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The California Tech VOLUME CI, NUMBER 21 PASADENA, CALIFORNIA APRIL 7, 2000

Too MUCH TO

DRINK? WHAT Graduate school scores high

TO DO IN AN Geology and physics departments take first in latest US News and World Report rankings

EMERGENCY +++

BY M EIK C HASM AN

H Y TEC II STA FF Caltech took first in astrophys- Ca lt ech also earned a pl ace in ics/space and fOllrth in elemen- the magazine's Soc ial Sc iences

US Nnv.l' (I l1ri World Reporl tary particles. category, ranking fourt ecnth in bestowed honors upon Caltech T he c hemi stry departm ent economics. yet again on Monday, thi s time took second overall , including Gradu ate schoo ls were eva lu­in th eir rankin gs of the best second in organic chemi stry and ated mO>l ly on th e academic graduate sc hoo ls in the nation. phys ica l chemi stry and first in reputations of the faculty in each

How do you know if someone In the maga7. ine's most recent bi o-organic/biophys ical chemi s- de partment. T hi s yea r many has had too much to drink ? I low issue. Ca ltec h's departments of try. types of graduate programs were much is too much? What should geo logy a nd ph ys ics we re In engineering. Ca ltech placed judged. including MBA and MA you do if soilleoneyou know has ra nk ed fir st in th e ir fi e ld s . third in two types: aerospacel degree schools and schools of had too much to drink ? These are Within the geology category. it aeronautical /astronauticaL and law, educat ion, business, and sOll1e of the commonl y asked also placed first in geophysics environmenta l/e nvironment al lllcd ic ine. ques tions about a lcohol and al - and geochemi stry and third in health , which rose from sixth Harva rd Uni ve rsit y and the coho I emergencies. tectonics/structure. place las t year. It ranked fourth Massac hu sse tt s In stitut e of On Thursday at noon. I joined Within the phys ics category, in chemical engineering. Technology claimed Ill OSt of the

top rankings. Caltech caille to the spec i,ll at­

tenti on of US NC II:s (/1/(/ World Rl'fJor/ when its unde rg radu a t L~

program was ranked first in th e country.

L ik e th e und e.rg rad u' il e rankings. the grad uate rankin g,; have sti rred int t~ rest in the gradu­ate schoo\. Wilh in the in stitul e. however. fac ulty and ad III i n i s­trati on arc aware of the pol it ica l a nd tra ns it ory natnre o f rankings dec isions and arL~ cau­ti ous of pay ing too mu ch atten­ti on to the magazine's reports .

aSlIlallnumber of otiler Techers 1------- ------ ------ --------- ----- -------- --- --------­in Winnett for lemonade, cook-ies, and answers. The program, entitled "Too Much to Drink '!" , was co-sponsored by the Hea lth Center and the Dnlg and Alco­hol Abuse Prevention Program. Alth o ug h th e spea ker, S tan Kalter. M.D. and rnedical tlirec­torofthe ER at Hunt ington Hos­pitaL started off with a humor­ous remark on the attention span of prev ious audiences, th e topic was no laughing rll <1 tter.

Three new

chemistry

faculty hired

Arnold 0+ Beckman to be honored at

lOath birthday celebration next week

"Alcohol can kill ," Kalter sa id blun tly, re ferrin g not onl y to drunk dr ivers a nd spa rk ed­,pa rked violence, bu t aho to the phys iologica l effects of alcohol on the body. "Alcuhol is tox ic "nd irritati ve to every ti ssue in your body."

Most peuple know that drink ­ing too much can calise vomit­ing. No rmally, your gag reflex helps keep your airway clear or vomit - a good thing, as the cont ents of your stomach would cali se a lot of damage if they found their way to your lungs . However, alcohol suppresses the gag refl ex in addition to induc­ing vomitin g, a very dangerous cornbinati on.

Ir a person who has been drink­ing is lying on his back, unre­sponsive and moaning, there is a good chance th at. hi s a irway wo uld beco rne bloc ked if he vOlllits. If you find sUllleone in thi s stat e. turn hi m on hi s side and ca l1 9 11 .

In additi on to block ing the air­way. a lco ho l can ca use oth er bre<lthing problems. Normally. a person takes twe lve to sixteen breaths per min ute. Alcohol ca n

lly.JON I "OSTFH

The Organi c Chemi stry de­partment at Ca ltech is set to un­dergo a radi c<l l transformati on next year as three new organic chemists join the current staff.

I3ri<1 n Stoltz, David Mc Millan, and Linda Hsieh-Wil son are the three new members. Sto lt z and Mc Millan are sy ntheti c organic chemi sts, while Hsieh-Wil son is a bio-organic chemist. They will be arri ving at va rious times over th e summer and will initi a ll y teac h graduate level c lnsses .

The moti vation behind the new hirings is simple. The di vision has hi storically had six pro fes­sors, hut over t he past few years, three have left for one reason or another. Dr. Dcnni s Dougherty, Executi ve Offi cer for Chemi s­try, explained, "We certainly had a ho le in sy nth e ti c o rga ni c chemi stry. and we we re fOl1u ­nate that so me of the best people were ava il able and interested in corning to Ca ltech."

Hirin g th ree new members in any depa rtment is ce rt a in to bring changes. "Thi s is a bi g move," said Doughert y. "We' re moving to absorb thi s. However. the three new members fit in we ll with the current profes­so rs," and the inl eg rati on of Stolt z. McMill and and Hsieh­Wil so n is expec ted to go smoothl y.

HY ELiSA BETU A DAMS

Arnold O. Beckman. business­man, in ventor, phil anlh ro pi st and Ca ltech alumnus . will cel­ebrate his one hund redth birth­day on Apri l 10th with a black tie dinner at the Atheneum and fireworks. Also in hi s honor. a specia l two-day scientific con­fe rence on topics from chemi s­try and biology will be he ld in Ramo Auditoriu rn on April 7-R. (More informati on on the con­fere nce ca n be fo und at www.ea lt ec h .e du /eve nt s/ bec kman.)

Dr. Beckman was born April 10, 1900 in Cull om, IL. He ea rn ed hi s bac hc lor ' s and mastcr 's degrees in chemica l engineering at the University or Illin o is be fo re eo min g to Ca ltec h for hi s doctoratc in pho­toc herni stry in 1928. He then bccame a professor of chemi s­try a t Ca lt ec h, whe rc he re­mained fo r 12 years.

In 1934. he in ve nted a pH meter for measuring ac idity in c itnls processing plants. and the fo ll ow in g yea r he fo und ed 13ee kman Instillment s. In 1940, he left Ca ltech to concentrate on hi s company. whi ch has s ince become a world leader in sc ien­li fic instruillents.

Among Beckman's in ventions are the DU Spectropholometer. whi c h vas tl y dec reased th e amount of time spent on rOllti ne laboratory procedures, ,lIld the

Groullds are prepared./iJr MO/l dav \ j'eslil 'iles (I I N ('('k /l III II.

I-I Ell perL a variable resistance dev ice similar to a rad io volume cont ro l which became an impor­tant part of radar systems in WWIl and continu es to fin d many uses in electronic equip­ment today.

He also was in strumental ill bringing about sc ientfic studeis of the sources and mec hani sms of photOC hemical smong. and later helped deve lop po lluti on cont ro l regul ations and proce­dures for LA County.

Bec kman has a lways main -

ta ined an interest in scit'nti fic education anel research. Through the Arnolcl and Mabe l l3eck lllan Foundati on, he and his wife have been quite generous ill their gifts to numerous uni versiti es and research centers. including the four buildings on the Ca /lech Call1 p lI S w hi c h bea r th e Beckman name.

In 195:1. Dr. Beckman becarne the first a lumnus Oil Ca ltec h's Board of Tru stees. He served as chairman of the board frolll I9(A to 1<)74.

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The Usual Features

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April 7, 2000 2 . The California Tech

News Scholarships awarded ALCOHOL:

IlY TI,:c ll STAI'I ,'

(ja rrett Heffn er, Christopher I J ira ta. and Thomas Snyder have bee n awa rd ed Barry M . Goldwater Scholarships. Heffn er is a sophomore maj or­in g in biology, Hirata is a .iuni or in physics. and Snyder is a s<" phomore in chemi stry.

The Barry M . Go ldwater Sc holarship and Excell ence in Education Fou ndation awarded 309 scho larships for the 2000-200 I academic year to under­gradu ate sophornores and jun­iors from th e fifty stales and Puert o Rico.

The Go ldwater Scholars were se lected on the basis of aca­dernic rncrit from a fie ld of more than 1.1 76 math emati cs. sci­ence. and engi neering students who were nominated by the fa c­ulties of colleges and uni versi­ties nati onwide.

The Scho larship Program hon­oring Se nato r Harry M. Goldwater was designed to fos­ter and encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in the fields of mathematics, the natu ­ral sc iences, and eng ineering.

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suppress respiration, bringing down the rate to fewer than len breaths per minute. If thi s hap­pens, ca ll for he lp irnrned iilt ely.

Alcoho l also affects circula­ti on, dilating skin blood vcssels but co ntra ctin g those in th e brain. It can raise hlood pres­sure. increasin g stress on the hcart and causin g it to beat ir­regularl y. Ca ll 9 11 if the pul se of sornconc who had been drink­ing becomes hi ghl y irregu lar.

The Goldwater Sc holarship is Kalter also spoke brie lly some the premi er undergradua te of the effects of other drugs, as award of its type in these fi e ld s. well as a fe~ withdrawa l sy rnp­

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Caltech grad becomes a when he fini shed was not thun-

millionaire on game show Il Y M AYANKA PR ASA D

"Who Wants to Be a Million­aire?"

We'd all like to. A couple of weeks ago. however, one of our own . Jos eph Tre la (Ca ltec h graduatc of '97, Planetary Sci­ence), made the big win. Here is hi s story:

Q:How did you get to be on " Who Wants to be a Milli on­aire'?"

A: Well, I called the ir phone nlHnber. A lot. On spee i fied days, they have a toll-free num­ber ava il able (it used to be a pay call , and the schedul e is posted on the ir websil e at abc .go.com).

Wh en you call th e number, you enter your phone number and last four dig its of your so­cial security number as an iden­tifi er (you onl y get to ca ll oncc a day).

Then, you are given four items to put in a pal1icular order (such as "parts of an animal" from top to botto m, or "wo rds in a phrase" in correct order. If you put Ihree groups in correct or­der. you get to record your name and home town .

Nex t you specify a future tape dale to try for. About two hun­dred peopl e arc I'<lndoml y se­lected from those who chose that particul ar lape date 10 move to the second round .

You are g i ven a secret phone number to call and it personal ID numher to enter. Then. you arc given fi ve groups to put in or­der.

Thi s t ill1e. however, speed is a factor as it breaks ti es. If you arc one of the ten fas tcst , they ca ll you on Ihe sa me day with the rult' s and your fli ght infor­mati on (they pay for a plane or car. transportat ion to/from the airport. :md a room).

From then on, it's tirne to study and find Phone-A-Friends.

Q:Wh at was the most exc iting moment du ring the game?

A: fo r me, the most nervous tirne was when 1 thought out the $32,000 question (who played in the most World Series games -Regg ie Jackson, Yogi Berra , Mickey Mantle or Pee Wee Reese).

r know a fair amount of sports trivi a, but I trusted my brother to know more. He answered Jackson, but he was kind enough to indicate that he was not sure. r then used the fifty-fifty lifeline, which eliminates two answers. It left me with Jackson and Berra.

At first I though t that Jackson was th e an swe r, s ince my brothe r thou ght so and he's known as "Mr. October". For­tunate ly, howeve r, the re's nu actual time limit (they ed it t.he final show), so I slowed clown and cogitated.

Jackson started with the Kan­sas Ci ty/Oakland i\' s, where he won three Series. Then, he went via Baltimore to the Yankees, where he won two or three more. Finally, he finish ed up with the Ange ls and the i\'s. where he won nothing.

So then. I turned to Yogi Berra . I knew he was with the Yankees in the forti es and fifti es, and J

knew that they were quite good then. winn ing several titles in a row.

I co nsidered ju st taking th c $ 16K Thad al that point. But somethi ng lold rne th at since th ese question s 1 had go ne through we rc ang led toward pop-CUlture questions, the nex t one s might bc mo rc in my sphcre of knowl edge.

I had no idea if there was any sc ientific basis for lilat, so I fig­ured I mi ght as well take the chance to go for more. And luck il y, I was ri ght.

Q:Did you think that you evcr reall y had a chance at winn ing so big?

A: 1 fi gured I had a nonzero chance. Whil e wa tchin g the

ga me at horne, there were a fair number of ques ti on sets where I knew every answer.

On the other hand, there were some where I would have been stumped, and others where I would have cheerfully given the wrong answer.

It seems that the first five ques­tions are just warm-ups, and the second fi ve can be hard for those who aren't that strong in the given subject areas, but in the last five the writers seem to be deliberately tri cky (h e nce, "Capt ian Howdy").

Q:ls it true that you named Dabney House as a lifeline and that they had people near the phone waiting for the call ?

A: Yes . 1 contacted John Mar­qui s, who currently works for th e USGS In th e Mudd buidings- he was also Illy host durin g Pre-Frosh weekend in 1992.

I Ie said he wouldn't be ab le to get off work the day of the tap­ing (Wed. ) /1 'i ), but he got in contact with the Darb Pres ident, Dana Vukajlov ich. She got a mob of Darbs together by the Loun ge ph one 10 wa il for my potcnti al ca ll. T shou ld probably send them something nice.

Q:Now that you're a milli on­aire, what do you plan to do wit h your newfound wea lth?

A: Well , now I'll show THEM! Serious ly, it 's in a money mar­ket account ri ght now, so J didn 't sweat out I he recent "correc­ti ons" in the stock market too much.

I' ll in vest most of it, take some time off work to indulge rny self a little, and carnpa ign vigorous ly for Stevc Forbes and hi s flat tax (NOT! )

Q: Wh at do you do now? A: Whi le fini shin g up ral

Ca Jt cc hJ . I rea li zed that I didn ' t rea ll y want to go into an aca­demic or research track.

J becarnc more interestcd in writin g- spec ifica ll y. sc reen­plays. I have been working at KLA-Tencol', who make analy-

dcrous. bu t most of the group seemed thoughtful as we filtered out of Winnetl C lub Room I. I myself thoughtthatthc talk was we ll worth mi ss in g TFM's ver­sion of lu nch to altend.

Be low is a bri ef li st of what to d and when to get help if you suspect somconc has bccn drink ­in g too much or takin g oth er drugs .

When to gel help: -If the victim is taking fewer

than ten brea ths per minnte or is not breathing.

-If the victim has a hi ghl y ir­regular heartbeat.

- If the victim is lying on their back and unresponsive.

-If tbe victim is dehydralcd. -If the victi m is havi ng a sei-

l ure. -If the vict im is havi ng hallu -

sis equipment for semiconduc­tor manufac turers . I 'd just started with them, though, so they really weren't able to give me time for a sabbatical, so I par1ed amicably with them Tucs­day.

1 did leave my resume with Lucent on Monda·y. though.

Q:Are tee hers going to see any of the money you made?

A: We'll see. Q:What is your overall reac­

ti on to the experience, and how do you feel about it now?

A: Things have gotten quite weird. For example, just before 1 start cd writing thi s a celebrity called me up to thank me for volunteering as a phone-a-fri end for the ce lebrity epi sode they'll be show ing soon.

Thi s wuuld not have happcncd ifJ had gucssed Reggie Jackson.

Also. Gilroy (where I li ve) is a small town, so if I go to the store or a restaurant , I' m inevi­tabl y recog ni 7.ed by so meone witbin five rninutes (everyone's been rea ll y nice).

Bu t more than weird, it 's been rea lly neal. Now I can fini sh off those pesky student loans (not to me nti on ge t Ih e Ca lt ec h Credit Uni on off my back) and indul ge my self a little bil in Illy interests.

Worse things cou ld have hap­pened in New York.

Q:Is there anything e lse you would like to share?

A: Ju st that T think I still have

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- If the victim is behav in g vio· Ientl y. or seems like ly 10 hun him self or others.

-If the victirn is h:lving sharp chest pains or a hea rt attack .

What to do: Ca ll 9 11 0ran other eillergency

number. Keep thcrn qu iet. lying on thei r

side. Keep theill from hurlin g Ihem·

selves . hUI do not start a fi ght. -Iflhe viclim ceases brC:l1hin g.

perform mouth-to-mouth . -Ask a fri end or someonc frolll

the !leath Cent cr to he lp . What not to do: -D ON' ']' leave th e m unat­

tended. -DON'T ge t in il fight wilh

them.

a DEI bill - guys, r swear I'll pay it before October.

Al so, I don ' t think I cver gOI a 1997 yearhook.

If anyone ha s any spares handy, that'd be nice.

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Green things and sports Hello mudda, hello fudda, here I am+++ Caltech athlete

HY YUKI TAK AHASHI

I-I i mom and dad, 'just rnade it hack sa fely from

this thing ca lled the "Alternative Spring Break". Tt 's a progrnm by the Caltech Y (the Y is some­thing that does a lot of extracur­ricular stuff for students), and we got to go to Arizona and Mexico ! It was pretty much lik e a free vacation and I had tons or fun. The cool thing is, we were actua ll y doing community ser­vice. The poi nt of the trips was for us stlldents to go 10 different kinds of cOlllmuni­tics to he lp people.

About I () of us weill to Ari7.ona for 4 days at the beginning of th e break. We Wellt to

a place ca ll e d Ea nhtirn c Ranch near a Native Amer ic an reservat i on in Flags taff. Peop le there told li S that the ranch was for hosting retreats and interns hips foeu scd on in­tercultural exchange, especia lly exchange of indigenous knowl­edge. It was so iso lated from the city that they had internet con­nec tion only t hrough ee ll phones I The whole facility used on ly rain and sun for water and e1cctricity. They told li S that they try to li ve with very lillIe impact on the environment. We made i1

trai I tlH~t rninimi7.es e ros ion , fixed a box ga rd en to protect plants from stron g winds , cleaned the outdoor cOlllposting toi lets, and worked with solar

pnnels. What do you think nbout gelling a composting toilet for our house? That thing doesn ' t smell at all. On the last day, we cooked food underneath a bon­fire and on the grill and had a nice dinner with the people at Earthtime Ranch. During the trip, we had enough free tirne to visi t Wupatki Nationa l Park, Sunset Craters, Walnut Canyon, and even the Lowell Ohserva­tory. Anyway, it was really neat to spend a few days in a setting tota lly different from Caltech .

Toward the end of the break '

Caltech students lend a hand

went on another cormnunity ser­vice trip - this time to Mexieo for 4 days, again wit h about 10 other people. We went to a littl e town ca ll ed Tecolote near Tijuana. There were lots of kids and stray dogs . We tried to put money into the poor economy by going to bars and st rip clubs. No, what we reall y did was help improve a comi1wnity cen ter (kind of like school and church for kids). We poli shed up a class­roo m by painting the wn ll s and tilin g the fl oor. We also played with the really hyper kids there - th ey jumped o n LI S and <.:limbed us, thinkin g we were

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trees or something. We also had chance to talk to a few teenage guys. They were funny. One of them was really into Pokemon. We ate at local taco stands -food was excellent and nobody threw up.

Working at the community center in Tcco lote was cool he­cause we cou ld easily see that we rnade the place nicer. It's al­ways fun to go out to different communities and work with friends on someth in g com­plete ly different from schoo l­work. The Y's going to have the

Alternative Spring Break program to Mexico again next year, so 1 want to go again instead of co min g home :)

Anyway, how was your

. spring break? When , ask people thnt question , some say "O IL . it was too shor!. .. we nt horne,

sat around, didn't do much"; others say, "Man I partied and got wasted lik e every s in gle day." I think whoever answers something like thi s should cheek this program ou t, and maybe help make some changes in so­ciety.

of the week Techer undefeated on court

I3Y CIIR IS HUGII~S

Gerald Palillrose, Sophol11ore, Men's Tenni s - Men's tennis sophomore Gera ld Palmrose is undefeat ed in the month of March in sing les play, earn ing a perfect 5-0 mark thus far. He opened the month at No.4 singles. but moved up to No.3 singles on March 17 against Colorado Coll ege. He has not dropped a set in the last five matches, surrendering just 16 game.~ in that span while winning two sets by a 6-0 counl. In dOllbles play, teaming with Chris Leapley, the duo is 4-1 in Marc h. fa lling on ly to a doubles tea rn from Co lorado College by a 9-X score.

The greening of the pond Cleaning done while pumps are down

HY JUSTIN K M)

Most of you have probab ly noticed t he "g ree nin g" of Millikan Pond and the caut ion tape arou nd Throop. According to Delrny Emerson, manage r of Buildings and Grounds. th ey should be bnek to normal in "a couple or days." The Millikan Pond pump broke down and a replacement part had to be or­dered and the hot weather led to algae growth, whi le Throop was drained for preventi ve mainte­nance after the discovery of a minor leak into the surroundi ng planters.

To take advantage of the ex­isting downtime for repairs, said Emerson, "we decided to c lean it. " At th e time of writing,

Throop is sti ll down , but Millikan is c irculatin g w;lt er "gain. However, it will take " few days and ;1 fe w pond cleanings for Millikan to be re­stored to the chlorinated ci;lrity Caltcch students know ancllove.

In ot her grounds news, prun­ing of the o li ve trees has begun aga in . to he followed later this month with sprayings orcktuncd herbicide to preve nt o li ve growt.h. Emerson wishes to re ­mind students that they "are us­ing the safest chemicals aV;lil­able" and arc we ll within the stri nge nt state of Ca lifornia chemical sa fety limit s.

Many thanks to Caltech Bllild­ings and Grounds ror keep ing our ponds health y and our wa lks free or oli ves.

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Aqua haus rulz Cider House Rules (B)

M y inl cn;q in Ihi s film was piqued upon the ann ouncc lllcnt of il s nUJ1lerou s Oscar nominations over :ll11onlh :lgO, seemingly a fi I III overlooKed in the shunk of entries vy ing for :Icco ladcs during the holiday scason. With a fairly un­ass lnlling mov ie pos ter. il had eas­il y heen relegaled 10 tile calegory 01' rilm s w ith cryp tic titl es using wnrds heg inning w ilh Ihe letter C (C rad ic Will ROC K. Snow f"'a lling on Ce(l; lrs) Ihat surraced at the end nr last ye;tr. l Jnciouhl c.ci ly, a mas­

lerrul m:lrKcti ng scheme and '(l n tclhin~ i n tri ~ u in ~ ahoul Ihi s I'ihn did not go unlllll iced in the eye s il l' /\ cadcmy vo lcrs, Wi lh a rJu rry (l l' powder, rresh orphans thc

mov ie secks 10 eli cil the pit y alld conl p,lss ion or Ihc audience whi le suhll y jugg ling the sides or Ihe very incc ndiary issuc or ahorti on. Slr:lngc ly, while lilc rilm leveills its pro-cilll iee inclinalion, Ihc ex­istence o f' tht: orphan s in all their aLiol: lblcm:ss allests otherw ise,

hy Jlls/in Ho

Upon a visit rrolll a WWIJ fi ghler pilot and hi s pregnant signil'icant other, he manages tnli nd a mcan s or tr,lllspurlati on to ex it. hi s ni chc in rural M aine, making a less than amicabl e. split. Takcn as a worker

on the rarm owned by the pi lot's ramily, Ilonlcr fall s undcrlhc gllid­,Illet: or a troupe of migr:1ll1 apple pi ckc r s, smill en hy dramati c events in their ownnllmadic li ves.

Away from his ro le as counse lor and protec tor on the orphanage prcmi scs Homcr is maladju sled. Hi s educali on and clhni cil y rnake him a st:tndOIIi in hi s new work­

ing environillent , Ihou!!h the lahcl rs arc Ill ore suiled for hi s (ll'l l- li fe slance. Ili s hi gh llIoral standards. howeve r, t:IKe a hluw as he cnl ers :1 strained intilliacy w ith the pilol's gi rlrriend , a fail ed nlllnog:ll11isl, while her boy rri cnd and overseer or the apple orchard returns ovcr­seas for b,111 k . Ostcllsi bl y, Ilolller's deviali ons rrom hi s sl:lndards or decorum, culminaling in hi s treat­ment of' a heinous circumstance which ari scs arnong the rni grant

workers, is meant to sonen his oth­erwi se strait -laced judgemenl s and beliers. Seemingly then, the oilly

mean s of comin g to term s w ith reality and the out sidc world is 10

rcsort to sordid beha vior whi ch

plagues Iheill .

hance to the olherw isc redolcnl lone orthe movie. lhere is no gr:md conclusion lIlade and the trans I'm, rnat ion I hrou !!h whi ch Il o lll er passes I'ee ls inadcquate, In epic rashion, HOlller ha ving lost in love

returns to a grand reu ;ptiun m tlie orphanage. But whilc.l-lolllcr·s re,

turn is stecpcd in pathos :Illd pr(l' vieles Ihe sunny enciing whi ch is prngnos ti ca ted, th e ce leril y ill which HomCl' supposedl y Ill :IIIII'CS docs nol seenl eX lensi ve el1tHI ~ h 10 justiry a return to hi s insular halil' let. Surely, wal ching ,1 felV mov,

ies, visiling Ihe heach, and hCC<lIll ' ing a jil ted lovcr arc a hil shy 01 hc i ng cOS Ill OIH) lil an and eWII HOlller's rin al dispositi on lo\Vard ah ll rli on renl ain s ambi guous. There is lillie pr(l(l rlhal Homer has indeed round hi s itOlllC once :Igaill ;ts a man and 11tH an ad o lc~ s cCIII

with:t sli ghtl y altered perspecli ve. Dr. I.arch is innoi>ili zcd and \Vhen Homer :ISSUIllCS Ihe v: lc: \l cd posi· li on, all incii e: ltions pointlo a con· tinuation oCthe orphan age's wlllt lega l or shady. Bill the ex tenual· in g c ircum stan ces til at led 10 HOlm:r' s chall !!e or heart seemtno bi zarre to precipitale such ,ltl'<lIlS' forlllation , something that may he neg lecled hchind th e aeg is of hnppy orphans at pl :ly, I:l enealh such innocent faees and sllch glee I ri SK heing a curmudgellil I'or pro, viding:1 rceonlillendal ion whi eh is less th :ln g l (~w in g .

The contex l or Ihi s eonl cnti ous issuc lies in the coming-o l'-agc-tale of HOlller Wt: ll s. an orphan w ith the IlalTle ilybrid 01' Ihe immortal h:trll and the accompli shed nove l­iSl , :lI1d so n:lIlled hy the ilged ob­ste tri cian also hu rdcned with man ­ag i ng the hustlin g nrphnnllgc

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which had deli vered him. New En­

gland is today the bastion or con­scrvati veness as it was likewisc in Ihe WWII era during which Ihe rilml akes placc, but il is not w ilh­out its share or impropri eti es : the good doclor perl 'onning aborli ons illega ll y. pregnancies out or wed­lock, ,lnd 1:lIes uf lu s1. and hel r:ly,li . Tre,lling such topics would have becn laboll in thc 1930' s and I ':!40's, Inll wc arc ahle to burst the bubble ol' pre-contemporary inno­cc nce anci ci eco rum li erin ed hy such silcoms as Leave it to Ik a­ver, which came later hUI we sus­pect that the portr,lya l ordol11 es li e life pri or to that would have also heen just as peachy, T hough the time spanned in Ihe film is harely a year, I lomer Well s undcrgocs a transform ation , or at Icastthe ces­sa ti on o f hi s sexual rcpress ion, One o f Ihe ironies is that whilc

Homer was rai sed within the or­phanage ilnd prescnl during many of Dr. Larch's (the obstetrician and p:llri arch or the orphanage) opera-

Genre: Rock, Pop Released : Moreh 2 1, 2000

Many o r yo u probabl y remelllber " I:l arbi c G irL " whi ch was A qua's hi g hit a few years hack. Their other hil i n the U.S, was "Turn Back Ti me," which was Ihe fea­tured so ng ror Ihe mo v ie " Sli di ng Doo rs." T heir al­

hu m Aq uarium so ld over 14 Ill i lli on :d­hum s wo rld w ide, and Aqu " riu ~ i s their second aibulll . Thi s Europop/ Dance group con­sists or fulll' mem­

bers , led by Lene Ny stro m, th e fe ­mal e sin g in g th c

tion s and thcrerore cogni zant of the result s oi'torrid love alTai rs, he is still ohli villus to the adva nces or :ln llther orphan prior 10 hi s per­eg rin at ion, As the orphan who

eluded adopti on th e longes t , IiOlll c r had becomc th c o ldcr hrother tn thc others, hOlh Ihe com­i"(lrle,r and di sc iplinari an or one of the mosl cherubiccasls in film hi s­lory, while al so dcJ'in ing hi s mor­al s. Onen, he rrustratt:s D r. Larch because or hi s inclination 1'0 1' lire­saving rather than abortin g. A s hi s own ex istence and those o f the other abandoned chi Idren wer e so lenuously close 10 that or a pile 01' ashes in a furnace (the undignified final des tination o f aborted fe ­tu ses) hi s aversion from Dr. Larch's prac ti ces were quite justi ­fi ed. The clash over ideals, how­ever never supercedes Ihe ratherl y arfcc ti on Dr. Larch emotes, uplif't ­ing always an d never over-dra- , lIlati c.

Nevertheless. Homer itches fur a greater reckoning of the world,

While thc filill' s passage rrom one conlenti ous mallcr In anolhcr is excill plary, wilhminimal di stur-

majority or the mu­sical numhers. In thi s al hum, /.cne sin gs w ith I wo

AQUA AQUARIUS voices - one which is modulalcd c icc tron icn ll y (T th ink ) 10 he highcr. an d her n()rmal vo ice, w hi ch has a de li cale, tend er sound . The ul hn nl :t in singer in Ihe group, Rcnc J) iL conlrihutes a cOlllpletely dilTcrenl sound, al­most li ke a rapper, and oftcn it is used in the sarne lllanncr Ilwl was used to play Ken in the Barhie Girl song (c'mon harhic ICI's go party).

Aq uariu s includes a rew songs that rt:mind mc or Barbie Girl , bUI therc are al so sOllle slower bal­lads and le ss dancc- i ntensive numbers. I was actually quite sur­pri seci by how gentl e some o f their songs were, like "Aquarius,"

and "Goodbye 10 Ihe Circus," But the mea t or the albulll is vcry up­bea t - and I got thc reeli ng while li sl clli ng th at the peopl c that woul d like thi s Iype o r rn usic would proba hl y also l ikt: pop and dance/lechno music hy arti sts ! i kl~

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Agui kra, or Vcngahoys , M y ra­voritc tracks wne Ca rl oon 11e­roes, We Bclong to the Sea, Ciood Guys, A quariu s, and Goodhye to Ihc C ircus. One thing Ihilt 'llTI:l/.ed Ille was that Aqua wrote, sang,

and produced all o f thcir songs. I think Ihi s is Ihe reason that the

tracks I mentioned were so dif­fcrenl. Va r ious styl es arc CI11 -

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Prese nt.: Ne w Bo D (inc luding C uc-sti c k); Guests: Emili o Castano Gra ff. Dan Li ebling

Meeting called to or­der;lt 10:52 pm.

Ma rt ha-He le ne orga­ni zes the c lub proposal s for di $t ri but ion to eac h member of the Bo D. Emili o comes to the ill eeting because he t.hinks ASCIT is rea ll y. rca ll y cool.

Gene ral Meeting

Thc first it cm on the agend a is the ASC IT C arni va l fo r Prerrosh Weekend, whie h will repl ace th e ASC IT Party thi s year. Me lind a will be abl e to get us the Bungec Run , Dump Tank . and Bounc ing Castle. To cut back on costs, we will havc to assembl e and operate them ourselves. Wc will also have co tto n cand y, popco rn , and maybe game booth s i I' we ca n find peopl e in teres ted in run ­ning them.

Melind ;l has the contrac t. fro m the R it7.-Carlton, Hunting­ton. for the ASCIT Formal. The BoD votes to approve thi s con­t ra~ 1.

Nex t, Me linda hrings up the ASC IT I ights, which are report ­ed ly broken. although the fog mac hine still works. She has the pr intout o f an email from Dan Li ebling requ esting a li st of new equipment. Eric ca ll s Dan on the phone, ask ing him to com e and make a presenta­tion.

Meghan has a money re­quest for the ASCTT van, whic h she is working on selling. She needs funding to renew the rcg­i, tr;lIi on. U nfort un ately, in or­der to ge t thi s registrati on. th e van needs a smog test and mu st be dri ven to the DMV, but with ­out reg istration no one can dri ve it. Th e soluti on to thi s proble m is to ge t a one-day mov ing reg­istrati on. Ca ltech has offered to se ll the van for us if we ge t thc reg istration records.

Eric asks i I' anyone has seen his frigg in ' 1'1-82 ca lcul ato r, which was last seen at the Capra retrea t. No one has.

Martha-He le ne di stri bu tes the copi es o f c lu b proposa ls. She es tim ates th at there are 35 proposals in the stack.

The Ro D then brainstorms about what to do about the In­ternati o na l S tud e nt s office, wh ich wi II be vaca ted when the ISO moves to the new building being built on Holli ston. Tom Manni on has asked us for sug­gesti ons. Should we move the i\SCIT orfice? The best sug­gest ion seems to be to put a post offi ce ex te nsio n th ere, so that stude nts w ill not hilve to wa lk all the way to Ke ith-Spalding to pick lip packages. Tt may also be open later for sllldents.

A.S.C.I.T. Minute Goodness

lnutes April 4, 2000

The Budget Meet ing is thi s Fri da y ni g ht. By Sa turd <lY morning (or aft ernoon) the BoD will walk out 01' 070 Moore with a compl ete hudget for thc next fiscal year. At the Capra Re­treat las t weeke nd , Ba ld ce p C<l me up with a list of criteria for c lub fun d ing.

13 aldeep's Criteria for Club Fun d in g: I ) Clear, pos iti ve. constructi ve mi ss ion, 2) Dem­onstrated di I igence, e rfic iency. and c reati vity in the execution o r the mi ssion, 3) Broadly ap­pea ling, compelling activiti es that enrich the comnlllllity and t~1c ilitate the interact ion o f di ­verse g roups and/or acti viti es that nurture the fe llowship of ex isting groups, and 4) Acti vi­ties that we ll represent the un ­dergmduate student body or en­hance the image o f the institute as a whole.

The Bo D will rev iew cop­ies of the e lub proposals that Ma rth a- Hele ne ha nd ed o ut. (She was right , there arc exactl y 35 proposa ls l ) Th e Bud get Meeting will start with the first c lub at 7 :00 pill this Frid ay night and will g ive each club 5 mi nutes for presentati on and :l

minut es for q ues ti o ns. The c lu bs will be spaced 10 minut es apa rt , a ll ow in g a 10- m inut e

break every 5 c lubs. Dan Lieh ling cOllles in to

ta lk to us abo ut th e ASC IT light s. The Ro D dec ide to pos t­pone buying new li ght s until we know more ahout the state of o ur c urre nt equipm e nt. Me linda, with the hclp o f \)an. will look int o that.

At the Capra I~ e t reat , the BoD dcc ided to set up a meet­ing with all the publica tion edi ­tors and busincss managers. We will be disc uss in g schedul es, contracts. equipment statu s, and hllman resource iss ues. Sean will also meet separ;ltc ly wi th th e business managers to d is­cuss linances. Thi s publications meeti ng w ill he held in two to th ree weeks.

The BoD sets the ASCIT weekl y mceting time thi s term to be on Thursdays at 4:00 Pill , to g ive fac ulty and staff th e chance to att end . However, the meet ing time for nex t week will be at 10: 00 pm on Tu esday, April II to give li S time to pre­pare fo r Pre frosh Weekend .

MecC ing ildjourllS at J 2: 14 itlll .

Re.spec tfull y sllb lll iltL'd ,

Jason C. Cartlcmil

Present: [loD minu s Marth a­Helene; Gucsts: Kcvin Coste llo

First meeti ng of t hiI'd term ca lled to order at 10:08 pill .

Representing the Calt cch Qui /. 130wl, Kevin reques ts fun ding for two teams to participate in the na­ti onal Int erco llegiate Champion­ship To urnament (ICT). whi ch will he held at Boston Uni vers it y thi s year. The teams will consist of six undergrad and two grad stu­dents and wi II he compet i ng in the Di vision I and Di vision

ing last yea r. She makes copies for the entire BoD. who studies them so that the mi stakes of hi s­tory wi II not rcpeat themselves.

Mcghan sugges ts possihly do­nating the ASCIT van . Thi s ac t of good will wo ult.l also givc us a hugc tax deducti on. Eric says hc would prefer that the van bc so ld .

Nex t, we talk about thc up­co min g ASC IT re treat at th e lovcly Capra Ranch in Sa n Diego. As ide I'ro m th e c urre nt [l o \) . mCll1bers of the old BoD were in -

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§ LAST WEEK S '"

draw up a preliminary hud[!ct in preparati on for our hi [! l1ud[!c t Meetin [! next weekend . and co l­lect ideas ahout our pliln s 1''' 1' the future (fi [! IJrc out what the hed we arc doin[!).

Me linda hr in[!s up that Prcfrosh Weekend is Cllm in[! up in twn weds il nd tha t ASC IT has Dahlll:y Ii all rese rved th at Satur­day ni ght for the infamous ASC IT part y. She su[!gests ha vi n[! a car­ni val in additi un to or instead 01'

the part y. A ca rni va l may he l1lore appea lill [! to prefms h. wi th auraui ons such as a hlH lnc­in g cas tle ;lnd inrlat;lh lc Eric just arri ved from

I .ondon a i'cw hours ago and he still thinks it 's 7 am. ~ A.S.C.I.T.

su III 0 IV rl" ll i Il[!. We IV ill work ou t tlw detaiLs in the nex t ICw weeks.

Melinda gives an approximate datc for the formal (May 26), an approx im ate pl ace (Rit /.-Carlton, llunting-

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ton), and an approx imate pri ce ($40).

The BoO reminds itself that the Houses still need to he reim ­hursed fo r th cir DVD playe rs. s ince they each cos t less than $500.

Martha- Helenc has put [ludget Meeting pos ters up all ovcr the Ii ouses. Remcmber, cluh budget pro posals shoul d be in by nex t Monday. Apri I :l so we can rev iew thcm intimc I'm the exciting l3ud­get Meeting nex t weekend.

Melinda has a printout of an email from Baldeep concerning pro blems with thc [ludget Meet-

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vit ed as we ll as the puhlica ti uns people. Two old I'ri ends, l3alclecp and Hanna, will be accompanying us as we ll as lit tle t editor Dave Guskin. who will also represent the rest of the publicat illils people who unfortunately will not he able to attend.

What li nes the BoD hope to acco mpli sh at Capra Ranch? Thc annual re trea t at Capra Ra nch has heen a tilll e- 11O nnrcd tradit ion. during which the members or the 1300 establi sh fri endshi ps that wi II help us cndure to[!ether the Inng months ahead. At Capra , we plan to rev icw the bylaws ill full cle tail.

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The 13(1) ulwninllHl sly votes to rund the Caltech Qui!. [\(lIv lt ea ll1 fur :j;507 tl) defcnd our hOIlI) r ;It the IW­tional tournanlcnt th is year.

Chris has spent lllllCh of Ilis sprin [! break en ter in[! data from the ASCIT c lub smveys we re­ceived. There arc a kw Illore su r­veys It:ft to dt! which the I\'st " I' the l30D wi II handk .

Laura ami Emm a will ho th rc ­qll<:st additi onal fumlin [! I'or tlwir res pl~e ti ve SulKO llllnitt ees (B"e: and ARC) .

Meghan vo lunt l~c rs \() t~c t the ASCIT donut s thi s week . Eric and Jason arc llcfinitc.iy rill e with tha I.

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I'm an Amendment to be ... Dean's (orner words used ... are of such a nature as

to create a clear and present da n­ge r". In oth er words th e First A mendrnent docs not protec t sorne­one who fal se ly shouts "fire" in a theater. It also appears that , despite the First Amendment , it is not okay to int erfere with rec ruitment and enlistment in the armed forces. The right to criticize the conduct of puh­lic offi cials is limited to statements made without "actual malice", by which is meant , and I paraphrase, statements th at are fa lse and reck­less, mad e wi thout reg ard to whether they were false or not.

so even i I' the Supreme CO Uri has al so sa id that speech nn the Internet is entitled to the highest level of tirst Arnenclmcnt protec li on. similar to that the CO Uri provides for hooks and newspapers (c ity of r~ ri e et "I. v Pap's A.M .).

Who speaks for Caltech? p a ge s prepared by i nd i-

Caltcch is an idiosyncratic place in many respects, hut one of it s most unusual aspects, I think, is the li v­ing arran gemcnts of our students. Abo ut I,UO, a deal was made be­twec n Millikan. the architec t of the modern Cal tec h, and the student hody. Th e ex is tin g fraterniti es wou ld disappear from Campus once the (South) Houses were huill. So the only remnant of the frat s of old is Kappa Garnma, now known as the Gnome Club.

Thi s arrange ment res ulted in houses with a great deal of au­tonomy, each having its own gov­ernment and each deve loping its own traditions. All in all this con­cept has worked to most people's satisfaction, The houses have be­come a very strong point of focus for students life, although the ex­isten ce o f quasi ind epe ndent liefdoms in the middle of the school has sometimes caused problems. Sometimes house trad itions or high Jinks disrupt the peace of the insti ­tute or the well being of individual students.

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by Jean-Paul nevcl s it i ve

time It)r the Insti -tute, with prefrosh weekend

starting nex t WednesdayrThursday. Thi s is an occasion whcn Ca ltech does it s utmost to give the poten­ti al stude nts a look at what we have to olTer from the intellectual point of view. the sort of thing that uni­vers ities arc supposed to do. We spend significant money and much time and effort to give potential stu­dents a tw; tc of what it would be like to go tr school here. Of course that includes li ving in one of the houses, so the prospective Techers are hosted by mem hers of the student hody. It is indeed good to expose the newcomers to all of the facets of life at Tech. What is not so great is when the youthful excess and the puckish character of some House activities get in the way. Let's put our best foot forward in we/corn­ing the prefrosh next week.

Besides visits to campus, one of the other ways by which Caltech presents itself to the world is through various publications and through its web sitc, Many outsid­ers try to get an impress ion of what we are by hrowsing the Institute home page and the sites it points to . Of course they soon are led to weh

vidual HOllses and that cre­ates a prohl em. Sevenl l of these pages have material which the au­thors may think funn y, but which is unpl easant , to say the leas t, I'or many. They ex hihit scenes, present writings, and contain exhortati ons which arc downright repulsive and in sultin g to the sensihiliti es of many. Whatever our own pers\lIlal opinions. we rece ive reactions to these sites from people outside of Cal tech who express great surprise that the Institute should have such matcrial. Such pagcs w'c inappro­priat e and I would urg e the wehmasters in charge, to take them down ASAP.

Now I am sure you will say, this is a free country, and who are you, Dean, to interfere with the Houses' freedom of speech? Don ' t the stu ­dents, like everyone else here , have the constitutional right to express themselves as they see lit? My an­swer 1.0 that is yes, bul. .. it is im­porumt to have such a statement on the books, and to have the Supreme Court work mightily to make sure that the amendment not be infringed upon. The Court has a lot. of work to do, because , with free speech, come a host of problems. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes pointedly rai sed one such prohlem when he said that there are times when "the

So. there arc dear limits to free ex press ion. In fact , besides the in­stances li sted in the prev ious para­graph, there arc categori es of speech whi ch arc specifica ll y exempt frnnl protec tion under the hrst Amcnd­ment. They arc: obscenit y, defam a­tory incitement , "fi ghting wo rds" and child pornography (American Bookse llers Association v Hudnut). Ohscenity, in the eye of the US Su­preme Court means that. first. an "average person, applying contem­porary community standards, must lind that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interests; second that it depicts or describes, in a pa­tentl y offen sive way, sex ual con­duct as defined by state law; and third that the work , taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artis­ti c, political or sc ientific value" (Gertz v Robert Welch, Inc,). Now I will argue that material on some of the House 's home pages fall s in the ahove categories and so has no defensihle right to be there. That is

Okay, I am no lawyer and cannot se riously di scuss anyone's ri ~ ht to free speech. But there is another consideratillil. and thi s is whl) wi ll be thought to he, speak ing. What if the freely ex pressed ideas arc .iltrih­uted to an un willin )! p'lriner? T"kc the present case or a puhlication or weh site, where stude nts try their bes t t"look sophisti ca ted hy using repul sive l a Jl g lla~c and il11agl's. I f

the students use the facilities pI' Ihe Institution to present sllch material. they wi ll appear tn speak for Il le school. That is not how Caltcc h wishes to be seen. It see ms to me that whil e anyone is free to ex press him- or herself as they wish. he or she must do so pri vately. in a way that docs not confuse the sc hool's point of view with the studen t·s. Saying that the Caltec h weh site shou ld not contain or point to sllch materi al does not limit anyonc's right of express ion. It pro tec ts Caltcch's image to that whidl the Institute itself wants to projec t.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Mark YourCalendnr,! Admissions. Prefrosh Weekend will be held Thurs­(b y. Apri l 13th th rough SUlllby, April 161h . For mo rc informati on CI11f1 il

dina (ll) O dill is ,~ io ns. cal ICc II . f.! t111 0 r

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CIT " uit :lI' Classes for Ihe spring lerm will meet on Tuesdays in SAC Room I , start ing 011 Apr. 4. Beginning. 4:]0 - 5:30 1'.111 . Intermediate. 3:00 -4:110 p.l11 . Ad va nced 5:30 - (d O p.m. Cl(ls~ i c[l l and namenc() n .. ~ pcrto i rcs arc exp lmed. but techniq ues tra nsi"cr to other styles of guita r. The Begin ning Class includes aj aZ7/fil lk chord systcm. Classes arc free to Ca lt ech studcnts and other memhers oj" the Cal teeh commu­nity (space permi tt ing). Undergrads can receive 3 units o f <.; redit. For more in ­

formation . (';onlact Dn!'ry l Denning al

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Be!-\innin!\ Lindy lIop class, 7:30-9:()() p.m .. I()J' four sll cccs~ i vc Mond ays

starting Mon .. Mal". 27 !"t aught hy a pro­fessiona l dancc instructor] $24.00 ex­cept $ lil .Ofj to Ca ltech undergraduatesJ and Beg inni ng American Fox Trot, 7:30-9:00 1' .111 . fo r five succcssive Wcdnedaysst'''1ing Wed., Mar. 29 [stu­(kilt laught. nominal $ 1.OO/le,>on ex­cept j"ree to Ca lTeeh rreshmen] , both held ill Winnett Loullge on the Ca ltech cam pus. No par1 1l cr is required. Rc­frcshrncilt s and dallcc practice time arc pro vided a n cr each c lass. For lasl minut e changes see 11'1\'1I'.ils.callccl!. crllll-balimoll/ or ca ll Don ( ,26) 7') 1-3 103 .

Due In "ccent vandalism, Clevdand Elementary School in I'"sadena is seck illg donat ions of hooks and equip­ment lor thc school's library. Spccili­ca ll y. the school is in need of two over­head projec tors and hooks appropriate fo r grades K-6 to repl ace th ose stolen or dl''';l royC'd. Donations my he tn(lde directly to Clevela nd Eleme nta ry School at 524 I'ali s:tde Street. Pasadena. Ca I i lilmia. t) I I ()) . For qlll" ti ons or flu'­ther in 1<)I"111:l t inn, pl ease contact Princi­pal Ahel Oues'lda at (,2(,-7')4 . 716<) or 1.:1ura Biedeb:,ch in th e onice or Con­gre" ll1all .l ames E. Rogall at 626-577-:;<)(,<) .

nide ynur hie)'ric 10 Calleeh ') Reg­ister with Ca ltech\ CYC LOCOMM UTERS. Wehsit e: II 111' ."1/1'" "I". i IS. ca Ill'!; lI. edlll-c)'c 10coIII or email : cy c!o colII @callec II .erlll . MOll thly random draw ing for a $30.00 gin certificate to a local bike store and f'ree tU lle up and ex tras at the Commuter Fair Day. on May 19th' If you arc a distallce rider, log in your tniles fi )T· an ex tra chance to win add itional pri zcs

every (, months.

Be a pari of Ihc earthcllHlkc fealll . The U.S. (ieological Survey (on ealn­pus) is looki ng for a pal1 time intern for ongoing mOIl!tori ng and progranlilling

or an automatic, weh-based system for get thering pOS1-cHl1 hquakc shak ing and

damage dat.a (sec ""1' :11 IHfsm /elltl. I vl'.lIsgs.goviciifll ./Il I11 f). Sum­mer work also poss ihl c. More inf" th ru Car re r Cen ter. Email Ira/rlCtI ,!!.ps.clIftecll.ct!lI .

EVENTS

The C"ltct:h Icc lIod<c)' Cluh will he playing thei r annllal Rell ver Cu p gallle aga inst the MIT Alu lnni club this S:ltllrday. April R, 1 2: ~ 5 p.m. at the Gla­cia l Garden Ice Center in Lakewood. Ad lll ; .~ ." ioJl i . ..; li·ce. For directiolls 10 the

rin k, please go to o ur we h s ite at \ t 'H W , i /5. en ftech. et/u/--ice II.

The Callech/J PL flying club (AACIT) will hold its Spring gcncra l memhership meeting Wed. , Apr. 19, 7:30 p.m. at 26') Lauritsen. The fl ying cl ub has its own ai rcraO fl eet and otTers :lircraft rental , flight instruction. group

fl y ing trips (1l1 d ca mar:1dcric to (l vial i(m

enthusiasts of all skill lcvd s. There wil l be a presentation by Greg Feith or the Nalional Transpol1alion Safety Board (NTSB). Anyone with an interest in (lv ;ntioll or \vho wants 10 ICflrn to Ily or any pilot who is intercsteu in joining the fl ying clu b is in vited. For !'\\f1her in ror­ma lion, cont act Greg Delweiler x 1697 al Ca ltech or Pcter Gluck 4-9425 at JP L..

OASIS, The LA chapter oflhe Na­tional Space Socicty (NSS), will hold II meeting al the Bc-ckmlln Institute roOIl1 11 5 from 3 - 6 p.m. on Sat. , Apr. 15. Thc public is welcome to attend. For information about the c1uh see our web site at \V\ \lH'.lIss.org/O(lsis.

Calleeh Ballroom Dance Cluh pre­sents a fj·cc hall room dance party, Mon., Apr. 3 from '):00 to II :00 p.m., follow­ing th e I.indy Hop class. in Winnett Loungc. No partners arc required and rcfi'eshments will be served. Dancing will start at ,) :OOpm with Lindy Hop music until <) :30pm at which timc re­quests will be taken. For last minute changcs sec \t'lvw.ils.callech.ed"i-ball-1'00 11/ or call 6261791-3 103.

Earthquake I'f'eparedncss Train­in!-\ will he ori"cred by the Pasadena Firc Department. through the Safety Office. Tra ining will be from '1:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon in t.he Bax ter Lecture Hall on Tim . May I Xth . I.cam what to do be­fore, during, and alier an ea rthquakc. The session is limited to the lirst 100 peoplc who sign up. For reservat ions ca ll Caprcce Anderson at x6727.

Thc Cnlleeh Quinlcl will givca free conec.1 on Sun .. Apr. 9, at 3:30 p.m. in Dabney Loun ge. This is a Paco A. Lagerstrom Chamher Music Concert. 'I·hc qllintcl freatures violini sls Candacc Chang (Inti " rgull MCllui ra tta, pianist Daniel Rogstau, violist Il eide I.i. and ce lli st Todd Mu rphey. Ca ll 1-888-2eALTEC II fo r more informati on.

Music oftlw laic 20th ccntury to be reatured in April 12 Dabney Lounge Conccl1 . '1 he Division of Iluma nities alld Social Sc imcc wi ll offer a free COII ­

cel1. opell to the Ca ltech community, on Wednesday. April 12,8:00 PM. ill Dabney I.ounge, as part of the division 's music offcrings for henefit of students enrolled in music courses and the com­munity at large. Members of The St. Matthew's Chamber Orchestra, Tho­mas Neenan, Music Director and Con. du etor (a nd Lecturer in Musil' at Ca ltech) will be joined by composers Willi am Kraft and John M. Kcnnedy lor an informal look at music at the turn of the new centllfy. Featu rcd will be con­vcrsati on with the composers and Neenan about thc music to be per­formed which wil l include Kra ft ' s "Concerto for Percuss ion and Chamber I;.nsemble" and works hy Kennedy, Tan Dun and others.

The Baillclicid Band will perform Celtic music on Sat. , Apr. 15, at R p.m. in Ca ltech's Beckman Auditorium. In­spired by their rich heritage or Celt ic music, Batt lcfield Banu mi xes the ol u songs and tllnes with new self-penned material. Tickets arc $25, $21 , and $ 17, yout hs 12 and under reeeivc $4 ofr. Rush tickets go n sa le for $ 10,.10 min­utes hefore pcrrorm\l ncc. For more in­formation, ca ll I -X~~-2CA L TEel1.

Dalc Snl ;:h will narrate Ihe Ann-

Mints chair Advcnlures tmvel film Nepal-i ll IhcSharimv oJEveresl on rri .• Apr. 14, at R p.m. Smith journeys to Kathmandu where he witnesses religious ceremo­ni es on the banks ofthe sacred Bagmati Ri ver. Tickets M C $9 and $7. For m,)re informat ion. call 1-8S8-2CA LTECH.

F:il('cn McGann will appear in <":011 -

cel1 on Sat. . Apr. 22, at X p.m. in Dahncy Lounge. Th iscvcning will fcatu re cquai portions ortrad itional lrish hallads, and self-penned songs, al l ~ lIng in ii rich. alto-soprano. Tickets arc $12 fi)r adults and $4 fi)\' childrcn undcr 12. Ca ltech students rece ive an $X di scount. For morc in rormat io ll . ca ll 1-888 -2CAI.TECII.

Garry Krinsky will present. :I fam­ily pl"O~ram entitled TO)'i ll-" Il'i lli Sci­cllce on SaL, Apr. 2<) , at 2 p.m. in ileekman Auditorium. The program ex­plores the scienlific principlcs of grav­ity (l nd levcrage, simple machines, hu­man imagination, anti morc. Tickets arc $ 10 for adulst and $5 for children. For more info rmati o n, ca ll I -8 S8 -2CALTECI I.

SCHOLARSHIP

Political Internship -11lC Beckman Internshi p will he avail abl e lo r the summer of 2000. 'nle internship, sup­p0\1ed by fri ends of Arnold l3eckman, will pay a stipend 01'$4,000. It allows a select cd intcm to spend the summer working in the ollice ofa politician and to see the inside process of govern­ment. 11le intern is expected to make arrangcments with the appropriate po­litical persons. It is opcn to an y under­graduate who intends to be a Caltech student nex t year. If intercsted, suh­mi t a brief proposal describing where and how you would usc the sti pend . to the Deans ' OJ'fi ce, 102 Parsons­Gates, by Monday, April 17,2000.

The ColI('giatc Invcntors Compe­tition . a program of th e National In­vcnl ors Iiall of Famc. is handing out money- big money- to coll ege in ­ven tors and thei r ad visors . Each win­ning student - or student tealll - receives a $20.000 cash prize. Facul ty advisors each receive a $ 1 0,000 cash pri ze. 11lC competi tion. open all full -timceol lege students and judged by distingui shed scientists rind invent ors Ii·om ~cross the

coun try, awards up to six prizes each year. 'n ,e deadline li,r appl icati ons is June 1.2000. In aduition to cash pri zes. wi nners and their advisors will travel to the induction ceremony of the Na­ti onal In ventors Hall of Fame on Sep­tember 8-9, 2000. During the week­end, wi nners will be honored and have the chance to learn from the greatest sc ientilie minds of our time who vi sit the Hall of Fame each year lor the in­ducti on festi viti es. Applications are ava il able at wwW ill vcllf.urg /co!lc­

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The Literature Faculty is pleased to announce the Annual Hallett Smith Competition, honoring the finest es­say devoted to Shakespeare. Only full ­timc. offi ciall y reg istered undergradu-

ates are eI igible to enter the competi ­ti on. All submissions must he typed and double spaced, and should not ex­ceed 4,000 words. 111e essay may be

one prepared lor a humanities class. or may be spec ifi ca ll y written for this competition. No student can submit more Ih~ n one essay. A ll contcstfl nts

must submit th eir work tn Professor Jcni joy LaUelle. Division of the lIu­ma.;i ties and Social Sciences. 10 1-40. no later than April 21. 2000. This year's prize will be appro.,imately $100. th ough th e j udging committee Illay divide the award in the case of more th ~1Il one outstandin g suhmi s­sion. For morc info rmati oll , contact Prof. LaBell e, x3605, or Barbara Estrada, x3 (,o9.

The .Jewish Loan Association is of­fe rin g interest-free student loans to quali fied individua ls for luilion, books and supplies. and li ving ex penses. Ap­plicants must have completed a mini ­mUIll of one year of undergraduate study and have a 2.5 GPA or above. For further informat ion. please con­tact th e ,Jewish h ee I.oan Association at 213-7(, 1-8830 or X I X-4M-333 I.

Th e ,IVS .Jewish Community Scholarship Fund annOllflces Ihe ava il ability of appl icati ons for the 2000-0 I academic year. 111e funds arc intended to provide a limited amount of fin ancial aid for needy Jewish stu­dents who arc legal and permanent residents of Los Angeles County. Ap­plicants must be full-time at an accred­ited educati onal institution and have a 2.5 GPA or above. Recipients arc also eligible to apply f" r loans from the Mell zer Undergraduate Student Loan and the Becker Graduate Student Loan Fund of the Jewish Free Loan Assoeialion. For fu.1her informati on you may contact: Jcwish Vocat ional Service. 5700 Wilshi re Boul evard , Suite 112303, I.os Angeles, CA 90036, or phone 323-76 1-8888, extension 122 or 132 , or via email at

j gaYllor([iJj l'sla.org. Entries must be submitted by Apri l 15. 2000.

The P.L.A.T.O. Education Loan Program is olTering students a chance to receive up to $ 10.000 in scholar­shi p l'or co ll ege. Any student enroll ed in an accredit ed two- for l<lll r-ye,'\I" col­lege or uni versity is eligible to apply. Scholarships are meri-based and ap­plican ls llIust il ave a grade point aver­age or 2. 75 or hi ghcr (on a 4.0 scase). Winners will be chosen by Ci tizen's Scholarship Foundati on of America (CSFA). an independent th ird pa.1y. and scilolarsil ips will he awarded Au­gust 2000. All infromati on and appli ­cation materi al can he accessed, 24 hours a day, at wIVIII.plala.olg. Appli ­cations must be submitted online by April 30, 2000.

llle ,John Gyles Education Fund is offcrin g scholarship awards up to $3,000 lor thc 2000-0 I aeadcmic year. Applicants mus( be Canadian or U.S. citi zens, have a 2.7 GI'A or above, and demonstrate financial nced. Cri teria otherthan stri dly academic abil ity and linancial need are considered in tile

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The Deparlmcnt of Dcrense hosts three sludent internship programs at the Lawrence Livermore Na ti onal La boratory. 'Illese include Internships in Terasca le Simu lation Technology (lVlt w. lllIl.go!'l" Iris l 1".11/ /ld). Accel er­ated St rategic Comput in g Init iati ve (ASC I) Pipe lin e Prog ram (1I "IV 1I ·. IIII I .go vi lis I' ii i IIdc.\". hi /I II ). and Grad uate Interns in Nucle,"' Weapons ( II " I'll '. " dllclIl ill ll .lllll.go I'I.~ ill I). Iious­ing and salary are at competit ive rates. For more inrormation. conlact Hany ( ;o ldma n. 925-422-5 177 . o. gnldllla ll! ((Nlll i.go l'.

Informlltion lind applications for 2000 SUIIIIII('r Work.Shldy arc <I vail­ahle in the l;in al1c ial Aid Of lice. lJ" you are interested in Sum mer Word-Study. please subm it th e required application as soon as possible. but no latcr Ihan ,/UIW 1,2000. If J lVa red. work -study funding will begin Jul y 5. 2000.

The last dale to request any change to your I ')()C)-2000 Financial Aid Award is Monday. May 1. 2000. Requests for 1<)')<)-2000 mnde after May I. 2000 will not be considerc·d. Please contact the Financial Aid Of­fi ce at x62XO if your have any ques­lion., .

Each year. the Faculty Committee on Scholarships and Financial Aid grant s a number or Upper Class Merit Awards to the fll (l.~t academically-tal­ented of the Institute's Sophomores. Juniors, and, occas ionall y. Freshmen. Upper Class Merit Awards are based on outstand ing scholastic achievement as demonstraled by exceptional perfor­mann: in formal classes anri/or in in­dependent research, lind not on fin ,m­ci,,1 aid . Last year. th e committee rec­Ofllmended a total o j" 4(, lIpper Cl ass Merit AW~lf"d s. A,vJ rcls ranged fi'om $6.425 to fu ll -tuition. $ 1 ') .2()O . The num ber and caliber of the appli cants determi ne th e level oj" awards in any year. Appl ications arc av ilablc in the FinancialAid Office :It 5 15 S. Wilson or on line at lI ·lI ·lI -ji llaidcall('ch.cilll. Electroni c suhmissions will not he ac· cepted. The dead li ne l'or sub mitt ing completed paper appl ieations to the fi­nancia l aid olliee is 5 p.m ., Apr. 21. 2000. No exceptions will be made to thi s deadline.

To submi t an event for I.he Mints, contact lecli @lIgl'S.ca l lcch. cdll or fll ail yo ur announcement to C"lt ech 40- 5R Attn : Mint s. Subm issi ons should be bri ef and concise. Email is preferred . The editors reserve the right to edit and abridge all material. Deadline is noon Wednesday. Unless specifi cd, all mints will run for two weeks.