Show UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY LOGAN UTAH WEDNESDAY MARCH 5 1980 vsu stargazer helps students see the heavens people ar t Many in jheir head1 Haul t o have liiuil hut for one it is quite tb fcidividual on fact he ii higher than the -- ars ulouds He IS in a research assisBob Bachman f tant ’Zi in the phvses department m the starts have his head Cith a little help from (he nr (Uanr 1 he new telescojie also ha big advantage over the old s It has a camera mount so pictures of Stars and planets can lie taken All money for the observatory is had according to Bachman hocau d the i it s light- If ouid I would relocate it and pln e it on top of a mountain he rci ommended h v en I hough the time for studying the heavens is in the w oiler summer nights hold more i la-s- l Jiserving time for Bachman A group of UH WN come out in Lhe summer with sleeping bags and walch the sky until we have seen that is possible at that eveiy thing time ' he recollects “It's really ' great Because of his preoccupation with the stars Bachman could never imagine himself as anything other than a scientist "I guess I’ve always been scientist at heart" he says with a smile One does not fail to note the guiding influence of all sailors— the stars campus observatory Located west of h triads the hite square s small observatory is th a s(l r I'line on top ssistant for hat use the ( X '3 0 he classes Sisterrs aro Mars and lanes' sre taught w inter and fall respective! s rain funclior of the nher-ito show the si udents the vitorv Sltie of their studies" he practical he 'wo hack legs ad as hr sat of faded Ievi s of his chair in a pair null brown plaid "annel shirt read about "These student-JUand other ga lanes hut have see' them That ever actually for probably the biggest enjoyment nt watching the s udents see dungs for the first time Whenever the nigh s sky is cImt Bachman is usually out at the observatory look mg into the unknown with a new t ’en oje list If was "The observatory donated to u from a man in Ciulomia The only iat h was that m had to drive out there to get it John hosier Last summer took on a iBachman s superyis-rall project to the the observatory Wnh the money new equipment (awisahle to raise we Iwiught a his new 14 Celestron ( cs oje The i i ' hue eyes widen like a ng i new toy Tl was eailv a hill describi- trip to look out of Bob Bachman discusses the intricacies of a telescope in I Sl s observatory located west of the Triada Bachman is a lab aaaiatant for two of the Solar System physirs classes that use the facility to study the mysteries Plus-min- us controversial plus minus grading policy was discussed Monday by the rsi’ Faculty Senate According mathematics to assistant Professor David the plus minus policy Wright would allow a more accurate representa! ion of a sludent s ability Wright made a motion to have the Aiademic Siandards roinmil-te- t of t fie Facullv Sena'e study the proposed change Coder plus minus system teai hers would have the option of with jiulting plus or minus marks lhe let Ur gado thus indicating a higher or lower si ore High! now a lot of J fi students are masquerading as 4 0 stuiients W right told the group Presently students who do slightly less than 4 0 work receive that store htsause a 3 1) grade would la too low he said tiarlh Iee chairman of the Academic Standards committee said hat the issue whs considered last year and was defeated Pee supported the idea but said hat he thought a motion to institute the change would haye a bet ter i han e of passing next year tl-- One Batty professor of the Year in the engineering department ljecture He urged students to maintain 2a what they are taught See story on page Wvera the annual last Nahky akeptieism about grading discussed right's motion was defeated In other business the Faculty Senate debated a motion that would have allowed the Graduate Student Council to elect a representative to the Faculty Senate Currently the graduate student representative is appointed by the ASl'SU President This motion was also defeated The Faculty Senate then spent several minutes debating a report by the parking committee "Maybe we should put the shuttle bus under the free enterprise W system" said political science Professor William Furlong “and let those who ride the bus pay for it" director of the Val Peterson physical plant disagreed "Some of you have been able to park on campus because others have been willing to park at the stadium and ride the bus" Peterson told the senate Final action on parking policy was postponed until next month when the parking committee will present a more comprehensive report to the senate Philosopher author to speak on survival in modem world In the past Schon has worked as a researcher on professional effectiveness and organizational learn- ing Schon was educated at the in Pans as well as Yale and Harvard He is presently a professor of urban studies and education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Convocation will be held Thursday at 12:30 pm in the Chase Fine Arts Center e Donald A Schon industrial con- sultant philosopher professor and author will address this week's Convocation Schon will discuss man's approach to survival in the fast changing world of technology and how people have to function in a situation of what they are able to learn instead of what they know He will also describe public learning which is appropriate to aid survival in the stable state |