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i mm ip?i ' iu On your mark This is the start of the girls' bicycle ract I Lecturer discu By Lynn Cusick The students who discussed life on r*thf?r nlanpfc WpdnpsHnv mav nnf havp been the only ones doing so in this universe, an astronomy expert said. **It is highly probable that intelligent life exists on other planets," Yervant Terzian, astronomy department chairman at Cornell University, said. "At this very minute, on other planets and stars, people could be discussing life on other planets as we are," Terzian said. Terzian, the author of more than 100 papers on radio astronomy and interstellar materials, spoke at USC as nart of the Harlnw Shanlev Visitine Lecture Program. His visit was sponsored by the American Astronomical Society and the Physics and Astronomy departments. 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Third class postage paid at Columbia, s c The GAMECOCK is a licensed stu- V dent organization of the University of _ South Carolina and receives funding ff for student activity fees. | THERE M6 BECOMING A t j thorps. i n I means you I system in \ y I career adv MM not the ex on tne ngnt means you comi earning a BSN, write: Arrm Clifton, NJ 07015. ARMY NURSE COI I ! at the Sigma Nu Little 500 held yesterday. sses extraterresti restrial life be foundt the effects on life and s< and science on this planet would be discus profound, Terzian said. But scientific are ov technology has yet to find any traces. way, i closes Terzian said he doesn't believe in away. close encounters of the third kind, usi and he said most UFO sightings can be estims explained. 4'.They could be caused by billioi scientific phenomena, optical mirages, throu secret military objects, et cetera," he Tei said. the s< UFO sightings are reported at least life o once a day, mostly by ordinary people facto; who lack scientific knowledge of lack < astronomy, I erzian said. catasi "If these beings are intelligent Tei enough to travel here, they would be to th< smart enough to know where to land to and C meet with us. And if they didn't want earne to be seen, they wouldn't be spotted diana everyday," he said. man With the aid of a slide presentation Spact ousn mver Ha. 798-2290 -M ^ 1 SI 5 n n _ Kay dc i/oodhill Mall 76-5275 w,t E TWO SIDES TO (URSi IN THE ARMY id they re both re pre- the insignia you wear t >er of the Army Nurse I jy' p rarli irpi is on the left EKBHH Mr: . ire part of a health aire j H jjn , > vhich educational and E II anqpment are the rule, I |jyj ception. The gold bar HHHb mand respect as an Army officer. If you're r Nurse Opportunities, P.O. Box 7713, IP&BKALLYOUCANBE. ! From Staff Repo :~i~? Photo by Jwmifw Wooten . equipment, n System and a graduate studei evaluations as ] ? USC empl goal. The achii rial I if a Fund" campai I | CI I III C? surpassed the f Bryan said. ome startling statistics, Terzian "One of the sed the size of galaxies. "There know is whetht 'er 100 billion stars in the milky Fund) drive. R vhich is just one galaxy. And the answer we cou t star to the earth is 40 light years "This is a re " at Carolina," h ng scientific data, Terzian mission to give ites there are more than 100 systems in the i habitable planets scattered ghout the galaxies. |Qp Q zian concluded his lectures with u6 abering thought of extinction of | n earth. The three most probable The followin rs for this are nuclear destruction, Senate runoffs: Df food and water due to natural trophe or over-population. District 2 | seat 2 (Sim zian, a Middle East refugee, fled Wade Hamptc ? United Staes with his Armenian oan avis }reek parents when he was 20. He d his doctorate degree from In- District 2 . University, and has been chair-! seat 4 (Patersi of the Cornell^Astronomy and Valencia Burg ; Studies department since 1979. I ^, rr11( if"''' ~" Wr' ^^K^^^^BsBbbBBSB&S 111 |j IB-x |g| n 00 Off any pair in, Carrera, Playboy Sunglasses h this ad or USC I.D. J Come Rid< use BICYCLE 1 meets Sunday aft in front of th BEGINNER! t Fund donations ling expectations rts >nths left to go and $23 million pledged so far, :ent donations to the USC Summit Fund has >aign move closer to its $35 million goal. nation announced by campaign othcials is a by Bankers Trust of South Carolina to endow liter science. The income will provide a salary a person with a national or international cholarship and expertise in computer science, about 50 percent of the university's budget ite appropriations, it becomes increasingly imfer (teachers) additional financial incentional financial incentive must come from coritp Hr?natir?nc " cniH A rthur Willisamc Summit lairman. Summit Fund developments include: state-of-the-art computer equipment worth storage Technology Corporation of Louisville, ipment will almost double the data storage : university's main computer, which services line campuses, Williams said. edge of $100,000 by the Columbia law firm of i, Konduros, Corley, Singletary, Porter and li* u 4i n?u r? ? uiisn uic ixuuci i nvauucn ivicixcin v^uaii 111 ss. However, the endowment has continued to ifts are made to the chair in honor of McNair. ortion's donation of $50,000 to the College of r the purchase of vibration and shock-testing le equipment, a Packaging Vibration Test Shock Test System, will allow faculty and nts to perform more accurate non-destructive part of their research activities. loyees have exceeded their $1 million pledge evement is the result of a three-year "Family gn by university employees which last month ?r?al hv Si9.613. Familv Fund chairman John first things large corporations have wanted to :r faculty and staff are supporting the (Summit eaching the $1 million goal so early is the best Id give them," Williams said. markable testimonial to the faith of employees le said. "They believe in themselves and in their : South Carolinians one of the best university nation." nate runoff results g are the election results from Thursday's Student District 11 s, McClintock, seat 4 (Business >n dorm) Administration) inner) David Mulholiand (winner) District 16 an Hall) scat 1 (Criminal Justice) ;ess (winner) William Rogers (winner) 2750 Laurel St. 1 799-2187 I iyi IBiinlkAniX V SION^ENTERy BBflWrWWnWfWiliTii ! iM? HHIll in.,XJ I , ^ s With The TOMUHa GLOB ernoons 2:00 p.m. e P.E. Center 5 WELCOME