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...Jewish patrol leader who, suspecting it might be tough to keep kosher, had brought enough for others. And no Muslim chaplain was on site to lead Friday services, so Asad Shahid, 15, of Naugatuck, Conn., nervously guided his fellow scouts to a spot in the shade of a big oak tree, turned to face Mecca and led the prayers for the first time in his life...
...Without Oak Ridge, Dame said, the smaller 16-inch Knowles telescope at the Science Center—which is not a research telescope—will have to satisfy undergraduates’ needs...
...skies above Harvard Square are of course a far cry from those above Harvard, Mass., and the Knowles telescope has only one-fifteenth the light gathering power of the Wyeth reflector at Oak Ridge,” Dame said...
Sometimes these thrills have helped launch students onto their life paths. Latham said a prominent astronomer mentioned that he had chosen his career after his college roommate, an astrophysics concentrator, dragged him out to Oak Ridge for a night of stargazing...
Stefanik said that without the CFA’s support, all educational activities involving the telescope at Oak Ridge—which included visits by students from a variety of universities and high schools—would cease. Alcock said that while some small projects—including a search for extraterrestrial life project and a seismic station, would continue at Oak Ridge—the site’s future is unclear...