MINERVA - Honors College - University of Maine
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War and the War with Iraq). My main focus is the decline<br />
<strong>of</strong> objective television reporting over the past 40 years and<br />
how it affects the American public’s ability to understand<br />
and formulate political opinions concerning American<br />
War.<br />
FUTURE PLANS: I will be attending Villanova <strong>University</strong> in<br />
the fall to study for a MA in Political Science<br />
MICHAEL JOSEPH TRIPP<br />
Standish, <strong>Maine</strong><br />
Bonny Eagle High School<br />
MAJOR: Physics<br />
MINOR: Mathematics<br />
ACTIVITIES AT UMAINE: Society for Physics Students<br />
THESIS TITLE: A Field Study <strong>of</strong> Airborne and Waterborne<br />
Radon-222 in a Southern <strong>Maine</strong> Home<br />
ADVISOR: C.T. Hess<br />
THESIS DESCRIPTION: I measured airborne and waterborne<br />
radon-222 in a southern <strong>Maine</strong> home with the goals<br />
<strong>of</strong> determining how radon diffuses in a single room and<br />
analyzing radon transfer from water to air. I used two<br />
types <strong>of</strong> electronic detectors to measure airborne concentrations<br />
and the liquid scintillation method to determine<br />
waterborne concentrations. I collected my data in a second<br />
floor bathroom in one house with elevated concentrations<br />
<strong>of</strong> radon on four different days from November<br />
2002 to February 2003. I found the diffusion <strong>of</strong> radon to<br />
depend heavily on the ventilation rate <strong>of</strong> the room, with<br />
concentrations varying with altitude and position in the<br />
room. I also found a discrepancy between predicted and<br />
measured results <strong>of</strong> radon transfer from water to air.<br />
FUTURE PLANS:I plan on obtaining a job after graduation,<br />
hopefully in the southern <strong>Maine</strong> / New Hampshire area. I<br />
would like a job in the nuclear field, either in government<br />
or industry. I am also getting married in June, so I am<br />
quite excited about that. I would like to attend graduate<br />
school sometime in the near future as well, maybe get a<br />
masters degree in physics.<br />
36 The <strong>Honors</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
P R O F I L E S<br />
AMANDA RUTH WALKER<br />
Milo, <strong>Maine</strong><br />
Penquis Valley High School<br />
MAJOR: Political Science<br />
MINOR: Communication<br />
THESIS TITLE: Representing <strong>Maine</strong>-Women in the <strong>Maine</strong><br />
State Legislature<br />
ADVISOR: Dr. Amy Fried<br />
THESIS DESCRIPTION: For my thesis, I studied the impact<br />
<strong>of</strong> gender on representation. Since there are so few women<br />
in elective <strong>of</strong>fice, there is a common theory in political<br />
science called surrogate representation, which means that<br />
the women who are serving in <strong>of</strong>fice feel a need to represent<br />
women as a whole, in addition to the citizens that<br />
elected the representative to <strong>of</strong>fice. Surrogate representation<br />
works not only for women and gender, but for other<br />
traditionally underrepresented groups as well. I interviewed<br />
the fifty women who are currently serving in the<br />
<strong>Maine</strong> State Legislature to find if they shared this view <strong>of</strong><br />
representation as well as how gender has impacted their<br />
public lives.<br />
FUTURE PLANS: Next year, I am taking a little break -<br />
taking some graduate courses and possibly work - getting<br />
ready to enter law school in the fall <strong>of</strong> 2004.<br />
TOBIAS NATHANIEL WARD<br />
Knox, <strong>Maine</strong><br />
Mt. View High School<br />
MAJOR: Anthropology<br />
MINORS: History, Geology<br />
ACTIVITIES AT UMAINE: Anthropology Club; Student<br />
ADVISORy Board; <strong>Honors</strong> Council; Colvin HGB<br />
THESIS TITLE: The Effects <strong>of</strong> Environmental Disruption on<br />
the Moche Culture <strong>of</strong> Peru<br />
ADVISOR: Daniel Sandweiss<br />
THESIS DESCRIPTION: A series <strong>of</strong> devastating El Niño<br />
events that led to flooding and significant disruption in