CLAS: Colby Liberal Arts Symposium

A Magical Gathering Place: An Alternative Community at Spell Bound

Oliver Dunne, Colby College

Diamond 221

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

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A Place of Our Own': Martha's Vineyard Inkwell Beach and African American Leisure Space

Laura Robinson, Colby College

Diamond 221

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

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Analysis of Invasive Aquatic Plant Species

Eliza Phillips, Colby College

Parker-Reed, SSWAC

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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Anxiety in the Locker Room: The Effect of the Locker Room on Self-Image and Community for Colby College's Female Student-Athletes

Bethany Weitzman, Colby College

Diamond 221

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

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Assessing the Correlation Between Phthalate Exposure from Personal Care Products and an Increased Breast Cancer Risk

Anne Kramer, Colby College
Kallie Leschen-Lindell, Colby College

Parker-Reed, SSWAC

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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Assessing Zooplankton Trends in Great Pond Using FlowCAM Technology

Alexa Junker, Colby College
Sarah Large, Colby College
Savannah Judge, Colby College
Sophie Weaver, Colby College

Parker-Reed, SSWAC

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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Balancing the Eco-Political Quest for Global Power and the Moral Obligation of Local Service: Elitism at SOS- Hermann Gmeiner International College

Rumbidzai Gondo, Colby College
Bette Ha, Colby College
Emilie Jensen, Colby College
Alicia Fawcett, Colby College

Diamond 123

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

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Boundaries

Tyler Starks, Colby College

Parker-Reed, SSWAC

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Case Study: Coral Reefs in the Anthropocene

Sara George, Colby College
Tierney Dodge, Colby College

Parker-Reed, SSWAC

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Colony Collapse Disorder: An Assessment of Causes and Their Pervasiveness

Anne Schechner, Colby College
Beatrice Smith, Colby College
Olivia Collins, Colby College

Parker-Reed, SSWAC

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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Copenhagen: a Case Study of one of the Most Sustainable Cities in the World

Sophia Samuels, Colby College
Altinay Karasapan, Colby College

Parker-Reed, SSWAC

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Delinquency at the Drive-in Theaters in Los Angeles, California

Chelsey Garcia, Colby College

Diamond 221

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

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Demographic Patterns near Hazardous Sites in New York State

Anne Schechner, Colby College

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Do Cellphones Cause Brain Cancer?

James Axelrod, Colby College
Russell Wilson, Colby College

Parker-Reed, SSWAC

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Does Air Pollution Lead to Increased Incidence of Breast Cancer?

Naomi Schmidt, Colby College

Parker-Reed, SSWAC

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Does bisphenol-A cause obesity in humans?

Xuan Du, Colby College
Lidia Henderson, Colby College

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Does exposure to Oxybenzone in personal care products result in endocrine system disruption problems in humans?

Parwana Mohammad, Colby College
Emily Berry, Colby College

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Does Exposure to Vehicular Emissions Affect the Incidence of Cardiovascular Problems in Urban Areas?

Avery Beck, Colby College

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Ecological Role of Anadromous Salmon in Aquatic Ecosystems

Janice Liang, Colby College

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Economic and Environmental Implications of Non-TImeber Forest Products: A Study of Shea (Vitellaria paradox ssp. Nilotica) in Gambella, Ethiopia

Marie Abrahams, Colby College

Parker-Reed, SSWAC

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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Evaluating the Effectiveness of United States National Parks as Stewards for Conservation

Caroline Keaveney, Colby College
Jennifer Sher, Colby College
Emily Berry, Colby College

Parker-Reed, SSWAC

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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Finding Refuge at the School Street Yoga Studio in Waterville, Maine: A Closer Look at a Local Studio and the Contemporary Appeal of Mind and Body Connection

Caroline Dee, Colby College

Diamond 221

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

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From Church to Chicken Shack: The Preservation and Appropriation of Soul Food Traditions in Little Rock, Arkansas

Jasmine Phillips, Colby College

Diamond 221

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Full Court Press: The Role of Playground Basketball in Harlem during the 1970s

Tyler Steinhauser, Colby College

Diamond 221

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GIS Analysis of Historical Deforestation in Gambella Ethiopia: Focusing on Areas of Shea Disruption

Marie Abrahams, Colby College

Parker-Reed, SSWAC

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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Hibachi Restaurants and the Commodification of Cultural Difference

Tess Perese, Colby College

Diamond 221

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

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Image classification of Looe key reef and Molasses reef using Landsat 7 and Landsat 8 data in the Florida Keys, USA

Elizabeth McCormack, Colby College

Parker-Reed, SSWAC

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Impacts of Marine Plastics on Seabirds, Sea Turtles, and Whales

Elizabeth McCormack, Colby College
Sergei Poljak, Colby College
Michelle Burt, Colby College

Parker-Reed, SSWAC

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Keep it Wild: Ecogentrification and New York City's High Line

Megan Wells, Colby College

Diamond 221

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

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Life and Leisure in a Gentrifying Fort Greene

Lucas Killcoyne, Colby College

Diamond 221

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

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Recreating Ground-Truth Land-Use Classifications from Landsat Images

Alexa Junker, Colby College

Parker-Reed, SSWAC

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Redefining India's Elite: The Daly College Experience

Daniel Totten, Colby College
Megan Cullinane, Colby College
Sangay Thinley, Colby College
Joshua Balk, Colby College

Diamond 123

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

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Roles of Community Engagement and Church Leadership in Participatory Forest Management: A Case Study of Woji Church Forest in Northern Ethiopia

Grey Benjamin, Colby College

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Sacrificing the Sacred: Land-Use Changes and Moral Shifts in Northern Ethiopian Church Forests

Ellen Evangelides, Colby College
Jacob Wall, Colby College

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Shellfish Closure Trends Near Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Marianne Ferguson, Colby College

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Star-Shadow: A Poem Based on William Robinson Leigh's Sioux Family Escaping

Timothy West, Colby College

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Studying the Abundance and Distribution of Austral Vizcachas (Lagidium wolffsohni) in the Future Patagonia National Park, Chile

Guillermo Sapaj, Colby College

Parker-Reed, SSWAC

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The Commodification of Boston's History: Urban Tourism in the Faneuil Hall Marketplace

Carly DeCoste, Colby College

Diamond 221

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

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The Ecological Effects of Overfishing in Japan

Katrina Chicojay Moore, Colby College
Emily Walker, Colby College

Parker-Reed, SSWAC

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The Effect of Radioactive Pollution from Nuclear Reactors on Human Health

Patricia Kelly, Colby College

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The Importance of Headwater Streams in Preserving Water Quality: A Case Study for the Kennebec Highlands and Long Pond (Belgrade Lakes, ME)

Grace Reville, Colby College

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The Neurological Impacts of Children's Exposure to Organophosphates

Elizabeth Sull, Colby College
Samantha Lovell, Colby College

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The Neurotoxic Effects of Mercury Vapor Exposure from Artisanal Gold Mining

Mackenzie Kennedy, Colby College

Parker-Reed, SSWAC

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The Possessive Spectator in the Contemporary Cinematheque

Grant Hyun, Colby College

Diamond 221

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

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The Presence of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Found in Cosmetics and Personal Care Products for Children

Molly Nash, Colby College
Marie Abrahams, Colby College

Parker-Reed, SSWAC

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The Privilege of Access: Class and the Ethics of Representation at the Sundance Film Festival

Anna Mintz, Colby College

Diamond 221

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

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The Role of Integrated Outdoor Education in the Production of Elites: A Case Study on the Timbertop Program at Geelong Grammar School

Alanna McDonough, Colby College
Caroline DeCoste, Colby College
Norah Flynn, Colby College
Cassandra Biette, Colby College

Diamond 123

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

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The Transient Student: Reproducing Elite Status Through Global Experience at The American School in Switzerland

Caitlin Sperzel, Colby College
Annalisa Tester, Colby College
Adele Priestley, Colby College

Diamond 123

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

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Using Market and Non-market Valuations Systems to Identify Optimal Grassland Restoration Locations in Illinois

Alexander Wilsterman, Colby College

Parker-Reed, SSWAC

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Vegetation Change Surrounding Parks and Reserves in Costa Rica from 1990-2000

Olivia Collins, Colby College

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An Assessment of Macroinvertebrate Communities in Three Headwater Streams Reveals Sensitivity to Road Crossings

Emily Arsenault, Colby College

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10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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Analysis of Major Changes in Outer Beaches and Inlets in Chatham, Massachusetts

Christopher Kennedy, Colby College

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Anthropogenic Effects on the Arctic

Sara Miller, Colby College
Sarah Large, Colby College

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Bangladesh in the Anthropocene: Population, Policy, and Climate Change

Clea Harrelson, Colby College
Alexa Junker, Colby College

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Climate Change and its Effect on Distribution of Malaria

Andrew Currier, Colby College

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College Football Success and Proximity to Elite Recruits

Mark Vargas, Colby College

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Critical Reef Fish Habitats, Fishing Regulations, and Active Drilling Lease Sites in the Gulf of Mexico

Tierney Dodge, Colby College

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10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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Does alcohol consumption lead to increased cancer rates?

Samantha Draper, Colby College
Amara Weiss, Colby College

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Does the occupational exposure of ski wax technicians to perfluorinated chemicals result in cardiovascular disease?

Sarah Brockett, Colby College
Jefferson Tucker, Colby College

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Environmental Justice in the US: Fracking and Nuclear Plant Site Location and Their Spatial Relationship to Low-income Communities

Tianyang Zhou, Colby College

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Examining Anthropogenic Threats to Caribbean Mangrove Habitats

Cameron Barner, Colby College
Tyler Clevenger, Colby College

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Factors Contributing to the Changes in Wildfire Incidence in California between 2000 and 2010

Jefferson Tucker, Colby College

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Food Deserts and Food Expenditure Relationships in Maine

Jennifer Sher, Colby College

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Historical Baselines for Large Sharks in Cape Cod, Massachusetts (USA): Putting Recent Observed Increases into Context

Elizabeth McCormack, Colby College

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Hydraulic Fracturing: The Neurological Effects

Shannon Oleynik, Colby College

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Lake Erie Algal Blooms

Wyatt McLean, Colby College
John Macdonald, Colby College

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Maine's Eelgrass Habitat Loss Between 1997 and 2010

Mary Parks, Colby College

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Patterns of Nutrient Limitation in Streams and Lakes of the Belgrade Lakes Watershed: Comparisons Across Ecosystems and Trophic States

Rebecca Forgrave, Colby College
Theresa Petzoldt, Colby College

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People, Plants, and Places: A Spatial Study of the Relationship Between Vegetation and Demography

Mackenzie Nichols, Colby College

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Recent Literature on the Causes and Consequences of Urban Stream Sydrome

Harriet Rothschild, Colby College

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Reclaiming the Loopholes in Maine's Proposed Mining Laws

Caleb Harris, Colby College
Grace Reville, Colby College
Elizabeth Schell, Colby College

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Spatial Variation, Institutional Structures and Forest Composition in Northern Ethiopian Church Forests

Ellen Evangelides, Colby College
Jacob Wall, Colby College

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The Conservation Implications of Climate Change on Predatory Mammal Distributions in North America and Europe: A Three Case Study

Carla Nyquist, Colby College
Elizabeth Elliott, Colby College
Helaine Linden, Colby College

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The Effect of Climate Change on Respiratory Diseases

Sarah Arvidson, Colby College
Eda Reed, Colby College

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The Effects of Anthropogenic Nitrogen on Public Health

Grace Fowler, Colby College
John Sears, Colby College

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The Effects of Climate Change on Food Borne Diseases and Nutrition

Erin Griffin, Colby College
Hannah Twombly, Colby College

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The Effects of Wood Smoke on Human Health

Anna Herling, Colby College

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Weighing the Cost and Benefits of Ecotourism: A Quantitative Evaluation of Six Preserves around the World

Andrew Newcomb, Colby College
Tianyang Zhou, Colby College
Savannah Judge, Colby College

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Social Entrepreneurship in China: A Global Phenomenon with Chinese Characteristics

Amanda O'Malley, Colby College

Diamond 343

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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Bad Blood: Investigating the Ban on MSM Blood Donation

Lauren Lacy, Colby College

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1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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Boys to Men: Activism Through Video

Sydney Hammond, Colby College

Diamond 123

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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Everybody Parties, but I'm Not Like Them: Perceptions of Colby Weekend Life

Erika Johnson, Colby College
Natalie Tortorella, Colby College
Daniel Totten, Colby College
Matthew White, Colby College

Diamond 123

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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Finding Oneself: The Role of Clubs, Activities, and Athletics on Identity Formation at Colby College

Courtney McIntosh-Peters, Colby College
Barbara Mejia, Colby College
Samantha Slotnick, Colby College
Annalisa Tester, Colby College

Diamond 123

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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Generational Dream: First Generation American Citizens and their Relationship to the American Dream

Anna Mintz, Colby College

Diamond 342

1:00 PM - 2:45 PM

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Making Colby Home: Examining Admission and Retention at Colby

Kelsey Cromie, Colby College

Diamond 123

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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Mental Health on College Campuses

Alexandra Jackson, Colby College

Diamond 123

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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Music as Therapy in a Contemporary Society: An Assessment of Music Therapy

Camille Gross, Colby College

Diamond 123

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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Russia's Unveiling; An Examination of Political Construction Through Media Coverage

Sydney Hammond, Colby College

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Sa-Rang Community Church: Anchoring a New American Identity and Forging a New American Landscape

James Kim, Colby College

Diamond 342

1:00 PM - 2:45 PM

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Some Men Just Want to Watch the World Burn': Post 9/11 Symbolism in The Dark Knight Trilogy

Bethany Weitzman, Colby College

Diamond 342

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The Effect of Textile Dye on Algal and Bacterial Growth in Stream Benthic Biofilms

Theresa Petzoldt, Colby College

Diamond 122

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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The Historical Ecology of Sharks in New England

Elizabeth Schell, Colby College

Diamond 122

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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The Impact of Dams on Nitrogen Cycling in the Messalonskee Stream

Rebecca Forgrave, Colby College

Diamond 122

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The Impact of Space Exploration on American Culture and Livelihood

James Wyse, Colby College

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The Power of Relationships: Effective and Ineffective Advising at Colby College

Rumbidzai Gondo, Colby College
Amarinda Keys, Colby College
Justin Owumi, Colby College
Brittany Reardon, Colby College

Diamond 123

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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The Relationship between Local Food and Food Security in Maine

Erin Love, Colby College

Diamond 122

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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The Role of "Trashfish" in New England's Seafood System

Taylor Witkin, Colby College

Diamond 122

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Three's a Crowd: Lobstermen, Scientists, Policy Makers and the Management of the Maine Lobster Industry

Marianne Ferguson, Colby College

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Winded: Evaluating Community and Operator Relations in Maine Community-Based Wind Energy Projects

Madeline Wilson, Colby College

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Unabomber Philosophies

Peter Hamblett, Colby College

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Watch What 'Whe-eat' - A Cultural Analysis of the Gluten-Free Diet

Monique Kelly, Colby College

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