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09.06.2006 2007 Meeting The details of the 2007 meeting in Ventura are now posted. So get on over there and submit an abstract or register! And hey, Look at our new URL! 10.12.2006 2006 Meeting! Hello WSN Students! Our apologies for not posting this information earlier (As there is now quite a bit of it) but our resident WSN Web Seamonkey was, well, monkeying around with the main site. But, for those who have been living under a rock, the 2006 meeting is coming up on Nov 9-12 up in Redmond, WA! For details, see the main WSN site and our own meeting page about special events. And there are a few things you should know about. 1) Registration: If you have not yet, you can register online as well as purchase neat WSN schwag. 2) Student Travel Awards: You can now apply online for student travel awards. Please read the eligibility guidelines carefully. 3) Auction Donations: And how do we fund student travel, you might ask? Why, though our fantastic auction! But, we NEED to know what we have to auction. So please, either encourage your professors, or donate yourself, and let us know with this handy dandy auction donation form! 4) Student Events: The evening of the 9th there will be a student workshop at the Seattle Aquarium on bringing together Deep Sea Biology and Ecology. Afterwards, we will be hosting the ever popular WSN student mixer, with behind the scenes tours of the aquarium and divers in the tanks! So come on out! 11.2.2005 Schedule! The schedule for the 2005 WSN meeting is up! 10.31.2005 Update-a-palooza! First off, Happy Halloween to all! We hope you're out there, dressed as your very favorite invertebrate/alga/fish! Points to the geekiest! We have a few updates/requests for you all. 1) The Student Symposium on Cross Ecosystem Interactions is a-go-go! Please, download this poster and plaster it all over your department! 2) While you're at it, why not post this workshop poster for our workshop about alternative careers to academia? 3) Also, we know how much everyone loves the auction, if only because it funds YOUR STUDENT TRAVEL TO THE MEETING. So, want some of that extra cash? Well, we need auction items! So, get some items, download and fill out the form which you'll give to us at the meeting. In the meantime, contact Chris Stallings and tell him what you will be bringing. Badger your faculty, family, and friends for items, as the better QUALITY we have, the better the price we can fetch - to fund you! 4) We are creating a WSN students email list. There will be an automatic "ADD ME!" form up soon. For now, if you want to be on it email Jarrett and you will be added. 5) We now have a WSN Student Discussion board - talk science, events, plans, give us feedback, or just find a ride to this year's WSN! Enjoy it! 6) And if you want to hear more from your friendly neighborhood WSN Student Committee, why not go over and sign up for our brand spanking new annoucement mailing list! 09.07.2005 Student Awards! Information for student travel awards and brand new speaking awards to the 2005 WSN in Seaside, CA has been posted to the main wsn website. 09.06.2005 Speaker Awards from 2004 WSN Best Student Papers Ecology and Conservation (Mia Tegner Award) Winner: A.A. Larson, San Diego State University and Bodega Marine Lab, University of California , Davis : "Chemically mediated predator deterrence in a soft-sediment community" Honorable Mention: K.W. Heiman, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University : "Invasive reefs as a structural habitat for introduced species" Genetics and Population Biology Winner: C.G. Hays, University of California , Santa Cruz : "Gene flow and local adaptation in an intertidal alga" Honorable Mention: K.B. Marchinko, University of British Columbia : "The cost of armour: lateral plate reduction in threespine stickleback" Physiology and Organismal Biology Winner: R.L. Reilly, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University : "Thermal noise limits visual sensitivity in rockfish (Sebastes)" Honorable Mention: J.L. Padilla-Gamino, California State University , Northridge: "Differences in thermal acclimation of Laurencia sp. and Asparagopsis taxiformis from different biogeographic regions" Best Student Poster Co-Winner: C.A. Catton, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California , San Diego : "Is density an effective population evaluation criterion for aggregative species? A case study of a pink abalone, Haliotis corrugata, population near San Diego California " Co-Winner: V. Velasco, University of Hawaii : "Preferential prey selection by He'e pali, Octopus oliveri, on two species of graspid crabs (family Graspidae)" 07.20.2005 2005 WSN T-Shirt Design Contest! ANNOUNCING!!! 2005 Western Society of Naturalists T-shirt Design Contest We are seeking your brilliant design to adorn the WSN t-shirts for the November meeting in Monterey What we need: compelling visual art of a biological nature Submission deadline: August 1, 2005 Submission guidelines: Digital submission as pdf or photoshop files are fine. We may need originals for printing the t-shirt and will contact you for them once the design decision has been made. Design should include the words: "Western Society of Naturalists" and "Monterey 2005" Primary design size should be no larger than 8-1/2 x 11 inches, please include a smaller image to be placed on the front crest. Design can be 1-4 colors Submission address: Amber Szoboszlai: aszobaslai@mlml.calstate.edu Contest winner notification: shortly after deadline (~2 weeks) The reward: your art modeled by a parade of scientists (and free membership to WSN) T-shirt proceeds generated from your design go toward the WSN student workshop and mixer Send questions and submissions to Amber Szoboszlai at Moss Landing Marine Labs aszoboszlai@mlml.calstate.edu, (831)771-4421, 8272 Moss Landing Marine Labs, Moss Landing, CA 95039. We are also soliciting tax-deductable donations for the WSN auction which takes place after the saturday banquet. Proceeds from this event support the student travel fund. If you have any prints or art-objects you'd like to contribute, please contact Amber. 07.18.2005 You can now pay your WSN dues online! 04.28.2005 We are pleased to announce the next Annual Meeting of the WSN will be held in Monterey Bay, CA on November 17-20, 2005. Please check the WSN online homepage for more details, and stay tuned for updates on student activities.

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