Trotter R r i z e
Distinguished Lectures by Two Nobel Laureates
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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.)
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The college of Engineering at Texas A8cM University
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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.
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gious about homosexual
allegations since his
divorce, so we ran an
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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 |
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article saying that when
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experiences of hisi college career
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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.
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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 >
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that was only if at
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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
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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
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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.
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