• The next meeting of the Physics Club will be at 11:30 pm on Thursday, Sep. 15 in Science 120.    Come for free pizza and to help make plans for the year.  The annual club picture will be taken.
• Possible field trip on Sep. 27-28 to "Legacy of Einstein", Nobel Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota.
• Special guest John Rigden will be giving a talk about Einstein at 11:30 am on Thursday, Oct. 6 in Science 304.  He is the author of a new book callled "Einstein 1905 - The Standard of Greatness".  He will also be giving a public lecture at the Bettendorf Public Library at 7:00 pm on the same day.  Club members have been invited to do some physics demos from 6:00 to 7:00 pm at the library.  Here is a complete list of activities for their "Einstein's Big Idea" events in September and October.

• President: Dan Barrett
• V. President: Tom Foss
• Secretary: Colleen Donahue  - minutes (May 5)
• Treasurer: Mike Chastain
• Publicity: Colleen McGehee
• Public relations: Mike Boyle

SPS National

Club Photo taken September 16, 2004

• Panel discussion on "The Origins of the Universe",  Nov. 10, 2004
• Outreach to elementary schools - Dec. 9, Jan. 27, Feb. 10.
• Christmas party featuring liquid nitrogen ice cream
• Special Open House to celebrate the World Year of Physics 2005 - Sunday, Mar. 13, 2005
• Panel discussion on "The End of the Universe", Apr. 25, 2005
• Lunch at Dr. Sieglaff's home in Moline, Apr. 30, 2005
• Attended the new movie, "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", Apr. 30, 2005
• Astronomy Day Open House featuring Jupiter and Saturn, 8:30-10:00 pm, Apr. 30, 2005
• All seniors and their families were invited to a reception on Commencement Day, Sunday, May 22, 2004 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm in Science 120.  Dessert was served and a group picture of the seniors was taken at 1:30 pm.

Outreach program - January 27 and February 10, 2005.  Presenters: Tom Foss, Dan Barrett and Marc Landeweer

Resonance

Charged hair

Diffraction grating

Flying packing peanuts

Christmas party, Dec. 16, 2004 -- Dr. Carkner making ice cream flavored with red and green M & Ms.

Mixing the ingredients

Adding liquid nitrogen

Enjoying the ice cream

Lee and his son Grant

• Physics Club field trip to the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Thursday, April 8, 2004
• All physics majors were invited to Dr. McCart's retirement party on Saturday, April 17, 2004 in the Wilson Center.  He was presented with his own "I heart McCart" shirt.  His family and friends came to help him celebrate his 39 years of teaching physics at Augustana.
• 35th Anniversary Open House - Physics Club members helped with the telescopes at the observatory on Saturday, May 1, 2004.
• We all learned about superstring theory from the expert - Dr. Brian Greene, "Breakthrough: Challenging What We Know" - public lecture on Monday, May 3, 2004 at 7:00 pm in the Olin Auditorium.  Informal discussion with Dr. Greene occurred on Tuesday, May 4 at 10:30 am in Science 102.  Dr. Greene is author of the book "The Elegant Universe" and narrated the corresponding program on PBS.
• All seniors and their families were invited to a reception on Commencement Day, Sunday, May 23, 2004 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm in Science 120.  Dessert was served and a group picture of the seniors was taken at 1:30 pm.  Nobel Laureate, Dr. Dan Tsui (class of 1961), joined us for pictures and conversation.

• Physics Club field trip to Argonne and Fermilab, Thursday, April 17, 2003
• "Schrödinger's Cat", Mar. 17, 2003
• "Determinism and Free Will:  Does God Play Dice with the Universe?", Feb. 12, 2003
• "Space Station 3D", IMAX in Davenport, Oct. 4, 2002