Carleton College Physics and Astronomy

Weekly Bulletin February 16-February 22

Today, February 16 3:30 Olin 133
Meeting about Olin Remodeling Project (see below)
Monday, February 19 12:30 CTR
PHYSICS/ASTRONOMY TABLE: New! Improved Time! Meet in Olin 309 at 12:20 p.m. for the walk to the CTR or join us there at 12:30.
Monday, February 19 3:10 Olin 109
"Security Systems: Interior Intrusion Detection" Comps talk by Chris Hilberg
Monday, February 19 7:15-10:15 p.m. Goodsell Observatory
Goodsell Observatory Open House (If clear)
Wednesday, February 21 3:10 Olin 109
"Optoelectronics"Comps talk by Dan Celotta
COMMENTS:

1. Physics and Astronomy Table: same day, new improved time. (See above.)

2. Students: Consider registering for Physics 123, "What Physicists Do," a 1 credit spring term course consisting of five lectures by physicists who describe a variety of interesting physics-related work.

3. Plans for remodeling Olin. As you may know, the college has received a major grant to finance the remodeling of Olin. We have been inching away in planning this for the past twelve years. Our expectations of its ever happening have waxed and waned repeatedly during that time, but now we're going full blast. Next summer we'll move out of Olin completely and a full year of rebuilding will start. In the interim, our offices will be in Goodsell and labs in the current Mudd Libe area. Your lives will be affected in various ways (seniors will miss the fun but will have repeated "opportunities" to help pay for the whole thing). Come hear about more of the details, view the plans including "Student Lounge"!), tell us what we've forgotten. (Last week we noticed that the architects had failed to provide ANY outlets in the "computer research room" -- there are surely some other blunders still undiscovered.) Friday, February 16 -- 3:30 p.m. in Olin 133

4. LAST CHANCE FOR ITALY PHYSICS PROGRAM! Currently our Department does not offer an off-campus program. At our Department Meeting, Wednesday, we discussed my proposal for an Italy Physics Program and realized that we could not feel completely sure of its relevance to the major and to our students without some feedback from you. I would appreciate it if you could send me, in writing or by e-mail (pdini), your thoughts and opinions on the following topics, plus anything else that you think is relevant:

1) Has the trade-off between participating in an off-campus program or taking a physics course that you felt was important to your physics education played any part in your course planning decisions?
2) If you have participated in a program, has that put you behind in your physics courses or was it not such a big problem?
I would like to organize a DCC meeting next week where I can show you the proposal and where I can answer any specific questions you might have. I think an evening meeting with refreshments would probably be easiest to schedule. Please let me know which evening times between 7:30 and 10:30 work best for you. Thursday I can't make it, but Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday are o.k. for me. We need to reach a decision quickly because the Off-Campus Studies Committee is meeting this Term to decide whether to put programs on the calendar in Winter 98, which is the earliest we could schedule this pilot program. ALL ARE WELCOME, including those of you who will have graduated by then. Your opinions and experiences are very important to help us reach a decision. Regardless of whether you come or not to the meeting, please send me some written feedback. It will make the statistics much easier to assess. Thank you, Paolo.
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