Inside This Issue:

For the Love of the Game

2443 Co-authors?!

Spotlight on SPS Outreach

What I Did on my Summer Vacation

Outreach to (Nearly) the North Pole

Why Physics

Elegant Connections in Physics

SPS at Meeting

Hidden Physicists

2010-2011 SPS Council

 

About the Cover
When the first performance results of the CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) experiment at the Large Hadron Collider were posted in late 2009, the author list included 2443 names. Each person, though perhaps unknown to the wider world, had as essential role. Parts of a few of the 14 author pages are shown here. The paper is available here:

Alignment of the CMS Silicon Tracker during Commissioning with Cosmic Rays.

Editor
Dwight E. Neuenschwander Southern Nazarene University

Assistant Editor
Kendra Redmond

Editorial Assistant
Tracy Schwab

Production & Print
Karol Keane

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For the Love of the Game: It's not about the prize
By Dwight E. Neuenschwander, Southern Nazarene University

“Love the game because it takes all team members to give it life. Love the game because at its best, the game tradition will include your contributions. Love the game because you belong to a long line of fine athletes who have loved it. It is now your legacy. Love the game so much that you will pass on your love of the game to another athlete who has seen your dedication, your work, your challenges, your triumphs . . . and then that athlete will, because of you, love the game.” —Anonymous

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