NEWS AND EVENTS November 30th, 2005 Pictures from the November 17th study abroad meeting and the November 19th Rockin' the Zoo trip are now up in the photo album.  Enjoy! November 29th, 2005 Tri-Beta is done with meetings for the quarter.  Check back soon to see what's happening in winter! Wanted: Meeting Ideas! Thanks to all your support and participation it has been a tremendous fall quarter here for Tri-Beta!  Now, with your help we're looking to make events even better during winter.  Do you have ideas or interests you would like to see Tri-Beta pursue?  Send your thoughts on meeting topics and activity ideas to Tri-Beta (tribeta@u.washington.edu) with the subject "Meeting Ideas".  Thanks! November 28th, 2005 Tri-beta and the Biology club are now taking pre-orders for our T-shirts and sweatshirts. The order will be made in the first week of winter quarter. Please see the link below to check out our styles and designs. You can print out a pre-order form here and return it with cash or check to any club meeting, or to Hitchcock 318. Pre-order forms are also available across from the biology advising office (Hitchcock 318). How to order biology apparel Take a look at the official catalogue, found here (pdf) or here (word document)! Pick up an order form across from Hitchcock 318 or print one out from our website here (pdf) or here (word document). Choose the style (Unisex short-sleeve, Girlie Short-sleeve, Long-sleeve, Ringer short-sleeve, Hooded sweatshirt, Zipper fleece jacket) Choose a color (colors available depend on the style) Choose a design (Classic, Express Yourself, Everybody Wants In, Cell Out, Moth) Choose a size: S, M, L, XL, 2XL Submit the order form with cash, check or money order (Please make out to "Tri-Beta" and write “apparel” on check or money order) to the: Biology advising office in Hitchcock 318, or Mail to: Tri-Beta Biology advising office (Hitchcock 318) Box 355320 Seattle, WA 98195-5320 We will email you when your order arrives. You can pick your order up in Hitchcock 318. Wanted: Meeting Ideas! Thanks to all your support and participation it has been a tremendous fall quarter here for Tri-Beta!  Now, with your help we're looking to make events even better during winter.  Do you have ideas or interests you would like to see Tri-Beta pursue?  Send your thoughts on meeting topics and activity ideas to Tri-Beta (tribeta@u.washington.edu) with the subject "Meeting Ideas".  Thanks! November 23rd, 2005 Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at TriBeta and the Biology Club! November 18th, 2005 Zoo sign-ups are now over! Everyone who signed up will get in on the special deal, however, due to the Apple Cup, the meeting time behind Kincade is now 9:15, with a departure time of 9:30. Please be on time! Enjoy the weekend everyone. November 17th, 2005 For those of you planning to meet TriBeta at the zoo, we will be meeting at the south enterance at 10am. November 15th, 2005 Update: the price for admittance on the zoo trip has now (almost certainly) changed! It will be free for the 25 to accompany TriBeta on the tour. It will be normally priced for everyone else, though we at TriBeta are working to get that rate reduced as well. What does this all mean? Sign up now and get in FREE! November 14th, 2005 Study Abroad Panel: When:   Thursday, November 17 @ 4:30pm Where:  Kincaid 502 Earn college credit while having a blast!  Interesting places and the funding to get you there. Come get your Study Abroad questions answered by a speaker from UW's International Programs and Exchanges Office, and listen to the real-life adventures of: Stacey DeAmicis, Senior, Botany/Oceanography: Mexico Lindsey Reno, Senior, Cell Biology: Galapagos Islands Margaret Nguyen Le, Junior, Cell Biology: Rome Woodland Park Zoo Field trip! When:    Saturday, November 19 Where:   Meet behind Kincaid at 9:30 am Join us for a day at the zoo, with reduced entrance fee ($5.25 per person) Update: The first twenty five people going on the tour will now get in FREEH However, we are working on getting a discounted rate for everyone) and a behind-the-scenes tour of the zoo for the first 25 people in our group, with priority given to Tri-Beta members. Sign Up Here! (UWNetID required) The tour will be led by UW's own: Dr. Samuel K. Wasser Endowed Chair of Conservation Biology Research Professor, Dept. of Biology Director of the Center for Conservation Biology http://depts.washington.edu/conserv/ Topics Dr. Wasser will cover: Conservation issues for many of the species, How species in the zoo can contribute to broader conservation   programs Biodiversity and Evolution Some of the possibilities and pitfalls of captive breeding programs that attempt to reintroduce animals into the wild Assisted reproduction programs in the zoo, including artificial insemination and embryo transfer using in vitro fertilization Transportation: Option #1: Meet us behind Kincaid at 9:30 am to catch Bus Route #44 to the Zoo. Remember: your UPass or bus fare Option #2: Use your own means of transportation and meet us in front of the Woodland Park Zoo at 10:00 am to get the reduced entrance fee. (Parking at the Zoo costs $3.50) (Map from UW can be found here.) Don't Forget: FREE all-day entrance fee per person for the 25 people on the tour (adult admission is normally $10!) UPass or bus fare (if riding the bus) Comfy shoes Warm Clothes Rain gear Lunch (they do have a restaurant) November 9th, 2005 Sign ups for the day trip to the Woodland Park Zoo on Saturday the 19th of November are now up! Dr Samuel Wasser, from the Center for Conservation Biology will be giving a few lucky students and staff a behind the scenes at the Woodland Park Zoo. Space is limited to 25 spots, so sign-up now! Sign Up Here! (UWNetID required) November 2nd, 2005 The long promised (and awaited) pictures are finally up! To see what Tri-Beta and the Biology Club have been up to so far this year follow this link, or just click on "Photo Album" at the bottom of the menu on the left. If you have any pictures from these events, or take any at future events you think would be good for the web page, and would like to have posted, simply send them as an attachment to tribeta@u.washington.edu. You can include a caption if you wish, and you will, of course, be given credit for your splendid photography. Other than that, enjoy! October 31st, 2005 Come join TriBeta for: The road to riches, fame, and fortune Dr. Clarissa Dirks, Lecturer in the department of Biology will come discuss how to fund your college career, what you can do with a biology major, how to get into research, find scholarships and more!  This will be a great opportunity to see some of the numerous options available during and after an undergraduate education! When: Thursday, November 3rd @ 4:30pm Where:  Kincaid 502 Happy Halloween everyone! October 21st, 2005 October 17th, 2005 Jacobson Observatory Tour As a precursor to the talk below, TriBeta will be hosting a tour of the Theodor Jacobson Observatory on wednesday night to take a look at Mars! When: October 19th @ 7pm Where: Meet up at the observatory (which can be found here)! Astrobiology: Is there life on Mars? Professor James Staley, PhD will give a talk discussing the possibilities of microbial life on planets in our solar system and perhaps elsewhere. The talk will take special account of the recent findings of abundant water and methane gas on Mars. When: October 20th @ 4:30pm Where: PAA 114 Plus, there will be Free Food! Salmon Trip Recap TriBeta's trip down to Cavanaugh Pond was a big success!  We shuttled down with 19 people, learned about salmon, the watershed, Seattle's water supply, and then some of the hungry adventurers capped off the day with a stop by Dairy Queen to get energy boosts from blizzards! For those who weren't able to make it, or those who want to relive the experience through film, pictures from the trip will be up soon.  (If you happen to have gone and wish for your pictures to be featured on this site, simply send us an email with them attached at tribeta@u.washington.edu .) We here at TriBeta want to extend a big thank you both to those who chose to attend, and to the biology department's own Barbara Owens for giving such a great tour at the pond!  Thanks everybody! October 14th, 2005 Online signups for the Cedar River trip are no longer active. Email tribeta@u.washington.edu to see about last minute addition! October 10th, 2005 Come watch the annual salmon run up the Cedar River to Cavanaugh Pond and Landsburg ! When:  October 15, 2005 (This Saturday @ 11am) We'll leave Hitchcock Hall at 11am and arrive at Cavanaugh Pond around Noon.  Meet up with us on campus or at the site. We'll then return to campus around 4 or 5pm depending on traffic and whether people want to stop to get food or not. All faculty, students and staff are welcome! Sign Up Here! (Note: if you are having difficulties with the javascript signup, just email tribeta@u.washington.edu with Salmon Trip as the subject and your name and email.  Thanks!) Barbara Owens, our very own naturalist at the Biology Advising office will tell us all about the natural and human history of the river and the life cycle and needs of the returning salmon. She will also give us a tour of the pond and the trap where some fish are removed for the hatchery. Why visit Landsburg with naturalist Janet Germeraad? It's part of the watershed that is closed to all humans and this is a special opportunity to see the site while being escorted by trained naturalists.  See the dam and the exact location where drinking water to over 1 million Seattlites is siphoned off from the river and diverted into your home.  See the high-tech salmon sorting ladder- in only its third year of operation - complete with a fish escalator, aka pescalator, where Chinook and Coho are allowed into the watershed to spawn but Sockeye, due to thier large numbers, are returned downstream.  See the new computerized filters that get out the "chewy chunks" from your drinking water and witness the giant toothbrushes that automatically clean the filters.  See the old filter house, which is listed on the National Historic Registry. Hope to see you there! October 7th, 2005 Last night's meeting on intelligent design was a huge success!  Hitchcock 132 has a capacity of 150, and it was bursting at the seams! We here at TriBeta are extremely happy with the interest and participation shown by everyone there, and want to say a big thank you to everyone for helping us make it the event it was.  We look forward to having similarly great events in the future, and we look forward to seeing you there! October 4th, 2005 Lecture on Intelligent Design & FREE PIZZA ! WHEN: Thursday, October 6, 5:45 WHERE: Hitchcock 132 Dr. Kenneth Clatterbaugh, Chair of the department of Philosophy is going to give us a brief background on the classical and contemporary proposals of Intelligent Design - the belief that life on earth was deliberately designed by one or more intelligent agents.  Free PIZZA! See you all there! September 27th, 2005 Hey all! Welcome back from summer break. Over the summer, we here at TriBeta have finalized the officer list, which you can now see here in its entirety. Please join the rest of us in welcoming our new secretary Jennifer Numata. In other news, TriBeta and the biology club will be hosting a table at this year's Dawg Daze! We will be in Red Square on thursday September 29th from 10:30 to 2:30. Come stop by to learn more about the club or just meet the (great) officers! Just below you will find the autumn schedule of events. These are always free and open to anyone with interest. So check them out here on the website, and perhaps you'll be inspired to check them out in person! Sweatshirt & T-shirt SALE Shirts on sale daily 8am to 5pm Monday - Friday in Biology advising office (Hitchcock 318) Inventory information on bulletin board directly opposite office All apparel proceeds support Tri-Beta functions   BIOLOGY CLUB (sponsored by Tri-Beta) Biology Club meetings and events are free and open to any and all interested students, staff, or faculty. Tri-Beta membership is not required to attend meetings. Meetings & Events All meetings are run from 4:30 to 5:30pm in HCK 316 unless otherwise noted.   Autumn Quarter 2005   October 6 5:45 pm HCK 132 Free Pizza! Topic: Intelligent Design Speaker: Dr. Kenneth Clatterbaugh, Chair, Department of Philosophy Description: Is it really an alternative to evolution? Faculty and staff invited!   October 15 Topic: Cedar River (Day trip) Speaker: Barbara Owens, Biology Advising Office Description: Watch the salmon marathon at Cavanaugh Pond with an experienced naturalist Sign Up Here!   October 19 7:00 pm Observatory Topic: Jacobson Observatory Tour Description: TriBeta will be hosting a tour of the Jacobson observatory on campus! Come Check out Mars and get prepared for thursday's lecture! The observatory can be found here.   October 20 4:30pm PAA 114 Free Food! Topic: Astrobiology: Is there life on Mars? Speaker: Dr. James Staley, Professor, Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology Description: New clues that point to the presence of life on Mars     October 27 5 - 9pm Anderson 207 Topic: Halloween Party! Description:  Come celebrate halloween with The Forest Club, TriBeta, and The Wildlife Society!  Costumes a plus!   November 3 Kincaid 502 Topic: The road to riches, fame, fortune etc Speaker: Dr. Clarissa Dirks, Lecturer, Department of Biology Description: Career Info, scholarships and other opportunities for undergrads     November  17 Kincaid 502 Topic: Where in the world do you want to go? Speaker: International Programs & Exchanges Description: Earn college credit while having a blast. Interesting places and the funding to get you there.     November 19 Topic: Rockin the Zoo (Day trip) Speaker: Dr Samuel Wasser, Center for Conservation Biology Description: Behind the scenes at the Woodland Park Zoo with our very knowledgeable guide Click here to see past meetings and events Give us some input on events you would like to see or things you would like us to improve. Last updated:January 2, 2006 . Please send all questions or comments regarding the web site to the webmaster at tribeta@u.washington.edu