Team Zygotic

* About the name, it is supposed to be a combinations of the words Zygote and Psychotic.. if you don't like puns we are deeply sorry, but you try making up a name :-)

David Rufledt :

This project has taught me a lot about team dynamics and compromise, as well as working with a sensitive subject that produces very emotional and passionate responses.  The class as a whole was fantastic, a collection of many unique minds.  Good luck and Godspeed to you all.   

 If all goes as planned, I will graduate this weekend, with a major in anthropology and a minor in psychology.  Future plans may include grad school several years down the road, but I'll cross that bridge when I get there.  The immediate focus will be on making some money to finance my travels.    

Kristen Venzke was born and raised in the suburbs of Minneapolis.  She enjoys reading, creative writing, crafting, engaging in other cultures, and taking long walks on the beach.  A self proclaimed happy nerd, Kristen will graduate from the University of Minnesota May of 2005 with a degree in Anthropology, with hopes to maybe, one day, join the Peace Corps.

I am a 5th year student at UMD, majoring in Anth, with minors in psych, French,
American sign language (not officially a minor at UMD) biology and pre-med.
After graduation in spring 2006, I hope to spend a year in Senegal to spif up on
my French and then grad school or research of some kind. I became interested in
anthropology when I found a cultural anth text book at my neighbors garage sale
from the '70's. Not long after I discovered the anth text, I started 11th grade,
and I asked my history teacher if I could do an independent study in anth
instead of the required economics, which he reluctantly agreed to. During my
second year of college, I became interested in medicine and have been working
towards medical school pre-reqs and left anth in the dust. This past year I
have wedded my two interests of medicine and anth and hope to combine them in
the future. Medical anthroplogy? Ethobotany? Humaninstic and natural medicine?

Theresa Larson is a double major in Theatrical Stage Management and Anthropology who will be graduating in May 2005. With no future plans Theresa is considering running away with the circus to make her life and escape debt collectors.. carnies are scary.