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Darwin's Birthday Celebration 
12 February 2007
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  • Monday, 12 February 2007  Darwin's Birthday Celebration
    • Biology faculty members provided a cake to help celebrate this momentous event in our cultural and scientific history.


      • Galapagos finches pictured on the cake:  Left: Tower (Genovesa) Is.  Sharp-beaked ground finch (female), Geospiza difficilis, on Opuntia flower.  Middle: Cactus ground finch, Geospiza scandens, on Opuntia.  Right: Santa Cruz Is.  Small tree finch, Camarhynchus parvulus. Dr. Ross's Galapagos photos of finches
  • Charles Robert Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, England on February 12, 1809.
  • The complete works of Charles Darwin online
  • Listen to a public radio program "Evolution of Wonder: Understanding Charles Darwin"
  • On Monday, February 12, Beta Beta Beta, the Biology Honor Society sponsored the first ever Ape Olympic Biathalon in honor of Charles Darwin's 198th birthday anniversary.  The events included the following:
    • Introduction and a few facts about Darwin:  Dr. Eisen
    • Coconut Shot Put:  The Coconut Shot Put is very much like any other Shot Put competition, except you use a coconut.  Coconut shot put Winners: Thomas Turner and Dr. Mary Ogilvie.
    • Mate-calling contest from the landing on the 2nd floor of the Alfonso Dining Hall.  Judged on the basis of audibility and clarity. Men's Mating Call Contest Winner: Jeremy Armstrong

      • Video clips can be downloaded here(filesizes are ~10K each)
    • Thanks to Drs. John Varriano and Teri Mason for serving as judges (and shills) for the event, and to Rebecca Bastnagel for recording results.
  • Also see the coverage of the Ape Olympic Biathalon in Dr. Eisen's Caduceus Newsletter.
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    anti-Darwin cartoon from the 1800s
    Fruit of the Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera). Botanically, a coconut is a simple dry fruit known as a fibrous drupe (not a true nut).Howler monkey They are the loudest animal in the New World and while their howl is not a piercing sound, it can travel for three miles through dense forest.Dr. Eisen whose ape ancestry is really quite distant :-)
    Thanks to Ashley Prevost for providing most of the photos below.



    Above left: Measuring the distance (Dr. Eisen).



    Above left: Chelsey Molpus.  Above right:  Checking wind speed and direction (Dr. Ogilvie)


    Above left:  Ashley Prevost, BBB chapter President.  


    (l-r): Jeremy Armstrong warming up for the shot put.  Rebecca Bastnagel, Beta Beta Beta Treasurer, and Results Recorder; Dr. Mary Ogilvie, BBB faculty advisor; Dr. John Varriano, Chairman, Physics Department, and Decibel Determinator for the Mating Call Contest.

    Above: Mating Call Preparatory (Thomas Turner in a very appropriate red shirt).
    Video clips can be downloaded here(filesizes are ~10K each)

    Above: The winner of the Mating Call contest, showing both audibility and clarity- Jeremy Armstrong.

    Video clips can be downloaded here(filesizes are ~10K each)


    beta beta beta is a national biology honor society for undergraduates. 
    "Beta Beta Beta (TriBeta) is a society for students, particularly undergraduates, dedicated to improving the understanding and appreciation of biological study and extending boundaries of human knowledge through scientific research."
    • The CBU Chapter of beta beta beta also serves as a Biology Club welcoming interested students to participate in a variety of social and career related activities.  Dr. Ogilvie is the faculty advisor for BBB.
    • Mu Tau Chapter Officers for 2006-07:

      • President: Ashley Prevost
      Vice President:  Michael Herr
      Treasurer: Rebecca Bastnagel
      Secretary: Sana Mujahid
      Historian: Whitney Heath
    • Committee Chairs for 2006-07:

      • Social Chair: John Legge
      Philanthropy: Raven Fifer
      Public Relations: Jeremy Armstrong
      Fundraising: Antony Eddy
      Volleyball Game: Brian Kim
      Sophomore Representative:  Kelley Towns

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