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April 19, 2005

Please note: Due to cloudy skies, the Stargazing Party was rescheduled for Thursday, April 21.

April 11, 2005

Student physics society to host Stargazing Party

To commemorate the World Year of Physics, which is this year, the Morningside College Society of Physics Students, along with local amateur astronomers, will be hosting a physics and astronomy open house, including a paper airplane competition, beginning at 5 p.m., and Stargazing Party, beginning at 8:30 p.m., on Monday, April 18, at the Hindman-Hobbs Center, 3501 Peters Avenue, on the college campus. The public is invited free of charge.

In case of a cloudy night, Morningside students will present demonstrations of physics at work, and the Stargazing Party will be rescheduled for the same time and place on Thursday, April 21.

Telescopes will be available for observing the moon, Jupiter, Saturn, and other celestial objects. Faculty from Morningside’s physics and engineering programs will also be available to answer questions.

According to Dr. Gary Turner, assistant professor of mathematical sciences at Morningside, this year is the World Year of Physics, celebrating 100 years since Albert Einstein published three papers that would revolutionize modern physics. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Einstein's death on April 18, events are being arranged all over the world, such as a 24-hour relay of light from Princeton, N.J., across the United States, around the world, and back to Princeton.

Additional information is available online at www.morningside.edu/stargazing.htm. Updates on cloud conditions will be posted there in the hours before the Stargazing Party.

For more information, please contact Turner at 712-274-5203. For more information on the World Year of Physics, visit www.physics2005.org.