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The University of Alicante is stained with astrology

As Luis Alfonso Gámez account in Magonia , the next day will be held October 2 (so to speak) in the headquarters city of Alicante the University of Alicante nothing more and nothing less than this

Actually the "Days" (odd name considering that the event lasts one day) have nothing to do with the University of Alicante. Quite the contrary: Alicante can boast of having many good amateur astronomers, and most of them are or have been linked to the University . From the campus of St. Vincent have made many astronomical observations and Venue in Alicante city itself organizes each year, this time officially, a Dissemination Conference Astronomy. And, as any astronomer knows, nothing is further from the beautiful reality of heaven that astrological nonsense.

What happened? Simply because they've been glued to the university. Headquarters Ciudad de Alicante, like many other cultural venues, gives facilities for other activities. As they explain on their web ,

The Venue in Alicante city has a stable program each academic year is published in its portfolio of activities, which occasionally add other cycles, conferences and events. In times of no use by Headquarters, facilities provided to applicants, with priority requests from the AU. The rest are served by order of request, which should be directed to the Academic Board at Headquarters. The UA reserves the right to charge for the use of facilities or technical material, although usually free transfer to entities or nonprofit that do not charge for attendance at the events that develop in the field.

The problem therefore is that the Academic Headquarters has not used any filters that would prevent the center one day become a circus of inventors of horoscopes and astrological charts. Thus also gives rise to that can be see images like the one reproduced above, in which the logo of the English Association of Astrology is placed on an equal footing with the headquarters city of Alicante and the University.

That is certainly a shame. And it would not hurt those who are against a University buries its reputation for action or, as seems the case, omission, we tell the Alicante. Maybe they avoid having to return to our list.


Update September 30: Both Javier Armentia as José María Mateos echo the Chairman's letter of the English Astronomical Society been sent to the Rector of the University of Alicante. We do not know if this and other initiatives to stop this nonsense will get, but worth a try.


Updated to 1 October: The vice provost for university outreach at the University of Alicante has acknowledged making no verification of the kind of act they were going to hold, to Despite which will not cancel, even after knowing that the organizers teased him to the University (more information here ). So, with regret long, the University of Alicante is on our list. May it be the last time.