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IN BRIEF
Library to stay open
24 hours until June 10
University students, faculty and staff
who need to put in extra hours of
study and research will have
24-hour access to the Knight Library
starting today. The library will main
tain round-the-clock hours until
June 10, when it will close at 7 p.m.
To use the facility after regular
hours, library-goers must show Uni
versity IDs. Extended hours run mid
night-8 a.m. Monday through Friday, 7
p.m. Friday to 11 a.m. Saturday, and 7
p.m. Saturday to 11 a.m. Sunday.
During the extended hours, there
will be access to copy machines, print
ers and computers, but services such
as library material checkout, reserves
and video checkout and reference as
sistance will not be available.
— Ayisha Yahya
Gates: Speaker declares duty
of science to reach the public
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express scientific concepts in a non
mathematical way.
“First of all, I believe the most im
portant thing for a scientist to do is un
derstand that the general public has a
language it uses to communicate
ideas,” Gates said. “It is our responsi
bility to learn that language.
“We really owe this to the public,
because the public actually funds sci
ence,” Gates said.
Gates researches string theory,
which he said extends the work of
Albert Einstein and continues where
Einstein failed.
“Science is one of the most cumula
tive things that people can do,” Gates
said, explaining that often the value of
a scientist’s work is not realized within
his or her lifetime but adds to a body
of knowledge that contributes to future
discoveries. He said scientists must be
optimists to participate in a field that
offers infrequent instant gratification.
“We believe in our species in a way
I’m not sure a lot of people under
stand,” Gates said.
Sprague said it was a coincidence
that the selection of Gates as a speaker
coincided with the World Year of
Physics 2005. She said the committee
in charge of convocation ceremonies is
constantly collecting ideas for future
speakers. When the committee started
planning the 2005 ceremony, it
received a well-timed tip from Univer
sity science writer Melody Ward Leslie,
who heard Gates speak at the annual
meeting for the American Association
for the Advancement of Science.
“He’s able to explain things in a way
that even a non-scientist can get excit
ed and feel like they understand what
is going on in this rather complex area
of science,” Ward Leslie said.
Carla Gary, assistant vice provost in
the Office of Institutional Equity and
Diversity, worked with Gates at the
University of Maryland in the early
1990s and said she invited Gates to dis
cuss science at the University of Pitts
burgh when she later worked there.
“He is an international star on the
physics horizon,” Gary said, adding
that because there are few African
Americans in the physics field, Gates’
example is important for all students.
“He makes it real and relevant and
talks about why every citizen should
understand science,” Gates said.
Sprague said the point of a convoca
tion ceremony is to remind students
and faculty of the intellectual collabo
ration inherent in a university setting,
an idea that sometimes gets lost in the
day-to-day shuffle of paperwork.
“You can forget the big picture,
and something like this reminds us
all why that work needs to be
done,” Sprague said.
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