About 20 students will share their research in the Second Annual ASU Student Research Conference March 14 in the new Science Building. The conference, sponsored by the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, begins at 1 p.m. with a presentation in Room W1002 about the importance of student research by Kennesaw State University Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Patricia H. Reggio. Faculty and staff are encouraged to attend.

Students participating in the conference were competitively selected from previously submitted abstracts of their proposed projects. Their presentations include:

Panel Session I : 2:00 - 3:15 (three sessions)

Panel 1 - Death Stalks Africa: AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa; Room W1001
• Joshua A. Bearden, HIV/AIDS in the Republic of Namimbia: A National Crisis with Global Consequences.
• Gerilyn Faye Keyser, A Study on HIV/AIDS Infection in Kenya.
• Jennifer L. Shuman, The Exponential Development of HIV/AIDS in Botswana.

Panel 2 - The Human Condition; Room W1004
• Joseph Redd, The Power of Analogy.
• Tyler Mongan, Man and His Relations of Relations (of Relations X 10).
• Yolanda Johnson, The Motherhood Myth: Who Still Believes in It?

Panel 3 - Assessment of Student Learning; Room W1008
• Cyndi White, Jennifer Snook, Beth Bazemore, Charles Shivers and Aaron Brock, Using an Active Learning Project to Enhance Student Learning.

Panel Session II: 3:30 - 4:45 (three sessions)

Panel 1 - Affirmative Action in Education and the U.S. Military; Room W1001
• Brenda S. Fanning, The Effects of Proposition 209 on Female Admissions to ABA-Approved Public Law Schools in California.
• Michelle B. Powell, Effects of Affirmative Action on Minority Equality in the U.S. Military.

Panel 2 - Research Notes in Chemistry and Biology; Room W1004
• Christina L. Jones, Molecular Diversity of Eastern Mosquitofish.
• Alexis Simpkins, Quantification of Hemorrhagic Transformation Using the Spectrophotometric Hemoglobin Assay.
• Jamal E. Josephs, Open-Circuit Metal-Ion Catalyzed Oscillatory Reactions of Aluminum 1100 in Nitric Acid.

Panel 3 - Education and Learning; Room W1008
• Carol Coussons, Dietary Essential Fatty Acid Intake as a Function of Ratings of Inattention and Hyperactivity in a Non-Clinical Population of Children.
• Edelma Concha-Pique and Kim Lopez, Coming Together: Making Connections Between Spanish Language and Social Theory Classes.
• 5:00-6:00: Musical Performance and Reception (Atrium of New Science Building), ASU music students under the direction of Dr. Linda Bannister will perform music composed by ASU alumnus and current Hollywood film composer Mark Swanson. Mr. Swanson will be in attendance.