2011 Big Bash Friday - 3
Physics Professor Martin Madsen discussed his Physics Myth Busters class during a Big Bash colloquium. The class designed for non-science students helped students learn the process of science through questioning, experimenting, analyzing, communicating, and then repeating.
During Martin Madsen's Mythbusters colloquium he presented a "problem" or "myth" from the Spring 2010 class and challenged the audience to get in groups and decide how to test the myth's plausibility.
Can a ping pong ball be thrown across an entire basketball court?
Madsen offers a thought to one group participating in the Mythbusters colloquium.
One group thought perhaps a ping pong ball would travel the distance of a full basketball court if thrown just right and with some assistance from fans.
Khurram Tahir '01 presented a colloquium titled "Opportunities and Challenges for US Businesses in China." Tahir spent two years working in China for Motorola from 2008 to 2010.
Tim Gagen '76 talks about his role as town manager in Breckenridge, CO.
Alums and wives listen to Tim Gagen '76 talk about his role in Breckenridge, CO., city government.
Assistant Director of Alumni Relations Mike Warren '98 gets a birthday cake - celebrating his 40th - prior to Friday night's welcome back banquet.
Coach Mac Petty is literally giving a quick golf clinic to a foursome just prior to teeing off at the beginning of the Big Bash Golf Scramble Friday. "It was Classic Mac," said Dean Mike Raters ’85, who snapped this photograph. "Mac had their undivided attention. Not surprisingly, that's the foursome that won (and included team captain and designated putter, Jim Cumming)."