logan Secretary: Sara Talley Sec/Treas: Angie Brown Chapter Reports ............................................... 24 Treasurer: Lori Nation Adviser: Mr. J. Brian Norton Adviser: Dr. Gordon Weddle Alpha Psi: Hillsdale College Financial Reports ............................................. 28 Alpha Gamma: Malone College President: Gregory Oswell President: Mike Sopczak Vice Pres: Kadee Drechsel Rules for Presentation of Student Papers ........ 30 Vice Pres: Jon Baker Secretary: Sharon Blair Secretary: Kristen Brown Treasurer: Amy Northcott Rules for Publishing Student Papers ............... 31 Treasurer: Kory Smith Adviser: Dr. James J. Peters Adviser: Mr. Bob Moffitt Founder's Cup Competition Rules .................. 32 Beta Lambda: Messiah College Alpha Theta: Asbury College President: Nathan Dubach Photographs of Events ..................................... 33 President: Jennifer Maxwell Vice Pres: Suzanne NglRitchie Vice Pres: Julie Redick Peachey/Steven Kriebel School/Chapter Reference ............................... 37 Secretary: J enni fer Yount Sec/Treas: Mark Bechtel Treasurer: Renee Lacy Adviser: Joe Sheldon Adviser: Bobby R. Baldridge Chapter/School Reference ............................... 38 Beta Mu: Coastal Carolina University Alpha Mu: Immaculata College President: Angela Coleman Adviser Email Directory .................................. 39 President: Marja Huhta Vice Pres: Jennifer Cardinal Vice Pres: Gabriella Camplese Sec/Treas: Caroline Perry Secretary: Jennifer Smith Adviser: Dr. Joseph Pinson Treasurer: Caryn Hertkom Adviser: Sr. Marie Cooper Anselm 3 ~-- Resistance to Tobacco Mosaic Virus Strain 0 (TMV-O) via Abstracts of Student Papers Microprojectile Bombardment of Orchid Callus Tissue A. Carroll*, H. Saxon, and C. Vann. Xi Chapter, Ball State University Prelimmary work in our laboratory has shO\vn that orchid tissue can be transformed using particle acceleration tech nology. We report here the experimental design for and the initial steps taken in a program of transfonnation of orchid The Factors Influencing the Macroinvertebrate Community callus tissue using a makeshift ballistic gun. Our goal is to Structure in the Yellow Breeches Creek, Cumberland County, PA confer virus resistance to Tobacco Mosaic Virus Strain 0 Matthew R. Bailey and Jeff Erikson (TMV-O) on treated tissue using both sense and antisense technology. The primers and Beta Lambda Chapter, Messiah College antibodies have been ordered, batches of callus tissue started, and the viral isolation is in progress. When conducting an analysis of the macroinvertebrate conmunity structure of a particular stream, it is essential to determine which The Effects of Soluble Copper on Development of Darter physiochemical and biological factors influence the abundance and (pisces, Percidae) Embryos distribution of the macroinvertebrates. Such factors were tested to de Dee Doss*, Misty Carroll*, Gordon Weddle and Elizabeth Sutton termine how significant each one was in influencing the macroinverte Alpha Beta Chapter, Campbellsville College brate communities. A hierarchical design was employed to sample 30 Copper and other heavy metals are known to have detrimental effects on aquatic life. stones at two sites within a fourth order stream located in Cumberland Embryos of most organisms are more sensitive to toxins than are other life history It County, Pa. was found that current velocity, temperature, water chemistry, and plant stages. We examined the effect of soluble copper on embryos of the Kentucky snubnose substrate were significantly involved. These observations suggest that such factors darter (Etheostoma rafinesquei). Adult fish were collected in should be specifically considered in conducting further studies within this particular midApril and placed in an aquarium, where they spawned on ar stream. tificial substrates. Embryos were removed from pores in the substrates then allowed to develop in three copper solutions (0.4 mg/L 0.8 mgIL and 1.2 mglL) prepared in spring water. A control The Use of Delphi to Develop Box Office group of embryos was allowed to develop in analyzed spring water Executive (BOX) devoid of copper. Embryos \Vere incubated at 20 +/- 10C until I I Jonathan Baker and Mike Sopczak Jr. hatching and monitored twice daily using light microscopy. De Alpha Gamma Chapter, Malone College I velopment was compared \'lith published accounts of normal development. As expected. emblYos in the highest concentration Delphi is a powerful object oriented. fourth generation ' I of copper had the lowest hatching rate and took longer to develop and hatch. We did not observe any developmental abnormalities, nor did we observe any computer programming language used primarily for creating database applications and difference between hatching rate in embryos exposed to the two lower concentrations of prototypes on a Windows platform. BOX \Vas created in Delphi as a tool for theater copper. reservations. Mainly designed for small theaters. BOX was a directive of the Malone College Drama Department. Similar to all Windows applications. BOX adheres to all A Comparison of Two Methods Used For graphical user interface specifications. BOX will handle all ofthe theater's reservations, Apoisoform Band Immunodetection and ticketing. mailing lists and patron record keeping needs. The BOX project intertwines Quantification: ECL versus Colorimetry the technology of computer science with the traditional ways of the theater arts. Janet Drvden Sigma cilapter, Our Lady of the Lake University In this study, two methods of immunodetection and quantification were compared: colorimetry and enhanced 4 5 chemiluminescence (ECL). The specific molecule being detected was lipoprotein(a), a Digital Logic Circuit Simulator molecule which produces either one or two immunologically detectable apoisoform Nathan Hochstetler and Rich Hattery bands on polyacrylamide gels when serum containing this molecule is electrophoresed. Alpha Gamma Chapter, Malone College Overall, the two methods were found to have very similar levels of repeatability and We created a program to show a graphical display for linearity when acceptable autoradiographics and nitrocellulose representations were the digital logic involved in creating electronic circuits. compared. However, there was a difference between the two methods in the rate at Electronic circuits are used in things like computers, which "acceptable" representations were obtained. Significantly fewer acceptable digital watches, microwaves, and calculators. The representations were obtained when using ECL usually due to high background noise program's purpose is to serve as a learning tool to which obscured bands. Further experimentation continues in an effort to reduce the specifically aid Computer Architecture students or anyone studying the basic components of circuits. This problems encountered with ECL. program can help a nerson to visualize circuits without having to draw them manually. The larger the circuit, the more time this program could save a person. The program also Thylakoid Assay for Membrane Integrity generates a truth table based upon a boolean equation which is input by a user. A boolean equation is simply a way, using Boolean Algebra, to express all the possible Amy R. Entwistle and Dr. Anne Rammelsber inputs into a circuit which achieve a desired output trom the circuit. A truth table is used Pi Chapter, Millikin University to show the possible inputs to a number of boolean equations (which represent the circuits) and their resulting outputs. This program is the result of a semester long course The development of new antibiotics is of in in Computer Architecture. creasing importance as resistant microorganisms and immunocompromised conditions threaten human health. Antimicrobial peptides isolated Virucidal Inactivation: Inhibition