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Located 30 miles west of Cambridge, Oak Ridge??s 61-inch-wide Wyeth telescope has a rich history. It was used to discover the first potential planet orbiting a star outside the solar system, and has been used regularly by undergraduates for research. Although it is currently the largest telescope in the country east of Texas, the Oak Hill technology doesn’t measure up to newer models, which have gotten progressively larger and more powerful. Its closure reflects plans to bring the Harvard-Smithsonian Center For Astrophysics’ (CFA) international battery of telescopes...
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...
Composer John C. Adams ’69 is notoriously elusive. He splits his time between his home in Berkeley and a log cabin called “Busy Ridge?? in a California forest...
...Capitol Hill. And his base isn’t displeased—what they get are policies that are still well right of center, just not as crazy. The tribunals, not law courts, are still there to try, and convict, the accused. And even after Democratic scrutiny, Tom Ridge??s new homeland security fiefdom is still decidedly anti-union...
Kayyem said she thought it wise to name someone not previously affiliated with an agency that works to prevent terrorism—such as the military or the FBI—since they might be unable to make unbiased decisions. She also said Bush and Ridge??s friendship will likely give Ridge greater importance in the administration...