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    33Pizza lunch is a proud and venerable tradition of the Columbia Astronomy department, whose only constants seem to be the eating of pizza and the giving of announcements. In Fall 2010, the format for topics of discussions has changed a bit, under the iron fist and velvet glove of Josh Peek and Ryan Joung, respectively. Three or four presenters will be scheduled each week to guide discussions or presentations on topics of their choosing, though we will attempt to add in any spontaneous contributions as well. Each presenter is expected to speak / guide discussion for between 10 and 15 minutes. The presentations should fit one or more of the following descriptions:
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    56— Casual, but well researched, discussions and questions about topics relevant to astronomy today. The speaker need not get up from her seat, and discussions do not need to have visual aides.
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    910— "Advertisements" of ongoing or recent work, especially by visitors or new department members. These should not be cohesive, slide-heavy "talks", but should rather be the presentation of a few interesting results or ideas that the speaker is interested in discussing with members of the department during her stay.
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    1113Pizza lunch is not a space for formal "talks", and especially not talks based heavily on slideware. Thursday seminar is the appropriate department venue for such talks. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, we want to make this space available for a more informal mode of group communication. Secondly, all graduate students are required (see the graduate student handbook) to speak at pizza lunch once each year, and we do not want to put the onus upon them to make overwrought slide presentations.