Remember:
March 6, 2004
Spring Meeting
at University of
San Diego
deadline: Friday,
Feb. 27, 2004
August 12-14, 2004
Mathfest in
Providence, RI
Oct. 9-10, 2004
Fall Meeting
at University of
Nevada, Las Vegas
January 5-8, 2005
Joint Mathematics
Meetings in
Atlanta, GA
meeting Saturday, October 4, 2003, at Cal
Poly Pomona. Attendance was low but in-
terest in the talks was high. Mark Finkel-
stein of UC Irvine, the 2003 Section Distin-
guished Teaching Award winner, presented
a talk on "Estimating the Frequency Distri-
bution of the Numbers Bet on the Califor-
nia Lottery," and both students and faculty
made excellent presentations in parallel
sessions. The panel discussion on teacher
education was quite well attended for the
last session of the afternoon with many
questions and comments from the audi-
ence. Our local Section NExT held a paral-
lel meeting that seemed quite lively when-
ever I passed by their door. Thank you to
all the students and faculty at Cal Poly
Pomona who helped out with the meeting.
vada, Las Vegas. The section is still cele-
brating its expansion into Nevada. A repre-
on the section officers' board and helping us prepare for the
fall meeting in Las Vegas. Mark Saturday and Sunday, Octo-
ber 9 and 10, 2004, on your calendar. We will have an open-
ing reception, several excellent addresses (by Persi Diaconis
and Ron Graham, among others), and an evening program of
mathematical magic that
promises to be more en-
tertaining than the Strip.
But first ...
University of San
Diego. The spring meet-
ing will feature interest-
ing and exciting talks by
Jeff Weeks, Annalisa
Crannell, David Pengel-
ley, and Deborah
Hughes-Hallett. I hope you will invite a student to join you
on Saturday, March 6, at the University of San Diego. The
spring meeting always includes special events especially for
students. This year, there will be a student poster session and
a panel discussion on careers in mathematics. And you won't
want to miss the announcement of this year's Section Distin-
guished Teaching Award. The meeting will be held at the
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, a beautiful new
building on the edge of the University of San Diego campus
with views of downtown San Diego and the harbor. I hope to
see you at USD on Saturday, March 6.
ern California-Nevada Section, including
Norman Albrecht
Mansfield Clinnick
A. R. Harvey
R. D. Luce
Victor Shapiro
Samuel Buss, Kwang-Nan Chow, Kenneth Clark, Owen
Fraser, Emmett Keeler, Melvin Lewis, Allen Martin,
Irving Reed, C. Ray Rosentrater, Peter Soule, Lynne
Small, and Nalsey Tinberg.
Section, and thank all the members of the Southern Califor-
nia - Nevada Section for giving me this opportunity. I look
forward to serving the Section in other ways in the future,
while Ken Millett takes over as Chair for the next year.
universe, author of the groundbreaking text, The Shape of Space,
and MacArthur "Genius Grant" winner, will be the featured
speaker at the MAA Southern California-Nevada Section Meeting
Saturday, March 6, at the University of San Diego. During his talk,
"The Shape of Space," Weeks will present brand-new theories
about the shape of the universe based on very recent satellite data.
His presentation is scheduled for 11 a.m.
from Princeton University under the direction of Bill Thurston.
After a few years of research and teaching at undergraduate institu-
tions, he decided to move away from the traditional career paths in
order to better focus his life on his family, mathematical research,
and mathematical education. He now describes himself as a
"freelance mathematician" and lives in Canton, a small town in the
"North Country" of New York State.
combination of his research and educational activities. Both have
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