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Fossils,
New exhibit
features life
on planet earth
By CAREN CAMPBELL
Features editor
If you've ever wanted to experience
our third planet away
from the sun without actually spanning
the globe, USC McKissick
Museum is definitely the place to
be.
The "Welcome to Planet Earth:
An Introduction to the Natural Environment"
exhibit is a great experience
for those who foster that
childlilke curiosity about our
mother earth.
Most people wouldn't think that
a jellyfish could fossilize, but that's
just one of the many things
students can learn by visiting the
exhibit, said Karin Willoughby,
curator of Natural Sciences.
The exhibit is one that anyone
could enjoy. It is very accessible
and aesthetically pleasing, but
more importantly it features
creatures that most people are
. familiar with and think they know
about, she said.
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display for your pleasure, but the
goal here is to let people see some
things that they haven't seen
before, Willoughby said.
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By CAREN CAMPBELL
Features editor
Plenty of activities and things to see <
for students through the weekend.
The S.C. State Museum will prese
Lewandowski, one of the artists feat
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Tonight at Rockafellas' South Afr
star Lucky Dube and his 10-pieceT>and
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The entrance is a basic welcome
to the exhibit and a journey
through a hallway filled with
mysticism as well as artifacts including
a specimen of amethyst accompanied
with a tale of the legend
of amethyst in relation to the
Roman gods.
One more step and and you're
looking into the eyes of a beautiful
green fluorite Buddha, a calcite
angel wing, a crystal ball and a
drawing of that master of the deep-the
dragon. The fascination of
minerals and the artwork has
transcended the metaphysical
mysticism of the new age cult so
that anyone can enjoy.
The exhibit is basically divided
into three sections.
''We're trying to convey a sense
of variability of earth and enphasize
the broad-based look at
ourselves and our place in the
universe-things that are unique to
us," said Willoughby.
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Our first stop is "Earth: the
Third Planet From the Sun" which
is a delight for all you starwatchers.
Many people have heard about
the Big Bang theory. But, what
about the Red Shift theory? Just
one more thing to learn about.
Rubies, diamonds and emeralds
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Another stop and you're at the
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car, a 200 gallon fish tank, and a
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pilation of fossils and bones including
the jawbone of a Woolly
Mammoth and a fossil of a jelly
fish (believe it or not).
The show, which opened June 4,
will continue through the month of
December. However, if you see it
once, you'll probably want to go
again because the show will continue
to take shape throughout the
months ahead.
A timed light presentation is anticipated
by the end of the summer
and other side areas will be opened
with added features for the show at
later dates.
In addition to the added
specimens, programming for the
tours will change and feature more
tales of folklore related to some of
the exhibits and little-known facts
for trivia buffs.
"We constantly learn things
about the earth, and we think we
know things that aren't true,"
Willoughby said. "We just need to
keep on learning."
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The search for ways to predict
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In Denver, Dr. Wayne Sand is
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"The microbursts form rapidly,
but the computer software we've
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warning," said Sand, deputy
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