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Hope College
Ine anchor Volume 103, Number 23
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April 18, 1990
National Science group gives Hope laser grant
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Dr. Dennis Voskuil speaks with Danforth lecturer Dr. James H. Cone
Lecturer takes two looks at freedom by Carrie Maples news editor Dr. J a m e s H Cone of Union Theological Seminary spoke to a full house in Winants Auditorium last Thursday afternoon. Cone titled his lecture "Two Roads to Freedom: Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X . " Cone opened by saying the two men were, "two people who mean a great deal to me and. I think, America " Cone then quoted King, " F r e e d o m is f r e e . " and Malcolm, " T h e proce of freedom is d e a t h . " to illustrate t h e i r s i m i l a r i t i e s a n d differences. Cone said both men were, " s e a r c h i n g for t h e freedom America Promised but never delivered." The two men just LOOK uifferend paths to the s a m e goal.
"As during their lifetimes, it is the Martin and Malcolm enthusiasts who s t r e s s their differences." Cone said they a r e seen as saints and, "saints have no weaknesses, only t e m p o r a r y lapses in judgement to remind us that they are h u m a n . " and we need to recognize their humanity. Cone said. "We must see them as they saw themselves and each other " as complimentary viewpoints. "Their methods, though different, had the s a m e goal, the unqualified liberation of the black people." Cone explained why each took the direction they did saying, "The differences between Martin's and Malcolm's strategies w e r e r e l a t e d p a r t l y to geography." King targeted the Southern Christian blacks while Malcolm aimed his attention at
the Northern ghetto blacks. King m o t i v a t e d people through his powerful faith. Nonviolent protest was the only way for the Southern blacks who were a 10 percent minority. "Like King. I was born and reared there," said Cone. " F a i t h in the God of the Bible as interpreted by the black church," said Cone, "led to an end of the f e a r . " Cone quoted King saying, "Do the right thing, the rest is in God's h a n d s , " and explained that increased violence and fear equal increased faith for the blacks as it did for the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto. M a l c o l m a p p e a l e d to t h e blacks of the northern ghettoes. " H e climbed out to become a Daniel for his people." Cone said of Malcolm who. " i n s p i r e d
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'Holland) -- Hope college has received a ^rant from the National Science Foundation i NSF i that will fund the creation of a laser teaching laboratory The development of the facility will span a two-year period, with portions of the related program in place beginning with the 1990-91 academic year Student activities in the laser facility will center around three laboratory e x p e r i m e n t s t a u g h t in t h e physical chemistry laboratory curriculum The $44,000 from the NSF will provide half the money needed for the project Matching funds from other sources a r e being sought for the remainder
Subsequent experiments will emphasize applications using a dye laser system, which can create any color ot the visible spectrum The second experiment will require students to obtain a laser-induced flourescence spectrum of a chemical sample the third will have students measure energy transfer rates caused by changes in pressure in a gas cell through which the laser will shine. The laboratory will be used by all chemistry m a j o r s at the college Through journal articles and teaching workshops at the college, the laser program will be displayed as a model that can be adopted by other institutions
The laboratory will be used by chemistry majors' "The m a j o r impact of the proposed laser teaching laboratory will be to introduce chemistry m a j o r s to the operating principles and scientific applications of lasers through a hands-on approach." said William F. Polik. assistant professor of chemistry at Hope College. Polik noted that the increased importance of lasers to both chemistry and other physical sciences makes an understanding of their use important to students. "In fact, laser applications a r e so widespread that more than one-third of today's experimental papers in physics and chemistry report the use of lasers," Polik said. "Today's students, especially those who comtemplate scientific careers, require an introduction to lasers at the undergraduate level." In chemistry, according to Polik, a large number of spectroscopic techniques a r e based on laser instrumentation, and irradiation by laser light can be used to induce chemical changes
not otherwise possible in a system. Uses of lasers outside of scientific research include bar code scanning, laser surgery, cutting and welding, information storage on CD-ROM disks, and t h e d e v e l o p m e n t of n e w technologies. The t h r e e e x p e r i e m e n t s created for the new laboratory at Hope have been designed to introduce the students to the principles of laser operation and involve them in useful, interesting a p p l i c a t i o n s of l a s e r s in chemistry. "It is one of the first comprehensive efforts in the na tion to teach both the principles and the applications of lasers to undergraduate students," Polik said. The first experiment wil int r o d u c e s t u d e n t s to l a s e r technology and develop a basic understanding of the laser process by having them assemble a helium-neon laser, which creates the s a m e red light used by supermarket check-out line scanners.