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SFCC Planetarium
by Alicia Swift



"The sky is falling, the sky is falling!" exclaimed Chicken Little, but he might have known better had he been a University of Florida Physics major, or perhaps had visited the Kika Silva Pla Planetarium at Santa Fe Community College. If you are sitting at home on a Friday night and have nothing to do (which is likely, we are Physics students after all), you can attend the 7 pm show, titled "Southern Nights", which will project the current night sky and teach you about the visible planets and constellations. On Saturdays at 5 pm, you can watch Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity, a movie funded by the likes of NOVA and the National Science Foundation. ‘Black Holes’ portrays computer simulations of the formation of the early universe, as well as the births and deaths of stars and a simulated flight to the Milky Way’s very own black hole. If you stick around after the show, you can view "Night Spirits: Native American Lore" at 7 pm, which details Native American history and beliefs as they related to the constellations. All of these shows cost $4 for adults and $3 for children and seniors. If you just so happen to be lucky enough to have a Santa Fe Community College ID, you can visit any of these shows for free. Additionally, on Friday and Saturday nights at 9 pm, you can attend a "Cosmic Concert", where you can listen to techno, club and rave music, and, pardon the pun, dance with the stars. The cost for this is $10. After closing for the holidays, shows resumed on January 11, 2008. For further information, you can access their website, www. sfcc.edu/planetarium.