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The University News
News
September 29, 2009 — 5
Biology students present their summer work
Peter McDonough
Staff Writer
For the last two Thursdays and
last Friday, biology majors have
been giving presentations on the
research they completed this summer.
Nick Bastian worked with antidotes for
the sarin nerve agent in San Antonio, but
tells us that, if he told his audience what
he did, he'd have to kill them. Also, "we
only had one or two leaks,"
Jack Boyle worked with female blue
crabs doing groundbreaking research on
temperature correlation to molting size.
According to Boyle, no one has ever
managed to keep this type of crabs alive
in a laboratory setting before—a problem
he solved with the simple addition of
sand to the crab's cages.
Senior Emily Grewe took a different
tack by applying her skills to the problem
of neuroinflammation at Oklahoma State
University, growing around 500,000
tissue cells in the pursuit of solving this
enormous biomedical problem.
For some students, groundbreaking
research simply meant more time
spent at the good 'ole University of
Dallas. Caroline Hilbert, Noah Joett
and Maureen McEwen used UD's new
exercise physiology lab to conduct
i nert i a I meas u reme nt tests for the pu rpose
of predicting and quantifying falls in the
elderly.
Local summer students received
the pleasure of jumping and falling on
mattresses for this project in the hopes
of producing a device to predict when
an individual is in an unsteady state, thus
preventing any potential fall, while also
possessing the ability to call EMS when
a fall has occurred. Elizabeth Vinsan
worked on methods to prevent protein
misfolding, a problem thought to be
the cause of several diseases, including
Alzheimer's and diabetes.
CARITAS from page 1
positive rights (the right to life)
entail positive obligations (the
right to not take that life), and
no right is forced unless it has
a remedy, where can we locate
the remedy?" Doyle's primary
point, then, was that people
must look to the body of social
teachings of the Catholic Church
and understand that they have to
work to somehow incorporate it
into law, so that they have a more
"comprehensive" understanding
of the nature of their obligation
to protect the right to life.
Dougherty's political
view was sandwiched in
between Doyle's and Lowery's
perspectives. Beginning with
a brief commentary on Pope
Paul Vl's encyclical "Populorum
Progressio", Doughtery argued
that Pope Benedict takes this
controversial (and almost
scandalous) encyclical and
"celebrates it" by cleansing it
of its visionary musings and
grounding it in reality. Pope
Benedict examines the orbit of
the argument that looks at the
right to life, the concept of the
family and population growth.
In light of this understanding,
Pope Benedict then explains
how international bureaucracies
have to operate with some
fundamental moral principle
directing their decisions.
The most essential question
Pope Benedict poses, and
that Doughtery examined, is
what the concept of "charity in
truth" really is. It is, according
to Benedict, the way people
understand the workings of the
economy in a moral fashion.
The large question, according
to Doughtery, is whether there
is an economic science that
operates on certain rules that
cannot be altered or fixed, even
in accord with these thoughts
and ideas presented by Pope
Benedict. The proper role of
the state, then, should be one
where it attempts to regain its
competency, and in so doing,
will rescue an important part of
the Catholic tradition. Is the state
too feeble in the modern world,
or is it so corrupt that it forces
people to be suspicious of the
work it does?
Lowery finished up the
discussion by "beginning as
close to the end as possible,"
as he joked, with two primary
ideas about Pope Benedict's
encyclical: Man is ordered
under the transcendent, and
there is a set of moral principles
imported into his head and heart.
Within these principles, one
is called to exercise "fraternal
charity," which must make
an entry into economic and
political systems of thought.
Lowery discussed Benedict's
discussion on "Populorum
Progressio" as well, saying it
was an "exhaustive" document
that makes specific demands
against global poverty and the
failure of certain systems. It is
when policy directly following
the Catholic Social Principles
fails that the Church seems
to come under fire, however,
"tie 1965 Vatican II document,
"Gaudium et Spes" introduces
the idea of the role of the laity
- how they are responsible for
incorporating social teaching
and making the concepts of
the Church more compatible
with reality. Lowery claimed
that any social encyclical must,
without a doubt, be an invitation
to incorporate the ideas, rather
than an "analysis of principles
and a move to policy.'- Lowery
concluded his portion of the
discussion by presenting the
four fundamental themes of
"Caritas in Veritate". First, the
document presents a sense of the
transcendent, which is critical to
the body of social teaching of the
Church. Secondly, there is dignity
within every human person, and
this dignity is deepened by
divine revelation. Thirdly, there
is a notion of society seeking
the transcendent together, in,
through and by means of the
family, the church and education
systems. Lowery joked that "UD
does this very well," as it seeks to
gain an understanding of God in
community. And finally, there is
a principle of subsidiarity - that
when the state assists society
and comes to the rescue on an
"emergency" basis.
Undergraduate Students
Call for Tnterterm Course Requests
We are now taking your course requests for the
Interterm semester (December 29 - January 15, 2010).
Smaller class sizes, intensive focus on one course, and
reduced tuition rates amount to an enhanced academic
experience.
For students who have campus housing or who will be
eturning from Rome^ee housing (though no contract
food service) is available to those who enroll.
Xnterterm course offerings are established largely
according to student requests, so stop by the
departments or the Registrar's Office to pick up your
course request form today!
PLEASE SUBMIT BY OCTOBER 5, 2009
TO THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE.
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Nelson, Heather. The University News (Irving, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 4, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 29, 2009, newspaper, September 29, 2009; Irving, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth201505/m1/4/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Dallas.