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Sundial: UO campus offers
many locations for obelisk
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lunar calendars, Nicols said. His suc
cessor, Augustus Caesar, put up the
obelisk in 10 B.C. It fell over during
an earthquake, but the pole was re
discovered during the Renaissance
and placed in front of the Italian
Parliament building.
About 20 years ago, German ar
chaeologist Edmund Boucher found
the obelisk’s face while digging in
Rome. At that point, Nicols, who
knows Boucher personally, got the
idea to set up something similar at
the University.
Faculty and students from the de
partments of architecture, art histo
ry, art, physics, history, classics and
mathematics are now involved in
the project, Nicols said.
Tice is handling the architecture
end of the project along with asso
ciate professors of architecture Vir
ginia Cartwright and Stephen Duff,
as well as graduate students
Jonathan Dunn and Daniel Gold
stein. He said this project is differ
ent from others he has worked on as
an academic.
“We’re hoping it will actually be
built,” Tice said. “Oftentimes in an
academic setting we do things that
are not realized.”
Many sites are being considered
for the obelisk, but Tice said the site
being considered most seriously is
the lawn between Knight Library
and the School of Music.
“The obelisk located on campus
may come to symbolize more than
itself,” Tice said. “I think it is a kind
of beacon of knowledge and hope
and aspiration.”
Construction materials from stone
to polished concrete to wood are cur
rently being considered, Tice said.
Margaret Ray field, a senior histo
ry and humanities major, became
involved in the project while work
ing as a research assistant for Nicols
and said she worked in depth on the
aesthetic aspects of the project.
The group working on the project
wants the lawn to continue to serve
as a recreational spot for students,
so the lines that mark the time will
have to be unobtrusive and blend
into the grass.
Another option under considera
tion is building the obelisk in the
middle of a pond that will serve as
a reflecting pool, Rayfield said.
In September 2004, a prototype of
the sundial was created on the patio
between McKenzie Hall and the
Computing Center. Lines were
painted on the pavement so that the
shadow of an existing light pole
would cross them at certain times of
day. The white center line repre
sents solar noon and the curved yel
low line represents Pacific Standard
Time noon.
Fifth-year physics and math ma
jor Sandra Penny helped physics
professor Robert Zimmerman with
the mathematical work to figure out
where the lines would go.
“Really, the math is nothing past
geometry,” Penny said.
Penny said she used a computer
program to calculate distance values
for various times of day on the 21st
day of every month.
“I’m always pretty baffled by
things people figured out thousands
of years ago without calculators and
computers,” Penny said.
Contact the business, science
and technology reporter at
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