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only undergraduate alumnus,played a key role in thedevelopment of the nuclear­powered x-ray laser atLawrence Livermore Labs.

Richard Muller (MS'57,PhD '62), who graduated inelectrical engineering, is nowresearching the possible ex­istence of a companion star tothe sun. Sharon Long (BS '73ISP) is currently a molecularbiologist at Stanford andresearches the secrets of plantgenetics for agricultural pur­poses.

Two Ph.D.'s in chemistrywere also selected. Bill Wadt('75) works on refiningmethods for plutoniumisotopes to be used on warheadproduction at Los Alamos.Mark Wrighton searches forsolutions to our energy crisisby finding fossil fuelsubstitutes. He is a member ofthe faculty of theMassachussetts Institute ofTechnology.

The 100 scientists wereselected by a panel of 60"nominating senior scientists,"one of which, Seymour Benzer,is on the Caltech faculty.

Eleven AlumniAmong Top 100

William Press ('73) , anastrophysicist at Harvard, ispostulating on theories to ex­plain the birth of galaxies.Working at Sandia NationalLabs, Gordon Osbourn ('79) isinvolved in developing newsemiconductor substrates.Douglas Osheroff ('76) doeslow-temperature and solid stateresearch for Bell labs.

Receiving his doctorate atage 20, Stephan Wolfram ('80)studies the mathematical natureof complex patterns which oc­cur in nature. He works at theInstitute for Advanced Study.

Thomas W~aver ('71) , the

Eleven Caltech alumni areamong the 100 brightest youngscientists chosen by ScienceDigest in its December issue.

<:; Six of the eleven chosen~ received their Ph.D.'s in';; physics. Of them, Steven~ Beckwith ('78) is now working~ at Cornell on protostars (youngg stars) and the matter surroun­~ ding them. France Cordora

('79) , a project scientist at LosAlamos, is studying the mostglamorous of space anomalies,white dwarves and black holes.ed scant minutes later, the fire

had already been snuffed out,and the room and adjoininghallways were being aired out.

The occupants of the roomescaped uninjured. Thedesktop was burned in oneplace; a wooden shelf unit onthe desk was charred; the con­tents on top of both were burn­ed. One shelf supported bymetal brackets had given way,dumping the books it contain­ed onto the desktop and floor,damaging some. The fire scor­ched the wall behind the deskand caused smoke damage tolittle of the room's contents,mainly on shelving about thedesk.

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and cry of 'fire' from his seatin the house lounge. He tookoff for his room, grabbed afire extinguisher, and seeingthe person who had come intothe courtyard calling out 'fire',ran immediately to the afflictedroom. Two other up­perclassmen were close on hisheels with extinguishers, fromtheir own alleys. Those ex­tinguishers were not needed;Harrison put out the fire, keep­ing it from spreading off thedesktop. When a security of­ficer and two firefighters arriv-

Merry

by Joe BeckenbachDabney House was jolted

away from study and sleep lastFriday morning around' oneo'clock by cries of 'fire' and thenow well-recognized fire alarmklaxon.

The fire apparently beganwhen a desktop candle in aDabney room burned downcompletely, setting alightpapers on the desk. The twooccupants of the room awoketo the smell of smoke.

Dan Harrison, a sophomorein Dabney, heard the alarm

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convinced me was my sab­batical leave. I wanted to go toBrazil again, this time for tenmonths, and I had just earnedmy sabbatical leave from Cor­nell. I didn't want to lose that,so now I had invented a reasonto come to a decision, I wroteBacher and told him what Ihad decided.

Caltech wrote back: "We'llhire you immediately, and we'llgive you your first year as asabbatical year." That's the

~ way they were acting: no mat­o ter what I decided to do, they'd~ screw it up. So my first year at.s Caltech was really spent in.8 Brazil. I came to Caltech too-& teach on my second year.I That's how it happened.

Now that I have been atCaltech since 1951, I've beenvery happy here. It's exactlythe thing for a one-sided guylike me. There are all thesepeople who are close to thetop, who are very interested inwhat they are doing, and who Ican talk to. So I've been verycomfortable.

But one day, when I hadn'tbeen at Caltech very long, wehad a bad attack of smog. Itwas worse then than it isnow - at least your eyessmarted much more. I wasstanding on a corner, and myeyes were watering, and Ithought to myself, "This iscrazy! This is absolutelyINSANE! It was all right backat Cornell. I'm getting out ofhere."

Professor Feynman

Bacher knew how to get me in­terested in Caltech.

You know the story aboutthe donkey who is standing ex­actly in the middle of two pilesof hay, and doesn't go to eitherone, because it's balanced?Well, that's nothing. Cornelland Caltech started making meoffers, and as soon as I wouldmove, figuring that Caltechwas really better, they wouldup their offer at Cornell; andwhen I thought I'd stay at Cor­nell, they'd up something atCaltech. So you can imaginethis donkey between the twopiles of hay, with the extracomplication that as soon as hemoves toward one, the otherone gets higher. That makes itvery difficult!

The argument that finally

this problem - or we had it inthose days; I don't know whatthere is now - that there's ahook on the inside that youhave to hook first. Andbecause the chains have to goon pretty tight, it's hard to getthe hook to hook. Then youhave to push this clamp downwith your fingers, which bythis time are nearly frozen.And because you're on the out­side of the tire, and the hook ison the inside, and your handsare cold, it's very difficult tocontrol. It keeps slipping, andit's cold, and the snow's com­ing down, and you're trying topush this clamp, and yourhand's hurting, and the damnthing's not going down - well, Iremember that that was themoment when I decided thatthis is insane; there must be apart of the world that doesn'thave this problem.

I remembered the couple oftimes I had visited Caltech, atthe invitation of ProfessorBacher, who had previouslybeen at Cornell. He was verysmart when I visited. He knewme inside out, so he said,"Feynman, I have this exra car,which I'm gonna lend you.Now here's how you go toHollywood and the SunsetStrip. Enjoy yourself."

So I drove his car everynight down to the SunsetStrip-to the nightclubs andthe bars and the action. It wasthe kind of stuff I liked fromLas Vegas - pretty girls, bigoperators, and so on. So

Cornell had all kinds ofdepartments that I didn't havemuch interest in. (That doesn'tmean there was anythingwrong with them; it's just thatI didn't happen to have muchinterest in them.) There wasdomestic science, philosophy(the guys from this departmentwere particularly inane), andthere were the culturalthings - music and so on.There were quite a few people Idid enjoy talking to, of course.In the math department therewas Professor Kac and Pro­fessor Feller; in chemistry,Professor Calvin; and a greatguy in the zoology department,Dr. Griffin, who found outthat bats navigate by makingechoes. But it was hard to findenough of these guys to talk to,and there was all this otherstuff which I thought was low­level baloney. And Ithaca wasa small town.

The weather wasn't reallyvery good. One day I was driv­ing in the car, and there cameone of those quick snow flur­ries that you don't expect, soyou're not ready for it, and youfigure, "Oh, it isn't going toamount to much; I'll keep ongoing."

But then the snow gets deepenough that the car begins toskid a little bit, so you have toput the chains on. You get outof the car, put the chains outon the snow, and it's cold, andyou're beginning to shiver.Then you roll the car back on­to the chains, and you have

by Lily Wu"Surely You're Joking, Mr.

Feynman!" by Richard P.Feynman, as told to RalphLeighton, edited by EdwardHutchings. W. W. Norton &Company, $16.95.

Unfortunately, I received acopy of "Surely You're Joking,Mr. Feynman!" to read threeweeks before finals. I had lotsof assignments to catch up on.I knew I couldn't afford thetime to read an entire book, soI figured I could probablywrite a decent review and selecta chapter for printing byreading only 2 or 3 mainchapters. Once I started,though, there was no turningback. After every chapter ofcomeuppances, I had to readanother one, until the entirebook was read.

Professor Feynman hascompiled a most entertainingset of personal experiencesstarting from his childhood inFar Rockaway, through MIT,Princeton, Los Alamos, Cor­nell, and finally, on to Caltech.The book provides insight intothe development of modernscience and also the develop­ment of society amid thistechnology. In the center of thestage with the science backdropis the story of one person's pur­suit of truth and knowledge inthis crazy world, while alwaysmaintaining a sense of integrityand humor.

On the face of it, it wouldseem unlikely that all those

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To the Editor:In Mr. Tiemann's letter

(11/30) there is one major er·ror which should be corrected.He implied that Eliza Sutton(former BOC Chairman) didnothing about the case that hereported to her. In fact she andtheBOC Secretary conductedan investigation and then thecase was dropped. After Ibecame the BOe Chairman,Mr. Tiemann reported thesame case. Since Mr. Tiemannreported no new evidence, I didnot feel justified in repoeningthe case. The ASCII by-lawsactually .prohibit such an ac·tion. Article VII Section 3(Dstates "No decision of aprevious Board shall be revok·ed unless the Board is convinc­ed that new evidence or chang­ed conditions change the statusof the original case or uponrecommendation of theDeans." -Fred A. Ferrante

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rather by a single individual,viz. the Chairman. The rest ofthe Board cannot be heldculpable for the actions (orlack thereof) of a singlemember.

The issue brought up byTiemann is but symptomatic ofa deeper malaise, viz. thepathetic vagueness in which theASCII by-laws decreeing theactions of the BOC are couch­ed. This problem is furthercompounded by the secrecyunder which the. BOC conductsmost of its proceedings. Onealso suspects that at least someof the current procedures ofthe BOe are the result of spon­taneous generation, with theundergraduate student body atlarge neither consulted on norinformed of subtle butcumulative changes. To il­lustrate, the BOC recentlydecided that the concensus ofthe Chairman, the Secretaryand one other member (usuallythe House Rep. of the accused)would be needed to drop a caseafter preliminary investiga­tions; whereas previously, thatof the former two was suffi­cient.

The time is ripe for an in­depth study of these by-lawsand the possible incorporationof extant BOC procedures intothem. Amendments to theseby-laws can then be made asand when the circumstancesdeem it necessary and with theprior approval of theundergraduate community.These suggestions aremotivated not by a lack oftrust in the BOC, but rather bythe thought that members ofthe BOC need to be guided bymore than their instincts in thelaissez-Jaire they now possess.Good intentions alone will notsuffice. If anything, im­provements to the BOC by­laws are facilitated when onehas a clearer understanding of

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To the Editor:This letter is in response to

that of B. Tiemann in yourissue of 11-30"84. As theBOC representative of RickettsHouse at that time I was awareof the alleged violation that herefers to and was present whenthe then Chairman of theBOe, E. Sutton, was informedof it. I am of the opinion thatthe case should have beenbrought before a quorum ofthe BOC so that a fair decisioncould have been made in thelight of the accrued evidence.That was never to transpireand I was later to learn thatSutton had decided to drop thecase without consulting the en­tire BOC. While I am not atliberty to divulge any details, Ifeel that Sutton's investigationleft much to be desired.

There is the argument thatthe Chairman cannot be ex­pected to bring each and everyputative violation that isbrought to him/her to the at­tention of the BOe. This,however, is conducive to amiscarriage of justice as ex­emplified by the case in ques­tion. The argument against thereopening of this case does nothold water. Article VII, Sec.3(0 of the ASCIT by-laws("No decision of a previousBoard shall be revoked unlessthe Board is convinced thatnew evidence or changed con­ditions change the status of theoriginal case or upon recom­mendation of the Deans.") can­not be invoked in its defence asthe decision to drop the casewas made not by the Board(which would have required athree-fourths majority of aquorum of the Board, accor­ding to Art. VII, Sec. 3(a» but

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by Lily WuAmong the score of columns that I have written under the

banner of "An examination of student life at Caltech," the onetopic which has persistently been suggested to me, and eq~a!ly

persistently rejected by me is the women's issue. The. superfIcIalreason has been that it is often seen as not very credible w~en awoman writes about women's issues. That may se~m hk~ astrange idea, but somehow, I have alw~ys ~otten the Impress~on

that society identifies articles on the tOPIC wntten ?y. x:nen as b~mgmore rational and reasonable. Therefore, the posslbl1lty, .and hke­Iy the probability, that I would be writing to a pre-bIased au-dience dissuaded me. ,

The second and more valid reason has been the nature of myopinion on the issue. Most people who know me would ass-umethat I would be a very enthusiastic proponent of women's nghtsand women's lib and the whole feminist movement. They are. cor·rect to the extent that I am ardently in support of equal nghtsand since women typically suffer from the short en? of unequalimbalances, I am therefore, by implication, ardentlym s.upport ofwomen's equality movements. However, what co~ph.ca~es :uyviews are the often blatant examples of reverse dlscnmmatlOnwhich are currently used to correct old discrimination problems.The cases of attempts to assert women's rights at the e~pense ~f

men's rights happens most often in tech.nology. My dllemn:a IStherefore, that while I approve of eql:lah~y .movement.s, I disap­prove of the methods that are used. It IS diffIcult to o~Ject to cur­rent efforts while still expressing a hop.e that t;fforts Will be.~ade,;

Before going any further, let me first define wh~t the Issueis. In most challenging fields of study (not. secr~tar~al.or ~acto~y

related) women have had to deal with hinng dlscnmmatlOns Inboth industry and academia. Some areas. were e~treme enoughthat they did not hire women at all, and If tl.1:y did, the womenwere often faced with unfavorable work COnditIOnS, such as lowerpay for comparable duties, non-promotions, discriminatory at­titudes from co-workers, and even harrassment. The result ofdecades of this discrimation has been that. the per~e.ntage offemale employees is especially lo~ in profeSSIOnal pOSitIOns...

Caltech, infortunately, was In the category. of not hmngwomen· at all for anything more than secretanes. No femalestudents were accepted or even considered and the thol.}ght of afemale faculaty member was laughable 25 years a~o. ThlI~gS ha;vegotten better though. Caltech has begun to recodmze t~e. ineqUItyof the situation and is making active efforts to correct It 111 all theacademic levels. (A cynic would probably point out here thatCaltech recognizes it soley because of peer pressure - most othermajor colleges have far better female-male ratios from studentlevel on up - and government pressure which is exerted heavily byaffirmative action laws.)

In some ways, the situation has improved in a funny way. Theundergraduate women's admissions polic~es have ah~ays unsettledme. The concept of the pre-frosh women s weeke~d IS a clear caseof reverse discrimination. In the name of equ~l fights and oppor­tunities, there can be no justification for offenng to pay one-wayvisiting expenses for female and not male acceptees. I have alsoalways suspected that a female applicant is g~ven some adva.ntageover her equivalent male applicant in the ~nstltute's.d~sparatlontomake the ratio more presentable. That IS a SUspiCion, though,that all Institute officials would have to hotly deny regardless ofthe truth of the matter.

Edges like those exist for females in industr.y to<;>. Manyengineering companies are very eager to. make· th~l~ ratIOs morepresentable as well. I have often felt that I had a hmng edge ov~r

my equally well-trained male peers, and even some who are a bItbetter trained because I am female. Some of the larger com-

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change your mind. I did thatonce when I was a student atMIT. I got sick and tired ofhaving to decide what kind ofdessert I was going to have atthe restaurant, so I decided itwould always be chocolate icecream, and never worriedabout it again - I had the solu­tion to that problem. Anyway,I decided it would always beCaltech.

One time someone tried tochange my mind aboutCaltech. Fermi had just died ashort time before, and thefaculty at Chicago were look­ing for someone to take hisplace. Two people fromChicago came out and asked tovisit me at my home - I didn't

know what it was about. Theybegan telling me all the goodreasons why I ought to go toChicago: I could do this, Icould do that, they had greatpeople there, I had the oppor­tunity to do all kinds ofwonderful things. I didn't askthem how much they wouldpay, and they kept hinting thatthey would tell me if I asked.Finally, they asked me if Iwanted to know the salary."Oh, no!" I said "I've alreadydecided to stay at Caltech. Mywife Mary Lou is in the otherroom, and if she hears howmuch the salary is, we'll get in­to an argument. Besides, I've

decided not to decide anymore; I'm staying at Caltechfor good." So I didn't let themtell me the salary they were of­fering.

About a month later I wasat a meeting, and Leona Mar­shall came over and said, "It'sfunny you didn't accept our of­fer at Chicago. We were sodisappointed, and we couldn'tunderstand how you could turndown such a terrific offer."

"It was easy," I said,"because I never let them tellme what the offer was."

A week later I got a letterfrom her. I opened it, and thefirst sentence said, "The salarythey were offering was- - - -", a tremendousamount of money, three orfour times what I was making.Staggering! Her letter con-

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FeynmanDelightsfrom page 1events could have happened to

~ just one person, but whenJ5 Feynman tells it to you (in the~ full glory of his New York ac­~ cent written out at times),2 nothing is unreasonable.~ Within just a few chapters, oneI learns and begins to expect

adventures, ideas and reactionswhich are out of the ordinaryfrom this technicolor personali­ty.

This book would be par­ticularly appealing to Caltechstudents. For us, who strive forthe level of excellence inscience research associated withthe characters in this book,Prof. Feynman has alwaysbeen a bit of a legend. As Iread this book, the legendgradually became a real per­son. His character is down toearth and his advices and hopesare human. "S. YJ.M.F. /" isdefinitely enjoyable and wor­thwhile to read, but wait untilafter the term is over.

Is True"••

Feynman With Leighton, the co-authorSo when Cornell called a

little later, and said they weresetting everything up, and itwas nearly ready, I said, "I'msorry, I've changed my mindagain." But I decided thennever to decide again.Nothing-absolutely nothing­would ever change my mindagain.

When you're young, youhave all these things to worryabout - should you go there,what about your mother. Andyou worry, and try to decide,but then something else comesup. It's much easier to justplain decide. Nevermind - nothing is going to

everything in the bacteriumdivides and gives half of it tothe new bacterium. But that'simpossible: Somewhere, thesmallest molecule that containsgenetic information can't dividein half;· it has to make a copyof itself, and send one copy tothe new bacterium, and keepone copy for the old one.

... That was tremendouslyexciting, and very impor­tant - it was a fundamentaldiscovery. And I realized, as Ifinally got to my office, thatthis was where I've got to be.Where people from all dif­ferent fields would tell mestuff, and it was all exciting. itwas exactly what I wanted,really.

from page 1So I called up Cornell, and

asked them if they thought itwas possible for me to comeback. They said, "Sure! We'llset it up and call you backtomorrow."

The next day, I had thegreatest luck in making a deci­sion. God must have set it upto help me decide. I was walk­ing to my office, and a guycame running up to me andsaid, "Hey Feynman! Did youhear what happened? Baadefound that there are two dif­ferent populations of stars! Allthe measurements we had beenmaking of the distances to thegalaxies had been based onCephid variables of one type,but there's another type, so theuniverse is twice, or three, oreven four times as old as wethought!"

I knew the problem. Inthose days, the earth appearedto be older than the universe.The earth was four and a halfbillion, and the universe wasonly a couple, or three billionyears old. It was a great puzzle.And this discovery resolved allthat: The universe was nowdemonstrably older than waspreviously thought. And I gotthis information right

"away - the guy came runningup to me to tell me this.

I didn't even make it acrossthe campus to get to my office,when another guy cameup - Matt Meselson, abIOlogist who had minored inphysics. (I had been on hiscommittee for his Ph.D.) Hehad built the first of what theycall a density gradient cen­trifuge - it could measure thedensity of molecules. He said,"Look at the results of the ex­periment I've been doing!"

He had proved that when abacterium makes a new one,there's a whole molecule, in-.tact, which is passed from onebacterium to another - amolecule we now know asDNA. You see, we alwaysthink of everything dividing,dividing. So we think

To the Editor:When the article "Score

with Santosh" first came out,we thought it was a pretty goodidea-a handicapper for eachweek's NFL games that wouldbe fun to read. However, asthe column goes on, it becomesclear that the author has ab­solutely no concept of in­telligent sportswriting. It seemsthat Krishnan has some sort ofpersonal prejudice towards theSeattle Seahawks and any otherteam that would challenge theL.A. Raiders for the AFCChampionship. His commentsshow a poor understanding ofthe NFL. He accuses Seattleand Miami of poor sportsman­ship when in actuality they aretwo of the finest-coachedteams in the entire league. Inlast week's column, Krishnanwrites of Seattle "This rough­hewn and dishonest team, aswell as their fans, should be ex­terminated." It appears thatKrishnan is using his column assome sort of vehicle to expresshis biases in a very unprofes­sional and petty manner.

A good handicapping col­umn is a pleasure to read, andeven a poor column is at leastentertaining, but this columnjust shows the author's un­founded and incorrect pre­judices. His record is only apoor 40-43, which shows thathis picks are mediocre at best.(Isn't it funny that he managesan 11- 3 record on the. weekthat he doesn't publish hispicks?)

The column was a goodidea but unfortunately theauthor lacks the profes­sionalism to handicap profes­sional football (or probablyany sport for that matter). It'sgetting a little tiring readingthis trash each week.

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in an apartment, buy her nicethings .... With the salary youhave offered, I could actualIydo that, and I know whatwould happen to me. I'd worryabout her, what she's doing; I'dget into arguments when Icome home, and so on. All thisbother would make me uncom­fortable and unhappy. Iwouldn't be able to do physicswell, and it would be a bigmess! What I've always wantedto do would be bad for me, soI've decided that I can't acceptyour offer."

from page 3tinued, "I told you the salarybefore you could read any fur­ther. Maybe now you want toreconsider, because they've toldme the position is still open,and we'd very much like tohave you."

So I wrote them back a let­ter that said, "After reading thesalary, I've decided that I mustrefuse. The reason I have torefuse a salary like that is Iwould be able to do what I'vealways wanted to do - get awonderful mistress, put her up

Moreover, it is the lack of exer­cise and not the passage oftime that hurries the aging pro­cess, according to theAmerican Medical Association.Regular exercise can help inprevention of several medicalconditions induding obesity,depression, coronary arterydisease, hypertension andosteoporosis. Neurostimulantsin the brain can be triggered byexercise and help memory,mind wandering and even easemood swings. If you have notalready, you may think aboutan exercise routine. It maymake a big difference to yourlife.

to change, the attitudes arenot. With ingrained socialissues like this one, it is oftenthe case that you simply haveto wait for the younger andmore liberal-minded genera-

. tions to grow up and for theolder generations to leave.That takes time and is a long,slow process, but it is happen­ing.

To try and force that evolu­tion of attitudes might even bedetrimental; and so much hasbeen gained already.Therefore, with no stand totake or side to hark, I am con­tent to simply be patient andwait for the changing of theguard.

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from page 2panies, most notably AT&TBell Labs, have special hiringprograms available only forwomen, such as an OYOC(One Year On Campus) whereBell pays salary and tuition foran employee to go to schoolfull-time. That program isopen only to women and if Iwere a man, I'd sue Bell forreverse discrimination. (Bellwas sued for discrimination 4years ago). Affirmative actionprograms now guarantee that acertain number of openingswill be held for women andminorities before they evenreviewed the prospective ap­plicants for qualifications. Afew engineering graduateschools have even offered towaive my application fee inrecognition of the fact that mykind HAD been discriminatedagainst some time ago.

The point is, no oppor­tunities should ever be barredfor any sex or racial reasons,but by the same token, no op­portunities should be createdfor those reasons either. Facul­ty positions are still rarebecause some men in powerstill have problems with theconcept of intelligent andcapable women, but that isbecoming more of a social at­titude problem rather than asystem problem. The systemwith its laws and rules are easy

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Page: Congratulations to the freshman class of Page House. Their superiornumbers enabled them to win the Second Annual Beer Drink-Off. Coming in se­cond place were the juniors, who, despite lack of athletes put up a strong effort.The sophomores came in last.

Just when you thpught that headache would go away, here comes beerball!This Saturday at 2:00 p.m., we'll be matching mugs and mitts with PhysicalPlant. We'll be having a barbecue also. So bring your glove, mug, and appetiteand prepare to have some fun.

Finally, congratulations to the many fine swimmers. -CyndiLePage

Blacker: And now for something completely different.Ah, the sweet, bitter end approacheth. The Big Black Machine has earned a well­deserved Holiday Vacation. Yes, the coffee generation is upon us and the deathsquads still run rampant in Cannes, Pub, Upper P, Vatican, and sometimes Tun­nel. Meanwhile, somewhere not far from Braun, darkness and sudden violencebecome the catch phrases in someone's cold, heartless game of sabotage. To thevictor belong the bulbs.On a related note, has anyone heard from Naomi lately? I think the last chancefor ransom is the 18th.Know a bad joke? Mail it to: President

1-60.Know a worse joke? Mail it to: Head Waiter

1-60.Looks like that wraps it up. Don't forget about bowling with the Flems on themorning of the 25th. Be there early. Way to go social team (yeah,even youHawes).

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Acne news: If you are acneprone it is a good idea to use aclean wash cloth every timeyou wash your face. (A warm,damp cloth provides a perfectmedium for bacteria to thriveon.) A not-so-expensive ideawould be to cut up an oldtowel and use a fresh piece dai­ly. Alternatively somedisposable cleaning spongesmay be easier and are availableat most pharmacies.

Health and Fitness;' Regularexercise can make you feel lesstired even after an exhaustingday of work or study.

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Forsyth's previous films havenot been entirely concernedwith adults, which allowed theviewer to take everything a lit­tle bit less seriously (as a "com­ing of age" type of problemrather than anything "truly"important). In Comfort andJoy we are faced with senselessviolence between adults, andwe really cannot ignore thisviolence while we are taking inthe subtle ironies of the film. Itis only afterwards that we fullyappreciate the ice cream truckwhich rolls along playing a lit­tle xylophone melody with ahigh-pitched voice periodicallysaying "Hello folks!" Indeed,this is probably as Forsyth in­tends. Alan Bird does notrealize the humor of his situa­tion until the end of the movie,as we often do not realize thehumor in our own crises untilmuch later. With this thoughtin mind, Comfort and Joy iswell worth watching.

Comfort and Joy is showingat the Beverly Cineplex in theBeverly Center (213-652-7760)and at the Monica in SantaMonica (213-394-9741).

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noticeable feature of Forsyth'sprevious ventures is hisdelightfully dry and subtlesense of humor, and in thisrespect Comfort and Joy is noexception. The film chroniclesa few days in .the unluckyBird's holiday season. Bird'skleptomaniac girlfriend leaveshim without warning ("Thetime just didn't seem right totell you") and takes with hermost of the furnishings of hisapartment. After the ice creamtruck attack, Alan asks hisboss if he can do a seriousdocumentary, for which he isfinally sent to a psychiatrist.Meanwhile, Alan has gottenstuck in the middle of an icecream war between Mr. Mc­Cool and Mr. Bunny (formerlyMr. Softy - "But not anymore!").

I often find that a Bill For­syth film is funnier uponreflection than while it is ac­tually running, probablybecause all of his movies reallydo concern serious subjects(generally depression inScotland). This is perhaps theonly fault of Comfort and Joy.

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by John FourkasComfort and JoyDirected by Bill ForsythBeverly Cineplex;

Monica, Santa MonicaIt's the holiday season in

Glasgow. Alan "Dicky" Bird, awell-known disc jockey, hasjust bought a cone from a Mr.Bunny ice cream van. As hewalks away from the truck,two hooded men jump out of acar and proceed to bash in thewindows of the ice cream van.The vendors attempt to fendoff their assailants by squirtingraspberry sauce at them. As thevandals are about to escape,one of them recognizes "Dicky"and stops long enough to askfor an autograph.

If all of this seems a bitbizarre, well-it is. It comesfrom Comfort and Joy, thelatest offering of Scottishwriter/ director Bill Forsyth,the man who brought us thewonderful films Gregory's Girl,Local Hero, and That SinkingFeeling. Perhaps the most

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be appropriate punishment forA.H. after so many years isespecially amusing. This backand forth transition betweenscenes is perhaps better suitedto bonks and film than to aplay. The director has attemp­ted to minimize the disruptioncaused by these abrupt changesby leaving the soldiers asleep.

The stage set by John Stoneis sparse and mostly black. Thelighting (Dawn Hollingsworth)is misty and vague. Not onlythe soldiers, but othercharacters too spend a greatdeal of time on stage asleep,sometimes in delirium. Halfthe cast play multiple parts; afew actors say almost nothingfor much of the play, but moveslowly, ritualistically, or inother ways that contribute tothe dreaminess of the produc­tion. Nevertheless, ignoring itssomnambulism, this is a playof ideas. It is well researched,interesting and audacious. Atthe end Hitler, played withhaunting felicity by PhilipBaker Hall, speaks for himself.The dottering old man findswords, and something of thecompelling presenct that madehim one of the mostcharismatic rulers of all time.

Steiner, the author, is an in­tellectual and a Jew. Born in

,Paris of Austrian parents in1929, he is obsessed with theHolocaust - an historical eventto which he was so close, andyet in which he took no directpart. The concluding diatribehe has written for Hitler is elo­quent and attempts to be ob­jective, but many excuses donot build a convincing defense.Thanks to an insistent andpowerful presentation of thatspeech, we begin to understandthe phenomenon that wasHitler and, perhaps, also thefa{;t that he was not the onlymegalomaniacal world leaderto cause pandemic misery, justone of the most recent.

Adolf IsA Hit

by Astrid Golomb

From time to time comfor­table ruling-class Europeansdiscuss the likelihood thatHitler is still alive, and whattheir government is likely to doabout it if he is. These discus­sions take place variously dur­ing a croquet match, an inter­rogation, and while gettingdressed after a romp in bedwith a mistress - a Russian spyno doubt. Less comfortableSouth Americans argue abouthow best to exploit the situa­tion, and news reportersmanipulate and manufacturethe story. These glimpses of"civilization" are scattered bet­ween scenes of the soldiers ac­companying their prisoner. Thedialogue between a resignedold soldier and an impulsiveyoung one about what would

What would happen ifHitler had survived the bunkerand was found alive today?The answer as presented in ThePortage to San Cristobal ofA.H. is a riveting nightmare.

Christopher Hampton'sadaptation of George Steiner'sbook of the same title, the se­cond in a three play series en­titled "Nazi Mind" at theOdyssey Theatre, is an episodicjourney through the Brazilianjungle with the aged Fuhrerand a secret unit of crackIsraeli commandos who arephysically as well as sartoriallyfatigued (it has taken them 30years to find him).

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The film is funny andtender, without being overlypedantic. If you don't feel likewaiting in line for 4 hours tosee Dune next Friday, go see·Starman instead.

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studio. Lone Justice is a bandof professionals, and a LoneJustice concert is well worththe time and money spent, evenduring finals.

The Palomino is at 6907Lankershim in NorthHollywood, phone (SIS)764-9010. Lone Justice will beplaying at Sand 11 pm Satur­day; tickets are $S at the dooror $10 at all Ticketmaster loca­tions (May Co. and MusicPlus). The Palomino has noage limit. See you there.

Lone JusticeThe PalominoDecember 1st and 8th

Lone Justice is a LosAngeles band that has beenplaying shows at clubs fromthe Palace to the Palomino forthe past three years or so.About a year ago, a nice manfrom Geffen Records had themsign a piece of paper and sentthem to New York to make arecord, so they haven't beenplaying much in the arearecently. With the albumalmost ready for release,however, the band is gettingready to tour, and they need toget up to speed. Which is whythey played two shows at thePalomino last Saturday, andwhy they're playing two moretomorrow.

If you're familiar with thePalomino's style of music, thenyou've probably guessed LoneJustice's style of music. If theymust be classified, Lone Justiceis a country band - but that'slike calling Caltech "just aschool in Pasadena." Howmany country bands wouldplay Talking Heads' "Heaven"and Jimi Hendrix's "FoxyLady" for an encore? To thebest of my knowledge, theanswer is one. Lone Justice'sbrand of country encompassesMotown, gospel, Lou-Reed­style rock 'n' roll, psychedelicmusic, and even the new-waveeclecticism of Talking Heads.

Leading Lone Justice on itsmusical adventures is singerand songwriter Maria McKee.The show begins with a slow,sparse rendition of the VelvetUnderground's "Beginning toSee the Light," and it is im­mediately obvious that McKeehas been endowed with a trulyphenomenal voice. With justthe right amount of countrytwang to make it authentic butstill bearable, she leads herband through Motown-styledpop ("Wait Till We GetHome"), country blues ("Don'tToss Us Away"), and moreconventional rock ("East ofEden"). Her voice isauthoritative, but convincinglypassionate; two songs in par­ticular are enough to make youcry.

Now, of course, the rest ofLone Justice is top quality,too. Tom Petty's keyboardist,Benmont Tench, joins themon stage and on the album,though he is not an "official"member; the lead guitarist(Maria McKee plays rhythm),the bassist, and the drum­mer - I don't know theirnames - are all first-class musi­cians. The sound that emergesis far higher in quality than onemight expect from a "new"band, even one that has record­ed its first album. Other musi­cians agree: Ron Wood (of theRolling Stones) and Bob Dylanhave stopped in to help in the

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NFCNY Giants (9 - 5) at St. Louis(8-6)

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Dallas is mediocre, and theSkins are hurting. This is thesecond key NFC East game thisweek. The home crowd mightmake the difference.Prediction: Dallas by 2Minnesota (2 -12) at San Fran­cisco (13 -1) [Saturday]Prediction: San Francisco by 9Green Bay (6-8) at Chicago(9-5)

Chicago was disappointinglast week, and Green Bay is ateam better than its record in­dicates. At home, however, theBears will not drop their se­cond in a row.Prediction: Chicago by 3Atlanta (3 -11) at Tampa Bay(4-10)Prediction: Tampa Bfly by 6

InterconferenceHouston (3 -1) at L. A. Rams(9-5)

Against Houston, the Ramswill have one more chance tosecure a play-off berth. Whilethe game will be dull, Dicker­son may break O. J. Simpson'ssingle-season rushing record.Prediction: Rams by 6Cincinnati (6-8) at NewOrleans (6-8)

Cincinnati still has a chanceto win the .hapless AFC centraldivision. A game to avoid.Prediction: Cincinnati by 4New England (8 - 6) atPhiladelphia (5 - 8 - 1)Prediction: Patriots by 6

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AFC;L.A. Raiders (10-4) at Detroit(4 - 9 -1) [Monday Night]

The Raiders rolled overMiami despite several bad callsagainst them. The personalfoul call against Lester Hayeswas one of the worst of thisyear, equalling the fumble call­ed on Denver that gave Seattlea most undeserved win. DonShula's presence on the RulesCommittee no doubt influenc­ed these calls. Against Detroit,the Raiders will not have to putup with this nonsense, andtheir brilliant offense coupledwith an unrelenting defensewill return with a win.Prediction: Raiders by 6.Seattle (12 - 2) at Kansas City(6-8)

Kansas City upset Denverin a close game last week. Seat­tle squeaked by Detroit inclassic Seattle fashion (cf. lastweek's column). At K. C.,Seattle will not have their"fans".Prediction: K. C. by 2, [upsetof the weekI.Miami (12 - 2) at Indianapolis(4-10)

Miami's ineptness and poorcoaching were evident inseveral instances in last week'sgame. For example: FulltonWalker lateraled a punt recep­tion back into the field of playas he was being pushed out ofbounds. Clayton, widereceiver, fumbled en route toan apparent touchdown. Final­ly, Miami special team wasunable to cover a brilliantRaider on-side kick. AgainstIndy, these faults will not mat­ter and Miami will win.Prediction: Miami by 12San Diego (7 - 7) at Denver(11-3)Prediction: Denver by 6Cleveland (4 -10) at Pittsburgh(7-7)Prediction: Pittsburgh by 2

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'" term) triples volleyball tourna­~ ment. Some people think thatC3 volleyball at 8:00 in the morn­~ ing is crazy. If you think that,~ you're wrong.~ This triples tournament was~ organized and run by Chad Ed-

wards. He overslept, but oncehe showed up, he did a greatjob. He set up teams on Sun­day morning, and managed tomake them pretty even,although he didn't know a lotof the people there.

Thirty-six people showed upto play. Seven other peopleshowed up intending to play,but they fell asleep. They wereugly anyway. First, we playeda kind of weird Round Robinto determine which teamswould go to playoffs. Then thetop four teams faced off forthat over-tough competition.

J. Friedson, Elias Krisias,and Bob Morton were the firstplace team. Sorry if I did or domess up how you names arespelled: I have this little pieceof compuscratch withunreadable engineering hand­writing on it. D. Sams, KevinMaher, and Dan Rudy were thesecond place team. L. Lippard,Andy Matsuda, and J. Tannerwere third. And Chris Lind­strom, Rod Morrison, and B.Wong were fourth. I was toldin advance that the prizeswould be beach chairs, but no,Chad claimed that beach chairswere unavailable in the winter.Instead, the first place teamgot dinner at BC and Haagen­Daz, and the second place teamgot just ice cream. The teamwith the worst standing got awarm six-pack of Hamm'sbeer. They were too embarrass­ed to take it, even thougheveryone insisted. I think JeffStern finally ended up with it,because he's the only person inthe whole world who likes thatstuff. (Gee Chad, what an in­spired idea!)

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(5). How and where to ap­ply for overseas Governmentjobs.

(6). Information aboutsummer jobs.

(7). You will receive ourEmployment OpportunityDigest. .. jam-packed with in­formation about current jobopportunities. Special sec­tions features news ofoverseas construction pro­jects, executive positionsand teaching opportunities.

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Our International Employ­ment Directory is sent to youwith this guarantee. If forany reason you do not obtainoverseas employment or youare not satisfied with the joboffers ... simply return ourDirectory within 90 days andwe'll refund your money pro­mptly ... no questions asked.

Christmas PotluckAre you doing anything for

Christmas eve? If not, andyou're interested in a potluckdinner, see you at the organiza­tional meeting on Monday the17th in the Ricketts R.A. suiteat 7 pm, or if you can't make itthat day, phone to Michele:x6479. Everyone is welcome.

Domestic ViolenceThe group against domestic

violence is having its lastmeeting of the year this Satur­day. All members and interestedpersons are invited. For moreinformation, contact JayHollander, x6180.

More than 300,000 Americans- not inclUding members ofthe armed services - arenow living overseas. Thesepeople are engaged in nearlyeverypossible activi­ty ... construction, engineer­ing, sales, transportation,secretarial work, accoun­ting, manufacturing, oilrefining, teaching, nursing,government, etc.-etc. Andmany are earning $2,000 to$5,000 per month ...or more!

To allow you the op­portunity to apply foroverseas employment, wehave researched and compil­ed a new and exciting direc­tory on overseas employ­ment. Here is just a sampleof what our InternationalEmployment Directorycovers.

(1). Our InternationalEmployment Directory listsdozens of cruise ship com­panies' both on the east andwest coast. You will be toldwhat type of positions thecruise ship companies hire,such a s dec k h and s ,resta urant help, cooks,bartenders, just to name afew. You will also receiveseveral Employment Ap­plication Forms that youmay send directly to thecompanies you would like towork for.

(2). Firms and organiza­tions employing all types ofpersonnel in Australia,

Please send me a copy of your International EmploymentDirectory. I understand that I may use this information for 90days and if I am not satisfied with the results, Imay returnyour Directory for an immediate refund. On t.hat basis I'menclosing $20.00 cash .... check .... or money order .... for yourDirectory.

Loneliness"Dealing With Loneliness"

will be the topic of the nextO.W.e. noontime. Dr. AnnePanofsky, a clinicalpsychologist and musician, willexamine and discuss the ex­perience of aloneness bothwithin a creative context andthen with practical suggestionsfor dealing with loneliness. Allmembers of the Caltech com­munity are invited to attend thebrown-bagger on Monday,December 10th, 12 noon inWinnett Lounge. For more in­formation, contact Manya Jian­nino, x6364.

WANTED: Driver part-time. Musthave own pickup or good-sizedcar. $3.50 to start, 22¢ per mile.8 a.m. to approx. 11 :30 a.m. ornoon. Call Margi13 791-0401.

NEED CASH? Earn $500 + eachschool year, part-time (flexible)hours each week placing and fill­ing posters on campus. Seriousworkers only; we give recommen­dations. 1-800-243-6679.

TUTOR WANTED: Need instruc­tion on Apple II + statistical soft­ware. I do not have computer.Leave message for Tom796-2247.

WORK YOUR OWN HOURS. Earnextra money. Call Cathy Estradaat (818) 449-3244.

HELP WANTED: Z80 Machinelanguage programming-soft­ware and hardware. Contact JoeVu 794-2411 after 5 PM.

HOUSING-

FOR SALE: 1981 PlymouthReliant, 2.2 liter, original owner,excellent condition, 4-door,auto., stereo-Cass, $3500 o. b. o.Campus x6489, or 796-4928.

HELP WANTEO-

FOR SALE-

WANTED-

Material for the announce­ment section of the Califor­nia Tech must be submittedtyped on or with the An­nouncement Form availableat the Tech office by theTuesday before the Fridayof publication.

CLASSIFIED

IS IT TRUE you can buy jeeps for$44 through the U.S. govern­ment? Get the facts today! Call1-312-742-1142 Ext. 9718-A.

INSURANCE WAR! Will beat anyprice, or don't want yourbusiness! Sports cars, multi­tickets, good driver disc. Request"Caltech Plan." (213) or (818)880-440714361

FOR RENT: Security Condo at"Cordova East" 2 blks Caltech.Partly furnished studio-2 parking.Pool. No pets/minors. Very nice.357-8831 ext 365 (D) 356-6331(D) 792-9053 (E).

APARTMENT OFFERED Quiet apt.offered to share in exchange forhelping an active paralyzedteacher. 1 block west of Caltechw/ own bedroom and bath. Idealfor person who spends mostevenings working at home.Reliable, friendly person sought,prefer grad student, non-smoker.Inquire at 449-8928.

Wanted: Apple II plus computer.Call Betty at 356-4133.

GENERAL-

please printIf you would like to place an ad in theclassified section of the California Techplease send your ad along with yourname, address, and telephone number to:The Tech, 107·51 Caltech, Pasadena CA91125. Ads must be received by Tuesdaybefore desired publication. Ads cost$.40/line With a $2.00' min. and prepay·ment 1;; required.

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