Alpha Tau Omega

Bullying is a longtime problem that has troubled almost all K-12 schools. It comes in all shapes and sizes, and no child is fully protected from it. However, the common notion accepted in society is that as children mature, bullying tends to disappear. This unfortunately is incorrect; bullying is still prevalent on many university campuses. Factors like drugs and alcohol, wanting to fit in, and social media sites that are prevalent on many college campuses often exacerbate this issue. Yet many…

handled appropriately if it did not end up in the local media. UAB does not specify in their Non-Academic Code of Conduct which sanction is assigned for hazing, so it must be decided on a case by case basis. A past incident that occurred is when an Alpha Tau Omega member, Stuart Wall fell from a moving truck on interstate 65 on January 26, 1995, and died about two weeks later on February 9. UAB responded to this incident by placing the chapter on charter probation until August 1999. They also…

Ubiquitin-conjugating partners of CHIP: In section 3, after " fate of substrates": E2’s are the family of enzymes, having highly conserved ubiquitin conjugating domains. These enzymes, in combination with E3s, play an important role in determining the fate of substrate proteins by selecting a lysine residue on which ubiquitin moiety must be added. In section 3, after Murata, et al. 2003: An in vitro study has shown that CHIP, with the aid of UbcH5 and UbcH6, two other E2s, can efficiently…