Word: gingerich
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Santas even manipulated professors into helpingthem in their devious plans. Gavin R. Villareal'90 of Winthrop House said Professor of AstronomyOwen Gingerich delivered a giant inflatabledinosaur to a student in his Science A-17 class.He then told the class not to ask him to deliverany more gifts, adding that he limits suchextravagances to one a year...
Seniors and juniors may have a hard time getting into Science A-17, "The Astronomical Perspecive," since Professor Owen Gingerich said he would give preference to sophomores and freshmen in the class's lottery. But everyone can get into the groove of the music Gingerich and his sidekick, Lecturer in Astronomy David Latham, play before and after class...
...music is also incoporated into the lectures themselves. On Friday, Gingerich and Latham showed a real-time film of a total eclipse of the sun. After several moments of blackness, the sun began to peak out from behind the moon. Just as its light once again began to flicker, the opening guitar strains of The Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun" filtered across the room. As the sun once again enveloped the screen, George Harrison began singing and the students began applauding for a job well-done...
...course, which is given every other year, has not been over-enrolled before, and Gingerich said seniors have already had two opportunities to attend it without risking a lottery...
...Gingerich said that the course's enrollment will be 225 if he can find another teaching fellow. Even so, he said he will have to cut at least 100 students...