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for Endeavors Vol. 8 Issue 1, Fall 1990
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The John Motley Morehead Foundation awards scholarships to undergraduate students to participate in summer public safety internships. In the summer of 1989, Morehead scholars evaluated a law enforcement program designed to combat increased drug trafficking through citizen involvement.
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Sam Bagenstos, an undergraduate in political science, completed his senior honors thesis examining arguments for and against District of Columbia statehood. After analyzing the arguments, he believes the demographic composition is an underlying reason for the adamancy displayed by many statehood opponents.
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Ryan Balot, a classics honors student, was awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, enabling him to study at Oxford University next year. At UNC, Balot analyzed ancient Greek text and Sophocles’ Electra.
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Walter Bollenbacher’s research laboratory focuses on neurosecretion and its control of insect development. He gives undergraduates working in his lab the opportunity to participate in laboratory projects and teaches them how to conduct meaningful experiments.
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Biology undergraduates are working with Seth Reice, chair of the Ecology Curriculum, to examine New Hope Creek for their senior theses. They will study the various physical influences that cause macro-invertebrate species, called benthos, to select particular stream habitats.
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Sam Best of the political science department is researching the 1987 Florida Service Tax, a controversial amendment that was repealed only six months after passage into law. Best will examine the roles of media, government elites, and interest groups.
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Undergraduate students in psychology examined factors that might be associated with depressive symptoms. These factors included parental characteristics, and standard Christian religious beliefs and behaviors.
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Undergraduate students are studying conflicts and historical eras of the Southern United States. Jamey Carson is examining problems faced by Creek Indians as settlers came to Alabama. Clay Hodges focuses on a more recent question of school integration in Charlotte, North Carolina and one judge’s effort to change the system.
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Professor Charles Peterson and undergraduate research assistant Tracey Langhorne conducted a research project on the nesting habits of the loggerhead sea turtle. They concluded that the number of campers at Hammocks Beach did not interfere with sea turtle nesting success.