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More than 110 Christmas trees were recycled at the ¾¨Ó㴫ý chipping party held at the College's Field Station.
 ¾¨Ó㴫ý faculty and students joined members of the New Wilmington Kiwanis Club to feed the trees into an industrial chipper provided by JEEMCO.Â
 "¾¨Ó㴫ý has been composting a variety of materials for the past 21 years," said Dr. Clarence Harms, director of the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Field Station and professor of biology emeritus. "Seven years ago the pondweed harvested from Brittain Lake was added, and this past fall several truckloads of leaves from the Borough of New Wilmington made their way to the compost windrows at the Field Station. The wood chips will be mixed with the other wastes, and in six to 12 months, the compost will be ready for use at the Field station for planting and mulching trees."
For the past eight years, Harms has collected Christmas trees from local residents, and recycled them to the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Biology Field Station, affectionately called the Outdoor Laboratory on campus.Â
Harms, who has been with ¾¨Ó㴫ý since 1969, earned his undergraduate degree from Tabor College, his master's from the University of Kansas, and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.
 For more information about ¾¨Ó㴫ý's Field Station, contact Harms at (724) 946-8520 or e-mail harmsc@westminster.edu.
Ten teams representing biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics recently competed in the third annual "Geek Week."
Four teams represented the Biology Department: Lab Gnomes; Romping Ribozymes; Bio Buytes; and Water Fleas. Four teams also represented the Chemistry Department: Bad Acids; Slow Reaction; Semi-quantitative; and Titrating Titans. Physics was represented by the Canadian Friction team, and Mathletes represented the Mathematics and Computer Science Department.
"Geek Week" gives students a chance to build their own team of three to six students from the same major and compete with their peers in the four areas of science. The winning teams has the bragging rights to say they are the "geekiest of all."
The opening event was the "Physics Egg Drop," created by Pat Dudas, a senior physics major from Edinburg, This event was won by the Lab Gnomes.
The second event, "Organ Identification," created by Laurel Swope and Bill Penwell, was also won by the Lab Gnomes.
The third event was a challenge 24 tournament put together by Lauren Beichner and Lindsay Lutes of the Math Department; the final match of this tournament included the Mathletes from the Math Department defeating the Romping Ribozymes from the Biology Department.
The final event of Geek Week was "Hide and Seek," created by Aaron Bruck and Valerie Kokai of the Chemistry Department. This event was won by the Lab Gnomes, making them the first place team, followed by Romping Ribozymes, and Bio Butyes and Mathletes tied for third place.
A new feature, "Beat the Geeks," was added this year, which had science professors pitted against each other in a battle of trivia and wits. The winners representing the Chemistry Department were Dr. Peter Smith and Dr. Helen Boylan. The event ended with an awards luncheon, where the students announced their vote for the "Geek Professor of the Year:" Dr. Peter Smith.
Contact Aaron Bruck at bruckad@westminstere.edu for more information.
Eight students earned master of education degrees at ¾¨Ó㴫ý in December.
All ¾¨Ó㴫ý first-year students came to the campus prepared with their first assignments handed out during the summer.
Dr. Edward Cohen, associate professor of political science and chair of Law PAC (Professions Advisory Committee), will discuss globalization at Faculty Forum, Wednesday, Feb. 12, at 11:30 a.m. in Patterson Hall room 311.
Dr. John Robertson, assistant professor of biology at ¾¨Ó㴫ý, will present "A Fish Story" at Faculty Forum Wednesday, April 9, at 11:30 a.m. in Patterson Hall room 131.
"I'm going to talk about my research interest in a particular species of fish, which happens to have an interesting regional connection," said Robertson.
¾¨Ó㴫ý will celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. with special services Friday, Jan. 19, and Sunday, Jan. 21. Both services will take place in Wallace Memorial Chapel.
The ¾¨Ó㴫ý Celebrity Series will present "Arthur Tricks the Tooth Fairy" Wednesday, Oct. 17, at 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.
¾¨Ó㴫ý's Mathematics and Computer Science Department held its annual awards banquet and Kappa Mu Epsilon induction April 3 in the Witherspoon Lakeview Room of the McKelvey Campus Center.
¾¨Ó㴫ý students in a chemical analysis class have developed a "Mole Balance," a potentially patentable product, under the supervision of Dr. Helen Boylan, associate professor of chemistry and a 1995 ¾¨Ó㴫ý graduate.
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