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Honors
Marine Science 101...we rocked some science!
In
2003, USC offered a separate introductory marine science class
for students of the Honors College. Richard Styles was the
professor and Dara Hooker was the TA. It was a great semester,
and we have the pictures to prove it! We took an AMAZING field
trip to the coast November 7-8, 2003.
Field
Trip 2003, Day 1
The Marsh
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We left
Columbia at 6:00 A.M. on a Friday morning. It was still dark
and everybody was groggy. We stopped for breakfast at a Burger
King. Seated from left to right: Brooke Southgate, Chanda Cooper,
and Bethany Kessel. Don't they look chipper and ready to go? |
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Not so chipper here, though. There was a lot of sleeping
on the way to the coast! |
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We spent
the first day at the Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine Biology
and Coastal Research. Paul Kenny and the Baruch gave us a great
tour of the facilities and an introduction to some of the scientists
and the work they do. Then we got to participate in a fish count.
Very cool, although pretty messy. |
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Things
to note about salt marshes: they smell funky and the mud gets
everywhere! Here, Brian Murphy and others head out for some
exploration. |
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This is a picture
of Dara Hooker and Alisha Trail walking back from the salt marsh.
We all cleaned off as much mud as we could and then headed to
the USC lab facilities at Baruch to analyze our data. |
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