California Tech v. 121:23, April 23, 2018

The California Tech VOLUME CXXI NUMBER 23 PASADENA, CALIFORNIA TECH@CALTECH.EDU APRIL 23, 2018 Why the South Hovses Look Likean M. C. Escher Maze AMULYA MOHAN Contributing Writer in the Caltech Archives, laid the foundation for the modern dining hall setup In my voracious appetite to learn all things Caltech history (and in particular House history), I have often been asked why I do not write down all the things I have learned about this place. Taking the time to compile everything I have learned would take nearly the same amount of time it took to learn it. However, in my most recent humanities class, discovered something in the depths of the Caltech Archives: the true reason why the South Hovses' layout contains stairs in unusual places, confusing hallways, and a general maze-like layout. As this is novel knowledge about the Houses, I must bust a myth prevalent among upperclassmen. as well as the South Hovses' bizarre internal architecture. The report declares, "It is the committee's unanimous opinion that the educational values and implications to be derived from a system of small and group residence dining hall would stairs and walls within the Hovses - they were built to keep these groups of 25 students by making the subgroups walk a little farther to reach one another. Kaufmann complied with the committee's recommendations the only way he could: by designing a complex maze of stairs, hallways, and walls. fully justify the extra cost involved." In rejecting the solution of "mass-housing When a frosh comes to Caltech's campus for the first time, they are undoubtedly perplexed by the strange maze of hallways and stairs that is the South Hovses. It is then that an upperclassman tells them the story of Gordon B. Kaufmann. Photo courtesy of Louis du Mort of findagrave.com. how the Hovses' architect, Gordon Kaufmann, believed in gremlins that couldn't turn right or climb up stairs with an even numbers of steps. The story goes that he built the Hovses such that one could escape the gremlins, and was committed to an insane asylum not long after their construction. This story simply isn't true. There is no record of Kaufmann being committed to a mental institution of any kind. The real reason why the South Hovses have such a bizarre layout... is that Robert Millikan himself wanted it. Robert A. Millikan. Photo courtesy of cateen. On March 21, 1928, the "Preliminary Report of Special Committee of Millikan, Noyes, and Munro," available in Folder 23 of Box 23 of the Robert Andrews Millikan Collection and mass-dining" which was "everywhere proving failure," Millikan and his Executive Council recommended four residence halls of about 75 people each. This is why Upon reading this, realized that this explains everything unusual about the South Hovses' architecture. With this I hope that the record will be set straight and that no more upperclassmen will tell stories about mental asylums and gremlins. the Hovses have their own central dining halls. In addition, they that the suggested individual Hovses themselves "should be semi-divided by separate entries so that relatively small groups of undergraduates (say 25 or thereabouts) may be given opportunity for a reasonable amount of group intimacy." This explains the multiple entryways into the Hovses from the Editors' Note: The South Hovses' architecture therefore is the result not of the crazed dreams of a schizophrenic, but of the whims of a eugenicist, our very own Robert A. Millikan. The myth itself is a result of the stigmatization of mental illness and of the overactive imaginations of Caltech undergrads. Arthur A. Noyes. Photo couresy of picturerstory.com. courtyards, and the bizarre The Caltech Dance Show: a Photoblast™© IN THIS ISSUE EDITORIAL | PAGE 3 REFLECTIONS ON THE TECH THUS FAR SKYMALL | PAGE 4 CAFFEINATED WATER, HOT COCOA, AND PEANUT BUTTER SPORTS | PAGE 5 WOMEN'S TENNIS CAPS SEASON WITH CONFERENCE WIN HUMOR I PAGE 8 PRE FROSH WEEKEND REPORT 2 APRIL 23, 2018 ANNOUNCEMENTS THE CALIFORNIA TECH ASCIT Minutes ASCIT Minutes Meetings are every week in SAC 13 Meetings are every week in SAC 13 ASCIT Board of Directors Meeting: VPSA ASCIT Board of Directors Meeting: Minutes for April 18, 2018. Taken by Dana He. Minutes for April 22, 2018. Taken by Dana He. Officers Present: Sakthi Vetrivel, Kavya Sreedhar, Sarah Crucilla, Sara Adams, Varun Officers Present: Sakthi Vetrivel, Kavya Sreedhar, Rachael Morton, Sara Adams, Sarah Shanker, Alice Zhai, Dana He Crucilla, Alice Zhai, Dana He Guests: Kevin Gilmartin, Tom Mannion, Joe Shepherd Guests: David Berger, George Daghlian Call to Order: 12:10 PM Call to Order: 9:19 PM President's Report (Sakthi): - Prefrosh Weekend: will start arriving Wednesday and leave Saturday. ASCRL released Tech article about how to approach prefrosh with regards to housing changes. - Bylaws revisions: gender neutrality, Revcomm meeting changes, moving committee appointments from IHC to ASCIT. - ASCIT elections: voting starts Monday, results out Wednesday. Newly elected BoD take office May 14th. Appointed new interim ASCIT Treasurer, Varun Shanker. Officer's Reports: V.P. of Academic Affairs (Kavya): - Core Connections Panel- spoke about connections in core classes and what was useful for different options. - TQFR Revamp proposals document finished. - Core evaluation and revision proposal at a bit of a standstill. - Would like to find a way to organize feedback from Student-Faculty Conference. - Ph 2e course capture underway. - Two student-faculty lunches happening soon. No one running for ARC Chair next year, so will have to appoint one. V.P. of Non-Academic Affairs (Sarah): - ACRL in the process of deciding frosh room allocations by April 25th. Has been talking to house presidents about how many rooms they will need. - ACRL discussing critical mass of prefrosh in Bechtel and other houses vs. balancing prefrosh wants and needs. Enough upperclassmen living off-off to allow for flexibility. - New Rotation rules for Prefrosh Weekend online: Includes Bechtel, new alcohol pol-icy, and talking about past picks. Will re-evaluate after PFW to decide on rules for Rotation. - New possible Rotation algorithm: penalty system. Prefrosh rank houses (multiple houses can have the same rank), and algorithm gives exponential penalty for moving down ranks. Running simulations with Antonio Rangel to see if this would work. Would make system less gameable to allow for transparency and is compatible with external factors such as house input. - June 3rd is a good day for IHC retreat. - IHC hosting open meeting on Sunday to get student feedback on Rotation Rules and frosh room allocations. Director of Operations (Sara): - Nothing to report. Treasurer (Varun): - Met with Bursar's and Big T, so Big T is now managing their own funds. Big T is now out of debt. Social Director (Alice): •ASCIT formal was last last Friday. Sold 300 tickets, attendance was 280-290, includ ng 10 guests. Everything went pretty well. $15,000 funding from MHF, $15,000 from ASCIT, and $6,000 from ticket sales. - Escape room event happening this weekend. 42 spots available, 165 people signed up. Secretary (Dana): Nothing to report. President's Report (Sakthi): - Prefrosh Weekend went well. Midnight pizza- need more pizza for future years. - ACRL meeting tomorrow. April 25th will have numbers of frosh room allocations per house. - Bechtel lottery numbers coming out tomorrow. - ASCIT BoD elections tomorrow. - Vote for ASCIT Bylaws tomorrow. Officer's Reports: V.P. of Academic Affairs (Kavya): - ARC passed bylaw revisions: gender neutrality, clarified additional representatives, grammar mistakes. - Ombuds training coming up. - SFLs coming up soon. - Thinking of retiring option fair to something more casual. - Core proposal emailed. V.P. of Non-Academic Affairs (Sarah): - ACRL meeting coming up. Talked to house presidents to see what they want in terms of frosh room allocations. - Had open meeting today to talk about Rotation Rule changes and frosh room alloca-tions. - May 1st will have updated Rotation Rules, likely with minor changes. A lot of push back about Bechtel inclusion and speaking more freely about admins. IHC doesn't want student body to pressure frosh into not choosing Bechtel. - IHC looking to figure out Rotation. Director of Operations (Sara): - Nothing to report. Treasurer (Varun): - MEDLIFE Club hosting forum on cancer research. Requesting $4,750 to livestream it and have food, venue, security, transportation, and housing for one of the guests. Currently have 41 people signed up, about half of which are undergraduate students. Has also applied to Housner fund, but has not heard back yet - Badminton Club requesting $300 for using the gym for tournament. Request ap- - Kevin Shu requesting additional $1,900 for senior trip. Social Director (Alice): - Escape Room yesterday went well. Secretary (Dana): - Nothing to report. If anyone has any questions or concerns about a section of the minutes please email the appropriate officer. We are happy to answer any questions. Meeting Adjourned: 12:56 pm If anyone has any questions or concerns about a section of the minutes please email the appropriate officer. We are happy to answer any questions. Adjourned: 10:26 PM ARC Minutes Meetings are every week in SAC 13 ARC Meeting Minutes 4/22/18 Present: Kavya Sreedhar, Allison Tang, Alex Reeves, Matthew Zeitlin, Arushi Gupta, Michael Yao, Amrita Rhoads, Erika Salzman, Andrew Zhou, Alejandro Lopez, Sirisha Gudavalli, Alice Jin, Vibha Vijayakumar, Albert Nazeeri Minutes submitted by: Allison Tang Announcements Ombuds Training is this Tuesday, April 24th, at 12pm in the CTLO (3rd Floor of CSS). There will be food! Programming Student-Faculty Lunches have been set for Monday, May 21st, and Tuesday, May 22nd Option Fair: may be replaced in future years with an option-buddy mentoring system The ARC moved to update its bylaws - Clarified pronoun use - Defined "additional representatives" - Merged some sections for consistency. - PASSED 14-0 The updated bylaws are posted on the ARC website. The ARC website at arc.caltech.edu has more information about what the ARC does if you are interested. We meet every Sunday at 11am in SACB122 and our meetings are open to everyone! If you have any questions, please feel free to email ksreedha@caltech.edu. HUMOR, PAGE C ARC Tip of the Week Come to ombuds training on Tuesday to learn how to handle student feedback and improve student-faculty communication! This week's recommended Tech usage after reading was brought to you by a dedicated reader. Photo courtesy of Irene Crowell. EDITORIAL THE CALIFORNIA TECH Reflections on SOPHIE PIAO criticized Editor-in-Chief paper's production we didn't understand, because we didn't One evening, when I woke understand them. Frankly, we from troubled dreams, I found made absolutely no effort to do myself transformed in my bed into a monstrous Tech editor. Despite this, it would be far We took over in a gust of from honest to describe the past few weeks as a "KAFKA-ESQUE NIGHTMARE EXPERIENCE." In just two short weeks, I've learned an incredible amount about the Caltech community and what it means to create content for this particular demographic. APRIL 23, 2018 3 the Tech Thus Far members of the previous Tech continue accepting the help consistently-formatted, of members of the previous stylish. But most of all, I want it to be something we can all look we uploaded our first issue to the printer's website a week later, it gnawed at me still. The next day, listening to my distributing a publication we can all take pride in with a clean conscience, we the editors-in-chief wish to apologize for the thoughtlessness with which we treated our predecessors. forward to coming out every week, which is something we learned very quickly we cannot make happen alone. Be the change you want to see in the Tech, and favor us with your talking about how they enjoyed reading it, the pride that filled me unexpectedly turned just as aid in distributing worthwhile, That being said, I don't believe that deciding to take the content of the Tech in a very different direction is in student-guided content to our peers. We will repay you with our most serious efforts to make a newspaper in which you can be proudly published... and $5-$15 per content contribution. In our candidacy statement last term, we attacked the Tech as it was gleefully and without restraint. As joke candidates, we didn't expect to win, and it showed. We made promises we had no intention of ever needing to keep; painted the incumbent in a light that cast mocking, disrespectful shadows on ourselves; and we even get the printed papers to campus? Who read and cared about the sports section? Could we just print whatever the hell we felt like? I'm embarrassed admit that we never put adequate, serious thought into answering these questions. And as we finally learned the als weis, sitting in uncomfortable circle of office chairs in the SAC room where Jon and Katherine walked us matter-of-factly through a list of details and responsibilities that spanned pages and pages, the discomfort that our bizarre victory had planted in my mind began to grow. The fact that these answers came from wan publication before it came into our hands. We can assert this because we never would have given the circumstances of the can also say with certainty that, in our attempts to improve it, we've already made plenty of mistakes of our own. In our first issue, we neglected exactly what we were elected to do. Still, we're not trying to Signed in concurrence by Amrita Rhoads, Milan Roberson, and Daniel Xu. The Newspaper," and we're not trying to out-compete the Torch. I certainly want to preserve the elements of the Tech that We are always willing to take feedback either at techa caltech.edu or tech.caltech.edu. Content, instead covering the CS 2 Othello tournament. We if they're things I personally now realize that both of these don't understand. I want it to have a place in the Tech. To be more informative, accurate, Upcoming EDITORS-IN-CHIEF majority were never formally The Upcoming Events column serves to inform students of upcoming events. The list is compiled by the Editors-in-Chief from information available around campus. taught how to teach. Now, though, we know a tremendous amount about how students learn, and have access to a much wider range of well tested techniques. Now that we know better, we will explore how to actually do better - how to World Fest Event: Intersectionality Explored Tuesday, April 24th | 12 PM | Avery Library | CCD & ISP take Caltech learners' experiences into account, how to best engage their curiosity and potential, and how to bring the nature and culture of doing science into courses and Events Marina "Negotiations Agranov and Group Decisions: Passing Bills with Backroom Deals" Wednesday, April 25th | 8 PM | Beckman Auditorium Join the Caltech Center for Diversity and the International Group decisions often involve the allocation of scarce resources between members with conflicting interests. Negotiations are part and parcel of such decisions as they create a natural arena for informal agreements and quid pro quo deals. Do these deals help or hurt bargaining process? How should discussion about intersectionality of identity. 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We explore these and related questions using the tools of economic theory and experimental of Economics at Caltech, in the Redefining Women in Saudi Teach: Knowing Better, Doing Beckman Institute Auditorium || changes in Saudi creating opportunities for women in the Kingdom. Graduate student Zainab Al Saihati will share her Caltech Trustee, with introductory remarks by President Thomas F. Rosenbaum. Reception: 3:30-4:00 have become successful research harassment and sexual violence/ assault prevention will be available at the Sexual Assault Awareness Month table on the San Pasqual Walk on Wednesday, April 25th from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM. Stop by to take some Denim Day materials and information for yourself and experienced a limited range of teaching methods, and the vast by wearing your Gaypril gear from any year to show your pride and support for our campus LGBTQ+ population! Send in photos of you in your Gaypril gear to taso@ caltech.edu to appear in our social media! #gaypril2018 Natural Curiosities: Curious Minds Saturday, April 28th | 4 PM | Beckman Auditorium Orangutans are clever tool users, but strangely such skills remained undiscovered for centuries. They were considered as just clever mimics until discovery in remote Sumatran swamps revealed their true potential. Crows are clever birds that can solve problems, and they too make surprisingly sophisticated tools. How have the curious minds of these two animals helped them become so inventive? Mason McGill, a graduate student in computation and neural systems at Caltech, will introduce the film and guide the post-screening discussion. Recommended for ages 8 and up. Ticket price: $10 (general admission). 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Caltech's lone goal came on the powerplay when sophomore Samantha D'Costa took a pass from junior Katie Johnston and tossed it into the net to get the Beavers on the board in the first period. Johnston also drew three exclusions and finishes the season as the Beavers' leader in goals (37), assists (12), Go, Cornsnake, go! Slither right through those opponents! SPORTS polo ends Andrews Pomona-Pitzer NABC give APRIL 23, 2018 named back to drawn exclusions (43) and shot attempts (115). Johnston's season will have her within striking distance of the career goals record and is just one assist away from surpassing former teammates Mary Boyajian '17 for the program assists record. She has also drawn more exclusions than any other player in team history. Sophomore goalkeeper Sarah Kreider played the first three quarters and finished up with five saves to go with one steal. The sophomore took a big step in efficiency from her freshman year, surpassing her 2017 save total with Friday's effort while playing roughly 30 percent fewer minutes. -gocaltech.com SCORES GOCALTECH.COM Actual Sports Content Editor KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Apr. 19, 2018) - Sophomore guard Alec Andrews of the Caltech men's basketball team has been named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Give Back Team. The NABC Give Back Team recognizes unique men's basketball student-athletes who stand out for their charitable and community involvement. The Give Back Team features five student-athletes from NCAA Division I and five from NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and the NAIA. Andrews, a sophomore captain for the men's basketball team this season, received the nomination for his high character on and off the floor in addition to his work as a Global Ambassador for the Team Type 1 Foundation. Team Type 1 fights for the right to live and for equal access to education for everyone affected by type 1 diabetes. As a global ambassador, Andrews strives to utilize his platform as an NCAA athlete diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes to educate others about the disease, and empower the younger generation by showing them that they can achieve anything and that a disease does not need to hold them back from accomplishing their goals. Each year, Andrews participates in outreach events where he discusses his personal experiences from living with Type 1 as well as the mission of Team Type 1. "It's a tremendous honor," Andrews said. "I never think about the things I do as far as awards go but it's very cool to be recognized for something like this especially on this stage among all these teams. I can't say I'm not proud." team In addition to his work with Team Type 1, Andrews tutors younger students in his free time at home, with the aim of showing them the importance of work ethic at a young age. The sophomore also works with aspiring basketball players on the fundamentals of the game, putting them through drills that they can take home and work on to hone their skills "We are thrilled that Alec has been recognized for such a prestigious honor," Head Coach Dr. Oliver Eslinger said. "He exemplifies leadership in all he does on and off the court, and for him to be named to this team as a sophomore shows his extraordinary character and caring for others way beyond basketball." Andrews is not the first Caltech player to be recognized by the NABC. The Give Back Team, formerly known as the Good Works Team featured then-junior guard Rob Anderson '16 back in 2015. The very next year, Eslinger received the prestigious Guardian of the Game honor from the NABC. The men's basketball program is also routinely recognized by the association with the Team Academic Excellence Award The sophomore finished the 2017-18 season as one of three Beavers to average double-figures and led the SCIAC in assists per game while finishing third in steals per game and posting the second-highest single-season assist total in school history Andrews' on-ball defense lent itself to the Beavers finishing second in the conference in team steals. He also shot 35-percent from three against conference teams. With two top-10 assists seasons in the Caltech record books, Andrews is well on pace to become the program's assists king by the end of his senior year. Women's tennis caps season with conference win April 18, 2018 Women's Water Polo at Pomona-Pitzer L 1-18 April 20, 2018 Women's Tennis at Cal Lutheran W 8-1 Men's Tennis at Cal Lutheran W 9-0 Baseball vs. Cal Lutheran L 5-13 April 21, 2018 Men's Tennis vs. CMS L 1-8 Baseball at Cal Lutheran L 0-13 (7 innings) L 4-14 (8 innings) Honestly this is just a beautiful, powerful photo - no joke. Is this a Techer or Maria Sharpova? Photo Courtesy of Michael Wong GOCALTECH.COM Actual Sports Content Editor THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (Apr. 20, 2018) - The Caltech women's tennis team ended its 2018 season on a high note when the Beavers defeated California Lutheran University, 8-1, on Friday evening. The Beavers gave the Regals a different look in doubles action, as freshmen Sarina Liu and Ankita Roychoudhury played together for the first time all season and picked up a hard fought 8-6 victory at second doubles. Meanwhile, junior Julia Reisler combined with senior Vinci Chen at third doubles as the duo cruised to an 8-1 win over the Regals. The Beavers dominated the Regals in singles play, though junior Kana Moriyama needed to overcome some first-set adversity in order to pull out the win at first singles. Moriyama, the 21st-ranked player in the region, knotted things up at one set apiece with a 6-3 triumph before winning the super tiebreaker in decisive 10-5 fashion. Just as notably, seniors Erin Wang and Sarah Cai picked up singles wins in the fourth and fifth positions in the final regular season match of their Caltech careers. 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Every cage (surrounded by bolded lines) contains each of the digits 1-9 only once. GLHF! (Puzzle from https://krazydad.com/jigsawsudoku/) Puzzles adapted from krazydad.com and mlsite.net 4 97 5+ 4x 21 8+ 5 2 6 4 3 1- 21 xg 9 8 1 2- 1- 2 1- 8x 2 7 3X 1- 1 9 5 5 5 3 Diagramless Crossword The diagramless crossword is similar to a standard US style crossword except in this puzzle there are five main differences: 1. You start with an empty 17x17 grid and are required to block out the unused cells yourself. 2. The clue numbers in the upper left corners are not filled in, so you have to figure out which cells are the correct ones and write in the clue numbers in small print. 3. The word lengths are not given, but all are at least three letters long. The completed grid will form a pattern with rotational symmetry. Every white cell forms part of an Across and a Down answer. I think everything is perfectly in order this time... crossword from http://www.puzzlechoice.com Hint: 1 Across starts at Row 1, Column 6 Across 1. On the affirmative side 4. Tattered piece of cloth 7. Male offspring 8. Large vase 9. Story 10. Orderly 12. Small stream 13. Relating to the nose 15. Limb 16. Digit 18. Polynesian rain dance 20. Moral weakness 22. Cry loudly 23. Press down tightly 25. Tough, flexible plastic 26. Alcoholic beverage 27. Morass 29. Colony insect 30. Long narrative poem 32. Lighthouse 34. On the sheltered side 35. Was seated 36. Spanish title 37. Perform 38. Emerge 40. Written matter 41. Drone 42. Rear part of an aircraft 43. Small vegetable 44. Measuring stick 46. Wander 48. High in stature 49. Matured 50. Bring up 52. Nocturnal bird 53. Zero 54. Jeer 56. Depend 57. Fifty percent 58. Sediment from fermentation 59. Observe 60. Uneven 61. Golf pin 62. Plaything 14. South American animal 16. Used in body powder 17. Be indebted to 19. Friendly 20. Sour-tasting liquid 21. Inside 22. Lure 24. Go forward 25. Personal attendant 28. Go in 31. Ballet step 32. Container 33. Viscera 36. Trade 39. Fairies 40. Express in words 43. Animal foot 45. Deficient in beauty 47. Apiece 48. Sticky candy 51. Cook with dry heat 53. Indigent Down 55. Run away 1. Sacred song 56. Remake 2. Rotate 58. Parcel of land 3. Single 4. Rivulet 5. Region 6. Grate 9. Indefatigable 11. Pulled or drawn tight 12. Risque 8 APRIL 23, 2018 HUMOR THE CALIFORNIA TECH Pre Frosh Weekend Report Matthew W. sightser slee ive in mir Jesse tore past fen increased levels of psychoactive substances* in I mentioned it to my roommate and he said he the air last week as a result of nearby fores remembered the exact same thing! It's like we're said Caltech Professor of Bio-organi linked!" Chemistry Arie Jan Haagan-Smit. "But officially no decision has been made, so I'm certainly not giving out extensions in my classes!" 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