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Seniors Sweep Science Competition Levine Named Finalist; Three Others Semi-Finalists Westinghouse Winner To Washington

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U DG ES in the 47th Ann ua l Westinghouse Science Ta lent Sea rch' nam ed Dana Levine as .a final ist , . a nd th ree other senio rs as sem i-fina lists in the competiti on, Da na , Suman G upta, Te resa Laza r, an d Yasmin Qaz i were amon g the thr ee hu nd red , semifinalis ts chosen fro m ove r 1,339 na tio n-wide contesta nt s , T he fo ur winners com p leted a series o f exte nsive research , dat a ana lysis, and T he Per sonal Da ta Blank , a qu estionnaire on study attitudes and habits, before submitting the ir final projects .

As with the othe r twelve Harrisites who submitted pr oje cts, th e four received guid ance o n their research from the science resea rch a nd independent study classes. Acco rding to Scien ce Coordi nato r Susan Appel, th ose wh o too k the scien ce research class learned how to writ e a scientific pap er, learne d abou t sta tistics a nd th eir uses, ' d iscov ered topics of int erest, a nd wo rked independently. T he in depe nde nt study class prov ided time d uring the day to wor k o n the p roject and to consult with teachers, in add ition to helping the Westingho use partici pants fill out the Pe rso nal Dat a Blank , a very complica ted que stionnai re . T he partic ipa nt s wh o ch ose to do a nat ur al scien ce pr oj ect were Unlike Da na , who chose to do a ' also tea med with ment or s afsocial science project o n "The Ef - filia ted with out side co lleges, fects of Alliter atio n in Speec h on wh ile the soc ial science resear chers learned mo re about data or ganizathe Co gnitio n o f Children ," the tion and he lp fu l computer proother three sem i-finalist s d id research o n d ifferent as pects of gra ms at York College . na tura l science. T eresa 's project ;' "We were abl e to place the en titled , " Biologica l Mut a tion s of students in la bs based o n thei r Escherichia Coli to P ro d uc e wo rk and interes ts disp layed in the T ios inc Resist ance, Bio log ica l scie nce research cla ss. It was also M utagens Contri butin g there that th ey learned if they P ressure, " fell int o the Bacteria could ,hand le the inde pen dence ," Ma cro b ial Gene tics ' realm of said Mrs. Appel. " In the indepenscience, as d id Su man 's entry o n de nt study class, we worked close" Induced P lasmid Inser tion a nd ly with severalo f the students who Excisio n Accom pan ying Var iat were not in th e researc h class, St rai n Iso latio n an d Reversio n in sho wing them how to organize Staphyloccus aureaus ." Yasmin, data and write a scient ific paper." Acco rd ing to th e three nat ura l who also chose t9 do a nat ur al scie nce project , resea rched "The science semi -fina lists, th e outside Effect 0 1" Gold T hioma late o n th e mento rs offered ,a great deal of Hea t Aggr egati o n o f Immu nog lu- su pport and guida nce . Yasmin , who concluded th a t G o ld bui n G ." " Co nsidering that it is our first thiomalate, the drug used to trea t attempt. it is a tremend ou s boost arthritis patient s, br oke down lm ,to o ur :nora le to have four win - munoglubulin G, which is th ought ne rs. " co m m en ted P ri nc ipa l to cause arthritis, received a grea t Malcolm Largma nn. "I a m ex- deal of help from Dr. Donald Gerber of the SUN Y Hea lth tre me ly proud and excited. '

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Westingho'use winners Dana Levine, Yasmin Qaz i, Suman Gup ta and Teresa Laz~r share the thrill of IOf)' with advisor Susan Appel. Sci ence Center at Broo klyn, as did memory decreases over time at a Teresa. wh o met with Dr. Irving fa ster rate with an a lliter ative H irch fie ld from St. Jo h n's story , th at he prefers a nd is able to Univ ersity three to fo ur times a understand mor e in an all iterat ive week during th e summer . Suman , story , and th at an alliterative story . w h o s tudied the bacte rial seems to be lo nger . various uni versities, while Dana resista nce to antibiotics, worked "It made me a lot more in- an d the other thirty -nine fin alists for over two years with Dr. Leslie terested in th e wa y child ren think will be eligible for up to $140,000 ' and the way we can help them, in Westinghouse Science ScholarLewis from York College . "Dr. Lewis he lped me wo rk in sin ce I go t result s th at I didn 't ex- ships a nd Awards . that - he taught me those basic pect, " commented Da na . "It "I think that havi ng four semi techn iques that I a pplied to this helped me real ize that better fin alists is excellent , since 1 did n 't know what to expe ct," remarked project, " said Su man . " We work- teac hing leads to bett er stud ents." All sixteen Westinghouse par - Mrs . Appel. "In the end it was ed side by side . " Dana, wh ose pr oj ect ent ailed ticipants learned a gr eat deal from bittersweet Leca use man y worvisiting first, seco nd , and th ird their resea rch . "It was rewardi ng, thw hile pr oj ects were over loo ked , grade classrooms to read them an but I also reali zed how m uch I and th at is ha rd to deal with. T he alliterative story and a regular one do n't know, an d how little we all most important thing is that the in order to test th e students' know a b o ut research , " said stu dents did their projects and gre w fr om th em ." memory, co nce pt ion, kn owledge Yasm in. "it 's just a drop in the Dana will mee t wit h the other and preference , received guidance bucket since we' re so far away fin alists in Washing to n, D .C. on from Mrs . Rho da W einstein and from findin g cur es." Mrs. Appel. T hree out of four of The three semi -finalis ts will be February 25 for the five-day Dana's hypotheses p roved true r eco m mend ed for schola rship Science Talent Institute, whe re the when she concluded that a child's awards and admission to their top ten winners will be chosen .

reading them stories with and without alliteration. " My mother was great. A Westinghouse is an extraordinary ta sk, , and you have to be motivated for it. When you're up at 3 A .M . "I reall y can't believe it ," reflected Townsend Ha rris' first working, you know you have to get up at 6 A .M ., and you still have Westinghouse finali st Dana Levine. " Thirty-nine geniuses a nd me!" schoolwork to do , you need someone there to encourage you." Dana Although she is am azed a t bein g one of the fort y winn ers chosen commented . " And that poor woman had to read endless first from 1,339 national -wide Westinghouse entries, the months Dan a drafts !" spent on resea rch , anal ysis, and writing are pro o f enough of her acAlthough her actual project has been completed, Dana still has co rnplishment , much to do before her five day trip to Washington D .C., where she Da na , who first thought of the idea for her project on "The will be interviewed by more judges, display her project to the public Alliteration in Speech on the Cognition of Children," when her for two days, and att end a banquet whe re the top ten winners will be younger brother came home from school reciting the alliteration announced . , "Sally sold seashells, " faced many challenges in gathering in forrna"I reall y have to ,know my project inside a nd out, and be able to tion fro m the elementary schoo l classes she visited . .rna ke people understand it on the spot. I also have to learn science , "I had to get the ch ildren's attention which was hard since young because you have to be knowledgeable on scientific topics, and I' m children generally hav e a short attention span and I was a stranger. I not a scien tist !" ' also had to work very hard to portray a friendly image ," Dana rec all - - Despite all the obstacles, hardwork and challenges Dana faced, she ed . "I made them feel important by telling them they were helping is glad that she completed the project. me out. " " T here was nobody who was more unlikely to win thi s than me . It Da na , however, found th e support from her family she needed to just goes to show that if you' re determined and you push yourself overcome the challenges she faced in interviewing these children after hard enough , you can do anything ." :i:~~"" ' ,:" ':,,*." :". '..' ~ , .'

And The Winner Is...

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'Having f our semi fin alists is excellent. '

Inside " . The ClaSSIC: Editorials '

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Harris Happ enings

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Leisure

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Chancellor

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Trac k

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