APRIL 2004

Night at unt (cont.)

and the UNT planetarium gave away a small part of a large iron meteorite that landed in Africa.  The rare prize was won by a young boy who was also the youngest FWAS representative.

Ron took a little good-natured ribbing this year about his refreshment plan: coin-operated vending machines in the Science building lobby.  It seems that Ron forgot about the competition with his protégé Dr. Michael Hibbs at the Tarleton Planetarium.  Tarleton treated FWAS to a barbeque dinner last year.  So, after a strong start with a pizza party 2 years ago UNT has fallen behind.  Who knows what Ron and UNT are planning next year to regain their leadership position in the Planetarium Refreshments Race?

The night ended appropriately with a visit to the UNT observatory 5 miles north of Denton.  The chilly visitors got