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Today Friday Saturday High: 65 Low: 49 Precip: 60% High: 62 Low: 46 Precip: 80% High: 72 Low: 51 Precip: 20% IN BRIEF Senate approves justices, Club baseball tournament The ASUO Student Senate on Wednesday approved the ASUO Ex ecutive’s appointment of junior po litical science majors Mark Griffin and Spencer Hardy to the ASUO Constitution Court. The decision fills two of the spots recently vacat ed by justices who will graduate this year. The meeting marked the last Sen ate session for most Senators, who will leave office May 24. Senators also unanimously allo cated $2,812 in surplus funds for EMU Club Sports baseball to attend its national tournament this month. The team is the most recent of sev eral clubs to progress to national competitions this year. Senator Michael Sherman said the Club Sports program may eventually need to set limits on the number of players who attend national conferences because of recent increases in special requests for funding. But Club Sports Coordinator Sandy Vaughn said not sending players who contributed to the team is the “antithesis” of the program's mission. The Senate was unable to vote on changes to its rules because low attendance prevented the three-fourths vote required to revise rules. — Parker Howell Nicole Barker | Photographer Physics professor Jim Brau will give a lecture tonight in honor of World Year of Physics. Brau: Lecturer "breaks down' composition of the universe Continued from page 1 astronomy sees the effects, and we’re trying to bring the two together,” Brau said. Another mystery is dark energy. Brau said the universe has been ex panding for 14 billion years after the Big Bang arose out of a very small concentration of matter and energy. Brau said that according to the laws of gravity, the universe should be coming back together, so it is hypoth esized that a force of dark energy is pushing the universe outward. “It turns out we can calculate it,” Brau said. Dark energy is three times larger than dark matter. This makes the composition of the universe about 25 percent dark matter, almost three quarters dark energy, and about 5 percent regular matter and energy, Brau said. “The universe is overwhelmingly built out of stuff we haven’t yet figured out what it is,” Brau said. Brau’s lecture is part of the Univer sity's celebration of World Year of Physics 2005, which previously in cluded a lecture by California Insti tute of Technology physics professor Kip Thorne. World Year of Physics 2005, a United Nations-endorsed event, commemorates the 100th an niversary of Albert Einstein’s “Mira cle Year,” during which he published papers on the theory of relativity, quantum theory and the theory of Brownian motion, according to the World Year of Physics 2005 Web site. Brau said Einstein’s theory of grav ity, general relativity, shows that the presence of matter and energy dis torts the fabric of space, resulting in the motion of planets around the sun, and this applies to more recent findings involving the distortion of dark matter. evasylwester® dailyemerald, com Seniors: Still not sure what to do next year? Why not make a difference? Master’s Degree in Conflict and Dispute Resolution Our program is accepting applications for 2005-6 ■ Earn a master of arts or science in our two-year interdisciplinary conflict resolution master’s degree program. ■ Master specific skills (e.g., mediation, negotiation, communication, reflective practice) to manage, transition, or resolve disputes. ■ Apply new knowledge, working closely with faculty mentors, through internship and professional project experiences. ■ Study the connections between various forms of conflict (e.g., interpersonal, social, economic, organizational, cultural, and global). 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F s n at tic eCo or din at o r Work with the ASUO President and Vice-President to coordinate the ASUO budget process and oversee expenditure of current ASUO program budgets. .Marketing Coordinator I Coordinate the Fall and Spring Street Faire, as well as create marketing plans and strategies for the ASUO, develop fundraising projects for the ASUO Executive, and assist ASUO programs in their fundraising efforts. Public Relations Director Provide visibility and communications within and outside of the University community for all projects and events in the ASUO, and act as the spokesperson for the ASUO. Health and Women’s Advocate I To advocate for and develop programs addressing the concerns of self-identified women and areas of student health, and to be the liaison between Women's groups, the Student Health Center and the ASUO. 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