FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2000
Astronomy Open House looks at the eye
by Ryan Russell
staff writer
On Thursday, November 2nd, Dr,
Jonathan Hall conducted an as
tronomy open house in room 101 of
the Science building, with the topic
of “Light and Color.” Dr. Hall began
the night by explaining several early
theories of light and then broke up
the night’s topic into two sections:
“What is Light?” and “The Eye.”
The first section, “What is Light?",
included a large range of colored light
displays and examples so that every
one could see several examples of
Dr. Jonathan Hall
conducted an
astronomy open
house discussion
about “What is
light?” and “The
eye”. Future open
houses will include
use of the School of
Science’s new 18
centimeter refractor.
IS IT LEGITIMATE FOR A
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO
WIN AN ELECTION BASED ON THE
“We all agree that it is legitimate, because laws make it legitimate.”
(L to R) Kristen Cingley, Accounting, 01,
Aimee Peterson, Political Science, 03
Beth Fredrick, Political Science, 05,
“No, I don’t think that it is legitimate.”
Jaime Orcutt, Mechanical Engineering, 07
colors blending together. Dr. Hall also
showed the stunned audience how to
see the viewable colors in the light
spectrum by explaining how to look
at the morning dew with the sun to
your back. Dr. Hall also talked about
wavelengths on the light spectrum and
how they cannot be seen by the hu
man eye.
At this point, the talk quickly
changed into part two of the discus
sion. “The Eye.” Dr. Hall once again
wowed the audience with his knowl
edge of how our eyes work and how
they communicate with our brain to
let us not only see, but to see in color.
ELECTORAL VOTES?
“No, we all believe in the popular vote.”
(Ltoß) Chris Agosti, Mechanical Engineering, 01,
Tyler Morris, DUS, 01
Andrew Grande, DUS, 01
The night was almost complete, but
the last thing that occurred was a very
informative question and answer ses
sion that allowed several confused
audience members to ask Dr. Hall
about what had been bothering them
during his lecture. The night then of
ficially ended with Dr. Hall thanking
everyone for coming out and announc
ing that the next open house would be
on Thursday, December 7th, and
would cover “The Big Bang.” The
next open house sounds like a really
“big” time, so Behrend, be there or be
square.
"No, I think that just the popular vote
should determine the President.”
Andrew Hernandez,
International Business, 01
“No, I think that if the majority of the
people in the US vote for a particular
person, that should be enough.”
Tony Di Placido,
Undecided, 01
Health and Wellness Center warns of
an alert about over the counter drugs
Special to the Beacon " macies and stores that sell these
products are removing them from
The Food and Drug Ad
ministration (FDA) has
issued the following
warning: The use of
medication containing
phenylpro
panolamine
(PPA) com
monly found
in over the
counter cold
medications
and diet pills
could cause
hemorrhagic
strokes, es
pecially in
you n g
women, but
men may be
at risk too.
This in
gredient
may be
found in
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and Wellness center
recommends that all
students, faculty and
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Plus Cold,
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is also available at 1-301-827-
4570.
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