CHEM-465 CHEMISTRY SENIOR SEMINAR Project Topics and Groups for Fall 2002

Propositions are listed by number from the Initial Questionnaire. Groups may defend or refute the propositions in their presentations.

3.      Taking anabolic steroids for body building is in principle no different from administering growth hormone to persons with inherited dwarfism.

         John Driscoll, Nicholas Renzette, Rebecca Russo (Section 11)

16.    The fact that effective AIDS drugs can be produced and sold in Third World countries for less than 10% of the U.S. price suggests that drug companies are grossly overcharging patients in this country.

         Britton Fink, Stephen Read, Matthew Resutek (Section 10)

17.    Nuclear power generation is the only viable long-term solution to the energy problem.

         Aaron Sigler, Andrew Burns, Aditya Sharma (Section 11) Denise Birk (Section 10)

21.   Low salary is the major deterrent to chemistry and biochemistry majors who might otherwise consider careers as high school science teachers.

         Bryan Davis, Laura Maroldo, Allison Haug (Section 10)

26.    Ritalin is a dangerous drug that should be prescribed only for severe cases of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

        MelisArslan, Gerald Farmer, MarkTsakiris (Section 11)

27.    The potential medical benefits described by stem cell researchers are overblown.

        Hae Young Cho, Michael Demartino, Kenneth Stapleford, Greg Buckmaster (Section 10)

        Shih-Wen Lin, Christopher Sheehy, Todd Greco, Robert Ballas (Section 11)

31.    Irradiation to preserve food, as done by the military, should be used to increase the shelf life and reduce waste of supermarket foods as well.

        Monica Rieth, Benjamin Thuma, James Psathas (Section 11)

32.    Research on cloning animals should be stopped.

        Jessica Jennings, Stacy Rodgen, Michael Watras (Section 11)

39.   The U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should not have approved the sale of RU 486, "the morning after pill."

        Jessica Karacz, Mali Liu, John Wasniewski, Monica Welker (Section 10)

41.  Estrogen replacement therapy is a safe and effective way to treat the effects of menopause.

       Kathyrn Durant, Harish Chander, Christopher Eller (Section 10)