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				S E D S

	Students for the Exploration & Development of Space
Societe des etudiants/tes pour l'Exploration et le Developpement Spatial

			3rd General Meeting

			Wed, Oct 28, 5:30pm

		 Room 315, Petrie Science Building

		Guest Speaker: Dr. Charlene Heisler

	Equality in the Sciences, Is It Becoming a Reality?

Two decades ago, US women earned about 4% of the nation's physics Ph.Ds. Today,
they earn about 5%.  The low representation of women in physics persists even
though it has been discussed in various forums in recent years. Why are the
percentages of women in other sciences (even engineering) showing dramatic
increases, while in astronomy and physics they are not?

I recently attended a conference entitled:  ``A Meeting on the Status of Women
in Astronomy''.  I will briefly summarize some of the interesting findings
presented at this conference, including the statistics (some of which are very
surprising), problems and proposed solutions.

**NOTE: All York University residence students!! You can watch live coverage of
York Alumni Steve MacLean's first shuttle flight. Starting Thursday, Oct 21st
you can tune into live coverage of the launch, flight, and landing, on channel
34 of the York Cable System. **

All are invited to join us at our general meetings. Food and refreshments are
served free for members. Membership is $5.00 per year. Hope to see you there!