University of New Mexico - Mirage Yearbook (Albuquerque, NM)

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41 Poster display features Arlen Asher's Quintet performs on HConcert in Stereo. - 3 The University of New Mexico and the Ale buquerque Public Schools joint educational television station first went onethe-air May 1, 1958, uin service to further malfs right to knowledge. Since that date, many advancements have been made to increase the statiOIfS power to reach almost all parts of the state. New studio cameras, a redesigned control room, a Video Credit course in ttllumanitics is conducted by Dr. H. G. Alexander. George Fishbcck explains Operation Gyroscope, science series. 12

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A;- LEF'I'AIIANDED RATS STUDIED. Inspecting curves obtained from a dcnsitometcr are U. to rj Dri George M. Peterson, clmm. 0f UNM psychology department, and Donald Gucka, a graduutc assistant. Thc machine is used in studying differences in the brain of right and lcft-hzmdcd rats. SOUTH PgUV RATS S'I'UDIED Tilc Air Force Office of Scientific Research has grantcd thc UNM Psychology department funds to study the differences in brains of right and lcft-handcd rats. The study is being conducted by Dr. George Peterson and Donald ClleCr. Dr. Henry Ellis is engaged in a study of human ability to learn through a process of stimulus gcneralization. By using an oscillograph, Dr. Ellis can study the reactions of persons to similar and dissimilar stimulus in the learning process. A Change in stimulus. wiicthcr simi- 1:1: or dissimilar, may cause confusion in learning. INTERNA'I'IONAL CLUB iForcign Stlidcntsii. Row 1 seated U. to IQ: Chaudhry Khurshid Ahmad, iV. Pakistan, treasurer; Sylvia Bussaba Examining oscillograph data on the reactions of persons to similar and dissimilar stimulus is Dr, Henry Ellis. assistant professor of psychol- ogy at UNXI. GOAL OF UNDERS'I'AXDING wl'hc world i5 not small. it is too big, Dr. Iorrin says. Every coun- try infiucnces thc world today, the small as well as the big. There are 8; foreign students from 38 different countries at the University, who are hero to gain a better understanding of the world. That understand- ing C0111CS through research; scientiEc research gives us knowledge of the physical world, thilosophical research gives us knowledge of human relationships. Wic nccd both to make this a better world. Shivapliong, 'lihailand; Melinda Meyer, United States, secretary; Muhammad Akbar, iV. Pakistan, program chairman; Annette Ewing, United States, assistant MIRROR editor; Robert Bicdcr, United States, entertainment chum, Rok 2: I Das. India, Speaker; Mating, Olin 'l'hwin, Burma; 'I'omonobu Kinoshita, Japan, MIRROR editor; Biswa Pradhan, Nepal; Kcam Dik, Cambodia; Yogendra Singh, Nepal; Sh. Ashgar Ali Schgal, XV. Pakistan, Student Senate alternate; Muhamnmd Salecm, iV. Pakistan; Sophami Im, Cambodia. Sponsors for the group were Prof. Richard Iquarski and Dr. Hugh Graham. 11

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u, the Learning Bug. :Aannel 5 tape recorder, and a second uncrowmve link serve to improve both the quality and the po0 tentials of KNME productions. Channel 5 programming includes features of educational and of entertainment Value. As evidence of its increasing acceptance almost 10,000 letters and telephone calls of apprecizv fion were received by KNME during a six m 011th period. HHablcmos Espanol says Senor Alfredo Chavez to the cameras. George 0V0rley, 0f the Pack Foundation, discusses Supcrintcndcnt Charles Spain and panel present a public school report. MC . .. , .. onscrx dtlon. 13