To: REU students

Arrival in East Lansing
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Most of you will be arriving in East Lansing
on Sunday, June 2. Here are some instructions.

1. You will be staying in the Owen Graduate
Dorm. It is located at the corner of Shaw
Lane and Bogue Street on the MSU campus.
It is catty-corner across the street from
the Law School building. There is a receptionist
available 24 hours 7 days a week.
So when you arrive, go to the main desk, identify
yourself (and tell them that you are with the
physics REU program) and the receptionist will
have your name and will check you into your room.

If you are arriving by plane, take a taxi from
the Lansing airport to the Owen Graduate Dorm.
The taxi driver should know where it is if you
give him street names (Shaw and Bogue). The taxi
fare should be $10 to $15 (I don't know the exact
amount).

If you are driving, get a map from the internet.
The MSU web site (www.msu.edu) has campus maps.
You can unload your car at the dorm, but you will
need to park in Lot 91 at the corner of Service
Road and Hagadorn Street. I believe you can park
free in Lot 91. That parking lot is about a 10
minute walk from the Owen Graduate Dorm.

2. The rooms are singles. You will have a phone
in your room. The dorm provides sheets and
pillows. You will also get a meal card which you
can use at the Cafeteria in Owen. The REU program
pays for your room and partly for your meals.
I think most students find that the amount provided
for meals will cover breakfast and lunch. Then you
need to pay yourself for dinner. You can charge
meals at Owen to the meal card, and pay Owen
what you owe on the card at the end of the
program.

If you are coming by car here are some items
you might want to bring with you:
 -- a fan; the dorm is not air conditioned
 -- a computer; there are internet connections
in all the dorm rooms. However, you don't need
a computer because the research projects will
provide computers.

3. There will be a get-acquainted reception for
all the REU students Sunday evening:

Time: 6-9 PM Sunday June 2.
Place: Atrium of the Biophysical Sciences
  Building (come to the main entrance on
  Wilson Road).

The BPS building is a short walk from Owen.
It may be locked, but I'll be there to open
the door.

Everyone should attend -- we'll have pizza
and this is your chance to meet the other
students!

4. The program gets started officially
on Monday, June 3. There will be a meeting at
9:00 AM in Room 1400 BPS. All research supervisors
and students should attend. You will meet your
supervisor at the meeting, and he will take you
to the lab and give you the first instructions
about your project.

Students working at the cyclotron lab will get
a general introduction to the laboratory at
10:30 AM Monday, and Level 1 Radiation Safety
training 1-4 PM Monday.

5. KEEP ALL TRAVEL RECEIPTS! If you are coming
by plane, we need to copy your plane ticket
receipts. If you are driving we can pay some
expenses, such as mileage and your motel room
if necessary.

6. I will be out of town Wednesday (May 29).
If you have any questions, send me e-mail
or phone Thursday or Friday. Other contacts
if you need immediate assistance:
Prof. Wolfgang Bauer - Physics and Astronomy
Prof. Michael Thoennessen - Cyclotron Laboratory
You can get their contact information from the
internet (www.pa.msu.edu or www.nscl.msu.edu).

I am looking forward to meeting you all!

Dan Stump
REU program in Physics and Astronomy
Michigan State University