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Seniors Shine at COLLOQUIA Preceding Commencement, from June 20–22, Antioch Col-
lege showcased graduating students at COLLOQUIA 2018 and welcomed the wider community to attend presentations, poster sessions, performances, exhibitions, and other experiences along with networking events involving professional communities of practice. “COLLOQUIA 2018—presented brilliantly by our curators and made possible by many, not least the exceptional faculty who have worked with dedication and love to support these stu-
dents—is nothing if not a testimony to the 168-year old legacy of Antioch College as a place where human enlightenment finds its highest purpose in human freedom and empowerment,” explains Antioch College President Tom Manley. Following are just a few examples of senior projects presented during COLLOQUIA 2018. View the entire catalog online: antiochcollege.edu/colloquia
Scott Montgomery ’18
Rose Hardesty ’18
Major: Political Economy
The Antioch College Student Strike of 1973: A Crisis of Student Activism or Failure of Leadership?
Jamie Ramsey ’18 Major: Environmental Science
Stable Isotope Analysis of Freshwater Mussels as a Proxy for Nutrient Concentrations Nutrient loading and resulting eutrophication is considered to be one of the biggest threats to aquatic ecosystems. Part of saving aquatic ecosystems and preserving water quality is monitoring the water and keeping long-term records of water quality data. This study aims to model the nutrient loading for the Little Miami River watershed where the Kidney Shell mussels were collected using nitrogen analysis. Samples were taken from shells collected in 1982, and sections were cut out from the year one, year 4/5, and year 9+ of life based on growth rings and sent to Cornell to analyze the percentage of Nitrogen in each sample. Preliminary results suggest that the shells of mussels can be used as proxy data for nutrient loading.
This project investigates the Antioch College Student Strike of 1973—an inflection point in Antioch’s history altering its path of development for decades to come. Employing critical discourse analysis, I examine the overarching narratives describing the strike propagated through mainstream and alternative (student-run) media outlets. I find the discourse surrounding the strike in mainstream outlets portrayed the strike as violent and embarrassing. This narrative ignores the growing inaccessibility of college education and rollbacks to shared governance by an increasingly corporate Antioch—arguments that were clearly articulated by students in their media circulations. Understanding the strike in the context of broader changes to the U.S. political economy and cultural formation, the cause of Antioch’s decline was tied to the increasing corporate nature of the institution, the failure of those business ventures, and rollbacks to shared governance – which holds important lessons for Antioch College’s survival in the twenty-first century.
dinnerparty, a process-oriented sculpture by Todd Ennis ’18 using mise-en-scène of an intimate supper as a framework to acknowledge our propulsion through time. Jamie Ramsey ’18 presents her work to Professor David Kammler
Isabelle Segadelli ’18 Major: Biomedical Science
Necrotizing Enterocolitis and the Premature Infant Gut Flora: A Systematic Review Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in preterm infants is caused by bowel colonization of Uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC). The gut of an infant is considered sterile in the womb. This allows for noncompetitive colonization of the intestinal epithelial mucosa by UPEC. The human gut plays host to a number of microbes, strains of harmless UPEC found in an adult acts like commensal E. coli. One of the current interventions for premature infants diagnosed with NEC is probiotic therapy. Probiotic intervention is supposed to enable beneficial gut bacteria to be introduced to the premature infant’s intestinal system to proliferate in order to outcompete UPEC and regain homeostasis. Along with Nissle, Saccharomyces and Bifidobacterium are also probiotics used in treatment. Knowledge about probiotic treatment is important for interventions concerning preterm infants diagnosed with necrotizing enterocolitis. Isabelle Segadelli ’18 at COLLOQUIA
Rose Hardesty ’18 Major: Literature
Ecology in Children’s Literature Children’s literature has historically been used to teach practical and ethical lessons about the world, as well as engage children’s imagination, creativity, and empathy. In this project, I will analyze children’s literature that explores themes of environmental justice, ecology, bioregionalism, and a sense of place, collective organizing, and community stewardship. My project is literature-focused, but inherently interdisciplinary, and will be grounded in the theories of ecocriticism, ecofeminism, and critical ecopedagogy. The work is rooted in ecocriticism because it will focus on the relationships between humans and their environment, and the treatment of nature in literature. It is rooted in ecofeminism as a lens through which to consider underrepresented experiences of gender, race, and class in environmental children’s literature. Finally, it is rooted in critical ecopedagogy as praxis to move forward the conversation on inclusive and participatory environmental education.
Leandre Niyokwizera ’18 presents his study, Recent Advances in Antimalarial Drug Resistance and Novel Therapeutic Approaches, to Professor Kevin McGruder Scott Montgomery ’18 presents his work.
PHOTOGRAPHS BY DENNIE EAGLESON ’71 THE ANTIOCHIAN SUMMER, 2018 7