Why did God make tapeworms?

Back by popular demand.

Student-generated 250-word essays on evolution

The assignment was: Produce a deep, philosophical, creative, mysterious, ORIGINAL, 250-word essay on the subject “Evolution, and what it means to me and to humanity in general.” The results are attached. This assignment was given to a BIOS 101 class at UNL a few years ago; essays that are included are from students who gave permission for the material to be used to improve science education. - JJ

Owls in our back yard

This audio might not work, but if it does, it's 3-minutes or so of the owls in our back yard early this morning.

Chapter from the Oklahoma book

This link is to a publication in the online journal ROUGAROU of a chapter from an Oklahoma book I've been working on for a number of years. The fall issue of ROUGAROU can be found at http://english.louisiana.edu/rougarou/currentIssue/index.html

Parasites reported from bluegill sunfish, 1973-1977.

Answer to the trivia question.

The last Miller Lite at Barry's

Barry's Bar and Grill, a Lincoln, NE, fixture, is closing for good (assuming no buyer comes along and resurrects it with the classic name). The link is to a couple of commemorative pictures. Thanks to all you parasitologists who have made this particular booth a fountain of excellent ideas!

Exit comments re teaching in the introductory program

This item is a set of comments passed along to my administration regarding educational and human resource management issues in the introductory Biological Sciences program.