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The law schools’ moot court team, the _;., »~—_ ; _ ~t:· Legg.; —»_`_`» ; _»,ti`-  __ ie       mei lieve is similar to that from which the
Kenlue/ty Kernel (student newspaper), the         solar system formed about 4.5 billion
cheerleaders, and two students nomi— 155      years ago.
nated as Rhodes Scholars have kept       "The thick disk of dust around this
the national spotlight on the University                 star is believed to be the same as that
rcccniiin  ie trlt   ’—»»»» ;.:;t_,i —~_,     argnnd the sun which may have given
A College q` Law Moot Court Team fin-   __'`/             A   .i   rise to the planets," Troland says.
ished in the final four of the National $   e»`< E         te`·     Troland’s work at the National Ra-
Moot Court Competition.         P ·       dio Astronomy Observatory in West
The two-member team of Gretchen    **l   l’\ v     ll__V ./       Virginia was supported by a grant from
O. Lewis and Terry L. Yewell beat 27 i lii‘  _.   if »~·” _ gy       the National Science Foundation.
other teams from 14 law schools to win   I if       ``»;   In addition to Troland, whose doctor-
the title and the right to compete in the  a  _*¢lQjl   ate is from the University of California-
national finals in New York in january.   ‘       `Vl_   Berkeley, other astronomers working on
Law briefs submitted by the team also ¤ ‘''`   Oy; F ’     the project were Richard M. Crutcher, a
were judged best. Both students are in S »   V   * Q { FL it Lexington, Ky., native now teaching at
the third-year UK law class. john M. _ _ the University of Illinois; Carl Heiles,
Rogers of the law faculty is team adviser. A team Of astronomers mcllldmg Thom- University of California-Berkeley, and
The University had two regional fi- as Tmlancl Of_ UK has dlswvclcd fllc Ilya Kazes of the Paris Observatory in
nalists competing last December for a lalgcsl lllflgllcllll lleld ever detected llla France.
Rhodes Scholarship. They were Anne Gal- Slapfolllllllg lcgloll of lllc Mlll$Y Way' The work was performed on a 140-
loway, an English literature senior from _TlOlalld’ fl UK_pl(llcSSOl Slllcc 198l’ foot radio telescope.
Lexington, and Roland Mullins, an sald he Wa? m°“lt°ll“€ lllc computer The newly discovered magnetic field
electrical engineering senior from systélll Wlllcll was Chaltlllg the data is 14-0 "mierogauss," 20 to 30 times
Mount Vernon. collllllg lll from 3 Green B‘l“l‘·_ W‘Va" stronger than the average magnetic field
T he Kentucky Kewl was honored as la°ll°l€l€_S°0P€ ‘”ll"“ the ‘l‘S°°""’lY in interstellar space. A gangs is auriir of
GHC of the four top collegiate ¤€WSP€1· Occullcd lll~l“lY· _ _ magnetic field strength like a volt is a
PCTS lf] i.l`lC D21i.lOl'l. The P3.C€I1'l3k€I` Alter 3* d?Ca'dc Of Patleliltly sealichlllg unit Of electyomgtivg f()I·c€_
Award was presented to Kernel represen— lol magllctlc l:l€ldS lll SPM? Tldldlld The new magnetie field is 3,000 times
tzitives during the Associated Collegiate Saldr the llllpact of Watclllllg llle data Cl' weaker than that gf the eat·th’s, which is
Press/College Media Advisers annual Fcctdlblllll ll_P’;’ dll the Sclccll was about half a gauss_ The average mag-
€0¤V¢¤ii0¤ in WHShi¤§i0¤- iqulfc dlamallc _ _ netic field of the sun, by comparison, is
The University cheerleading squad com- Knowledge of llldgldéitlc llclds lll gne gauss_
peted in San Diego in january captur— Spaccr SSYS TlOldlld» lS llllpdlmllt ll€' Troland said the results Of the study
ing the national title for the second time C2l‘~lS€ the _d€ldS_ lllflllgllce the lollllalloll will be published in the Astrophysical
in ihicc ycarg The UK Squad Won the of stars, either lmpedmg or accelerating Journal Letters.
event two years ago. The contest was lllc PlOc€SS· _ _ _
televised nationally. UK, representing _ HTll€ Paltlclllal lcasdll dllS dlSCOV€lY
the South division, competed with lS SO llllpoltdllijj dlc UK_dSdOllOlll€l
Texas, Cincinnati, Temple, North Can adds, NIS that it is in a region where a
niinn and Ai.kanSnS_ star has recently formed."
The area around this "obscure star,"
which is about 2,000 light years from
Earth, is rather unceremoniously known
as "S106," Troland notes.
V The region around the new star is
ejecting material in two directions.
Such a "bi-polar flow" is thought to
represent a final phase in the formation
of a new star.
Also surrounding the star is a disk of
gaseous material that astronomers be-
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