Bard High School Early College
Student Symposium Day – June 8, 2009
Schedule of Events
Period
Room
Event
1st
1st period
classrooms
Students will review a schedule of the day’s
events and will spend this time choosing the
events they would like to attend.
Presenters
Project Advisor
Event
Moderator
1st period
Teachers
Length
50 mins
Students who do not have a 1st period class on
Monday can look at posted schedules in the
cafeteria.
2nd
Auditorium
Theater Performance
Introduction to Theater –
Performance, 9th Grade (see
last page for names of
performers)
J. Richardson
J. Richardson
50 mins
Library
Favorite Stories
Students from the Storytelling
Class
M. Walk
M. Walk
50 mins
201
Artwork Displays: Paintings
Clarissa Fortier
T. Casey
D. Gamper
50 mins
304
Promises: Movie Clips and Discussion on
Palestinian and Israeli Conflict
Amani Ahmed, Palestine
Awareness Committee
R. Marion
E. Vernoff
50 mins
313
Engineering Applications of Mathematics
Givi Basishvili
S. Rosenbaum
G. Rosenberg
20 mins
Moodle: Demonstration of a Learning Interface
Anna Zarzecki
P. Kolbe
Functional Fantasies
Students from 10th Grade
Mathematics Classes
S. Rosenbaum
409
-1-
20 mins
S. Rosenbaum
50 mins
Period
Room
Event
Presenters
Project Advisory
Event
Moderator
Length
2nd
505
Murder Noir Fiction
Dakota Scott
R. Vartorella
R. Vartorella
20 mins
The Uncredited Collaborator: Lorenzo Da Poute,
Librettist
Rosie Mandel
B. Matthews
Madness and Morality: Challenging Foucault’s
Interpretation of Madness in Shakespeare and
Cervantes
Gideon Salzman-Gubbay
A. Wright
Sophocles’ and Saramago’s Portrayal of Sight and
Knowledge: “Oedipus the King” and Blindness
Erika A. Inwald
A. Wright
15 mins
A View of Martyrdom Through the Lens of Job
and Prometheus
Alexander Reid
A.Wright
15 mins
Auditorium
Theater Performance
Introduction to Theater –
Performance, 9th Grade (see
last page for names of
performers)
J. Richardson
J. Richardson
50 mins
Library
A Skit of Chaucer’s “The Wife of Bath”
Ana Henry, Maya Osborne,
Alexis Gonzales, Mayumi
Kohiyama
L. Poreba
L. Poreba
15 mins
A Skit of Chaucer’s “The Miller’s Tale”
Bianca Lewis, Carlos Valdez,
Nick Gumas
L. Poreba
15 mins
A Skit of Chaucer’s “The Prioress’ Tale”
Steven Peithman, Kalil SmithNuevelle, Sam Salcedo, Ben
Steele
L. Poreba
15 mins
209
Aesthetic Experiment
Jeremy McKey, Daniel
Penney
B. Matthews
B. Matthews
50 mins
304
Where the Wild Things Are: A History of
Counter Culture and Music on the Lower East
Side
Aya Yamamoto
T. Casey
T. Casey
50 mins
309
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
Laura Leung
S. Brutsaert
S. Brutsaert
15 mins
Human Resistance to HIV Infection – A
Summary of a Classic Study in HIV Research
Kevin McKay, Jacqueline
Alain
J. Cordi
507
3rd
-2-
20 mins
A.Wright
15 mins
20 mins
Period
Room
Event
Presenters
Project Advisor
B. Birch
Event
Moderator
B. Birch
3rd
311
Panel Discussion: Perspectives on Shakespeare’s
Problem Play – The Merchant of Venice
Students from 10th Grade
English Classes
313
FOXP2: The Language Gene
50 mins
Kira Farberov
S. Brutsaert
J. Cordi
10 mins
Reverse Transcriptase and a New Targeted
Therapy for HIV Treatment: A Review of Recent
Advances in HIV Research
Silvia Galis-Menendez
J. Cordi
409
Trigonometric Triumphs
Students from 10th Grade
Mathematics Classes
S. Rosenbaum
S. Rosenbaum
50 mins
413
A Fuller Freedom: Black Women in Antebellum,
New York
Sherice Goodwine
M. Walk
M. Walk
20 mins
The Attempt to Colonize Blacks
Kristal Pacific
M. Walk
M. Walk
20 mins
Education Comparison between the United States
and China
Han Cen
F. Fu
F. Fu
10 mins
Supersonic Speed
Gail Krutov
B. Jovanovic
10 mins
Conceptual Modern Physics: A Brief Overview
Ilana Gross
A. Hale
10 mins
510
Lines and Self-Publication: An American Duty
Chloe Dietz
L. Howort
L. Howort
50 mins
Auditorium
Theater Performance
10th Grade Theater for Social
Change – “Fires in the
Mirror”, by Anna DeveareSmith
V. Miller
V. Miller
50 mins
309
Mathematical Logic
Ruth Solow
D. Youngren
D. Youngren
50 mins
311
Panel Discussion: Oh, That Wife of Bath!
Students from 10th Grade
English Classes
B. Birch
B. Birch
50 mins
313
Global Warming is Mad Serious
Lindsay O’Neill-Caffrey, Dan
Hyman
M. Kolkas
M. Kolkas
10 mins
Rationality Behind Terrorism
Riana Shah
S. Mazie
507
4th
-3-
Length
20 mins
20 mins
Period
Room
Event
Presenters
Project Advisor
Length
S. Rosenbaum
Event
Moderator
S. Rosenbaum
4th
409
Magical Mathematical Moments
Students from 10th Grade
Mathematics Classes
411
The Religious Discussion in America: Santeria
and Judaism
Zoe Chaves
R. Marion
R. Marion
20 mins
Postmodern Identity in the Hipster Mind
Tola Brennan
L. Ween
Race and Labor in New York City: Waiter Strike
of 1853
Nicholas Eng
M. Walk
Colored Orphans Asylum
Eden Lipke, Jamilah Harris
M. Walk
505
Morrissey and Catullus: Singing Pain and Passion
Nathan Campbell, Nick
Shatan
D. Clark
D. Clark
50 mins
507
Francophone Film: Perspectives on the Metropole
Alex Murry, Kaya Zakrewska
M. Rowen
M. Rowen
50 mins
Auditorium
Theater Performance
10th Grade Theater for Social
Change – “Fires in the
Mirror”, by Anna DeveareSmith
V. Miller
V. Miller
50 mins
Library
Experiences and Lessons from the Teaching
Practicum
Students from the Teaching
Practicum Class
B. Rubenstein, E.
Howort
B. Rubenstein,
E. Howort
50 mins
309
Hypothesis Testing and Determining Error in
Statistics
Jaclyn Olmos-Silverman
D. Youngren
D. Youngren
50 mins
313
Geochemical Investigation of Radioactive
Elements and Heavy Metals in the Gowanus
Canal and East River, New York City
Chiara Zaccheo, Marjorie
Kalomeris, Talia Bosco,
Clarissa Fortier
M. Kolkas
M. Kolkas
50 mins
413
5th
-4-
50 mins
20 mins
M. Walk
20 mins
20 mins
Period
Room
Event
Presenters
Project Advisor
5th
409
How the Condition of Prostitutes Reflects the
Condition of All Women/Truths Behind Female
Suicide Bombing
Silvia Galis-Menendez,
Melanie Steinhardt
413
Economics: 2009 Recession/Where to Invest
505
507
6th
Auditorium
Length
K. Cho
Event
Moderator
K. Cho
Givi Basishvili
S. Mazie
S. Mazie
50 mins
You Call That Art?
Bo Scarim
L. Ween
P. DuCett
15 mins
Farmers’ Markets: Reconnecting Consumer and
Food
Zina Huxley-Reicher
L. Ween
Conceptualizing Choice: Devil’s Playground
Nick Shatan, Katherine
Glanbock, Max Botstein
S. Mazie
Affirmative Action and the Conflict of Identity
and American Ideology
Ruth Solow
R. Marion
Musical Recital
Molly Wyrick-Flax
N. Scarim
50 mins
15 mins
K. Manko
20 mins
20 mins
N. Scarim
Chamber Orchestra
Performance (see last page for
program and names of
performers)
30 mins
30 mins
Library
Engineering is All About Design: How High Can
You Build It?
Maya Kutz, Minna Liu
J. Budimir
J. Budimir
50 mins
209
Panel Discussion: Reading History/ Learning
History
M. Lerner’s 9th Grade
Americas Class
M. Lerner
M. Lerner
50 mins
304
HPV: The Silent Virus
Kender Reece
S. Brutsaert
P. Schubert
50 mins
313
"Out, damned spot!: An investigation of comorbid
OCD and PTSD".
Lizzie Goldfarb – BHSEC ‘07
L. Goldfarb
J. Nashban
50 mins
409
Slide Show of Best Work from Photography
Class
Scott Smith
S. Smith
S. Smith
50 mins
-5-
Period
Room
Event
Presenters
Project Advisor
6th
504
Magical Realism: Deconstructing Society
Katerina Acuna
510
A Wise Approach to Hardship: Buddhism and
Our Understanding of “The Book of Job” and
“Prometheus Bound”
7th
Length
L. Ween
Event
Moderator
L. Ween
Rilka Celia Spieler
A. Wright
P. Hernandez
20 mins
More than Friendship: The Relationship Between
Achilles and Patroclus in Homer’s Iliad
Lorelei Trammell
A. Wright
Auditorium
Musical Performance
Jazz Ensemble (see last page
for program and names of
performers)
T. Brett
T. Brett
30 mins
Library
Panel Discussion: What Do Service Credit
Courses Contribute to the BHSEC Community?
Students from the BHSEC
Writing Center and Computer
Lab
P. Kolbe, K. Randall
K. Randall
50 mins
Cafeteria
Living Literature
Students from the 9th Grade
English Classes
E. Poreba
E. Poreba
50 mins
304
Turkey Exchange 2009
Meena Dieterich, Katherine
Gibbel, Gabriela Azevedo,
Nathan Campbell, Marie
Ponsot
S. Brutsaert
S. Brutsaert
50 mins
313
You’re Queerer Than Me
Felix Bernstein
R. Marion
R. Marion
50 mins
409
The Brooklyn Dodgers and New York City
Sherman Fabes, Alex Perlman
T. Martin
T. Martin
50 mins
411
The Link Between Language and Thinking: A
Discussion about the BHSEC Curriculum
Zoe Chaves
R. Peterson
R. Peterson
50 mins
413
Creating Your Own Business: How to Get Started
- A Lesson in Financial Planning
Sherice Goodwine, Kyrena
Wright, Erica Roman, Lorelie
Trammel, Nabila El-Tantaway
J. Budimir
J. Budmir
50 mins
-6-
50 mins
20 mins
Period
Room
Event
Presenters
Project Advisor
7th
510
The Curtain: Excerpt of a Dramatic Script Based
on Readings from 1st Year Seminar
Abby Savitch-Lew
A. Wright
The Relationship Between Wisdom and Fate in
Aeschylus’ “Prometheus Bound, Sophocles’
“Oedipus the King,” and Plato’s Dialogues
Laura Leung
A. Wright
Molly Wyrick Flax Program
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, 1st Movement
Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Poulenc: Sonata, 1st Movement
Chamber Orchestra Program
Mozart, Symphony #40 (excerpt, arranged for piano with 8 hands)
Ariela Hazan, Michelle Ning, Katherine Glanbock, Givi Basishvili
Beethoven 5th Symphony (excerpt)
Nicholas Scarim, Conductor
The Orchestra: Givi Basishvili, Xena Brooks, Nathan Campbell, Karin Cao, Jory Dawidowicz,
Claire Fishman, Katherine Glanbock, Ben Goloff, Ariela Hazan, Rron Karahoda, Han-Bee Kim,
Rebecca Lee, Rosie Mandel, Michelle Ning, Gideon Salzman-Gubbay, Dominic Veconi,
Fanny Wyrick-Flax, Molly Wyrick-Flax
Max Bruch Trio #2 from Op.83
Gideon Salzman Gubbay, Jory Dawidowicz, Rron Karahoda
Haydn “London” Trio
Han Bee Kim, Claire Fishman, Rebecca Lee, Xena Brooks, Karin Cao, Rosie Mandel
Mozart Violin Sonata: Movement I, Allegro
Alexandra Zabludoff, Ben Goloff
Jazz Ensemble
Jorin Dawidowicz, Alex Dymovsky, Sophie Ellman-Golan, Daniel Goulden, Rron Karahoda, Kahil Smith-Nuevelle
Vernice Miller's Theatre for Social Change Class
Jasmine Aska, Geovanna Borden, Meena Dieterich, Matthew Goldman, Jenna Goldstein, Nicholas Gumas, Bianca Lewis
Matthew Li, Karen Liu, Avital Mandil, Alexia Motal, Luis Pena, Monique Peterkin, Kaiya Pinto, Hassan Rana, Lvetny Valera
Camilla Yohn Barr
-7-
Event
Moderator
L. Johnson
Length
20 mins
20 mins