California Tech, v. 92:10, December 7, 1990

Happy New Year THE CALIFORNIA TECH Volume XCII, Number 10 Pasadena, California yttle Wins ME72 Contest by Scott Kister with the idea for his device, Mark In the first round, six devices Mark Lyttle won the sixth an- nual ME72 Engineering Design said, "I didn't think I could build a made it to the top. Several contes- better climbing device than every- tants had problems getting their Contest yesterday with a unique one else. Instead, I tried to prevent climbers attached to the rope. defensive device. In the final them from climbing. " Originally, Many of the devices which made round, Mark defeated Chris Ho's he had built a wall which shot and it through several rounds lost in the device in the most thrilling match attached to the opponents rope, first or second round because of of the day. Ramo auditorium was preventing them from climbing. this. filled with students, faculty, and However, despite shouts of In some exciting early round even news crews to watch the "We want the wall" from the au- action, Mark Lyttle took on Chris The object of the contest was to build from a "bag of junk" a device to climb a twelve foot tall rope and get to the top. The first device to get there, or the highest device after 35 seconds is the winner. Other contestants used various strategies to climb the rope, including several basic climbers, a few catapults that attached to the rope and shot a piece up, a "walking climber" by Bill Swanson, and some extending lazy tongs by Annetta Papadopoulos. When asked how he came up dience, Mark device. He never used his Ho's device in what was to be a said his wall only preview of the finals. Chris had a worked nine out of ten times, so his Job interview in Michigan and had strategy during the competition was to find someone to drive his device. to use his car as a wall, driving it Both Mark and Chris's device had between his opponent and the rope. There were 21 competitors in antennas which rose up. At the start, the Mark charged double elimination contest. blocking Chris forward, from the rope. Each device had to start in a 20 by Mark's antenna got stuck on a ban- 40 centimeter rectangle. They were ner of Chris's device given power for 30 seconds. The Mark needed to get his anten- first device to reach the top of the na higher than Chris', so he backed rope won. If no device got there, up. As his antenna rose, Chris' then the highest device five seconds machine took advantage of the after the power ended was the opening and got to the rope. It then winner. easily climbed to the top, giving Due to a computer malfunc tion, we were unable to print several articles, including inside worlds from Page, Ruddock, and Dabney. December 7, 1990 Petunia, the wooden whale washed up in Milikan pond this week. The creation of Blacker House, the whale even has a spout and moving eyes. About 35 Blacker students worked on the whale during the term, and assembled it overnight. New Caltech Gym by '92-93 by Jason Lee The Caltech athletic department used in conjunction with the new The funding for the construc-presented to the Braun Foundation facility. tion of Caltech's proposed new the plans for the so-called "expan- "We gymnasium has been approved; sion" of the original Braun will add a lounge area where offices are currently, and the Braun Athletic Center will Building. Bridges. " said "Administrative offices open at the beginning of the The new gym will be a mul-will be moved to the second floor 1992-93 academic year. tipurpose facility, and it is designed of the new center. Increased office According to Dan Bridges, ath- to meet the needs of the Caltech space will also allow us to give letic director, this has been a top community for alan yours desk space to our expanding staff, priority project for him during his come. Jeanne Noda, vice president including part-time coaches. one and a half years at Caltech. of student affairs, said, "We hope The main objective of this en- "It is absolutely wonderful that it will meet our needs for the next tire new complex is we have the gym facility approved. 25 to 30 years." around social revolved interaction "We The entire staff and I have been fo- The plan calls for a modifica- want the new gym to enhance stu- cused on what it took to get this tion and expansion of the current dent life. It will become a social project funded," said Bridges. Braun Building to include: "open center," said Noda. The first step in the project was entry and lounge area, larger wom- "We were trying to get away convincing the administration that a new facility was necessary. "This en's locker room, larger men's from the typical gymnasium feel locker room, dance and aerobics when designing the facility, " said was not very difficult because they multipurpose room, larger weight Bridges. "The underlying reason saw the value in a new gym," two full-sized basketball behind the new center is to provide Bridges added. courts in the main gym that will as many possibilities for social in- A donor was then needed to also serve as volleyball courts, teraction as possible." fund the project. John Braun of larger visiting team locker room, At this time, the actual con- Braun Foundation was the first to classroom/conference room, wom- struction of the new gym is still in be approached, because he had en's equipment room, training/first the planning funded the Caltech swimming pool aid room, four racquetball courts, stage. Mechanical drawings and plan checks still need and girls locker room/weight room and three squash courts." to be made. Pricing, proposal to (Braun Building) six years ago. The gross size of the currently the city, and city approval are ni Bridges sees the new gym facility as all cxichsion or unc work that proposed cordiy is 2, OB qua, the next year. According to Bridges, Braun had already begun. however, the old gym will still be Bridges 1s. optimistic that continued on page 8 INSIDE Photos From the A Christmas Tree ME72 Contest for Beckman pages 4 and 5 page 2 Mark Lyttle's antenna reaches just above Chris Ho's entangled ME 72 device. Mark his only defeat. of the rope, but Ben Masek's device Steve Jun's device was not at- climbed by it at the end to eliminate taching to the rope properly, so he him used Mark's strategy of blocking Mark got a scare in the third the other opponent. When Steve round. While competing against ran into Bill's device, Bill's fell on Scott Harris, a small piece of his top of his and remained higher than Steve's. machine fell off the table. According to the rules, a device cannot In the third round, Bill's slow leave the table, but Mark's anten- walker went up against Annetta's na was higher than Scott's device, slow extending lazy tongs. Annet- Professor Antonsson declared the ta had the early lead, but Bill kept match a tie chugging and made it to the top In the fourth round, an exciting with just one second of poter lef duel took place between undefeat- Alex Lin was the only one of ed Randy Pollock and Greg James catapult devices to work Greg's device had a unique way of hy Hamoder photo properly. . It shot almost to the top continued on page 4 CRIME AND INCIDENT BEAT Crime Tip: If you plan to do Christmas shopping, make sure that your money and packages are secure and cannot be stolen from you. Don't leave items in the front of your car. There have been several more robberies reported in the vicinity of Caltech. 11/28 There was a small fire on the porch of the Property Management house at 327 S. Holliston. A security officer reported he had the fire under control and later called the Pasadena Fire Department to make sure the fire was out. The fire started from a pile of newspapers and mail that had acculmulated over several months. 11/29 A bicycle was stolen from the Ricketts House bicycle rack. The student had locked his bike, and last saw it on the 19th. 11/30 A staff member left her wallet in her mail box at Arms Lab The Security Pacific National Bank told her that a suspect had cashed on of her stolen checks and had attempted to cash another the next day, when the suspect was frightened away by question-ing. The suspect left his drivers licence at the bank when he left. The Pasadena Police Department was notified 11/30 A staff member left his camera, that he had been using in lab work, on the bookcase in his office in Thomas. When he returned a day later on Saturday, the camera was missing. The office is usually locked, but it is on South Master. 12/1 Security found that a small pane of glass in a door of the house at 1227 S. Arden had been broken. There was no sign of entry and the door was still secure. 12/3 An unknown person entered the Jorgensen Lab over the weekend and poured water and Coca Cola into a Next, a Sun, and a key-board. The equipment was in rooms 160A, 164, and 170. There was no evidence of forced entry. 12/4 A large group of ex-convicts who had escaped from a minimum security prison reportedly disrupted a physics lecture in Gates. Pasadena Police officials stated that the offenders would soon be re-incarcerated where they belong 12/4 An officer responded to a call that fire alarm pull boxes on the 2nd and 3rd floors of Baxter had been pulled. An alarm indicated that someone was trapped in the elevator. The suspect was found in the elevator, and he stated he was a student at Caltech and PCC. Kim West was asked to identify the suspect, and she did not recognize him as a student. The suspect was taken into custody by the police Total value stolen or missing this week: $620 Jim's Journal page 8 2 December 7, 1990 The California Tech Reviving a tradition of putting a Christmas tree on Throop Hall (this ended after 1972 when Throop was destroyed in an earthquake), three undergrads decorated a Christmas tree, complete with lights and tinsel on top of Beckman Auditorium. Caltech Centennial Music Series Women In Science teresting quotes from interviews by Jerri Martin During Caltech's centennial, 1991, the Centennial Committee plans to have a focus or theme for each month, celebrating a par- ticular group of people or aspect of life at Caltech. March is going to be "Women in Science" month. The undergraduate members of this committee are trying to provide some activities that will, we hope, directly involve the entire Kuhns undergraduate community, both men and women. We are planning to get together during the last week of winter work on ac- • tivities for this month. One of our ideas is to make a B giant time-line to place outside the student houses, showing some of the contributions notable women undergraduates have made to the community and some of the ways the community has changed in the last 20 years. We could include in- with alums and appropriate ex cerpts from the BigT or the Tech that show how House traditions, sporting events, clubs, and other aspects of undergraduate life have changed or evolved. Our goal is to create something that will em- phasize the ways in which women have truly become part of the undergraduate county. ano which will be interesting to everyone. If you are interested, or if you have any questions or suggestions, please get in touch with Catherine Hafer, x6236, Fl no. 5 Celia Ng, 578-9923, Ru no.236 or Taletha Derrington, 578-9504, Fl no.34 photo We're planning to get together a couple times during the last week of break to work on the timeline, and are planning to combine this with a barbecue and a hot tub by Dan Ko No birthday parties can do without music. The rich folks hire a live band or a chamber group to create a more festive mood. For the DULNUD9 average American Joe blasts his stereo. If none of the above are heard at a birthday party, at least a short and the least musical "Happy rendering Birthday" of tune can be expected. for the Caltech centennial celebration, nobody will be singing "Happy Birthday to you.... "In- stead, the finest Caltech musicians and some of the internationally well-known instrumentalists and vocalists will bring to Caltech campus jazz and the music of Mozart, Bach, Prokofiev, Dvorak, and even the Simpson's. Unlike the previous Dabney Lounge series, which have featured guest artists, five programs of the series will present Caltech musi-cians, mainly students, as special centennial events. They are David Koerner, Monica Kohler, Stanley Grant, Mary Rowe, and Julian Chen. Also the three musical in-structors, Delores and William Bing and Darryl Denning, will participate in the series. Each of them will have solo recitals throughout next year. The Caltech chamber groups, consisting of trios, quartets, quintets, and sextets of wind and string instruments, will perform FRIDAY NGT music that hold some relevance to The jazz bands and the the centennial. On Jan. 25, the concert, by the Caltech-Occidental ensembles will present the 13th title of Centennial Lecture Annual Bandorama on May 11. Recital: Some Musical Events of The event will be distinguished by 1891" will present Dvorak's the guest clarinetist Eddie Daniels, Dumky trio, composed in 1891, about whom late Leonard Bernstein and compositions by Brahams and remarked," Prokofiev, who Eddie Daniels com- were born that bines elegance and virtuosity in a year, and Mozart whose death was way that makes me remember Ar- celebrated in Delores Bing the will year. thur Rubinstein. He is a thoroughly explain the well-bred demon." background of each music between The preview of Caltech the presentations. Another lecture centennial celebrations cannot be recital will take place on May 19, CULLDICLG without mentonth but this time the performers will be Special Centennial Concert, to be the lecturers. The event will be held May 17 in Beckman noted for playing music composed Auditorium, which will have ex- by scientists, including Dr. tensions augmented to the stage for Deutsch, the organist for Caltech the occasion. A special organ will graduation ceremonies, and Dr. be imported and installed to the Richard Bing, the father of the building. Furthermore, the event Caltech jazz band director, William Bing. will bring Caltech-Occidental Symphony Orchestra and Glee Clubs together for the first time, and it The jazz bands will also give special centennial performances, the first of which is expected to be held on Feb. 2. The repertorie will range from the most popular jazz of a certain period like swing or Dixieland to that of another period. The jazz version of " the Simp-son's" theme song will be played as a contemporary jazz. On March 9, the Caltech wind ensemble will be joined by the wind ensemble from Occidental college in "An Old Style Band Concert" that will recreate the outdoor jazz concerts of the previous century. ASOT will be an opportunity for Caltech musicians to "demonstrate their musical talent" according to Allen Gross, the conductor of Caltech Occidental Symphony. Caltech students should recognize the previlege of attending Caltech during the centennial year, and they should show some appreciation of this previlige and the institute itself by attending at least few of these especially when they are all free. After all, no birthday parties can do without the people who show up to congradulate the birthday boy. MOVIE Free Christian Science Lecture You are invited to attend a free Christian scarce Lecture wanking miescer. a Baxter Lecture Hall will be held on Sunday, January C3, 1991, 2:00 P.Mi. at the Arcadia Chris tian Science Church, 100 W. Duarte Road, Arcadia. IHC Minutes From Dec. 5 December 5, 1990 This includes cafeteria-style and Present: Dave, Pete, Bill, Ran- variations in how dinners are wait- Richard Song, ed. If your house is one that par- Sam Dinkin, Kim and I. ticipates, please try to keep an open Jack fled to an unknown desti- mind and give back some construc- nation before the meeting began tive criticism. So tonight wasn't quite as brutally continued on page 8 efficient as usual, but we managed. KIM'S STUFF: 1. Southern RAP 1991 is a leadership conference going to be held on Saturday, February 23 a Cal State Northridge. Kim is going to reserve 14 spaces so that each house will be able send up.to THE CALIFORNIA TECH Volume XCIl • Number 10 December 7, 1990 EDITORS Scott Kister Emily Wen Lindee Goh with the next report, all damage appeals will be considered at one meeting. I his will take place about two weeks after the reports are sent out and will allow prompt and direct communication between the sutdents and housing office. food committee has been busy trying other caterers over the last cou- CRIME BEAT EDITOR Rob Ellis WRITERS Sam Dinkin Chris Dunn Jason Lee Dan Ko Jerri Martin Friday December 7:30 and 10:00 p.m. -and Saturday ACADEMY BARBER SHOP 27 N. Catalina Ave., Pasadena Open Tues.-Sat., 8 A.M.-5 P.M. 449-1681 there will be a pre-bid conference, where ten to twelve contractors will be invited. They will be shown the facilities and told what we expect and want from a food service. shown January. During the following cou-those contractors still interested and rate them. The contract will be awarded early in March. Caltech is also looking into the cost of set- Meanwhile, we are still looking now. Some new alternatives to waited dinner have been discussed and might be tried early next term. Attention Aero Students! 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In $7 ♥J5 • AQJ6 AK8762 K52 •AJ 9083 KT42 QJ53 her king Yet, if you wait for the the other hand, a lead toward the opponents (possibly including your QJXX will give three tricks partner) to lead the suit for you, whenever the king is in front of the you win tricks with both the ace queen and whenever the suit breaks and queen. Keeping AT984 possible to 975 value in mind, it is positional 3-3. If you can play this combination right as Heubert Dubb does, T8 figure out how to play most suit combinations. you are doing better than most • recreational players. Vul: East-West Look at the heart suit in todays Sometimes there needs to be a North East South West hand Jx opposite Qxx. If South penalty card in order to give your Pass 10 Pass 2(?) 2NT Pass 3NT plays hearts, then East has a heart honor some value. In this weeks Pass Pass Pass stopper and can take a heart trick Opening lead: 2% East hand, East won the opening lead after North returns the suit. and started to run the clubs. North has no chance to take a heart trick played the three of spades and then One of the fundamentals of card when the heart honors are split if exclaimed, Oops, I revoked, before play is the positional value of high he plays the suit first. the trick was turned. The three of cards. If you have already mastered Another example comes when spades became a penalty card. East this, skip to the anecdote in the se- you can see the cards on the board. knew that everyone in the room cond to last paragraph. Whether If your partner leads low and you would be in three no trump. He bridge, hearts, or Euchre is your have KJxxx and the dummy has also knew that this was his only game, saving your high cards to capture your opponents honors QT, when the dummy plays the ten, you can safely play the jack be- chance for a second overtrick. If I were East, I would plop the jack of often nets an extra trick cause upon seeing the queen, the spades on the table confident that For example, if you hold the jack becomes equal to the king. A North held the king of spades AQ in a suit, when the king is on good rule of thumb is to play the Since North would be forced to your leit it usually does not matter lowest of equals when playing to play the three at his first legal op- EUREKA Research Conference As part of Caltech's Centenni- admission to all plenary and student how scholarly work in their dis- al Celebration, Caltech will host sessions, the program and abstract ciplines represents a specific choice EUREKA, the Fifth National Con- book, and lunches on Thursday and of methodology and approach. Stu- ference Undergraduate Friday. Priority seating for plenary dents leave the conference broad- Research, on March 21-23, 1991, sessions will be given to presenter and more diverse their the first three days of spring break. ing undergraduates, their research approaches to their own work and Caltech is an especially appropri- and student in their understanding of it. No ate place for this conference, since chairs. Students who volunteer to other national conference open to Caltech was the site of the first help with the conterence may par- undergraduate students offers this undergraduate-run research pro- ticipate in the conference without breadth and diversity. gram, an NSF-funded pollution paying the registration fee. The The conference will hold the program organized by ASCIT in SURF Program will pay registra- Undergraduate Network Research 1968. tion fees for a limited number of Symposium to allow faculty and We expect approximately 1000 student presenters. administrators involved with de students and 500 faculty and ad- We have many opportunities veloping undergraduate research ministrators from over 250 col- for students to volunteer to help programs to meet, attend work- leges and universities nationwide to during the conterence and in the shops, and discuss the many issues participate in the conterence. The four months prior to the conter-which arise in establishing their conference incorporates all dis- ence. We are looking for approxi-programs. ciplines including the natural and mately 90 faculty, postdocs, physical sciences, mathematics, graduate and undergraduate stu- Professional societies will hold engineering, humanities, arts, so- dents to chair the 30 parallel stu- meetings and activities in conjune- cial sciences, business, education. dent Students will present results (a 2-3 hour tion with NCUR. The Council on commitment). We need students to Undergraduate Research will par- their independent research projects assist with registration, meals; the ticipate with the Undergraduate in oral or poster sessions. communications center, etc., dur- Research Symposium. Sigma Xi, ing the conference and with other the Scientific Research Society, In addition to the student presentations, four world- renowned speakers will address the conference: Dr. Leroy Hood, Bowles Professor of Biology and Director, NSF Center for Molecular Biotechnology at Caltech; Dr. Evelyn Fox Keller, Director of Women's Studies and Professor of Rhetoric, UC Berkeley; Mr. Ray Bradbury, author; and Dr. D. Allan Bromley, Assistant to President Bush for Science and Technology. Mr. Robert C. Cowen, Natural Science Editor, The Christian Science Monitor, will lead a panel on global warming. Other panel members include: Moustafa Cha-hine, Chief Scientist, JPL; Richard S. Lindzen, Center for Metereol-ogy and Physical Oceanography, MIT; Richard Stroup, Political Economy Research Center; James Huffman, Northwestern School of Law; V. Ramanathan, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Caltech undergraduates are invited to participate in the confer-ence!!! Any student who would like to speak at the conference should pick up the Program Announce-suR and Cell for Papers in the SURF Office, Rm. Dabney Hall. It is not required that students have done their research projects under the SURF program to participate in the conterence. stracts are due by December 17. The registration fee for members of the Caltech/JPL community will be $30 (the fee is $40 for students and $60 for faculty from other institutions) which includes tasks that arise between now and which has supported the Confer- March. If you want to volunteer, ence for several years, is tentative- please sign up in the SURF/EURE- ly planning an initiation KA Office. Associate Members from among Faculty and students who have undergraduate participants participated in previous confer- have been nominated for member- ences report that the interdiscipli-ship by their faculty mentors nary nature of the National The University of North Caro- Conferences Undergraduate lina at Asheville established the Research provides opportunities conference in 1987 and hosted the for students to see the results of second conference in 1988. Ap- scholarly work in a variety of dis- proximately 400 students from col- ciplines. The diversity of metho- leges and universities nationwide dologies, styles of presentation, participated in that first conference and of analytical work causes stu- Trinity University and Union Col- dents in all disciplines, particular- lege hosted the third and fourth ly those in science, to critically conferences, respectively. In 1990 review the assumptions they have over 800 students participated from made about the meaning and nature almost 200 institutions. of scholarly activities. We believe Contact the that students come away from the Office SURF/EUREKA at X8471, or mail code meetings with a stronger sense of 101-40, Rm. 3 Dabney Hall LAEMMLE THEATRES ESQUIRE 2670 E. Colorado Bivd. (818) 793-6149 COLORADO 2588 E. Colorado Blvd. (818) 796-9704 Philip Kaufman's erotic drama Henry and June Daily 4:45, 7:30, 10:00 p.m. Sat-Sun matinees 2:00 p.m. A serious comedy about women and food. Henry Jaglom's Eating Daily 5:40, 8:00, 10:15 p.m. Sat-Sun matinees 1:00, 3:20 p.m. portunity, the jack of spades would Instead of Easts rosy prediction of a top board coming true, South December 7, 1990 3 took the king of spades and the defense cashed six spades and two hearts for down four. South rubbed it in by saying, Oink California Assn. for Research in Astronomy First Images From Telescope galaxy NGC 1232-65 next year, the telescope will be the million light years away-is seen in its first celestial photo taken with largest optical telescope in the world. It's design makes use of a partly completed Keck Telescope unique segmented mirror, in which in Hawaii, which will be the worlds largest. 36 square mirrors work together as a single mirror with effective di- When construction is complete ameter of 10 meters FOCUS Conference The FOCUS discussion group Some tentative topics: not to be confused with the FO Food: The Burger Continental CAL bookworm group) plans to contract is being negotiated, and animate the campus with a student-the conterence may occur before faculty conference next term. agreement The current concern is the im- Honor System: Rumor has it provement of Caltceh life. While that apathy has tarnished Caltech's ideas have been simmering in the discussions, been most sacrosanct tradition Housing: For many, funds for composing an agenda for a seven-room improvements have been house tour that would educe ideas difficult to secure. from all undergraduates. In the houses, a few students Communication: The only glimpse of student life that most and faculty members will stimulate faculty receive is through this pub- the discussions, which are yet to be lication. scheduled. Expect some to ride the Apathy: Students seldom de- entire circuit and others to join bate or speak publicly when possible. Particularly, no sin- The next FOCUS meeting will gle faculty member is likely to at-be on Tuesday, January 15, at 4:30 tend on all seven evenings PM in the Caltech Y. Interested Graduate studens will be part of the conference, but no specific students are urged to discover whether the F stands for "Fru" and plans have been made to encourage to stare suspiciously at the skew- their participation. lipped old man who sometimes admits himself. •A.. KALEIDOSCOPE OF M Z CALTECH public events SHANGHAI ACROBATS & IMPERIAL WARRIORS OF THE PEKING OPERA Friday, December 7 at 8 p.m. Beckman Auditorium TECHTIX & CIT STUDENT RUSH TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7 CIT Faculty & Staff: 12.50 - 11.25 - 10.00 CIT Students: $7.50 Call campus extension 4652 for information RTAI 4 December 7, 1990 The California Tech The California Tech Sixth Annual ME72 Contest December 7, 1990 5 Mark Lottle struggles under the weight of the winner's tr Mark Lyttle shows off his Chicken Dance and his cools shades gainst Allen Corcorran. 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COLORADO • PASADENA Offer valid only Monday-Friday, expires June 30, 1991 test" for entertainment between Must be all the terrific food he ate Decompression Saturday and Sunday 8:00 pm "til Midnight MINNETT STUDENT CENTER Saturday: Movies, Magic with Gerry Hart, 10:00 p.m and Bugs Bunny Cartoons Sunday th More Movies Dating Gaue 8:00 p.m. (featuring yout lavorite ecners sponsored b 1 Added Entertain topt: Brian ASCIT and the Caltech Service League 6 December 7, 1990 Greg James Wins NSF Prize Gregory James, a Caltech senior, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Incen-tives for Excellence Scholarship Prize. As a mechanical engineer-ing major, James was honored last month at a special luncheon at the Athenaeum. His prize is connect- ed to the NSF Minority Graduate Fellowship program. "Gregory is an outstanding stu- dent, with a 3.5 grade point aver-age," said Dr. John H. Seinfeld, the Louis E. Nohl Professor and chairman of Caltech's Division of En- gineering and Applied Science: "We very much appreciate this opportunity to recognize the achievement of one of our under- represented minority students at Caltech." James, 21, grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, where he was educatd in the Mesa public schools. With both of his parents in the education profession, he focused his studies on science and has worked during the past three summers at Garrett Engine Division of Allied-Signal Aerospace doing lab testing and en- gine design work. He intends to at- tend graduate school next year to study aeronautical or mechanical engineering. It just so happens that Greg James was also in the ME72 contest, so we have a picture of him going up against Chris Ho's device. 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A classically trained theater actor, Stewart is well known cur- rently for his role as Captain Jean- Luc Picard in "Star Trek: The Next Generation." An associate artist with The Royal Shakespeare Company for more than 20 years, has played such roles as King Henry IV, Prospero. Cassius, Oberon, and His carlier television work includes Sejanus in the clas- sic "I, Claudius" and Karla to Alec Guinness's Smiley in the adapta-tions of John Le Carre's spy novels. Tickets to "A Christmas Carol" priced 522.50-820.00, regularly $25.00- but Caltech stu- dents can buy them now at half price. Rush tickets at $7.50 will be available next Friday to Caltech students at the Ticket Office, and one half-hour before the performance to other students and seniors. If you're already planning to be gone on break by then, consider sticking around a few more days. You won't be sorry. -Gavin Claypool Submit announcements for What Goes Con on torms avallane oliside the err office (SAC 40A) and the copy/mail room (SAC room 37), or use a piain piece or paper gend announs ments to 40-58, or put them in the IN box outside the Tech office. Indicate the date(s) ie chnoncemear musi run. Announce ments for the issue must be received by 5 pm Tuesday and should be sione har lo words will be published as space becomes avail able and will be chosen according to size anu mores o uc caicch communily Announcements for commerical events unrelated to Caltech will not be published. Geology $$$ Undergraduates in the Division of Geo- 1021cal ae raneran •science. couraged to apply for the Fritz B. Burns Prize in Geology. The award(s) will be made un to 52.500 for the proposals for undergraduate research in the represented by the Division It you are interested in this opportuni-ty, please write a short statement (less than one page) describing the research you would like to do. Selections will be made in rebru ary, 1991. The proposed research can be loosely or closely tied to that of a Division lacull beauline. Jaiual Send proposals to Professor Kerry Sieh, Divisional Academic Officer, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Mai Folk Dancing On Campus The Caltech Folk Dancers invite you to come and 10in us for folk dancing on lues day nights in Dabney Hall Lounge. Dances are taught from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm, with dancing from 9:00 until 11:30 or midnight. New Course in Aero During spring term, engineers from Boeing Vertol company will give seminars on the V-22 Osprev Titrotor aircraft. The or- ganizational meeting will be held in 269 auritsen on Monday, January 7 at 4 pm. sIcase note mai underianuae sudchis can register for units (graduate status is not a requisite - the Caltech catalog acal. cor miontaton, Cat tadick. 14/0y See the Rose Parade sue Lanect women's tee diun 1s sem. ing seats with a continental breakfast for the 1991 Rose Parade. Enjoy the parade from Colorado Blvd across rom raiava cate For tickets, send your name, address and phone number and number of tickets at $2: cock ciong win vour check to war mnes Parade, Caltech 2-58. Pasadena, CA 91125. Deadline for ticket orders is Dec. 20 LORENZO'S BARBER SHOP ASK for Your Unisex Hairstyling Regular Cut (men) $ 900 Regular Cut (women) $ 900 Style Cut $1200 Permanent Wave $4000 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Monday-Saturday 14 N. Mentor Avenue, Pasadena Caltech Student Discount! $1 oi $1 off $2 off $5 off (818) 795-5443 No Appointment Needed SERVING CALTECH SINCE 1945 Authorized Agents for Airlines, Hotels and Steamships Although we cannot guarantee to be able to buy all books sold by the Caltech Bookstore, we can offer you money on most. So, come by and see us! BUYBACK DATES: Thursday, December 13 Friday, December 14 HOURS: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. IN FRONT OF THE BOOKSTORE Profesionairavel (818) 795-0291 (213) 681-7885 CAMPUS EXTENSION AGE 690 E. GREEN ST. PASADENA (berween El Molino & Oak Knoll) ≥ The California Tech Bicycle Resource Unbeknownst to many people, there is a bicycle shoo in the SAC basement avata ble (for a small fee) to anyone who wants to do repair on his or her own bicycle. ney house, Km. 10, 350-9314) or Mark Huie (Blacker, Rm. 20, 578-9370). Tools, workstands, and manuals are avallable The Nutcracker Celebrate the holiday spirit with the Joffrey Ballet's performance of "The Nut- cracker on inursday, December 40, 1990 8:00 pm at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Tickets are $12.75 (reg. $15) and available day, Dec. 14 to pay before sales open to the entire Caltech community on Monday, De- comper il. Decompression Better watch out, better not cry, better not pout, I'm telling you why: Decompres is coming to town this Saturday and Dec. 8 & 9 from 8:00 pm to mid- niont s wylner stucen cenes. inore will be tons of FREE food, live entertainment (Saturday 10:00 pm, Gerry Hart, cian/comedian; Sunday-the waung Game and of course a smattering of movies. Don't be late, bring a date (optional) and decom- DICSSCLALC. Stranded Students Party If you are not going home for Christmas break. then stop by the Caltech Y on Fri day, Dec. 21 from 4:00-8:00 pm for food, fun and films. The annual Stranded Students Party promises to till your stomach, relax your mind and entertain your soul. inere is no charge for this event. Brought to you by your friends at the Y. Y Tree Trim Stop by the Caltech Y on Wednesday, Dec. 19th from 1:00-4:00 pm to decorate our tree, enjoy great Christmas cookies and celebrate the holiday season. Ph 103b: Study For Money!!! For those of you who don't read your course catalog closely enough, UTS. miney and Mortreich wiil oe toacil ing Ph 103b second term, a course on order-of-magnitude physics, emphasizing the use of basic physics to understand complicated problems (weather, geophysics, cosmology and stuff like that). The course will provide training for a special exam open to ALL "atec chlachis in le counc or nou outer ing $5,000 in prize money. The course is described by Dr. Phinney as "somewhat seri-course is described as "accessible to Juniors with a good physics background, Seniors and grad students Caltech Float-Final Flowering There are still plenty of opportunities to participate in the decoration of the Caltech float in the 1991 Rose Parade. If you are interested in participating, please call Lenore Freise at x2188. The final flowering of the float in the large tent south of the Rose Bowl is sched- kee on becciber co-so. intic wili Uc wo shifts each day: 8 am-4 pm and 4 pm-11 pm. On December 31, decorating will begin ear- y and last until the float is completed in the afternoon. In addition, there will be "dry days" for cutting and separating base materials, such as eaves and seeds. on vecemact o did to from 8 am to 4 pm. This will occur at the Rosemont Pavilion on the corner of Seco and Rosemont. south of the Rose Bowi 8xxxxxxx Sam Custom Tailor 3519 E. COLORADO BLVD PASADENA (818) 793-2582 Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Special ratas for Caltech/JPL community 00000800000000000000 Bangkok $796.00 RT Bangladesh $1146.00 RT India $1165.00 RT London $488.00 RT Paris $668.00 RT Rag Time Tokyo $635.00 RT on Green RESALE CLOTHING More lowest fares are available. Prices are subject to change. WOMEN Call (818) 794-0210 1136 E. Green St. • Pasadena (818) 796-9924 Wed 10-6 • Mon-Tue-Thu-Fri 10-5 • Sat 10-3 FREE WORLD TRAVEL HAPPY HOUR at the dentist? what goes on Work in Japan? A Caltech alum is offering two jobs in It's That Time of Year Again. his Japanese factory for the summer. Trav The Caltech Glee Clubs present *A Holi- day Concert - Pestive Music of the Season." el, room and salary are provided. Students will be doing basic factory work. Preference Come and listen to the sounds of the sea- will be given to ME and/or students witl son on Friday, Dec. 7 or Saturday, Dec. 8 a o.vu oni ill waukey wouice. machining experience. A presentation will nuallane at the calech nerer attice gi e made by last year's participants on We or whner Lenter. A ereste nar- grads welcome. served. Refreshments will be Last Chance To Go Hollywood There are still a few of the original "Caltech Hollywood Sign" I-shirts avalla me at cosi all sue medium. we sul have a few of the posters as well. If interested, contact Joe Jensen at 449-8300 EUREKA! EUREKA, the fifth national conference on undergraduate researen, will be neid a Caltech March 21-23, 1991. Students who would like to speak at the conference should Announcerich di cdi ney. Abstracts are due December 17!!! The Holiday Blues The holidays can be a time of renewal and rest from academic and work stress but leave us feeling disappointed or pressured. Being with family can lead to unfulfilled ex- being make us feel isolated or lonely. To help cope with the upcoming holidays, ture entitled "Conquering the Holiday Blues" cosponsored ov une sudent consultaron Program and the Staff and Faculty Consultation Center on Tuesday, December 11 in Winnett Clubroom 1 from 1w- Din. 1 ne program is open to all and refreshments will be provided Coffeehouse Christmas Closing The Coffeehouse will be closed during the holidays, from Saturday, Dec. 15 to Sun- day: jaluary o. il will reopen on January 7, 1991. Have a Happy Holiday. Try not no starve. Summer Undergrad Research Opportunities in Chemistry and Materi- als science, Physics, Environmental Research. Biomedicine, Engineering, Technical Information, omnier salence Earth Sciences available at Lawrence Liver- moic alloial ldoolato If interested, please stop by the SURF Dabney Rm. 3 for more information. Deadline for applications is December 31. U.S. Citizenship required. Let The Games Begin Every Friday night, the Caltech Gamers meet to enjoy role-playing and board games. Friday meetings are in Winnett Clubroom 1 or in Rm. 33 of the SAC at 8:00 pm. Meet others who share your interests. All wel- come! Most common Friday games are fan tasy role-playing, but it's a good time to find players to share whatever games you like There WILL be meetings during Christmas break, so stop oy ll youre ill lown. LOWEST AIR FARES Atlanta Chicago New York Phoenix $298.00 RT $258.00 RT $330.00 RT $ 48.00 RT presale members, the price is only $5.00 B.F. Goodrich Wants Inventors D.f. Goodrich is sponsoring a collegiate inventors competition to promote American invention and technology. The program will reward up to three entries $5.000 each for submitting the best inventions. Faculty each of the three winning stu- dent inventions will receive $2.500 each Winners may be selected from one or more of the three categories (which the Dean's Office forgot to give us). Administered by the National Invention Center, the competition is open to all full-time U.S. college students. inventors will ve evaluated oy a vanei of nationally recognized engineers, inven-mathematicians, scientists, environ-mentalists, biologists, medical doctors and patent attorneys. Students are welcome to enter the com- petition individually nights or each entry wil be closely protected All entries must be submitted by Decem- ber 31, 1990. For more information, contact the Dean of Students, 102 Parsons-Gates, x6351. Arizona Honors Academy As an exceptional undergraduate you are invited to participate in a remarkable inter- summer session entitled Seek- ing National Security in an Insecure World." If selected, you will spend three weeks in an intellectually challenging seminar with nationally and internationally distinguished experts, thirty students from throughout the U.S., and faculty from Arizona Univer-sities. Topics studies include U.S. foreign poli-cy, East-West relations, the environment regional crises, arms control, proliferation, and overpopulation. Deadline: February 15, 1991. For infor- mation, contact the Dean or student Ole 02 Parsons-Gates. Student Shop Rekeying The Student Shop week vi bccember so. wet vour new cav and memberships from Mike Mossey, 103 $25 for the year plus $10 key deposit. Also, let Mike know if you would like to be a com- December 7, 1990/ scholarships Scholarship Listings The Financial Aid C Office has applica- tions and/or information on the following scholarships. All qualified students are encouraged to apply. Our office is located at 515 S. Wilson, SEwIN HOO! e on 1 998 2 $7,500 scholarship for the academic year 1991-92. The scholarship is in memory of ir. novcrn. Uouddre menicas rocke pioneer. Applicants must be U.S. citizens in at least their junior year and have the in- Scientists Association of Southern Califor mia, CESASC, has announced the availa- CESASC Scholarship Awarded on the basis of academic achievement as well as the Academic Achievement Award, which is based on academic performance and ex-tracurnicular actiVities. Deadline to apply 1s The College Women's Club of Pasade na is offering scholarships for 1991-92 to rul-une uncereraduate sudents. " ou may ate studies in science or engineering. The deadline to apply is January 4, The Josephine de Karman Fellowship Trust has announced the avallability or ter fellowships of $6,000 each for 1991-92. The fellowships are available to students enter- kar sheil soilor unacreratude vear and gagiate students inting the dermind year of graduate school in the fall of 1991 The Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering has two undergraduate scholarship awarus grams. One program is for te engineering student and the other is for the engineering technology student. Applicants must be full- tie students and recommended by tel department head or advisor. The deadline to apply is February 1, gineers has available scholarship awards of $2,000 each for the 1991-92 academic year. Undergraduate awards are limited to a student's final one or two years of undergraduate education. Graduate support for studies leading to a master's degree are limited to one vear. Mooncan must de u.s. citzens and demonstrate a genuine interest in naval engineering Deadline for application is February 15 1792 society of Women Engineers (SWE) is pleased to announce their 1991 Spring Scholarship Program. All cualified women engineering students are encouraged to apply. There are several scholarships with different qualifications. Ine deadline to ap- pry is rcorary 1, 1991. SWE Spring Scholarships SWE Spring $1000-4000 scholarships. Full-time graduate students may apoly for fellowships of $3,000. Application forms and instructions are available in the Financial Aid Office. Completed applications, in-clueing an academic transcript, curren course list, and three recommendations are due in the Financial Aid Office by Febru-ary. One graduale and one undergrady ate will be selected from the applicant pool and then submitted to the College Women's Club by their March I deadline The American Electroplasters and Surface Finishing Society (AESF) has scholar- ship awards available for undergraduates ir at least their junior year in a chemistry chemical engineering, environmental en-gineering, metallurgy, or materials science program and graduates enroled in a program leading to a master's or Ph.D. degree Award selections will be based on, but not mimed o. caicer meres. In strace anish. ing technologies, scholarship, achievement, motivation, and potential. Awards are not necessaty basea on mlancial neck. Appi cations must be postmarked by April 15, 19 you have any questions, please come by the office or call x6280. SWE Engineering Competition SWE Technical Presentation Competi- tion (paper related to engineering). Must be undergrad SWE student member. Winners del tree transportion to swr natona si dent conference. Applications due by March Interested? Contact Celia Ng, 1-55, 578-9923. Open to sophomore, junior and senior wom- GPA. Applications due February 1, 1991 Interested? Call Celia Ng, 1-55, 578-9923. FOXBASE+/Mac SYNERGY Computer Training 818/356-0380 TEACH FOR AMERICA application deadline for spring interviews January 4, 1991 Teach For America is a national teacher corps of talented, dedicated individuals from all ethnic backgrounds and academic majors who work for two years in urban and rural schools that have persistent teacher shortages. See Dr. Richard S. Phillips, D.D.S. 1302 North Altadena Drive Pasadena • 797-6778 New Patient HAPPY HOUR SPECIAL (Tues. & Thurs., 2-6 p.m.) Cleaning/Exam $18.00 (reg. $70.00) exotes 4une 109l Applications are available at Placement and Career Development 8 December 7, 1990 New Gym from page 1 groundbreaking will begin by the latest, mid-June of 1991. The plan calls for one entire year of con- "All of this construction will be concentrated mainly at the west end of the current facilities, where the outdoor basketball, sand voleybe, ans parking lots rest e" construction should completed by mid-June of 1992, and thus Braun Athletic Center will be ready for operation by the opening of the 1992-93 school year. "The new gym will do a great deal to enhance recreational, our athletic, and interhouse pro- grams. It will be a big addition to our college, and it will give the Caltech basketball team a bright outlook," said Gene Victor, head coach of the basketball team. Overall, the benefits of the new gym facility will be apparent. In a Jim's Journal Today I got some glow-in-the-dark stickers in box of Riee Krispies. The California Tech Today I was toas whon it was fine ished, it popped aut of the toaste Baraly taasted I worked of the copy store Hal put me to work with some. one rearganizing Boxes of Today when s fed me Peterson. she just moped and wa lked asay $he 阿eryaily nea hermeite gers it's time to eat. report, Bridges listed many of these benefits. "It will most positively affect our intercollegiate program, undergrad/graduate intramurals, recreational, and instructional," he said. Specifically, as listed in the report, the number of indoor P.E. course offerings will be nearly dou-bled; major facility conflicts among sports teams and instructional activities will be eliminated. The intramural program will be greatly enhanced. Open recreation time will be more than doubled. The locker shortage problem will be solved. "I am very optimistic about the whole project and its benefits," said Noda. "And we need to give most of the credit to Dan Bridges. We have been talking about getting a new athletic facility in the six years I have been here, and we made no significant movement on it until Dan became director of athletics." Football players and athletes from all sports went to the Toy Bowl to dedicate the new bleachers and press box. by Jim really exiget by those thingswhent wa$ kid. IHC Minutes from page 2 WINTER PARTY The plans for the party second term are finally getting settled. The logistics (how guards, locking entrances, taking care of safety hazards) will be taken care of sometime this week. The initial date was th Sunday before President's Day, but APOSH is that Saturday. To avoid conflict, the date was moved to the follow- So I put it back →he to@ster。 it popped up completely burst. ing Saturday evening. The party is planned to take place between Blacker and Dabney and include Filippino courtyard and some areas of the SAC Final approval will hopefully take place very soon. The houses have been asked to choose a small group of people who will help coordinate the party. The plan is for the groups from each house to meet as early as pos- we started stack. ing boxes €๓๘ she said, "You're even here.® I fald Nar +baf I suppose you endd say sos nes even sible next term to start gathering ideas and planning events. For ex-ample, the houses need to decide who wants to build and where, who should get a band, who will volunteer for security, who will do deco-rations, what the themes wil be, and a name planning. However, above all, each house should feel it's able to express itself as a house, even though the space will be smaller For example, if every house would like to build on a different theme, part of the two courtyards could be blocked off into separate areas. Or one house could choose to take care of the music or the decorations. By keeping in touch, the entire plan will be flexible enough for people to come up with new ideas of change focus. It's just going to take a little effort. There's also interest in having some of the activities start early in the evening and inviting members of the community. A dinner for leveryone has also been suggested perhaps catered by several difter-int outside people. The final decision on ideas like these and those above should come from the stu-dents, and that's why it would be good for the committees to meet as soon as possible. Two months isn't really that long, and a lot of things still need to be settled. If you have any ideas, comments or concerns, please let either your president Jack, or myself know. As soon as I know more details, I'll pass them on. Until then, start thinking of At the copy store today I had to make a whole BURe of something. They were em 多号“x 1号”产领产表路 this party is to have all of the houses involved. It's going to take Report of the Food Committee December 6, 1990 Present: Jon Lange (Da, Secre-tary), Jessica Barnett (Fl), Chris Myers (LI), Wayne Davis (Pa), We don't want leftovers this finals week. Finals week shouldn't be an excuse to clean out the freezer. Wish list: It would be nice if the hamburgers weren't quite so dry. Wednesday's dinner wasn't one of the better ones that we've seen. The chicken was awfully greasy, and the rice was awfully crun Other things: Snake nights will be Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (Des 10-12) from 9:30 to 10:30 PM in the North Kitchens. Stop by for a snack THE CALIFORNIA TECH 40-58 SAC CALTECH Pasadena, California 91125 Jim's Journal by Jim WEEKLY SPORTS RESULTS Day Fri. Date 11-30 Sport Basketball Basketball Opponent Santa Cruz Cal Maritime Pasadena Police (Toy Bowl) Results 37-71 31-6 WEEKLY SPORTS CALENDAR Day Fri. Tue. 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