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Anew twist on science
Each year during the winter semes-
ter, Atmospheric Sciences Prof. Perry
Samson takes a few select students
up to North Campus, places them in
a wind tunnel and exposes them to
hurricane-force winds.
Samson said the experience is a
way to give his extretne weather etu-
dents a real-life lesson on the sobject
matter.
"Give them a taste of their own
medicine," Samson said with a laogh.
Bot despite more than 30 years
teaching in a natural sciences field,
Samson, a professor and associate
chair of the Department of Atmo-
spheric, Ocean and Space Sciences,
says that he never intended to study
science, let alone teach.
"I really wanted to be a perform-
er," Samson said. "I started in music
school, but realized they actually
expect yo to have some talent."
Samson earned both his bachelor's
and master's degrees in atmospheric
sciences from the State University of
New York at Albany, and later got his
Ph.D. from the University of Wiscon-
Though Samson said he never
planned to teach, be came to the Uni-
versity in 1979 and ended up enjoying
the job.
"It's very stimulating when you get
a large group of students who bounce
ideas off each other and our job as fac-
ulty is to throw out these half-baked
ideas and just run with them," he said.
Teaching the University's intro-
ductory class in extreme weather, a
class largely filled with non-science
concentrators, Samonosaid he tries to
make science useful and interesting
for all students.
"Science is a contact sport," Sam-
son said. "Science is opt the kind of
thing you're necessarily goingto learn
best by reading a book. You actually
have to goout and experience ic."
And in Samson's line of work,
sometimes that contact can geta little ~
too close ftor comfort. Two years ago wiecnutgrsachnte
field, Samson said a tornado passed
right over the car he was in, picked it
up and bounced it off the highway.
Samson has also taken atmospher--
it science concentrators on storm
chases during each spring semester,
for the past four years as a part of
VORTEX2, a team of researchers
fronm around the world working to
better understand the structure and
formation of tornadoes.
In May, Samson received the
Michigan Distinguished Professor
of the Year Award by the President's
Council of State Universities in May
for his research accomplishments and
work to improve teaching strategies
in the classroom.
"If you do thisejob long enough, cer-
tainly you'll eventually get it right," ARIELtONDsoaily
Samson said. Professor Perry Samson shows off the weather eqlipment an
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CRIME NOTES
CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
Shattered glass Drop Box pried Career Law Day PROFS lecture
WHERE: Substance Abuse oe WHAT: Law school rep- WHAT: Professors Reach-
open hC.~tr eeaee isres hs no ra - igOu o Suetswl
WHEN: Monday at 9 am.
WHAT: Accordingnto Univer-
sity police, a glass door at the
front of the building was shat-
tered by an unknown object.
The case is still under investi-
gation.~
WHERE: Green Road
WHEN: Monday at 2:30p.m.
WHAT: Drophbox on abuilding
was vandalized according to Uni-
versity policeThe box hadhbeen
pried open, but no property was
stolen authorities reported.
tion sessions that can help
build networks, improve
resumes and obtain finan-
cial aid information. More
than 100 law schools are
expected to participate.
WHO: The Career Center
WHEN: Today at 12- 3 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan
Union, Second Floor
host a lecture by Professor
Arthur Verhoogt's "Books
and Libraries in Antiquity,'
focusing on ancient practices
behind book productio.
WHO: University Unions
Arts & Programs
WHEN: Today at 6 p.m.
WHERE: UClub in the
Michigan Union
Chemical spill Hubcaps stolen
sounds alarm i parking lot
Tools for stress LGBT Social
U.S researchers from
*Washington University in
1St. Lsouis claim to have iden-
tified a significant gene that is
linked to Alzheimer's disease,
The Associated Press reported.
This gene could determine how
long it will take the disease to
take over in those suffering.
2In 2001, Michigan was
one of four states that
spent more on corrections
than higher education. The
University's Prisoner Creative
Arts Program seeks to improve
those prisoners' lives.
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3 Heavy flooding brought
on by Hurricane Karl
caused at least 210 croco-
diles to escape from a Mexican
refuge near the Gulf of Mexico
yesterday, accordingcto Reuters.
Nearby residents have been told
not to cry and capture them.
WHERE: Electrical Engineering
Building
WHEN: Monday at 9p.m.
WHAT: Equipment in the
building overheated from
a chemical spill causing an
alarm to sound. No one was
injured in the incident, Uni-
versity police said.
WHERE: South Observatory
Road
WHEN: Tuesday at 2 am.
WHAT: Three hubcaps that
were valued at around $45
were stolen from a public trans-
port vehicle in a parking lot
behind Alice Lloyd Residence
Hall, University police report-
ed. There are no suspects.
management
WHAT: A look into the
sources of stress and
learn the various ways
to introduce practices to
keep a positive attitude.
WHO: UMHS Car-
diovascular Medicine
at Domino's Farms
WHEN: Today at 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: UMHS Car-
diovascular Medicine
at Domino's Farms
WHAT: Mixer with new
and returning students from
the LGBT community at the
University with a welcome
by the Rackham Graduate
School and the Spectrum
Center. Information about
LGBT in U-H and Ann Arbor
resources will be provided.
WHO: The Spectrum Center
WHEN: Tonight at
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Rackham Gradu-
ate School, 4th Floor
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