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Mexico Presidential Debates 2012 Denise Davila Faculty Advisor: Noelle Norton Department of Political Science and International Relations
On March 7th 2012, the Mexico Business Center at the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce is proud to present the Mexico Presidential Debates of 2012. This extremely important event will highlight each of Mexico’s presidential candidate’s political propositions regarding the war on drugs, immigration policy, border infrastructure, the economy and other major issues dividing the United States and Mexico. This will give many people in California and its border the opportunity to see which presidential candidate offers the best strategies to better US-Mexico relations. I feel honored to be given such an important undertaking on my first day of work. I look forward to working and getting a lot of public policy experience from this internship. Opportunities like these, in which I will be able to acquaint and network with important international and statewide political figures, are key to pursuing my long-term goals.
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Long-term Interannual Variability in Benthic Meiofauna along a Pollution Gradient in Bahia Magdalena, Mexico Alison Dressel Faculty Advisor: Michel Boudrais Department of Marine Science and Environmental Studies
This project examines long-term interannual variability of benthic meiofauna abundance, dominance, and diversity affected by organic pollution from a fish cannery in Bahia Magdalena, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Over the past decade, samples were collected annually at five locations ranging from heavily polluted to pristine. Six replicates were taken at each site in 50 cc cores and organisms were enumerated to lowest taxa. Results generally indicated a shift in abundance of copepods between polluted and contaminated sites. Sites with intermediate pollution contained the highest number of organisms, while the most impacted sites contained the lowest. These results are consistent with intermediate disturbance hypothesis, in which increased abundance and diversity coincide with increased nutrient input until conditions reach a threshold of anoxia, where they decline rapidly. Analysis of the long-term data set also highlighted episodic events, such as the 2009 hurricane, that impacted benthic meiofauna community and structure differently
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Office of State Senator Juan Vargas Carlos Duarte Faculty Advisor: Gary Gray Department of Political Science and International Relations
This presentation will cover my reasons for pursuing this particular internship at the office of State Senator Juan Vargas. The main focus of the presentation will be on my responsibilities in the office and out of the office. Additionally it will cover general information regarding the structure and function of state and local government. The final part of the presentation will discuss the benefits of the internship and opportunities made available as a result.
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