Learn how you are connected to everything ‘up there’! The Universe is one system, and you are an active part of it. Our history and our future are tied to the cosmos. Learn how our behavior and the environment are connected to the stars. Weather permitting, telescope observing will follow the presentation. Lecture presented by Dr. Douglas Arion, Director of the Mountains of Stars public outreach program, and Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy at Carthage College.