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Eleven other girls wait anxiously with 8
other boys, when I walk in. we wait in our busi-
ness attire to draw numbers for our interview.
Behavioral and Social Sciences
After receiving spot number one, I walk into the
Second Meredith Bestland "What Effects
small meeting room, praying that somehow and
do Energy Drinks Have on Your
someway my interview for Girl's State will go
Mind and Bodily Functions Based
as I had rehearsed all week long. Then again,
Off Age, Weight, Gender, and IQ
after my stressful afternoon of running out of
Level?"
hot water in the shower, burning myself on the
Third Shelby Camp "Child's Play"
straightner, ripping a hole in my stockings, and,
Botany
of course, drawing spot number one, my hope
was slowly dwindling. Third Nigel Merricks "Solution to Pol-
After my last question, the interviewer lution Equals Dilution"
asked me to leave and summon in the next per- Engineering
son, without the slightest hint of my success or First Zac Durkin "Which Airfoil Cre-
failure. The next hour of slurping my Sprite and ates the Most Lift?"
waiting was dreadful. I tried to keep my com- Third Ryan Thomas "Will an Assymetri-
posure as I made small talk with the other girls. cal Pattern of Dimples on a Golf
Finally the number twelve interview came out Ball Reduce Hook or Slice in the
and behind her followed the instructor. "May I Golf Ball's Path?"
have your attention please?" She calmly asked,
Environmental
"The first three numbers I call are alternatives;
Second Ashlin Thomas "The Effect of
the second three numbers are our delegates ... "
Temperature on the Concentra-
Going to bed that night I couldn't help but
tion of Dissolved Oxygen Con-
think "I actually did it." Six Columbia boys were tent in Water"
delegates or alternatives as well as five of the Third Kelly Castro "Green Technol-
twelve girls. Though the interview was extreme- ogy: Can a Green Roof Affect the
ly intense and stressful, I know every student Temperature Inside a House?"
there learned so much from the experience and Microbiology
I know that Columbia High will serve Boys/Girls
State extremely well this summer. First John O'Neal "What is the Effi-
-Sarah Reichert ( 11) ciency of a Microbial Fuel Cell
Using Standard Measurement
Techniques?''
Second Nathan Boice "The Effect of Anti-
bacterial Chemicals on Bacteria"
Physics
Second Christine Reichert "The Effect of
Changing the Mass of a Tennis
Racquet on the Location of the
It was very nerve-racking
to wait on the interview, Center of Percussion"
especially when I was the Third Colin Madden "Can Aerodynam-
last one to go. I knew I had ic Principles be Used to Predict
to make a good, lasting im- the Flight Direction and Distance
pression on the judges and
I obviously did when my of a Frisbee?"
number was called as an Zoology
Alternate. Even though I didnt get a solid spot, it is still a great
honor to be selected at this level. Second Levi Harkey "Hungry Bees"
-Taylor Owens
Third Bryce McCarthy "Do Cats Exhib-
it Use of a Dominant Paw?"
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