[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 3173-3174]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                       RECOGNIZING JESSICA STAHL

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                         HON. CAROLYN McCARTHY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 13, 2002

  Mrs. McCARTHY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise in recognition of 
Jessica Stahl, my constituent from Rockville Centre who has been chosen 
as a top student finalist in the Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a 
nationwide competition honoring young people for outstanding work in 
science and research. Jessica's 10th place prize was the largest 
awarded to a Long Island finalist this year. She will receive a $20,000 
scholarship prize for finishing in the top ten.
  Jessica is a seventeen-year-old senior at South Side High School. 
Jessica's project was a research project on dance therapy titled 
``Development of a Movement Analysis Instrument and its Application to 
Test the Effect of Different Music Styles on Freedom of Body 
Movement.'' Jessica wanted to determine if one style of music could 
produce more expressive and freer movement than others. She developed 
an original method for quantifying body movements, something no 
previous researcher had achieved, then found one musical piece that was 
available in classical, rock,

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jazz, dance, and reggae styles--Beethoven's 5th Symphony. Jessica 
believed that the answer could have applications in dance/movement 
therapy for emotional as well as physical problems. Her results pointed 
towards raggae as the most liberating.
  The awards, presented by Intel Corporation, honor young people for 
being the nation's brightest high school seniors. Intel Corporation 
gave out scholarships totaling $530,000 at an awards ceremony this week 
which was precluded by a public exhibition of all 40 of the students 
involved in the competition. The Intel STS is America's oldest and most 
prestigious science competition and is also considered as the ``Junior 
Nobel Prize.''
  Jessica's ideas and creativity point to a bright future. It is 
reassuring to see such potential in our young people. I applaud Jessica 
for her hard work and ingenuity. Long Island, particularly Nassau 
County, is proud to commend such a talented young individual.

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