Following a department tradition, the natural sciences faculty of CC105 will once again be releasing various types of fruit from a high fire escape behind CAS, in a recreation of Gaileo’s famous though apocryphal demonstration of the equal action of gravity on objects of differing weight. CC105 students are required to attend; but all members of the Core community – faculty, staff, and students – are invited to join the fun, this Sunday, September 12th, in the CAS rear parking lot.
In recent years, this annual fruit drop has become a social gathering where veterans of the Core can welcome the newcomers and reunite with each other at the start of the semester.
Please stop by and say hello to the freshmen! Free ice cream sundaes will be distributed at 12:30, by alumni and faculty wearing Core tee-shirts. At 1 PM, the CC105 instructors will commence the fruit drop.
Below, Prof. James Jackson releases experimental fruit in September 2008. More photos from the fruit drop in previous years can be viewed at the Core website or in this Facebook gallery.
