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THE |-TAC
September 13? 2007
Telescopic Tarleton
Tarleton boasts top-notch
observatory and planetarium
By REBECCA HOEFFNER
Staff Writer
Tarleton State University
students have a bragging
right they may not even be
aware of—TSU is home to
the largest telescope in the
Texas A&M system, and
the largest telescope in the
United States at a university
that does not offer a master's
program in physics or astrol-
ogy-
"Our observatory and
telescope are located eight
miles east of Stephenville at
the Hunewell Ranch/' said
Dr, Michael Hibbs, director
of the Program for Astrono-
my Education and Research,
The telescope is in its
second full year of opera-
tion and cost $1.2 million
to build. It's been used for
publishable research by Tar-
leton students and faculty, as
well as high school students
Across the area.
> "A group of high school
students from Tolar and
Granbury did research with
the telescope and presented
it to the American Associa-
tion of Physics Teachers/'
said Hibbs. .
Hibbs called the tele-
scope "fully robotic/' mean-
ing a researcher doesn't even
have to be at the observatory
to see the telescope's view
of the stars—it's available
through digital photography
over the Internet.
"I do a lot of my obser-
vations on my computer at
home/' said Hibbs, In the fu-
ture, students who are inter-
ested in views seen from the
telescope may visit www.
tarleton.edu/~space.The
Web site is currently under
construction.
Tarleton is also begin-
ning to open use of its tele-
scope to other universities
in the Texas A&M system
and around Texas, because
"we have the best telescope
around," said Hibbs.
Tarleton also has a plan-
etarium in the science build-
ing that's currently tindergo-
ing repairs, but Hibbs says
it should be open again at
the end of this month. The
planetarium offers a variety
of shows depending on the
audience age. The Web site
listed above also has a list of
shows available at the plan-
etarium, or you can call the
planetarium office at 254-
968-0523.
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Dr. Michael Hibbs is the director of the Astronomy Education
and Research program and heads the Tarleton observatory.
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YANCEY: Serving in
military runs deep in
local family's history
Courtesy: Yancey Family?
The brothers Yancey stand side-by-side in one of ;
Saddam Hussein's former palaces in Iraq.
Continued from page 1 The brothers do try to stay
in touch via any means the
the same level of duties military will allow, includ-
in a regular Infantry reg- ing secure phone lines, se-
iment, cure Internet servers and
"I'm currently the the Army Knowledge On-
Brigade Chief of Op- line Web portal. ^
erations for 1st Brigade After seven months tff
Combat Team, 3rd Infan- being in the same country,
try Division, a 6,000 man the brothers were finally
team that includes eight able to arrange a meeting
battalions (including two from Aug. 27 to Aug. 31.
Marine battalions), over A short time, but a much
10,000 Iraqi Police, and needed visit for these
two Iraqi Army brigades three.
"We all decided on foui"
days that we all had ...to
hang out," Jeremy said. "It"
took some effort for us to
find each other at the air-
port complex, known as1
Victory Base Complex, but.
once we all found each oth-
with 5,000 Iraqi soldiers.
I am at Camp Ra-
madi and have been a
first-hand witness to the
massive turnaround in
Ramadi and the rest of
the Anbar Province as
relayed by Gen. Patraetfs
ViAJ.a5t\nightX.testimony erit .was almost like being
to Congress. Back in the home. We m,ainly just hung -
States I am stationed at out and did the things that
Fort Stewart, Ga. Cap- most brothers would do.;
tain Jonathan Yancey, We got to swim in a nice
26 years old..., Infan- pool that the Australian
try Officer and Infan- Army operates; we played'
try Platoon Leader near poker, pool, foosball and
Iskandariyah, South of beat up on each other every
Baghdad in the heart of chance we got/' he said. It'
JAM country - Jaysh al- was a once-in-a-lifetime
Mahdi (loyal to Muqtada chance that we were alt
al-Sadr). 1st Lieutenant glad to make happen. Ouj
Jeremy Yancey, 25 years getaway was definitely thes
old, Ordnance (Logistics) highlight of this deploy-;
Officer and Support Pla- ment for all of us and it
toon Leader at Forward will most certainly serve as'
Operating Base Falcon a source of motivation t^
in Baghdad," said Jay of carry us through the rest of
their different responsi- this deployment."
bilities. Jay had the un-
usual honor of promot-
ing his younger brother,
Jonathan, on Sept, 1.
In Texas, the broth-
ers are only "a short dis-
tance apart." In Iraq, that
distance might as well
be on the other side of
the planet," said Jeremy.
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The Yancey family-
stands behind their sons,
but John admits, "it's hardy
really hard. Especially with
two in the Infantry. Jona-,
than is the one who goes]
in and out of the build-j
ings you see on T.V. Whem
somebody is lost, my wife;
and I wait 24 hours, we fig-]
ure we would know some-;
thing by then." '
This surprised the!
youngest Yancey, who said,*
"Dad is an 'old soldier' so|
while I am sure he worries,]
he never really shows it." j
But the older Yancey-
son understands the par-)
ents' situation. j
"Our family is a mill-:
tary family, so it is a little!
easier for our mother and|
father. God bless our!
mother though. As far as]
for our own families, de-l
ployments are always very;
tough on loved ones," said;
Jay. I
The Yancey brothers!
all play an important role!
in the war against terror-!
ism, but their thoughts!
can't help but to stray back;
home. During their get™!
away, the brothers had a!
chance to discuss their fu-!
tures. While Jeremy says*
they couldn't say for sure;
where they would be in five;
years, "we have all decided!
that we want to get back to!
Texas, our home, sometime J
in the future." he said.
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