UNIVERSITY
Students ready for ecology forum
By Sydney Sandbanks
[ '"enco Contributor
Kathy Schaeffer was a child intrigued by n,i
turn
(! rowing up in ('a It for n t.i. she wondered why
Mime plants and bugs died while others lived
\ovv Schaeffer is a second-year master's student
at the University, but she lias never shaken the
question Instead, she has made tt her life
Fcoiogv. the study of the interactions between
organisms and their environment, is the field in
which Schaeffer said she found tier niche
'‘I've always been interested in vs nv animalsdo
wh.lt they do,” she said I just never thought of it
as a field until I took a class (ailed Behavioral
LcoUigv I saw that tie-ie were theoiies and mini
els and that opened up a w hole new dtxir lor me
' I knew that tt wasn't just a passing Interest '
Schaeffer is one pi seven University students in
ecology w ho w ill present their research to it.! stu
dents from nine West Uoast.schools at the tilth
annual Pacific Lcology Conference
Held at the Friday Harbor Laboratories in
W ashington's San |uan islands'-this 'weekend, the
conferenc e is a forum in which Wi st (Hast grad,!
ate students w ill showcase their ecology research
hv making 15-minute presentations
As Schaeffer (tuts the final touches on her mas
ter s thesis, she is gearing up to present the re
suits at the ( onference Two years researching the
habitat aspects id the Oregon Siiverspoi butterfly
a threatened species found only m Oregon
have readied St haelfer to tidl her colleagues how
the butterfly uses the density of violets and height
ol vegetation to determine w here to lay Its eggs
II we know where it lavs its eggs. Schaeller
said, "we ran manage the habitat and eventually
take the species idl the threatened list
Roger Harris. .1 past conference participant and
a final-year master's student, said the conference
experience is valuable
"A major research confereru e can lie intimidat
ing,'' Harris said ''The PfcC has a vt-rv relaxed at
mosphere. so it's a good plain for students to get
together and talk about ecology, to exchange
ideas and to explore their own abilities
''It's sort of a dress rehearsal for a major confer
one e
Maintaining the relaxed atmosphere means no
faculty involvement in the student-run confer
ence. which is organized each year by students
from a different participating school University
of W ashington students took on the task this year
Last year it was University students who did the
planning
The University lias participated in every FLU.
and Harris said lie ixdieves future University stu
dents would In nelit in in upholding this tradi
tion
Part ol training as a s< ienlist is to get up and
talk Pout vo.ir work and most students who give
talk-, end up improving tin- quality >1 '■ L■ r prr
sentation. Harris said
Although none of the talks presented Is iike!v
to shatter or alter scientific theories with earth
moving, epic discoveries, the participants sas
each oilers insight and solutions to still unan
swered. relevant questions about et ok>g\ and e\ •
olution
‘A major research conference
can be intimidating. The PEC
has a very relaxed
atmosphere so it's a good
place for students to get
together and talk about
ecology, to exchange ideas
and to explore their own
abilities
Ro ;er 1‘ iitt.
v’/Vi./i/.iiV ! i ■' t\\ ’ (
Harris is set to .present.-his "body ■.:/<■ evolii
liue. research, wirii ii s.iiii inyiiiv ■ e.x ng the
question-. "Wh.lt If. rkes amiii.i! itir ... that .they
arr, partiiailiirlv hi’tw. in sjri’i irs
Second year tii.i'.icr s student La ha (Irwmrinr
iix'.-ks forward I,. in r su and i1 L( l.ia ah.ml the
iin|j.is ts ur. mlcrtiil.il i oiutuumlti-s that arr Irani
Bh'il by In.mans
"()t!r walk m fils', might nut c aUsi' any
i hanges. stir Mini. Inii m i rrliiin tuurist arras,
people arr i onsiuntlv walking over li.ir pViul
arras; and it affects the entire intertidal i. riiiiiiini
t\ Crumnne din's her research in Newport and
Lincoln County
I’eoplo un have a huge impact on intertidal
communities." she said "lust picking up a rink
and turning i! over switches two iiimnninines,
and t nth tv ill die it iell tiia! way
Srcond-year masters student Cheryl kletkner
said, getting up and laikuig in front of people is
the hardest part id bring in si unit e Although
she is neri..us, kin kner i. xs lorwatd lo gein.-ig
feed bin k on tier icmferenie presentation nbonl
the interplay between ei uiugv and evolution
klei kner uses mosipiiloes lo res. an li why and
how certain species evolved in relation In their
environments
"! measure factors such as temperature to see
how iti.il might influence (tie mosquitoes and
how they might respond genetically, she said
klei kner said she hopes her work eventually
yields praitiuii applications
It my resean h is applied, that w ill he my i on
trihutlon l or now. she said she i (insiders the
conferem e a good starting point ai wlm h in pres
en! her work
"It's not the National Academy of Si iem.es
meeting, she said ’It's just a hum h ol gr.ult.itt
students
Actually, it's a hunch ul graduate students and
one undergraduate b.uiigv senior Niks; Sw.ts
who said she hopes her p.irtii ipala.n at the t n
fereiiee will give her an edge oil the muster's de
gne she plans to tackle next y.-ar Her presenta
tion will showiase tier research on tin eyolullon
of tilling in pitcher plant mosquitoes
Knowing the henla:..iily of tiding, yvli.it
Causes luting, will explain life hlsloiy ir.nts and
costs of reproduction, Svvels said I’arl of her re
search involves sUtxn.g tier hand. :il i i V a! id
itlOMjU does
"They're not very
she said
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vidu.il." tut said
But si tint* students wunder i!
tin* incident is iust un itxlrrm«
OXillliplu of till of til It that bus
tii'i i nit' uuntil itss.ir11v uvit
/t'litons in policing i ampus t x
clists.
Unix itrsitv studi'iit Brian
Hoop, who served on a ramjius
bicycle ust.tr committee last
Vitiir, said tut believes campus
policit shouldn't waste their
time tit kitting cyclists
Bicvclists nci'd to In- more
responsible and aware ol the
pedestrians on campus,” Hoop
said "But using policit to en
force bicycle regulations should
he an overextension ol public
safety's authority
Since this fall, campus secu
rity has given l.O'ci $K) tickets
to cyclists
Although this ofl'U e bus not
significantly increased the
number ol citations given out
s:• c 1')<«)-<)!. more stall have
in i'll t n,.rg'-.i with p -hi mg cv
( lists tills y ear. Lee said
ASt.O President Jennifer
Bills said she also believes
( allijius securily is overreji ting
to bit \ cle violations
"if they spent more time fix
mg all the broken lights on the
campus, that would be a better
use of their time," Bills said
Although few pedestrian i y
( list collisions occur at the Uni
versity, Lee said campus secun
ty s regulation ol t yclcsts is rea
sonable because of pedestrian s
perceived concents about safe
ty He said campus security has
received several complaints
from pedestrians about the way
( vc lists are riding on campus
Campus security and the
! ii, .i fMH Student Health lien
r i|i. t ul pe
destrtuiic vs Its! collisions
University student Dan (let
ger. an avid rvtdtst, salii he is
happv more nffic ers are enforc
trig buys le regulations on rum
p,,-.
!'vc hern almost till a cou
ple of times by cyclists,' lie
said "Cvi lists get lu/.y anil try
:■. : i ,v v. : gets m tie r
way ! d ei ! '.hins it's i very
good attitude.“
(hire\ lira vion. ilirei tor ol
rumpus -.c( urity. said his stall
must enfurt e all regulations, in
cluding bit yell! rules, that the
t -Diversity institutes
Drayton said students who
have problems with University
bteye a- regulations should sub
mit written suggestions lor
changes to the Office of Public
Safety. Straub Mali.
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