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photography equipment
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chair of the department. Thf- + i photographic history of the year.
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phy equipment for next fall by pur- ™ ® they will have to know how Students will need to (
chasing 20 new Canon G-5 digital work with digital technology, provide their own paper,
cameras. ® “It’s they’ll have,” said Vaughan. In the long run, according to
Sophomore Emily Slaughter, 19, Vaughan, the actual cost for students
a communication studies major and will be lower than in the past.
The new digital cameras are a _ . _
part of a larger transition within the ^ communication studies major and will be lower than in the past,
department to digital technology. photography minor, said the update In addition to the photography
“Digital has become an accept- ^ change. update, the department will beain
able form of photography,” said
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dents will be able to download those
pictures.
“Eventually we’ll take those pic
tures and create next year’s year
book,” Carey said.
This year’s yearbook will be
instructor Bob Carey. “You can’t tell
a quality difference.”
In addition to the new cameras,
the department’s introductory pho
tography course will be a digital
class next fall. The intermediate
photography course will be either
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Campus raises money
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The new yearbook, which will included in students’ fees, and stu-
be produced on a cd-rom, will dents are encouraged by the depart-
mclude pictures w th captions like a * • i aepan-
regular ^book and w^llbe vail- yealok ta L“? f" "™
able next fall. yearbook in the fall.
The department is also planning book bufnot L'IXiv
a new Web site that will contain a up,” Vaughan said.
phy company is making, just to fol
low progress,” Slaughter said.
Students will be able to check
out the new cameras for their class
work beginning next fall, but they
will have to provide their own mem-
child, and a dedication of the lumi
nary bags that lined the walkway.
Later, cross-dressing male students
graced the stage for the “Womanless
Beauty Pageant.”
“If I can be embarrassed for a
little bit for somebody going
through cancer every day of their
life, I think it’s worth it,” said fresh
man Marlon Burnett, who collected
$38 after his performance in the
pageant. The entire spectacle raised
about $300
The students were pleased with
the first year’s turnout, and hope the
event will gain momentum in the
years to follow.
‘Next year, we hope to have a
bigger turnout, now that people
know a little more about it,”
Blackwell said. “Other than that, !
don t think we could’ve asked for
much more.”
Science majors win awards
Sean Hubbard
Pilot Staff
Photo by Scott Holstein
GWU students walk around the quad during Relay for Life.
Graduate students, undergradu
ates and college professors from all
over the state gathered at Catawba
College on March 26 for the 101st
annual 2004 meeting of the North
Carolina Academy of Sciences
(NCAS). Four GWU students went
on the trip and presented their
respected projects. The students are
Nisreen Abu-Ata, Matt Clement,
Kellie Robinson and Nicholette
Threatt.
Of the students attending the
meeting, two of them brought home
awards. Junior Matt Clement earned
first prize for undergraduate poster
presentation, while Robinson came
in second in the same category of
poster presentation.
Although any type of science
imaginable could have been present
ed, Clement went with his specialty,
chemistry. His experiment consisted
of experimenting on how hot differ
ent hot sauces are and why some are
more hot than others. After winning
the Derieux Award, which shows
excellence in undergraduate
research, Clement felt the meeting
was a good experience.
I thought the meeting was very
well prepared,” said Clement. “The
judges made you feel really com
fortable when presenting.”
David Judge, professor of phys
ical science at GWU, mentored
Clement, but he was also apprecia
tive of the help offered by other pro
fessors.
I couldn’t have done without
the help of all the science profes
sors, especially Dr. Judge,” said
Clement.
Some faculty members were
mentors to students while others
assisted students in poster design,
said Dr. Stefka Eddins, professor of
science.
This effort involved balancing
frill-time teaching with staying after
hours to cope with a few unexpected
challenges,” said Eddins. “GWU
participation in this year’s NCAS
n^eting was truly a community
effort.”
GWU attempts to present at the
NCAS meeting regularly while stu
dents and faculty members will
attend other meetings as long as
they are logistically feasible, said
Eddins.
This is not the first time that
GWU has been recognized for
excellence, as a GWU student
earned a first prize in poster presen
tation at last year’s meeting. Being
able to attend these meeting mean a
lot to the students involved and the
professors are grateftil to be able to
participate.
students’ presentations
would not have been possible with
out the support of the Office of the
Provost and of the Department of
Natural Sciences,” said Eddins.