(…last updated
10/1/2006)
Honors General Physics
171/172
30th Anniversary Reunion
with Professor Dick Kofler
September 29th and 30th
UMass, Amherst
Remember the Six Hour Long Exams?
Remember Kofler on the bed of nails?
Remember the best class
you had at UMass?
For many of us, 30 years later,
Honors General Physics with Dick Kofler stands out as the "I
never worked so hard, I never had so much fun, I never had a professor so
dedicated" class. Did it spoil us for the remaining three years?
Probably. Was it the stuff of legend? Absolutely. And you know what? It was
good for Professor Kofler, too; he remembers us fondly.
Doug Alden, Liz Brackett, Robby Siegel,
and the one and only Professor Dick Kofler invite you to a Physics 171-172
Reunion at UMass Amherst the weekend of September 29th. A block of 15 rooms is being reserved for both nights
at the Campus Center Hotel. Rooms are $105 per night, with $5 for parking.
September 15th is the cut-off date for room reservations. Call
the Campus Center Hotel directly at 413-549-6000 and mention “#1706 physics
reunion.”
There
will be a test. You will be given as much time as you need.
Just kidding...
(And
regarding that "six hour exam" thing, which some people STILL
don't believe when I tell them... I have every exam. The 171 (first
semester) exams all say "you have as much time as you need."
The 172 (second semester) exams are different. The first one says
"You will be given as much time as you need, up to a maximum of 4 1/2
hours at which time most normal brains are drained to a state of
mush!" That, apparently, was not enough time, because the second 172
exam says "you will be given as much time as you need until
midnight." Liz remembers Doug showing up in his pajamas and with
a pillow, which may have prompted a further modification for the third
exam, whose ground rules were "you will be given as much time as you
need -- up to a limit of 5 1/2 hours." No, folks, I did not make this
up. I have the documentation...)
