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By Kim Stravers
Arizona Daily Wildcat
January 21, 1999
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Ever think about enrolling in a class conducted in cyberspace? Sounds enticing- no interpersonal communication, no fashion worries... hell, you don't even have to think about personal hygiene! But even the most brilliant of ideas don't always go as planned. Mary Poulton (Mining and Geological Engineering) will be in room A314 of the Main Library this morning to report her "Lessons Learned in Taking a Class Online." The lecture will cover the results of Poulton's first experience with placing a general education class on the web and will be held from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Call Mary Poulton directly at 621-8391 for more information.


Ants are not only emotional, humorous, English-speaking insect versions of human movie stars- apparently, they are kinda like brains too. Find out just how they resemble the activity of your gray matter this afternoon at the Arizona Research Laboratories Division of Neurobiology Seminar. Deby Cassill (CIS postdoctoral fellow, UA Department of Entomology) will ponder "Ant Colonies as Neural Networks?" in room 601 of the Gould-Simpson building. Contact Mark Willis at 621-8384 for more fascinating information.


And they said it couldn't be done: Professor David R. Dowling (University of Michigan) reveals the secrets of "Time Reversal and Photoacoustics" today at the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Graduate Seminar (696G). Be in room S212 of the AME building from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. and be enlightened. If time is reversible, by the way, then you can't really complain about wasting an hour, can you? No excuses. Call Barbara Heefner at 621-4692 for the juicy details.


Out of control and blinded by the light: Dean Hines (Steward Observatory) shows you what happens to "Misdirected QSOs in the Most Luminous Infrared Galaxies" this afternoon at the NOAO/KPNO/NSO/Steward Observatory and NRAO Joint Colloquium. Adventure, danger, and intergalactic light energy await you at 4 p.m. in room N210 of the Steward Observatory. Pre-lecture sundries will be offered at 3:30 p.m. in room 204, so fuel up early. Direct your questions to Pat Breyfogle at 318-8115.


Does the thought of slide shows immediately send images of Aunt Marge's trip to Poland running chaotically through your head? Be relieved- this one promises to be different and (for once) interesting. Miriam Schapiro, touted by some as the "mother of the feminist art movement," will be sharing slides of her work tonight at 5 p.m. in room S202 of the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering building. "A Seamless Life: Works on Paper" is being presented as part of the Visiting Artist Slide Lecture series and is sponsored by the Art Department and the Visiting Artist Gallagher Fund. You can also see Schapiro's work up close and personal at the Tucson Museum of Art until March 7. Give Julie Sasse a ring at 626-4215 for further information.


Sick (of school, of work, of your pet fish)? Well, the infamous "THEY" say laughter is the best medicine. And, for perhaps the only time in your life, the elixir is free. Check out The Charles Darwin Experience Improv Comedy Show tonight at 10 p.m. in The Cellar of the Student Union. Baffled sputterings of disbelief will be remedied by Ralph Valencia Jr. if you call him at 791-3340.