The Evergreen Chemistry Club

ACS NATIONAL CONVENTION SPRING BREAK SAN FRANCISCO
Isha is writing a Special Initiatives Grant Application to get money for the trip, which will be from March 21-25, 2010. The budget meeting time at S&A will probably be on a Wednesday afternoon, after a club meeting. We need lots of people to be there!
Up to 24 people can go on the trip this year, and applications will come out in December. Encourage friends to apply!

NOV. 30 SCIENCE ON TAP in Seattle ??? During finals week for many people.

SCIENCE CAFÉ OF OLYMPIA
Next Tuesday at 7pm! Marie Curie impersonator!

FLAVOR FACTORY TRIP
Tentatively set for Wednesday afternoon of Week 2 Winter Quarter

LINUS PAULING SYMPOSIUM
This Saturday! The group is meeting at 10 am in the bus loop on campus. We will be arriving in Portland at 12, and the conference starts at 1 pm.
Vans will deliver people back to the bus loop by about midnight. People living on the Westside or downtown can be dropped off if they live on the way.

GEODUCK UNION WINTER KICK OFF
January 8-9, 2010
Red Square Extravaganza!
What should Chem Club do?
Volcano, speed friending, Distribute guide to Science at Evergreen by Kyobi

OTHER FUNDRAISERS
Calendars and upside down periodic table tshirts

BAKE SALE
Tomorrow: Kyobi 12-2
BAKE SALE NEXT WEEK:
Bakers- Dani, Floral, Kelsey
Tablers:
Monday-Kelsey///Tuesday: Dan and Hans///Thursday: Paul and ??

Upcoming Events

Linus Pauling Symposium
Saturday Nov. 7
Today was the deadline to submit the form and $15 for dinner. If you were not able to make it to the meeting, submit forms and money to our mailbox in the S&A Office (3rd floor of Sem 1) by tomorrow. The list of people that we have going is: Julie, Hans, Floral, Brenden, Frankie, Isha (unpaid), Dan (unpaid), Eli (unpaid), Kate (unpaid), and Kyobi (unpaid). Please get money to us ASAP.

Science on Tap Seattle Nov. 30th
We would really like to go, but unfortunately many people have finals that week. We’ll try to make it to a Science on Tap in January, and we’ll update you on what topics are coming up once they post them on their website.

Bodies Exhibit
The event is not working out how we hoped; some of the kinks have to be worked out. The exhibit runs through March 2010, so we’ll hopefully get up there during winter quarter.

Flavor Factory
Contact has been made, and we are trying to figure out what days work best for everyone. We’re looking into doing it this quarter during Week 8, or more likely in winter quarter.

Science Café of Olympia
Organizer Don Lyman emailed us some speakers/topics that he is considering, see the bottom of this email for his ideas, and reply to the email to vote for which speakers you want to see at the Science Café, or potentially at Evergreen.

Bake Sale
We’re having one tomorrow night at the Contra Dance (7:30 pm, back bay of the gym). We need more bakers and tablers during the week!
For next week-
Bakers (bring stuff Monday morning!!!)- Kate, Kelsey, Julie, Brenden, maybe Kyobi
Tablers- Monday: Kelsey/// Tuesday: Dan and Hans///Thursday: Kate

Other fundraising ideas: Science Calendar- sold in bookstore? Coffee in the CAL?

Science Cafe of Olympia: Don Lyman would like our input on his ideas for talks within the next year. Here is his list of possible topics:
1. Bacteriophage. Betty Kutter (TESC ). Could give a talk in February or May.
2. Water. This can cover many areas. Water pollution. Pharmaceuticals in our water. Dead zones. Findings that there are more anti-biotic resistant bacteria in tap water than in original wells and finished water (Treatment facility output). Bottled water vs. tap water. Possible speakers: Stuart (Stewart?) Glasoe. Joel Baker, UW-Tacoma (water quality).
3. Genetically engineered foods and genetically modified plants and food. What do they do? When can it be good? How well are they tested?
4. Alternate sources of energy. There promise and potential problems that should be considered. Wind – Kills birds. Nuclear – toxic waste, water pollution. Biofuels – need for too much fertilizer for corn but not hemp or grasses, water pollution. Using algae.
5. Radiation Health Physicist Mike Brennen (degree in nuclear engineering). He suggested he could talk on some aspects of radiation. One possibility would be Irradiation of food to lessen disease.
6. Bio-Astronomy. (Exobiology?) Peter Ward, UW on the NASA search for alien life or other topics.
7. The Hubble Space Telescope. Bruce Balick, UW. Dept. of Astronomy.
8. Fish farming. Ways to do it. Problems with waste, infection, and cross-breeding.
9. Forensic Science. Reality vs TV.
10. Nanotechnology Its promise and problems. George Whitesides (nanotechnology in its adolescence). James Hutchison (greener nanoscience). Vicki Colvin (nanotechnology in the environment: safety by design).
11. The use of microban fibers and other chemicals into bedding, clothing, etc., and go over the problems and contrast with the so called benefits. For example, washing hands with just soap and water compared to using antibacterial soap. Must define chemical and show that it’s not the chemical is bad, but the use of the chemical for a stated purpose when there are simpler and better methods (such as just washing, using chlorox, etc).
12. Crows.
13. Frogs. Loss of frogs and what it means.
14. How plants communicate with each other. Also plants to bugs.
15. How stress affects the brain. John Medina, UW Dept of Bioeng..
16. Implants and artificial organs.
A. The artificial kidney and its ties to the Western Washington area. The interaction of many scientific disciplines in the development of the artificial kidney, medical problems, and the ‘Who shall live’ committee.
B. Tissue engineering. Would Buddy Ratner come down and give a talk?
17. New medical technologies. Hair as a diagnostic tool for breast cancer.
18. Fluxes of carbon from old growth forests: a view from the Wind River Crane. Nalini Nadkarini (TESC).
19. Carbon losses and gains in coastal wetlands. Doug Meyers (People for Puget Sound).
20. Impact of dams removed on stream biogeochemistry. Greg Stewart, TESC.
21. Space probes and what they tell us about Mars. The chemistry of testing.
22. The science of beer. Speaker from Fish Tale Ale.
23. Chocolate. The food of the gods. Andy McShea, Theo chocolate Factory in Fremont. This would be a repeat talk.
24. Hyporrheic zones in PNW streams (Tracer eperimnts to identify action zones on the stream beds). Steve Wondzell , USFS.
25. Fuel Cells (have a Nova film clip. Would need a speaker, discussion leader.)
26. Mold
27. Computer storage file stability. How good and safe are our new libraries of data.
28. The weather. Cliff Mass.
29. Solar electric and hot water systems. Steven “SolarBoy” Reeves. He suggested himself.

Remember your goggles!

(from The Sounds of Science.)

CHEMISTRY OF BEER TALK TONIGHT! 6 pm Sem II B1105
7:30 pm Dinner with speaker at Budd Bay Café
Tomorrow (Thursday)- Kids in Chemistry 3-5 pm Downtown Library

ACS VIDEO EDITING PROJECT
We have one week left to submit our video of the science carnival last year. $1500 prize!

LINUS PAULING SYMPOSIUM
Forms and $15 for dinner are due by next Wednesday, print off the forms at http://chem.pdx.edu/~wamserc/Pauling2009/Banquet.pdf

SCIENCE ON TAP IN SEATTLE
Vans going to Monday Nov. 30 Bioremediation talk

BODIES EXHIBITION
Carpool to Seattle on Saturday Nov. 14 (tentatively scheduled)
$10 discounted student price
www.bodiestheexhibition.com

I.P. CALLISONS
Field trip coming soon!
Talked to Jenna, hopefully happening during Week 8

BAKE SALE
Bakers for tomorrow: Kate
Bake Sale Tablers Tomorrow: Joel, Kai, Kyobi (12-2)
Bake Sale Bakers for next Tuesday and Thursday: Kelsey, Kai, Joel, more needed
Bake Sale Tablers: Isha(12-1), Kate (12-1), Kelsey (12-1), more needed

It’s National Chemistry Week! The theme for this year is “Chemistry: It’s Elemental!”.

To celebrate the element Aluminum (Al), we will be doing a canned food drive all week, with the proceeds to be donated to the food bank on campus. Donation boxes will be in the CAL all week, as well as at our bake sale today.

Tomorrow (Wednesday, October 20th), we are hosting Dr. Mark Thompson to talk about “The Role of Chemistry in the Development of Regional Styles of Beer and Ale” at 6pm in Sem II B1105. We will be collecting donations for the food bank at this event as well.

Later in the week, we will be putting on ‘Kids in Chemistry’ events, both at the Downtown library and at Roosevelt Elementary.

Thanks for the video, Kelsey!

Our meetings are from 1-2pm in Lab II 2211. See you there!