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BuT UHAT IF God is PLAYING A Big PRACTICAL Soke on uS ?/ Final VP of studs] affairs candidatei meet students, fati Aoi$e / pouanon 59 JOStl DARUJin WELL GOVS i U)e 7UST Lis-tenep to vour t>eMO, AND VT WAS GREAT ' ir Soke was a heck OF A LOT BETTER THAN THE LAST Lt. Gen. Van Alstyne, • mandant for the Texas ^ of Cadets, is the f for the position of vice f student affairs at Texas Aill will meet students, fac. J staff who are interested^ to know him at a reception^ the J. Wayne Stark Tuesday from 3 p.m, to4p,I Van Alstyne has been U mandant for the Corpia October 2002. Before ser,;| University, he served 36ye3-i| U.S. Army and was t tant secretary of defense(ofti personnel. Van Alstyne ■ from A&M with a bachekrl ness administration degree r and was also a memtel Company V-l in the Corps, ridi thei Twi pas Hildebrand | Jon leas IOYZ by Will Uoy<A Continued from page'! pas «■! ■pen i O' ft'S ,0' # StfeStf Universe Continued from page 1 the universe to which we’ve been driven by observations.” Kirshner said the ESSENCE, or Equation of State: Supemovae Trace Cosmic Expansion project, a group in Chile observing and measuring dark energy, will help to expand this research on the accelerated expanding universe and would tell scientists whether or not there is a cosmological constant similar to Einstein’s. “This cannot fail to be inter esting,” Kirshner said. Kirshner said the Hubble Telescope, with its new camera, is allowing scientists to greatly observe supemovae, but will soon need additional instruments which would have to be installed during a special space mission. Kirshner said that currently NASA won’t allow the mission because it is deemed too risky. “The space telescope is work ing better than ever, and we will have useful science until 2007,” Kirshner said. "If the space tele scope is kept running, that’s good; but if not. w’e will be able to make some progress, but not as much.” Kirshner said NASA can change its decision and urged the audience to call their senators and voice their support for the mission through Senate Resolution 324. Ashley Pagnotta. a sopho more physics major, helped organize “Mitchell Symposium on Observational Cosmology," an astronomy conference that will run April 12-16 in Rudder Tower. More than 40 astronomefs will give lectures all week, with at least one featured astronomer each night. Pagnotta said the organizers chose Kirshner to kick off the confer ence because he is the foremost astronomer in the nation. Roland Allen. A&M physics professor and chair of the con ference, said the goal of this conference is to start an astrono my program at A&M. “Texas A&M wants to be a top-10 public university, and the fact of the matter is we’ll never make it to the top 10 if we don’t have an astronomy program.” Allen said. “It’s quite feasible, and we’re hoping to get people in place this September.” Allen said this conference is featuring world-famous astronomers, and by developing ties with these astronomers, A&M will be able to start a world-class program. “One-third of the top astronomers in the world will be here for this conference,” Allen said. “These astronomers are the class we want to hire here at A&M. and they will give us advice on how to build a first- rate program." knew it would be extras me to deal with,” she sail | Golden said F sistently met with herloe he would not go oviit $1,000 budget, and that i] thing, the EIkJ Commission should bet for any confusion overtiisj paign expenses. Still. 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