<h2>Abstract - 2007</h2>
<h3>The 2007 CAS Colloquium is focused on 'Thinking About the Environment'.</h3>
<p>The format of the events includes papers, panels, roundtables, performances, and posters. A short abstract for each event is provided below.</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/ABUSHARBAIN07.doc" target="new">AbuSharbain, Elaine - Impact of the Action Research and Community Problem Solving Model on Classroom Community Empowerment</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/BALLINGER07.doc" target="new">Ballinger, Jack; Trepp, Ethan - Wake up and smell the ethanol</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/BLANKSON07.doc" target="new">Blankson, Isaac et al - Africa?s Environment and Corporate Social Responsibility: Examining the Practices of Multinational Corporations in Developing Societies</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/BOYD07.doc" target="new">Boyd, Roger E. - Pluralism vs. Elitism: The Great Randolph County Landfill War!</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/BRUGAM07.doc" target="new">Brugam, Richard - Environmental History of Southwestern Illinois</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/BRUGAM207.doc" target="new">Brugam, Richard; Kohn, Luci; Retzlaff, William; Lin, Zhiqing; Hu, Shunfu ; White, Kim; Brown, Venessa - Lead Contamination of the Metro East</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/BURNS07.doc" target="new">Burns, Melinda - Moral Laws vs. Human Nature</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/CONLEY07.doc" target="new">Conley, Doug - The Gardens at SIUE</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/CROUCH07.doc" target="new">Crouch, Janet - Southern Illinois Politicians View on Environmental Issues</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/DAGGETT07.doc" target="new">Daggett, Vicki - The Environment is not thinking about us</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/DEGARMO07.doc" target="new">DeGarmo, Denise - The Disposal of Radioactive Wastes in the Metropolitan St. Louis Area: The Environmental and Health Legacy of the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/ESSNER07.doc" target="new">Essner, Rick - Life on the Edge?Illinois? Threatened Cerulean Warbler</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/FLICK07.doc" target="new">Flick, Louise H. - Dietary protein: Protection against preterm birth in stressful environments</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/GAY07.doc" target="new">Gay, Pamela; HIll, Roger; Foster, Tom - Street Light, Street Bright, the Only Light We See Tonight</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/SLATTERY07.doc" target="new">Gordon, Chris; Lopez, Carla; Slattery, Dianne - Greening the Construction Curriculum</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/GOUDEY07.doc" target="new">Goudey, Monica - The Responsibility of a Conscious Decision</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/HEDLEY07.doc" target="new">Hedley, Mark; Stygar, Elizabeth; Perkins,Laura; Nore, Ellen - Greening SIUE</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/HINTON07.doc" target="new">Hinton, Shay - Yes, You Can Do Something: Simple Ways to Save the Environment</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/HOLT07.doc" target="new">Holt, Julie; Marks, Erin - Thinking about the Environment and Cahokia's Collapse</a></li>
<li>Ê <a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/HUFFMAN07.doc" target="new">Huffman, Tim - Save the World! Moving from philosophy to persuasion in environmental rhetoric</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/JOHNSON07.doc" target="new">Johnson, Kevin - Contaminants in the environment, occurrence, and potential effects</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/KLOSTER07.doc" target="new">Kloster, Erin - Ecofeminism</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/LAFOND07.doc" target="new">LaFond, Larry - ?Environment? as Shibboleth:Ê Lexical Choices and the Political Divide</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/LAME07.doc" target="new">Lame, Joan M. - A study of mitigation banking in the Upper Mississippi River region</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/LAVALLEE07.doc" target="new">Lavallee, Tom - Chinese Ideas of Order for Figures in the Landscape: The Concept of Wei (positionality) in the Poetry and Paintings of the Orchid Pavilion Gathering</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/LUTTRELL07.doc" target="new">Luttrell, Greg - Bicycle Crash Causes and Frequencies for 18-25 Years Olds</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/MARRON07.doc" target="new">Marron, Brittany - Equity of Sentencing Vehicular Homicides Resulting from Impaired and Non-impaired Driving</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/MINCHIN07.doc" target="new">Minchin, Peter - Ecological effects of habitat fragmentation and edge creation</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/MOORE07.doc" target="new">Moore, Michael - Starlight on the Moselle: The Roman "Fields and Gardens"</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/MORGAN07.doc" target="new">Morgan, Brandy - Batteries and the Environment</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/REHG07.doc" target="new">Rehg, Jennifer - Conservation in Brazil</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/REINHART07.doc" target="new">Reinhart, Hannah C. - Media Framing of the Environment: An Articulation of Dominant Capitalist Ideology</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/RETZLAFF07.doc" target="new">Retzlaff, William; Luckett, Kelly - Green Building on Campus</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/SAWYER07.doc" target="new">Sawyer, Sara - Global Warming and Coral Bleaching</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/SCHULZ07.doc" target="new">Schulz, Kurt - Invasive Plant Species as Biological Pollution: This Problem May Not be Soluble</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/SHETLEY07.doc" target="new">Shetley, Paul - The Environmental Training Resource Center at SIUE</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/SIMMS07.doc" target="new">Simms, Doug - A Celto-Germanic Etymology for Flora and Fauna which will Boar Yew</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/SMITH07.doc" target="new">Smith, Marian - Disruption of the natural flood regime of the Illinois River: Causes and effects</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/SPRINGER07.doc" target="new">Springer, Carl P.E. - Farming and the Development of Cultural Identity in Republican Rome</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/STEWART07.doc" target="new">Stewart, Julie. - Poster</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/STONE07.doc" target="new">Stone, Lucian W. - No One Remembers the Garden?: Forough Farrokhzad, an Iranian Ecofeminist</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/STROOT07.doc" target="new">Stroot, Christopher - Plumbing, Water Structures and their Impact on Roman Civilization</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/THAPALIYA07.doc" target="new">Thapaliya, Rupak - Environmental Resource Scarcity -Ê Social Implications in developing countries</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/THEISING07.doc" target="new">Theising, Andy - Industrial Legacy: A Visual Representation of Environmental Issues</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/THEODORAKIS07.doc" target="new">Theodorakis, Chris - Potential Effects of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles on Aquatic Organisms in the Environment</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/WALLACE07.doc" target="new">Wallace, Gary - Population Control: Tool For Human Survival Or Tyranny?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/WILKINSON07.doc" target="new">Wilkinson, Amy; Pokhrel, Binod - Connecting to the Environment Using the Library of Congress Website</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/WROBBEL07.doc" target="new">Wrobbel, E. Duff; DeGarmo, Denise - Sesame Street Tackles the Environment. A Puppet Show</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/colloquia/pdf/ZHOU07.doc" target="new">Zhou, Bin - The Dao of the Environment</a></li>
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