Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 2002)
Trotter R r i z e Distinguished Lectures by Two Nobel Laureates RHCOGNIZ.IISJG SHMINAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN Complexity Information Inference Rudder Theater "7:00 f».m. February 25th “The Astonishing Hypothesis” Francis Crick-DNA pioneer and Nobel Laureate from The Salk Institute. Since joining The Salk Institute. Dr. Crick's work has been entirely the oretical. He hopes to bring together the molecular and cellular aspects of neurons, the observations of neuroanatomy and neuro physiology. and the behavior of organisms as studied by psycholo gists. His work has been mainly in neurobiology, and especially in the visual system of mammals. He has also written on the neural basis of attention. REM sleep, and the visual system of awareness. His current research is focused on discovering the neural correlate of conscious ness. The Astonishing Hypothesis is that human consciousness, indeed the human soul, can be explained solely on the basis of molec ular biology. (Video presentation prepared for Trotter Award.) “The Convergence of Science and Religion” Charles Townes-Father of the laser and Nobel Laureate from Cal-Berkeley. Since joining Cal-Berkeley. Dr. Townes' work has focused on astrophysics. He notes that at times it has appeared that science and religion seemed to clash. But. science, an attempt to understand how our universe works, and religion, an attempt to understand its meaning and purpose, are closely related. Though they can appear very different there is much parallelism, both being based on human abilities to understand using postulates or faith, intuition and inspiration, experimentation or observations, and logic or rea son. And there remain mysteries. Some basic ideas In both have undergone changes In recent years and modern science is exploring marry aspects of our universe which are strongly related to religious views and generating increasingly useful discussions between the (wo. (To appear In person.) Presented by College; oe Science in collaboration with The college of Engineering at Texas A8cM University ttxas mm 'BLOOD DBjyi feSruary 25 - March 1,2002 SPONSORED BY ALPHA PHI OMEGA Commons-Lobby Sbisa-Bus Monday - Friday Monday -Thursday 10:45am -5:45pm 12:00-7:00pm Friday 12:00-5:30pm Vet school Rudder-Bus Monday - Friday Monday-Friday 10:00am -4:00pm 9:45am - 5:45pm Zachary - Lobby Bio Bio - Lobby Monday- Wednesday Thursday - Friday 10:00am -4:00pm 10:00am - 4:00pm 0 (Blood (Donors Wilt (Receive a Commemorative T-Shirtl ^American Red Cross Monday, February 25, 2002 AGGlgATIOr' THE BATiIhE BA’ If you post it, they will come Re fevi ; Hill A ■iety-ont prim evide sd n an Ai reputation sic tool is i Students and entrepreneurs share their experiences launching Websiti'zS, By Mike Whitlow THE BATTALION Toni Comi, a Virginia-based entrepreneur vvho is one of the two creators of Holly wood Pulse.coni, is waiting for his first lawsuit. His site posts satirical news articles about cur rent news in entertainment. ‘“We're still waiting for our first lawsuit because it would be great publicity," Comi said. “Tom Cruise has been pretty liti gious about homosexual allegations since his divorce, so we ran an tunny angle to write Holly woodPulse.c as this week marks H s will about. Di.'iiict Ju >m is getting iv\erse the beginning of Bring ex show version ot the material on abnut wh According to Comi, the site’s matemH en f rom broadcast in Malibu, and it the shot es u j c f 0 , K support, it will be pitched to multip n0 j chance national!) for syndication. s j|n con I Case) Mack, a senior managemeni f 0 i msic e lion systems major and crc,B| presen AggielandConcerts.com. said creatm; HWhile | W article saying that when he and Kidman I bsite has been one of the mosit experiences of hisi college career AggielandConcerts.com, dev ok College Station music scene, featu dates, times and locations. It also news, rumors, discussion groups; lights on bands. Mack said he got the idea wh. back to A&M last spring. “1 lived in Crocker Hall m\ 1 vears and 1 could always hearth forensic e Bing cou quences, c analysis sa process wa ■•There out there it clothes,” si of Univer Hastings B here’s t of bands playing at NorthgateA W! re's th knew who it was that was peCp-iThe nil 1 Mack said. “As a result I misssBt of its 1 a lot Texa find penalty cas are charge mt> Itimillit anil are linl Jp I aw vei Aza, Wi Victor Re julge to DIANA SUARI.Z split, the judge awarded him the male porno graphic collection. We thought that was our tick et to the big time, but we still haven’t heard from Cruise's lawyer.” Other misinterpretations, despite the site's legal page insisting its status as a satirical publica tion. include multiple chatroom discussions of a recent article about Charlie Sheen. “When Sheen married Denise Richards recent ly, their prenuptial agreement included a clause that said Sheen would have to pay her $4 million if he cheated on her.” Comi said. “We're not mak ing that up. That's real life, but we ran an article saying that Richards’ mother is offering $1 million to the first woman that can successfully seduce Sheen so that Denise will divorce him.” Comi and his colleague Ray Richmond started the Website a year ago as something their families and friends could visit for a laugh. “Ray and 1 were talking one day about how there was a void on the Internet of sites that par ody Hollywood and the entertainment world,” Comi said. “A year later we are getting 3,000 unique visitors and 10,000 hits a day." That kind of success has not come without its fair share of work. “First we had to pay a graphic artist to design the logo and the site,” Comi said. “Then we regis tered the site with the major search engines and told everyone we knew about it.” Comi and Richmond write the articles for their Website. “It's tough sometimes to come up with funny stuff for the site,” Comi said. “We find a real news item and then try to think of a of good bands. I'm > . music fan. but l ww out about Texas muvK until a few days be that was only if at actually placed Buthilion.” Confronted withtb a more centralized information. Mack : Ins classroom knowled experience working Texas Forest Service worked as a Web i designed and Agg ie 1 andConcerts students like himsel: children am the local artists sir her home s; reach their target aud before. lex J’HROC estlanged w -l' 1 tokl h helpulled St)ft</ay of I i n< 4n an int said her hi children — PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Ashcroft performs gospel tune for 650 people ASHCROFT CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Attorney General John Ashcroft observed the 10th anniversary of a local the ological seminary Saturday night by singing a rous ing rendition of "Let the Eagles Soar," a gospel “I wanted to help out the bands that fight so hard to make the mu Aggieland like it is in Austin,” “So I got a design and spent i sleepless nights this past summen it finally clicked.” Launched in September per home S AggielandConcerts.com began withInstead, dred hits a week. This semester thes; - is they sat i between 6,000 and 7.000 hits a week Tis estrange most of his own marketing by postin. ier parents, campus and asking local artists toirffpeth Sm site during their shows. »n the Iron Mack said finding time is his onlyprip the gravi keeping the information current. I,he calk “I typically spend 20 to 30 hours apparently t the site, and I have to go through va>. said C emails a day. Several of the local vei%fics Smal The Loose Moose, Big Pauly’s and(H'^feeth Sm Harry's also try hard to keep me inf«h Novembi their upcoming events.” ;/ After nu With notoriety comes a fair share of ira ti on , a ing experiences, and Mack is noexceptit “I remember in January when Rogei came to town, 1 was allowed up on staf his picture. He sees me over on the comes over and grabs my camera,” Mi “I'm thinking this is bad. but instead he' p- ■ ing pictures of the crowd, including thf r y u ‘ front trying to flash him.” while Mack said he hopes his site givesef S! local bands as well as well-known artists WHITE I “One of my major goals is to get pee; ' c igurine ing to the site to get information onthebt an d FBI i then see all the information on local k least 100 give those bands some exposure too.” Mi The cu Decembei ^ the seller |feared Ja The Lis song with strong political overtones thatl ceramic several years ago. worth ter Ashcroft told 650 people at the charges h Conwell Theological Seminary dinnet : Rj c j iarc j, penned the gospel tune after watchinf pj eagle fly overhead during a pre-dawn “ , his farm near Springfield, Mo. "This country's too young to die, itstilh rri | ssin g P 1 of flying to do," he sang in his baritonet Ebay spi The audience responded with a sta ^ ac l built ; ovation. 7 course rneaC. (priceCess advice. $10. MSC Hospitality’s (Etiquette (Dinners (February 25tfi 5:30-7pm MSC 225. Includes reception etiquette and dessert in Forsyth Galleries following dinner February 28tfi 5:30-7pm Clayton W. Williams Jr. Alumni Center Lecture Hall B business casual dress tickets; $10.00 at Rudder Box Office starting Mon. Feb 18th Persons with disabilities call 845-1515 to inform us of your special needs. We request notification 3 working days prior to the event to enable us to assist you to the best of our abilities. tJJL. -\r # AT IN THE AFTERNOti Radio News from the newsrootf Whethi ther Try FA I THE BATTAH campus and community 1:57 p.m. Monday through Fi Do yoi Our on KAMU-FM 90 College Station / Brya»