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SPS Zone X Conference Information
The Society of Physics Students Zone X Conference will be held March 9-10, 2012
at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, AR.
Click here to register for the conference.
The HSU Chapter challenges all other chapters in our zone to a catapult building contest. The catapult must fit within a cube with 1m lengths on each side when it is completely assembled and may not be held down upon launching (for safety). The catapult must be built to throw grapefruit. The team who has the farthest average throw (best 3 out of 5 throws considered) will win! Build a catapult and bring it to zone conference with your chapter!!
Tentative schedule:
March 9:
3-4pm: Check in and physics phun
4-5pm: Welcome and Keynote Speaker
5:30 - Beyond Dark: Picnic (Food provided by HSU Physics), Catapult contest, and Star Party at the DeGrayLake Lower Dam
March 10:
9-10:30am: Business meeting, Discussion of 2012 Sigma Pi Sigma conference, chapter reports
10:30-11:30am: Research presentations
Group Photo
12-1pm: Lunch
1:15 -1:45pm: Forum with Physics Professionals
2-3:30pm: Events Round Table
3:30-4pm: Wrap up session - Discuss Round Table ideas
Planetarium Show to follow for those who have time.
Hotel Information:
Both of these hotels are just minutes from our campus. Both offer a continental breakfast.
Holiday Inn Express in Caddo Valley:
Phone Number: 1.877.410.6667 toll-free; 1.870.403.0880 local
Rate: $79 for a double queen room (Tell them you are with the Society of Physics Students conference at HSU and the manager Athena set the rate)
Phone Number: 1.870.403.0800
Rate: $89 for a double queen room, $79 for a single room (Tell them you are with the Society of Physics Students conference at HSU)
Click here to register for the conference.
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“At HSU my schedule in any given semester was likely to include chemistry and philosophy, or biology and history, or physics and literature. That juxtaposition of ideas helped me understand things in ways that I probably wouldn’t have otherwise. A physicist who has learned how to think like a historian, or like a biologist, or like a philosopher is much better equipped to solve a wide variety of complex problems than someone who has mastered some quantity of technical information.”
