The PCC Library is excited to announce the winners of the Library Prize Competition. This award is given to PCC students whose work illustrates exemplary levels of research, writing ability and best use of library resources. 2014 Wentao Chen – Tracking in Education in Secondary Schools Beth Harding – Bridging the Academic Achievement Gap Between Low-Income and Upper Middle-Income Prekindergarten Children Joryn Harris – What is the value of Mammogram Screenings? Jamie Hill – Growing Justice 2013 Kesheena Doctor – William Adolphe Bouguereau: Revising a Reputation Seung Hee Han – Speed or Safety Armaan Roshani – A Case for Computer Brain Interfaces Angela Bublik, Catherine Hopkins, Olivia Jelley, and Cassie Taylor – Trash to Table: Comparing the Effects of Compost, Commercial Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers on the Stem Growth of Zea mays 2012 Ji Yeon Kim – Needed Change for Korean College Entrance System Dana Schmidt – Green Means Go: The Role of Pigments in Photosynthesis as Measured By Starch Storage Rebecca Jamieson – Humanity’s Complex Relationship with the Natural World: An Exploration of Donald Hall’s “Names of Horses” Monique Sevy – The Agustus of Primaporta 2011 Andreas Correa – Violent Video Games and Young People: Does Exposure to Video Games Cause Aggressive Behavior Seth Francis – A Thin Membrane Called Honor Hamda Jama – No One is Illegal: U.S. Immigration Policy Violates Human Rights Nicole Ritz – Mirrored Identities: Comparing the Lives and Works of Marjane Satrapi and Frida Kahlo 2010 Evelyn Maria Aranda Acuña – Going Dancing…Is it Dangerous? Michelle Elmquist – Opportunities and Risks: Marketing in a Web 2.0 World Mary Fitzpatrick – Antimicrobial Action of the Tea Tree Oil (Meialauca Alternifolia) on Five Common Bacteria Kimber Nelson – Causes of and Responses to the Increasing Incidence of Metabolic Syndrome 2009 Mark Abby – Lightning, Knowledge, and the Myth of Prometheus in Frankenstein Paula Hood – Bronson Creek: An Integrated Study of an Urban Stream in Washington Co., Oregon Jill Schuldt – Conservative Treatment of Rotator Cuff Injuries to Avoid Surgical Repair 2008 Susannah Bodman – Comparison of the Inhibiting Effects of Tea Tree Oil, Fresh Garlic and Commercial Garlic on Bacterial Growth Wendy Gleason – Searching for Shinto: The Interplay of Politics and Religion from the Yamato to the Heian Era Kindra Kerp – When the Word “Meningitis” Darkens the Room Erika Moon – Chinook Subsistence: A Society’s Role on the Success of the Salmon 2007 Yume Delegato – Splendor in the Sinai: St. Catherine’s Monastery in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages Amy Huseby – Comparative Examination of the Sacred Feminine Symbolism in the Poisonwood Bible and the Secret Life of Bees Graham Seaton – Synergistic and Individual Anti-microbial Impacts of Green Tea on Ginger on Common Gastro-Intestinal Bacteria Jamie Wolff – Photosynthesis 2006 Sara Kutten – Science v. Tradition Harold Mansperger – The Bull Run Watershed: Our Treasured Water Supply Nigel O’Shea – Port Townsend Carie Schultz – The Aesthetic Roots of the Pine Tree by Andre Derain 2005 Tanny Cresto – Where the Wild Things Are: An Introduction to Wildlife Rehabilitation Leah Hinson – Violent Protesters or Reactionary Police Angela LoSasso – A Geologic History of the Columbia River Gorge from the late Eocene to Present Lindsay Mayer – The Electoral College: The Best System? Brittney McAlmond – A Cake in the Chain Annessa Morey, Sara Day-Brewer, Stacy Larsen, and David Wickham – The Effects of Sodium Chloride (NaCl) Solution on the Growth of Tomato Plants (lycopersicon esculentum) Jacques von Lunen – A Call for Indian Unity Heather Webb – Organs for Sale or Rent