ATTENTION SENIORS!

Graduation pictures will be conducted on campus by HECK- BERT STUDIOS on:

Monday, October 31 Tuesday, November 1

Wednesday, Novem- ber 2

from approximately 9:00am — 6:00pm. Pictures will be taken in 15 minute sessions in Bernadine Hall, 4th floor Study Room.

HECKBERT STUDIOS will provide each graduate, at the time of his/her sitting:

—a black graduation gown;

—the appropriate graduation hood for his/her faculty;

—make-up for males and fe- males;

—white shirts and _ black bowties for males;

—corsages for females;

If you are going to have you graduation picture taken by HECKBERT STUDIOS, please sign your name in the appropriate time slot on the sign-up, sheets, located on the wall behind the INFORMATION DESK in ‘The Pit’ of Robertson Library BE- FORE 12:00 noon Friday, Octo- ber 28, 1988. The sheets will be put on the wall Friday, October 21, 1988. There is a $12 sitting fee required at the time of your sitting. Please arrive at Berna- dine Hall 15 minutes prior to your sitting time with your $12 sitting fee.

If you would rather have your graduation pictures taken by BOILY PHOTO, please sign. your name to the general sigh—up sheet for BOILY PHOTO (note, there are no time slots). The sheet is located on the wall be- hind the INFORMATION DESK in ‘The Pit’ of Robertson Library. Please sign BEFORE 12:00 noon on Friday, October 21, 1988. If enough students are interested in having their pictures taken by BOILY PHOTO, the photogra- pher will come to campus for a day. If not, you will have to arrange the appointment your- self. You will be contacted before November 4, 1988 regarding the procedure BOILY PHOTO will be following.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Date: Friday, October 21 Time: 1:00pm — 6:00pm Place: Panther Lounge Senior Class Movie Pub

MOVIES: 1) Moonstruck

2) Planes, Trains, and Auto- mobiles

There will be a 50/50 draw and everyone 19 years and over is welcome.

Date: Saturday, October 22

Time: 4:00pm — 7:00pm

Place: Panther Lounge

Chili party sponsored by the Senior Class. A good chance to warm up and enjoy a mean after the Panther Soccer game before the Panther Hockey game. Ev- eryone 19 years and over is wel- come.

Date: Friday, October 28

Time: 12:00pm

Place: The Pit

Deadline to sign-up for grad- uation pictures HECKBERT STUDIOS and BOILY PHOTO.

Date: Friday, October 28

Time: 2:30pm

Place: Room 135, Main Building Meeting for Seniors regarding

scholarships for graduate study.

Date: Monday, October 31

Time: 4:00pm

Place: Registrar’s Office

Deadline for submission of names for candidates for hon- orary degrees to be conferred at Convocation in May, 1989. Sub- missions must be sent to the Reg- istrar and contain:

—supporting documentation, such as an updated curriculum vitea, at least of a preliminary na- ture; :

—with a care for the fact that the nominee may be asked to ad- dress Convocation.

Date: Monday, October 31

Tuesday, November 1

Wednesday, November 2

Time: 9:00am — 6:00pm

Place: Bernadine Hall, 4th floor Study Room

HECKBERT. STUDIOS will

be conducting graduation pic- tures.

Good luck with studies and please support your Senior Class. Remember: ‘It’s YOUR Senior Week!”

Lisa Doyle

President

Is this your Idea of alien intelligence?

Pe PERE SST SS s

Extraterrestrial — intelligence explored

by Shelly Galliah

Some people may believe that the definition of Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (ETI) is accurately portrayed by furry, cynical ALF while others prefer to envision lovable film star ET as the des- cription of this alien life. Wha- tever your ideas of alien life are, the likelihood of the existence of ETI is very real, according to astronomer Dr. Philip E.

~ Barnhart.

Barnhart, of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Otter- bein College in Westville Onta- rio, spoke last week at Saint Mary’s University about the quest for ETI. Barnhart, a solar astron- omer and physics teacher, has recently been involved in the rec- overy of lost satellites. Although he approached the subject with modesty, commenting that he was not a ‘philosopher trained to deal with such worldly matters. his discussion proved to be both captivating and enlightening.

Barnhart stressed that it is fool- ish, even vain, to assume that earth contains the only intelli- gent life in the universe. The earth is an insignificant planet in a universe consisting. of billions of galaxies, each of which is com- posed of billions of stars. He emphasized the modern cosmol- ogy principle where the universe is considered to be “homogenous in space and time.” Therefore, nothing in the universe can be

unique and, as Barnhart stated, “the intelligent life that earth possesses can not violate this maxim.”

Barnhart elaborated on a few hypotheses proposed on the prob- ability of ETI. He referred to an early biological experiment by pioneer scientist ???????? Miller, where he tried to recreate the con- ditions of the primordial atmos- phere by placing various compounds in an_ isolated chamber and exposing these to electricity. The end result was the production of many of the build- ing blocks required to create life. Barnhart said that it was possible

for these organic compounds to -

be created on other stars. Consid- ering our galaxy has been around for ten billion years and the earth itself is a youthful five billion years old, there isa high probabil- ity that life as complicated as ours exists elsewhere in the universe.

The search for this ETI is an expensive one, involving both time and money. A few of the var-

ious strategies to conduct this —

search as aiming large antennae at the nearby stars or monitoring the entire sky. These methods are either economically costly or not

feasible in our lifetime. Barnhart .

chooses not to use either of these

approaches in his study, which he -

conducts at the Radio Observatory of Ohio State University. The search is performed with the world’s largest and most efficient radioscope. Although the entire project operates on a zero budget

and is managed entirely by volun- .

ee

Reprinted from The Gazette

teers, Barnhart does not com- plain, implying that he is motivated by the intrinsic quality of his work.

Barnhart is researching the concept. of the ‘‘water hole’, which is best described as a win- dow or calm spot in the back- ground noise present in the universe. It is at this point of cos- mic commotion that communi- cation to and from an extra terrestrial source is most likely to be. detected. Barnhart’s study involves an automated survey to

_ identify the occasional signal on

this water hole. Scientifically, the term refers toa frequency between microwave radiation emitted by ions H and OH which combine to form water — hence the name, “water hole”. Barnhart finds a deeper meaning. As an oasis inan arid desert causes animals to gather, the water hole will serve as a ‘common ground, a place that extra terrestrial cultures will seek and come together.” Recently, there have been pro- tocols developed governing the behaviour of scientists who first encounter this ETI — an event which Barnhart believes will be “one of the most significant dis- coveries in modern science.’’ Of course there are skeptics who

scoff at the likelihood of such life

existing, or the possibility of us ever finding it in this millen-

* nium. But if we on earth are really

the “intellectual infants of the universe” that Barnhart suggests we are, that “‘prove it.to me” atti- tude is not too surprising.

Photo: Dave Deveau

Thursday, October 20, 1988

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