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The University Library welcomes the Math Lab and the Writing Lab, which are now located in room 1331 in the University Library. Come visit them and visit us at the same time. Convenient, no? We thank all who have worked to make the move as smooth as possible for all concerned.
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by Larry Burg
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The UNIVERSITY LIBRARY WELCOMES the MATH LAB and the WRITING LAB 
UNIVERSITY LIBRARY HOSTS INTERNS FROM SAN JOSE STATE
USING THE LEXIS-NEXIS ACADEMIC DATABASE
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The information is out there:
Citing Sources Appropriately to Gain Credit and Creditability
Pocket Parks and Other Magical Places
Taking the CRUNCH out of CRUNCH Time
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Come learn about crabbing in the San Francisco Bay. We'll teach you how to use the nets, discuss bait and regulations, and let you try your luck. (from Golden Gate Parks Conservancy website)
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Wondering what Flickr is and why you should use it? Grab your lunch and come learn how to upload, share and organize your photos, as well as participate in one of the fastest growing communities on the internet.
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QUICK & EASY VEGETARIAN COOKING
OPERA at the MOVIES
FUN WITH FLICKR
JUG BAND MUSIC: Certainly is a treat to me!
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Left to right: Percy Bysshe Shelley, Neil Armstrong, Andy Warhol and Roger Penrose
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Left to right: Alfred Hitchcock, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Leonard Bernstein and Mary Shelley
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PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
Percy Bysshe Shelley (August 4, 1792 - July 8, 1822) Sussex, England; one of the major English Romantic poets, regarded among the finest lyric poets in the English language. He is most famous for such classic anthology verse works as Ozymandias, Ode to the West Wind, To a Skylark, and The Masque of Anarchy, which are among the most popular and critically acclaimed poems in the English language. His also wrote long visionary poems, dramatic plays, novels and short works. He became an idol of the next two or three or even four generations of poets and was admired by many notables.
NEIL ARMSTRONG (born August 5, 1930- } Wapakoneta, Ohio; American aviator and a former astronaut, test pilot, university professor, and United States Naval Aviator. He was the first person to set foot on the Moon. His first spaceflight was aboard Gemini 8 in 1966, for which he was the command pilot. On this mission, he performed the first manned docking of two spacecraft together with pilot David Scott. Armstrong's second and last spaceflight was as mission commander of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission on July 20, 1969. On this mission, Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the lunar surface and spent 2½ hours exploring while Michael Collins remained in orbit in the Command Module. Armstrong is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
ANDY WARHOL (August 6, 1928 - February 22, 1987) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became famous worldwide for his work as a painter, avant-garde filmmaker, record producer, author, and public figure known for his membership in wildly diverse social circles that included bohemian street people, distinguished intellectuals, Hollywood celebrities and wealthy aristocrats. He coined the expression "15 minutes of fame." (wikipedia)
SIR ROGER PENROSE, OM, FRS, (August 8, 1931 - ), Colchester, Essex, England; English mathematical physicist and Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College. He is renowned for his work in mathematical physics, in particular his contributions to general relativity and cosmology. He is also a recreational mathematician and amateur philosopher.
| SIR ALFRED HITCHCOCK KBE (August 13, 1899 - April 29, 1980) British filmmaker and producer, pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. Hitchcock directed more than fifty feature films in a career spanning six decades. He remains one of the most popular and most recognized filmmakers, and his works are still popular today. His image has endured partly due to cameo appearances in his own films and the series of television dramas he hosted.
HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (August 22, 1908 - August 3, 2004) Chanteloup-en-Brie, France; French photographer considered to be the father of modern photojournalism, an early adopter of 35 mm format, and the master of candid photography. He helped develop the "street photography" or "real life reportage" style that has influenced generations of photographers that followed.
LEONARD BERNSTEIN (August 25, 1918 - October 14, 1990) Lawrence, Massachusetts; multi-Emmy and Grammy award-winning and Academy Award nominated American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States to receive worldwide acclaim. According to the New York Times, he was "one of the most prodigally talented and successful musicians in American history."
MARY SHELLEY (August 30, 1797 - February 1, 1851) Somers Town, London; British novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. n her own lifetime, Mary Shelley was taken seriously as a writer, though reviewers often missed her writings' political edge. Scholars now consider Mary Shelley to be a major Romantic figure, significant for her literary achievement and her political voice as a woman and a liberal.
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Above, left to right: Coke, Banana, Cars, Goethe, Happy 80th Birthday Mickey Mouse, Campbell's Soup, Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, and Freud. All works by Andy Warhol. |
  PICTURES ON TOP. Left to right: Nautilus, two interior views of Nautilus; and the Quetzalcoatl Nest, outskirts of Mexico City. On left, the Satellite Complex and Mexican Whale. All works are by JAVIER SENOSIAIN.Javier Senosiain (born 1948) is a Mexican architect celebrated as a key exponent and explorer of so-called organic architecture, whose work some have likened to that of Frank Lloyd Wright, Bruce Goff, Paolo Soleri, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Buckminster Fuller, Antoni Gaudi and Rudolf Steiner. He is currently a professor of architecture at UNAM, the National University of Mexico .His architectural creations have attracted both comment and controversy. His own house at Vista del Valle, north of Mexico City sits on a hill overlooking the city and is designed in the shape of a shark. It is a ferro-concrete construction coated with polyurethane and UV-resistant elastomeric waterproofing. Inside it comprises a complex labyrinth of rooms and interconnecting carpeted tunnels. He shares the house with his wife Paloma and their daughters. (wikipedia)For more on Senosiain in pictures and video, go to Arquitectura Organica; then click on Organic Works, then on the following:
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AUGUST 2009, volume 4, no.8
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