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New Uses for Old Growth

<OBJECT CLASSID="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" WIDTH="430" HEIGHT="300" CODEBASE="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab"> <PARAM name="SRC" VALUE="/~uvmpr/videos/newforestry2.mov"> <PARAM name="AUTOPLAY" VALUE="false"> <PARAM name="CONTROLLER" VALUE="true"> <EMBED SRC="/~uvmpr/videos/newforestry2.mov" WIDTH="430" HEIGHT="300" AUTOPLAY="false" CONTROLLER="true" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/"> </EMBED> </OBJECT>Last year, <em>Wired</em> magazine published a brief article, "Old Growth Forests Can Actually Contribute to Global Warming." It called for cutting the oldest trees, landfilling "the scrap" and replacing old-growth forests with short-rotation tree farms. "That's plain wrong," says Bill Keeton, an expert on old-growth forests and an associate professor of forest ecology and forestry at ¶¶Òõ̽̽. <span id="caption">QuickTime Player is required to view this video. <a href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/">Download QuickTime here.</a> <a href="/~uvmpr/videos/newforestry2.mp4">View a smaller, faster loading version of the video.</a></span>

Video: Working on a Dream

<OBJECT CLASSID="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" WIDTH="430" HEIGHT="300" CODEBASE="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab"> <PARAM name="SRC" VALUE="/~uvmpr/videos/workingonadream.mov"> <PARAM name="AUTOPLAY" VALUE="false"> <PARAM name="CONTROLLER" VALUE="true"> <EMBED SRC="/~uvmpr/videos/workingonadream.mov" WIDTH="430" HEIGHT="300" AUTOPLAY="false" CONTROLLER="true" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/"> </EMBED> </OBJECT>The men's basketball team enters the upcoming America East Tournament on March 7 as the No. 2 seed with high hopes of winning it and qualifying for the NCAA's. Watch how they've been preparing to meet this goal with behind-the-scenes footage of a coaches' meeting, practice, and highlights from a dramatic home victory over Stony Brook on an emotional Senior Day. <span id="caption">QuickTime Player is required to view this video. <a href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/">Download QuickTime here.</a> <a href="videos/workingonadream.mp4">View a smaller, faster loading version of the video.</a></span>

Course Creates Online Eugenics Resource

<img src="http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/images/features/eugenics_430x300.jpg" height="300" width="430" />When Bryan Petrow signed up for the Honors College course "Disability as Deviance" he wasn't expecting to become immersed in one of the darker, lesser-known chapters in U.S. history, much less build the definitive website documenting the history of American eugenics.<span id="caption">Professor Lutz Kaelber led a group of Honors College students, including junior Bryan Petrow, in a course project to create the definitive online resource on the American eugenics movement. (Photo: Sally McCay)</span>

Cutting the Carbon

<img src="http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/images/features/carbonrally_300x212.jpg" height="212" width="300" />Some of the citizens of Canyon, Texas, are recycling their old cell phones, swearing off meat two days a week, and spurning bottled beverages. In Watertown, South Dakota, a circle of residents are composting kitchen waste and clippings, and cutting down on idling the car.

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