********************************************************** AWG E-MAIL NEWS October 1999 #5 ********************************************************** CONTENTS: DENVER GSA MEETING-AWG HIGHLIGHTS GSA REQUEST FOR PHOTOS FELLOWSHIP/ASSISTANTSHIP/SCHOLARSHIP/GRANT OPPORTUNITIES Minorities in Marine Science Program NASA Means Business Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research MEETINGS/CONFERENCES 4th Annual UWS Woemn and Science Program Curriculum Reform Institute OTHER OPPORTUNITIES Window on the Universe: Challenger Center for Space Science Education JOBS Wesleyan University PETITION IN SUPPORT OF WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN ********************************* DENVER GSA MEETING-AWG HIGHLIGHTS ********************************* ***Sunday, 24 October, 2-4 pm AWG-sponsored Job-Hunting Workshop, Mariott Hotel (contact Pranoti Asher for info (pasher@gsaix2.cc.gasou.edu) ***Sunday, 24 October, 4 pm AWG-sponsored public lecture by Dr. Pamela Hallock: SENIOR WOMEN SCIENTISTS IN ACADEMIA: WHAT ARE MENTORS AND ROLE MODELS WORTH?, Mariott Hotel ***Tuesday, 26 October, 7 am AWG Breakfast: Pamela Hallock Muller Receives Outstanding Educator Award; Kathryn Thomas Receives Goldring Award ***Sunday 5 pm-Wednesday 5:30 pm, 24-27 October: AWG exhibit booth: Stop by to *network with other members *meet AWG officers *purchase new AWG logo products *pick up a free "Women Who Walk Through Time" video *buy a copy of AWGF-sponsored book "Stone Landmarks-Flagstaff's Geology and Historic Building Stones" by AWG member Marie Jackson *sign up a new member ********************************* GSA REQUEST FOR PHOTOS ********************************* Be a part of the Geological Society of America's (GSA) exciting new anthology of text and photographs, Encounters with Earth (a working title), edited by Eldridge Moores, Lauret Savoy, and Don Easterbrook. GSA invites submissions of photographic images in various photographic media that examine features of Earth (from microscopic to aerial and satellite perspectives) for a new thematic, interdisciplinary anthology. This book will illustrate some of the scope and range of the Earth-human experience to a broad audience by interweaving literary and visual narratives. It will feature photographs (current as well as historical) of a variety of Earth subjects, in combination with complementary accompanying excerpts from writings from a range of fields in addition to the geosciences. The book will be offered to the scientific community and to the general public. Previously published as well as original writings will be selected to reflect social, scientific, artistic, literary, and cultural themes related to the Earth. They would also be selected to reflect a range of perspectives, time periods, and nationalities or ethnicities. The focus will be how the Earth, with its landscapes, environments, topography, and resources, has influenced human activities and perception, and how, conversely, human action has modified or shaped the land. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS Each photographer may submit up to 10 submissions. Each submission must meet the criteria described below. Photos must be of high technical quality, preferably duplicate slides or transparencies and/or black-and-white prints; tell an interesting and unique geologic story; and have unusual aesthetic appeal. Send submissions as early as possible, but all must arrive at GSA no later than December 15, 1999. Send to: Geological Society of America, Encounters Photos , c/o Naomi Horii, Managing Editor, 3300 Penrose Place, P.O. Box 9140, Boulder, CO 80301-9140 For more information, visit the GSA website at www.geoscoiety.org ******************************************************* FELLOWSHIP/ASSISTANTSHIP/SCHOLARSHIP/GRANT OPPORTUNITIES ******************************************************* MINORITIES IN MARINE SCIENCE UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM (MIMSUP) Western Washington University's Shannon Point Marine Center offers an all expenses paid (including travel, tuition, room and board) six month program for minority undergraduates interested in the marine sciences. This year, the program will include a trip to the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography meetings in Copenhagen. If you know any students who would be interested, please encourage them to apply. The Shannon Point Marine Center (SPMC) invites applications for the 2000 Minorities in Marine Science Undergraduate Program (MIMSUP). This exciting and innovative program is designed to introduce members of racial or ethnic groups currently under-represented in science and engineering (i.e., American Indians, Alaskan Natives, African Americans, Latino/Hispanics, and Pacific Islanders) to academic and professional careers in marine science. Eight selected students will spend two quarters (January 5 - June 13) at the Shannon Point Marine Center taking introductory and specialized courses in the marine sciences (31 quarter credit hours), attending seminars and workshops, exploring career opportunities, and engaging in supervised research. They will also attend a regional or national scientific meeting. After the program, students will return to their home institutions to complete their undergraduate programs. The Shannon Point Marine Center is a facility of Western Washington University located in Anacortes, Washington. Facilities on the 87-acre campus include a 12,000 sq. ft. laboratory equipped for marine research and teaching and supplied with high-quality running seawater. A fleet of six research vessels provides access to the rich and diverse marine and estuarine habitats of Puget Sound. Dormitory facilities house up to 24 visitors, with kitchen facilities available for food preparation. Located on the mainland, SPMC offers access to marine and coastal environments typical of the Pacific Northwest, as well as the alpine environments of the Cascade Mountains and the Olympic Peninsula. The facility is 90 miles north of Seattle, Washington, and an equal distance south of Vancouver, B.C. Funding from the National Science Foundation provides full financial support to program participants. This includes coverage of tuition and fees for two quarters, housing in the SPMC dormitory, one round trip between the student's residence and SPMC, and a $600 work-study allowance. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or its possessions, must be in a degree program leading to a bachelor's degree, and must be members of the qualifying racial/ethnic groups. Interested students should submit a brief letter describing their general background, goals and interests; a recommendation letter from a faculty member familiar with their academic record; and a current undergraduate transcript. Also include a current telephone number and e-mail address if possible. Application materials should be directed to Dr. Brian Bingham, Shannon Point Marine Center, 1900 Shannon Point Road, Anacortes, WA 98221. Telephone: (360) 293-2188, E-mail: bingham@cc.wwu.edu. Applications are considered as they are received and final selections will be announced by November 15, 1999. WWU is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution and encourages persons with disabilities to apply. For more information, visit our website at: http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~bingham/mimsup.html. ------------------------------------------------ 2000 NASA MEANS BUSINESS STUDENT COMPETITION The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in soliciting proposals from teams of American college and university students to compete for an opportunity to work with the NASA Exploration Office to draft the first Mars Exploration Customer Engagement Plan. The 2000 NASA Means Business Student Competition provides a unique opportunity for eligible students to successfully propose, draft and refine over the course of the academic year the first Mars Exploration Customer Engagement Plan, which is to be a part of NASA's Mars Exploration Business Plan. The opportunity will include academic scholarship, hands-on experience with professional NASA scientists and engineers, and education/public outreach activities. Selected teams will also receive cash awards of $1,000, travel grants to Johnson Space Center to present their work, and international recognition for their contributions to NASA's Mars exploration planning effort. An overall Competition Winner will be selected from among the finalist teams. The 2000 NASA Means Business Student Competition will provide access to up to six (6) students teams to the Mars mission planning activities of the NASA Exploration Office at the Johnson Space Center. The membership of each team may include any number of graduate and undergraduate students and must include a Supervising Faculty Member. A team may also involve advisory and support personnel, who can include, for example, other undergraduate and graduate students, high school students, business professionals, and community leaders. Each team must designate a student Team Leader. DEADLINES Letters of Intent: December 3, 1999 Proposals: January 14, 2000 Teams Announced: January 28, 2000 Conference in Houston: May 23-25, 2000 For details, browse their Program Web Site:http://www.tsgc.utexas.edu/nmb/ Call Burke Fort, Program Director, at 800/248-8742 or 512/471-7225 (in Austin, TX), or Dr. Humboldt C. Mandell, Jr., at 281/483-3977. ----------------------------------------------- GRANTS-IN-AID OF RESEARCH SIGMA XI, THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SOCIETY Deadline: Mar. 15 Subsidy grants are available to support research in any field of science. Targeted funds allow for funding up to $2,500 under the auspices of funds from the National Academy of Sciences administered by Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. For this fund there is no Sigma Xi membership requirement as this is an open competition, in addition there are no citizenship or geographic restrictions. Applicants must be undergraduate or graduate students in degree programs. For more information and forms, please use our on-line, interactive application form on our web site below (preferred method of submission): http://www.sigmaxi.org/giar/guidelines.htm ************************************************ MEETINGS/CONFERENCES ************************************************ CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS 4th ANNUAL UWS WOMEN AND SCIENCE PROGRAM CURRICULUM REFORM INSTITUTE The University of Wisconsin System Women and Science Program, with support of the Division of Undergraduate Education of the National Science Foundation, the GE Fund, and the UW System, invites participation in a 5-day Institute for curricular reform and development. The Institute is designed to bring teams of educators from across the country together with mentors from the Women and Science Program to develop course projects chosen by the teams themselves. Projects are to address the need for student-active learning in science or mathematics, with an emphasis on addressing issues that often discourage women and minorities from pursuing study in the sciences or mathematics. Projects addressing women and science courses are also welcome. Full information and applications are available on the web at http://www.uwosh.edu/wis/cri.htm Date: June 10-14, 2000 Location: UW Oshkosh campus, Oshkosh, WI Applications are due to the UWS Women and Science Program by December 17, 1999. Teams will be notified of acceptance in February. Application materials are available on the web, or by calling the program office at 920/424-7414. UWS Women and Science Program UW Oshkosh 800 Algoma Blvd Oshkosh, WI 54901 Cost:$2500/three person team ($250 for each additional team member) Scholarships are available. Fees cover on-campus food and lodging and all instructional costs. Workshop Activities: **Core group working time, during which teams work on a course development or reform project which they have proposed for their own campus. During this time, teams will work closely with workshop mentors and other teams with similar projects to incorporate gender- and student-conscious ways of teaching into their proposed course; **Concurrent sessions on inquiry-based laboratories, women and science, collaborative learning, or other topics; **Keynote address given by Drs. Maralee Mayberry and Peg Rees; and **Plenary sessions on topics of common interest to the group. Goals: The mission of the UWS Women and Science Program is to attract and retain more women and minority students in mathematics, science and engineering by promoting systemic change in the ways that science and science education are regarded and carried out within the UW System and beyond. The Institute is a vital part of that mission, and seeks to --Help teams return to their campuses with course revisions or newly developed courses that they will implement for their students; --Provide participants with materials from other team projects, so that each participant will receive useable information for a variety of courses; and --Provide a time and place for mathematics and science faculty of all levels of expertise to discuss and learn about common areas of interest, and to form networks that extend beyond their own campuses. ************************************************** OTHER OPPORTUNITIES ************************************************** Announcement of Opportunity - Window on the Universe Challenger Center for Space Science Education How would you like to take your entire community on a journey from spaceship Earth to places unknown? Imagine parents and their children exploring the great frontiers as families. Picture teachers from across your region learning how to bring the universe and human exploration alive in the classroom. Visualize scientists and engineers -- gifted at communicating their passion to kids and adults alike -- sharing stories of their own explorations during a unique after-school field trip designed for families. Window on the Universe engages entire communities in science, math, and technology education using human space flight and the space sciences as the interdisciplinary themes. Funded by grants from NASA's Human Exploration and Development of Space Enterprise and Office of Space Science, Window helps you create links between local area school districts; museums, science centers, and planetaria; grade K-13 educators; local area researchers and amateur astronomers; business and civic organizations; and the public at large. Window on the Universe hopes to reach communities with limited human space flight and space science resources, or those where resources are not utilized community-wide. This includes, but is not limited to, communities in rural settings, as well as low-income populations in urban settings. The Partnership: Let Challenger Center for Space Science Education open up a Window on the Universe for your entire community. We'll provide: ***Programming know-how in the form of a community resource manual, including materials for marketing and advertising; *** Educational resources for community-wide use, including classroom- and home-based hands-on activities and multimedia materials; *** A national team of researchers and educators for a fantastic week of kick-off programming in each of the first two years, including educator training, classroom visits to local schools, and family science night educational presentations; *** Continued educator training to help facilitate the integration of the educational resources and other human space flight and space science topics into the classroom; and ***Ongoing logistical and informational support from Challenger Center. Your community will integrate the above resources into existing community-wide science, math, and technology educational programming, and extend this programming in creative new ways. We're providing the resources to help you build bridges across your community. What's the next step? Visit our website at:www.challenger.org/wotu There, you'll find more information about the program and how to apply. Communities that do not have Internet access may call Challenger Center at 816/471-7770, x2211 to request additional information. Prospective communities must complete a two-step process to be considered as a Window on the Universe community. The first step is an application, which must be completed and received at Challenger Center by November 5, 1999. The application will be available on our website, may be requested by e-mail, or may be obtained by calling Challenger Center. Communities will receive constructive feedback regarding the strengths and weaknesses of their application two weeks later. Accompanying the feedback will be guidelines for submitting a proposal package, a more robust and formal expression of a community's interest and support. Full proposals must be received at Challenger Center by January 14, 2000. Three communities will be selected in early February for Window programming that will begin in Spring 2000. Still have questions? Contact Challenger Center:E-mail:wotu@challenger.org Phone: 816/471-7770 x2211 ------------------------------------------- LIFTOFF 2000! RETURN TO MARS This innovative educational program for educators, sponsored by the Texas Space Grant Consortium and held at the Lunar and Planetary Institute, features presentations by Mars scientists and engineers, tours of NASA and Space Center Houston, hands-on inquiry based classroom activities, free curricula and space science materials, and Internet and e-mail access. We invite you to: * Publicize this opportunity for middle and high school teachers. * Sponsor an outstanding teacher from your state. * Write letters of support to candidates wishing to attend from your state. * Promote LiftOff 2000 as an outstanding learning opportunity for teachers in your state. * Provide access to our web site http://www.tsgc.utexas.edu/ for additional information. What have former participants had to say about LiftOff? In my 13 years of teaching science, I have attended seminars, short courses, and workshopsŠThis has been the BEST. If you are lucky enough to be accepted to this workshop, you simply must attend. The friendliness, the information, the materials can be utilized the rest of my life. This workshop expanded my knowledge of space education by (a) exposing me to facts about comets, the moon, and space traveling, (b) creating new activities to use in the classroom, (c) helping with networking with both my peers and other scientists. Thank you for your assistance and support of this unique educational opportunity. Should you need additional information, please call the Texas Space Grant Outreach Coordinator at 800-248-8742. ********************************************** JOBS ********************************************** WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY STRATIGRAPHY/STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY The Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences at Wesleyan University is seeking candidates for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level. The applicant should hold a Ph.D., be a broadly trained solid earth scientist with expertise in the areas of stratigraphy and structural geology, and with qualifications that reinforce or complement existing departmental strengths. Experience and interest in the areas of GIS or earth resources would be a valued asset. We seek a person who can combine a commitment to undergraduate education with an active research program. The candidate is expected to teach two courses per semester, including introductory physical geology on a rotating basis, and other introductory and upper level courses of her or his choosing. Interest in and a commitment to the involvement of undergraduates in research is important. Women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply for this position. Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a statement of teaching interests with descriptions of possible courses to be offered, and a statement of research interest that details plans for developing a research program that involves undergraduates. The applicant also should request three referees to send letters of recommendation to: Gregory S. Horne, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, Review of applications will begin November 1. Wesleyan University is an Affirmative Action Employer ****************************************** PETITION IN SUPPORT OF WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN ******************************************* [Editor's Note: Please take a moment to read this petition. While we struggle for, albeit important, issues such as equal pay, Afghan women, unable even to leave their homes without an accompanying male, are struggling for basic human rights. Please add your name to the end of the petition and pass it on to other lists to which you belong. This petition was submitted to AWG E-Mail News by April Abate, AWG Student At-Large Delegate] The government of Afghanistan is waging a war upon women. Since the Taliban took power in 1996, women have had to wear burqua and have been beaten and stoned in public for not having the proper attire, even if this means simply not having the mesh covering in front of their eyes. One woman was beaten to DEATH by an angry mob of fundamentalists for accidentally exposing her arm while she was driving. Another was stoned to death for trying to leave the country with a man that was not a relative. Women are not allowed to work or even go out in public without a male relative; professional women such as professors translators, doctors, lawyers, artists and writers have been forced from their jobs and stuffed into their homes, so that depression is becoming so widespread that it has reached emergency levels. There no way in such an extreme Islamic society to know the suicide rate with certainty, but relief workers are estimating that the suicide rate among women, who cannot find proper medication and treatment for severe depression and would rather take their lives than live in such conditions, has increased significantly. Homes where a woman is present must have their windows painted so that she can never be seen by outsiders. They must wear silent shoes so that they are never heard. Women live in fear of their lives for the slightest misbehavior. Because they cannot work, those without male relatives or husbands are either starving to death or begging on the street, even if they hold Ph.D.'s. There are almost no medical facilities available for women, and relief workers, in protest, have mostly left the country, taking medicine and psychologists and other things necessary to treat the sky-rocketing level of depression among women. At one of the rare hospitals for women, a reporter found still, nearly lifeless bodies lying motionless on top of beds, wrapped in their burqua, unwilling to speak, eat, or do anything, but slowly wasting away. Others have gone mad and were seen crouched in corners, perpetually rocking or crying, most of them in fear. One doctor is considering, when what little medication that is left finally runs out, leaving these women in front of the president's residence as a form of peaceful protest. It is at the point where the term 'human rights violations' has become an understatement. Husbands have the power of life and death over their women relatives, especially their wives, but an angry mob has just as much right to stone or beat a woman, often to death, for exposing an inch of flesh or offending them in the slightest way. Women enjoyed relative freedom, to work, dress generally as they wanted, and drive and appear in public alone until only 1996. The rapidity of this transition is the main reason for the depression and suicide; women who were once educators or doctors or simply used to basic human freedoms are now severely restricted and treated as sub-human in the name of right-wing fundamentalist Islam. It is not their tradition or 'culture', but is alien to them, and it is extreme even for those cultures where fundamentalism is the rule. Everyone has a right to a tolerable human existence, even if they are women in a Muslim country. If we can threaten military force in Kosovo in the name of human rights for the sake of ethnic Albanians, citizens of the world can certainly express peaceful outrage at the oppression, murder and injustice committed against women by the Taliban. STATEMENT: In signing this, we agree that the current treatment of women in Afghanistan is completely UNACCEPTABLE and deserves support and action by the United Nations and that the current situation overseas will not be tolerated. Women's Rights is not a small issue anywhere and it is UNACCEPTABLE for women in 1999 to be treated as sub-human and so much as property. quality and human decency is a RIGHT not a freedom, whether one lives in Afghanistan or elsewhere. 1) Suzanne Dathe, Grenoble, France 2) Laurence COMPARAT, Grenoble,France 3) Philippe MOTTE, Grenoble, France 4) Jok FERRAND, Mont St Martin, France 5) Emmanuelle PIGNOL, St Martin d'Heres, FRANCE 6) Marie GAUTHIER, Grenoble, FRANCE 7) Laurent VESCALO, Grenoble,FRANCE 8) Mathieu MOY, St Egreve, FRANCE 9) Bernard BLANCHET, Mont St Martin, FRANCE 10) Tassadite FAVRIE, Grenoble, FRANCE 11) Loic GODARD, St Ismier, FRANCE 12) Benedicte PASCAL, Grenoble, FRANCE 13) Khedaidja BENATIA, Grenoble, FRANCE 14) Marie-Therese LLORET, Grenoble,FRANCE 15) Benoit THEAU, Poitiers, FRANCE 16) Bruno CONSTANTIN, Poitiers, FRANCE 17) Christian COGNARD, Poitiers, FRANCE 18) Robert GARDETTE, Paris, FRANCE 19) Claude CHEVILLARD, Montpellier, FRANCE 20) gilles FREISS, Montpellier, FRANCE 21) Patrick AUGEREAU, Montpellier, FRANCE. 22) Jean IMBERT, Marseille, FRANCE 23) Jean-Claude MURAT, Toulouse, France 24) Anna BASSOLS, Barcelona, Spain 25) Mireia DUNACH, Barcelona, Spain 26) Michel VILLAZ, Grenoble, France 27) Pages Frederique, Dijon, France 28) Rodolphe FISCHMEISTER, Chatenay-Malabry,France 29) Francois BOUTEAU, Paris, France 30) Patrick PETER, Paris, France 31) Lorenza RADICI, Paris, France 32) Monika Siegenthaler, Bern, Switzerland 33) Mark Philp, Glasgow, Scotland 34) Tomas Andersson, Stockholm, Sweden 35) Jonas Eriksson, Stockholm, Sweden 36) Karin Eriksson, Stockholm, Sweden 37) Ake Ljung, Stockholm, Sweden 38) Carina Sedlmayer, Stockholm, Sweden 39) Rebecca Uddman, Stockholm, Sweden 40) Lena Skog, Stockholm, Sweden 41) Micael Folke, Stockholm, Sweden 42) Britt-Marie Folke, Stockholm, Sweden 43) Birgitta Schuberth, Stockholm, Sweden 44) Lena Dahl, Stockholm, Sweden 45) Ebba Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden 46) Jessica Carlsson, Vaxjo, Sweden 47) Sara Blomquist, Vaxjo, Sweden 48) Magdalena Fosseus, Vaxjo, Sweden 49) Charlotta Langner, Goteborg, Sweden 50) Andrea Egedal, Goteborg, Sweden 51) Lena Persson, Stockholm, Sweden 52) Magnus Linder, Umea ,Sweden 53) Petra Olofsson, Umea, Sweden 54) Caroline Evenbom, Vaxjo, Sweden 55) Asa Pettersson, Grimsas, Sweden 56) Jessica Bjork, Grimsas, Sweden 57) Linda Ahlbom Goteborg, Sweden 58) Jenny Forsm, Boras, Sweden 59) Nina Gunnarson, Kinna, Sweden 60) Andrew Harrison, New Zealand 61) Bryre Murphy, New Zealand 62) Claire Lugton, New Zealand 63) Sarah Thornton, New Zealand 64) Rachel Eade, New Zealand 65) Magnus Hjert, London, UK 67) Madeleine Stamvik, Hurley, UK 68) Susanne Nowlan, Vermont, USA 69) Lotta Svenby, Malmoe, Sweden 70) Adina Giselsson, Malmoe, Sweden 71) Anders Kullman, Stockholm, Sweden 72) Rebecka Swane, Stockholm,Sweden 73) Jens Venge, Stockholm, Sweden 74) Catharina Ekdahl, Stockholm, Sweden 75) Nina Fylkegard, Stockholm, Sweden 76) Therese Stedman, Malmoe, Sweden 77) Jannica Lund, Stockholm, Sweden 78) Douglas Bratt 79) Mats Lofstrom, Stockholm, Sweden 80) Li Lindstrom, Sweden 81) Ursula Mueller, Sweden 82) Marianne Komstadius, Stockholm, Sweden 83) Peter Thyselius, Stockholm, Sweden 84) Gonzalo Oviedo, Quito, Ecuador 85) Amalia Romeo, Gland, Switzerland 86) Margarita Restrepo, Gland, Switzerland 87) Eliane Ruster, Crans p.C., Switzerland 88) Jennifer Bischoff-Elder, Hong Kong 89) Azita Lashgari, Beirut, Lebanon 90) Khashayar Ostovany, New York, USA 91) Lisa L Miller, Reno NV 92) Danielle Avazian, Los Angeles, CA 93) Sara Risher, Los Angeles, Ca. 94) Melanie London, New York, NY 95) Susan Brownstein , Los Angeles, CA 96) Steven Raspa, San Francisco, CA 97) Margot Duane, Ross, CA 98) Natasha Darnall, Los Angeles, CA 99) Candace Brower, Evanston, IL 100) James Kjelland, Evanston, IL 101) Michael Jampole, Beach Park, IL, USA 102) Diane Willis, Wilmette, IL, USA 103) Sharri Russell, Roanoke, VA, USA 104) Faye Cooley, Roanoke, VA, USA 105) Natalie Edwards, Charlottesville VA USA 106) Cyndy Williams, Charlottesville, VA USA 107) Donna Hall, Lynchburg, Va USA 108) Robin Hinkle, Lynchburg, VA USA 109) George Vass Venice, FL USA 110) Martha Ferris, Moncks Corner, SC USA 111) Teresa Smith, Charleston, SC, USA 112) Terry Longo, Orlando, FL, USA 113) Charlotte Downs, Orlando, FL, USA 114) Laura M. Connaughton, Orlando, FL USA 115) Ronit Doran, Tel Aviv, Israel 116) Iris Berenstein, Johannesburg, South Africa 117) Lynne Jeffreys, Johannesburg, South Africa 118) Sharon van Heerden, Johannesburg, South Africa 119) Lizelle Mc Mahon, Johannesburg, South Africa 120) Frik du Toit Suid Afrika 121) Glenda Warrin, Cape Town, South Africa 122) Andrew le Roux, Cape Town, South Africa 123) Nathea Beukes, Cape Town, South Africa 124) Johan Wiesner, Toowoomba, Australia 125) Retha Wiesner, Toowoomba, Australia 126) Leon de Villiers, Toowoomba, Australia 127) Leslie Willmers, Cape Town, South Africa 128) Wayne Jacobs, Cape Town, South Africa 129) Davlynne Lidbetter, Cape Town, South Africa 130) Gunnar Blondal, Oslo, Norway 131) Hjortur Blondal, Reykjavik, Iceland 132) Hordur Sigurjonsson, Reykjavik, Iceland 133) Barbara Eriksson, Gislaved, Sweden 134) Henry Z, Denmark 135) Helle S, Denmark 136) Wiktor S, Denmark 137) Ilona K, Kitimat, Canada 138) Katherine Vinluan-Arellano, Philippines 139) Toby Pedersen, Arkansas, USA 140) Nancy Pedersen, Longview, TX, USA 141) Renee' Golden, Kilgore, TX, USA 142) Linda Hill, Longview, TX, USA 143) Francine Frenette, Longview, TX, USA 144) Lucie Marcotte, Montreal, Canada 145) Andri De Carufel, Quibec, Canada 146) France Nicole, Montrial, Canada 147) Danielle Fleurant, Montrial, Canada 148) Simone Spiller, Montrial, Canada 149) Marie d'Huart, Brussels, Belgium 150) Pascale Simonpoli, Montrial, Canada 151) Marie-Josie Richard, Montrial, Canada 152) Andrea Glavas, Vancouver, Canada 153) Susan Gottschick, Port Coquitlam, Canada 154) Tim Gottschick, Port Coquitlam, Canada 155) Anne Sutinen, Port Coquitlam, Canada 156) Allan Sutinen, Port Coquitlam, Canada 157) James Sutinen, Port Coquitlam, Canada 158) Janice MacLean, Garibaldi Highlands, BC, Canada 159) Lana Leveridge, Garibaldi Highlands, BC, Canada 160) Anita Madsen, Bella Coola, BC Canada 161) Carole Whaley, Summerland, BC Canada 162) Barbara Gardner, Ventura, CA USA 163) Judy Kessler, Valley Glen, CA USA 164) Paul Crowley, Buffalo Grove, IL USA 165) Philip Robare, Chicago, IL USA 166) David Sadker, Bethesda, MD, USA 167) Alyssa Pintchovski, Austin, TX, USA 168) Kathleen Diaz, Austin, TX, USA 169) Adina Benno, Albany, NY, USA 170) khury Petersen-Smith, Albany, NY, USA 171) Orr Bernstein, Albany, NY, USA 172) Meg Richmond, Delaware, OH, USA 173) Robyn Hauser, Delaware, OH, USA 174) John Rossey, Sunbury, OH, USA 175) Mindy Hedges, Delaware, OH, USA 176) Susannah Sagan, Columbus OH, USA 177)Joyce Garver Keller, Columbus OH, USA 178)Toby Liberman, Akron OH USA 179) Rabbi David M. Horowitz, Akron, OH USA 180) Toby Horowitz, Akron, OH USA 181) Rabbi John Spitzer, Canton, OH, USA 182) Sue Matlof, St. Louis, MO, USA 183) Lauren Winer, St. Louis, MO, USA 184) E. Duchess Benzaquen, Tyler, Texas USA 185) David M. Lisner, Tyler, Texas USA 186) James Liang, Atlanta, Georgia, USA 187) Jennifer Blice, Texas, USA 188) Stacy Higbe, Norman, USA 189) Jeanette Higbe, Alexandria, VA, USA 190)Sarah Jane Billington, Fairfax, VA USA 191 Anne Perry, Alexandria, VA USA 192) Maggie Cahoon, Marlow, NH, USA 193 Jim Cahoon, Maynard, MA, USA 194) April Abate, Haverhill, MA USA 195) Joanne Kluessendof, Urbana, Illinois, USA PLEASE COPY this email on to a new message,sign the bottom and forward it to everyone on your distribution lists. If you receive this list with more than 200 names on it, please e-mail a copy of it to sarabande@brandeis.edu Even if you decide not to sign, please be considerate and do not kill the petition. Thank you. It is best to copy rather than forward the petition. Melissa Buckheit, Brandeis University Dr. Joanne Kluessendorf Dept. of Geology, University of Illinois 1301 W. Green St., Urbana, IL 61801 USA phone: (217) 367-5916; fax: (217) 367-5916 or (217) 244-4996; e-mail: jkluesse@uiuc.edu