November 18, 1996
Headliners
The Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled more evidence for "walls"
of galaxies at great distances from earth. Astronomer David
Koo, part of a UCSC team that will use the Keck Telescope
for a multiyear survey of 15,000 galaxies, provided perspective
on the latest research in the pages of Science. . . . And
astronomer Jerry Nelson, designer of the W. M. Keck Telescopes
in Hawaii, discussed with a Contra Costa Times reporter
the ambitious plans to upgrade the Keck II Telescope with an "adaptive
optics" system, which would counteract the blurring effects
of earth's atmosphere.
San Francisco Focus chose theater arts' Lawrence Andrews
as one of 40 young and gifted area residents to be profiled in
its "Second Annual Brain Trust" story. Andrews's videotapes
and installations, exhibited in recent years at such places as
the Whitney Museum, San Francisco State University, and the Capp
Street Project, are described in the story as "stark, fearless
explorations of race, class, and history."
Sociologist Monica Casper was quoted in a Santa Cruz County Sentinel story about the grief women experience after having a miscarriage. . . . The Sentinel also tapped Dan Wirls of politics for a story about the initiative process in California and Anthony Pratkanis of psychology for comment on the mudslinging mess made by state senate candidates Bruce McPherson and Rusty Areias.