UCSC Astronomy & Astrophysics Orientation Guide last update ...
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Various other responsibilities are delegated through czarships. In principle, czars are elected democratically by the grads; in practice, czars often choose their successors and the voting is a formality. As the name suggests, czars typically have complete reign over their domain. Czars are determined in a meeting held in the fall, long enough after you get here that you'll have figured most of this out. Here's some of the current czars: Czar Czar: Jay. Serves as a voice for the grad students in interactions with the faculty, goes to faculty (or subcommittee) meetings as appropriate for issues affecting grads, interacts with the dept. manager, assesses mood of grads, interfaces with dept to keep guide up to date. RSI: Katherine/Kathy. Grads often suffer from repetitive stress injuries; this person interacts with the appropriate part of UCSC to make sure our desks are set up ergonomically. Head TA: Ryan. Runs training for new grads; available as a resource throughout the year. GSA Rep: Nick. Goes to grad student association meetings, represents our interests and keeps us appraised of what is going on. TA Union Rep: Nick. Keeps us aware of happenings in the TA union. Computing: ???. Interacts with faculty, NICS, and the academic computing group. Colloquium Supplies: Kate. Manages the schedule of which grad sets up supplies, and handles the replenishment of said supplies. Colloquium Lunches: Sally. A group of grads has lunch with the colloquium speaker every week; this person organizes the schedule of who manages the lunch. Morning Coffee: Jenny. Organizes schedule. Now the dept handles *getting* supplies, which makes this job easier. Grad Store: Kevin. Supplies and handles the finances of the "Grad store", which is ISB 255 and has drinks, snacks, and some meal items. Telescope: Mark. Keeps track of the dept. telescopes; helps out with faculty who have (small) telescope needs. 22
Space: Bulent. Interacts with peter and the department office to figure out how to get everyone into the space we have, and organizing annual moves. Ask-an-Astronomer: Jeremy/Neil. Handles questions from the public AAA web site. Admissions: ???. Sits on the admissions committee. we send a list of interested (older) grads to raja, and he picks one. Prospective: Evan/Shannon. Coordinates prospective grad student visits. Is main point of contact (other than raja) for prospective students. 3.8 Computing The Lick and Computing has somehow split between the ucolick.org and the astro.ucsc.edu networks. Chris Martel is a former graduate assistant that now works with UC Lick computing needs and is great recourse for questions regarding software you need to use for your research. For any other computer related problems you contact Mary or Sissy. Hardware There are NICS-managed and non-NICS-managed computers on the network; the non-NICS-managed hosts are maintained by their users. Among the NICSmanaged hosts, there are several public machines which everyone has accounts on. When you first arrive, you will likely have a computer on your desk; if not you will have an X terminal from which you login to one of these public machines. (Some of the public machines are unable to serve up X sessions, but you may still login to them via sshonce you have a session running.) Public machines running SunOS/Solaris include isisand megatron. Public DECs running Digital UNIX include bigdog. Public Linux boxes include cobra, mariachi and zoltar. We have probably missed some public machines. Your public account will appear as /u/yourusername, which is usually visible from any NICSmanaged machine (public or not) as /home/public/yourusername. If you don't have a computer, eventually you will move up from the X terminal on your desk to a computer of your own, so that you do not have to share processor time with others. This will mean you will have both a public account and a separate, private account on that machine. That machine may be a NICS hand-me-down, or a machine bought for you by an advisor (which can then be NICS-managed or not). A quick list of some printers: the main general-use printer on the 23
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Space: Bulent. Interacts with peter and the department office to<br />
figure out how to get everyone into the space we have, and<br />
organizing annual moves.<br />
Ask-an-Astronomer: Jeremy/Neil. Handles questions from the public<br />
AAA web site.<br />
Admissions: ???. Sits on the admissions committee. we send a list of<br />
interested (older) grads to raja, and he picks one.<br />
Prospective: Evan/Shannon. Coordinates prospective grad student<br />
visits. Is main point of contact (other than raja) for prospective<br />
students.<br />
3.8 Computing<br />
The Lick and Computing has somehow split between the ucolick.org and the<br />
astro.ucsc.edu networks. Chris Martel is a former graduate assistant that now<br />
works with UC Lick computing needs and is great recourse for questions<br />
regarding software you need to use for your research. For any other computer<br />
related problems you contact Mary or Sissy.<br />
Hardware<br />
There are NICS-managed and non-NICS-managed computers on the network;<br />
the non-NICS-managed hosts are maintained by their users. Among the NICSmanaged<br />
hosts, there are several public machines which everyone has accounts<br />
on. When you first arrive, you will likely have a computer on your desk; if not<br />
you will have an X terminal from which you login to one of these public machines.<br />
(Some of the public machines are unable to serve up X sessions, but you may<br />
still login to them via sshonce you have a session running.)<br />
Public machines running SunOS/Solaris include isisand megatron. Public DECs<br />
running Digital UNIX include bigdog. Public Linux boxes include cobra, mariachi<br />
and zoltar. We have probably missed some public machines. Your public<br />
account will appear as /u/yourusername, which is usually visible from any NICSmanaged<br />
machine (public or not) as /home/public/yourusername.<br />
If you don't have a computer, eventually you will move up from the X terminal on<br />
your desk to a computer of your own, so that you do not have to share<br />
processor time with others. This will mean you will have both a public account<br />
and a separate, private account on that machine. That machine may be a NICS<br />
hand-me-down, or a machine bought for you by an advisor (which can then be<br />
NICS-managed or not).<br />
A quick list of some printers: the main general-use printer on the<br />
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