Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Quick overview of our 2nd and 3rd day

Hey everyone,
                A lot has happened since the last time I posted a blog.  I was almost given a cavity search on our second day by the security guard in the morning while trying to leave the Air Force Base that we stayed at. We had met some interesting people, two of which we met at Starving Rock, Illinois.  While Clay, David, and I were on a jog around 8pm at night, we came across two girls that were making a fire.  One of the girls named Brooke said that they were on a trip around the U.S., but they have two months for their adventure instead of the three weeks that we have.  Come to find out, Brooke majored in Mathematics and wanted to be an Engineer.
                At the Fermi Lab our host Ms. Felicia said that there were only 10% of women overall that work in the engineering field, so I thought it was interesting when I met Brooke the night before because she aspired to be an Engineer.  It was amazing understanding the four mile Tevatron, because this was a machine that created a collision between atoms to create antimatter.  Listening to our speaker Mr. Elvin Harms was amazing because he explained how dark matter and dark energy make up 95% of the universe.  This means that we can only see 5% of the universe and the rest of the universe is a theory. 
                That is all for now, have a great day.

-Sherman Pruitt II

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