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... And Were Then - There None y;aume LXXXII Pasadena, Cali forn ia; Friday, January 9, 1981 Number 12 STU ABDICATES Editor-in-Chief Disappears; Last Seen Tuesday Night by Roger Fong Wound" which garnered much the editorship, using T rac,Y FUfulani fame, if not di sg ust. Ed Suranyi Goodnick's deft maneuver of In his term-long career as a having Alan Loh write their Stuart E. Goodnick, the writer. he developed his writing campaign statement. current editor of The Califor style in numerous a rticles, in Goodnick was well known nia Tech, abdicated his post cluding a review of the poet fo r hi s ebullient editorials con under mysterious circumstances Clayton Eshleman. cerning a plethora of topics Wednesday. Citing "personal But throughout this time, from the mundane, such as reasons",which may include he was clandestinely pl otting to JPL conferences, to the bizzare physical abuse and a low GPA, become editor. He was often (and incomprehensible) praise Goodnick declined to comment seen working with then-editors of the Hori zontal Pillar. further on his abdication. Dave Younge and Alan Loh, Towards the end of his His intercourse with the learning the "fuckwads" of term, Goodnick initiated his Tech began inauspiciously on ed itorship. "Great Consolidation". He October 26, 1979 with hi s arti It came to pass in the began to draw greater prestige cle "Coleman Chamber Opens general elections of 1980 that and power for himsel r. '79 Season" which appear~d on Goodnick and two co Durham was demoted 10 "Staff page four. However. hi s (our conspirators, Oliver Graves Liason",while Graves was de force occured the following and D avid Durham, pigeonholed to "Head week in the column, "Festering a.k.a.Grover, were elected to Photographer"; later, he was exiled to San Francisco. Also, Goodni ck became enraptured in the mystical; incense (among Rose Prank Bowl other intriguing substances) was often oxidizing in his room, and even his editorials By Lee Sunderlin grew more esoteric. His curtain ~our Cal tech stuaems at- ' O'Neil and Martin carried call article was the old standby, tempted another daring prank the equipment out to the field . the second "Festering Wound" m the early morning of They saw a flashlight which and foretold of his coming After leading a long and productive career as Tech editor-in-chief. Stuan Goodnick December 31. Unfortunately, they thought was Juanito's downfall. dillppcared. Here. he enjoys one of his excesses. they were a little too daring, okay signal, but it was Goodnick disappeared the and the dignity of the Rose suspiciously on the wrong side night of January 6, 1981. Ac Bowl remained unviolated for of the field. The light ap cording to a highly placed another year. proached, and ·the two hid in a source, he was last seen Tues The plot involved an at- dugout. The light came up to day night, meandering out Presenting: tempt to bury a box on one them, and they were arrested from his room, leaving behind side of the playing field. At by two security guards (who a trail of wit, whimsy and wor halftime, a balloon saying were from Pasadena City Col managing editors. "Caltech" with a streamer say- lege). Juanito, meanwhile, was Saturn ing "Beavers" would be releas- hiding ten feet away. by Robert Hill ed before millions of viewers. As O'Neil and Martin were The Voyager I encounter The panel discussion had The release was to be con troll- confessing to the police, the with Saturn was probably THE been edited from the original ed by a wire leading into the two others took the equipment Stience event of 1980. World tapes made in Beckman stands. and tried to leave. The missing Press coverage and interest was Auditorium last November. It After careful surveillance of stuff was noticed; polics soon !he biggest for any space event consists of presentation by the the site, the assault team felt cordoned off the stadium and IlCept for the first moon lan- four panelists on what the they were prepared. Charlie caught Villanueva and Ennis. ding back in 1969. The Saturn encounter means to O'Neil, Steve Martin, Juanito Later, Kostka and Weeks Beckman Planetary Science community them. To this writer. Dr. Mur Villanueva, and Joel Ennis, were stopped in a van, ques will be recovering from their ray's talk , which could perhaps dressed in black and equipped tioned, and then released. The week of surprises for years to be titled "Voyager: The Begin with walkie-talkies, slipped fo ur prisoners were booked tome. "Smog" on Titan, the ning of the Limits tq Human over two fences between police and spent three hours in jail. Quakes spokes within the rings, the Endeavor?" was easil y the most patrols. Dan Kost ka and Ralph Their hearing on charges of UJ • • •:n :y r urutam braided F ri ng, the turbulence stimulating. Weeks stayed outside to watch trespassing will be on January with the Caltech News Bureau of Saturn's atmosphere and the This program is, of course, for guards. The four inside 14 at the Pasadena Courthouse "We are almost ce rtainly incredible detail within the brought to you by your friend men sli pped under a gate and sometime after 8:30 am; spec- not overdue for a repeat of the rings successfull y . imaged by Iy Caltech Y. into the stadium. tators are invited. great 1857 earthquake, but that the Voyager inst ruments are anticipated event may be so just some of the phenomena close that we can ill afford to that will cause rewriting of neglect serious preparations for textbooks on the ringed planet. it ," declared Dr. Kerry Sieh, Dr. Bruce Murray will give assistant professor o f geology a presentation entitled "Saturn Kudos from TQFR at Caltech, in hi s Watso n Lec and the Mind of Man" (Ramo ture Wednesday night. Auditorium, 8: 00 p.m., Tues Although the examples were day, J anuary 13 ). Dr. Murray by Charlie O'Neal that professors, getting im tional responses each (see _ sometimes confusi ng a nd once ,is Professor of Planetary Thanks go 10 everyone who mediate feedback from their below). I realize that some of he even had to skip a n entire Science, and Director of the Jet returned their TQFR question first term courses, will be able these courses had less than five section, Dr. Sieh's message was Propulsion Laboratory which naires. As a student effort to 10 make any needed ad undergrads in them but if one clear: we need to prepare now operates the two Voyager mis in crease the quali ty of justments as they continue to of yours had 5 or more and for possible future shocks. siOlls for NASA. Dr. Murray's teaching, the ASCIT Educa teach second or third term. you want the prof to see the He began with a short presentation will be in two tional Policies Committee Although for many classes survey results TURN IN hi story o f the large earth- parts-the showing of edited (EPC) is going to process the the response rate was great, a YOUR SURVEYor !let some quakes in California, such as videOtape of a panel discussion fi rst term's survey results right full 90 courses won't be includ one who hasn't to turn 111 the 1906 San Francisco a nd the (with Dr. Murray, Carl Sagan, away in a limited edition of the ed in this TQFR because less theirs. 1857 Fort Tejon temblors, and Ray Bradbury. and Phillip TQFR. This first term edition than fi ve surveys were ret urn For sure, your house pres i- showed how an "ave rage recur- Morrison) followed by a slidc will only be distributed to the ed. Twenty-one of these dent and Theresa in Winnett rence interval" - the time lapse presentation in which some of professors of (" '-00;: '\ urveyed, courses need only. o ne more CONTiNUEd CONTiNUEd the hi ghlights from the flyby the division chalrli. .. .~ a returned survey before they can ON PAGE 6 ON PAGE 6 will be illustrated (and, of few other concerned members be in cluded and another 25 COu rse, explained!). of the faculty. 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