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Physics Story

High Above & Down Below

08/22/2008

Amy Donnelly, director of our planetarium, makes some minor adjustments to the Spitz star projector before classes begin. Among other activities, Amy will be teaching a special course in planetarium operation this semester.

Two huge steam pipes, part of the College's reconstruction of the campus-wide heating system, snake their way through the solid concrete wall of the physics building. The pipes carry steam at 400 degrees F from a central heating plant. Hopefully all the laws of physics are being obeyed.

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