(35 years ago) Rockhurst Goes Coed! - Rockhurst University

Cagney Bennett, ‘06, researched creating cosmetics using colors from flowers.Summer Fellows Shun Lazy DaysSummer. For many college students the wordconjures visions of beaches, late nights, lazydays and freedom. But for four Rockhurststudents, it fostered an entirely different gameplan — research and writing.The students were recipients of the Summer 2005Deans’ Undergraduate Fellowships for Research andCreative Activity, which allowed them to spend timeworking on their own original projects.Cagney Bennett, ’06, jumpstarted her plan to create aline of cosmetics made from natural ingredients such asflowers, fruits and vegetables. A chemistry major, Bennetthopes to eventually market her products with the help offriends who are business majors.Christopher Pease, a senior majoring in psychology,heard from Arab-American friends they were experiencingan increase in discrimination and hate crimes.He thought the attitudes behind this activity might alsoaffect jury verdicts in trials involving Arab-Americandefendants. An initial search showed little research inthis area, so that’s where he decided to focus his efforts.“Arab Americans could be put to death or sentencedto 50 years in jail just because of someone’s opinion ofthem,” Pease said.Lynne Clure, a junior majoring in psychology, focusedher fellowship on “Emotional, Cognitive and BehavioralConcomitants of Jealousy.”When Gregory Frye graduates in May, he hopes toattract an agent for his portfolio of plays and screenplays.Frye, who says it’s harder to write during the semester,used his summer fellowship to work on his play, whichhe characterizes as a dark comedy.“I know I want to be a writer for a living and this hasconfirmed that,” Frye said.ROCKHURSTFALL 2005 5