Math News Special Edition Math Department Open House Tuesday, 22 February 2005—1800-2000 Third Deck of Preble Hall (ride the elevator with faculty escort!) Free ice cream. Members of the Mathematics Department eager to explain the Mathematics Track and the Applied Mathematics Track of the new math major. More math instructors happy to talk about the requirements, the courses, and the opportunities. Genuine math majors who can tell you what really goes on. Free ice cream. Careers in mathematics. Challenge Prof. Traves at the chessboard. Applications of mathematics to cryptography. Puzzles, videos, posters. Free ice cream. Get answers to your questions. Find out about your opportunities at USNA and beyond. Meet the people who will be in your classes when you choose to major in mathematics. (And have some ice cream.) Preble Hall (the temporary home of the Mathematics Department), Tuesday evening, 6-8. It will feel like your three-day weekend stretched to four days!