Winter begins

Each week, the U. S. Naval Observatory (one of the oldest scientific agencies in the United States) provides information on interesting happenings in the sky, such as the Winter Solstice. In 2005, Winter begins at the Winter Solstice on December 21st at 1:35 pm EST. Visit the Sky this Week for current pictures of Mars and additional facts about the position of the Sun, Moon, planets, and the stars.

Los Alamos Technical Reports and Publications

In 2002, Los Alamos National Library removed many unclassified reports along with other policy and historical publications from its web site. The Federation of American Scientists has gathered archived copies of these reports and made them available on their web site at: http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/doe/lanl/index.html. You can search the Energy Citations or NTIS (only available on campus) databases for additional energy reports. Both of these databases contain citations with the occasional link to full-text. The Government Publications Library has many of these reports--please bring the title and accession or report number to the reference desk for help finding these publications.

Audit of CU's athletic program

The State Auditor released its report on the Boulder Campus Athletic Department at the University of Colorado examining the football camps and the University's oversight of the campus. CU's response to the report can be found online at: http://www.cu.edu/news/releases/audit/AuditReformRelease_12-12-2005.htm.

Papers pertaining to Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr.

On October 31, 2005 President George W. Bush nominated Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. His nomination is currently being considered before the Committee of the Judiciary, chaired by Arlen Specter (R-PA). In addition to answering a questionnaire from the Judiciary committee numerous documents have been released by the National Archives and both the Reagan and Bush presidential libraries, all of which can be found at: http://www.archives.gov/news/samuel-alito/.

Treatment of "BATTLEFIELD DETAINEES" In The War On Terrorism

The Congressional Research Service has updated its report, Treatment of Battlefield Detainees in the War on Terrorism, which is available to the University of Colorado at Boulder through GalleryWatch.com. This report summarizes the background of this controversy and describes the Law of War in regard prisoners of war and civilian detainees. There is a section describing the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo. The final section of the report describes recent bills introduced in Congress as a result of recent reports on this issue.