id aun | dte sk-p ' publi unissi clues eyew musii'j ips thfi David Petitpas, a senior chemical engineering be timed in an event run by the A&M Sports Car major from Lewisville, awaits his turn to race and Club in the Zachry parking lot. Impending cosmic ‘doom’ board I Sda he ami creating varying reactions IS lected' interfe r cells se anli 1 udyini ses, mi 5 fever o blind 5 a ses which i adult inf< couldi ndnesi nic ailJ s infe It is o jht ber rnt ini rreaks mortal! rol in; transi t theli ngero the ini OH lational Mer SH dav m H k .A, United Press International The solar system’s nine planets will cluster in a rare for mation Wednesday, and the occasion is being taken quite se riously in India — much more seriously than by the New York Center lor the Strange, or by sci entists w ho dispell fears that the event spells disaster. For the first time since 1803, and the last time until 2357, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Nep tune and Pluto will be within a 96-degree area on the same side of'the sun. The event has given birth to all sorts of theories, fears and merry-making. The planetary arrangement was described in 1976 in a book by astrophysicists John Gribbin and Stephen H. Plagemann en titled “The Jupiter Effect,” which predicted the gravitation al pull of such a lineup would suck cosmic winds from the sun and activate earthquake zones around Earth, particularly along California’s San Andreas fault. But Gribbin backed off his prediction in a letter to the New York Times last month. “Our forecast was tied to changes in the sun’s activity, which we believed to be driven by planetary alignments,” he said. “The sun’s activity peaked in 1979, not 1982, proving that the planets do not dominate the sun’s behavior and removing the basis of our original forecast.” That may be no consolation to the readers of the Sunday Herald in New Delhi. The news paper said the positioning of the planets will cause disease, riots, labor unrest and possibly an ear thquake. A “strange epidemic affecting the abdomen will stalk India,” and “a southern state will create problems,” the newspaper said in a reference to political con flicts. The New York Center for the Strange sees it differently. The group, which issues the Hallo ween predictions of witches, held a poll that revealed there will be problems, but nothing as serious as what is being pre dicted in India. The poll said the planetary lineup will cause “nationwide shortages of sparkling wine, hockey pucks, gerbil cages and soy sauce.” The center also said: “French scientists will warn that massive quantities of chicken soup can cause erotic dreams.” Doomsday won’t be a somber occasion at the Arizona State University planetarium, where coordinator Dan Matlaga plans an “End of the World” show and party Monday. “Some people seem to thrive on predictions of calamity and mayhem,” he said. “The one accompanying ‘The Jupiter Effect’ seems to have a lot of fol lowers. We have been getting frequent calls about it.” The Oregon Museum of Sci ence and Industry in Portland also plans a party to celebrate the continuation of life on Earth. “Definitely not on the even ing’s schedule are killer earth quakes, volcanic eruptions or the arrival of war parties from distant solar systems,” museum representative Beverly Swaren said. 520 E. Univ. • Coll. 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