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Weber State University Magazine Cultural Affairs Series Vol. 15, No.2, Winter 2010 Contents editor in chief art director January 17 February 18-19 March 5 Kathryn Edwards Hillary Wallace ’98 Harlem Gospel Choir Circo Aereo Punch Brothers Managing editor designer Amy Hendricks Eric Barkle 6 Dream Weber featuring Chris Thile New tuition-assistance program encourages students to dream Contributing photographers wsuculturalaffairs.org writers Robert Casey big, without worrying about the price tag. Amy Hendricks Alicia Giralt Allison Barlow Hess Sara Lleverino ’01 John Kowalewski Hillary Wallace '98 8 A New Take on Math Department of Performing Arts WSU Festivals Jonathan McBride ’08 Zac Williams ’01 Developmental math program uses new technology to enhance contributing student learning. editors January 28-29 and February 1-5 Margie Esquibel StoRyTelliNg Lynell Gardner Anything Goes festival March 2, 4, 7 and 9 February 22-24 Bonneville Chamber Music Festival This popular annual event will feature three nationally Comments and questions about Weber State University Magazine may be sent to March 4-5 and 8-12 recognized storytellers. the editor at the address below or forwarded The Lion in Winter In addition, local, regional by phone: 801-626-7359, fax: 801-626-7069 or and student storytellers e-mail: [email protected] will lend their voices for postmaster: March 31 and April 1-2 the celebration. Send address changes to Weber State 10 A Little Goes a Long Way Orchesis Dance Theatre University Magazine, Weber State Visit weber.edu/storytelling University, 4025 University Circle, WSU students donate their time and for schedules & information. Ogden UT 84408-4025. $50 to help Guatemalan women. weber state university web weber.edu/performingarts weber.edu Athletics wsu alumni association web alumni.weber.edu weber state university February 10 @ 7 p.m. board of trustees 2010-2011 Alan Hall, Chair Men’s vs. Northern Arizona Jim C. Beardall, Vice Chair Rex Baxter W. Bryan Bowles February 12 @ 7 p.m. Camille Cain Barney Chapman Women’s Basketball vs. Eastern Washington Kathryn Lindquist Steven E. Starks Gen. Kevin Sullivan (ret.) February 16 @ 7 p.m. Victoria Thompson 12 Gridiron Memories Men’s Basketball vs. Portland State Former football players reunite with much-loved coach. February 24 @ 7 p.m. 15 Social Wildcats Women’s Basketball vs. Idaho State WSU Magazine Now with more than 10,000 fans, we bring you the best of WSU’s Alumni Events weberstatesports.com Facebook page. is now available online at Contact Info weber.edu/wsumagazine 16 WSU Salutes The university honors outstanding alumni and friends. 10th Annual WSU WSU Alumni Association Alumni Golf Classic 801-626-7535 | alumni.weber.edu 18 Class Notes June 10, 2011 Classmates check in. Drive for Scholarships Tickets for Cultural Affairs, Performing Arts and Wildcat Athletics events: weberstatetickets.com 4 wsu magazine | winter 2010 WEBER WATCH WEBER john kowalewski, Business & Economics has added added has &Economics Business of School Goddard The B. John industry. defense ’s and aerospace Northern to support engineers for electronics demand growing to the response in created was The degree jobs. time full- with students accommodate times to at flexible courses offers at Davis, WSU housed The degree, engineering. electronics in degree bachelor’sTechnology a now offers The & of College Science Applied fall: this programs degree new three offering began Weber State University M a tt D of er egrees university communications university or advanced clinical practice. practice. clinical or advanced careers, research and into educational to shift opportunity the personnel medical allows state, the in kind its one of only the Sciences, Radiologic ofin Science The Master Professions. of College Health Dumke R. Dr. Ezekiel the in degree a master’s pursue can technicians Radiologic system. taxation U.S. of the knowledge in-depth with students provides which degree, MTax West stand-alone to a offer Intermountain the in institutions of one ahandful is ofWSU only of Accountancy. School the through of Taxationa Master degree crowd shots. video replays and candid showing live game action, & 6 feet high video screens center court features scoreboard hanging over before. The new four-sided hardwood action than ever will bring fans closer to the in the system recently installed point. A Daktronics video will have a whole new vantage nothing but net, Wildcat fans ’s shot hits This basketball season, when LIFE THAN LARGER 8

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Star Search Rhett Zollinger’s first foray into physics didn’t go exactly as he had planned. He started his undergraduate studies at Weber State University in the construction management program. One physics class later — taken just for fun — he changed his major.

It was the start of something good.

Two years ago, Zollinger, along with WSU physics professor John Armstrong, predicted the discovery of a new Earth-like planet during an undergraduate research project. In September 2010, astronomers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the Carnegie Institution of Washington located that particular planet, which has a high probability for harboring life in the universe.

“One of our students predicted the properties of the first Earth-like planet around another star, and that planet has subsequently been discovered — with nearly the same parameters as the prediction,” said Armstrong. “That is pretty exciting and illustrates exactly how science is supposed to work.”

Since graduating from WSU in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in physics, Zollinger has enrolled as a graduate student in physics at the .