{"id":51,"date":"2013-01-03T11:28:57","date_gmt":"2013-01-03T16:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ch115\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2023-12-15T16:17:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T21:17:04","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ch115\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to CH115! Here you will find weekly course updates and other important information!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Final Week:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Common introduction is here! Thanks for all your suggestions&#8230;you may recognize some of your ideas here!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In this Science of Crime podcast series, we look at the constantly changing rules of the \u201chide and seek\u201d game that investigators play to heat up cold cases, navigating through several stories that illustrate how the evolution and crowdsourcing of forensic science act as a compass in the quest for closure and justice. Welcome to \u201cLost and Found.\u201d My name is BLANK (FIRST NAME ONLY), and this is episode number BLANK, TITLE.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sample introduction with background audio theme music is below. I will email the file to the class to use in Audacity. This song is The One Who&#8217;s Holding the Stars, by Leo Schofield, the wrongly incarcerated individual at the center of the Bone Valley podcast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ch115\/files\/2023\/12\/SampleIntroduction.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Updated<\/strong> order of podcast episodes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Episode 0\u2014 Preserve and Protect\u2014 Professor Millard (a comparison of the two Colby murders, with special focus on the handling of the crime scenes)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Chain of Custody\u2014 Daisy <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shoddy forensic work: Bite mark analysis\u2014&nbsp; Max <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shoddy forensic work: pattern analysis\/false confessions \u2014Ethan <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cadaver dogs\u2014 Ina <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Geraldine Largay and Don Fendler&nbsp;\u2014 Abby <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Art Crimes: 1994 theft of &#8220;The Scream&#8221;\u2014 Eric <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DNA solving cold cases: The murder of Kenneth Conrick\u2014 Dariana <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DNA solving cold cases- Y-STR: The Boston Strangler\u2014 Anna <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MtDNA identification: Where is Mr. Roof?\u2014 Henry <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MtDNA\/forensic anthropology: Srebrenica Mass Graves\u2014 Daniel <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Genetic genealogy to find a perpetrator: Yara Gambirasio\u2014 Kayden <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Genetic genealogy to identify victims: Melissa Highsmith\u2014 Marielle <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Genetic genealogy to identify victims: John Wayne Gacy victims\u2014 Ella <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exoneration of Anthony Wright\u2014&nbsp; Alex <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exonerated 5\u2014 Brady <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mental health challenges after exonerations of African Americans\u2014 Ope<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rubric<\/strong> for final project (script and podcast) is here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\"  class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ch115\/files\/2023\/12\/Final-Project-Rubric-CH115-2023.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Final-Project-Rubric-CH115-2023.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e156037a-fddd-4e5c-be46-b209a8bf62ad\" href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ch115\/files\/2023\/12\/Final-Project-Rubric-CH115-2023.pdf\">Final-Project-Rubric-CH115-2023<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ch115\/files\/2023\/12\/Final-Project-Rubric-CH115-2023.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e156037a-fddd-4e5c-be46-b209a8bf62ad\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Week 13 (Dec 4)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Link to peer assessment form for talks is <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/KuLo6jxEWFRjoNWn9\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schedule for final presentations is here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, Dec 5 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Daisy Torres\u2014 Chain of Custody <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ina Alvarado\u2014 Cadaver dogs&nbsp; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abby Knapp\u2014 Lost on mountains in Maine: Geraldine Largay and Don Fendler&nbsp; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marielle Goganian\u2014 Melissa Highsmith &#8211; Identification of kidnapped child 50 years later <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Henry\u2014 Where is Mr. Roof? <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dariana Lopez-Durazo\u2014 The murder of Kenneth Conrick <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kayden Flather\u2014 Yara Gambirasio <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Daniel Muse\u2014 Srebrenica Mass Graves <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday, Dec 7 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Eric Hernandez\u2014 1994 theft of &#8220;The Scream&#8221; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anna Coleman\u2014 Boston Strangler <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ella Grob\u2014 John Wayne Gacy&nbsp; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Max Adam\u2014 Bite mark analysis fraudulence\/false conviction &amp; exoneration of Steve Chaney&nbsp; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ethan Walker\u2014 Wrongful conviction of Clemente Aguirre-Jarquin <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alex Turcios\u2014 Exoneration of Anthony Wright&nbsp; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brady Clegg\u2014 Exonerated 5 <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Opeoluwa Shodipe\u2014 Mental health challenges after exonerations of African Americans<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Week 12 (Nov 27)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please load up Audacity and bring your laptop to class on Thursday! Important information from ITS can be found in this document: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\"  class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ch115\/files\/2023\/11\/CH115-Podcasting-Guide.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of CH115-Podcasting-Guide.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-f9d9ec43-fa00-4254-a0cb-bae40e59b443\" href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ch115\/files\/2023\/11\/CH115-Podcasting-Guide.pdf\">CH115-Podcasting-Guide<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ch115\/files\/2023\/11\/CH115-Podcasting-Guide.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-f9d9ec43-fa00-4254-a0cb-bae40e59b443\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Notes from Qiuli Wang are here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-8fd98f83-40e4-4e57-9d94-0322de442257\" href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ch115\/files\/2023\/11\/AudacityNotesfromQiuli.docx\">AudacityNotesfromQiuli<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ch115\/files\/2023\/11\/AudacityNotesfromQiuli.docx\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-8fd98f83-40e4-4e57-9d94-0322de442257\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Quiz 5 (final quiz) is LIVE and closes on Friday!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Annotated bibliography, working title, and thesis statement for your final project is due on Friday night (Dec 1) via Moodle! You should have summaries of at least five written references as well as the name and credentials of the person who you will interview. Include a screenshot that confirms that your expert agrees to be interviewed (email, text message, or other form of communication.) Your thesis statement is a couple of sentences about the take-home message of your podcast episode. See <a href=\"http:\/\/guides.library.cornell.edu\/annotatedbibliography\">here<\/a> for more information about an annotated bibliography! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See the Course Materials page for the final presentation rubric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Week 11 (Nov 20)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Annotated bibliography, working title, and thesis statement for your final project is due next Friday night (Dec 1) via Moodle! You should have summaries of at least five written references as well as the name and credentials of the person who you will interview. Include a screenshot that confirms that your expert agrees to be interviewed (email, text message, or other form of communication.) Your thesis statement is a couple of sentences about the take-home message of your podcast episode. See <a href=\"http:\/\/guides.library.cornell.edu\/annotatedbibliography\">here<\/a> for more information about an annotated bibliography! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Week 10 (Nov 14)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Homework #5 is to pick an episode from our library of CH115 podcasts to assess. The podcasts are at the bottom of the Blogs page. Assessment form is <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfXnHGyeU2lPXzZ-edftVbPSutgOM0-_yYNpdWxrqbvCg5Zag\/viewform?usp=sf_link\">here<\/a>. Deadline is Nov 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Final project sign-up sheet is <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1kxqkAz6EZBn3Wlo-E4l4xdus9760OKkB-18Bqt5dJn0\/edit?usp=sharing\">here<\/a>. Please sign up asap so that we make sure that we don&#8217;t double up on the same topic! Deadline is Nov 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Week 9 (Nov 7)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Final project check-in meetings schedule (please let me know if this time does not work for you!):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday, Nov 16 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>11:00 Marielle <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday, Nov 17 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>10:45 Henry <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11:00 Ella <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11:15 Brady <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11:30 Anna <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday, Nov 20 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>9:15 Max <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>9:30 Abby <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10:00 Alex <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10:30 Dariana <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11:00 Ethan <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, Nov 21 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>9:30 Ope <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>9:45 Daniel <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10:00 Ina <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10:15 Daisy <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10:30 Kayden <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10:45 Eric<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please complete this important <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/41Kjc9qgSrBTteaq9\">poll<\/a> about scheduling final project check-in meetings with Prof. Millard before class on Thursday!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peer review workshop for Paper #2 will occur in Thursday&#8217;s class. Your reviews should be submitted on Moodle before class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quiz #4 opens on Tuesday and closes on Friday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week&#8217;s blog is mandatory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Final revised version of Paper #2 is due on Sunday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Week 8 (Oct 31):<\/strong>       <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Optional check-in meetings with Prof. Millard, sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1LIAbu6tx-nYcKMdmdH49Q4dFVDtgg4MZrGq3rC1MOB8\/edit?usp=sharing\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peer Review of How Stuff Works #2 is due on Thursday night <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/HrNEjyRweoQJPdZX8\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Version #1 of Paper #2 is due on Sunday night via Moodle! It should also be shared with your peer reviewers (see below for new Peer Review Teams).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul>\n<li>Team 1: Max Adam, Ina Alvarado, Marielle Goganian, Ella Grob <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Team 2:&nbsp; Henry Reichle, Alex Turcios Leon, Ethan Walker, Daniel Muse <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Team 3:&nbsp; Brady Clegg, Opeoluwa Shodipe, Daisy Torres, Kayden Flather <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Team 4: Dariana Lopez-Durazo, Anna Coleman, Eric Hernandez, Abigail Knapp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Week 7 (Oct 19):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Final, revised version of Paper #1 is due on Sunday night via Moodle!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How Stuff Works #2 is due on Friday. Check the Assignment Handbook for details! Note that the technique you choose cannot be one that you have used previously, like in your paper!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quiz 3 covers serology and DNA analysis. It will open on Tuesday this week at noon and close on Friday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Week 6 (Oct 12):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week&#8217;s blog is optional. Remember that you can skip any two optional blog assignments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paper #1 is due on Sunday night! Submit your paper both to Prof Millard via Moodle, with the Paper Submission Checklist, and to your peer reviewers electronically. See below for the peer review teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You have permission to use the contents of your How Stuff Works essay and Incident Report #2 for this paper. See the Assignment Handbook for important details about this assignment. Review the formatting requirements document for other important details, and use the paper template provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peer Review Teams for Paper #1:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Team 1: Max Adam, Anna Coleman, Daisy Torres, Daniel Muse <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Team 2:&nbsp; Ina Alvarado, Kayden Flather, Eric Hernandez, Henry Reichle <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Team 3:&nbsp; Brady Clegg, Marielle Goganian, Alex Turcios Leon, Abigail Knapp <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Team 4: Dariana Lopez-Durazo, Opeoluwa Shodipe, Ethan Walker, Ella Grob<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to class on Thursday, complete a peer review worksheet (on Course Materials page) for each paper you are reviewing (a total of three reviews). Submit to Prof Millard via Moodle and to your peers electronically or in paper copy in class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Week 5 (Oct 5):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How Stuff Works #1 is due on Friday, Oct 6 at 4 PM on Moodle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check your email for your peer review assignment, which will be due on Thursday, Oct 12th at 11:59 PM <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/bjCMHAsSfuM8i33r8\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy break!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Week 4 (Sept 28th):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Updated check-in meetings:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ch115\/files\/2023\/09\/image-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ch115\/files\/2023\/09\/image-4-1024x159.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ch115\/files\/2023\/09\/image-4-1024x159.png 1024w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ch115\/files\/2023\/09\/image-4-300x47.png 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ch115\/files\/2023\/09\/image-4-768x119.png 768w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ch115\/files\/2023\/09\/image-4.png 1418w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Incident Report #2 is due on Friday, Sept 29 at 4 PM on Moodle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quiz #2 opens on Sunday, Oct 1 and closes on Tuesday night. It covers qualitative and quantitative analysis and biochemistry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Week 3 (Sept 21st):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Incident Report #1 is due on Friday, Sept 22 at 4 PM on Moodle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rubric for the Incident Reports is on the Course Materials page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next week you will each give your PechaKucha presentation on the same case. The rubric for the talks is on the Course Materials page. Link for the peer review form is <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/CEBcY98cZAM333tu9\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please complete this <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/8ov6HGfx657LxcTd9\">poll<\/a> by class on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Week 2 (Sept 14th):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Homework #2 is to complete the plagiarism quiz, take a screenshot of the final page, and submit as a pdf via Moodle by 11:59 PM on Sunday. 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