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Volume XCVII, Number 12 Pasadena, California 12, 1996
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that grades will help to motivatethe frosh who are now blowing offvarious classes. However, will thebenefit from this exceed the damage done to people who pushthemselves too far for a goodgrade? While only time will tell, I
that the latter will dominateare many frosh so re
fi'om the top ofhigh schools.
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everybody. One ofof sanity is be
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Frosh, on pass/fail" com-fort the distressed frosh.
LETTERS TO EDITORTHE OUTSIDE WORLDQUANTUM COMPUTERSASCIT MINUTESCOMICSMEDIA GUYBOOK REVIEWGOAL-SETTINGSPORTSANNOUNCEMENTS
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Could be Gordon Moore....
by Erik Streed
The frosh are on shadowgrades this term. Beiil;&mtfpshthis concerns me. One6£thijt~a-·
sons I choose CaltechmY~f·6fh~rschools was the fact thatfiij~hf~arwas all pass/fail.makes the transitioneasier to handle.this fall I found out thatwould be on grades.I thought, that'sPlen ty of timeto theNow these gradescreeping out of the wc,oc[wcThis trend is disturbing as itdirectly back to the badwhen frosh were graded
Courses whichbeen pass/fail (Physicsistry 1b, etc. ) nowworked. Gradingbe created.bell curves to sendheads ringing.this will affect the classam sure the administration hopes
They~re here....
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ity can achieve.A woman ofextraordinary
talent and strength, June Jordan will be speaking at noonon Monday, January 15,1996at Ramo Auditorium. Forthose who are unable to attendthe noon celebration, therewill be an Evening Medley of
. Gospel Songs performed by amass choir participants including The PCC Gospel Choir andvarious other groups. Markyour calendar and be ready toexperience a literary, culturaland musical tour.
York Times; her outstandingachievement was further recognized when she received theNational Association of BlackJournalist Achievement Awardfor International Reporting onthe Black Condition in 1984.
Jordan has become a voicethat "epitomizes wise sister, alter ego, conscience, song."While delivering thoughts ofcommitment, passion, revolution and creativity, she challenges her readers to examinetheir own involvement in realizing the possibilities human-
Rev. Martin Luther King, fr.
ing to he revived Monday
SEE MOORE ON PAGE 3
communications, power electronics, signal processing andmicrowave electronics, theMoore Lab contains lecture hallsand teaching laboratories. Infact, a few of the teaching laboratories are devoted to motivatedunderclassmen in basic AppliedPhysics classes and Digital Electronics classes.
A Micro-department store,the EE stockroom carries over1,000 items, varying from Integrated circuits, wires, electronicsparts to stationary, drinks andcandies. Located in the quietsub-basement ofMoore Lab, thespatial EE Stockroom also comeswith a mini-library, housing numerous data books and electronics catalogues from various companies. "Having a place for thestudents to sit and go check outIC information is definitely abonus," grins Lyn Hein, thestockroom manager. While "oneis not a real EE unless he's gotparts in his hands," Jenkin, theVice President of the Intel Corporation, strongly encouraged
Looking for a little historical and cultural tour? A seriesof events you might want toconsider is the Dr. MartinLuther King Birthday Commemoration. Following theperformance of AfricanAmerican singing groupAlkebulon Boys Choir, the famous political activistJuneJordan will give a speech commemorating Dr. King's contributions, highlighting his lifeand civil rights struggles.
From the Harlem riots of1964 to the Persian Gulf War,today's wars against immigrants and families on welfare,Gay & Lesbian Americans andall victims of hate crimes,Jordan's work transcends thetraditional bounds of self andsociety, expressing the unity ofequality, justice and tenderness.
Named "one of the mostimportant poets writing today"by The Library Journal, Jordanhas had poetry included in virtually every major anthology,such as Norton Anthology ofModern Poetry and The Village Voice Anthology. Dramatriumphant, she published TheIssue, BangBang UberA lies, andAll Blessings in the 80s. A regular columnist for The Progressive,Jordan's essays, reviews, articles and poems appear in awide range of publicationsfrom the Essence to the New
by Maria Huang
Maria Huang
Spirit of Dr0Y celebrations to memorialize slain civil rights leader
A generous gift of$16.8 million from Gordon and BettyMoore has finally given birth toa new 90,OOO-square-foot laboratory that will enable the Caltechfaculty in the Division of Engineering and Applied Science toaccelerate their developing communication and computationalsystems of the future. With itsporticoes and red tile roof, theMoore Laboratory of Engineering is true to the Mediterraneanstyle of Caltech's traditional architecture.
The Moore Building is finelyequipped with 110 high-poweredPentium personal computers,courtesy of the Intel Corporation, allowing faculty and students to conduct applicationsranging from VLSI circuit design, simulations, word processing, and classroom work. Featuring the first fiber-optic computernetwork on Caltech campus, theMoore Lab computers will enhance faster communication ofinformation. In additional to theadvanced research facilities for
January 12,1996 The Tech
FEATURE WRITERS
Adam VillaniTerry Moran
PHOTOGRAPHER
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thing to do as an undergraduate is not to wastetime and remain idle. I suggest that as an undergraduate, one should strive to bedoing something productive. This could be anythingfrom doing well in yourcourses, to doing research,to writing poetry. The bottom line is to pursue yourinterests to the best that youcan.
Undergraduatesshould explore,
keep options open
Dear Editors,This is in response to the
article "Success & Our Future"by Samson Timoner that appeared in the January 5,1996issue of the Tech.
I find the article by Samsoninspiring and full of energy.Nevertheless, I disagree withthe article in saying that oneshould figure out their lifegoals as an undergraduate.
The undergraduate experience is when one usually discovers her interests and talents.It is a unique time in your lifewhen you get to meet manypeople and participate in allkinds of activities. Goals oncedecided upon as a freshmanmay change over the course offour years as an undergraduate. This is quite alright as theaverage college student in theUS changes his m~jor 3 times.
Further, as you progress towards your degree, you mayfind that you have undiscovered talents even in your junior and senior year. You maynot have been exposed to asmany things in high school asyou are in college, so restricting your goals as a freshmanmay be a pitfall.
Of course, if you are already sure about how you wantto shape the rest of your life(say you want to be the President of the United States),that's great and you shouldprobably pursue that goalwith every effort. But leaving options open as an undergraduate will not damage your chances of successlater in life.
The most important
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Editors' note:Last week's editorial on
affirmative action was written byeditor Mason Porter. The omissionof Mason's name was an oversightand in no way implies that theeditorial expresses the views of theCalifornia Tech, any other editor, orany staffmember ofthis paper.
Dear Editors,I was saddened to read the
editorial in the Jan 5th editionof The Tech on the subject ofaffirmative action. It seemed tome that the writer missed thepoint of the policy rather spectacularly. It is not, as I understand it, intended to right thewrongs against minorities thatoccurred decades ago, butrather to help right the wrongs
the are happening now. Forexample, while assessing college candidates on the basisof race is in a narrow contextracist, it is designed tocounter a broader racismwhich permeates Americansociety and denies many minority Americans access to thequality ofeducation necessaryfor them to achieve their potential and compete normallyin college applications.
Affirmative action is described as unfair and racist,but I do not believe that it is.I believe that it is a response,to racism, occurring inAmerica now, that deprivesmany minorities of things thatmore wealthy and privilegedfellow Americans take forgranted.
PETE BURGESS
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ates, Caltech seeks demonstrablequantitative and verbal abilities,initiative, perseverance, breadthof interests, etc.) and that themetric for each dimension ispoorly determined (to cite themost objective for admissions,SAT scores have a precision nobetter than +/ - 20 points) . Whilethis does not mean that all candidates are indistinguishable, itdoes mean that any measure ofqualification has a large errorbar, and so there is often a poolofequally "qualified" candidates.It is then not unreasonable toconsider such secondary factorsas gender, ethnicity, or economic
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Dear Editors,A major premise of your
1/5/96 editorial on affirmative action clashes with myreal-world experiences injudging candidates for manydifferent positions.
That is, that one can determine unambiguously whois "best qualified." It is almostalways the case that the considerations are multi-dimensional (e.g., for undergradu-
Affirmativeaction editorialsparks response
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WASHINGTON, D.C. The budget talks were suspended on Tuesday untilnext week. The discussionthat was to bring about a final decision turned into 4hrs. of haggling before allparties chose to take abreak.
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head-quarter was not trivial. Thesummer rain of 1995 definitelymade the construction infamously challenging. The attendants shared a moment of silentin memory of Mr. Jim Lennox, aconstruction work who sacrificeddue to a construction accidentlast summer. The Mediterraneanstyled building erects at thenorth of theCaltech campus,providing the Caltech studentsand faculties an totackle the that can besolved SCIence te<:hllOJlogy.
cal cavity formed by two highlyreflective mirrors, one of which allowed partial transmission oflight.The scientists sent pairs of photons through the cavity, and investigated the states of the photonswhen they reemerged, showingthat the output state of each photon depended on the polarizationofboth input photons. This isjustwhat is required to implementquantum logic.
In effect, the cavity functioned as a rudimentary logic gateat the single photon level. Thephotons served as the currentneeded to carry bits of informa-
tion; and changing the photons' polarization was analogous to flipping the bits inconventional computers.The Caltech result, byKimble and graduate students Christina Hood,Hideo Mabuchi, QuentinTurchette, and research fellow Wolfgang Lange, was accompanied by a paper in thesame issue of Physical ReviewLetters by a group at the National Institute of Standardsand Technology in Boulder,
Colorado. Together these papersrepresent the first demonstrationsof conditional dynamics at thesingle-quantum level - the levelsuitable for implementing discretequantum logic.
While this result is a significant first step, many complexproblems remain to be solved before even primitive networks ofquantum logic gates could bebuilt, much less an entire computer. Indeed, researchers havenot yet determined whether largeand complex quantum computerscould ever be built using curren ttechnological strategies.
In this regard, the work ofKimble's group is especially important because they have focusedon an optical implementation ofquantum logic. Because singlephotons can be transmitted longdistances through optical fibers,optical quantum logic gates couldbe used for specialized applica3
tions in optical communication,'even if they prove not to be usefulfor quantum computers.
This work was supported bythe National Science Foundationand the Office of Naval Research.
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tum states of atomic particles tocarry and manipulate information. The basic components in aquantum computer would bequantum logic gates.
Motivated by the recent excitement over Shor's algorithm,Kimble and his group demonstrated that the strong interactionbetween photons and an atom inan optical cavity can provide thebasis for building optical quantumlogic gates. Their optical quantumlogic gate operates by processingthe polarization states of a pair ofphotons, with the polarizationstate of each photon encodingone bit of information.
Any legitimate logic gate mustdisplay an essential feature calledconditional dynamics, whichmeans that the output ofeach gatemust depend upon both inputs tothe gate. Or, in an optical quantum logic gate, the output state ofeach photon must depend on theinput state of both photons.
In their experiment, reportedin the December 18,1995 issue ofPhysical Review Letters, Kimble'sgroup showed strong conditionaldynamics for an atom in an opti-
munity to make discoveries inscience and engineering of significant benefit to industry andto humankind.
The dedication of The Gordon and Betty Moore Laboratoryof Engineering at the CaliforniaInstitute of Technology tookplace in the afternoon on Tuesday, January 9, 1996. Well attended by people inside and outside of the Caltech comrnunity,The with a wel-come Caltech Presi-
Dr. Thomas andended with the Moore +o,>~iil"',,
warm invitation to the new-
the distinction between two alternate states, such as zero or one,no or yes - as pulses of electricalcurrent through wires, transistors,and other components. The basicbuilding blocks of an ordinarycomputer are logic gates, whichprocess the bits of information.The processing either passes thebits through unchanged or "flips"them, changing zeroes to onesand vice versa. Theorists have proposed that a quantum computermight work by recreating the components and logic gates of conventional computers in a quantummechanical way, using the quan-
The work ofKimble'sgroup is especially
important because theyhave focused on an
optical implementationofquantum logic.
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PASADENA Caltech physicists have demonstrated that individual photons, which normallydo not interact, can strongly influence each other when brought together with an atom inside an optical cavity.
This result interactions between single photons - could beused to make information processing devices that employ quantummechanical effects to improvetheir performance. Further, thesedevices could form the buildingblocks needed to construct a"quantum computer," atheoretical machine that, researchers believe, could outperform any computerbased on conventional technology.
Scien tists and securityspecialists have given the sub-ject of quantum computipgmuch attention since the1994 discovery of an algorithm - a mathematicaltechnique - for factoringlarge numbers on a quantumcomputer. This algorithm,devised by Peter Shor at AT&TBell Labs in Murray Hill, NewJersey, means that in theory, a quantum computer could outperformany conceivable classical computer. Such a machine would havewide ranging implications for everything from national security toautomated teller machines, because the encryption codes thatprotect electronic data rely onhuge numbers that even the mostpowerful conventional computercannot factor. A quantum computer would make such codes obsolete.
The area of quantum information and computation hadcaught the attention of the quantum optics group at Caltech,headed by Professor of Physics H.Jeff Kimble. Together with SethLloyd at MIT, the quantum opticsgroup recognized that their experiments were closely related tosomething called quantum logicgates. Quantum logic gates are thebuilding blocks needed to construct a quantum computer.
Conventional computerswork by sending classical, prescribed "bits" of information -
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1students to become motivated tolearn electronic parts and to conduct hands-on experiments.
Having received his Ph.D. inchemistry from Cal tech in 1954,Dr. Moore has been a long termsupporter to the Institute. A cofounder of the Intel Corporationin 1968 with the late RobertNoyce, he now serves as chairman of the company. Often
for "ifyou slow down, youdoom " Dr. Moore
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also meet with Sharyn Slavinand Stan Borodinsky aboutfunding for the new ASCITprinter (as David Derkits REALLY would like his printerback). Finally, Dave will put upthe signups for ASCIT Presidentand Vice President thisWednesday.
the BOD to meet with Caltechadministration members onceperterm. We also talk about twopossible Bylaw changes. Thefirst proposed change, allowingthe president slightly differentvoting privileges (he now has tobeat a dead chicken in 5/4 timewhenever he wants to vote), wi IIbe turned into a resolution redefining a tie and defining theword "infastuous" as "a possiblehomonym of the word /arboreal'''. The second amendment,separating the offices of BOCChair and Vice-President with a50 terawatt laser, was very incomplete and needs work. We'llrework the schematic and discuss the revised amend menext week.~ Laura has to talk to GraphArts about billing process forthe ASC copier. ra also
to Stan Borodinskyset a separate ASC ac-
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wrote an agenda for3 terms. Hopefully,
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Kanna, and Kanna pays him before he leaves.~ Jon wrote a of recom-mendations and laws andresolutions, many (2) which wepassed last meeting/year/term.
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Whether you like poetry or hate it, we havethe event for you! FernDavyes will be giving a poetry reading tonight from6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in theJudy Library in BaxterLecture Hall. She manages to make even poetryhaters enjoy her readings. Come see how shedoes it...
Monday, January15th is Martin LutherKing, Day. No, youdon't get the day off.However, the Caltech Yhas a few events scheduled to commemoratehis birthday:12:00 noon-JuneJordan,speaker, Ramo Auditorium6:30-8:00 PM-Alkebu-IanBoys Choir "FromCradle to Carriage",Ramo Auditorium, narration and gospel choir
and became serious art collectors interested in supportingemerging artists and artistsfrom California. Peter NortonComputing was sold to the Silicon Valley conglomerate,Symantec in 1990, and theNortons now spend much oftheir time collecting art.
In the current exhibit atthe Santa Monica Museum ofArt, one well known work is a 9foot tall mannequin by the LAartist Charles Ray; another is aprison window by RobertGobert of New York. There areexciting sculptures, photographs, and paintings whichtogether forma stunning visualexperience. The Norton exhibit will be showing until February 25. In addition to thefour galleries the exhibit spans,there is other art including awork that takes up a wholeroom with six TVs and two projectors.
The locality of the SantaMonica Art Museum is fun, too.There are many exotic shopsand the beach is a coupleblocks away. To get to the Museum, take the 110 south, to the10 west, exit Lincoln left,Ocean Park right, and take aright on Main. The address is2437 Main Street. The hoursare Wed. and Thu. 11 a.m. 6p.m., Fri. 11 a.m.-l0 p.m., Sat.and Sun. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Thetelephone number is (310)399-0433.
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Contemporary art andNorton Utilities? Surprisingly,the two are related.
"A Glimpse of the NortonCollection as Revealed by KimDingle" is now showing at theSanta Monica Museum of Art.The Norton Collection contains contemporary art primarily by young and upcomingartists. Although there is nospecific theme that pervadesthe entire collection, there issome focus on the "post-conceptual movement" and workshaving to do with identity. KimDingle, an LA artist, was chosen to create the exhibition ofselected works from the Nortoncollection. In the exhibitionshe has tried to give a sense ofthe 'behind the scenes' effortsneeded to maintain a large artcollection.
In 1983, Peter Nortonfounded Peter Norton Computing, the software companythat introduced the popular PCprograms Norton Utilities,Norton Anti-Virus, andUnerase. In 1985, after thecompany became successful,Peter and his wife Eileen tookto collecting contemporary art,fulfilling a dream they hadshared since their courtship.Neither of them had any formal background in the visualarts. They established theNorton Foundation in 1988
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As would be expected, the critics' poll showed evidence of muchbetter taste, honoring innovativerocker P] Harvey in several categories including Artist of the Year. Albums by Tricky, Elastica, SmashingPumpkins, Neil Young, Oasis, andpersonal favorite Bjork also received mention. On the otherhand, they too named White Zombie as Best Metal Band and the reasonably good but not fantasticR.E.M. continued their death gripon the nation's rock critics by being named Best Band. The critics'winners don't really match up withmy own, but I can respect theiropinions, unlike those of the readers. It's good to see somebody coming out in favor of interesting, talented artists who bring somethingnew to the music scene instead ofthe tired old fogeys and inoffensivetripe-meisters nominated forGrammys or the flavor-of-the-week
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MyoId nemesis RollingStone magazine has releasedthe winners of its 1996 readers' poll, and while they'remaybe a step ahead of theGrammys, the Rolling Stonereaders triumph mediocrityas much as ever. While not asgrating as the CountingCrows, Pennsylvania's Artistof the Year winners Live,whose "Lightning Crashes"topped KROQ's lamer-thanever 1995 list, just prove thatBob SegeHype let's-try-reallyhard-to-sound-earnest arenarock can be repackaged andsold to today's youth as "alternative" ifyou shave your headand wear t-shirts. Ultramiddle-of-the-road Hootieand the Blowfish showed upon a lot of the RS readers'worst and best lists; a bandthat bland doesn't deserve tobe on either. Inexplicably,Live's win in the Artist of theYear category doesn't meritany of the five "Best Band"slots. Huh? Other ignomini- .ous honorees included AlanisMorissette
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will guide your life. This makes somuch sense when you think aboutit: you should live your life according to what you want to achieve;and, everything you want to achieveis on your goals list. So there aretwo purposes to a goals list: it willhelp you focus on what you wantand it serves as a constant reminderof your future.
Once you have written yourfirst goals list, make a plan. Figureout what you need to do to achieveeach goal. Talk to knowledgeablepeople; do research. Once youknow what you have to do, set deadlines. Don't worry that your planwill be flawed. That's O.K. As youcarry out your plan, you canchange it to make it more realistic.
The final step in making agoals list work for you is to spendyour day thinking about it. Thismay seem excessive, but it's isn't.Try it for a day; thinking about youfuture can change your attitude onlife. You'll have ideas that will helpyou toward your lifelong dreamsit's an exhilarating feeling whenyou have those ideas.
If you walk around thinking,"I really think I can do this," yourself-confidence will build and youwill put yourself in a position tosucceed.
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going to M.LT. is a key to my future. Knowing that I need to workhard enough to get into M.LT.helps give me an extra push, andextra self-discipline to put thatmuch more energy into my classwork and research.
There is power in knowingwhat you want to do in 5,10 and 20years. Ifyou walk around everydaythinking about the things you wantto accomplish, you will achievethem! Your goals list can transformyou from a talker to a doer. Inother words, if you are constantlyreminded of your goals, you willmake decisions that will help youaccomplish them. Conversely, ifyou "kind of know", what you mightwant to be doing in 20 years, thereis no power.
Go home tonight and make alist of the things that you want todo with your life. If you want toclimb Mount Everest, great! Ifyouwant to be the first woman on themoon, more power to you. Putdown anything and everything youwant to do, but make it concrete.Don't say, "I want to go to graduateschool." Do some research. Pick aspecific graduate school that fitsyour desires so you can visualizespecifically why you are working sohard. "I'm working on this#$%#@!! homework set so that Ican get into M.LT!" Your goals list
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goals, you force yourself to focus.You will question yourself as youwrite down each goal. "Is that really what I want to do?" This willforce you to ask questions such ashow are you going to accomplisheach goal. For example, supposeyour lifelong dream is to earn amillion dollars. Writing that onyour goals list will force you to answer how you plan to do it, andwhether you are willing to put inthe time and effort to succeed. Justby writing your goals, you areforced to think about your futurein more detail than you ever havebefore.
Once your goals list is written,it will serve as a reminder of whatyou expect in your future. Put yourlist in an easily visible place, so youcan see it while you're working.When you are doing a difficulthomework assignment, look at yourlist and remind yourselfwhy you areworking so hard. In my case, I think
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The first item you will need isa plan. In 1953 a study ofYale University graduates found that only 3percent had written down their lifegoals. A follow-up study 20 yearslater found the combined financialnet worth of those 3% was greaterthan the remaining 97% of the classcombined! What is so powerfulabout writing your goals? You knowwhat you want to do, why do youhave to write it on paper?
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When one picks up a newspaper or tunes-in to the eveningnews, it seems that the world is inchaos. Crime is in our backyard,pollution is strangling our cities,and education is being flusheddown the toilet. All sorts of "numerical" data abide: PoliticianBob Smith has the country's best(or worst) approval rating ever,the economic indicators predictgood (or bad) trends for thestock market, and a quarter of thepopulation doubt the Holocaust.Does this stuff make any sense?
Enter best-selling author andmathematician John AllenPaulos. His latest offering, AMathematician Reads the Newspaper,explores the ins-and-outs ofjournalism, offers some insight aboutinterpreting stories, and tellsreaders how to catch their newspapers' nonsense.
Most of Paulos' conclusionsare based upon high school math~ematicallogic. For example, individuals suspecting that cellularphones cause cancer forgot totake into account the normal caneel' rate for people who don't usecellular phones. In murder trials using DNA fingerprinting, theprobability of matching the print(say, one in a large number) is notrelevant, but the probability thata matching suspect is guilty (onein the number of people whomatch the prints) is relevant.
Other conclusions werebased on fundamentally misleading practices of some journalists.Paulos might have lambasted anarticle by appearing in The WallStreetJournal this past Wednesdayabout women's shoes: "Middleaged and older wOlp.en have theirown reasons for demanding morecomfortable dress shoes: 80 million of them suffer from footproblems, says the AmericanOrthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society. And no wonder: The average American woman's foot sizeis 8 wide, yet the best-s<,;lling shoesize is 7.5 medium. Do the math."The author apparently means tosuggest that women buy shoesthat are too small for them. Unfortunately, he forgets that themost-common number in a seriesneed not be the average. Let us"do the math." Consider the following (hypothetical) set ofwomen's shoe sizes: 7, 7.5, 7.5,7.5,8,8,8.5,9,9. Ifeveryone buysthe correct size shoe, the best-selling shoe size is 7.5 and the average is 8; thus, a difference between the average and the mostcommon element doesn't suggesta problem.
While most of his topics are,like those mentioned above,quite basic, the text is light, notboring. Paulos writes in a fun,energetic style, sporting a loftyvocabulary reminiscent ofSAT orGRE cram sessions. The book isorganized into small "articles"; itdefinitely makes a good companion to the morning paper. Whilestudents of political science orothers who do not study mathem'atics will benefit most fromreading this book, the mathematically inclined will enjoyPaulos' occasional puzzles andwill probably learn several thingsabout numbers in the news that
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allle lllelllbersPerry, master of the spitball. Thatin itself is not, however, the reason to vote them in, as somebodywho does not think Perry shouldbe in the Hall probably shouldnot vote for Sutton or Niekro.Though I feel Perry does belongthere, there are some players(such as Harry Hooper) whomost people believe do not.
One can also make argu-ments for Perez, formercloser Bruce Sutter (whosaves 300 games), andSteve Garvey, the wouldbe father ofour country.None of the players whoappeared on this year'sballot for the first timetruly deserve election.In fact, only three ofthem (including KeithHernandez and BobBoone) even receivedthe requisite 5% of thevotes to be on the ballotnext year. Some of thosewho will no longer be on
the ballot are John Tudor,Claudell Washington, Jeffrey("Hackman") Leonard, 1"I,nrHi
Ray, and Dan Quisenberry.(Quisenberry, though not Hall ofFame caliber, deserved to remainon the ballot for his role as thepremier closer in baseball for several years.) In fact,and a few others received novotes. In the next few years, theHall of Fame will meet with manyexcellent candidates not currently eligible. In 1999, for example, Nolan ("The E)'press")Ryan, George Brett, Robin Yount,and Carlton Fisk will all be eligible for the first time (they allretired after the 1993 season),and should all get elected thatyear.
poin~ed out that 300 victoriesused to be considered goodenough for automaticHowever, nothing should be considered as such, because theplayer must be viewed on one'sentire playing ability. For example, former slugger DaveKingman hit about 450homeruns, but would have become the first player with 500homers not to be elected to theHall had he reached that milestone. He was a one-dimensionalplayer; he was horrible defensively and only batted about .230.He failed to get at least 5% ofthevotes his first year on the ballot,and was subsequently dropped.Both pitchers have similar statistics to Hall-of-Famer Gaylord
ally, he almost single-handedlykept the knuckleball alive, helping the two main activeknuckleballers (Tom Candiotti ofthe Dodgers and Tim Wakefieldof the Redsox) control their mainpitch. Sutton, in his third year ofeligibility, won 324 games and lostonly 254, and in my opinionshould also have been voted intothe Hall of Fame. Niekjro
write-in votes last year.Nonelection by the writers,
however, does not preclude election by the Veterans Committee,and IS-member group comprisedmainly of former baseball playersand current executives. The Veterans Committee can only consider those who both were on theHall of Fame Ballot their finalyear ofeligibility and garnered atleast 60% of the vote inanyone year. JimBunning, who missedbeing elected by a scantfew votes several yearsago, is expected to begranted entry throughthis means in 1996.
In each of the pastthree years (ReggieJackson, Steve Carlton, andMike Schmidt in 1993,1994, and 1995 respectively), only one personper year was voted intothe Hall of Fame bybaseball writers. In eachcase, the candidate dominatedthe n;st of the field to be votedinto the Hall in his first year ofeligibility. There was no such candidate this year. Formerknuckleball pitcher Phil Niekroled the voting with 321 (68.3%)of the votes. Following him wete
. first basemen Tony Perez (309votes, 65.7%) who had his peakyears as part of the "Big Red Machine" (the Reds) of the 1970's,and Don Sutton (300 votes,63.9%), the mercenary pitcherwhose gray locks are somewhatreminiscent of Shirley Temple.Niekro, affectionately known as"Knucksie", was in his fourth yearof eligibility. He should havebeen elected, as he won 318games while losing 274. Addition-
On Monday, re-porters denied every player onthe ballot entry into MajorLeague Baseball's Hall of Fame.This was only the eighth time inthis annual process, the first timesince 1971, that nobody waselected to the Hall ofFame by thebaseball writers who voted. Players become eligible five years after retirement and remain on theballot for 15 years. A player needsto receive 75% of the votes (thisyear, at least 353 votes) in orderto gain election to the Hall. Anyplayer on the ballot who does notgain at least 5% of the vote (eachwriter may select up to 10 people,including write-in votes) isdropped from the ballot the following year, although reinstatement is possible. (Former Cubthird baseman Ron Santo, forexample, was placed on the ballot again in 1985 after not garner-
enough votes in 1980, his firstyear of eligibility. His last year onthe ballot was 1995, as the inter
years counted for years of'·,·'·'·,c.. Not all players are
even allowed on the ballot. Thereare various longevity requirements and some players are soobviously not Hall-of-Famers(generally, such peoplenevmen during their playing ca-
that they are never permitted on the ballot. Additionally,Pete Rose is not permitted to beon the ballot due to a rule tailored speCifically for him at theurging of former baseball commissioner Fay Vincen t. Rose iscurrently 'banned for life' forgambling on baseball while hemanaged the Cincinnati Reds.Nevertheless, he received 14
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from the tip off. Goff shot wellfrom the key, while sophomoreArun Durairaj put heavy pressure on the opposing pointguard and tallied an amazingsteal, finishing the playoff witha coast to coast lay-up. Moatssank two "three" pointers in thefirst half adding to Tech's strongshooting effort. That trendwasn't to be broken in the second half as Moats sank five morethrees. Tsai also put in a pair ofthrees in the second half, as theBeavers began to pull away.Sophomore Matt Letterman hadsome great offensive reboundsand a powerful block near thethree point line, giving Tech thestrong fifth man play theyneeded. Sophomore Ben Turkadded to his season block tallyand controlled the key alongwith Goff. Tech captured firstplace honors with a score of 7161. GofT and Turk received allTournament honors, whileMoats took home the covetedTournament MVP award.
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eryone swam a good 100 yardfreestyle with Bhuta working ahard 200 breaststroke swim. Itwas four years ago that a largeCaltech team traveled to the"Glitter City" for the "RebelClassic". This year the team effort was hurt by the timing ofthis year's event occurring during Christmas break. "Although sending a small groupof athletes, the team did extremely well and will benefitfrom the experience of a bigtime meet" reports CoachDodd.
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Seven members of theCaltech swim team worked outover Christmas break and attended the "Rebel Classic" heldby the University ofNevada LasVegas. Led by Mike Greene's
the Techers wen t upagainst the fastest teamswill be facing this year. Theteams included the Universityof Utah, Claremont, Las Vegas,U .C. Davis and eleven clubteams. A total of355 swimmerscompeted in the three day format. Day one sawJen Hollandand Heather Dean swimmingwell with fast times for the 50freestyle, 32.32 and 31.09 respectively. Wes Tanaka took afast 200 I.M. into the prelimsand just missed the finals witha time of2:12.80. Mike Greenemade it into the finals in the50 freestyle with a 22.29 andreturned that night to place5th in the consolation finals.The relays also did well withSooketoo Bhuta to a23.65 on the second of the200 freestyle and Wes poppinga 1:01.54 in the fly, and Greenea 1:01.94 in the backstroke ofthe 400 medley relay. twowas highlighted by Wes' 100yard fly 1:03.21 and ColinHumphries and Brian Collinskept improving in the 200freestyle. Heather swam a nice100 backstroke holding solidsplits of 22 seconds per 25yards. who normallydoes not swim the backstroke,lowered his time to a 58.90 andmade it into the bonus consolation heat for that evening.
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Oh and Five. That's thestreak the Beavers Basketballteam is looking to break. Fridaynight may be the time for theturn around. That's when thewomen take on Pacific Christianfor their third match up of theseason. The first contest againstPC proved to be mainly a game
between one extremely finetuned team that had seen over amonth of practice and one teamfull of many newcomers withonly a few warm-ups under theirbelts. Unfortunately, Caltechfilled the shoes of the newcomers. PC's offense and endurancewas too much for the Beavers tohandle opening night inCaltech's Braun Athletic Center.
The second matchup featured afantastic first half showingCaltech. The ladies demonstrated a much more controlledoffensive and played extremelyaggressive defense. However, PCcame on strong the second halfand clinched the win. The thirdand final matchup brings PacificChristian back to Braun AthleticCenter tonight (Friday) at 7:30
p.m. Coaches Sherry Roche andMike Tice have helped developed stronger offenses for theBeavers and imbedded more aggressive defensive traps as well.These changes should enableCal tech to make a powerfulshowing Friday night at their final home appearance. Thewomen are playing more cohesively as a team in recent games,
since all of the players are seeing large amounts of playingtime. Inconsistent passing andrebounding still plague the Beavers, but an increase in hustle hashelped damper the effects of theturnovers. Look for Tech to fighthard for a win tonight as the1995-96 home season comes toa close. Go out to Braun and support the team at 7:30 p.m.
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The Korean American Scholarship Foundation, Western Region, is offering scholarshipsof$1 ,000 to $2,000 for full-time undergraduate and graduate students of Korean heritage. Application forms are available uponwritten from: KA.5F vVestern RegionOfl1ce, Box 486, PacifiC Palisades, CA90272. The deadline to apply is January 31st,1'1%.
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The American Concrete Institute (ACI) is offering several awards. The Peter D. COllrtoisConcrete Construction Scholarships are two$1000 awards for undergraduate study inconcrete construction for the 1996-97 academic year. Eligible students must be enrolled at least half-time and must be seniorsin 1996-97. The application, available at theFinancial Aid Office, with all required supporting documents is dueJanuary 15th, ] 996.
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\-Vomen \vho are currently full-tiTne juniorsarc invited to submit to receiveone of len awards of a Glsh prizeof ,000, the opportunity to meet with topprofessionals ill your field, and national recognition in GLA'VIOUR's October 1'196 issue. Applications are available in,cial and must be completed andposllll:lrkecl no later thanJa.l1uary 31st, 1996.
The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity issponsoring its annual essay contest for fulltime undergraduate juniors and seniors.Students are challenp;ecl to examine and analyze urgent ethical issues in essays of 3,0004,000 words. First prize is $5,000, secondpri/.e is $2,500, and third prize is $1,500.Essays must be postmarked by Jannary 12th,1996. For essay guidelines and additionalinformation, visit the Financial Aid Office.
awards scholarships to engineering undergraduates with outstanding academicachievement and interest in careers in thenuclear power industry. For the upcomingyear, 200 college sophomores, juniors andseniors will be awarded scholarships of$2,500each. To be eligible, you must have 3.0 orhetter CPA and be m~~joring in one of thefollowing: nuclear engineering, power gen~
eration health physics, mechanical, electricalor chemical engineering (with nuclearfission or power options). If interested, contact the Dean of Students Office, 102 Parsons-Gates. The deadline for applying is February 1st, 1996.
Attention seniors interested in pursuing ai\'lasters of Science degree in aeronautical,astronautical, or aerospace engineering: Student members of the American Institute ofAeronautics and Astronautics who are planning to attend graduate school next fall canapply for a one time Francois-XavierBagnoud Fellowship. The award will providesix stndents with fnll tuition up to $20,000plus an $18,000 stipend for one year. TheFellowships Advising Office has applications;the deadline for this application is February1st, 1996.
The Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Program supports full time doctoralstudy in an applied science or engineeringdiscipline witli applications in high performance computing. Applicants must he intheir first year of graduate study and be either U.S. citizens or permanent residents.The postmark deadline for completed applications is Wednesday,January 24th. Applications are available in the Fellowships Advising Omce.
Attention seniors and first year graduate students. Applications for the National DefenseScience and Engineedng Graduate StudyProgram (NDSEG) are available in the Fellowships Advising and Resources Office.Applications are also available via the web athttp//www.battelle.ulg.lIdspg/l/dsrg.hlmIAt thispoint the application is not live-it can onlybe printed from \vcb. A live applicationis still under development. Although, it washoped that it would be available this year, thiswill probably not be the case. The NDSEGsupports work ill almost all fields of scienceand engineering. If your field of study doesnot on the list (e.g. astronomy), thenlist closest to it as your main field ofstudy and your actual field under subdiscipline. (In the case of astronomy, a personwould probably list either physics or mathwith astronomy as the subdiscipline.) If youhave other questions, please contactLo,uren StOlper althe Fellowships Office. The~DSEG provides three years of support forgradnate level study. Applicants must be U.S.citizens nationals and be graduating se
alumni \vIlo have not yet begunor 1st year graduate sluservice or sponsorship of
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on International Exchange (CIEE). It is a verypopular program, and it is highly advisableto apply early. No language skills are neededwith the exception of Spanish for Spain andconversational French for \forth Africa.There is a placement cost of S195 for one 24 week project. Information brochures areavailable in the Fellowships Office or wewould be happy to send you one via campusmail: e-mail your name, the [let that yon wantan International Volunteer Pr~jects 1996 brochure and your mailcode 10 I([Urnl
_slo{jJt/'@slarbmel.caltn!l.ed" A listing of lastJ'ear's volunteer pr~jects is available for review in the office. \fote that special fellowships for minority students interested in thisprogram are available through the CIEE.
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supportingand transcriptsthe Officecan also into applyingin \vhich their permanent ret;idencecated.
The Caltech Swedish Club will meet at 3pmon Sunday,January 14th, at 975 San PasquaIApartment #] ] 8 for a ':iulgranspundring"(post-Christmas celebration) . Anyone interested in Scandinavian culture or speakingSwedish is welcome. For more informationplease contact :Vlikael Sahrling at eitherphone: (818)583-900] or e-mailmikael@[ajJir.caltech.edu ; or Lena Peterson atphone x6994 or (818)683-9]02 or at e-mail:lenll@jJC1lljJ.mlterh.edu.
Looking for a safe and supportive place todiscuss issues such as coming bein.g OHt,
dealing with family, ahomophobic cultllre, and atCaltech? vVant somevvhere just to newfriends? You are invited to the Gay/Lesbian/
meets on theTuesdays of each month from
7:30pm till 1O:00pm in the Health Centerlounge. This is a confidential meeting andattending does not imply anything abollt aperson's sexual orientation--only that he orshe is willing to be supportive in this seuing.The group usually discusses a particular relevant topic and then moves on to the general discllssion. Refreshments are served. If
would like more infonnation, please callx8331.
The Pacific Classical Winds will give a freePaco A. Lagerstrom Chamber Music Concerton Sunday, January ]4th at 3:30pm in theDabney Library The program will includeBeethoven's Sonata in F, 01'. 17 and Quintet in E-flat, 01" 16, as well as Kreutzer's Trioin E-flat, 01" 43 and Weber's Variations, 01'.33. The performance will be played in totalon instruments authentic to the music's period.
fhe Caltech Jazz Bands will hold a concertwith guest trumpet soloist Bobby Rodriguezon January 27th, 1996 at 8pm in theBeckman Auditorium. The concert and parkin?; are free.
Storyteller Jackie Torrence will appear onSaturday, January 13th at 2pm in Caltech'sBeckman Auditorium for a 60 minute Family Faire presentation designed especially forchildren. Tickets are priced at $9 for adults,$5 for children and can be purchased at theCaltech Ticket Office. For more information,please call x4652.
2:A one day blood drive will held in theWinnett Student Lounge on Wednesday,January 3]st, between 9:15am-2:30pm. Tomake an appointment, please contact VillaZmuidzinas at x6001, although walk-ins arewelcmne and much appreciated.
IThe Dorian Wind Quintet will present aColeman Chamber Music Concert on Sunday, January 2]st, at the Beckman Auditorium at 3:30pm. The program includesBach's Concerto after Vivaldi (arr. M.Rechtman); Mozart's Divertimento, K. 439b(flute, clarinet, bassoon); Schifrin's LaNouvelle Orleans; and Beethoven's Quintetin E-flat Major, 01'. 4 (arr. M. Rechtman).Admission starts at $22.50.
ILarry I. Palmer, Professor of Law at theCornell Law School, will be giving a Science,Ethics, and Public Policy Seminar entitledLaw and Eth ics at the Beginning and End ofLifeon Thursday, January 18th, in the Judy Library.
Istanbul-Travels in Turkey at 8pm in theBeckman. Tickets to this film are priced between $7 and $9.
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IOn Monday,January ]5th, a special celebration of the observance of Dr. Martin Luthe"rKing's birthday entitled From Cradle to Carriage will be held in the Ramo Auditori~lln
starting at 6:30pm. The observance will indude highlights of Dr. Kiug's and civic rightsstruggles complemented by a medley of gospel songs by a mass choir. Participants in thiscelebration will include the Pasadena CityCollege Gospel Choir and members of theFirst AME Church. Admission is free.
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Cal tech Guitar Classes for the Winter quarter will meet on Tuesdays starting on January 9th in Room I of the Stndent ActivitiesCenter (SAC). Beginning classes will be heldfrom 4:30 to 5:30pm, intermediate from 3 to4pm, and advanced classes fronl 5:30 to6:30pm. Classical and Flamenco repertoiresarc explored but techniques transfer to otherstyles ofguitar. The Beginning Class includesajazz/folk chord system. Classes are free toCaltech students and other members of theCaltech community (space permitting). Undergraduates can receive ~i units of credit ifthey choose. Private instruction on any levelcan also be arranged. TLe instructor, Classical Guitarist Darryl has an international background in perfonnance, teachingand recording and can be reached by phoneat (213) 465-0881 or bye-mail atddenning@cw.((l!tech.('du.
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