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Photo: Christine Baker
Balancing act: Fresno State rugby team player Chris Rindhart slips away from a Visalia opponent to score a
touchdown during the Valley Ten Tournament last Saturday. The "Dogs placed first in the tourney and beat
Visalia 21-0. ^
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"My i i, .^recognizable activism
took place when I was 17," she
said."Itookpartinaprotestagainst
nuclear testing in the Pacific, anti-
Vietnam war protests and -civil
rights and environmental
movements. •
"I began to realize that women
were the leaders and activists in
protests, yet men got all the credit,"
... she said.
Bedard said she switched from
reading humanistic psychology
books to books on feminism
because female authors were
speaking directly to her. She said
she now believes that if the goals
of the feminist movement were
met, the world would be 6 less
dangerous place to live. ^
"Women are not saying that we
want to take over the world and
have men feel what it's like to be
controlled arid dominated," she
said. "Nobody should be
Continued from pa« 1
dominating anyone in
relationships—it just leads to
conflict and pain."
Bedard began working on her
first book, Breaking with
Tradition,'in 1986 after talking
with an editor at a cocktail party.
"I was complaining that the
courses I taught had racist, sexist
and homophobic textbooks," she
said. 4The editor asked why I just
didn't write a book. I sent him an
outline and he sent me a contract."
The book, which Bedard said
explains why women want to break
with die patriarchal tradition, was
published this year.
She said she has been contacted
about doing a book on family
diversity, but she is currently too
busy teaching and dealing with
budgetcutbacks to work on another
book.
> Bedard said the issue of women
in politics has become more
>
publicized since the Clarence
Thomas-Anita Hill hearings last
October. ^
4Those hearings did more to
raise the consciousness of the
American people* than any protest
could have," she said. "The
courage and poise that Anita Hilt
showed as she was grilled by all
those white men knocked my socks
off."
She said she always knew that
women were underrepresented in
government, but she never felt the
sense of urgency to get them into
office that she feels now.
"There is a lot of value in getting
numbers of women in Congress
because it would palpably change
the dynamic in the House," she
said."
"The women's movement has
been under relentless attack from
die extreme right over die past 12
years, but we've persisted.''
LIFE Continued from page 5
spentthe summer atNASA'sAmes
Research Center at Moffett Field,
Calif., under the direction of
SETI's top scientist, Jill Tartar.
Sleeper worked on me project's
target survey, using a computer to
help narrow down the list of stars
likely to host habitable planets that
could be packed by the Arccibo
radio telescope, a 1,000 foot dish
in Puerto ftico.
"They wanted to be able to track
stars for at least a hour. There
aren't many stars that fit in
Arecibo's range for an hour," said
Sleeper, fmo assisted Tartar and
two other scientists on the selection
of stars. '*We ended up with 24
stars mat {we're going to look at in
October ind November. Most of
them are fellow and orange stars
roughly the size o£ our sun-the
ones mosi likely to have habitable
planets around them.
Over the next decade, the target
survey wpll use the Arecibo and
radio telescopes as far south as
Australia! to eavesdrop on about
800 selected stars within a 75-
light-yeaf radius. The sky survey,
the second phase of the project's
two-part1 search, will cover the
entire sky section by section.
Because it takes relatively little
power tb transmit microwave
frequencies that can be sent out
over millions of light years,
scientistsbelieve alien civilizations
would use these frequencies to send
messages. If they exist,"the signals
could be picked up by radio
telescopes on our planet.
To detect such intelligent
signals amidst a universe full of
naturallygenerated signals, NASA
scientists developed new
technology such as a Multi-
Channel Spectrum Analyser
(MCS A), which Hooks lip to radio
telescopes and permits scanning
10 million frequencies at once.
Computers interpreting the data
will be on the lookout for signals
mat pulse on and off, which may
indicate intelligent life. -
With the construction of such
equipment taking up many
employee hours,^scientists once
again called on students.
"I need a lot of help here. It got
rear hectic. So I asked my boss if I
could bring in some college
students, and they've been
invaluable," said Jim Feeney, a
senior engineering technician at
NASA Ames Research Center.
, BillQuachwasoncofFeency's
recruits. "I worked on one of the
electronic boards that went into
the MCSA," said Quach, 22, an
electrical engineering student at
San Jose State University. "We're
proud of being on this project."
Using the MCSA, NASA
scientists will collect more data in
the first 30 seconds of the MOP
project man they have during the
last two decades of SETl efforts.
Feeney's students also helped
to equip the Mobile Research
Facility, a high-tech van that will
be hooked up to some of the radio
telescopes, to help in the search.
Qf course, both Sleeper and
Quach will pay close attention to
the search for extraterrestrial
intelligence in the years to come,
hoping somewhere, somehow,
they become a part of history that
will change the way we see the
universe forever. ,
"Wherever we find it, I'll be
happy we- found it I just hope it's
close to home," Sleeper said.
•
On-ccill driver needed to
deliver The Daily
Collegian to Madera for
printing Sunday through
Thursday. Pay is $200 per
month, minus gas
(about $40). For more
information call
278-2486 and ask for
Aimee or Jason.
'•
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| Title | 1992_10 The Daily Collegian October 1992 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1992 |
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| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
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| Title | October 15, 1992, Page 6 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1992 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
| Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
| Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
| Language | eng |
| Full-Text-Search | 6-News rv' The Daily Collegian ) OaoDER 15, 1992 > - ^R^mWC'jMi m^mf mm iCHi*'-^v.-' fit & 1 H^l m ft J^ ^te ^ m ta^?^"^^ wj»-« ,2ft 11 m MRfiS^* < i I i^i y^-iwI^M^^^^^J1 ^M MA ^_^AlMMi "W?v r / I \ -iHr ■ . .^.:^^^->^r^/^^w^^ *>^^~ "« >.' • v'v * ^. "HIT IP ' L**^JffiEv Photo: Christine Baker Balancing act: Fresno State rugby team player Chris Rindhart slips away from a Visalia opponent to score a touchdown during the Valley Ten Tournament last Saturday. The "Dogs placed first in the tourney and beat Visalia 21-0. ^ i "My i i, .^recognizable activism took place when I was 17," she said."Itookpartinaprotestagainst nuclear testing in the Pacific, anti- Vietnam war protests and -civil rights and environmental movements. • "I began to realize that women were the leaders and activists in protests, yet men got all the credit," ... she said. Bedard said she switched from reading humanistic psychology books to books on feminism because female authors were speaking directly to her. She said she now believes that if the goals of the feminist movement were met, the world would be 6 less dangerous place to live. ^ "Women are not saying that we want to take over the world and have men feel what it's like to be controlled arid dominated," she said. "Nobody should be Continued from pa« 1 dominating anyone in relationships—it just leads to conflict and pain." Bedard began working on her first book, Breaking with Tradition,'in 1986 after talking with an editor at a cocktail party. "I was complaining that the courses I taught had racist, sexist and homophobic textbooks," she said. 4The editor asked why I just didn't write a book. I sent him an outline and he sent me a contract." The book, which Bedard said explains why women want to break with die patriarchal tradition, was published this year. She said she has been contacted about doing a book on family diversity, but she is currently too busy teaching and dealing with budgetcutbacks to work on another book. > Bedard said the issue of women in politics has become more > publicized since the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill hearings last October. ^ 4Those hearings did more to raise the consciousness of the American people* than any protest could have," she said. "The courage and poise that Anita Hilt showed as she was grilled by all those white men knocked my socks off." She said she always knew that women were underrepresented in government, but she never felt the sense of urgency to get them into office that she feels now. "There is a lot of value in getting numbers of women in Congress because it would palpably change the dynamic in the House," she said." "The women's movement has been under relentless attack from die extreme right over die past 12 years, but we've persisted.'' LIFE Continued from page 5 spentthe summer atNASA'sAmes Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., under the direction of SETI's top scientist, Jill Tartar. Sleeper worked on me project's target survey, using a computer to help narrow down the list of stars likely to host habitable planets that could be packed by the Arccibo radio telescope, a 1,000 foot dish in Puerto ftico. "They wanted to be able to track stars for at least a hour. There aren't many stars that fit in Arecibo's range for an hour," said Sleeper, fmo assisted Tartar and two other scientists on the selection of stars. '*We ended up with 24 stars mat {we're going to look at in October ind November. Most of them are fellow and orange stars roughly the size o£ our sun-the ones mosi likely to have habitable planets around them. Over the next decade, the target survey wpll use the Arecibo and radio telescopes as far south as Australia! to eavesdrop on about 800 selected stars within a 75- light-yeaf radius. The sky survey, the second phase of the project's two-part1 search, will cover the entire sky section by section. Because it takes relatively little power tb transmit microwave frequencies that can be sent out over millions of light years, scientistsbelieve alien civilizations would use these frequencies to send messages. If they exist,"the signals could be picked up by radio telescopes on our planet. To detect such intelligent signals amidst a universe full of naturallygenerated signals, NASA scientists developed new technology such as a Multi- Channel Spectrum Analyser (MCS A), which Hooks lip to radio telescopes and permits scanning 10 million frequencies at once. Computers interpreting the data will be on the lookout for signals mat pulse on and off, which may indicate intelligent life. - With the construction of such equipment taking up many employee hours,^scientists once again called on students. "I need a lot of help here. It got rear hectic. So I asked my boss if I could bring in some college students, and they've been invaluable," said Jim Feeney, a senior engineering technician at NASA Ames Research Center. , BillQuachwasoncofFeency's recruits. "I worked on one of the electronic boards that went into the MCSA," said Quach, 22, an electrical engineering student at San Jose State University. "We're proud of being on this project." Using the MCSA, NASA scientists will collect more data in the first 30 seconds of the MOP project man they have during the last two decades of SETl efforts. Feeney's students also helped to equip the Mobile Research Facility, a high-tech van that will be hooked up to some of the radio telescopes, to help in the search. Qf course, both Sleeper and Quach will pay close attention to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence in the years to come, hoping somewhere, somehow, they become a part of history that will change the way we see the universe forever. , "Wherever we find it, I'll be happy we- found it I just hope it's close to home," Sleeper said. • On-ccill driver needed to deliver The Daily Collegian to Madera for printing Sunday through Thursday. Pay is $200 per month, minus gas (about $40). For more information call 278-2486 and ask for Aimee or Jason. '• |
