Science Monstrosity - weekend of July 26

grapesmoker <*no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com*> · Thu, 19 Jun 2003 13:45:08 -0000

Hello all,

I hope everyone is having a good summer. I'm pleased to announce that 
the planned Science Monstrosity (SM) will take place as originally 
planned on the weekend of July 26-27. All of the necessary 
information about the tournament was given in post 12561, but I will 
repeat some of it here.

Teams: 1 or 2 people

Cost: $10/player

Question distribution: Every team of one or two will be required to 
submit 20/20 as follows:
4/4 Physics
4/4 Biology
4/4 Chemistry
3/3 Math/Computer Science and Engineering
3/3 Earth Science/Astronomy
2/2 Your choice

Questions are due to me no later than July 19. If you wait until 
after that to submit your packet, I will penalize you $5/person for 
each day the packet is late. Nothing will be accepted after Thursday, 
July 24. Packet submission is absolutely required to play at Berkeley 
unless I state otherwise. Mirrors are subject to slightly different 
rules, as outlined below. If you can not write a packet and still 
want to play, contact me and we can work something out.

Mirrors: Mirrors are welcome! The more people we get playing this, 
the better. If you are interested in mirroring, please contact me. 
Tentatively, I'm going to say right now that each mirror is required 
to produce at least 2 packets, more if it's a large mirror or if you 
have a lot of science players hanging around. In return, you will get 
everything that I collect on this end. Please keep multiple packets 
from the same mirror blind to players at that mirror.

Difficulty: If possible, the question should be written in such a way 
that someone who has finished the standard lower division classes in 
the subject should be able to get the question on the giveaway, or at 
least recognize the answer. In all cases, questions should be on 
things that people would normally be expected to cover in a standard 
undergraduate curriculum in the subject.

Editing: Centralized editing will be done by myself. I will also be 
the physics/math/engineering editor for the tournament. It would be 
very good to have editors for biology, chemistry, computer science, 
and earth science/astronomy. If you are interested in editing any one 
of these disciplines, please contact me.

Final note: We had a good turnout last year for Science Masters at 
Berkeley. It would be great if we got even more people this year. 
However, in the interests of avoiding false expectations and 
confusion, please make sure you are ready and willing to write a 
packet before you declare your intentions to play.

Contact info: If you have any questions, want to send me a packet, or 
would like to mirror SM, contact me at jerry_v at uclink dot berkeley 
dot edu.

Regards,
Jerry