California Tech v. 127:10, March 12, 2024

HAPPY FINALS WEEK! VoL. CXXVII No. 10 The California Tech PASADENA, CALIFORNIA Photo Credit： Daniel Na Caltech's Path to Decarbonization Konnor von Emster cer John Onderdonk, among University in D.C., and several News other stakeholders, students, colleges in the northeast. Ap- and professors. Among the stu- proaches vary among universi- dents' petitioned requests were ties with some opting for carbon Editor's note: check out the carbon neutrality by 2050, in- offsets (with dubious efficacy), online version of this story at tegrated environmental edu- others installing more efficient tech.caltech.edu for hyperlinks cation, and the reintroduction power plants to replace dated that actually work! and expansion of reusable flat- infrastructure and dirty fuels, Feeling guilty about lowering ware and water bottles. and still others signing PPAs the thermostat in your lab? You In line with these efforts, the may not have to in the future. sustainability that provide resources to build council advised off campus energy production Last fall, President Rosenbaum Caltech to buy carbon-free or buy renewable energy from endorsed a proposal from the energy in collaboration with a specific renewable energy in- Caltech Sustainability Advisory PWP. Caltech and PWP have a stallment. The completion of Council to source carbon-free longstanding, collaborative re- two photovoltaic installations energy for Campus. This pro- lationship as Caltech is PWP's central California through posal allows Caltech's sustainability largest energy consumer and PPAs brought Stanford to 100% office and facilities to PWP's grid is literally married renewable in 2022. electrify campus operations at Caltech with the only substa- Caltech's uniqueness and begin negotiations with tion connecting east and west falls in is dehie not ens Pasadena Water and Power Pasadena right behind Red decarbonize but to match our (PWP) to source green energy. Door Cafe. current energy needs. In "Despite Caltech's energy production being interview with Campus Sus- tainability Officer John Onder- much cleaner than other universities, its donk, he mentioned "our approach to sustainability is true portfolio relies on natural gas which has to Caltech's culture - we want hampered Caltech's ability to decarbonize." understand the dynamics of the challenge and engineer Currently electricity and Caltech and PWP will eventu- Caltech can buy heating for campus is largely ally negotiate a power purchase carbon offsets or clean energy generated by the on-campus agreement (PPA) for non-car- power plant, located next to the bon energy. PWP from PWP immediately, but currently these have questionable effica- North Athletic Field. Opened sources energy from a variety of cy and would not sustainably in 2003, this cogeneration fa- installations from around Cali- integrate into Caltech's infra- cility is the 3rd iteration of the fornia and neighboring states. structure. on-campus plant that was originally built in 1968 to Among the renewables include The engineering problem can provide energy independence solar installations in the Mojave be split into two parts: Caltech's desert, wind turbines in unique energy demand and its to Caltech. The plant boasts a the Bay Area and Milford Utah, steam powered infrastructure. turbine engine capable of pro- hydroelectric from Azusa and First, Caltech's constant energ viding 12.5MW of electricity the Hoover Dam, landfill gas lemand is different from th and heating which is distrib- from various LA basin land- rest of the grid whose energy uted to the university through fills, and geothermal from the needs are low at night and high power lines and steam pipes Salton Sea basin. All combined, during the day. Research labs While Caltech occasionally renewables accounted for 40% are notoriously consistent pow- buys power from PWP to meet Pasadena's energy use in er users as many research ap its peak demand (often in the 2022. olications such as air handling height of the summer to power Contrary to Caltech's green freezers, servers, and vivariums air-conditioning), the cogen fa- initiatives, a coal installation equire 24/7 electricit Both under inder reduced la so tha in Utah accounts for almost a he demands of Caltech an that quarter of Pasadena's power Pasadena are at odds with solar Caltech is energy neutral most Additional usage. Natural gas has become and wind supplies which often years. electricity the preferred option tor reproduce during narrow hours is provided by several Bloom maining demand with turbines of the day, thus mandating the fuel cells on campus. Despite similar to Caltech's supplying use of batteries for their sus- Caltech's energy production vowel through Glenarm tained use. being much cleaner than other ower Plant next to the begin- "Caltech will universities, its portfolio relies ning of hwy 110. Yet, there is on natural gas which has ham- hope for Pasadena as its coal pered Caltech's ability to decar- contract expires in 2025 and eventually negotiat bonize. it has committed to 100% car- I power purchas Due to pressure from the stu- dent body, Caltech bon-free energy by 2030. Cali- agreement for non- formed a fornia has imposed additional Sustainability Advisory Council carbon energy." restrictions on public utilities in 2023 to oversee sustainabil- which requires them to decar- Consistent producers of ity efforts and identify areas of bonize by 2045. electricity such as geothermal improvement. The board of 12 Similar decarbonization ef- includes Provost David Tirrell, forts are underway at many oth- and wave matri Caltech large Vice President and Chief Op- er universities including a few wave unyielding power demands. erating Officer Charlie Lane, that are already carbon neutral continued on page 2 and Chief Sustainability Offi- including Stanford, American 2 Inside This Issue: MACH33 Science Theater Festival 4 This week in Tech history.. I'M INCREDIBLY BURNED OUT! wake up withalendache TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2024 Class of 2028 Regular Decision Acceptances Released Michael Gutierrez • The target class size is 230, News according to the decision letters sent by Chief Admissions Last Saturday at 11:22am, Regular Decision acceptance letters went out to Caltech's Class of 2028. Quick facts: Officer Ashley Pallie. They expect less than that number to commit to Caltech by May 1st, and plan to fill the remainder of spots from the waitlist. • The graduating Class Classof2024 • Caltech received approxi- mately 13,000 total applications for Class of 2028, comparable to Class of 2027's 13,136 applications. • This is the fourth under- graduate class since Caltech stopped accepting SAT/ACT had an initial size of 225. the target of 230 students is reached for Class of 2028, the size of the student body will not significantly change. ・ Discover Caltech ("Disco- Tech"), former v known as Prefrosh Weekend, will take place April 16-19 (Tue-Fri). As previously reported in the • This is the second year since Caltech switched to Restrictive Early Action (REA). • The total number of stu- dents accepted into the Class of 2028 has not been an- nounced yet, but according to the Admissions Office, it is less than last year. (412 students were accepted into the Class of 2027 last year.) • This is the least number of students admitted into Caltech class in the past 30+ years (the Tech only has data beginning 1993 - see page 3 of this issue for details) •25 Questbridge students were admitted through the National College Match. (Compared to 35 in the Class of 2027.) Tech, the Admissions Office plans to invite roughly 200 prefrosh to campus for the event. All DiscoTech hosts, including roommates will be compensated with $20 in Amazon credit per prefrosh hosted. • All you need to do to be a host: Pick up your DiscoTech student on Tuesday or Wednesday evening * Give them space to sleep on your floor * THAT'S IT! graphs shown on page 3 DISCOTECH overnight hosts Discover Caltech 2024 (DiscoTech) will be happening Tuesday, April 16 - Friday, April 19, 2024 and we are looking for overnight hosts for two or three nights! The deadline to sign up to be an overnight host is Friday, March 15 at 5:00 PM PST. 6 Prank attempt foiled As a thank you, we will provide the following: Hosts will receive a $20 Amazon gift card! If you have a roommate, they will receive a $20 gift card as well! If you host multiple DiscoTech attendees, you and your roommate will each receive an additional $20 per additional student hosted 9 State of the City Address 10 The California Tech Crossword 2 Tuesday, March 12, 2024 Tests Find No Active Asbestos Sources in Scott Brown Gym The California Tech Decarbonization Caltech is only supporting ad- alive installarons to laten te supply curve that will explicitly xpand PWP's supply and inate any thereby concert ceal. enersy bought from ewr ma Calteen s emissions onta Caltech's eral lads in duding steer co Reflections and Adam Wierman who contribute extensively to Caltech ana rasadenas ettors. Among their erforts on 1 Year of the integration of a smart grid Tech Editing Michael Gutierrez nized EV charging. The last mile problem also Editorial pplies to our energy Vhatever use. generated by fertilizer for land- slavis Hey friends! It has been a infrastructure is not year since helis. And bry And boy ready for overnight buv carbon offsets to meet the is it been an eventful yes Chose lu step to u broadest and most dincult to electrization. sition for the same reason that manage of the scope 3 emis- others. categories. I make a lot or decisions: 11 addition, Caltech's infra- Caltech, seemed cool and no one else many uni- versiles have Impiemented was going to do it. And let me structure is not ready for over- Lilia Arrizabalaga News mient elecuaron. The holduD timelines on when they expect takes so much work in order to Surface tests is mainlv due to the ericienc completed. detectable amounts of asbestos of the cogeneration plant. (UC) ao ll Menl. 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O ©THECALIFORNIATECH south weight room could all ba have time to recearch thie and continued on page 9 The MACH 33 Experience: Aubrey Clyburn's AXIOMS Damian Wilson Culture "What if we could prevent misco mun still isolation simniu nu crackina the unwer sal human code? Mathematics is, after all, the language of the and aren't arbon-based? Aren't we numbers, too? ruminates nrotagonist Eliza in her "apartment-slash- After selection, each piece was then assigned a science mentor. director. and cast with whom to prepare a reading. then. GREES ABOVE POLARIS and …A C. H. they toliower 2 te. male astronomer in an ideolog- theatrical exploration of num- her theorv. and the anny of talking stuffed animals among other things. With a cast and crew comprised in and around the Calte SPi community. the may was developed into a staged reading performed as part of the MACH 33 theater festival earlier this month. The script, one of three cho- sen hy birectors Kran Kronhy and Arden Thomas submissions, deemed a shining example "science-driven' play; i.e., a piece of theater that makes science teel more alive, exciting and tangible" by enhancing adventures excep- nonal Temale astronauts. te. spectively. For Aubrey Clyburn, part theater nerd and part math this strain STEM-driven art embodies The emnowerine union or two seldom put-together passions "Well. you have this theater i gion and me th mith p if i those to heath playi queried her mother during the fateful ronvercaton that wollid later how math-oriented hat ste of the play did initially give her some anxiety about its appeal, as Aubrey shared with the an- thor. "Are people going to re- The staged reading took place in Frautschi & Mie Rehearsal Hall on March ist. The cast, from left to right: Molly Goldstein, Adela Paez, Peter James Smith, and the author. Not pictured, though he was essential, is stage manag- er Eric Han. (Kevin Delin) Particularly someone volved in its nrodliction. " can T overstate the marvelous eyteni to which AXIOMS puts these Caltech-theatric virtues on full display. (My roles, I'm so priv- ileged to sav. having one of the included psycho-torturous stuffed animals.) 'associative property: And yet, though a Techer is un- 1ke v to he the kind of nercon renelled by axiomatic math. I'm far from the only one who vould attest to the play's emotional resonance. For Adela Paez, who played Eliza in the reading, AXIOMS's mathematical references were far from its most striking ele- spoke to nonshin I berween Eliza and her best friend Blaise]. ... Math came third, you know? That all came last to me. Kevin Me in the physicist, writer, and multidisciplinary the reading, speaks similarly of his experience: strona muman element in thi play. …think ats onsi in sto. eotune science-driven but this was a real play ab human beings, and it was told sensitive, unzaue way with humor " May the MACH 33 festival be a monument to how science and art are not at all irreconcilable, convergent toward a holistic exploration of what it means human—at least given the writing, acting, and directing needed to mothe that hap pen. ("I could not have four more perfect director, Aubrey stated of said extraordinaire.) -iven the play's nremise anlonkere may scientific mentorship provided mentor was brenna outten. a graduate ctinent chidnno human emn- tion and social cognition at the They reached out to Adolphs because they know he studies emorons and mu lah works with a people with autism, Through she put, Aubrey Brenna's fur- her refine the play's depictio T netroqlvergence and more hroadiv the challenge ot he ing a human among humans. The final draft of AXIOMS thus had that much more of an nona mmoact on and its viewers that much more seen. 'This was pertainv evi- uncertain. "Some of that is at The whims of the theater dods. Kevin caid We would like see this be picked up by a the. ater, and eventually it will get i reads The important thing art is that wou keen aoina un to hat " The perseverance, and sheer Kevin, talent of make Adela me, any and rate, more passionate about dolng theater at a place like Caltech Far from being sup oressive or discouraging os the last. toward culture of an institute like sue like this to how I talk about mu sister uho has Down syndrom Ad- one can instead be conducive entirely new paradign la remarked. "I know that [w of artistic expression, one that see things differently] but this sees mathematical logic, love more: that I nee that matie: that i need ever more • a lot more than that, sometimes, I take our reLation sies ora seed because see each oth- er every day. AS much as I would love to see the play attain the way fame that it deserves. the spellbinding phenomenon that sneaks to the basic reasons we stage anything at all. And. Kevin sagely 'The magic transient. niss it when happens, and is aone Let this arlice he a rominder nat to miee the navt one. future of AXIOMS is currently The California Tech Tuesday, March 12, 2024 Regular Decisions Acceptances - continued from page 1 igures courtesy of Professor Jared Leadbetter, faculty chair of first-year admissions First Year Class Size: 1992 to 2023 3 Z8U 267 (651 Admits) • 278 (510 Admits) • 267 (412 Admits) 260 254. • 223 1209 betore waitlist. 432 Admits) 218 220 200 • 217 У 205 191 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 700 650 600 550 540 Number of Admits by Year (1994 - 2023) •686 667 672 • 651 • 607 •608 566 • 573 • 560 •551. 584 • 573 576 553 •568 xa。 • •536 537 •520 • 515 •520 500 450 • 510 504 400 1993 1992 2003 2008 2013 2018 • 432 412 • 2023 4 Tuesday, March 12, 2024 Today in Tech history... The California Tech The California Tech March 12, 1999 The California Tech The Outside World by Cheryl Forest and Tech Staff BELGRADE, YUGOSLAVIA: "Yup, they're still fighting." A second of peace taiks are scheduled to begin in rrance this coming Monday, but most officials involved in the current round of peace discussions don t anticipate that the tighting will end because of this conference. BOGOTA. COLOMBIa: The bodies of the three Americans believed to have been kidnapped last week by Colombian rebels were discovered last rrigav in western Venezuela. In the past week, Colombia's left wing FARC (Revolu-tionary Armed Forces of Colombia), a Marxist rebel group responsible for 60% of Colombia's 2,000 annual abduc-tions. has claimed responsibility. Supposedly, "Com- mander Gildardo. a low-level guerrilla ordered the mur-ders. but the Colombian government is asserting that this man is being used as a scapegoal lor German briceno. who is the brother of FARC's second in command. Jorge Briceno. EAST TIMOR: The East Timorese people will soon have the opportunity to vote on a plan offering them "wide-rang-ing autonomy" within Indonesia. East Timor is a former Portuguese colony that was invaded by Indonesia in 1975 and was annexed a year later. If the people reject the autonomy vote as is expected, Indonesia will offer the coun try full independence. WALPORT, OREGON: The wreck of the New Carissa was sunk on Thursday was sunk by a Navy destroyer after fir- ine over 10 shells into 1t The shio ran aground off of Coos Bay on February 4th of this year, and has been spilling oil there since. Six hundred dead birds were found alCdrOy REDMOND, WASHINgTON: On Wednesday Microsoft acknowledged a security flaw in Window NT that could al- ow a person to gain suneruser oriveleages. Microsoft hopes that a patch will be available by the end of the week. DEATHS: Justice Harry S. Blackmun, who will be best remembered for his role in the historic Roe V. Wade court decision, died last Friday. Stanley Kubrick, the prolific and groundbreaking film director, died last Sunday. Joe DiMaggio. the Hall of Fame baseball player, died last Monday. CULTURE SHOCK by Cheryl Forest Auditions -TACIT "The Trojan Women" by Euripides Friday, March 12: 7:30 p.m. Satuday, March 13: 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 14: 2:00 p.m. Dabney Lounge Contact Shirley Marneus at 396-6259 for more information. Pilgrimage Across Europe narrated by William Stockdale Friday, March 12, 1999 at 8:00 p.m. Beckman Auditorium Spend a summer and part of the fall with a couple following their secret star on a pilgrimage that takes them from Wales to Romania, and finally to Portu-gal. This event is part of the Armchair Adventures Travel res Boys of the Lough Saturday, March 13, 1999 Beckman Auditorium This Celtic quintet represents the rich musical heritages of Ireland, England, Scotland, and the Shetland Islands. The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio Sunday, March 14 1999 at 3:30 p.m. Beckman Auditorium. The group will be performing: Haydn's Piano Trio in A Ma-jor, Hob. XV:18; Ravel's Piano Trio (1914); and Brahms's Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8. Ladysmith Black Mambazo Friday, March 19, 1999 at 8:00 p.m. Beckman Auditorium The South African a cappella group who made an impression on the world singing backup on Paul Simon's Graceland album. NEWS March 12, 1999 3 From the Dungeon... "Calling People Trash: A Macintosh Computer's Psychological Problem" My first face-to-face en- could I just have my disk hole into yielding the prom- counter with a Mac was when back?' And then I remem- ised prize. It took finding a big as an undergraduate working bered: a Mac does not even strong pin to do the job. And ale one mion in a no. cared remember am wash 1 unabie neieve i or not severa, nours insert a floppy disk into the to boot. My User's Guide gave after I had begun, I finally got slot which I have since come the obvious answer; press my disk back. to know as the black slot When I was done working, I Shift-Apple-1. My Mac responded with a blank stare. So if you ever wonder who invented eject buttons, you had the perhaps silly preten The Owner's Guide was help- know now it was a heck of a sion of getting my disk back. less, as was Getting Started. smart man (or woman). And Jooked ror an elect oution. voviousiy. electing a disk was you know ne or she nevel but alas, without success. Af- not a good place to start. Fi- worked for Apple. With many ter a long while of imploring nally, after I had become a software firms discontinuing this computer with personality Mac librarian, I found a source Mac support these days, it 1S to return my precious data, 1 of disc-ejecting knowledge: not uncommon to read about had the good fortune of a the Mac Reference suggested concern for Apple Computer's passer-by telling me to throw I boot the computer while Tuture Now you know what my disk to the trash. 'What?! Dressing tne mouse button and AbDies real probiem 1S My disk, to the trash?!' holding my left little finger to And talking about misno- Keassured that the trash actu the back of my head, for luck). mers. one last 1lluminating Taci ally represented me, and that This self-evident procedure for all of those lonely lechers if I moved the disk there it produced the response that out there: look up unable to would finally move to me. I should have by now been as get a date' in Microsoft Word's hesitatingly did so. Bad start: obvious: none at all. Thesaurus. Believe me that any combuter who calls 1lS My manual nad bur one it's worth it. You'll scarcely user trash has a serious psy- more recipe before sending me believe your eyes when you chological problem. But then to the all-powerful nearest see how honest bill Cates can again, who doesn't have a psy- Mac dealer. 'Take a pin', it chological problem, and so I said, 'straighten it and insert learned to live with Macs' in- it into the tiny hole beside the complete command of the En- disk slot until the disk is Alex Backer alex@caltech.edu glish language ejected'. Finding a pin late al But last week, the psycho- night was not trivial, but do- logical problem went physical, able. The real problem was and became real impotence. when I found out there was a My Mac was having a bad day, size mismatch: my "normal and decided not to load the operating system. 'Fine', I said, pin wasn't up to the job, and would not satisfy the black From the Dungeon..Is a column done in cooperation with the Graduate Student Council meant to cover graduate student issues. hex backer is a eruau- ale student ai caltech. The California Tech REPORTERS & COLUMNISTS WANTED Calling ALL members of the Caltech community - not just undergrads. The California Tech is the voice of the people, and we need you to speak! Visit tech.caltech.edu/write (or QR Code) to see story ideas and open positions tech.caltech.edu/submit tech.caltech.edu/discord tech@caltech.edu oh god how did i get here i am not good at communicating thoughts and feelings in a healthy and effective are you good at thought in a healthy and elective join the tech! EARTH DATA / THE MUSICAL THE BETA YEPSTON Tuesday, March 12, 2024 5 RITE AID You would never walk into the shower unprepared. Why the bedroom? So protect yourself. 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Email tech@caltech.edu describing your interest, and attach CV. 6 Tuesday, March 12, 2024 The California Tech The California Tech 7 S's Secret Plans to "Thiever" Bernoulli the Beaver Statue Michael Gutierrez Humor The Tech recently received an cret plan by Manita, whicl Illay alreauy be in progress, to steal the Caltech Beaver. Ver little is known about serie: all attempts by Tech reporters BiGPrank sHn seem to be met with a powerfu amnestic force. The only piece or evidence that was approved for Represia ere au (a) board what to be the fruits of a reconnaissance mission. •It1s currentlv unknown whether MaNia have already infiltrat- agents grave a of the afirat- aevarunent. or whether there are soles among us. One source alleged that a theft had already been attempted, but had failed since know statue was attached to a buried foundation. The bulletin board in the pho-aerial view of the entrance to Braun Gym and the surrounding ehoul yard Beaver à la Kevin McCallister, contains cenumeter-nrecision measurements of the distance the bollards at the hy this to determine Presum- reasour or ounane a tuck oi crane 1ln next To The statlle. is scrawled sideways in black harpie. The designers of thi be sessed with beavers in seera, Tom The presence ot the cbravuk t-shirt and bumper sticker. speak the I believe ] whole Caltech communily when I say: y'all can have nim THING dena Compas SEAV EV BEAUR BEAVER Nhat Would Ver2 Tuesday, March 12, 2024 fill Out Your TQFRS! Sing the praises of Rant about parts your favorite of the class that professors and TAs! could be improved. Share tips for acing the class with Give anonymous feedback! underclassmen! "PLEASE CLAIM HIM HE IS TOO STRONG HE AIN'T GOT HIS STICK IN THE MUDD Dear esteemed Editor of the California Technological Newspaper Establishment, Don't you remember the Some particularly self- magical feeling you felt in your disfigured stick figures have tummy when you first locked begun a scheme to win him vour gaze with Bernoulli the over. Beaver? That instant trauma- hondi connection you felt Not on our campus I say! Although we were all sussed as your eyes lost focus out by our beloved bulbous match his 'Far-Away Stare? I metallic mascot at first. the remember the naming contests stockhom like it was yesterday, when the embodies synarome has grown on idea of our bronze protector He is what we think of when was birthed by the Athletics someone mentions the word department's craving to spend Caltech. excess donation monev on ล I feel that I can speak for quirky endeavor. many of us when I say we have Ever since, our school pride dreamed of building a shrine has shot up! We even started a dedicated to Bernoulli and his football team whose games we beloved twigs. (oh... the twigs... AT.I, oo to every Friday to cheer so long and thin...) and sing! (In addition to all the BUT NOW, this stands at risk. existing sports teams whose Everything we've been through, games we ALL attend to cheer a year (?) down the line! and sing!) Oh the American college How could this happen? experience, how we've missed IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF THE MUDD HOMEWRECKER vou. CONSPIRATORS But, It seems we're not special. To be honest, now that I've had a chance to wallow mourning and in remove orange tinted the heart-shaped glasses bestowed unto me by our once cherished Bernoulli, I've had a chance to realize that…. you know what…. THEY It's time that prepping for we start Hot Techer summer. We will stand by and watch the tea unfold with a Red Door TBA in one hand, and a problem set in the other, unbothered and free. It is therefore that I cordially invite the Muddy thieves to do as they please. In fact. I encourage 1t. Go to https://access.caltech.edu/tqfr/taker/ queue and fill yours out today! See you soon! XOXO, @therealcaltechedu DO IT NOW!!! =>=>=> 8 Tuesday, March 12, 2024 A Photo Column By Gabriella Twombly and Ankita Nandi The California Tech STATE OF THE CITY 2024 State of the City Criminal squirrel ME72 Competition Arts Guild Debut: Wine* and Cheese Night Sascha Goldsmith The Inside World We're not just a STEM school! n Valentine's Dav hebruary 14th for our unfamiliar Tech- Caltech Arts Guild hosted it's debut ana Cheese canva Dalnun? origami hosted the Klacker Hovse dinino halli Given our recent weather, the dude with the red door umbrella Cheese in addition to other con-cumahlec were vanaliched After the successful night, the club funding to continue to host an additional 2 art night events on Keep an eve out for the an- nouncements next term! The California Tech Tuesday, March 12, 2024 9 Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordo Gives State of the City Address at Caltech Lilia Arrizabalaga also conducted community roacuve Inciaents. Inev wer News training on trauma informed cale awaru and siee ully urowu award. lacadema recently elections and re-elected Mayor Victor Gordo before, he gave the State of the ily aaares reoruary coun I the camill center Tor aston omy and Astrophysics here at Caltech. Speech The of the highlighted many le city's accomplishments and viciones over we past vear. The theme of the talk was Desing in th the future" and to be carbon free by USU. 11lt highway stulh Street and between Union Columbia Street, turning it into a blended space, a step away from car-centric in- 1asuruclure. Hire department sponded to over 24,000 cas majority of medical additional hey oth amoulance chased 4 new electric bicycles.- Mayor Gordo emphasized the city's dedication to housing, "1,701 of the 1,986 units pullt in the cly auring the last years- -over been affordable housing units. now live in affordable housing Ille nousine uevarunen ver manentiv noused 140 house hacC and opened Pasadena a 180 unit micro-unit affordable for extremely low and low in- come persons ceived police department re- 91,000 service and used de-escalation techniques in 463 incidents. Ine vouce deoarinent laced some recmitment challenges and intensified their hiring etc They are acquiring Laler. leteer. With as a new DUl budget of million it has the second high est budget of all the city depart-ments, with Water and Power beating them with a budget of 333.5 million. The public health depart- Reflections conunuea trom pase < zero out of 087 undergraduates lave responded to my email leading for help! But giving fair coverage to a story is always worth the extra ume, In my view. and 1 lntena eitond sote the best the seem ingly unwavering disapproval of some of our administrators. Case you haven't heard my Tanu about this. my goa with the ech has been and willi continue to be to increase communication between corners of campus. I firmly lieve that a majority of conflic and interversonal drama has miscommunication at its core. is very difficult in this that our reporting has done a disservice hesitants understand why people are Now, I'm under no illusion that the Tech has it very good compared to other student journalism outlets. institute, we At anoth-might have already gotten sued over, LUI examole. the Ille IX article series that we published. We re fortunate to have Caltech's generally very helpful and supportive community But why, people then, are so many afraid realadon Trom to name 2 tew That ve heard) the OSE, the deans, the the athletics director? Is it reasonable to fear lal sayine someunn critical pout these trous mil der ve nred, or booted off the team, or cockblocked from putting on Pasadena has also come out of the recession fairly well off, ccupancy tax on hotel slays ShOr Lerin renlas returning to nre-nandemic lev els. In addition there has been a shift on people primarily stay-travel, Slavine durine Lne n, such weekenas. evidence ot 2 nooming tourism industry, highlighted by Pasadena being included in the New York Times' list of 52 places to visit during 2024. The City Attorner City Prosecutor's othce stafted the oversight release of the independent po- lice auditors first public revort on lise of force investigations In addition, they helped defend the Charter H amendment es- tablishing rent control. They 34% of hires to the city gov- Pasadena na City website traffic was from Joe lorarv susten anden over 225,000 ltems to both physical and digital. They are also work-ng on seismic retrofitting for he Central Library and aim to De combiete bv 2025. The li- brary helped support the community in various ways includ-state parks thation becheck state and having tree vaccine clinics The Parks, Recreation, and Services John spened a de, art-pool which will provide year-round aquat- programming. The public works department removed over 11,500 incidents of ti, around 2,000 of which were tributed on soe tot anc vaccines. They at ana sena, o people a crucial role in departm the response 10 Tropical Storn Hillary, providing emergency somelessness. Ty exteen, the homelessness. PPHD reported the irst local Iv-acquired case of dengue vi rus l caoma. la resoose they conducted door to door outreach about reducing mosquito populations and preventing mosquito bites. The Transportation depart- ment recimedi nandem- ic service levels for Pasadena Transit and Dial-A-Ride, serving over 1.1 million customers. Joev aso mue several kev Stens to zero-emission trans-portation. it might be unpopular. We've this matter be of it thai hose, been captued ye its that crusnine chmale of fear of re- taliation. bv the likes of admin-istration, faculty, or otherwise. Maybe I just have an especial of this being edi- tor-in-chief, but it is astounding to me now orten people ask me To nunish an article or 2 quote of theirs anonymously, because scared of damaging re-ships that their success at Even something as mundane as the squirrel email chain controversy on the grad student listserv last fall. For some of the contentious topics, ICISIS Ite Doncies. I nave a nard nme hnding anvone who will dare to write about them at all. And when I see things like freshmen getting kicked out of student lousine curlie a Vanuenuic ve ause they started and nut oui a tre, entire House traditions coming to a screeching halt at the hands of one RLC from administrators telling me thought so, I wouldn't be writing this. Maybe there's a parallel uni- verse where I'm not. Anyway, I didn't really have a defined direction for where this was going to go. It certainiv chota not he ronetad a a0. me. I thịnk 1S. frustration. An in- credibly broad sense of frustra-tim frustrated at myself for I'm frustrated at my peers for not caring enough; or else, caring about the right things. I'm frustrated at the powers that be for... having power, I guess. Most of all, I'm just frustrated with society as a whole. It's ‹inda cringe, ngl But hey we make the best out or what we have. And we have a pretty great community :) Here's to another year of Tech! When Will This Show End? (Lessons in Chemistry Episode 3) Victoria Davis I still think is a horrible name 1s swimming in a Deaker tul Culture for a dog. We learn that the dog of frog eggs. Who knew this is ran awav non multar schoo women took necalise The dog was a coward. tests back in the day pregnancy To recap, I have been writing reviews on His words, not mine. A small history of women's health care and family "I was a coward and ning plan- hated myself for it" month: Apparent, sto the 1935 to 19o0 know why neone sunscribe to Apple TV+. I've tried watching The Morning Show-awful. I the lead- -Six Thirtv dog from the show Lessons In Chemistry ing pregnancy test for womer involved injecting women's urine into the African clawed long movie, Killers of The Flower Moon-the most boring movie Ive ever seen with the most bland acting imaginable. and then Brendan Fraser appears at the ess to say, my time spent watching things on Annle TV+ has been time lost. time I'll never get back. So here I am to waste your time, telling you about the third episode Ul bessuits try: Chemis- Living Dead Things. the nast two enisodes. we meet Hlizaheth ott Checaah taph- he dog ran away trom mill-tary school and landed in Zott's the hange thinh cang where inserted himself into Zott and Evans' lives. After Evans gets hit bv a bus. the dog mune aWaV again. Awav from the scene of the crime and back to Zott. He's there when the police tell Zott about He's when en 2055 goes To the Tulmeral. hes There when loft retirns to work Upon work, Zott finds that supplies and lab equisment sun pies, the basement tor storage-oft nahle to continie their work D This from the fios, This tet the bnush zoologst and medical statistican ancelot Hoohen who discovered in 1931 that jecting frogs with a pregnan the hormone, human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG)) causes traoc to avillate and nrodlice eggs within 12 hours. Modern Six Thirty, dog, is voiced by B.J. Novak tling her kitchen piece by piece. We see her chiseling away counter tiles. bulla an i pering t industrial-grade vere first invei pregnano est veren't available for commer- Mal murchase nregnancy self-tect 1ntil 1020 From 1967 to 1980, immunol-a doctor. In the at UCLA. But, things are looking She meeta netrienne and falls in love with Dr. Calvin Evans. Arguably du to a and steal Zott's Boroweitz and other Ur. set out to reproduce Zott's data and take credit for 198os. experts expressed con- cem ana nenone To nave the at-home pregnancy tests banned because feared able mnas a way to ger ryans struck by a bus. much science happen? not. Instead, this epi- sode from perspective of the dog, Six Thirty-which Zott discovers she is preg nant by injecting a frogrosts The injected placed in a beaker of water and second. control troo 1s lacen in a second beaker with water. , control frog The next morning, urine frog looks the same, i or be able to read the instructions Back to the episode: Now that does 'Lott know che ic nreonant and unable to continue her re- tage continues with repeating scenes of Zott waking up ner alarm. rowine on a rowin: machine tuning on 2 tunewrit-er, beating meat with a mallet, and doing construction on the kitchen The episode ends with Zott being in her last trimester. It's the tret time she has heen in a doctor's office as she was "hop ing it would take care of itself. support system is her dos one. Tethe Harri-final minutes mer to her kitchen sink. he sageh The episode goes through a montage of scenes of Lott disman- Zott exists in a world that now seems dren l beovie. don't have au- tonom over their own bodies are tired at-will. and don't have authority to conduct their own research. It is astounding how granted with a single court ruling and never followed through with enshrin. 1no 1n 011r conctiflition. Human ights can be stripped awar ing, in a blink of an eye. Maybe Zott's world won't soon seem so unfamiliar. Mavbe this show won't end Mawhe it will ank nore and more like our every. lav life Make sure you vote in No- vember. I hope vou won't swaved bu insinid noise and will nerhans realize there are two Supreme Court seats that will need filling in the next four years.. 10 Tuesday, March 12, 2024 Kobe! 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