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Show uvu REVIEW r VOL XLIX ISSUE 36 www.uvureview.com JUNE 7, 2010 Students don't monkey around By JULIA POSEY Asst News Editor Biology major Janae Hadley will be traveling to the University of Cape Town's Cape Peninsula Baboon Research Unit (BRU) in Africa on June 13th. Hadley will be spending three weeks in the Table Mountains following the trail of a troop of wild Chacma Baboons through the hills of the Cape of Good Hope. A research trip like this does not run cheap. While Hadley's in-country costs will be covered by a grant, the expensive international airfare was not included. Fortunately, Hadley will be receiving financial assisCounesy of Janae Hadley tance from both the School UVU student Janae Hadley has the unique opportunity to study Chacma of Health and Science and baboons in Africa, in hopes that her research can help contribute to a beautiful the Student Scholarly and specie's survival. Creative Special Projects cies. "It is imperative that unit is to study Chacma Bagrant for the cost of airfare. the behavior of this species boons and determine whethAfter a visit to Kenya last be properly documented so er the availability of high semester, Hadley became that this information can aid quality food resources does, captivated with Africa's management in effectively in fact, have an impact on diverse wildlife and con- conserving these fascinating their diet. Furthermore, the tacted the BRU about pos- animals. Being able to be a aim of collecting data is to sible research opportunities. part of a project that could, study and investigate the Hadley hopes to become in the future, save an entire activity budgets and dietary a valuable member of the species would be amazing to ecology of a free-ranging Peninsula baboon troop. Matthew Lewis Research me,'* Hadley said. (MLR) team, which through This detailed research "I hope to gain experiextensive research could will include the collection ence in the field I want to help expand and strengthen of thorough behavioral data go into, and what better way the protection of endan- and samples for analysis. than to go to Africa in tfie gered and threatened speThe mission of the MLR wilderness and dive right From the classroom to the jungle By STERLING GRAY News Writer Professors Wayne Whaley and Bill Dinklage of the biology department are taking 14 participants on a veritable jungle safari where they will watch glowing lava blocks rolling off a volcano, Whitewater raft the Pacuare River and observe flowers and wildlife such as howler monkeys, sloths, poison dart frogs, 18-foot salt water crocodiles. "We stay in beautiful resorts and have great educational experiences. What is better than that?'1 Whaley said. The trip will cost each participant $1,695. This might sound like a hefty sum, but it does pay for a passport, insurance, travel expenses, classroom instruction, jungle guides, lodging, meals, and some discretionary spending. Pell grants and student loans can be applied to this type of study abroad program, based on eligibility. Although the study abroad officially began June 1, thefirsttwo weeks will be used for in-class lecture and preparation for the trip. The group will fly to Costa Rica June 24, immediately visiting the volcanoes Poa"s and Arenal. At Arenal, the students will hike up a lava flow from 1992. When dusk falls, they will witness refrigerator-sized blocks of red-hot lava <l in!" Hadley said. Hadley hopes to pursue a master's degree at Moi University in Africa studying African Wildlife Ecology. The exotic Cape of Good located in Southern Africa Cape Town, Africa Courtesy of stock.xchng Utah women fall behind in education By ANDREA LINDGREN News Editor Courtesy o( Wayne Whaley and Bill DlnWage Both exquisite scarlet Macaws eye visitors below in San Jose, Costa Rica. tumbling down the mountainside. Next they are off to the Pacific coast to study plant and animal life along the beach, followed by forays into the heavy rainforest south of San Jose1. The trip will conclude on the other side of the island, along the Caribbean coast. Study abroad programs such as the Costa Rica program are within the reach of many students, and even some community members. They provide great opportunities for research, hands on experience, as well as unique forays into foreign lands. The Utah Women and Ed- in Utah were above the naucation Project has completed tional average when it came its first year of research, which to educational attainment. In intended to discover why en- 1993, however, female edurollment in and completion cational attainment began to of post secondary education decline. In 2001, Utah fell by women in Utah is so low. below the national average. . Their first year also coincided "No one knows exactly at with the release of their sec- this point why there was a ond of four briefs describing decline," Madsen said. "One their research guess is that and find- "A big part of our re- [the young ings thus far search is collecting women] and "A big part their parents of our re- data from young wom- don't have a search is col- en who have chosen broader un- so* lecting data derstanding not to get a college from young of the value m women who education or have gone of higher »* have choeducation." sen not to to college for only a The projget a col- couple semesters then ect is also lege educalooking at dropped out" tion or have the differgone to college for only ent struggles and barriers that a couple semesters then women might encounter when dropped out," said Dr. Su- completing their education san Madsen, UVU Associ- and the different resources ate Professor of Management schools have to offer. and director of the project. 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