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Page 4 Club News May 12,1989 Tri-Beta Teresa Tadalan Margaret Currie Reporters This month Tri-Beta members were able to attend the Regional Meeting of Tri- Beta Districts One and Two (held in conjunction with the Association of Southeastern Biologists) in Charlotte N.C. Other colleges attending the conference included the Citadel, Loyola, Geor getown College, University of Western Kentucky, and the University of norida. During the weekend Tri- Beta members attended various seminars on subjects ranging from plant geology to ichthyology (the study of fish). They were also able to give the other chapters pres ent an update on the latest St. Andrews Tri-Beta re search. Brian 'T?ock" Her bert, after leading club members in an extensive research project delving into the mysteries of brown adi pose tissue, was finally able to present a pap>er on this project entitled "Energetics: A r^eliminary Study on the Total Energy Dissapation for Thermogenesis in Warm Acclimated Wistar Rats". Even though the St. An drews Chapter was a new comer to the District 1 Re gional Conference, they were able to contend with the more established chap ters. In fact, they even re ceived recognition for hav ing the greatest number of members registered at the conference. The award is on display in the Tri-Beta office. Tri-Beta would like to say a special THANK YOU to Dr. Norm Melvin for giving so much of his time and ef fort to Tri-Beta this year. Norm's input into plemning and guidance of several club projects is greatly appreci ated. He is responsible for initiating the Cheraw State Park Project and for giving valuble advice on the lake biomass study. He has also helped to organize the Tri- Beta Plant Sale and has been instrumental in bringing the carp to Lake Ansley Moore. In closing our last edition of th Tri-Beta update for this school year, we would like to thar^ and recognize the. years graduating seniors: Chuck Corley, Mike Der rick, Howard Hall, Briar Herbert, John Lenham, and Warren Williams. Tri-Beta wishes you success in your future endeavers! Corley Published Eric Eubank Associate Editor Earlier this year Charles (Chuck) Corley became the first St. Andrews under graduate to publish a biol ogy paper in a scientific jour- iwl. Anabstractof thepaper, entitled "Water (Juality and Bottom Analjrsis of the Lum ber River before and after the aty of Lumberton", was published in the Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Science Society. This is a publication of the North Carolina Acad emy of Science. From November of 1987 until February 1989, Corley conducted a biological study on the Lumber River. The project was originally part of a Norm Melvin Ecol ogy Class during the Fall Term of 1987. Corley deter mined that the river was "basically healthy, but the prescence of Lumberton did have some detrimental ef fects on the river." 'In December (1988) Norm and I decided that with some work, I could try to publish my findings.", said Corley. In order for the paper to be published, it had to be presented to the North Carolina Academy of Sci ence. The Academy deter mined that Corley's p>aper had the qualities needed to be published. Corley hopes his work will influence other students to publish their research. '1 think that this shows that undergraduates can publish their work. I hope othei undergraduates will pub lish in the future. It's a good feeling (to be published)." said Corley. Library Purchases BiblioFile Elaine L. Franz Conttibuting DeTamble Ubrary was fortunate enough to have a demonstration model of the BiblioFile Intelligent Cata log available on campus for the period of Feb. 20-March 17. The purpose of the dem onstration model was to allow the St. Andrews com munity the opportunity to evaluate the catalog the li brary was considering as part of the automated sys tem for the DeTamble Li brary. During the period the demonstration model was available, 107 patrons com pleted questionaires after trying the BiblioFile Intelli gent Catalog. Of this 107,96 were students, 6 were fac ulty, and 3 were staff. Two were from the community. The overall reaction to cata log was very favorable, with the majority of the respon dents suggesting this was something that would really benefit the library. Since the library received a grant from the Pew Fund to be used specifically for auto mation purposes, the li brary purchased seven Bib lioFile Intelligent Stations, plus the BiblioFile Circula tion component. Probably three of the catalogs will be placed on the first floor of the library, two on the sec ond floor, one in Burris Center, and one will be used in the Technical Services Area of the library. Some of the BiblioFile In telligent Catalog features include the displa5ang of a map of the library. Patrons not familiar with De Tamble Library will be able to print out the map to carry , to the shelves to assist in i locating books. In addition, since the BiblioFile Intelli gent Catalog is linked to the BiblioFile Circulation sys tem, patrons will have ac cess to immediate shelf statusif any item is available for check-out. BiblioFile even allows subject area and shelf-list browsing through the collection for serendip- tious discoveries, just as with browsing through a conventional card catalog. Materials selected by the user can be printed inbiblio- graphic form. The equipment will be shipped to arrive after school end in May, and it is hoped that the catalogs will be operational by the begin ning of the Fall term. The card catalog will remain accessible for at least a year to provide an easier conver sion to an automated cata log. The BiblioFile Circula tion Component may take longer to become opera tional, since each book in the library collection of over 100,000 will need to be bar- coded. Information and assis tance will be made available by Elaine L. Franz, Instruc tional Services Librarian. Omicron Oracle Christopher Walker Contributing If you are like most stu dents, you will probably be working this summer in order to have a little spend ing cash during the next school year. Since you won’t be spending all of your hard earned cash from this sum mer at once, you will proba bly need some sort of ac count to hold this money until you DO spend it. A checking account is easy to set up and convenient to use, since it offers checks and teller cards, but your money actually loses its real value if you don’t earn inter est. By real values, I mean that you will not be able to buy as much with your money during Spring Break next year as you could when school begins again in the FAIL One of the problems our economy has been sub jected to during the twenti eth century is a constant increase in the cost of food, real estate, clothing, gaso line, and just about every thing else. This increase in prices is known as inflation. Savings accounts and even some checking ac counts offer interest on the money you invest. Banks offer interest as anincentive for people to keep money in these accounts . Banks take the money that people place in accounts emd use it to make loans to other people. SOME interest is definitely better than NO interest, but in the end you barely come out ahead, since inflation has kept pace with the rate of interest banks have of fered for these accounts over the past decade or so. What the typical student in college needs, then, is some type of account that will let him or her get money out of it when necessary, but will also offer enough interest to INCREASE the real value of the money that has been invested. If stocks and bonds are the first things that cross your mind, forget it. Stocks and bonds are VERY risky entities, and unless you are quite knowl edgeable about them, I would not recommend this investment. But certificates of deposit C’C.D.’s) are be coming more popular, and are wonderful investments if you plan On saving ALL of your money for a year or so, but if you're like me and want to SPEND it, don't invest in a C.D. What is left then? There is one investment that has not yet been mentioned, one that I believe is a sound in vestment for the needs of college students in the pre dicament I first mentioned. Money market mutual funds are investments which, with an initial amount of only $1,000, or more,pool your money with other small-time investors in order to give you a higher interest rate on your invest ment. You can make addi tional investments in this account whenever you wish (for any amount), which is great for work/study stu dents or for those who work during Christmas Break. When can I get my money out? After all, what's the use of putting my money in the account if I can't spend it during the year? When you invest in a money market mutual fund, you are given a checkbook. You are al lowed to write as many checks per month as you wish (some banks offer mutual funds that only al- . low you to write 3 checks per month), but each check must be at least $250. This makes it hard to get cash out on a regular basis. But if you supplement a money market mutual fund Cont. on pg 6
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