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Features
Our cover photo this week is a shot
of mushroom spores taken through an
electron microscope by Alan
Neumann, an associate professor of
biology at A&M.
Electron microscopy opens new
worlds for researchers, and opening
new worlds is what this issue is all
about.
At Ease Staff
Editors Bill Hughes
Marybeth Rohsner
Staff writers Tony Cornett
Karen Kroesche
Nancy Neukirchner
Reviews Karl Pallmeyer
Photographer Bill Hughes
Production Randy Marquardt
Astronomy 6
Some folks in the Bryan/College Station area is doing
more than just thanking their lucky stars. They’re also
studying them through classes at A&M and a special as
tronomy club just for amateurs.
Microscopic worlds 8
At A&M’s Electron Micro
scopy Center, objects can
be magnified to incredible
proportions that make
even the hair of a fly look
like the centerpole of the
Texas Aggie bonfire. This
feature story profiles the
men and machines of the
Electron Microscopy Cen
ter and the tiny worlds
they open up for re
searchers. You can think
about these photos the
next time you swat a fly.
Departments
Previews 3
Aggie Players’ “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way
to the Forum;” UT drama department’s “The Glass
Menagerie”
Reviews 4,5,11
Album Reviews: Richard Thompson’s “Daring Adven
tures”
Leo Kottke’s “A Shout Toward Noon”
Movie Review: “Soul Man”
Movie Scene: Showing around town