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Central Florida Future. 1340. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/1340 Aslronomy program to take off wilh.new observatory by JENNIFER LINDSTROM nity interested and excited aoout astronomy," Contributing writer Barlow said. Barlow has been working to strengthen The next Galileo could make an excit­ the astronomy division of the physics depart­ ing discovery in the new UCF Robinson ment since December, when she joined the Observatory - and the next Carl Sagan could UCF faculty. She is a professional astronomer be a student sitting in an astronomy class right ·and previously worked at the Johnson Space now. Center in Houston, Texas. Barlow's experi­ After two years of production, the ob- ence includes galaxy and cornet data research. servatory, located on Neptune Road just be- The opening of the UCF-RO is a corn­ yond the UCF police station, is nearly corn- bined effort from both the university and the plete. .Central Florida Astronomical Society. The The new observatory will be a place Schrnidt-CassegrainTelescopeinsidetheUCF where people win get a chance to view stars observatory was found in a storage room at and planets from a large telescope. The site the University of Florida by the CFLAS. was chosen due to its isolation from campus The telescope has a 26 inch (diameter) lights because darkness makes visibility of lensandisatwinoftheonecurrentlyintheUF the stars much clearer. observatory. Most colleges in the state of The grand opening of the observatory Fforida have 14 inch lens telescopes. is set for Jan. 26. The facility will be acces- ' Dependingonatrnosphericconditions, sible to UCF students, faculty and members the new UCF telescope will be able to view of ihe community. galaxies, planets and nebula clearly in the east According to UCF astronomy profes- direction. However, celestial objects in the sor Dr: Nadine Barlow, the addition to the west will be more difficult to observe due to university is just the beginning of many plans Orlando city lights. to make the astronomy and physics program , Theobservatory'ssetupincludesasrnall even stronger. lecture room and~ computer and storage area photo/STRODE 1'The observatory is an excellent way The new Robinson Observatory sits near the UCF police stati_on and o~ns _ to get studen~and members of •-cornrnu• see OBSERVATO~Y, page 3 Jan. 26. It houses the largest-mirror of any Florida university telescope. Opposition meets proposal to sack SG Mac lab · ·) of thing." by JUDYTH B4KER do to switch over to IBM." _' 'The SG Mac Lab recently added Contributing writer "He's not the only one," said Sem Shannon Martin . ."Some of us have years of eight new machines," said Shawn Stafford, an '1 never meant this to become an work tied up in Macs." Between noon and I anthropology major who works in the SG emotional issue." p.rn. Monday, as news of the "Sack the Macs" Mac Lab. "It took over a year to get these These words are Kevin Koenig's. proposal traveled from student to student things. They were actually ordered by an The Student Government senator has pro­ across campus, Kevin Koenig and John Turner earlier administration. They cost a couple posed a hard look at the high cost of running stood outside the lab explaining what their grand apiece." the popular SG Mac Lab. goals cqncerning computer facilities run by "Should anybody even think about "If it's economically unwise, then Student Government were meant to accom­ scr~pping the Macs and purchasing 21 more we shouldn't have the Mac Lab," he said. "I plish . IBM stations?" Martin asked. "How long got the idea when we were going through the would it take to make that economically fea­ sible?" . ' budget last Sunday. We saw a purchase order ~ ''This is something that shouldn't ) for $700 -$800 of software duplicating what ... .--. ..... our IBM's use. I asked the question: Why (1 """""""""'" __ __ get out of proportion," Koenig repeated. "We should we buy two of everything?" haven't even made the proposal to the Budget .. Committee yet. We just want to try to save Koenig and Sen. John Turner vis­ ® = @ some money." ited the SG Mac Lab Monday afternoon ')ust ' """"" "'" '"""'"""""':' . to get an idea how students felt about this lab." . "We'd puy the equipment and pro­ : . grams for IBM to make all the Mac users '1'11 tel~ you how I feel," journalism ' : : happy," Turner stressed. "We want every­ student Alisa Huffsteler said. "I don't like it. ·::· ············· ·: ·· ·· ······ D. ' Some programs available on Mac are not body to be happy. That's why we' ve set up the available on IBM systems." labs in the first place. We would never cancel Greg Ferguson, SG Mac Lab em­ anyone's accounts, either." ployee and anthropology student, observed The University-sponsored IBM that "the atmosphere is different in an IBM ~~~~~::;;;;;;;;;;:;;;J computer labs suddenly shut down student lab." Pegasus accounts early this year, forcing ac­ ''It's anal retentive in an IBM lab," a "It isn't economically wise to buy tive users to rebuild all their files when they graduate student offered. "Your typical IBM two sets of software for two different kinds of returned after Christmas. user is a math whiz or computer science major computers," Turner said. "I lost 28 messages and addresses," who hogs the machines all day and screams if ''It was basically my idea," Koenig one student complained. "I can't even begin anybody makes any noise. The Mac labs are interjected. "We'll simply be bringing up an to tell you how much stuff I lost when they simply more user-friendly and attract friendly idea to cut costs to the Budget Committee on cancelled my Pegasus account-and without users," said a student who wished to re~ain Sunday. Maybe we can get sight licenses notic~," said a graduate student. unnamed. instead, for example. I don't want this thing 'We would never do that," Koenig Doug O'Brien, SG Mac lab man­ ' blown up out of proportion. If we close down echoed Turner. "That is exactly why SG has ager, ·noted that 14I'd have a lot of learning to ,the Mac labs, it would be a phasing-out kind see 114'C, page 31 News 1 Opinion 6-7 Classifieds 5 Features 8-11 1 .. Our filmboy mes ahd a dead man walks. 2 • The Central Florida Future •Jan. 25, 1996 V·/ant your club or organization to Organization Highlight be featured r1ere? Better fa~~: us Campus Crusade for Christ 200 ··1·1or1js on it .. attn. ne··.·vs e1ji tor by TSCHAN MORRIS Many of these projects take place Contributing writer in cities such as: New York, Los Ange­ les, Chicago, Denver, Minneapolis, and Looking to get involved on cam­ Louisville. Students will visit various .aliz . pus in the New Year, but still wonder­ homeless shelters to help feed the hun­ ..,.i•• e·spea . em . ing how? UCF offers a variety of op­ gry, have the chance to talk with ex­ portunities to its students. gang members and prostitutes, as well • Some of these opportunities lay as work in youth development pro­ lawyers who care.about in the various Campus Ministries. One grams. of these ministries is. 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