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Daisy does Death and Dave Bany.

see page 9

Th ~ ASCIT Mov ie thi s week will be DangeroLls Liai sons

Baxter Lecture Hall, tonight, 7:30 and 10.

THE CALIFORNIA TECH V Ol-LIME C. Nt 1 :-'I~ER 10 P ASADENA . CAUr-ORNIA FRlDAY . NOVEMBER 20. 1998

N EWTECHNIQUES Students hold benefit auction IN PROTEIN FOill-

ING RESEARCH

BY TECH STAFF

Considered one of the mo,t I()C­midable i.ll1d impOI1;,ult chalkngc~

in 9:i~ncC' coda:", (he problem ot"pro­lein folding .... [ill ill\ 'o"L' .... an ;Jlm.l of mystel) '. lllt' prl)hlt'lll. according \0 Dr. Hell ... )' Gra v and Dr. Ja\ Winkler. both Caltech I'a(\\lt\. is becomillg ll)ore approiKhabflO:".

Thi, past Wedne,c!;",. " "l",cial edition of Accoullt:-. of Chl'mil';11 Research. a joumal of the Amt'ri ­can Chemical Society. \,·:as puh· lished on the subject at' protein fold­ing. The guc"r editor ... , Gray and Winkh devoled lhe issuetoe,plor­ing new c:xllelin'rental approache~ in protein folding.

The expelimental tecl1lliqllcs covered incllld~ ultrafast mixing. lalier-induced remlX'falure jtlnlps. pulsed deuterium exchange. and la­ser-induced electron transfer. All four approache~ are designed \0

track a protein \ method of fo lding \'ery early in lhe pr()(·c~s. r~lIcing ti'e time scale li'OI11miliisecond, to microseconds.

SEDS WATCHES

METEORS FROM

JOSH UA TREE

BY L EO!>,; T OI{RES

Several dozen Tel·her.' and a sprinkling of facu lty and J PL em­ployees braved the chi llv clime of loshua Tree National Park early last Tuesday morning. to ob~ervl.! the Leonid Meteor Shower. Spears of streaking light and ee­rie fl ashes from cloud-di spersed meteor trail s el icited ooh' ilnd aahs from the crowd of onlook­ers, all lyi ng on the ground hud­dl ing beneath mUltiple layers of blankets. Every now and then a bright fireball would blaze by. a colorful. flaming ball of moilen starstu ff mallY (imt:s larger {han a

normal meleor. an Object bOlO beauti ful and frighleni ng to be­hOld . Many students were excited by the experience. excited \0 see the living cosmos. to team (hat nothi ng ;s ever boring aboul the night sky. Alas, a stack of clouds marched in from the west and spoiled the nigh!. At 4 am. the

PLF:ASE st-: I:: METECHtS 0,," Pt\Ca:

BY K ATY ISAACS

A bellefil auction for the \'ic­tims of Hurrica ne Mitch will be held toni ght. friday. November 201h. at 10:00 p.m. in lhe court­ya rd betwcen Ri c ke tt:-. a nd Fleming HOlht'S. The auction is open lO everyolle.

All oflhe proceed, frol11lhe auction will go to buying things .... lIeh a:-. \.\\"\!r-lhe-coun\er medi­cl11(,~. ll oJl-pe ri shabk:-.. soap. firq aiu eq uiprnent. and waCc: r puri ricati{)Jl .... ys l em~ . ThL'st' items \\ ill be .... hipped to Ct'nt ral America through \Vorld Vision. a nonprofi t humanitarian relief al\d (.:kvt;:!opment organization.

C~' nthi<l Gong thoughl o f ha\'log an \lm.:lion 10 bcn~fit the hurricane vict ims after Hannah

Cal made an i.lJlllOllIH.:e.1l1ent

about d o nating rood at the Ric kells-Ruddock dinner last Friday. The two undergraduate

~cniors have been getl:ns dona­tions and organizing the auction , ince ea rly Ihis week. "People are donating tim e allover the place:' said Gong.

Senior Mike Astle will be the auct ioneer ror the eveni ng.. Jason Sd,anina. class of ' 98. will be doing the lighting. Graphic Art:-. cion;lted their time and '~ ill 10 mak~ t'iicr, for Ihe ~\·cn\.

Addit ionallv. Tom Mannion and CA BS. loc,1l bu."inc\'ic' .... . and .... ~\·L'ra l other~ ha ve' donated item ... to be aucti oned.

The au cti on li ~ t is quite CX,­

It: ll si,·t' . It includes itcms such as dilln~r with I.)ne of many Cal tech nowbJe\. gift L' l~rtifiL:~Jl cs

to local reSlal1fi.1l1\:-.. package..; from Ihe Cal tec h Boobtore. Microsoft softv,,·are. computer games. and a lot of furniture. Among the more eye-opening

rtf-,\S£ SEF i\ \. (·,. ,0' 0-' P \1 ;£ 4

Lily Cai comes to Caltech BY TECH STAFF

The Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company will perform a pro­gram that melds ancient Chinese techniques with contemporary dance styles on Saturday, No­vember 2 1, at 8 p.m. in Beckman Auditorium. The dance com­pany was established in 1988. Presenting a variety of classicaJ, folk and modern dances , complemented by colorful cos­tumes and both authentic and original music, thecol11pany has perfonned extensively through­out the Un ited States and Eu­rope. Yesterday afternoon , the c-ompany held a workshop in Winnett Student Center as well as an evening fireside chat in the Avery Library.

Cai. a native of Shanghai

and a fomler principal dancer with the Shanghai Opera House, is a prominent member of the San Francisco Bay area's dance cOlllmunity. Currently a com­mittee member of the Bay Area l sadora Duncan Awards, she is considered a major authoriry 'Uld resource in Chinese dance in the Bay Area.

Another noted member of the dance company, composer Gang Situ, was recently awarded a Ihree-ye,lI' grant as part of New Residencies. a na­tional program of Meet The Composer.

This program is supported. in part, by funds from the Cal i­fornia Arts Counci l, a state agency, and the National En­dowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

Caltech attends ACM Competition BY T ECH STAFF

Last Suturday. Novembe r 14. Ca l tech sent two teams to the regiona l ACM prog ra m­ming contest.

Team "Boris ," plac ing lh ird , was compri se d of Michael Pruett. Yaniv Inbar, and Tudor Bosma n. Team "N atasha" placed eighth with team members \Ves lt!y Tan aka.

Aaron De nn ey. and Vic lor H uang.

T hi s year's contest. hosled by San ta Barbara Cily College . was atte nd ed by teams from the ent ire Southern Ca li fo mia region, w hich includes Hawa ii and parts of Nevada. The first p lace w\nn e r was Ha rv ey Mudd 's "Team 42:' wi th Ca li ­fo rni a Po lytechnic Stat e

PU:A~F. ~t-:t-: ACM 0,," P AGE.l

/lIlh(' allctioll lfJlli)ZiJf IJeill,!!. heldlor fhe l'jel/lIls vf H urricalle Milch. h01I1

jacmioll SIII;,It (/1/(/ Allan' II ' 1'(llItill.~· (IJ il'lUfec/ a/)(}I 'e) lire heing (llfe/f()lIed

olfr/o/" (I dc/Ie. M ike Astle' 1\ ii/be doillg ,lie tum()r (~(he""g (/l/c(iollt'l'I:

CDS to hold Vegan meeting BY D.\,·" T YTELL .-\'-:1)

SIIA" "" ()N Sn·:\\'.\I AN

On Monday. November 23. Caltech Dining Service; will hold "" open meeting about vegetarian wJd ve­gan food on Ule board progml11. 1l1e meeting will be held in Room I in Winnett Student Center at four in the aftemcon.

Vegett.uialls ~Uld vegc.uls on the oomd prograrn have f.1l5L'd cO}l(CI11S

I .. Ulglng fmlll nUl:litional contell! 10 fca:J l'Ontmnillalioll. Ihc 1l"k""\.'"lillg is to get a ConSCll.% <'U1lOflg \"t~gl.:t;.Ul"Ul" al.nlt~

rolllfs \'eg8I.aJiwl ~uK.l vegan !exxl. Mich;:c l Plllctt. a VCglUl on CDS

ixwcL expl"""ed his fc"lings u.1l "it's just filltKlulem for Caltech DiningSelc V}ce:;; to clajm to offer a veg:.ul diet if tileir\-ersionQfa vegandict isn't wrne­thing that vegmls c:m live on." Other veget.mwl ... have exp!e-\Sl.u si n-u larcon­rems aboul nuo;tion. with the lack of prou::in beingacol1lll))n col1C..~I1l. with

Iluuilion lx-ing the pilllWY FOCll<;; ofrhe cOl11plaints.

P.,m;ck G,mnon. roml Dil1eCtor forCaitech Dining S<wiccs. explained Ihm "right now [Cutech] s,wes and accomidatcs fiu' Hjort? vcg.:uv\ egdar­iallS t h~U1 most southclll Calitom ia :ochools."

1lle IXlsilion of CDS. according too.umon. is t1.ud"y ''wUI1l tobe nun)­""I' 0 1" ill tile USA in Ih" vegi~u;wv \!l'gan trrea" we looking for con~;lln~r

input to Ie.1Ch thi~ go..l.l. At U'" Illeeting. CDS pion, to re­

work ll-x:;: l1~nll. including adding and su/:>lrJCfing irenl"; aIKI,nodifyingexiSl­ing entrees.

Still. not many vegetarians and veg;.ms have expressed hopeofcilange . MeUlY have expres-,ed Ihe cIel;ire to be let off bo,u'd Llntil thei r requested ch.:mges we nrt.

TIle rreeting is open to all inter­e.;tffi ,Xlftics. irduding undergraiu<11eS, gt:Jduate StllclenL,. Ixu Ity <old swi!".

-IN THIS ISSUE

THE USUAL

STUFF

Announcements ..... ...... .. ....... ·l2 D1LBERT ................. ...... .. _ ..... _._JO The Outside World ................... 3 Sporls ...... .. .................... " ......... _ .. S Y Ne\" s ............... ............. ..... ... .... 7

THIS WEEK'S

FEATURES

Letter to Editor .................. .. ... .. 3 More IH C Surl'ey .............. _ .... .. 6 ASCIT Minutes" .. _ .......... .. ........ ? Media Guy ........ _" ........... .. .... " .. .4 Color Ad .............. ..... .. .......... .... .. 4

2 November 20, 1998

Clubwatch! The Caltech Amateur

Radio Club will be attend­ing the second half of the Collegiate C hampi onships, the Phone team competiti on, this weekend, November 21st and 22nd start in g at I :00 p.m. o n Saturday aiid ending at 7:00 p .m. on Sun­day. Visitors a re welcome, ex tra headpho nes wi ll be avai lable. E-mai l :

marrin.a.woll@uS·IJWcgWba1com.

The Caltech Environ­mental Task Force m eets t he firs t F rid ay of every month outside the Chandler Dining Ha ll at noon. All those interested should mail celfers@its.

The Cal tech Ice Rocky Club has already begun its 1998-1999 season. Their next" game is Sunday, No­vember 22nd , at 12: I 5 p.m. agains t UC Davis at Iceon. Team memb~rship is open to a ll members of the Cal tech community. Also, attendence to all of the home

"games except th e MIT alu!D1li match are free. Email biff@its for more informa-ti\ln.';' -.

The Caltech Orienteering Club will be attending the Laguna Obser­vatory meet at Mt. Laguna on Saturday, November 21 sl. The c lub has attended 'many meets in thi s area. On December 6th they will be attending a mee t at Travel Town, Griffith P a rk , ap­pro ximatel y 20 minute s from Caltech . ·.Forrnore i,n­formation email o-c/ub @its.

Caltech Psychics' Net­work is looking for anyone with experience in alien communication. Email ·

~marvin@ugcs.

Students for the Explo-· ration and Development of · Space is having their: lst , Term. General Club r.,-eeting , fot Caltech SEDS on S'atur­day November. 28th ~t 4 :00

~p.m. in Winn.eH,Lo,unge~~ They, will be intro'ducing their new executive commit ... te~e ; discussing their~2nd .

term lecture series, and go­, ing over general club issues.' Tomo.rr()w, Saturday, !'Io-vember 21 st, they will be tpuring Palomar facilities. Email cyrano@ugcs for ·

· more details. .

If.your club is 'plari'nitig "an lv.ent or an activity afllf-, r:w'ould Uk/! it covered in i i Clubwatch! please em ail t c!uo@tecn with the appro- 0

priate information. Solicita-tions for advertisements will

,be .. , forwarded to ·business@tech.'

NEWS

David Alexander Rosefielde's Eulogy

A memorial service was heldfor David "Alex" Rosejielde lasl Fri­day, November / Jlh. David was killed all Sep/ember 20 while 1"(! ll1m ·

ing /0 Cal/eeh. Siudents. ji,culty, alld adminislralors a/te"ded II,e evelli. alOllg

wilh members ofAlexsfamily. Deam Revel al1d Brel1l1all. as we/I liS Alexs mOlher, fallln; alld siSler spoke. Also. lime was allowed for members of the community to share memories and express their {oss. Alex s fathe l; Stephell Rosejielde, piclured above, delivered Ihis eu· logy at hisfulleral al1d lillhe memorial service.

I want to stand up for my son Dave, whose memory may be di­minished in the recesses of some people's minds because he chose to experiment wi th explosives, ilnd in this way may appear to be respons ible for hi s own death. This line of reasoning is spec ious because it disregards the inherent riski ness of alilife 's choices, and the lethality of low probabili ty events that inevitably threaten all

of us in our daily pursuits. Dave didn ' t die because he chose to be a chemisl j or was too inquisiti ve, reck less, or imprudent; he died because on September 20, 1998 he was catastrophically unlucky.

Reflec tion on ot he r forces which cast Dave in hanll ', way confinn that he was a tragic vic­tim of c ircumstance. Dave was an audacious intellect who ratio­nall y took risks w hich ot he rs

might perceive as unwise in or­der to actuali ze hi s potentia l and live out the full meaning of his life. Dave's approach to li ving was a deeply contemplated and fe lt ex istemial choice. not a lapse o f judgement. or a romanlic en­thusiasm.

To unde rstand Dave properly. it is essential ( 0 recogn ize (hal he was a prodigy and an insatiably curious, open-minded renai ssance young 111 <.111 : a person of discern­ment. witty with refined taste. an allis1. and athlete li ving in a time when genius. sensitivity and iood hearted ness weren' t sufficient to discover truth and construct a worth y ex istence. He lea rned early on that he had to be disci­plined, tire less and audacious to push the front iers th,1I interested him because noth\ng of lasting value could be accompli shed by taking the easy way out. This at­titude was best expressed in hi s choice of Caltech . Da ve ex­plained to me that he cou ld go to Brown. excel. coast and amuse himself. or he could test the lim­its of his genius. The first option wasn't viable. Hecouldn 'taccept the possibility of not discoveri ng

a l1 that he cou ld be. Many of Dave' s professors

have shared their belief that Dave was a once-in-a-decade student (at Caltecill, a revolutionary and irrepressible intellect who surely wou ld have made major contri­butions to science. I have 11 0

doubt that they are right, just as I fully accept the testimony of those who disclosed how profoundly he touched them with his ennobling spirit. his loving nature. wannth. compassion. vitality and human­ity. Standing up for my son is easy because he was so fine. He was a

Dessert with the MOSH at

Steele House 355 S. Holliston

Thursday, December 3, 1998 10-12pm

Come Early

The California Tech

joy, and an inspiration. a hope for the future, and as so many of his friends have confided. their hero and mine.

I had long been aware thai Dave mig ht be snatched away prematurely. The very virtues which justified any father 's love and pride I'll! him at risk. and ex· perience taught me to be wary of

too much good fortu ne. [n the event. I can only lamem

that his goodness didn ' t eam him a better reward. There is no jus· tice in an exuberant, youthful soul prudently conducting a scientific experiment being victimized by an improbabi lity. If there is any solace it is this: Dave always dis­played the insight, wisdom and

courage to construct a caring. ex­c iling, c reative, productive and virtuous "fe . and in so doing was an inspiration to many. While he was prevented by fa te from CO m·

pleting hi s valiant mi ssion. his example will surely help those who knew him to become more than they might believe they could be. I know thi s is true because Dave was, and continues to be the

fountainhead of my own inspira· tion.

Stephen Rosefielde

T HE CALIFORNIA TECH .~

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VOLUME C. NUMBER /0 NOVEMBER 20. 1998

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The Outside World b y Cheryl Forest

B AGHl>AD, I UAQ: Affer about I Wo weeks of defiance. Iraq is noW cooperat in g agai n with U.N. arms in spec tors and moni­IOrs. George Robe rt son . the Briti sh Defe nse Sec reta ry. warned that " the nex t time the o nl y warning (about a mi litary strike) that [Saddam Husse in] w ill get is a withd rawal of the U.N. 111 -

specto rs.

J AKARTA , I NDoNEsu. : S tud~nt prote s t ~rs a rc cont inui ng to critici ze the governme nt's pace in c reat ing pro-democratic leg­islat ion and in re mov ing the mili tary from il ~ po li tica l ro le. The demonstrati ons escalated in to violent ri a lS in Jakarta ove r this past wee ke nd. resulting in at least s ixteen death s.

J ERUSA LEM : Israe l orde red the first w ithdrawal of troops Thursday from the occupied West Bank under its new peace deal with the Pal estinian s. Thi s dec ision came afte r the Israe li cabinet dec ided that the Pales inians had me t the ir initial secu­rilyob ligations. The Wye peace pac t binds Is rael to g ive up I} percent of the West Bank in exc hange fo r a Palestinian c rack­down on militants.

AND I N OTHER NEWS: Lucasfi 1m and 20t h Century Fox de ­cided to release the trailer ror "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace" this past Tuesday in 75 North Ame rican the­aters, three days prior to the official debut Friday. Once the word got out whi c h theaters were the luc ky ones, aHende nee at those theaters shot up. In Westwood. abou t 500 people showed up for the afte rnoon show in g or "The Siege:" onl y one- third stayed to watc h the feature , as the rest got up and left after the trailer. The mo vie is expected to be re leased over the 1999

I :~~; ~:;~:~::se raises prices in effort to break even

BY SHANNON STEWM AN

St ead y bu"iness h a .' marked Ih e ASCIT takeove r of th e Coffee h o us e begin ­nin g f ir s t t erm this 'yea r. Howev er. s ta f fing ha s n 't kept up wi t h th e in c rea se in ~us in es s . Th e Coffeeho use was forced to c lo se earl y la st Sunday and M o nday becau se of un d e r s taffin g. and it s manager, Jen Caro ll_ is ac­lively look in g ror peo pl e to fill waite r pos ilions fo r Sun­day, M o nda y, and seve n [ 0

eleve n on Tue sd ay. A s ide effect. Caron re­

pon s, is th a t shakes won't be availab le o n M o nda ys if th e staffi ng s ituati o n d oes n o t improve, as th e re is no Mon ­day shake wa iter.

On a br ig ht e r n o te, th o u gh, b o th Caro n and Ba ldeep Sadhal , Pres id e nt o f ASCIT, repo rt that th e cor­feehouse is ex tre me ly c lose to brea kin g eVen thank s to its s te ady quantity of bu s iness.

ASC IT is, o nce again. considerin g c hanges to im­prove Ih e Co rfee house me nu and bring it c lose r to bre ak-111 g eve n .

Som e min or pri ce in­c reases are being considered, in c luding round in g off t he price of que s a dill a s f ro m $ 2 .90 to $3.00 a n d rais in g Ih e pri ce o f s ma ll fries by less than a quarter.

Resizi ng some i tems on th e me n u is a lso an option , which could introduce a me­dium s ize o r fries to camp le-

OPINIONS

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Christian View of the Matt

Shepard Case We wo uld lik e to clarify

some issues rai sed by re ­c ent e vcn ts refe rred to in the Deans co rn c r two wee ks ag o , as well a s in th e Ictte r t o th e ed it or by Dul e Mi sev ic th ree wee ks ag o. A yo un g man. Matth ew Shepard. was b rutall y mur­dered in Wisco nsin becau se he w a s gay. A g ro up of peo ple c allin g th e m se lves a c hu rc h pickete d hi s funera l ca rry in g s ig ns say ing " G od hales fags ." This wa s a se nse less and hurtful act o r st upid m e ann ess. T hese mi sg uided peo pl e a re not re prese nlati ve or the beliefs a nd accepted prac ti ces o r th e C hri s tian ra ith . We wou ld lik e t o dispel th e mi sco n cept i o n that tru e Chri s tian s ha le ho mosex u­al s. We wo uld a lso like to prov id e a more ba lanced look at the tru e s tand of the B ibl ica l Chri s tian faith.

A s Chri s tian s . we be ­lie ve that murd e r is wrong . and that what wa s d o ne !O

Mal! S hepard was unqu es­ti o nably murd er. It was abS Olut e ly ev il. unjustifi ­able . inexcu sab le , and s in­ful. as are all murder s. Murd e r ca n be th e res ult o r g reed, jealo usy , Iu s!. o r ha­tred. In fact. th e Bi ble c lea rl y s tate s that hatred is tantam o unt to murd e r. Th e picketing of th e fun era l c lea rl y demon s trate s hat e .

making the picke te rs jus t as g ui lty as th e murd e re rs . O n th e ir s ig n s th ey c la im e d support from Roma ns 9: 13 , wh ich h as n o r efe rence

m e nt th e s m a ll , la rge , a nd j um bo s izes.

Nex t te rm , th e Coffee­house wi ll a lso open a n hour later, at nin e, o n weekdays due to t h e lack of ear l y evening traffic.

whatsoeve r to homosex ual s. and was blatantl y mi sq u o ted . as the Dean co rrec tly p o int ed o ut. In s pit e o f thi s. it ap­pears th at so me. th e Dea n in­c luded. st ill sec th e pi c ke te rs a s part o f the Chri stia n C hurc h.

A g rea t d eal of th e prob­lem i s that many peop le. w hen th ey th ink o f C hri s­tian s . think of rad ical hy po­c r ite s su c h as th e We stboro Bapti s t Churc h. In th e sam e way. man y Christia ns. w he n Ih ey Ihink o f ho mosex ual s. t hi nk of militant s l ike ACT UP. who ope nl y proc la i m Ihe ir hal e ror Chrislian s, ad­voca te terro ri s t violence. and disrupl worship serv ices with hateful o b sce n ities ( a s ha s happe ned to one of Ih e au­th o rs}, Yet mos t gays are no t

lik e that. Becau se bot h s ides te nd to see on ly the s tereo­ty pical. hal e ri li e d. and un­repre se ntati ve in th e o th er

~ id e, rea l communi ca ti on on th e iss ue ha s beeen s tifl ed . Pro fes sed "C hri s tia ns" who ad voc ate prejUdice and v io­lence, w h o bomb abo rti o n ~ Iini cs, harass ga ys , and in ge neral engage in hate in the name of G o d . do n o t trul y prac ti ce o r even unders tand th e Chri s ti an raith .

It is accep tabl ~ t o s a y that someth ing is s in, but not to be hy poc rit ica l a nd hat e­ful about it. All peo pl e race the probl e m o r si n in th e ir lives: " If wc s<.Jy we are with­o ut s in, we dece ive o ur­se lves. and th e truth is no t in us" (I J o hn 1:8 ). Ir th e pas­to r of t he Wes tbo ro Bapti s t Church wanted to f ig ht si n , he s hould ha v e look e d t o him se lf f irs t. We beli eve it is Gods p lace Iq j udge s in­ne rs, n ot ou rs. W it ho ut th e

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for gi ve ness o f G od. we are a ll und e r hi s jud g m e nt. Th e m ess age that tru e Chri st ianity prese nt s is that G od w is hes s inners to re ­pent and be forgiven. not that h e hate s th e m . Th e Bible c learly co nd e mn s ho­mos e xual inte rco ur se ( the act it se lf. not th e ten­de ncy). bu t it al s o con­d e mn s hatred, murder. h y­poc ri sy, ly in g , sex ua l im­moral it y, pride and g reed. If Ih ese pick e ters had wa nled !O quol e Scripture say in g tha t homosexuality is wrong , they co u ld have foun d many pa ss a ges to u -'e. But , th ey were n o t co nce rn ed with Truth . but with hat e . True Chri s tia n­it y d oes no t hat e. We be­li eve th a t al l peop le are s in ­ne rs, and so to ha te s inn ers is hy poc riti ca l. Ch r is tianity is fo und ed on love: we a re ca ll e d to love s inn e rs and urge th e m to c hange their ways. Human hatred and sin i s the ca use of thi s trag ­edy. no t Christianit y,

Aren He inze Bradl ey Phill ip s Matthew T iscareno John Williams

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4 November 20, 1998 FEATURES

Adam Villani: Media Guy Happy Days by Samuel B eckett Velvet Goldllline

There 's some stunning theater work going on

in Santa Ana right now, courtesy o f my co-worker

Dave Barton , Arti st ic Director of the Rude Gue r­rilla Theater Company and director of the ir cur­rent product ion ofSalllue l Becken's Happ." Davs. Not to be confu sed with the lo ng- running sitco m of th e sa rn e nam t'. Happy DllYs is a seve nt y minute near-mono!ogue by a woman , Winnie (Susan Sheare r· Smith), half-bu ri e d in a gia nt

mo und of trash and in gidd y d e ni a l of he r

pointl ess, monoton ous life. Central to the te n­s ion in thi s piece are the

rare grunts and outbursts from her near-comatose lump of a hu sband

Willie (Barton).

As can be expected,

it is something of a daunting task to sit

through such a long monologue by a near­

immobile protagonist. But don't be afraid to let

your mind wander; the stream-of-consciousness nature of her speech alleviates any comprehen­

sion problems caused by inattentiveness. Don't take that in the wrong way; Winnie's

absent-mindedness, repetition, and naivete cre­

ate their impact more from the playas a whole rather than from any specific moment save for

the wrenching ending. This is challenging but rewarding stuff. Fridays and Saturdays 018, Sun· days at 7 through Dec. 6. Allhe Empire Thealer atlhe corner of Broadway and 2nd Slreel. Sanla AI/a. (714) 547·4688. $12 general. $10 seniors and sludents.

Vefvel Goldmine is a wondrous and vivid. yet

ultimately unsatisfying mo vie . Its evocation of the excitement and liberation of the glClm and glit­ter scene of the earl y '70s and its breaking down of traditional sexual barrie rs does ha ve llludl (0

recommend.

But r fe lt that

after ta king so Illllch ef­

fan and wit to establi sh

such a great setti ng and inte resting charact e rs .

w rit er /director Todd Haynes (Sat". Super. sta r: Th e Kart'11 Car­pel/ter Sl o rv) didn't

know what to do w ith hi s subje ct . Safe was

also both brilliant and

fru strating, but whereas Safe int e nti o nally

lacked reso lution , Goldm;ne jus t seemed

aimless.

Nevertheless , it ' s a very enjoyable

aimlessness. The fever­ish editing, outlandish costumes, and great mu­

sic (both originals and classics by the likes of

Brian Eno and T-Rex are used) would be hard not to like . 10nathan Rhys-Meyers as "Brian

Slade" is a very credibre David Bowie clone, and Ewan McGregor (Trainspolling, Slar Wars: The Phantom Menace) is pretty amazing as a wild Iggy Pop-Lou Reed composite, but the facts that

he looks exactly like Kurt Cobain and can't re­

ally pull off an American accent are somewhat distracting. Velvel Coldmine may have been a bit disappointing , but I'd still ;ather you see it than some slick , disposable Jerry Bruckheimer pro­duction like Enemy of the Slate.

AUCTION ••• CONTINUED FlWi\! P M:E 1

it e m s are a date wi th And y

LUli CiollS , a date with

Jere miah Smith. a c1iahat s u­for-a-da y and a box of 1.000 co nd o m s.

Caltech is a non·profit

o rgan iz ati o n so the auction ca nn o t b e o ffi c iall y ad ve r­ti sed o u tside of the Caltech

<..:om munit y . Howeve r. Go ng is ho ping that word -of-1l1011th wil! draw morC' peopk to the auctioll. "You S o ul d

tel l all yo ur friend s . all yo ur

fri e n ds' f riend .s . all th e

alumni and all the s taff. " s he said .

Hurr icane Mitch. th e

deadli es t Atlanti c hurri c an e

ACM ... CONTINUEJ) FROM PAGE 1

University 'S "Cal Poly Gold"

team coming in seco nd.

Both first and second

place winners will advance

to the finals round on April

8-12, 1999, in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

Aaron Denney, one of the organizers , remarked that the

problems were not as diffi­cult as in past years , and that the sma ll details tripped people up this year. This comment was echoed by Michael Pruett, who recalls being told that no one had

ever finished all s ix ques-

The California Tech

s in ce 1780, deva s tated Cen. tral America in October and

early Nov e mb e r. It i s es ti .

mate d that up to 70% of the

c rop s and 90 % of the ro ad· ways we re damaged or de­s troyed . Ho ndura s a nd Nica. ragua es pec ially hav e be~ n

s truck w ith cri ti ca l wa te r,

fo od . a nd medicine sh ort -age s.

Gong u rges those no t

part ic ipa ti ng in the a ucion to

donat e non-perishab les, blankets . soa p . fi rs t a id sup·

pli es . or other re li e f item s or

to se nd m o ney thro ugh T he

R e d Cross and Doc to rs W it h· out B o rd e rs .

tion s before . All of the top

three teams finished all SIX

questions this year.

Denney also expla that this year's Caltech

testants were chosen with

local mini-competition in t

sty le of the ACM competi· tion. Denney explained that

the contest was not as well publicized as it should have been , so not as many people showed up.

Last year Caltech placed

second in the regional s and advanced to the finals , where th ey placed seven teenth.

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Swimmers Open Season Courtesy of Kenny Ritchie, Ath le tic Department

Wi th th e wo me n' s te am antic ipating the larges t turnout in it s hi s to ry and th e men 's team retu rni ng a balanced and experie nced squad . the pool 's the place to be over the nex t mont hs fo r exc itin g races and athl eti c g lory.

Returnin g all but two swim me rs . the wo me n' s tea m.

led by captain Ph y lli s Che n . hopes to ma ke it s mark o n th e SCIAC thi s wint e r. Fre shme n Kri stin Cook, Sa rah M a hon y. and Emma Huan g have been play in g water polo a ll fall and should come int o the season ready to race; Linda Soo and Hanna Kim will spec ia li ze in the s print s w hil e Mand y Booth , comin g off o f mo nth s of cross -country train in g, wi ll handl e the middle distance

event s . Paula Whitten will jo in C he n in th e strokes . and Me linda To dd. Li sa Li tum. Ju li e N orvilla , and Ali sa Chiug w ill contribute ac r oss the board.

Eag le Jo nes will lead the m e n . Th e scho o l-reco rd

' ho ld e r in th e 1000m and 165 0m eve nts. Jo nes e xce ls ove r a ra nge o f d is ta nces ex ­te ndin g do wn to th e 500m and 400m indi v idual m e dle ys . Tom Daula and Wes Tanaka wi ll handl e the spri nts. wh ile Koe n Verbrugghe . Matt Higbe, and Mike G rebe k, a ll of whom have co me off of a long water polo season , loo k to dominate in th e s trok e even ts. Mik e Fi she r looks to repeat as o ne of th e to p di vers in the Co n­ference.

Women's Volleyball Team

end season with exciting

game and broken records BY MAUREEN B URL AND

G ERALD P ALMROSE

Th e Callech w ome n ' s varsity volleyball team played their last match of the season again st long time ri va l L.I.F.E. Bible College o n O c t. 29t h. It was an exc it in g match wit h Caltech winning in four games, 6-15 , 15-10, 15-7 , 15-6. After los ing the firs t g ame, the ladies fired up a nd came out strong , taking th e second game 15-10. They were un­stoppable after that and took games three a nd four easily.

Domin ika Ryt wi nska had a stellar match , leading in kills with 12. a nd in digs w ith 17. lenni fer Fang had an in c red­ible servin g game, serving for 23 point s wi th 3 ace se rves . Fong a lso had 12 di gs and 6 kill s. Barbara Kraatz and Karen Lam put up a wa ll w ith three bloc k s eac h . Senior Hanna Cai played well w ith 5

kil ls, 8 servi ce points, and 13 digs, and se nior Le ig h Engen puLup a stron g block in the middle front as well. Engen was a moti vating force all sea­son in he r rol e as co-captain a long with sophomore Jenni­fer Fang. Corinne Gilliam, a senior and first-year varsity player, came off the be nc h as a defen s ive spec iali st and had 4 digs and 2 service points.

The vars it y s quad h e ld their e nd-of-season banquet on Nov. 14th at Bucca Di Beppo w ith good food and good friend s. Season- e nding awards , voted on by team me mbers, went to Dominika Rytwinska (Mos t Valuable Player), Sophia Xiang (Most Impro ved Playe r), and Karen Lam and Jennife r Fa ng (Most In spirati o na l Players).

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Harriers Bring Season to a Flying Finish

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'Il W ' en s an \ omen s Lro-,,;-L;ou'nt,-v tea ms saved the

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thi s fa ll , lturning in eye-popp il ng performances at the Di v. Ifl Wes,te m Re­

but

Saturday. 1;he me n inth in the Regional

I of a ll SCIAC teams,

Redla~ds by The La<t' Bea­

L a Veme an~ Occi­their top SClAC

I yea r as we ll. in packs, the men 's

ed three runners , Seymour, I Arjun

M"nclirr'atl:L and senior Conrad (Goose) )'.""" 'I C in the 27 and 10w-28 range. If the

~cored by confer-ath would

Collier ran a pe rsonal record in hi s last race. Freshman Zac h Morris rounded out the me n 's squad .

Minus captain Phylli s Chen. the women harriers still ran the races of the ir season, dropping minutes to overtak e Occ identa l. whic h showed up depleted and

'mentall y beaten (reall y!). Amy Ke ll y and Paula Whitten went out hard, and a lthough the fie ld soon caught up managed to di e with dignity, lead ing the Beavers to their o ut standin g finish. A imee Piefce,--q;ory Sturgeon, Caroline ~,(, Sarah Cooke also fini shed the ir seasons w ith

strong races. Coach Jaspe r S imon e nthu­

s ias ticall y po inted toward Track season. With its fi ni sh on Sat­urday, th e Ca l tec h di s t a nce squad proved it ca n run with anybody in the Conference . With returning weightmen and a new core of sprinters expected to help out the di stance me n and women, thi s year 's Trac k and Fie ld team could be the stron­gest in years. If you're not slow and yo u do,, 'r--s-mell , Trac k

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6 November 20 , 1998 IHC THE REMAINDER OF THE IHe ROTATION SURVEY

10. Were you given an y advice on how to rank the HOLi ses? NA Y N

3 40 184

II. Did YO LI give eve ry How.;e a fair chance? N A Y N

168 58

12. Did you feel that you were heing judged o r evaluated during the HOll se receptions? NA Y N 310611 8

13 . Did you parti c ipate in Rotation this year (upperclassmen only)"

NA Y N 67 137 D

14. Roughly how many fres hmen did you get to know well enough to know whether you wanled

them to be in your House or not (upperclassmen only),>

NA A Few -1/2 A ll

8.1 96 .16 12

15. How rest ricti ve do YOllthink the Rotation Rules are 11-5 , I -Not at all. 5-Very)'7

NA I 2 3 4 5

2 4 40 93 59 29

16. How reasonable is eac h rule and should it c hange " Houses are spec ifically prohibited from

doing the following during rotations: il. making a trophy or all ey challenge b. pubibhing a social caiendar o r re lating in any fashion future social event s

c . organizing and sponsoring il social event

d. attending a reception o f a House of wh ich you are not a member without the permission of

that House's preside nt e . discussing with new students anything at all 10 do with picking strateg ies, fUlure new stu­

de nt picks, or past new student picks

f. spending money on u ne w student or providing extraordinary goods or services on credit or

for no charge g. providing transportation for a new student beyond Old Pasadena except when required for

athletic training h. pro viding alcohol or other controlled substances to a new student I. getting a new student a date

J . othe rwi se unfairly biasing a new student toward or against a house k. Aside from the spec ificall y unauthorized acts, Houses may do anything approved by the

lHC in advance of the act I. Information pertaining to the ranking of each student and to the order of the picks may not be

made public. All usch information in written or electronic form must be destroyed immediately

fo llo wing piCK S.

NA Unreasonable Reasonable NA Keep Change Eliminate C+E

a. J4 54 159 17 147~ 35 28 63 b. 15 70 142 16 127 57 27 84 c. 18 59 ISO 17 135 54 21 75 d . 15 34 178 21 165 25 16 41 e. 16 37 174 21 158 38 10 48 f. 13 29 185 2:; 160 34 10 44 g. 17 III 99 14 74 87 52 139 h. 15 .17 175 16 166 20 25 45 1- 16 72 139 17 125 42 43 85 J. 16 13 198 25 182 14 6 20 k. 16 8 203 28 180 16 3 19 I. 13 14 200 24 184 9 10 19

17. How effec tive do you think the rules are in preventing the freshmen from be ing unfairly

biased? ( I -Not at all , 5-Very) NA 1 2 3 4 5 4 9 60 75 7\ 8

18. How e ffective do you think the rules are in preventing the Houses from go ing to ex tre mes in recn.iting the freshmen ?

NA I 2 3 4 5 2 8 28 33 75 8 I

19. Did you know thi s year's [HC's inte rpre tati o n of the "No-Gag Rule"" NA Y N 2 168 57

20. What describes your know ledge of the Pick s Procedure"

NA Don't Do Igone to Pic ks) Do (have n' t gone to Picks) 5 131 42 49

21. H;wc you ever committed a Rotation Vio lation? NA Y N 6 30 191

22. Do you think that the Pic ks Proced llJ'c shou ld be made public ') NA Y N 9 82 136

23. Arc YOli sat isfi ed with. the way in which Rotati o n is carri ed out'! NA Y N 10 149 68

PROTEINS ... COSTI "I n :1l FHO ~ 1 P \CF 1

One prolllinclll goal of these

techniques is to test the two major contending 1l11..1dt'ls forproteil1 fold­ing. the funnel model and the dis­

crete pathway model. 11,e discrete pathway model is

based on converHional reaction

mechcmisllls. where rhere is only onc pathway betwecnthe uniOided protein and !he folded protein. \vith

a transition stille in between. "

The funnel model u" ats all fl;ny unfolded protein conforll1ation~ as

being energetically equal and ha-"i a cone, or funnel. <.L\ the energy space. with the folded protein at the lowest

energy point. The two models predict diffe r­

ence events as the protein fo lds. fn

the disc." te pathway model. protein

folding results in a gradual reduc­tion of the protein's un/aided length

and an increa:-e in its folded length .similar to ho\\/ chemical reactants \vill decrca>.;c in concentration ,1\ the

pnxlucts incrc,L"-;c in concentration.

11,e tunnel model p."dicts that the

average length of the prote in will gradually shift from its unfolded

length to its folded length, with in­

temlediate links appe4.uing.

Since these two different set of

METEORS ...

contingent from Cal tech packed up and headed home for another day of grueling work.

The Leonids are a yearly phe­nomenon, occurring when Earth

glides into the trail of debris left behind by the comet Tempel ­Tuttle. Tempel-Tuttle, discovered in 1865 by Ernst Tempel and Horace Tunle, is 4 km in diam­

eter and has an orbital period of 33 years. Its elliptical orbi t inte r­sec ts Earth ' s orbit o nce at the point corresponding to November

16 (give or take a fe w days).

Dozens of experiments were undcI1akcn during the shower by many research groups arouno the

world. Samplers. videm:alllc ras and specfrograph s \vere mou nted o n balloons, hig h-altitude aircraft and on the ground. The data is expected to help us understand the composit ion of comets, the life­

cycle of a comet and other things. Every 33 years, a new peak

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events can appt...~w· to be the same <It

the end of the fo lding process. the

techniques presented in this issue are critical for looking at the e;:u·ly fold­mg process.

In rheir o\vn worl\ presented in (he issue. Gray and \\' inkler have

developed techniques with la<;er-in­duced electron tr~ lJ1s lerto tligger thl2

folding of cytochrome c. By inject­

ing an electron into the iron atom in the heme group of the protein, the

iron is reduced from iron (lUlIo iron

(11 ) and the heme group chan ges from hydrophilic to hydrophobic.

This ch~U1ge in environme.ntal pref­erence causes the protein to laid.

Absorption ofthc heme group

is then used to mea>.;ure the rate of folding, although Gmy and Winkler

plan (0 soon ll1ea"lIre the nHe with a fluorescent probe whose fn .. ~ energy does not chwlge the folding process.

The work ofGmy and Winkler

in this .u"Ca is PaJ1 of a set afCaltech

hlculty work ing on a part ofthe pro­tein fo lding problem. Other faculty

doing research in this area include

Stephen Mayo, Sunney Chan, Dou­

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Proceedings of the

ASCIT BoD Shin-Dig, 16 November 1998

This docum el1T is Iwt

all ojficilll ",.oceedi Il K of the

ASCIT Boord of DireClors.

Present : BoD (minus Dev i,

Rob , S teve, Jaidee p )

Ev e r ybody finall y

gets th e ir crap in orde r at

II : 15.

Attention Admissions of· fice : "Kevin Rit chburg wants more gay me n - and good o nes - not li ke t he s hit we ha ve now." Alan Rose nw inkel

Mik e Davie s was

supp osed to be here to re­

quest funding for a party . A

quorum of th e BoD is n o t

present so we can ' t a ll ocate

money anyway . That 's no ex­

cuse, th ough. You s u ck,

Mike . T he Corpo ratio n is

displea sed .

Officer Reports

Autumn

ASCIT/Y Motorpoo l do es n't wa nt make it int o th e Tec h las t

the van but th ey are will- wee.k .

in g to se ll it fo r us. Au - (Ed. I/ ole: See pa ge 2 otiasl

t umn i ~ gO l1nu f ind ou t

wh e re (he H O ll ~ing Office

ge ts th e ir TV· s.

Hanna

Fl e ming has ye t to pay fo r

re nting th e ASC IT li g ht s.

Page go t th e li ght s fr om

Fl e ming a nd al so owes th e

big buck s.

Kevin Ritchburg wants more gay men - and good

ones - not like the shit we have now.

Devi (in absentia)

The me mo ri a l se rv ice went

we ll . There was good atten­

dan ce at t he CAPS I di nn e r

and De vi w ill be process in g

the information that ca me o ut

of that meeting. The Facu lty

Adv isors Comm itt ee w ill be

mee tin g w ith th e Dea ns o n

Tuesday. The ARC will mee t

o n Thursday. On Friday, th e

ARC wi ll har ass peop le o n

th e Olive Walk in an effo rt to

find relevant topics for th e

S tud e nt/Faculty confere nce

nex t year.

Jaideep ( in absenti a)

u'eek's Tech. See also page 6

of this lI"eek :, Tech. (

Rob ( in abse nti a)

Flake City. USA.

Mike

That no n-affi liat ed mai lin g

li s t will be availab le soo n.

A la n

The BoC openin g busi ness

meeting is getti ng c loser. Gel th ose rotten tomat oes ready.

Baldeep

The Leader gave the Juni o r

C las s offic e rs a qui ck ki c k in

th e butt. He is settin g lip a

meeting w ith s o m e fo l ks

fr o m APE to see if we c an

mak e use of th e ir ne w infor­

mat io n infra stru c ture.

ASCIT offic ia ll y rec ­

og ni zes GSC as an ac rony m .

An exc han ge o f ambassad ors

will take p lace soo n.

Meetin g totally aban­

doned at 11 :20 .

Screw you,

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The Cruise tours philosophy, New York City BY J USTIN Ho

The Cruise Not Rated-but does contain a bit o f foul language and a guy opening an emerge ncy fire door when he shouldn ' t.

My apo logi es for pic king another a rt sy/ indi e fli c k. but given the compe titi on from new re lease blockbuste r-\vannabe:o; M ee[ Joe Block (2 hours and SO minutes of death-beco mes- Brad Pitt numbing entertainment) and I S[il/ kllow ,,·haf vou did LaS[

Summer (gory, mindless slasher mov ie part two where you know that Brandy and Jennifer Love Hewitt H AVE to survive be­cause of mass media appea\) , r d pick the lunatic on the New York City Tour Bus any day. A brief blurb on the two big releases though: EW's c ritica l mass , a panel of Siske l & Ebert , the two Kni g ht-Ridd e r Syndicate re­viewers, a USA Today guy, a nd the mov ie pe rson from Enter­tainment Week ly itself, g a ve an average B- (hah a people not on pass-fail ) for Joe Black and a D to / S[il/ Kllow What You Did La.>! Summer. Speaking of which, s ince the failed murder of hook s lasher Ben Willis (he had his hand c hopped off by some pulley on a fishing rig and supposedl y di ed because hi s body was ne ver found) hap­pened two years ago, the title is

a bit of a mi snome r. Al so, savvy geography bee-ers should know the capital of Brazil ain't Ri o.

Now, bac k to the Cruise. Imagine the bald math guy from Pi wi th supe rflu ous wa vy hair. and a fla ir for the philosophical. sometimes poetical. w ith a si de of SAT vocabulary. Same c ity. si milar a llus ions to Judai sm. but while Max the math geniu s sees math everywhe re. Tim Levi tc h sees a battl e fi e ld between the "c rui se" and (he ·'anti-c rui se." Lev itch 's job as a c ity guide fo r a tour bus is a manifestation of the "crui se", pure liberati on and the pursuit of self-realization. In his self-analys is the c ity comes up more oft e n than not, so get­tin g a free ride on top of the

double-decker b us to let hi s mind wander is conducive to hi s menta l health . Likewise, shari ng a deep feeling o f the ci ty with Big Apple sojourne rs is pan of the liberation/anti-j ob that is hi s "crui se". Restrictive conformity to any aspect of civi liza tion, on the other hand, like giving into the abusive city grid pattern whic h vic iously confines people to walk in 90 degree angles con­stitutes "anti-cruise." Road blocks and stop signs whic h re­s tri c t th e fre ed o m of human mobility (a.k.a. you're not al­lowed to do something you may or may not want to do) are like­w ise objects of "ant i-c ru ise".

Be lieve me. he's not on c rack­. he's like thi s through the who le movie. But, it 's alway s nice {a justify "running from the cops" as an evasion of lh e inhere nlly ev il "anti-c ruise" properties of incarceration.

The 80 minutes of movie footage co mpri se a nice docu­mentary of the philosophical icl-

. iosyncracies o f the Yankee Cosmo Kramer/Thomas Paine hyb rid. 28-year o ld Timothy "S peed" Levitch. As he skirts

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Levi tch is full of e nti ci ng eccentri ci ti es. He treats New York City a.) an ever-cha nging organi sm. and feels a ve ry per­sonal attachment. Each tile. eac h road, every building has so me kind of personality - littk huildings even ft'el bad be au se they' r~ inferior to big buildings. Co ll ec tive ly_ the arch itecture gives NYC a fickle personalit y. The Big Apple la st winter was an angry wife in a d ivo rce- a co ncl u s ion which L ev it c h mak es because of the vio lent gradations of buildi ng height s. Spring yielded a softer side, and su mmer ho lds e ithe r a mermaid or a cyc lops.

Despite the trou bles of day­

to-day life. poveny. and upper management, Lev itc h is very

content. There' s no stopping a guy who fee ls so mething orgas­mic abo ut terra arc hitec ture . Though he uses esoteric philo­sophi cal overtones and a com­plex vocabulary in hi s mono­logues directly to the camera, he doesn ' t lose sight of the average audie nce, who might gel lost in hi s loquacious opinions o f .. whatever. He eas il y makes the transition from geniu s poet to J oe Average when he converses with co-worke rs. A heart warm-

ing conve rsation with hi s bus driver of se veral yt::ars ensues when he reu lizes that their pair· in :? will be di s rupted . Levitch has s pe nt so muc h of hi s life

findi ng a ilumane. beautiful as· peel in everyth ing around him, and attempting to induce recip­roc al feelings o f respect that {here is no denying that he is at peace. For a few moments, Lev itch confro nts a\l hi s past abusers with a candidness which is sometimes humorolls, some­times pitiful. but ultimatel y cre­ating a sense of seren ity. As a prescription fo r e njoying his ex iste nce, Lev itch spend s his last mo me nts of the fi lm spin­nin g around in the plaza bet ween the World trade Ce nter build­in gs. Afterward. he li es down and allows the splendor of the buildings to overwhe lm him. The meaning o f thi s ch ild ish maneuver is s impl y to assen his happy state of being. He is in a place where he understands, and is likewi se understood.

The mov ie is defini tel y en­tertain ing. and, given that it was derived from 100 hou rs of home video came ra foo tage, praise­worthy. Unfonunately, it 's rather esote ric in nalUre, and not a ne­cess ity.

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Dead Cal Dick Fra n c is

~** Th ough Fra n c is is li s te d

and d escribed as " m ys te ry writer, I w o uld c las s thi s

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Th e re' s n o s h o rta ge of v iol e nce, but none of it see m really gratuitou s . Th e re is also a ve ry sati sfying rom a n­tic subplot.

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b y yea r b rea kdow n of 1947 to 1974 to ld fro m th at no r­qu i t e -unique- e no u gh per­s pec tive .

It is funny, an d at leas t he docsn·t t a ke him se lf se ri­ously. Bu t he does take the re s t o f hi s ge nerati o n' s adoJ ese nce seriolls ly, and th at's a m ist ake . Ju s t aboll t eve ryo ne w ho was bo rn afte r 1960 is s ic k beyo nd wo rd s of hea rin g about how s ignifi­ca ne and imp o rt a nt th ese peo pl e w e re . A s if c utting c la ss e s and lOOking c o n­ce rned did more for th e civil rights moveme nt than all of the people ( mostly non­boomers ) who actually worked and risked and sac­rificed to really change things.

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The CalijiJrfl.ia Tech

Once up o n a tim e

not so lo ng ag o th e re wa s

a youn g m a n who had ev ­

erything go i n g f o r him He wa s br i g ht. h e wa s

quick . H e wa s warm and had a bri g h t s m i le. He had

friend s ga lo r e . h e r e and elsewh e re , he wa s a m e m-

I ber of o n e h o u s e , and man y fri e nd s in o th e r s .

H e had fri e nd s, all

over th e countr y. H e had

travel ed ex t e n s i ve l y and see n m any s ight s, fr o m

Fuji t o O s aka and Kam akura t o o , from the

Olympic s to th e tropi cs .

He had b ee n e x po se d t o many cultures and h ad a

strong r e latio n s hip w ith

his famil y. And yet thi s yo un g

man i s no longer h ere ,

leavin g behind hi s pining friend s a nd the brig ht fu­ture whi ch seemed to lay ahead of him . He le ft be­

hind so many for w hom he had be come a s ourc e of

Dean's Corner What i5 50 bright that on~

a fool would do it? t o man .

by Jean-Paul Revel

J OY, o f warmth ,

of fe ll o w s hip . And why ? I re all y

d o n ' t kn ow wh y. I d o n·t. It mu s t h ave b ee n th e

danger of th e thing , ri s k­

ing so m e thing that few

o th e r s do, th e ex cit e m e nt of doi n g so mething un­

u s ual . But is it re al l y s o

es ot e ri c. so s p e cial a f e at ? Aft e r all , r ec i p es fo r makin g th e e xp los i ve that took him awa y ar e

e a s il y found on th e w e b. al o ng with r e a s onab l y

di s ing e n u ou s war n ings

about the p e ril s . I s ay di s ingenuou s, b e cau se,

had the auth o r tr ul y be­

li ev ed what he wrote. he s hould not hav e bothered

t o plac e th e recipe s on the web in th e fir s t place.

I quote , in c ludin g gra mm a ti cal error s and all: " It is hi g hl y fr ic ti on s en s iti ve and extreme

ca re .5 hould be tak e n to a v o id t hi s. Ac e tone pe r­ox ide is on e of the most se n s itive e xplosiv e

Gr e at car e wo uld b e n ee d e d to handl e thi s ex pl os iv e ca refull y.

CA UTIO N : A ce to ne

pe roxide o ne of the m os t se n s itive explo s i ve kn o wn

to man. This c omp os iti o n i s dang e rou s and wo uld

n ee d to b e handl e d b y so meone w ith a l o t of

coml11on Se n se . Gre at c are

would be need e d to e n s ure t he safe ty of th e manufac ­tur e r due to th e high se n ­

s iti v it y of the a c eton e pe r­oxide . Th ese dri e d c ry s ­tal s w o uld b e r e ad y t o

lo a d int o detonat o r s f o r imm e d ia te u se a s t h e s tor­ag e s tabi lit y i s not ve r y good. "

It was a cata s tr o phe to lose our fr ie nd , for u s

here , the profs, the dean s,

the s taff , fo r h is friend s and parents. It i s a ca ta s­

trophe n ot only becau s e we lost a co mp a ni o n , but beca u se los in g him is s uc h a waste of po t e n t ial

ac hi evement. . Now yo u' II as k ,

w h y d oes the Dean carry o n so, we kn ow a ll that , we know, we kn ow what

we a re doing , n one of the

w arnin gs r e a l ly appl y t o

u s, we a r e c auti o u s . kn ow l e d ge abl e . abl e t o

h a ndl e thi s . o f c our se. We ll I ' ll t e ll yo u w h y.

On e of th e thin gs tha t h a pp e n e d la s t w ee k e nd , bar e l y m o re th a n a da y aft e r th e M e m o rial to A l ex , i s that so me o n e mad e a n ex p lo s iv e d ev ice whi c h d e tonated in fr o n t

o f th e B ec kman In s titut e. Now I ha ve no clu e a s to

who did thi s, I hav e no

rea s on to bel ieve it wa s a

T ec h e r 's wa y to e xpress him / he r se lf. I ha ve no re a·

son to b e li eve that Al e x ', M e m o ria l a nd th e m e talli c

s od ium ex pl os i o n and fire we re relat e d in an y wa y.

[n fa c L th e re seem s to be g e ne ral and g e nuine

ign o ran ce of th e wee ke nd in c i d e nt in th e s tudent

popu lat ion ; In other word s, not a g re at likeli­

h ood that anyon e from

Ca lt e c h wa s i n vo lv e d.

After th e trauma of A lex 's death, t h oug h , I

need to t e ll you a ll , quot ­i ng from th e P s a lm s: it is va nit y. Vanity and a mis­p lac e d belief

I . That o ne i s ca­tas trop he - proo f.

2. That it i s coo l 3. That yo u kn ow

better. But please look a t the co n -

November 2.0 ' 1998 11 sequ e n c e s of th e B ec kman I n s titut e i nt e rlud e : Se v ­e ral fir e co mpani es r e ­s p o nded , be cau se fir es and ex pl os ion s o f unknown o ri g in at a sc hool , co uld ha ve m e ant s om e thin g ve r y se ri ou s. We ar e m os t grat e fu l for that.

Si nce it wa s not i m ­

m e diate l y ob v iou s what

wa s happ e ning a Haza rd ­o u s Mat e ri al s T e am wa s

al so di s pat c hed to the

sc e ne, a nd of cour s e the Polic e d e partm e nt ha d a

d e tachm e nt th e re as w e ll.

A s ha s b e e n s a id befo r e

the u s e or po ss e ss io n of e xplo s i ves is unla w ful.

Th e peop le res p o n­s ibl e f o r thi s wi l l be ac­

c u se d of co mmi tt in g a fe lon y. Lu c k y that th e re w a s n o t a " r e al " f ir e o r

em e rg e n c y in th e c it y a t th e same tim e . Th e prank

d id o ccupy en o ugh of the

F i re Department th a t there

might hav e been pro b lems

if th e re h ad be en a majo r emer ge nc y e l se wher e ,

s o m e o ne e l s e mi g ht ha ve been injured as a res ult.

So what is so bright abo ut any of thi s? On l y

th e fla s h. A b ien tot

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Announcements

The Career Development Center (CDC) is looking for current graduat­ing seni()[s 10 parlicipate in fo cus

groups 10 assess swden! career-rehlled needs. Whethe,r you' ve dceideL! to go to grad s(hool. get a job, don't know yet. or h-aven'{ even SlartceJ chinking about it. lhe CDC would like to hear from you. Ei1c:h foclis group will last approximately 2 hours (refreshme nts will be !'~rvcd ) and participants will receive gin ce rtificates. De bi TUlIle. a Caltech alum and intern in the CDC. will conduct the focus groups. If you are interested in voicing your opinion and making a difference. please email Debi at dcbir @caltcch.cdu Of cal! fhe

CDC at x626 I.

A charity auction to henefit the vic­tims of Hurricane Mitch in Central America will be he ld in the Ri<:kc·{.s ­Fleming Courtya rd (I n Friday. Nov 20 (the day the Tech comes out ! tonight !) at I Opm. It ems c annot be chargee! tn an y aCO,mnts. so please bring yo ur checkhook or wane!.

The Catholic Big Brothers program

needs men to serve- as Big Brothers for fatherless youths o r all faith s. The children who need your frie nd.~ hjr <lnd guidance arc bctwecnlhe <lges of7 and 14 and li ve in communities th ro ugh­out Los Angeles Count y. More Lhan 200 l~hildre n arc currentl y un the wait­ing li s!. ho ping Iha! il Big Brolhersoon bCl'orne.': available. For morc infor­mation about how you call fil! {his

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Attention Seniors: Hard copies of the DOD Fellowship application are available in the Fe llowships Advising Office. You can also ilccess applica­tion s on lh e We b at <www.ballelle.org.ndseg> The for­mal name for the DOD fe llowship is the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program or NDSEG. It has nothing at all to tlo with government service and those who applied for the NSF and

ha ve U.S . ci tize nship should aprly. The application receipt deadline is January 20. 1999. Contact: Laure n Sto lper, Direl" to r, Fellowships Advi s­ing and Re:;ourccs Office. MSC 25-

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You, too, can bc acertifi ed game show winner jus t by loggin g onto The Stalion@ so n y.t:o m (www.s fa!;on .sony.com)andclicking on the College JEOPARDY! Online ico n ~ Make it to the final s nnd you'l! win VIP auditions to qualify as a con­testant on TV's JEOPARDY ! For more infonnation contact Julie Mathis at 213-489~8250 or Bree Birnbaum al 212-453·2164.

EI Lissitzky (1890- 1 941), one of the most influential artists of lhe ca.r1y twentieth~cc ntury Ru ss ian avant­garde, will be the subject of an ex·hi ­bition at the Getty Research Institute forthe Hisrory of Art and the Humani ­ties opening on November 21 , 1998. The display will draw enlirely on the

Getty 's own collections. "Monu­ments of the Future": Designs by EJ Lissitzky. For infonnarion and parking reservations to visit the exhi­bition call 310-440-7300.

Interested parties may nominate them­selves to he the Big T Business Mun­ager by signing up on the door of SAC 33. The 8M is repsonsiblc for keep­ing the books and getting advertising for the Big T. This position l:arries

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Low~c()s( and free mammograms and Pap tests will be available at hun­dreds of appro ved fac ilities through­oUl the l1)onthcs o f O l"tobcr and No­vember. These facilili es are listed in the free Breast and Cervical Canccr

Healtli Services Directory. An English and Spanish direc tory is availablc hy callin2 1-800-706-3 131 or visiling an American Cancer Society Ortice.

Sunday, November IS. an explosive device detonated near Beckman insti­tutc . Anyone with information or questions about thi s incident should contact the Deans, {he Directo r of

Residence Life . o r the Vice President for Student Affairs.

Events

Caltech SEDS is " . ormg a-tttU~)f Palomar Obs vatory on Saturda November 2 . To sign up for the trip or fo r more nfo nnation email Leon (Ieon@ugcs. ·llt ech.edu ) ASAP!!

Thl: 3rd lecture in the r .. ll seminar se­ri es on scieIlL·c. elhics, & policy will be held on Friday. Novembe r 20 at 4:00 p.m. in room 25. Baxter. The let.:­lUre . e ntitl ed Carbon Dioxide and Climate: The First One Hundred Years, 1859 -1959 will be given by Dr. James R. Fle ming. Professor o f

Science, Technology. and Society at Colby College. Refreshments will be se rved in Judy Library in Baxter fol­

lowing the '~dure.

The Amlchair Adve ntllres trave l film Lost Worlds of the Bible will screen in Caltech's Beckman Auditorium on Friday, December 4 at 8:00 p.m. Cov­ering Ihe cDUnlne.s of Lebanon, brae!, Syria. and Jordan , the film explores the historical sites contemporary to biblical references, as well as locations important to the modem countries of the region, Tickets are priced at $9,00 and $7 .00 an.d can be purchased at the Caltech Ticke t Office, 332 S. Michi­gan Avenue. Call toll free 1-888-2CA LTECH (222-5832) or 626-395-4652 for mOre infomlation.

The Nutcracker will be prcsenled by the new Pasadena Civic Auditorium Foundation at the Pasadena Civit.: Au­ditorium. 300 E. Green SI.. on Decem~

ber 22-27. The times are as folJows: December 22: 7:30 pm: 12/23 : 2:00

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Griflilhs Expositions presents the 14th annual Pasadena Coin & Stamp Expo on November 27-28 (10 am - 6 pm) and November 29 (IDam - 5 pm) at the Pasadena Center, 300 East Gree n Street. The Expo features over 75 dealers displaying a variety of US, world and ancient. investment and colle ctor quality coins and stamps. The Expo a1so offers a wide selection of stamp and coin supplies, maps. bonds. stocks, currency, casino chips. jewelry, beanie babies. and other as­sorted collectibles. Tickets cost $2 general admission. $1 seniors and stu­dents with 10. For information call 626-432-6660.

ries con t inu~s next term wi lh a talk e ntil1cd ·'1.'1 The rl..' Such a Thing ;1 .";

Pscudosl'ic ncc? Lcsso ns 1'1'0 111 th e His! o ry o f Mcs lIl e rism " give n hy Alison Winter. Assistant Professor o f History at Caltcch . The Jccture will

be heILI 0 11 Wednesday. January 13. 1999 at 8:00 pm in Beckman Audito­

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Join conductor Jorge Mester and the Pasadena Symphony ,1t 8:(X) pm Sat­urday. November 21 at the Pasadena Civic Center for the second pert{)r­mance of the ir 71 sl season. From the

simple grandcur of Copland"s belovcd "FanfJre" 10 the helirl-wrenching lyri­cism of Strauss ' "Metomurplmsen" for 23 solo strings. to the sonic spkndor of Sibelius' musi~al landscapes. this is the concert for ali who love the sheer

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The American Chemical Sucietyl PPG Scholarships Plus scholarships are for i1Jcomin~ fre shmen illlcre.\led in four-year d~irees in the chel~stry ()rl.:hemiL'<l1 engineering. Scholarships are renewable if initial e ligihility t..: ri­tcria are maintained throughout under­graduate s tudy. Applicants must be Afrit..:an American. Hispanic Ame ri­can. and Nalivt'- American. and he U.S . citizen or pe nnanc nt res idents. Thesc scholarships arc valued il{ up ro $2.500 fo r each academic ye;Jr. Applic<l1itllls arc available in the Fim\J1l" ial Aid Of--­fi ce . The deadl ine is Fehruary I S. 1999.

The Chemical Sodcty/lhl)'cr ScJwl­ars awards arc for iflL'om ing fr~sh­

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