SPS Zone Meeting
When: May 3, 2008
Where: UC Santa Cruz
Website: http://sirius.ucsc.edu/sps/?page_id=17

My name is James Beacham, and I'm a senior physics major at UC Santa Cruz and the founder and former president of the UCSC chapter of the Society of Physics Students. I'm contacting you to cordially invite you and all the physics majors at your university to the 2008 SPS Zone 18 Meeting, a.k.a. BIG PHYSICS DAY at UCSC, and to ask your help in disseminating some information.
 
The meeting takes place on May 3rd, 2008, and will be a full day of physics-related stuff. We think that this will be a unique event, part conference (with a keynote address by Nobel Laureate Dr. Martin Perl, an opening address by a UCSC faculty member, and undergraduate research presentations by students from all around the region) and part Regional Physics Geek Gathering (with a Friday, May 2nd, night-time viewing of "Bender's Big Score" on the big screen and a star party after the May 3rd meeting).
 
We want to make sure that all UCI physics majors know that they are invited, and that, in addition to checking out the attached flyer, we urge them to visit the Big Physics Day at UCSC / Zone Meeting website...
 
http://sirius.ucsc.edu/sps/?page_id=17
 
...for more information. If you could possibly distribute the flyer and website URL to all physics majors, we would be immensely grateful.
 
Thanks again for your help in getting the word out!
 
Sincerely, James Beacham Zone Meeting / Big Physics Day Ambassador The Society of Physics Students at UCSC

Lunchtime Talk
Who: Dr. Steven Barwick
When: 1:00 pm, Thursday, Feb. 21st, 2008
Where: Nat Sci 2, room 1201 (Tentative)
Title: High energy astrophysical neutrinos and the development of multi-messenger astronomy

"My research has focused on building new devices to search for neutrino sources in the sky, from AMANDA buried a mile beneath the surface of the South Pole, to ANITA which flew around Antarctica carried by a large balloon to an altitude of 120,000 feet, and ARIANNA, an new concept to measure neutrinos at the very highest energies imaginable. If approved, it will cover a patch of ice on the Ross Ice Shelf on the coast of Antarctica that is 30km x 30km in area. This talk will cover the reasons for the development of large detectors to search for neutrino emission from distant, powerful astronomical sources."

General Meeting
When: 3:00 pm, Friday, Feb. 15th, 2008
Where: FRH 2111

We will be discussing the speaker for the next lunchtime talk, the SPS yearbook, events, the sps library, and the computer representative position.

Lunchtime Talk
Who: Dr. Steven Barwick
When: 1:00 pm, Thursday, Feb. 7th, 2008
Where: RH 306
Title: High energy astrophysical neutrinos and the development of multi-messenger astronomy

"My research has focused on building new devices to search for neutrino sources in the sky, from AMANDA buried a mile beneath the surface of the South Pole, to ANITA which flew around Antarctica carried by a large balloon to an altitude of 120,000 feet, and ARIANNA, an new concept to measure neutrinos at the very highest energies imaginable. If approved, it will cover a patch of ice on the Ross Ice Shelf on the coast of Antarctica that is 30km x 30km in area. This talk will cover the reasons for the development of large detectors to search for neutrino emission from distant, powerful astronomical sources."

Movie Night
When: 5:00 pm, Tuesday, Dec. 4th, 2007
Where: FRH 2111

We will be watching Einstein's Big Idea. We will try to have popcorn for everyone, but please bring your own (non-alcoholic) drinks, bottled if possible.

General Meeting
When: 4:00 pm, Thursday, Nov. 29th, 2007
Where: FRH 2111

We will be discussing the event(s) that SPS can either host or participate in this quarter, tabling, t-shirt designs, and ideas for future meetings. Be sure to bring t-shirt design ideas, and ideas for the event(s) that we will be having this quarter.