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CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
FEBRUARY 10, 2012
VOL. 32, NO. 2
Cal U puts Da Vinci’s ‘Machines in Motion’ By Lisa Pfaff Staff Writer
Leonardo Da Vinci is known as a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, botanist, writer, and one of the most famous visionaries of all time. Many may know him from his famous works of art, including: “The Last Supper” and “The Mona Lisa.” However, his genius as an inventor may be overlooked. Forty full-size replicas of Da Vinci’s machine creations are currently on display at the California University of Pennsylvania’s Convocation Center, where both students and outside visitors can explore free of charge. “The idea that you can touch, feel, and operate the exhibits is great,” Barb Cleavenger, retired middle school librarian from Waynesburg, PA said. Some of the machines on display include the armored car, revolving crane, printing press, and many more. Those who visit the exhibit are able to not only observe these amazing inventions, but interact with them. The replicas were first built in Florence, Italy, and for the past six years they have traveled throughout Europe and North America. When the exhibit first traveled to Mexico City it is estimated that over 550,000 visitors went to see the display.
Photo by: Lisa Pfaff Kaitlin Enck (junior/biology) visits the ‘Machines in Motion’ exhibit. The display is open seven days a week from 12 p.m.-8 p.m. and has free admission for all visitors. The exhibit will be at Cal U until the end of the spring semester.
“It’s great to see Da Vinci’s ideas and designs brought to life. We are very fortunate to have the opportunity to see and interact with these amazing machines, built as Da Vinci had planned 500 years ago,” Matt Lazzar, senior graphics design major, said. “Over 500 members have visited from Ansys, which is an
organization comprised of engineers from all over the world, and over 6,000 people have visited the exhibit thus far at Cal U,” Tim Buchanan, executive director of special initiatives at California University, said. The exhibit is open to all ages and so far many different groups have traveled to see the display. From boy-scout
troops, to families, to University students, the ‘Machines in Motion,’ offers something for every crowd. “I think this exhibit is wonderful, and it’s great from pre-school children to adults,” Cleavenger said. Various groups and organizations have traveled to the exhibit to complete teambuilding
exercises. When Ansys visited ‘Machines in Motion,’ they were broken into groups and given six tasks where they were put into teams to re-build disassembled machines.
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Dr. Diba Alvi opens up 2012 Recital Series with performance By Joshua Laska
Sports/Managing Editor Dr. Diba Alvi, a soprano, and Dr. R. Timothy McReynolds, a pianist, came to California University of Pennsylvania on Feb. 2 to perform several classical music selections. They came as the first act for the 2012 Recital Series at Cal U. Dr. Alvi and Dr. McReynolds performed a two-act set for about one hour. The first act featured songs from Henry Purcell, an American composer from the 1600s, Gabriel Faure, a French Composer from the 1800s, and Pietro Cimara, an Italian composer from the 1800s and 1900s. The second act featured songs from Joaquin Rodrigo, a Spanish composer from the 1900s, and
Richard Strauss, a German composer from the 1800s and 1900s. All of the songs revolved in some way around guys and girls and their relationships with each other. Should it be a love song to the other or a song about their hair, Vos me matasteis by Rodrigo. Dr. Alvi brought her own style to the music with the way she performed each and every song. For De Donde venis, amore?, where have you been my love, she used her body and her voice like she was mad and was wondering where her love had been.
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Photo by: Joshua Laska Dr. Diba Alvi performs a Spanish musical selection from Joaquin Rodrigo for Cal U students. Dr. Alvi performed several other compositions from foreign composers in her hour long set on Feb. 2.
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