Planetarium Procedures
- Learn each other's names. People come first. Regard each
person as someone important, not just a means to an end.
- Ask the Director or a senior student for assistance at any
time. As Hugh of St. Victor said, "Learn everything. Afterward you
will find that nothing has been superfluous."
- Assist anyone who asks for help with courtesy and joy. Give
them your full attention. As Bernard of Chartres said, "We are
dwarves standing on the shoulders of giants."
- Seek to learn and to teach: "See it once. Do it the second
time. Teach it the third."
- Never say "Oops!" Say instead: "How interesting and unexpected
this result is..."
- If something appears broken, report it. (Honesty is the best
policy.) If something does not work properly, ask before
continuing to use it.
- Report any injury or accident ASAP.
- Absolutely no running or fast movement in the planetarium,
particularly behind the gallery wall.
- Do not invite unauthorized friends into the planetarium while
you are working.
- When you are through with something, put it away. Pick up all
trash; organize work areas; always make the planetarium cleaner
and more orderly than you found it. Make the world a better
place...
- Throw paper waste and wrappers into the trash can; clean up
sticky messes immediately if you make or discover them; and
please, please, please do not spill sodas or coffee! No
refreshments are allowed in the planetarium during shows, so don't
flaunt your privilege during work hours. Recommendation: When you
want refreshments, take a break in the foyer area and contemplate
the Foucault Pendulum! Do not bring food or drink near the
console, star projector, or audio rack under any
circumstances.
- Love one another. (Love covers a multitude of learning
opportunities. If we have not charity...)
- Keep music quiet enough that others may converse and that
classes on the first floor will not be disturbed.
- Conserve energy; turn things off: e.g., the console when the
star projector is not being used; auxiliary projectors when you
are through testing them; or entryway lights except when the room
is dark. Do not turn theater lights on up to full power (the
colored gels can burn up). Make sure theater lights and other
devices controlled by the Cygnus light panel are turned off when
you leave.
- Do not open the Director's file cabinets or disturb his desk.
On pain of death.
- Do not write in the books or manuals belonging to the
planetarium. Use them kindly.
- Enjoy all that is good, beautiful, and true in life. Enjoy
your planetarium!