UPEI
     
     
      Student
     
     
      wins
     
     
      award
      at
     
     
      AUPC
      93
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ics
      Conference
      was
      held
      at
      St.
      Francis
     
    

    
     
      Xavier
      University,
      from
      Feb.
      12
      to
      14.
     
     
      The
      annual
      conference
      is
      organized
      by
      APICS,
     
     
      the
      Atlantic
      Provinces
      Council
      on
      the
      Sciences.
     
     
      About
      90
      physicsstudents
      and
      professors
      from
     
     
      nine
      universities
      in
      the
      Maritime
      provinces
      and
     
     
      Newfoundland
      attended,
      as
      well
      as
      one
      student
     
     
      visiting
      from
      the
      University
      of
      Ottawa.
      The
     
     
      delegates
      heard
      lectures
      by
      several
      prominent
     
     
      physicists,
      and
      22
      student
      presentations
      were
     
     
      given.
     
    

    
     
      Students
      giving
      talks
      at
      the
      conference
      rep-
     
     
      resent
      UPEI,
      Dalhousie,
      St.
      Mary’s,
      St.
      FX,
     
     
      Mount
      Allison,
      Memorial,
      and
      Ottawa.
      This
     
     
      year,
      two
      UPEI
      students
      made
      presentations:
     
     
      Edward
      Lank,
      a
      third
      year
      Honours
      physics
     
     
      major
      from
      Ebenezer,
      spoke
      on
      ‘*Computer
     
     
      Data
      Acquisition’’,
      and
      Lynn
      Macdonald,
      a
     
     
      fourth
      year
      Honours
      physics
      student
      from
      West
     
     
      Point,
      gave
      a
      talk
      entitled
      ‘‘The
      Electronic
     
     
      Bouncing
      Ball:
      an
      Experiment
      in
      Chaos’’.
      Both
     
     
      talks
      were
      well
      received,
      and
      the
      UPEI
      physics
     
    
   
   
    
     
      T
      he
      1993
      Atlantic
      Undergraduate
      Phys-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      department
      extends
      congratulations
      to
      both
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
      these
      students.
     
    

    
     
      A
      panel
      of
      faculty
      members
      from
      Atlantic
     
     
      universities
      judged
      the
      student
      talks
      on
      both
     
     
      presentation
      and
      content.
      Mr.
      Lank
      was
      given
     
     
      the
      award
      for
      the
      best
      student
      talk.
      This
      is
      the
     
     
      first
      time
      that
      this
      award
      has
      been
      won
      by
      UPEI.
     
     
      Awards
      for
      the
      second
      and
      third
      best
      talks
      went
     
     
      to
      St.
      FX
      students.
      @
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      MISH-MASH
      OF
     
     
      MOSHING
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Moncton's
      Eric's
      Trip,
      along
      with
      six
     
     
      independant
      bands,
      rocked
      the
      Barn
     
     
      February
      20th.
      CIMN'S
      next
      pub
      will
      be
      the
     
     
      Kyp
      Harness
      Poetry
      Nite,
      March
      13th.