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    Date: 11/12/98
      Contact:                           Christina Chapple   12

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SLU INITIATES 35 INTO NEW BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES HONOR SOCIETY
     HAMMOND -- Thirty-five Southeastern Louisiana University students have been
initiated into a new university chapter of the national honor society for biological science majors,
Beta Beta Beta.
     The initiation and unveiling of the society's Southeastern charter was held Nov. 6. Nick
Norton, head of the biological sciences department, said Beta Beta Beta members must be
sophomores with at least a 3.3 grade point average and 12 hours of biological sciences course
work. 
     Biological sciences professor Larry Frederick is the new chapter's advisor.
     Members of the honor society, Norton said, will have opportunities to be involved in
undergraduate research projects, take field trips to gain insight into how biologist function in the
real world and participate in campus service projects such as blood drives, campus recycling
projects and Turtle Cove wetlands reclamation efforts.
     New members are
     Ponchatoula: Rebecca Alexander, Kellie Barbara, Fay Bigelow, Stacey Morris, Heather
LeSaicherre, Natalie Mayeaux.
     Hammond: Nathan Foster, Ella Breakbill, Dana St. Cyr, Deanna Waller, Allison Tucker.
     Independence: William Halford, Sabrina Nordin.
     Amite: Keeli Cutrer. 
     Tangipahoa: Laura Peak: Kentwood: Shasta Wilkes.
     Denham Springs: Patience Coleman, Catha Morales.
     Livingston: R. DeSha Folgar.
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     Slidell: Lisa Galatas. 
     Bush: Dana Hernandez.
     Mandeville: John Nelson, Karla Wyatt. 
     Lacombe: Nicole Marino, Lisa Taylor. 
     Covington: Shannon Vinson.
     LaPlace: Jason Beadle. 
     Plaquemine: Katie Carville.
     Gonzales: Kelley Berthelot.
     Baton Rouge: Victor Carney.
     Arabie: Stacie Dauterive.
     Donaldsonville: Jamie Latino.
     Delacroix Island: Misty Melerine.
     Lutcher: Jessica St. Pierre.
     Metairie: Angela Solis.
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