Show EdwiBaabsch geological sciences professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University led a Journey through Earth history at yesterday's on Earth 11 hours ago analogy man appeared Convocation audience local In time Bambach outlines evolution of Earth kyMiduelE Thirkill Earth is a rapidly The changing entity rapidly dunging in terms of geologic time vat that in the proper perspective ne about the 11 that is a time so man arrived on hours ago Bambach spoke yesterday at this week’s Convocation on geologic time and development He provided students with a unique way of looking at the world we live in Richard To put geologic time "cnifies moat geology represent a With April into perspective — a time that students" — Bambach let a se-r- year formed Oct 21 this analogy he said the Earth was of 1839 Trilobites arrived around disappeared on Jan 2 1974 The &mun disappeared on Oct 22 1979 and the il of man occurred around 1 1 hours The ago ffnmidi were built about an hour and 23 minutes !K3 and ar-tiv- go Caesar was building his empire a half-hoago the ocean blue about eight ur Columbus was sailing mites ago hmbsch then outlined d the evolution of the Earth of slides which showed the conseparate blocks of land scattered around forngh a series test! as 4e cr mountains for Over the course of millions of years the separate continents merged twisted and separated again to form the present configuration we see today This familiar form occurred about 50 million years ago The movement of the Earth’s land masses is due to matter coming up from below the Earth’s crust from deep canyons in the center of the oceans Material comes up through the Earth’s crust in these canyons and slowly pushes the ocean bed toward the coastal regions then folds under the continents as more matter is pushed up from the canyons If not for this folding under the Earth would get larger which it is not Bambach said this expansion and movement is at the rate of eight centimeters a year or about as fast as your fingernails grow Bambach then brought his lecture closer to Logan and explained the way some of the local mountains were formed Showing a slide of the Tetons in western Wyoming he said they were formed deformed and eroded to make the mountains we see today Pointing to the bare rock high up on the peaks he said this was pushed up from below after the igneous and mctamorphic rock had already been formed Then the tops eroded down to the area where trees and brush grow and down into Jackson Hole equator "When you see the mountains there are many things apparent I think people should try to com- prehend that’’ said Bambach He then took the Fine Arts Center audience south to the Grand Canyon showing them not just the car nyon that meets the eye but the intricate geologic history visible from the bottom of the river to the rim of the canyon Bambach then talked of the geologic evolution of Utah and Cache Valley He showed slides of snail 5 and worm tracks from local mountains foaahaed when Utah was at the equator and at sea level about 350 million years ago Bambach closed on a philosophical nose saying that oil was formed at a rate of 50 barrels a day and that we really can use it up if current rates of con sumption are continued He said that there are 45 billion people an the Janet now and the Earth’s population doubles every 35 years This has forced us he said “to mine the Earth dam rivers and build huge cities to house the people” Bambach encouraged the audience to examine these points and then decide what is the duty of in- - : dividuals and what kind of stewardship we should apply to the Earth -- 1 Logan is now PadiSmilanich to Executive Senate Bill he ASUSU president and ex-r- 1 President will now be re ?tel to remain in Logan for the According ®ter fter they are elected It was enacted that all other Executive teaal members be expected to re- ® “P® for the summer ’ which passed unanimously tegular meeting was submitted by President Marili the premise that many i°n meetings are 4nrin nurnmer months and Iran k°u at M L“hr represented jjjounq Coavscdita also passed two oth Resolution 82-“- 7 Campus Affairs and summer home for leading ASUSU officer Athletic Vice President Mont W’right deals with installing additional bike racks around campus However Executive Vice President Brad Hess who was appointed committee chairman to investigate the resolution reported that “Campus planning is studying where to put the racks but the big problem is funding” on the book exSenate Bill change policy will now make any unsold books or unclaimed checks property of ASUSU after being held for one quarter Three first reading items were brought forth in the meeting Resolusubmitted by Johnson is tion 0 another in a long line of pleas to the safety city of Logan to proceed with measures on 7th North “After threat of demonstration the 82-1- 1 82-1- city promised to proceed with safety measures which were never done” said Johnson “Since the beginning of fall quarter there have been three accidents and the city of Logan should take the responsibility of providing necessary measures to protect its citizens including students” going up and this cost is now a racjli factor in a student’s ability to attcnl I USU” said Student Relations Vic City and university relations is the The subject of Resolution 82-1- 4 resolution proposes that because there has been a communication problem in previous years a committee of university and community leaders be established and that the vice president of university relations be appointed to serve as chairperson President Gary Arnett “Instructor and department heath are the people who place the book Orders and we at the present time to have a policy So guide them in their ordering” This week’s report was given by manager of vending operations Gary Millbum He said that vending is responsible for three main areas on campus: the vending machines the Briar and concessions at haTgemre “Our responsibility is to provide some type of food facilities on areas cf the campus where food isn’t The last Senate Resolution 5 calls for a committee to be formed to g policy develop a “The cost of textbooks is constantly cem is the credibility we portray V'‘j try to make sure everything in yt ' m-is machines ftesh” 82-1- book-buyin- U available” said MiHburn “Our ot - 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