T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N
Thursday
August 26, 2010
Volume 92, No.
2
www.
theshorthorn.
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Since 1919
BY ALLEN BALDWIN
The Shorthorn staff
Dark matter, an invisible form of matter, served as the topic of physics...
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T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N
Thursday
August 26, 2010
Volume 92, No.
2
www.
theshorthorn.
com
Since 1919
BY ALLEN BALDWIN
The Shorthorn staff
Dark matter, an invisible form of matter, served as the topic of physics professor Kaushik De’s keynote address at the
MavsMeet Convocation.
The address appeared lost on the student populace until the speech’s climax.
“I know what you’re thinking — I will
never take physics, no matter how exciting it sounds to solve the mystery of dark
matter.
Physics is too hard,” De said.
“Not
true.
Perhaps the most important lesson
you will learn in college is that there are
no fixed boundaries, no limits to what
you can achieve.
”
Mavericks, old and new, clad in navy
blue school shirts, lined the sidewalks
outside Texas Hall in anticipation of the
annual convocation Wednesday.
President James Spaniolo began the
convocation by welcoming the largest
freshman class in the school’s history
and described the changes coming t
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