Dear Readers,
In this exclusive Monday edition of The Grail, we kick it off with the continuation of Renn Fayre’s illustrious history (). Next Guananí gives us an interview with Reed’s very own Evan Peairs ’16—talking lasers, personalized engravings, and extreme bike jousting (). From there we take a look at the life of an alchemist elf in the fiction piece, Moiety (). Alexa introduces us to the cutest cavies on the block in her interviews with Oatmeal and Sparky (). DeSastre takes a look product of one Reedie’s personal style crossed with influences from the Dark Matter music duo (). And in case you’re having trouble figuring out which concert to go to this weekend, Cultural Column () gives you a four step guide that’s sure to help you narrow down your choices.
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Lauren, Jordan & Vikram
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“You can do a lot of cool shit with lasers,” said Evan Peairs ’16, a physics senior who is using a laser in his thesis. “Lots of science.”
In addition to being prevalent in Science Fiction, lasers have an astounding variety of real world practical and scientific applications. From laser pointers to CD readers, cataract surgery and measuring the distance between atoms in molecules, laser technology is used in all kinds of fields, including Reed’s physics, art, and chemistry departments. Physical chemistry professor Dan Gerrity said, “You can burn things, cut things, blow air up into plasma; all sorts of stuff. In physics they’re using lasers to cool molecules down and analyze their behavior at very low temperatures. There’s such a vast array of applications.”