Wednesday, December 11. 1974
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Moon to eclipse sun on Friday
Take a break from your finals and watch the partial eclipse of the Sun Friday morning or look for the Gemind Meteor to be a way home from partying Friday night.
The eclipse will last from 8:05 a.m. to
10:41 a.m. Friday. The maximum eclipse,
caused by the moon passing between Earth
and the sun, will be about 50 per
percent of the sun will be covered.
Bill Dale, vice president of Astronomy Associates of Lawrence, said yesterday that this eclipse occurred every 18 years and 10 days. It won't darken 100 per cent of the sun from anywhere on Earth, he said, but central Canada will see the most complete with 70 per cent. Most of North America will see some percentage of an eclipse.
cardboard and hold the cardboard between the sun and a piece of paper. A reflected image of the sun will appear on the paper. Don't look directly at the sun itself, with or without shaded glasses, because the intense light can damage eyes.
To view it, punch a pinhole in a piece of
The Geminiid Meteor Shower will peak at 4 a.m. Saturday, Dale said, but meteors will probably be visible at least two and one-half days before and after that. They will appear
Frats plan formal rush for spring
The KU Interfaternity Council (IFC) is initiating a new rush program over Christmas according to Alan Benzer, president in charge of membership for the IFC.
"The spring membership program is a new idea at KU." Berman said yesterday. "This is a welcome interest and number of pledges last year during rush session, which lasts the entire year."
IFC decided to start a formal spring rush program. This year, it threw the 199 run through the 199 run.
Berman said there would be a banquet Jan. 17 in the Karsas Union for the rushes. During their visit, the rushees will stay at the Holiday Inn.
the information they want about each fraternity. There will be open pledging Sunday night, providing there is mutual interest between the house and the pledge."
"Over the two days," Berman said, "the raisers will see every day on campus."
Berman said they had had good success in the number of pledges coming out of the rush programs. More than 80 per cent of the funders said it was a separate part of the fraternity system, he said.
to radiate from the Gemini constellation, hence the name. This appearance is an illusion, however, for the meteors are actually moving toward Earth. To find Gemini, Dale said, look for two bright stars in the northeast sky.
This meteor show happens once a year, he said, when the Earth passes through the orbit of a comet. Meteors are particles of matter in comets that burn up in Earth's atmosphere.
Dale said the Astronomy Associates of Lawrence would project the eclipse onto a screen with a telescope at an observatory in Manhattan. He said it would be the public after 8 a.m. Friday, he said.
A film, "Crab Nebula," also will be shown by the group at 8 p.m. Friday in 428 Lindley. It is about theories on a cloud of luminous gases that emits X-rays and is believed to have once been a star, Dale said.
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Swing out to Sandy's for a Sandee Deluxe during finals.
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Ionesco speech in view
Ionesco is scheduled to speak at the University of Florida and attend a UF shortly after.
Ionesco was born in Romania and moved to France when he was 3 year old. He now lives in New York.
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