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of you do not need to take nutritional supplements," he declared tothose who had raised their hands.
Since the body needs vitaminsin small quantities, it is unlikelythat anyone in the United Stateswho eats a reasonably balanced dietwould suffer from a vitamin deficiency. For instance, there hasnever been a documented case ofvitamin E deficiency in the UnitedStates. Moreover, the body storesvitamins, so not consuming vitamins for a few days has little affect.
Mineral requirements, such asthose for calcium and iron, are abit different from vitamin requirements and are not quite as readilyfulfilled. In particular, Barretrecommends that women who feelthat they do not get enough calcium in their diets may want to consult their physicians about takingmineral supplements.
The U. S. Recommended DailyAllowance for vitamins and minerals is determined by the Food andDrug Administration from extensive case studies, and it includes a"safety factor" of extra recommended dosages, which take intoaccount the varying nutritionalneeds of different age and sexgroups.
Barret repeatedly stressed thatvitamins are so plentiful and areneeded in such small quantities thatanyone who eats food is likely toget enough vitamins. Only peoplewho tend to eat almost nothing orvery little, such as alcoholics andthe elderly, may be in danger of becoming vitamin deficient.
please see VITAMINS, page 4
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Dr. John Benton, Doris and Henry Dreyfuss Professor of History, 1931-1988. He wasa much honored medieval scholar who was considered an authority on Heloise andAbelard, the 12th century lovers. He was also a humanitarian who actively pursuedsocial ideals.
"Sure, Newton discovered gravity,but that doesn't mean he can keepeverybody else from using it forseventeen years," quipped Sheldon.
Second, the invention must beuseful. Patents are designed to encourage creative efforts whosefruits, through their usefulness, improve the quality of life in general. Anyone could put together trashfrom the city dump and apply fora patent if utility were not one ofthe criteria.
Third, the idea behind the invention must not be obvious. Theseventeen years of exclusive rightsis reserved for only the extraordinary, the revolutionary, theoriginal--such as flexible plastic icetrays which pop out ice cubes upontwisting.
Fourth, the idea must be new.If this were not so, anyone couldtravel to Japan, copy a patentedidea there, take it to Germanywhere the idea in question is notpatented, and sell it for a big profit.As is, chances are that theplagiarist would not be able to get
please see PATENTS, page 4
Dr. Barret, a nationallyrenowned author, editor, and consumer advocate, asked victims ofvitamin quackery to share their stories with the audience. When hethen asked for a show of handsfrom people who take vitamin supplements, a majority did so. "Iwould be willing to bet that most
by Quoe PhamHave you ever considered mar
keting an idea or invention butwere unsure how to go about it? Inhis lecture sponsored by theCaltech Y Wed., Mar. 2, JeffreySheldon, a specialist in patent law,informed listeners about the various protection schemes, patents,trademarks, copyrights, and how toobtain them.
Sheldon stressed that oneshould apply for a patent as soonas possible upon the developmentof a possible marketable ideaorgadget. While a patent does notguarantee financial sucess, it givesone hundred percent of theproduct's mafket to one for a period of seventeen years. Within thattime span, no one in the countriesin which the patent is held maymake, copy, or sell the product.
Candidates for patents, continued Sheldon, must possess fourqualities. First, an invention mustpertain to a patentable subject matter. An example of non-patentablesubject matter is exhibitions of nature, such as electricity or gravity.
standards. She also noted the absence of any significant number offemale role models, especially atthe Institute.
Cohen, who spoke last, statedthat feminism is useful in promoting self-awareness among women,but not in affecting any usefulresults regarding the issue of sexual equality. She stressed thatscience should be gender-blind,and that a "woman's point of view"
please see FEMINISM, page 4
Vitamins' Value Questioned
effort to desegregate America'sschools. In his involvement in politics, he tried to demonstrate thatindividuals could make a differencein our system.
John Wheedlin, an activist inPasadena, at a recent memorialservice, recalled, "John was a veryrare person who had passion, anda hatred for injustice, and wherever it showed itself, he was readyto fight it. He was frail in body buthad tremendous inner strength."
Dr. Benton recieved his BAdegree from Haverford Collegeand his MA and PhD degrees fromPrinceton University. After holding faculty positions at Reed College and the University ofPennsylvania, he joined the Caltechfaculty as Assistant Professor ofHistory in 1965. He becameProfessor in 1970.
He is survived by his wife, Elspeth; daughters, Laura, Helen, Jo,and Anna; and a sister. A memorialservice will be held Mar. 14,4:30PM in Dabney Lounge.
by Sayuri DesaiMembers of the Southern
California Skeptics Society and theCaltech community gathered inBaxter Lecture Hall last Sat. tohear Dr. Stephen Barret talk about"Doing the Vitamin Hustle." Thefree lecture was sponsored by theSkeptics Society and the Caltech Y.
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fine line between promoting theschool to women and having standards possibly lowered as a resultof admissions of possibly lessqualified students through suchrecruitment. Stoddard also addressed difficulties encountered byfemale faculty, such as professionaladvancement. Furthermore, shepointed out that few female rolemodels exist in science relatedfields and professions, and thatmany more are needed.
Lorden, who spoke next, noted that although the Institute hascome a long way in increasing sexual equality, there remained a"tremendous imbalance," and thatmuch more could be done. He suggested preconceptions learned during one's childhood could lead tothe imbalance of numbers of menand women in science relatedfields, including the classic preconception of males as more scientifically oriented and females as morecreatively oriented.
Later in the program, Lordensuggested combating this at thehigh school level by showing students that both males and femalescan do science. On the subject ofundergraduate admissions, Lordensuggested that heavy reliance onstandardized tests may also be acontributing factor in the numerical imbalance, but was purposefully vague on the subject, saying onlythat accomplishments in highschool needed to be looked at besides test scores.
Mary Kennedy stressed thepoint that feminism was not a single doctrine, but a broad range ofideas which did not necessarilyconcur. She then described a number of current feminist movementsand conferences and their ideas,which included the connection ofcivil rights to feminism, and the belief that women should be able tobear children while continuing towork in society.
Kennedy also noted the perception of anti-feminist backlash in today's society, which she attributedto the reactions to the advancementof women in many fields. Sherecognized the presence of a ratioimbalance at Tech, but suggestedthat balancing out this ratio did notnecessarily involve any lowering of
the Mediaeval Academy of America, and the Medieval Associationof the Pacific, and he had servedas president of the InternationalCourtly literature Society.
In 1985, he recieved the prestigious MacArthur Prize Fellowship, whose cash award allowedhim to travel frequently to Europeto conduct his research. He hadalso held Guggenheim and Fulbright fellowships.
A non-scholar facet of Dr. Benton was his commitment to humanity and charity. He dedicated muchof his life to the causes of racialdesegregation and equal rights. Ina letter written to his eldest daughter, Helen, on the night before hisdeath, he spoke of the ideology thatmotivated him: "The ideology thatmeans the most for me is one ofjustice... freed of the illusions ofclass, race, party, and nation."
He was involved in the 1963 "IHave a Dream" march with Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. and dedicated great amounts of time to the
by Larry ChengMore than forty people filled
Winnett Lounge Mar. 2 to hear apanel discussion presented by theOrganization of Women at Caltechentitled "Feminism, What's In ItFor Caltech?"
The panel consisted ofJudy Cohen, Associate Professor of Astronomy; Mary Kennedy,Associate Professor Biology; JeanWestphal, chemistry staff scientist;Tricia Stoddard, aeronauticsgraduate student and formerCaltech undergrad; and Gary Lorden, Dean of Students. PhyllisPugh, an undergraduate in biology, was the moderator.
The panel began with a roundof statements which reflected personal opinions of the speakers.Westphal began the round with adefinition of feminism. She advocated a change to bring aboutequality between men and women,and the acceptance by women oftheir simply being women.
Westphal viewed Caltech as amicrocosm of American society ingeneral, and advocated thepresence of a feminist movementin order to provide support and alliance within the Tech communityin the same way feminist groups ingeneral provide these things. Sheconcluded by stating that the Institute needs more women in all areas- students, faculty, and administration.
Stoddard described changes sheperceived in the attitudes towardswomen during and since she wasan undergraduate at Tech. She hasexperienced feelings ranging frombeing "judged on an equal basis" asan undergrad, to being treated asa threat in industry, to needingmore support as a graduate studentthan as an undergrad.
She offered a different definition of feminism, stating that whatwas necessary was the "recognitionof the special traits and abilities ofwomen," and an effort to maximizethe benefit to society of theses features. She stressed that men andwomen are not the same, but have"definite differences," which shouldbe taken advantage of.
Stoddard also spoke of thedilemma in recruiting women toCaltech. She noted that there is a
Dr. Benton: Historianby Carlos Ramirez
Caltech mourns the passing ofJohn F. Benton, 56, the Doris andHenry Dreyfuss Professor of History at the California Institute ofTechnology, who died unexpectedly of unknown causes Thu. evening, Feb. 25, at his home inPasadena.He had been professor ofhistory at Caltech since 1970.
He was a world-renownedscholar of medieval history, andwas especially recognized as anauthority on the 12th centurylovers, Heloise and Abelard Benton. He will especially be remembered by those who took hiscourses on "courtly love," where heprovided insight into personal relationships that apply even today.
Dr. Benton was also known forusing image-processing techniquesdeveloped at JPL to read ancient,medieval, and modern manuscriptsin which the writing had beenerased, damaged, or faded.
He was a member of theAmerican Historical Association,
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The other day, I hurried to class as usual, striving againstthe clock to get there on time. Yet along the way somethingstopped me. I stopped rushing and, for the first time in a longwhile, I opened my eyes. Though I must have taken this sameroute hundreds of times before, I saw things I have never'seenbefore at Caltech: trees I did not know even existed, crackson walls of buildings, birds fighting over food on the ground...
It is amazing how much there is to see if one just takesthe time to look. It seems like these days everyone is just toobusy doing something and hurrying someplace. Too busy tostop and enjoy little things like the patterns the wind makesin a pool of rainwater, or ants struggling to carry twice theirweight in food. Too busy to get involved, to care, to lookat the world as it is today and as it could be. Too busy toopen themselves to new ideas and thoughts and points of view.Too busy to look around at where they are and where theyare going-to stop and question life. To ponder, to daydream,to wonder. Is the universe flat or curved? What would thisworld be like without water? Do insects ever get sick? Whathappens when you die? Why do people act the way they do?Where do atoms come from? Why does life exist?
It is a sad state of society when people are too rushed tothink and wonder and question all that exists around them.After all, how can one expect to find answers when one doesnot question? .,
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We are mortal. Caltech has felt mortality so much closerthese past weeks. It is confusing and saddening, death. Thechildhood question, "Where does one go when one dies?" weask today, even if we are not children.
Many of us have a place on which we rest our hopes, ourdreams, and perhaps even our fears. For the religious, thequestion is a bit easier to face, and maybe even answerable.For the non- (or un-) believers, the question does not yieldan easy answer.
Our reactions to death vary as our attitudes towards lifevary. Kurt Vonnegut, in Galapagos, perceived death as a longblue tunnel. Simon de Beauvoir, a French writer, wrote that"death preserves life... [since] death does away with time."Gandhi wrote in Young India, "Life and Death are but phasesof the same thing ...Death is an Eternal verity ..."
Death has been personified too. Ingmar Bergman, in TheSeventh Seal, portrayed death as a ruthless chess player. EmilyDickinson, on the other hand, perceived death to be a courter whose gift was Immortality. Both John Milton and JohnDonne believed death was their adversary whom they couldvanquish.
Our attitudes toward life are reflected in our attitudestoward death, and vice versa. For those of us who still havelife, we should pause to think not about death, but about life.And forever in death, there is life. John Benton, just beforehis death, wrote to his daughter, "I feel optimistic about thehuman race and the next generation. I am not afraid ofdeath...By and large I feel at peace with myself."
We do not know where Richard Feynman and John Benton are now. Perhaps Richard Feynman is on a beach, collecting pebbles with Isaac Newton. And perhaps John Bentonis discussing the state of the nation with Dr. Martin LutherKing Jr. Wherever they are, let us only hope that whateverthey sought in life, they found.
Hey Freshman! Hey Sophomores! What didn't happen firstterm that was supposed to? What was it? Think hard. Whatdidn't happen first term last year? And the year before that?And...
I'll bet you don't know. Let's ask the Junior class presi-dent if he knows. Does he? We doubt it.
It's the law. The Junior class.president is supposed to organize a Freshman-Sophomore. event. We read our littl~ t;did you? If you did, you'll notice on page 141, ResolutIOnIII, section 4:
"The officers for the Junior class shall be responsible fororganizing a Freshman-Sophomore Event during the first termof each academic year."
So what was it? We don't remember any event. The governor of Arizona is presently undergoing an impeachment trial. Perhaps the officers of the Junior class should follow.
Well, it's too late this year. But for you sophomores outthere, you know what you have to do...
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The Environmental ImpactReport noted that the TolmanBacher and Bateman Houses were"potentially eligible for NationalRegister or Landmark Status."These houses will, however, be retained in their present locations.
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Gary should be reimbursed andFleming and Blacker should writeand apology. In the future thereshould be punishment.
4. The ICE MACHINECAPER. Just one short week afterthe ice ruling, Lloyd's ice machinehas been cleaned out again! Appar-·ently the culprits were two Flemswho were not on official duty. After much debate, the IHC votes tofine Fleming house a total of $20and let Fleming decide if it shouldfine the persons involved.
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b. Bob asks two questions: 1)Why are the food reps board beingsubsidized? 2) Why is Nancy cochairing the Food CommitteeMeetings? It is decided nobodythere really knows the answer andthe food reps should be invited tothe next meeting.
c. Smoke detectors removedfrom Ruddock. Someone at P-plantwants to know why. Bets says that"we play with soccer-balls in the alleys, it was probably removed by..." She'll look into it and get backto everyone.
d. Having the presidents invitepeople to Tuesday night dinnersdoesn't seem to be working. Several suggestions are made: 1) Telleveryone sooner. 2) Put out aschedule. 3) Move the date around.4) Move the sign-up to the MaSH'soffice.
6. Ken asks Bob if anythingwas done about the Damage Tours.All the students have paid their $10and there hasn't been anythingdone. Bob says he's written Nancya "threatening" memo three daysago. Dave J. says he went overthere and Nancy said there was noway that she could inform studentsabout the tours beforehand.
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These included not having time forchildren, and the "added burden ofnot having wives" to take care ofsocial and domestic problems. Cohen suggested that more womenneeded to get into positions ofpower, both in faculty and administration. She also suggested that theadmissions committee needed towork harder in hunting out andrecruiting qualified women to admit to Tech.
A short question-and-answerperiod yielded a number of points,some concerning feminism ingeneral, and some concerningCaltech in particular. Tothe question of what kind of affirmative action to utilize, the panel seemed toagree that more intensive recruiting of women was needed. Lordenonce again brought up the questionof 'qualifications' and 'standards,'
IHC Minutes 8PM 1 Mar 1988.1. Jimbob Speaks ...a. A proposal is made to have
official rules for minor sports (i.e.wrestling, broomball, etc). Jimbobwill look in to it.
b. Cable for campus. It seemsthat many other schools have cableavailable to the students, butnumerous attempts to get the cablecompany to agree have failed.Maybe the satellite signal can befed to the houses ...
2. Dave Lipin says that Blacker, Lloyd and Ruddock owe Ricketts $50 each for the cost of asecurity guard during last week'sparty.
3. What a mess! It seems thatBlacker, Fleming and Ricketts allused the kitchen last weekend, andthere was a big mess Mondaymorning left for Gary. Dave L.claims that Ricketts cleaned up andBlacker and Fleming didn't. Blacker claims that it cleared out the furniture eventually, but not soonenough. Fleming is looking into theproblem. Dave says that it looks asif we might lose kitchen privilegesand that it is unfair. He suggests
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specifically, pointing out that applicants who did not completelyfulfill standards were not in theleast guaranteed to fail, and thusthe idea of admitting what somemight consider 'unqualified' applicants, including women, to balancethe ratio did not scare him.
Overall, the discussion raised anumber of points related tofeminism at Caltech. Due to theshort amount of time allotted forthe discussion, the audience wasnot treated to much actual discussion among the panel members, butthis did not take away from thepresentation, for many of the itemsbrought to light will surely be discussed over and over, both personally and as matters of Institutepolicy, in the futun~..regarding the field was irrelevant.Cohen proceeded to give a sampling of the disadvantages faced bywomen at Caltech. She stated thatthe Institute was hostile towardswomen, that the rules, traditionsand organizations do not adequately recognize women. As an example, she pointed out that until twoyears ago, the health center had noprogram regarding pregnancies orabortions.
Cohen said also that the socialburdens of being a female memberof the faculty were imposing.
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4. ASCIT event Fri.: StreetTalk will appear Fri. afternoon aspart of the Y's Fri. noon concerts.ASCIT will provide beverages.Perhaps dinner outside in thefuture?
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Sheldon emphasized that successfully obtaining a patent istricky, and one should enlist the aidof a professional patent lawyer tomaximize the probability of sucess.The cost of obtaining a patent withprofessional help is between twoand three thousand dollars. Also,it costs close to one thousand dollars to maintain a patent for the fullseventeen years, with payments ofthree hundred dollars due at threeand a half years, seven years, andtwelve years.
For those not wishing to spendso much money, the easiest way toprotect an original work is with acopyright. Copyrights require noeffort to obtain and simply forbidany unauthorized duplication of thework in question. The author ofany original work on a tangiblemedium needs only to put thecopyright symbol, the circumscribed "c", and the year of the firstpublication. However, to sueplagiarizers it is necessary toregister the copyright. Formscreated for this purpose are available from the library of Congress,and the entire process costs onlyten dollars.
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a patent for the idea in Germany oranywhere else, because the idea isnot new.
Certain other factors also affectthe probability of successfully obtaining a patent for some invention.An example is marketability. If aproduct sells well while the authorapplies for a patent, then its chanceof getting patented is greatly enhanced. Professional approval isalso a positive factor. Sheldon wascertain that getting a Nobel Prizefor a discovery should guarentee apatent.
In the United States, patent applications can be filed up to oneyear after the first public announcement concerning the invention.Most other countries, however,have rules that nullify any chancefor a patent if the public announcement comes before the petition forpatent was filed. In addition, filingin another country within a year ofone's first filing date gives one thebenefit of that date. That is, if aU.S. petition is filed in January,but the German petition is filed inMay, officially, the German petition carries the January date.
Also in the United States, if twoinventors apply for a patent on thesame object, the one who can provethat he invented it first wins the pa:tent. In other countries, it is usually the filing date, and not the dateof invention, that decides who getsthe patent.
A key to successful marketingof any product, even those protected with patents, is the productname. It is vital, stressed Sheldon,that the inventor select and registera trademark for his invention withthe state. He will also need to determine if the selected name is already in use.
Vitamins, con!'dfrom page 1
"You aren't playing nutritionalroulette every time you prepare ameal!" assures Dr. Barret, althoughvitamin distributors would have thepublic believe otherwise. Vitaminsuppliers prey on people's insecurities by saying, "'Take our vitaminsupplements just to make sure thatyou get enough.'" Because dailysupplements are so inexpensive andharmless (if taken in reasonablequantities), these companies canget away with their billion dollarindustry without public cries ofoutrage.
Selling vitamin supplements tothose who don't need them isquackery, claims Barret, who hasdevised a basic rule of thumb: anybody who sells vitamins should notbe asked for nutritional advice.Although vitamin hustlers may besincere in their misguided beliefsin vitamins' potential, there is simply no evidence to support theirclaims, says Dr. Barret.
Selling unnecessary vitamins tothe public is relatively harmless,but more serious forms of quackery abound in the health industry.Certain companies such as ImmuneAmerica claim to cure sufferers ofAIDS and other immuno-.deficiencies by promoting specialnutritional products and diets. Barret fears that those who are takenin by such claims may shun theproper medical care that they need,sometimes even with fatal consequences.
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bottle and I have to peel it off.spacecatty (n) - An Asian unit of weight commonly equal to I and 1/3 pounds
avoirdupois.Damn I hate running my fingernails over the hood of a dirty car but I al-
ways do, time and time again.spacea list of the evils of censorship:He had heard or read somewhere that Virgos were violent but of course
he did not believe in astrology.spaceThe quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs.And new in this box, a secret decoder ring!!!If none of this makes sense to you, don't worry. This was written in the
middle of the night in the following method:1:"say something"2:"put random letters in boldface"l:"ok"I!!!I once read a book about cryptography, but that was a long time ago and
I've forgotten much of it.Kill commas, kill dead. Kill you!
FRIDAY 4 MARCH 19885
Alan Wong, if you are reading this, someone has been calling for you. Theydidn't say all too much, but did leave a message: "Frrrossh!" Also, they saidfor you to call them at 356-HAND, when you get the chance. Also, if youdon't talk to Cliff soon, he will put your room up for grabs.
Fleming: Another week, another Insnide World...ah, whom to mock this time?Wine and Candlelight was a smashing success. No table-chasing demoli
tion derby this year, but we finally got Daniels to realize his true sexual preference (with a little help from Slovik). By the way, did Daniels take Slovik ordid Slovik take Daniels? But, as always, the waiters seem to have outshoneall others in the way of massive inebriation. We ALMOST managed to getrid of Barry this time, but some moron dragged him out of the middle of California BEFORE he got hit by a car. Oh, well. There's always next year. ..
The unparalleled and unparallelable Fleming Interhouse Volleyball teamis still crushing all who dare face it, although it's kind of hard to tell by the,shall we say, less-than-spirited dinner announcements we've been getting lately. And would somebody please show Swanson how to ring the bell? I've discovered how to tell if someone is a good volleyball player or not. All goodvolleyball players wear a pair of really ugly shorts. It's true. Maybe it's theknee pads, but there's something about watching Linda play volleyball that justwell...never mind.
It seems that Alley One's Midget Parade Challenge has proven too lameto even think of accepting. I guess Alley Five is still the unquestioned and unquestionable Alley of the True Gods.
This quarter's Mellow Mail catalogs are in. Humphreys was seen readingone in the lounge with a grin from ear to ear. Not getting any, eh Humphreys?That's ok, neither am I. I haven't heard any noises coming out of Kent's roomlately so he probably isn't either. Or she isn't a squealer. Not like Jennifer (famedone-time Alley Two Rabbit), or Melinda (or is that Frank?) anyway.
Brain Daniels didn't win Road Ralleye. Hahahahahah. And the froshmanaged to miss it by two hours. (Have some Kudos, Pottenger?). Kent's bandlearned a new song. Quite a few songs, in fact. WellIfive, anyway. This timeonly two of them are "Louie, Louie" though.
Weistand does NOT look like me, damnit. He has more hair. (I wouldn~think that was possible, Pierce. Unless you mean hair on his head -Y.F. ) I'vebecome a waiting kinda guy. Your worst nightmares come true.
Wednesday was Drop Day. Drop Early, Drop Often, but Don't Drop Me.Moonlighting Sucks. Dick Dale is the One and Only True King of the SurfGuitar. Kent has decided to become a music major at PCC. His hobbies arenihilism and hot oil wrestling. Kent Nordstrom, future Rose Parade Queen.(I'd like to go to UCLA and study to become a veterinarian, because I lovepeople -Y. F. ) (Are you sure that wasn t sheep? - N. F. ) (That was irony, &*head-Y.F. )
Yesterday was Ditch Day frosh, you missed it. Now get your shovels andfill in all the holes. Rumor has it that Laura Hernandez is insatiable, but that'sjust a rumor. Or was that Soo?
Safari party this weekend at 328 S. Hoi. Bring your own animal passions.Well, we've ragged on enough people so bye till next week...
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6THE CALIFORNIA TECH FRIDAY 4 MARCH 1988
Caltech Raquetball ClubPasses for the use of the Pasadena
YMCA's racquetball facilities are now available at the Caltech Y for the price of 1 dollar. They can be purchased during normaloffice hours and are available to any student.The passes allow full use of YMCA facilities for one day.
The YMCA is located at 235 E. HollyAve., 1 block north of the Pasadena Plaza,next to City Hall. There will be a list ofavailable partners posted at the Caltech Y,so if you are interested, please sign up.
If you have any helpful suggestions forthe club, contact Jason Stewart at 1-59 or356-9414.
The Morgan Ward CompetitionAny Caltech freshman or sophomore
may enter this contest. An entry may be individual (submitted by one student) or joint(submitted by a group of two or more students). Each student is entitled to at mostthree entries, of which at most two may beindividual.
An entry is to consist of a mathematicalproblem, together with a solution or signifIcant contribution toward a solution. Theproblem may have any source, but thissource should be stated in the entry. The entries will be judged on the basis of the nature of the problem and the originality andelegance of the solution. Any outside references used should be indicated.
Entries from each contestant or groupmust be placed in an envelope and deliveredto the Mathematics Office, 253 Sloan, during the fourth week of third term. The namesof the contestant, or the names of all participants in the case of a joint entry, mustbe written on the envelope only, not on theentry. The Judging Committee will consistof three volunteers, approved by a vote ofthe Caltech Mathematics Club. Each jugdemust be a junior or senior and a memberof the Mathematics Club. The judges willselect a group of fInalists and submit theirentries to the Mathematics Departmentfaculty who will make awards to the winners. Prizes will ordinarily be awarded forthe 2 or 4 best entries, the value of eachprize being $75. Prizes for individual entries will be limited to at most one to a contestant, and no group may receive more thanone prize.
from page 8
E.T. Bell Research PrizeThe E.T. Bell Undergraduate Mathemat
ics Research Prize is a cash prize of $500awarded for the best original mathematicspaper written by a Caltech junior or senior.
Contestants for the Bell prize must benominated by a faculty member familiarwith their work. Students who wish to beconsidered for this prize should contact amember of the Mathematics faculty prior tothe end of the second term to discuss the nature of the research. If the entry is sufficiently worthy, the faculty member will nominatethe contestant and act as sponsor. Each studnet is entitled to only one entry. All contestants nominated must submit Their papersin fInal form to their faculty sponsors by theend of the fourth week of third term. Afaculty committee will then judge the papersand announce its decision before the end ofthird term. The committee may award duplicate prizes in case of more than one outstanding entry. The name of the winner (orwinners) will appear in the commencementprogram.
Honeywell Futurist CompetitionHoneywell's sixth annual Futurist
Awards Competition, an essay contest opento full-time college students, asks studentsto predict technology advancements theyforesee by the year 2013. This year's contest will offer 10 winners $3,000 each. Inaddition, all entrants will receive a FuturistAward Competition poster designed byFrench artist Jean Michel Folon.
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Completed essays must be postmarkedno later than March 18, 1988. Essays willbe judged on the bases of creativity, technical understanding, feasibility and clarityof expression. Winners will be notifIed byApril 22 and will be flown to Minneapolislater that month for the awards ceremonies.
To obtain registration information write:Honeywell Futurist Awards Competition,Box 524, Minneapolis, MN 55440, or calltoll free, 1(800) 328-5111, x1581.
McLaughlin, sophomore RobertCoker, and captain Paul Rubinov,a junior, the trio will shine in thenext year. Additionally, they willbe able to build a strong foundationfor future years, working with thelarge crop of beginners that the introductory fencing class gathers.
The sabre team, however, hasthe possibility for the best future.Ray Sidney, .the left-handedfreshman fencing sensation, ismaturing nicely. He will make astrong contribution next year, aswill Sean Johnston, another finetalent who already has two years ofexperience. Bob Fox, a fencerfrom Oxy, is also transferring toTech next year. The sabre teamwill benefit from his last year ofeligibility, as well as his experienceduring practice.
The only big question mark iscaptain Matt Himmelstein, who,though a senior, has one more yearof eligibility and no real plans fora June graduation. If he does indeed compete next year, greatthings are expected of him.
cessful member of the team, andAnna Yeakley, a young lady whohad not touched a foil until theevening before her first competition. If these four women are ableto compete again next year, thewomen's team's future is verybright indeed.
Even brighter, however, are theprospects for the men's teams, withonly one graduating senior in theranks. Jeff Greason, that lonesenior, was a four year member ofthe fencing team, spending the lastthree on an epee squad and the lastone as the squad's captain. Eventhough he is graduating, there arethree returning epee members forthe future, and they are sophomoreJoe Dadek, freshman Ben Holland,and freshman Allen Price. Withoff-season work, they should beable to chalk up many more teamvictories than the two thathighlighted the past season forthese four gentlemen.
The men's foil· team will notlose any fencers. With more experience for freshman Steve
by Sabre T. TigerWith the fencing season over,
Caltech is left with more than justa few memories and many, manyhopes for the future. The team'shopes for post-season competitionwere virtually eliminated at the second meet of the season. Thefencers continued to compete untilthe very end. Though the officialstats only reflect the second half ofthe season due to first half disqualifications, when taken as awhole, the season record is quiteimpressive in what will undoubtedly be referred to as a rebuildingyear.
The women's team came thefarthest and shows some real promise for the next several years. Allfour freshman ladies are ready toreturn and compete at some time inthe next season. Miriam Myjakwas the most dedicated of the team,competing at all the dates, fightingsolo at the first meet and joined byKitt Hodsden at the second. Laterin the season they were joined byCelina Mikolajczak, the most suc-
Caltech's Teri Engelhard (36) skillfully maneuvers the ball away from the opponentin a Feb. 21 game in which Caltech lost to Defeet.
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THE CALIFORNIA TECH FRIDAY 4 MARCH 19887
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Beaver Cup: Part IIby Ice Man
The Caltech Ice Hockey Clubstormed into MIT for the secondannual Beaver Cup last weekend.The road trip included exciting parties, barroom brawls, entertainment and interaction with MITPresident Paul Gray, and of coursethe Beaver Cup.
As was expected the line ofMartin Brouillette, Paul Svitek,Dave Braun, Dwight Berg, andSandy Krasner did the majority ofthe scoring and got most of thepenalty minutes. The game seemedlike a marathon to Caltech, becauseof an additional seven minutes oneach period. The combination ofthe oversized ice surface, the timechange, and the deluxe accommodations gave MIT the slight advantage they needed to pull ahead ofCaltech 13-0.
The game's casualties includedJim Bower's sprained knee, Mar-
tin Brouillette with a bruised kneeand no outside right skate edge,and Sandy Krasner who sufferedfrom a broken ankle halfwaythrough the second period. Anotherinjury went to Brooke Andersonwho was stabbed but was reincarnated as Peter Dowde.
The road trip included morethan just exciting and close hockey games. The Caltech team wasprivileged enough to stay at theMIT Hilton, which turned out to bea racquetball court. Aside from thefine accommodations, the MIThospitality was outstanding. TheCaltech players were taken to suchfine events as dinner with MIT'spresident, dinner with Caltechalumni, the Blender Blitz, Party'Til the Sun Comes Up, and the Bahama Blast.
The return flight from MIT alsoyielded an unexpected bonus as
United Airlines was kind enough todonate eighty motion sickness containers to Caltech for use in caseof large instances of non- foodrelated gastro-intestinal viruses.
Although not fully recoveredfrom the post game celebrations,the pucksters took on Cal LutheranWednesday night. The game at thePasadena Ice Center in front ofjustover twenty fans, was protested byLutheran who lost 6-2.
Scoring for Caltech were Martin Brouillette with two brilliantgoals and one assist, Pavel Svitekwith two goals and two assists,Dwight Berg with one goal and twoassists, and Dave Braun with a goaland an assist. All fans are reminded that free beverages will beserved at the last regularly sched-
, uled home game of the season onWednesday, March 30, againstU.S.C. at 9:45PM.
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Another day, another win forthe Caltech women. This makes theteam record 4-5 going into Saturday's 2:00PM match at Whittier.They then face Redlands at homeon Monday at 3:00PM in their lastmatch until next term. Both matches should be very competitive. Inupcoming issues of the Tech, lookfor individual profiles on theCaltech players and an exclusiveinterview with Coach GinyMarum. That's all from the worldof tennis.
frustrations, which continuedthroughout the day. The highlightsof their matches occurred in thefirst set of doubles which they wonhandily 6-1, before losing the nexttwo sets.
The highlight for Caltech fansattending the match occurred inthat first doubles set when JaneSeto purely unintentionally sent Irvine's Stelmachowicz to the groundwith a vicious overhead smash thatgrazed Corrie's head. Fortunately,she was unhurt, but her tumble sentsomewhat unsportsmanlike wavesof satisfaction through somesegments of the Caltech crowd.
All through the match, they hadbeen witnessing the Christ Collegepair perform such classless anticsas laughing and jumping aroundoccasionally when their opponents'shots went out. Remarked spectatorJohn Gass, "Those two look likethey're straight off some sitcom.For all I know, they could be onThe Facts of Life." However,Stelmachowicz and Kringle didplay well in attaining Irvine's threevictories on the day.
tke 6-2, 6-1. This ups Linda'srecord to 4-3, one of the best individual records on the team. CarolMullenax and Junko Munakata gota break from singles play, andresponded with a 6-0,6-0 massacreof Casillas and Luedtke at seconddoubles. Junko has been battling avariety of physical ailments and abarrage of Tuesday night/Wednesday morning homework sets allseason, so her relatively restfulmatch last Wednesday was welldeserved.
The top two singles matchesand the first doubles match wererather poetic encounters as this daypitted the noble, dark, and stormyduo of Carol Choy and Jane Setoagainst C.C.L's annoying blondebubbleheads Corrie Stelmachowiczand Anne Kringle. Unfortunately,three potential comedies turned into tragedies as Carol and Jane losttheir doubles match and theirrespective singles encounters.
It was simply a bad day forTech's top two seeds. Neither cameinto the match feeling too well, andbad starts against opponents theyhad beaten before fueled their
players made the long trek out toIrvine, yet they clobbered C.C.L6-3, losing two of the three matches by forfeit.
Last Wednesday, only fiveEagle players out of a full complement of six came to Caltech to facethe confident Beavers. Though thefinal score was the same, Caltech'stop seeds did not play nearly sowell.
The brightest spots of the dayfor Tech were third and fifth seedsLaura Hernandez and JenniferLow. Laura put on a veritable tennis clinic, neatly disposing ofDenise Manning 6-1,6-0. Alwaysthe gracious winner, Laura beganfeeling sorry for her opponent inthe first set as she double-faultedfour times to give a game to hercompletely out-classed foe.
Meanwhile, Jennifer Low continued her streak of excellent playwith a 6-0, 6-0 win over LarisaCasillas. Relatively speaking, Jennifer had been playing the best tennis of anyone on the team the lastcouple of matches.
Linda Schlueter also playedwell, beating fourth seed Liz Lued-
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PARIAN TRAVELCaltech Officially Approved
Airlines, Cruises, Tours, Hotels, Car Rentals.
Individual. Commercial, Groups.
Macintosh Programming Jobs!!This summer, Apple Computer will be
providing several internships for Caltechstudents to work on science simulation software for elementary school students. Student interns will receive $2000/month plusbenefits, while working on campus as partof Project SEED, a Caltech/Pasadena Unified School District program for innovativescience education. Call Susan at x6820 formore information.
Money For EconomistsThe National Society of the Colonial
Dames of America is offering an award of$1,000 to graduate students and undergraduate seniors majoring in economics. Thedeadline for entries is March 14,1988. Forfurther information please contact the Financial Aid Office, 515 S. Wilson.
Marinaid?Marin Educational Foundation is offer
ing grants to Marin County residents whowill be pursuing an undergraduate degreeon at least a half-time basis as of September, 1988. The deadline to apply is AprilI, 1988. For further information please contact the Financial Aid Office, 515 S. Wilson.please see WHAT GOES ON, page 6
Writing ContestThe Caddo National Writer's Center an
no~n.ces its 7th annual Spring Literary CompetItIon m Poetry, Short Fiction andNon-Fiction.
. For beginning and experienced writers,this contest has cash prizes in each category,an~ all ent~ants will receive a critique oftheir matenal, as well as a choice of one ofthe available contest directories that listsother writing contests (directories availableare for Poetry, Fiction & Drama and Non-Fiction). '
The deadline for entries is March 311988. The rules are: Poetry-anything ex~cept haiku or senryu, any verse form, entry fee of $20 for four poems; Short fiction,up to 4500 words per piece, entry fee of $20for two entries; Non-fiction, any subject,3000 w~rd maximum, entry fee of $20 fortwo ~ntnes. 24 cash prizes in each category,rangmg from $100 to $2000. To have yourwork returned and critiqued, include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope with the words"For Return.of Manuscript" on the envelope.
All entnes should be typed or printed~learly. Carbon copies, photostats and computer print-outs are acceptable (if legible).Your name may be included on themanuscript or you may use a cover sheet orcard.
Mail entries to: Caddo National Writer'sCenter (CNWC), Contest Committee, P.O.Box 37679, Shreveport, LA 71133-7679.
StudenskiTravel AwardApplications are now being received for
the 1988 Paul Studenski Memorial TravelAward. The Studenski Award of $2000 isgiven each spring to an undergraduate atCaltech who will use the money to travel,to reflect on the future course of his or herlife.
The objective is to provide the studenttime and opportunity to weigh academic andcareer options. The roaming and ruminating ought to involve a concern to combineone's scientific strengths with humanity'Sneeds.
The Caltech Y's Board of Directorschooses the winner on the basis of an essayand interview. The application essay, limitedto two typewritten pages, should explainbriefly how the student would use the travel money and how that travel would help the~tudent make a better determination regardmg future plans. The interview is used toelaborate the ideas which the selection committee deems most appropriate.
The only other requirement is that the,tudent's grades be in reasonably good ord~r. Deadline for applications is Thursday,March 31 at 5 pm. Questions will be an,wered by Julie Bolster in the Y Office.
Interviews will take place the secondweek of April and the winner will be notified by April 15.
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Money For MontebellansThe Montebello Town Center has a
scholarship program to assist students seeking higher education. Scholarship monieswill be awarded to undergraduate and graduate students living within an eight-mileradius of the center. The student must submit a completed application form to theMontebello Town Center managementoffice by March 31, 1988. For further information regarding the scholarship and theeligible cities, please contact the FinancialAid Office, 515 S. Wilson.SSSSP Tutors Needed
We will be needing tutors for our Summer Secondary School Science Program thatbegins June 27th through August 11th,1988, from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm Mondaythrough Thursday. We will need 4 tutorseach for: Molecular Biology, Chemistry,Physics/Trig, and Physics/Calculus. Ourfirst preference is to have seniors thenjuniors, and last sophomores. Appiicantsmay call x6207 or 6208, or come by LeeBrowne's office at 515 S. Wilson Ave.
We are also looking for counselors forthe dormitories; applicants may sign up forthe counselor positions at the Master of Student Housing Office or with Lee Browne.
Internships in New YorkThe Student Internship Service of Kings
Park, New York, offers listings of summerinternships in various majors in New YorkCity and on Long Island. Many offer salaries or stipends. Write for information: Stud~nt Internship Service, P.O. Box 1053,Kings Park, New York 11754.
Don't Leave Home Without ItTravelling abroad? Don't leave home
without an International Student ID Card.You can obtain it from Ingrid, InternationalrDesk, 105 Winnett Student Center, x6330
Senior Pictures!!!Seniors!! Take your senior photos soon.
The final deadline for turning in the photosis April 4. Please include your name,hometown and option.
Summer Research At MITMIT's Materials Processing Center is
offering a summer research opportunity.State-of-the-art research in: electronicmaterials; advanced ceramics; high T,superconductors; polymers; metals; metal,polymer, and ceramic matrix composites;space-based processing; rapid solidification;electroprocessing; welding and joining; environmental degradation of materials;mathematical modeling; economic systemsanalysis. Application deadline: March 7,1988. Announcement of awards: March 16.
For information and application materials, contact: Mrs. Frances Page, Room12-007, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139. (617)253-3217.Big Money!
The General Motors Corporation isoffering one scholarship to a sophomore inElectrical Engineering. The GM Scholarship inclUdes full tuition, a book allowanceand a paid summer internship. The awardis renewable for the senior year. Financialneed is not a consideration in the selectionprocess.
Applications and additional informationare available in the Financial Aid Office,515 S. Wilson Ave. Deadline is March 21,1988. Apply now.
Political InternshipThe Beckman Internship will be availa
ble for the summer of 1988. The internship,supported by friends of Dr. Arnold O. Beckman, will pay a stipend of $2,500. It allowsa selected Intern to spend the summer working in the office of a politician and to seefrom the inside the process of government.The Intern is expected to make arrangementswith the appropriate political persons. It isopen to any Techer who intends to be aCaltech undergraduate next year. If interested, submit a brief proposal describing whereand how you would use the stipend, to theDeans' Office, 102 Parsons-Gates, by Monday, April 11th.
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German FilmHaus Ohne Huter (1975) will be shown
on March 7th in Baxter Lecture Hall at 7:30pm as part of the German Film Series. Basedon the novel by Heinrich Boll, the fJ.lm takesplace in a catholic town in the Rhineland inthe nineteen fifties. The fatherless childrenof two very different families becomefriends and make their first life experiencesunder contrasting auspices, both moral andmaterial. Producer: Rainer Wolffhardt. Starring: Johannes Wolffhardt, Werner Lier,Renate Schroeter, Gunther Malzacher andKarion Baal. All are invited.
Horseback RidingSign up at The Y for horseback riding
tomorrow, March 5. Leaving at 7: 15 amsharp, because those horses get up awfulearly.
Max Planck and the NazisNo, it's not a new rock group, it's the
subject of a talk in the Judy Library on Friday, March 11 at noon. John Heilbron ofU.C. Berkeley, Professor of History andDirector of the Office for History of Scienceand Technology, will give a lunchtime talkentitled "Dilemmas of an Upright Man: MaxPlanck, the Nazis and German Physics."Bring your lunch and listen.
Women's Water PoloThere's a meeting Monday at 4:30 in the
chalk room by the gym for all you wild andcrazy women who'd like to play, or evenlearn to play water polo, so come on down!If you can't make, stop by the pool sometime and talk to Clint Dodd.
Commercial RocketsThe next Caltech-MIT Enterprise Forum
will be held on Tuesday, March 15th.American Rocket Company of Camarillowill present its business plan to a panel offinancial, marketing and technical experts.
American Rocket Company, founded in1985, designs and is testing a four-stage expendable booster, of industrial quality, thatwill deliver up to 3000 pounds of low-costsatellites to low Earth-orbit. They hope tooperate the delivery service as well asproduce the boosters. American Rocketbuilds its own hybrid engines from scratchand buys the electronics. President GeorgeA. Koopman will ask the Forum's adviceabout financing to keep the company aliveduring the time it takes for the market toclarify and the vehicle to be ready for operational use.
The Forum is at 7:00 pm in Baxter Hall.It is free to Caltech students with I.D.
The Orphanage ProjectEverybody involved in helping the or
phanage, "El Rancho Milagro" during springbreak, please attend the meeting on Saturday, March 5 at 1:00 pm in Clubroom A(Rm. 13, S.A.C.). We will be discussingthe plans for the entire trip! Questions? Contact Geoff Pilling, 1-59, 578-9346.
Renaissance Dance WorkshopThe Caltech Medieval/Renaissance So
ciety will be having a dance workshop inWinnett Lounge on Sunday, March 6 from1-4 pm. Many basic dances will be covered,and one or two more complicated ones. Theworkshop will be followed by a CMRSmeeting and potluck meal- bring food if youcan.
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Second AII·Mozart ConcertMusic for piano, winds, mixed and
men's chorus and orchestra will highlight anall-Mozart concert to be presented at 8 pmon Saturday, March 12 in Dabney HallLounge.
Similar in format to last year's SRO performance, the program will include theCaltech Chamber Singers and Men's GleeClub, student vocal soloists Dean Elzinga,John Daly and Doug Roberts, a wind octet, and Canadian concert pianist WendyCaldwell.
Works to be presented include ReginaCoeti and Ave Verum Corpus for mixed chorus and orchestra, Laute verkunde uns'reFreude, for men's chorus, tenor solo and orchestra, Serenade in E flat, K. 375 for windoctet, two arias from Don Giovanni, and theconcert will conclude with piano concerto#21 in C, k. 467.
Of special interest is Laut verkundeuns're Freude, Mozart's seldom performedpenultimate work, written three weeks before his death, for the dedication of a newMasonic Temple. With text by Schikanederit is much in the vein of The Magic Fluteand with its spirit of praise and jubilationgives no hint of the Requiem which was tooccupy his final days.
The concert will be conducted by Dr.Donald Caldwell and will be presentedwithout charge. After last year's overflowattendance, early seating is recommended.Second Term Film Series
In conjunction with H-131: HistoryThrough Film, Professor Robert Rosenstonewill be screening a series of excellentfeature-length fIlms at 7:30 pm on Wednesday evenings in Baxter Lecture Hall. Thesescreenings are open to members of theCaltech community. There is no admissioncharge. The film for March 9 will be SanSoleit (France-USA-1983), directedbyChris Marker.
Backpack In Zion ParkThe Caltech Y is sponsoring a spring
backpack into the canyons of the Southwest.This year, we'll be exploring the backcountyof Zion National Park. (We're reservingspots for Grand Canyon for spring break of1989.) The hike is scheduled to leave EARLY morning on Friday, Mar. 18 and returnLATE on Wednesday, Mar. 24. Your cost)f $40 includes transportation, food, and~quipment from the Y (if you NEED it).This should be a GREAT new tradition, sosign up SOON at the Y-spaces are limited. Deadline for signups is Friday, March11 at 5:00 pm. See y'all on the trail!
S.P.E.CT.R.E. of Blake's 7S.P.E.C.T.R.E., the Caltech Science
Fiction Club, will meet next Wednesday,March 9, 1988, at 7:30 pm in Clubroom B(RID. 15, S.A.C.). The movie will be the3rd and 4th episodes ofthe British TV series, Blakes 7. For more information, botherMark Looper at 304-0006.
Noontime BriefingThe Caltech Management Association
presents a Noontime Briefing by JPLManagement. Peter T. Lyman, DeputyDirector of JPL, will discuss "Visions forthe Future - A Participative Discussion" atnoon on Wednesday, March 9, at the 167Conference Room at JPL. The NoontimeBriefings are an informal series of talksbringing together JPL management and staffto share information and communicate thehistory and culture of JPL. All employeesare welcome.
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Application deadline is 5 PM Monday,March 7.
Microcomputing TalksCaltech will host four leaders of the com
puter industry this spring at a lecture seriescalled "Future Trends in Microcomputing."The series, which will be free and open tothe public, will feature Benjamin Rosen,Steven P. Jobs, Gordon E. Moore, andPhilippe Kahn.
Benjamin M. Rosen will give the firstof these talks on March 15 at 8:00 pm inBeckman Auditorium. He is co-founder ofthe Sevin Rosen Management Company, aventure capital firm with major investmentsin the microcomputer industry. He is chairman of the Compaq Computer Corporationand a director of Borland International, Bestinfo, and Quarterdeck Office Systems. Heis the former founding director of the Lotus Development Corporation. A Caltechalumnus (BS 1954, EE), Rosen also earneddegrees from Stanford (MS, 1955) andColumbia (MBA, 1961). For ten years, beginning in 1973, Rosen wrote the RosenElectronics Letter, which analyzed trends inpersonal computers and semiconductors. Institutional Investor named him Top Electronics Analyst for six consecutive years inthe 1960s and 1970s. Rosen has been amember of the Caltech Board of Trusteessince 1986.
Admission is free, but tickets are required. To obtain free tickets, contact theCaltech Ticket Office: in person, at 332 S.Michigan Ave.; by mail, Ticket Office,Caltech (332-92), Pasadena, CA 91125;by phone, (818) 356-4652 or 1-(800)423-8849. Note that tickets are valid onlyuntil 7:45 pm on the evening of the lecture.