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Takin' care of (SLAC) business

By Rachel Courtland

When 20-year-old Ryan Auer set out to find his very first job, he didn't expect to wind up at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, let alone on stage in front of over 1000 people at the lab's annual Family Day.

 

Takin' care of (SLAC) business


When 20-year-old Ryan Auer set out to find his very first job, he didn't expect to wind up at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, let alone on stage in front of over 1000 people at the lab's annual Family Day. A college sophomore, Auer worked this summer with the campus Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning engineers. The job inspired him to change his major from civil to mechanical engineering. As a parting tribute before heading back to school, he wrote and performed these SLAC-happy lyrics to the Bachman-Turner Overdrive tune Takin' Care of Business.


Rachel Courtland

 

Takin' Care of Business
by Ryan Auer
Watch an online video of this song being performed.
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We made our debut,
Back in 1962;
It's all controlled at MCC.
Faster than the speed of light,
SLAC hosted the first website,
And you can take a tour here for free.

The Archimedes text,
What will they uncover next?
Come and view the linac from afar.
The wires intertwine,
Up and down the beamline,
We've got an experiment called BaBar.

And we'll be...
Takin' care of business, here at SLAC,
Takin' care of business, no turnin' back,
Takin' care of business, everyday,
Takin' care of business, and everything's okay.

Three Nobel Prizes,
And buildings of great sizes,
We get our funding from the DOE.
Particle acceleration,
And our own fire station,
We've got the great Dr. Panofsky.

Several injectors,
And we've got 30 sectors.
We're just right off the interstate.
PEP & SPEAR,
You can find it all right here,
Just come on in through Alpine Gate.

And we'll be...
Takin' care of business, here at SLAC,
Takin' care of business, no turnin' back,
Takin' care of business, everyday,
Takin' care of business, and everything's okay.

Visit SSRL,
Or come stay at our hotel,
Come to watch the gamma rays burst.
If the tunnels are too small,
Just come to Collider Hall,
But please make sure that safety comes first.

Now before you embark,
Don't forget about the quark,
Discovered in End Station A.
I hope you liked my song,
Now I must be movin' on,
Enjoy the rest of Family Day.

And we'll be...
Takin' care of business, here at SLAC,
Takin' care of business, no turnin' back,
Takin' care of business, everyday,
Takin' care of business, and everything's okay.
 

Photos: Diana Rogers, SLAC

 

 

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