Rovibrational transitions associated with tunneling states in the n 5 (water bending) vibration of the OC-H 2 O complex have been recorded using a supersonic jet mode-hop free quantum cascade laser spectrometer at 6.2 µm. Analysis of the resulting spectra is facilitated by incorporating fits of previously recorded microwave and submillimeter data accounting for Coriolis coupling to confirm assignment of the n 5 vibration. The theoretical basis of morphing a 5-D frozen monomers potential was initially developed and then extended to two 6-D morphed potentials. A combination of these spectroscopic results and previous rovibrational data for the n 5 vibration in OC-D 2 O are then used to generate a 6-D morphed potential surface for the intermolecular and the water bending vibrations. An alternative 6-D morphed potential of the intermolecular and the

Transitions associated with the vibrations ν₁, ν₁ + ν(b)¹, ν₁ + ν₅¹, and ν₁ + ν₅¹ - ν₅¹ of the complex OC···Cl₂ have been rovibrationally analyzed for several isotopologues involving isotopic substitutions in Cl₂. Spectra were recorded using a recently constructed near-infrared (4.34 to 4.56 μm), quantum-cascade laser spectrometer with cw supersonic slit jet expansion. Spectral analysis allowed precise determination of the ν₅¹ intermolecular vibration of OC-³⁵Cl₂ to be 25.977637(80) cm⁻¹. These results were incorporated with other previously determined data into a spectroscopic database for generation of a five-dimensional morphed potential energy surface. This compound-model morphed potential with radial shifting (CMM-RS) was then used to make more accurate predictions of properties of the OC-³⁵Cl₂ complex including D(e) = 544(5) cm⁻¹, D₀ = 397(5) cm⁻¹, ν₃ = 56.43(4) cm⁻¹, and ν(b)¹ = 85.43(4) cm⁻¹. The CMM-RS potential determined for OC-Cl₂ was also used to compare quantitatively many of the inherent properties of this non-covalent halogen bonded complex with those of the closely related hydrogen-bonded complex OC-HCl, which has a similar dissociation energy D₀. We found that in the ground state, the CO bending amplitude is larger in OC-Cl₂ than in OC-HCl.

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In October 2003, I received the approval of the Joint Programme in Communication & Culture to fulfill the requirements of the MA project by designing a prototype for a webbased video game which would provide an entertaining venue where players would learn about the mechanics behind the construction of masculinity. This prototype, along with a test scene (which can be played on most Internet-ready computers at www.sphincter.ca). was completed in August 2004. The purpose of this project paper is to elaborate on the project's objectives with a discussion of how theories of communication and culture guided the prototype's artistic direction, how the prototype contributes to the professional practice of video game design, and how the prototype's ultimate objective - to help male wimps achieve a sense of comfort in their masculine identity - was fulfilled.