OK, so there's already an article in this issue about how great and fantastic and yadayadayada the SPS is. But what do its members actually do?

Between the beginning of the school year and now: The first meeting was September 13. The turn out was huge. There was very free and therefore very tasty pizza, and very free and therefore very tasty beverages. Then some of the things mentioned in the SPS article in this issue were discussed. Then liquid nitrogen was used to make vanilla ice cream (along with several other ingredients, of course). It was good, despite the limited number of toppings. The night ended when the president of the club took the last of the liquid nitrogen and, with a large following, proceeded to the main lobby of the physics building upon the floor of which he poured the last of the nitrogen to the general confusion of the numerous students in the lobby who had just finished testing. Fun times for all.

The first Research Experience For Undergraduates (ROFU) was on October 1. October 1 happens to be in a small window of days during which this article must be submitted so that it can be properly formatted into the newsletter and distributed to you all. Therefore, exactly what went on there cannot be in detail described. However, there are some things guaranteed to happen, and, for consistencies sake, the past tense will be used. There was very free and therefore very tasty pizza, and very free and therefore very tasty beverages. Drs. Ray and Furic, both of whom work in high energy physics and inquire as to what happens beyond the Standard Model, spoke to a group of undergrads about their fields of research, and discussed openings for undergraduates in their labs. This was a great way to learn about beginning research with a professor.

Yet to come: The second SPS meeting will be October 22, in room 2205 of the New Physics Building. There will be very free and therefore very tasty pizza as well as very free and therefore very tasty beverages. There will be discussion of business. There will be games of some sort, and very many physics jokes.

A Physics Is Phun show is scheduled for the not-too distant future. For these shows, SPS members take some of the demonstrations that professors do in class to an elementary school so as to wow the little people who attend said school, and pique their interest in physics and science. Itís fun for the SPSers and the Elementary-ers alike.

A physics movie night is planned for the not-too-distant future, as well (n.b.: this not-too-distant date is different from the Physics Is Phun show not-too-distant date, and will likely coincide with an SPS meeting). There will be very free and therefore very tasty pizza as well as very free and therefore very tasty beverages. The previous movie was a Mystery Science Theatre 3000 episode shown in one of the classrooms in the physics building. Also under consideration to show this year are some ëpopular scienceí films. SPS has a collection of those, if you can believe that!

The items listed here are limited by space. To learn all about what SPS does, and to get more precise dates, be sure to come out to the next meeting!