UPS: The University Physical Society

Hey all,

Like bagels, pancakes, and bacon? Come eat breakfast and relax with the Physics Club on Thursday, 5/17 from 10am-1pm.

Don't go taking finals on an empty stomach. The Physics Club is here to help you succeed!!

I'm happy to announce the officers for Physics Club 2012-2013 will be:

President: Georgios
Vice President: JD
Treasurer: Steffi
Coordinators: Ayah, Laura, Alex

Thank you to everyone who voted!

There are a bunch of fun events coming up here in the last couple weeks of the semester. I hope you're not too busy to attend at least a couple of them!

Wednesday May 2nd at 3pm in 4274:
Ben Broerman, a recent undergraduate from UW, will share his experience with the Dark matter experiment in Daya Bay, China.

Wednesday, May 9 at 12pm on the Sterling roof:
Enjoy pizza and soda with friends and professors while sending off your favorite seniors.

Thursday, May 10th at 3:00pm at the Terrace:
Neil DeGrasse Tyson is coming to Madison! I urge everyone to attend if at all possible!

Even though exams are a month away, it is not too early for the physics club to be planning its future! It is time for the next round of club officers to be elected. This year we will have a live election so this means that all we need from everyone at this time is a statement of interest. If you are interested in running for office please send ellenruththompson@gmail.com the following information:

Name:
Year:
Major:
Why you want to be an officer:
What makes you an excellent candidate:
Favorite physicist or physics joke:
*Photo*

When: Sunday, April 22nd, 8:20am-4pm
Where: Kennedy Elementary, 221 Meadowlark Lane, Madison, WI 53714

I hope you've been enjoying this wonderful weather! With any luck, the sun will be out this Friday, when the Physics Club celebrates the beginning of spring at Picnic Point. Let's meet at 4:30 on Friday for tea and cookies after colloquium. We'll plan on leaving Chamberlin sometime 4:45-5 to walk over. I'll bring a football and frisbee in case people want to stop on the way and run around in the grass.

The Physics Club is having a games night this Friday, 2/24. We'll meet in the club room at 6:30pm and have a potluck with desserts. Then we'll run around Chamberlin and play some games. We'll be playing tanks for the first time this year, and perhaps sardines and/or charades. Although some of you probably feel like you spend enough time in Chamberlin after-hours, I really encourage you all to come to this event. Tanks is consistently reviewed as one of the most fun things the club does each year, and the desserts should be delicious.

Hope you all had a great break! It's always tough to adjust back to having classes again, but it's good to see you all again. For first Physics Club event of the semester, we will be playing board games on February 1 from 5-7. We will meet in the club room and move somewhere else if we need more tables. The club won't be providing a full dinner (messes and board games don't mix), but we will have plenty of non-greasy snacks and candy, including prizes for the winners. I think we are all winners though, so everyone gets a prize.

On Monday, 11/21, the physics club will be holding it's annual Physicsgiving celebration: a most joyous of evenings and a righteous feast of untold gastronomic proportions! It is a potluck event, so please let your inner cooking self run wild and bring a dish to pass. We'll meet at 5pm and eat until we can't eat any more, wait a little bit (maybe watch Big Bang Theory or something), and then eat some more. Please indicate on the doodle in the comments section what you are bringing so we don't have 10 people all bringing large turkeys.

http://doodle.com/wn3dffqa5wsen8cg

On November 19 the Physics Club will be touring the Synchrotron Radiation Center near Stoughton, WI:

"SRC is a national research facility where scientists study a diverse array of research problems, including: superconductors; low-dimensional solids; quantum confinement; geology and environmental science; microanalysis of cells and tissues as part of disease research such as brain cancer and Alzheimer's disease; and cutting-edge exploration of nanotechnology. "
For more information and some cool pictures, see http://www.src.wisc.edu/