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India D. Williams, New CollegeFaculty Mentor: Dr. Janeann Dill, New CollegeBlack Bodies: Dancing Out LoudPeople of African descent have a close connection between communication and movement. Myresearch points to significant linkages between the Civil Rights Movement in the United Statesand apartheid in South Africa. These times of oppression in history birthed creative spirits andconnected a people that had been torn apart many years prior. As evidenced in laws made duringapartheid, slavery, and the Civil Rights Movement to suppress, limit or prohibit dance and songout of fear of unity and empowerment among the oppressed, I will present their specific impacton contemporary African-American dance and ultimately communication.Tara Wood, Department of Biological SciencesFaculty Mentor: Dr. Julie Olson, Department of Biological SciencesBacterial Warfare: Assessing the Effects of Competition on Antibiotic ProductionMicroorganisms produce a wide variety of antibiotics, but the factors regulating the productionof these compounds are largely unknown. To address this question, three sample organisms,RB72, Streptomyces kentuckensis, and Streptomyces hachijoensis, were selected based onmeasured antibiotic activity against the test organisms Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans,and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Competition chambers were inoculated so as to place RB72 andS. kentuckensis in flasks separated by a membrane to allow small molecules to pass through, anddisk diffusion assays were conducted to determine the effect that this competition had on therespective levels of antibiotic production. Future directions of this project include repetition oftrials and subsequent trials between all possible combinations of the sample organisms.Daniel Milton Wooten, New CollegeFaculty Mentor: Dr. Janeann Dill, New CollegeSumi-, Eisenstein on Disney, and Animation as an Interdisciplinary ArtIn his book Eisenstein on Disney, Sergei Eisenstein critiques and praises Disney animationswhile delving into the principles of animation as movement. Through the lens of Eisenstein’score principles, this research relates these ideas to sumi-e as animation. Comparing theprinciples and art of sumi-e artists, Shozo Sato and Hitoshi Komatsu, and the way in which thesumi artists interact with the natural environment recalls the animated motion described byEisenstein. My own hand-drawn animation is a manifestation of these ideas and research as aninterdisciplinary approach to art, philosophy, and personal experience.James Ziegelbauer and Tee Thomasson, Center for Public Television and RadioFaculty Mentor: Ms. Amy Eifler, Center for Public Television and RadioDigital SavagesOur first conception was to create a short three-minute movie based upon the life of a videogamer and his obsession with Halo 3. As our thoughts wandered about plotline, we discovered itwould be humorous to create conflict with this so called “gamer” and his roommates. We thenprogress with the idea of his roommates hiring a “virtual” hit man, who would “take out” theirvideo game obsessed friend.68