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| Cal State LA Students Win Honors Los Angeles, CA-May 18, 1999-California State University, Los Angeles students Daniel Santos, a Sociology undergraduate, and Julie Seguin, a graduate student in the Special Education joint doctoral program, each won second-place honors in their categories at the 13th Annual CSU Research Competition held May 7-8, 1999 on the CSU Bakersfield campus. The Cal State LA entries were chosen following the Cal State L.A. Symposium of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity held on campus in March. Santos' prize-winning paper, "Cyber Racism: Another Look at Today's Racism," was presented in the Behavioral and Social Science category. His faculty mentor is Cristina Bodinger-de Uriate. Seguin's paper, "Transition Issues of Individuals with Prader-Willi Syndrome vs. Down Syndrome" was presented in the Education category. Her faculty mentor is Christina H. Kimm. Ten other Cal State LA students who qualified to compete in the systemwide event are: Remedios Amigon, graduate student, Biology and Microbiology Dept., "The Effects of the Hydrolyzed Components of Jojoba Oil on the Lipoproteins of Cholesterol-fed Rabbits," (Raymond Garcia, faculty mentor); Jose Cabrera, undergraduate, Chemistry and Biochemistry Dept., "The Infrared Spectrum of Gas Phase Ethyl Peroxy Radical," (Scott Nickolaisen, faculty mentor); Walter Castellanos, graduate student, Electrical Engineering Dept., "Blind Equalization Performance Comparisons: Sato vs. Godard Algorithm," (Martin Roden, faculty mentor); Joseph Cina III and Gregg Matsuo, undergraduates, Technology Dept., "Making Our Small Engines Clean," (James Ettaro, faculty mentor); Linda Chizoma Egu, graduate student, Psychology Dept., "Factors the Influence Teachers' Recognition of Child Abuse," (David Weiss, faculty mentor); Ingrid Grande and Kemi Akeju Chavez, undergraduates, Marketing Dept., "Experience vs. Education: A Measure of Value," (James Boulgarides, faculty mentor); Steven Kaufman, graduate student, Philosophy Dept., "Should It Be Art?: The Institutional Analysis of Art and the Normative Question," (Jennifer Faust, faculty mentor); Paula Navarro, undergraduate, Biology and Microbiology Dept., "Characterization of the BC3H1 Myogenic Phenotype," (Sandra Sharp, faculty mentor). Each CSU campus may send up to 10 students to the systemwide competition, which is hosted by a different campus each year. This year, 147 undergraduate and graduate students, who were selected by their home campuses, presented their research findings and artistic works before expert jurors on the CSUB campus. The competition's founder, Vivian Vidoli, dean of the Division of Graduate Studies at CSU, Fresno, said the size and format of the CSU competition makes it unique in higher education. No other university system is believed to have a comparable research competition for students. "I don't know of any other research competition in the world that is like this one," she said. The competition is unusual because the students' research is judged by experts outside the university. While campus competitions are judged by CSU faculty, the systemwide competition uses juries comprised of business leaders, private-sector scientists, faculty from non-CSU colleges and universities, outstanding public school leaders, and practicing artists. Students present their papers in one of 10 different discipline-based categories, from physiology and genetics to creative arts and design. The students have 10 minutes for their presentations and have the option of using a wide range of visual and technological aids. The three jurors at each session then have three minutes to ask more in-depth questions about a student's work. Students are required to submit an abstract of their research prior to their presentations. For more information, please call Costello Brown, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies at Cal State L.A., (323) 343-3820.
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