Duke Work

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Bio 25L: The Science of Life
Introductory biology course, required for all biology majors
(without AP Biology exam credit of 4 or 5)

2-23-00  Slowing Down the Spread of Antibiotic Resistance with Gene Transfer Disabling Drugs
Undated  Structured, deductive argument to accompany the above essay
3-22-00  Counteracting Resistance with Research on Natural Antibiotic Sources
4-12-00  Preservation of the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker's Habitat

Bio 103L: General Microbiology

10-23-00  Antibiotic Sensitivity by Paper-Disk Method - This was a paper that accompanied the presentation my group did on testing the antibiotic sensitivity of a clone of bacteria.
11-30-00  Unknown Organism Lab Report: Bacillus coagulans identified, as given unknown
11-30-00-2  Unknown Organism Lab Report: Staphylococcus aureus identified, as environmental unknown

Philosophy Papers

PHL104: Philosophy of Science
1st semester, freshman year

9-29-99  A Stalemate Between Two Theories of the Universe (referring to the Ptolemaic and Copernican astronomical theories)
10-28-99  On Theory Change in Science
12-3-99  How Reductionism Works in 20th Century Genetics (I suppose we'll include 21st century genetics here as well...)
12-13-99  Four Accounts of the Discovery of DNA's Molecular Structure

PHL43S: Introduction to Philosophy
seminar course, 2nd semester, freshman year

4-3-00  The Role of Folk Psychology in Churchland's Eliminative Materialism
5-2-00  Views on the Moral Permissibility of Lying (click here to view an argument outline for this paper)

2-4 more papers were also written besides these, but I can't seem to find them just yet.

Soc 114: Cybernetworks and the Global Village

9-28-00  The Development of Internet Sites and E-Commerce
10-25-00  Relationships Between Key Companies in E-Commerce
12-14-00  Why Older Americans are Heading for the Internet

UWC5: University Writing Course < (required for all freshmen)

9-6-99  About the Problem with Gloommongers
9-9-99  My Version of "Argument Culture"
9-10-99  Web Project, part 2: Anti-Environment Groups
9-27-99  Waddell's Advice on How to Improve the Ehrlichs' Rhetorical Strategy
10-11-99  Earth Sheltered Homes: Why Every Prospective Homeowner Needs to Get One
10-11-99  Outline for Research Paper
10-11-99  Appendix 1: A Picture Guide to Earth Sheltered Homes
10-11-99 (revised)  Adopting an Energy Efficient Lifestyle: What the Average American Should Do
11-21-99  Living Deficiently or Energy-Efficiently: Which Should We Choose?
12-6-99  Review of "Fooling with Nature" (a movie)
12-8-99  Energy-Efficient Homes: An Environmental Quick Fix