... To the shores THE CALIFORNIA TECH of Tripoli [Volume LXXXVII, Number 12 Pasadena, California Friday, January 10, 1986 Martin Award Luther King Amnon Yariv Remembered Honored by by William Lucy Monday, January 20th marks the first official observance of Mar­ tin Luther King Day by the federal American government. Banks, schools and public offices will be closed in more than 40 states, and millions of Americans will enjoy an extra Optical Society day off. Before then, it's worth­ while to take a minute to reflect on what this new holiday is all about. The highest award of the Op­ On Martin Luther King Day we tical Society of America, for over­ are honoring an American who re­ all distinction in optics, is being jected violence in all its forms, who given to Amnon Yariv, who, in ad­ fashioned non-violence into a po­ dition to' being an OSA fellow, is tent weapon in the nation's never­ also the Thomas G. Meyers Pro­ ending struggle for peace and fessor of Electrical Engineering social justice. and Applied Physics at Caltech. Trade unionists, and particular­ His research spans 25 years and in­ ly members of the American cludes pioneering work in Federation of State, County and modelocking behavior in lasers, MUnicipal Employees, have special quantum mechanical noise theory, cause to honor Dr. King's memory. The Best COInet Yet and phase conjugate optics. In 1968 he was in Memphis, Ten­ The 1986 Frederic Ives Medal nessee to put his moral strength on !he !D0st deta~led photowaph yet of Halley's Comet has been obtained by JPL astronomer Eleanor is being awarded to Yariv for his the line for AFSCME sanitation Helm wIth the 48-mch SchmIdt Telescope at Caltech's Palomar Observatory. The photo shows heretofore "numerous pioneering contribu­ workers who were struggling to unrevealed features of the comet's ion tail, the billowing stream of electrified gases, carbon monoxide, tions to lasers, optoelectronics, and achieve dignity as blacks, as and water vapor pushed out by the solar wind. The comet's other tail, called the dust tail, is pushed out phase conjugate optics," as well as workers, and as citizens. In Mem­ by the force of sunlight on the comet. for his textbooks for optical scien­ phis, non-violence was met with an ~ccording to R~y L. Newburn of JPL's International Halley Watch, the photo taken by Helin at 7:54 tists and engineers. assassin's bullet, but the spirit of PacIfic Standard TIme on December 13 shows for the first time the full range of features characteristic Established in 1929, the Ives Dr. King's non-violence of a well~developed CO + ion tail: These include tail rays, condensations, a kink, a general helical struc­ award consists ofa medal, a scroll, triumphed. ture (':"~Ich show~ only as a waVIness on the print) and perhaps a disconnection event. The print from and a $2,000 honorarium. The There are some who still see the ongInal 20-mInute exposure shows about 6 degrees of a tail more than 9 degrees in length. winner also gives the Ives Medal Dr. King as having been the leader When the photograph was taken, the comet was about 118 million kilometers (74 million miles) from Address at the Society's annual of a narrow cause, as haying been th~ earth, a~d about l~ million kilometers of tail showed on the photograph. Another photograph, taken meeting, which will be held Oct. the spokesman for a single group, wIth the 18-Inch SchmIdt Telescope at Palomar, revealed the full tail to be more than 25 million kilometers 19-24 in Seattle. but this sadly misreads his life. Dr. long. Yariv attended the University King's message wasn't "black." It o(California, Berkeley, receiving Was resolutely American. He had his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees an unshakeable faith in basic in electrical engineering. Upon ~uman goodness, and with excep­ graduating in 1959, he went to tI~nal courage he preached the work for Bell Telephone for five SpIrit of love and reconciliation, Ingersoll on Venus years, then came to Caltech in preached his dream of racial and 1964. ~c.onomic justice in the belief that by Jim Bell were shaky [recall the KAL airline then decode the stream and share In addition to his work at IllJustice or oppression in any form, Every so often, either at 4:00 disaster]. the data with us and the French. Caltech, Yariv is chairman of the affecting anyone, is a threat to all. a.m. or some other similarly The U.S. role in the mission Previous missions to Venus, board and co-founder ofOrtel, Inc. For -a time, Dr. King epit­ ungodly hour, I put down what's was originally planned to be mainly by the Russians, involved in Alhambra, Calif. omized the civil rights movement. left of my homework assignment, minimal. Using America's Deep either monitoring the planet The Optical Society of Under his leadership, the civil stare into my cold cup of Space Network of radio antennae photographically from orbit, or America, headquartered in rights movement led to greater ac­ chamomile, and wonder what I am worldwide, we would help track hurtling a projectile-like probe Washington, D.C., is a non-profit cess to public facilities, housing, doing at this school. In this week's two balloons, dropped four days through the atmosphere, hoping educational and scientific society employment, and participation at Watson Lecture,"Venus Explora­ apart from each other, into the up­ that it would survive the intense founded in 1916. It presently all levels of society for blacks and tion with the Soviets," Caltech Pro­ per atmosphere of Venus. We pressures and temperatures. The numbers more than 9,000 members other minorities. The protests and fessor Andrew Ingersoll helped would then supply this "raw bit idea of using balloons instead of and is an affiliate of the American other events he organized began a provide me with the answer once stream" to the Soviets. They would continned on page 3 Institute of Physics. trail that led to such landmarks as again: if you are into Planetary the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Science, Tech is where it's at. Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Fair Dr. Ingersoll recounted to the Housing Act of 1968, and the large audience at Beckman the Harlan Ellison to Speak Educational Amendments and the story of four days last June when scientists from the U.S., USSR, Equal Employment Opportunity superstition. A show such as "The ing preached by self-styled and France collaborated on an ex­ by Wesley Bondville Amendments of 1972. The Southern California Skep­ Twilight Zone," he believes, "can ministers up and down the cable­ Inspired by these examples, citing mission to probe the at­ tics and the Caltech Yare please be a very powerful weapon" against TV spectrum. "What you see on other disenfranchised groups have mosphere of Venus. His story, to present as their January speaker the "obscurantism and illogic" be- continned on page 5 struggled to secure their own presented in diary format [Dr. Ingersoll actually does keep a fair­ the award-winning author, essayist rights. Hispanics, Native and lecturer Harlan Ellison, who Americans, women, the aged, the ly extensive diary of his many will discuss "Writing Fantasy to poor and the handicapped: all have travels and scientific endeavors], challenged the prejudices and actually began in 1982, after, as he Promote Reality." Ellison is a noted science­ stereotypes that had deprived them described it, the "roller-coaster fiction and screenplay writer. His of full participation in our society. ride" of the Voyager and Pioneer missions to Jupiter and Saturn had books include Approaching Obli­ Certainly no other American vion and The Beast That Shouted more than Dr. King has so suc­ ended. He and several colleagues Love at the Heart of the World. cessfully wedded the American convinced NASA officials that the Among his award-winning stories political ideal of equality in the joint US-Soviet-French mission is "A Boy and His Dog," which was eyes ofthe state with our religious was worthwhile and obtained ap­ made into a (bad) movie. He wrote belief of equality. proval even though relations between the Soviets and Americans the script for several Star Trek continued on page 3 episodes, including "The City on the Edge of Forever." Ellison worked for a while as the creative consultant to the new ASCIT Nominations TV series "The Twilight Zone." (He recently quit over censorship Nominations for ASCIT presi­ Dean's office (102-31). Anyone problems.) According to one dent and treasurer will be opened who would like to know more newspaper interview, Ellison is next Wednesday, January 15, and about the positions of president or convinced that we are at a "par­ will close at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, treasurer should contact Joy ticularly perilous time in our January 21. Nominations should be Watanabe (Ri 32) or Dave Bruning history," when science is under at­ (PaIl5). sent to Lisa Cummings care of the tack by the forces of fear and Noted Author Harlan Ellison. 2 THE CALIFORNIA TECH Friday, January 10, 1986- L _ OPINION------] him that I share his unhappiness. students down from the conven­ their wisdom, maturity ofjudgment I will not go over each of the tional five to four or less. In spite' and conscientiousness have clear­ LETTERS factual errors in Mr. Keating's let­ ofthis, six students were chosen to ly equalled that of the faculty be members of the Committee. members of the Committee. I am for ter but I would like to point out that To the Editors: sorry Mr. Keating assumes I am responding to the letter he is completely off base in the When the final size ofthe Commit­ otherwise. from Michael Keating appearing in basic thrust of his argument. The tee was determined by the Faculty Sincerely, the December 13th issue of the number of students who may serve Board, the Chairman of the -Stirling L. Huntley Tech. Mr. Keating was obviously on a Caltech faculty committee is Freshman Admissions Committee, the Director of Admissions unhappy with the situation with determined by the Caltech Faculty Professor Richard Dean, informed regard to student members of the By-laws. The !HC had been in­ the IHC that the number ofstudents Freshman Admissions Committee formed last spring that it would be would have to be reduced to three. necessarv to cut the number of The choice of the students and the and I can assure you and assure To the Editors: Tech informing the students of the deci­ sion is a process entirely in the I would like to call attention to Dec. 13 Solution hands of the mc. Neither the Ad­ an error in this year's Little t. I am missions Office, the Freshman Ad­ no longer the person to talk to to collegiate camouflage s 10 UARIS ISS IT missions Committee nor the Chair­ get a job as a student waiter at the CUR LIe UEETHI" HAN E man of the Committee have any Athenaeum. The people one should R ABE LA ISS lEN NA o x YMHTYTS EPA NAR voice in the selection or informing contact are Mark Laffoon UV A- ENe INA S. SUM of students. 792-6550, Derek Ney x3772, FE N S. TITUS EK ES AN We look forward to having Randy Brown 578-9562, Donna FREIUD.D BURNT N P 0 STY R 0 LAS S NOR _B INET DE RI DE three students work closely with us Evans 792-4493, or Brian Tsai 793-4627. Anyone of these peo­ PRESTIDI •GI TAT a R this year and I very much hope that REOS_ C 0 A I E A PAP T Z 0 X T Y ple would be more than happy to LE VITE.O the alternative members of the AM ID N E.NIMES hear from prospective waiters. 0.1 Freshman Admissions Committee CED E. LAP EL.AINE Thank you, MEFRGH MEA TI FED A may also be of some service to the A 0 E. D O. I NUS. SDA Committee over the spring. -Scott Rowland RIN TIN T ERA PHI M As a personal note, may I DACIA NCR EAT IVE S TIE 0 P C N R TEO EMP S LEA ZYHYD RAT ED assure Mr. Keating that I and the members of the Committee value IRD NOD Z 0 A B P M I Y A most highly the input of undergraduate students. 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Glendale, California $1 ASCIT members $1.50 all others ISSN 0008-1582 Friday, January 10, 1986 THE CALIFORNIA TECH 3 - He did not limit his dream to any But at least one day of the na­ particular group or place, for he tion's calendar is now set aside to urged that we let freedom ring honor the belief that non-violent ~!P.g " ...from every village and every struggle, on behalf of all people­ hamlet, from every state and every whatever their race or creed or He shared that dream in a city." station- is a noble American remarkable speech of August 28, Now, 57 years after his birth, cause. 1963 at a massive rally in 22 years after the "I have a dream" Washington, D.C. for peace and speech, and 17 years after his [Mr. Lucy is an officer of the freedom. He told us he dreamed death, the struggle goes on. AFSCME, and was a close that one day in Georgia, and Economic and social misfortune associate ofDr. King and worked elsewhere, the children cif slaves stifles the hopes of millions of with him during the 1968 Memphis and slave-holders would "sit down Americans; human rights remain in strike. Our thanks to The National together at the table of jeopardy here and abroad, and the Forum for allowing us to reprint brotherhood," that the State of threat of war and conflict shadows this commentary.] Mississippi would be "transformed the world. into an oasis of freedom and justice," that one day in Alabama, white children and black children would join hands and "walk together as sisters and brothers." tHHH:HH~ South Chester and 1170 East Del Mar). The Caltech Yonce again supplied the campus with food, drink Ifyou reside in an On-Campus and entertainment for the weekend commencing finals week. Here, Undergraduate House (North and South Complex and Annex), you Wesley Boudville dispenses the goods. photo by Kent Noble should now call Physical Plant directly (Service Desk, extension 4717) with your maintenance con­ cerns. Students who are reporting Housing Office a maintenance problem in a student room are expected to provide Physical Plant with access to their Denies Responsibility room. If you live in an Off-Campus In order to streamline opera­ and Annex). The Housing Main­ Undergraduate House, Under­ tions and provide better tenance Department will continue graduate Apartment Complex, or maintenance service to the Caltech to handle maintenance of the On­ Marks House you should continue community, the following realloca­ Campus Graduate Houses (in­ to report maintenance concerns to tion of maintenance resources is ef­ cluding Marks House), the the Housing Office (x6175). fective immediately. 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The balloons, pumps momentum mto the at- weighing about 20 kg, were added mosphere to account for the lack of GOOD FOOD at the last moment to the much significant frictional losses to sur­ • larger Soviet VEGA mission to the face features. Knowing the com­ surface ofVenus and on to Halley's plexities of the wind field might Comet. The advantages of using reveal this mechanism. • REFILLS ON SOFT DRINKS AND SALAD BAR balloons are obvious: first, they are Another aspect of the balloon trackable from earth, thus leading mission was to learn more about to some understanding of horizon- the thermal profile of Venus' at­ • UNDERGRADUATES PLEASE ASK tal wind fields. Secondly, since mosphere. Accurate temperature they float at about 54 km from the and pressure profiles were FOR YOUR SPECIAL MEAL RATES surface, the amount of "bobbing" obtained, and it was learned that by the balloon leads to direct in- Venus' carbon dioxide atmosphere ferences about the vertical wind and sulphuric acid clouds may act, YOUR HOST FOR ALL YOUR NEEDS fields. Thus, all three components oddly enough, .as a "refrigerator" of • ofthe winds on Venus can be fair- sorts, extractmg heat from the ly accurately determined for the colder regions and somehow areas the balloons fly over. Since adding that heat to the warmer FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JANUARY Venus' winds rotate some 50 times regions. Once again, this would re­ A FREE ROOT BEER FLOAT TO ALL JUNIORS, SENIORS, AND GRAD STUDENTS faster than the planet below them, q~i~e an extra energy mechanism understanding the complete wind SImIlar to th~t ~lluded to a~>o~e. field will hopefully shed some light In the begmmn~ ofthe rrussIon, FACULTY, GRAD STUDENTS, ATTEND! B.C.: ON LAKE AVENUE on the role of eddies and other Dr. Ingersoll admItted that several MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS ARE BEER DAYS. HALF PRICE ON BEER. Vz BLOCK NORTH OF CALIFORNIA associated atmospheric phenomena other members of the American team, headed by Bob Preston of JPL, had doubts about whether the Soviets would indeed share the coded information with the U. S. However, these fears proved to be totally unfounded. Indeed, by the time the mission was underway, American scientists were being TARANTINO'S treated as near "full partners" in the project (even though NASA only contributed about 1 per cent ofthe the money for the mission). Initial $2 OFF ANY LARGE PIZZA transmitter tuning and radio track- ing software problems were cleared up and the mission pro­ -with 1 item or more. ceeded successfullly. Data analysis is still being carried out, but one interesting fact has emerged im­ Present Caltech ID and get 20% off all other items. mediately: both the Americans and the Russians came away with respect for each other's capabilities, and a renewed spirit of "building 84 E. Green.Street, Pasadena bridges" between the two countries- but political and cultural as well. (818) 796-7836 It makes it just a little more worthwhile to reheat that cup of chamomile and trudge on... THE CALIFORNIA TECH Friday, January 10, 1986 4------~---~~~~~ The Inside World Blacker: Chapter 6: The Growing Insurgence Continues. The week hit an all-time low Tuesday night when several innocent plastic candy canes were brutally murdered and then cut to small bits wich were subsequently spewed about the courtyard. Several boxes of small squiggly styrofoam packing material could not be reached for @t'reJ4 By comment, but they had been seen earlier frequenting the Hill Ave. area. Greedy selfishness and smelly fish were cited as motives. NIwC.'j On the lighter side, rumors that the Lloydies wouldn't dare accept y~W;lfb an unprecedented second term alley rugby challenge in Hell were laid s to rest amid scenes of desperate cheating and paying off the referee. Plus Nicole drugged the ball when she was outside. However, one might think that the spirit of fun and friendly competition was lost- on the ~ AR.lISES contrary, this was exactly the case. Oddsmakers in Las Vegas give 3 ~~Ies~­ "Jl/LL. JIIj 6.P.,f.. to 1 against the yellow-clad Lloyders rechallenging the Big Black (.....u IN l>1fJIt"1K6/X1V£S, Machine on their home turf. More on this as it probably never develops. "M1S/~S) 'PI{"P 1!1 A N4S~Y N~ei>Tf/ Without using a proper transition phrase, this weekend should be 1.75'" INH'S 6UM11J1 eyES 11I1S ~-'1? hop-hop-hoppin for moles everywhere. We're partying with the (can ~"'R!'~" it be true?) Flems Saturday night, so put on your girl and grab your «dtSINIM.. tJUT­ favorite Zoot suit and dance to "Restless" (they played at the Ath For­ "JlIO~ lUIS ~UAl/( mal two years ago; 4 stars! !). Also there's a something-load of sign-up .vbT'S (IF HAal ~1le GlII!eE~ * IYlte5AwP sheets in the Lounge for camping, skiing, seeing a play, playing in -'lETAt..~y If 78IP!> TO MY, "" the snow, and surfing the coast of Rhode Island. you're a social "EflJIJMl_ ~, 1J('7M~~ v~lE? member, sign up, or go see Dave and become a social member and cANWM" CtJHPuTe- Irr 8 tVI. ---..... ~~-' then sign up. Dave says if we get four more social members we'll have more than even Ruddock House! But you know Dave ... IS SV/(If/'SEI> TD H4'5 ~~ "TI'IKE 1'/~~ -Go Patriots! RJ«> 5bPI'LY /AI "1>0 z: "FIII"'1 ANt> IS Kev~SHJf" /!!IE %>f\4#=, llV.-,S 1111> _.4l Dabney: A loud crackling sound awoke me from my slumber. My $leW TIISI1 ro f. "IITE c>tIST7" investigation quickly yielded results: a holiday tree roasting with a fire At1f!lol>~ IWbw.S !iN/( Ffc?lEAIbS resembling those found in the toasty depths of Hell itself. Inquiring . illS NAME as to the purpose of this combustion, my attention was directed toward a blue car, possibly a Peugeot 504 diesel. The fire, I was informed, Jt:rE>t.ITE/) "1"!>N'T'THERe. was an obscure religious ceremony to rid the decent beings ofthis world "'&JIlT"),NY""AAf, of improperly parked cars. ItIIrf"HIN6J TO I~ NSVEte SEl!Af ~,,~ Dr:>IItI6 It failed utterly. ~T 1\4l2TleS Z>o #E.RE?" J == . The evening turned into a whirling panorama of increasingly po­ .l't!V1E:$} S7C. tent "cures" for the unspeakable evil that pervaded our lives. Oranges ~ by the ton were hurled by brave young hat check clerks, but this effort 1/4f>Py I»CISE ~/n{ proved futile .A series ofbutane-based devices also left the evil frighten­ N4s LOTS OF FuN WtfTeJr~N' ingly intact. Even violations of sections 403 and 417 of the Strange 7&It>5 '"' 7D 'P1lEv1:N1" Sketch Act (" ...wilfully engaging in a Strange Sketch while in posses­ IICTWS ( TN€. FlAH~ F/!t::tIf sion of. ..(403) Durabeam technology ... [and] (417) two-way FM 8RI6Iff LIGHT) 5~e4btA/G communications gear ...") failed to solve our embarrassing problem. 'JDU IQIOw) Suddenly, in a flash of insight, we found a risky but promising solu­ "vsr1!1E SI(#HS '" 1.t1T tion: we recalled that we'd recently changed our House slogan from ~t:t>oF "Dabney House-try our thick, creamy shakes" to "Dabney House, LCDKS} t)fAiIJS & ct:WStT:JE;RS ~Al- f416RT# '" 8S/N'G ... whose sun-drenched Alleys grow the world's richest coffee." Almost 7Nr:N 7lJIitNS AIb.tltl +l6(JsEIAKPE. immediately upon this recollection, the troublesome auto dissolved in­ t> vlSCJt:tU$t.y Di41LJ to the starstuff from which it was made, leaving only a California license /N'Sv1.T'f:J 0(,) plate on the ground. "What's the number, for the love of God!" someone asked. "Got it right here," I replied. "Just in case we should need it again." -'']'' Fleming: Yes, it's back, bigger, better and weekly (I hope), you're right, I'm talking about the Fleming Inside World. I hope everyone had a simply marvelous winter break. This weekend we've got a volleyball game against the Scurves. Ask your neighborly ath-team member for details. Interhouse track and field is coming up, so start FREE DELIVERY training. The impromptu social event for the weekend is a Fleming-Blacker Ingredients: party (Blacker, that's right), Saturday night in Dabney gardens (not Dabney House courtyard). Cats tickets are also in, so if you ordered Pepperoni them get them before you end up in the parking lot. Sausage Beer & Wine I'm sure all the house would like to thank all the waiters for the Salami culinary masterpiece thatthey so gracefully served Wednesday night. Meatballs All I want to know is who the new head waiter is. Canadian Bacon -AI Fansome Ham Sandwiches Lloyd: Whereas Blacker House having issued a challenge most ster­ ling and Lloyd House having marched onward in acceptance, this can Anchovies be said. Namely, that both forces acquitted themselves with honour Mushrooms (albeit of a dubious nature, perhaps), and having retired in time with Black Olives valour. It is for such therefore that Lloyd, House ofthe Arcane Sports, Bell Peppers Salad Bar does invite Blacker House to a tournament, the nature of which will Onions be conducted most rigorously in the tryst of kickball. The time deter­ Tomatoes mined as next Friday at 10:00 p.m. on the court 0' Man. Welcome back, gents. This is your last ski reminder. You leave Pineapple this afternoon, so pack your socks. Garrett had better still do those Jalapenos PIZZA Daily Specials dishes! Garlic -J.P. Page: Who'da thunk it. Interhouse is getting cleared away...destructed. Doors are poppin' up all over. And we're all thrill­ CALL 792-5984 ed to be back at Page House. Sign up to call wealth alums. See Devin for that. Free pizza, beer, 524 S. LAKE AVE. PASADENA soda, and 10 per cent ofall the donations you get alumni to give. Honest. Parkinson's new year's resolution: to tolerate a new person each Just north of California day of 1986. -Pervis Ellison IALL You CAN EAT SPAGHETTI FOR ONLY $2.99 , Ricketts: Welcome back Kori, John Wheeler and anyone else I forgot. I just got jubjubbed playing that game with the little men!! Next time 10% DISCOUNT WITH STUDENT ID I'll watch the ball instead of talking about Dimatapp. NOT VALID ON DELIVERY OR ANY COUPON OFFER. The bad news is that Ricketts House will be closed this summer ._._._._._-_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.-._._._._._._._._.. for total demolition and reconstruction. Please give your helpful hints I• to Dave Nice. My suggestion is to move all the bathrooms into LD I• and rotate one of the bathtubs 90 degrees to eliminate the EW advan­ FREE $3.00 tage in bridge. Also, let's turn the Piano Room into either the Diner's $2.00 i• Club or an aquarium. 6-Pack Soda This term's room pick went very well. The seven double broke up and Josh opted for moral decadence by moving into LD and allowing OFF With Minimum OFF Dan to live across the hall from Laura. Kori took my room, but I got the Mustard Potato room as a single (and the computer sleeps outside, Any Large $10.00 Purchase Any Large Blob!) Charles and Jason move into Crud, and Stephen moves into the Shingle room (I hope he doesn't grow a mustache). 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From the land of dead, frozen from the snow-swept plains punc­ This, I recall, is the part where you Jammies are fine, especially if they are fire retarded. I, personally, wheatfields and ice skating ponds, tuated by the occasional cow or find out about the "toxic" in "intox­ Althou~~ cold, clear air and wind; from the sleep in my swim suit, in case of flood or tidal wave. I don't cow by-product, greetings. icate." wear pajamas, I still think they can be pretty fun and eXCItIng, but land of the Jayhawks, the student But perhaps the best place to So I get up, and head upstairs ghettos and the ghetto lords Lynch, monogrammed toiletry cases are definitely bad for one's karma. start is in the middle... for water, oh God yes, lots of Hello everyone. This is Dave Parkinson again ... Limasoni and Ling (from whom I I awake in the Sehon family water! That done, I drag myself to -Saxy took physics, and who looks like basement, on the Sehon family the living room for my only possi­ Ruddock: Latest from the Budd Doctor Seuss); from the land ofBig hide-a-bed, nearly dressed. The ble source of salvation --- cheapo Bob's Used Carpets, User Friend­ Newsflash!!! Richard enters new maid pool. How long is it going to situation is bad. I want only to Japanese cartoons. I turn on the take you guys? .. Rumor also has it that Richard. has taken up ly Nutrition Services and Boots return to (relatively) blissful un­ TV, and immediately turn down ~resthng Williams Ford (before which even wrestling-look for an Alley 4/Alley 5 Sumo Challenge. consciousness, but with a headache the sound. (Watch out, BitT!) ...Bonzo says 7365412 ...SOCIal Event over break: Mom & Dad finally have a party-a formal one at that! ...Happy 21st Kathy Miro H-bar. Hope the bubbly was worth it & g?od luc~ on the ELDEC mural ...Also in the art news: the Alley 5 Art Gallery IS draWIng rave reviews from almost the entire house-i.e. the horny ones ...This week's social event- ice skating tonight with Page ...Sam says: Alan­ you're a wimp ... Welcome back, y'all ...& Smile Sophomores- you're on grades. P.S. So how's the room smell, Taney? - Christopher & Butch I can find Donahue, football, the inevitable Busch and the in­ and a commercial singing the imitable Bacardi. With unerring in­ praises of Aquafresh toothpaste, stinct born of three years of prac­ which I will need soon enough. I tice, I had managed to find what sit down to wait for the commer­ one hopes was the only party like cials to end, and the Sehon family it in town --- one consisting of a cat stomps by unmercifully. swarm of"intelligent" guys and one Mind you, I've had worse. smart girl. The only thing to do Once, when I had a room directly was drink steadily and excessive­ on the Blacker courtyard, a fellow ly, watch the TV people say funny (since graduated) mole saw fit to things, and have Scott (the Sehon see how many sounds he could get family Harvard philosophy major) out of a cowbell --- right outside drive me home. my window, to no particular Back in the real world (a terri­ rhythm, and for a long time. Not ble thing to face just now) the com­ the best way to start any day, much mercial ends, and cuts into people­ less that one. lined streets covered with floats But this was bad enough. As I and marching bands. OH NO! I sat waiting for commercials (and think, not the Rose Bowl! DIVERSITY IS STRENGTH time in general) to pass, I Let me put it this way, with a remembered the previous night, little analogy: A nice warm shower Diversity. It allows ELDEC to offer a varied, challenging and sta­ New Year's Eve. It had been a is one of life's simple pleasures. ble career in high technology electronics. Quality, custom-designed quiet evening of George Carlin, Watching the Rose Bowl Parade products and innovative problem solving have earned us a strong position in aerospace and marine markets for both commercial and Whoopi Goldberg, Steven Wright with no sound other than the throb­ military customers. and other comics, blitz chess on an bing of onl?'s head is one of life's An established corporation with over $78 million in annual sales, incomprehensible ornamental set, continued on page 7 ELDEC is located just north of Seattle which means employees enjoy the unmatched lifestyle of the beautiful Northwest. ELDEC systems cover a wide range of customer needs. Our solid state proximity switches and computer-based logic and control systems inform flight crews of critical aircraft functions. ELDEC pro­ Harlan Ellison duces small, lightweight, ruggedly packaged aircraft battery charger from page 1 systems and high and low voltage power supplies. We're also terms ofedifying our existence has involved in the design and manufacture of electronic monitor and television for the most part is to to be watered down and control systems for aircraft, ships and space vehicles. keep people stupid. You can go !or ameliorated to the point of where Our future is one of steady growth and technological achieve­ months and never hear anythIng it's bland homily." ment. Diversity is strength. Diversity is ELDEC. about the human condition dealt According to the Washington with sincerely. And I ask myself, COMMITTED TO PERFORMANCE," Post, Harlan Ellison is "one of the 'Is this really a responsible use of great living American short story the public airwaves?''' The pr~­ writers." Tom Snyder of the NBC blem, more now than ever, IS "Tomorrow" show said: "An amaz­ Ii® "businessmen in charge of an art ing talent; meeting him is an in­ We will be on campus for interviews on February 10. form," Ellison said. "They suc­ credible experience." In a career Contact your placement office for details. cumb to whatever pressure group spanning almost thirty years, he gets on them, so almost anything has won more awards for his forty­ ELDEC is an EEOIAA employer. that could have any value for us in two books, over one thousand stories, essays, articles and newspaper columns, two dozen teleplays and a dozen motion pic­ tures than any other living fan­ tasist. He has won the Hugo award

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Movie Review wouldn't do this to change the fIlm's rating), but I don't think most peo­ ple are prepared to view childbirth Everything You Wanted and not be taken somewhat aback. Otherwise, the film is a pure pleasure to see and hear. To Know About Sting Although all the band members by Doug Gray Omar Hakim, saxophonist Bran- are highlighted, this is still mostly Bring on the Night ford Marsalis, bassist Darryl a film about Sting. After all, he is Beverly Cineplex Jones, keyboardist Kenny perhaps the most charismatic figure On the back ofthe jacket for his Kirkland, and backing vocalists in pop culture. He knows it, too, The Dream of the Blue Turtles Janice Pendarvis and Dolette and ifhis ego bothers you, then you album, Sting writes, "The contribu­ McDonald) as the band on his will probably hate his guts by the tion and commitment of all those "solo" project, with the idea that it time the film is over, even though involved made it far less an in­ would be a real band, run he does have a few moments of dulgent and personal statement than democratically. near-modesty. On the other hand, a statement about how well people The film is set in Paris, where ifyou like his music at all, I'm sure can work together without diluting the band is staying in a 17th- you'll like it better afterwards, or compromising ideals. We also century mansion as they iron out There is a lot of talk about jazz "Same snow, later." had a lot of fun." That is the their parts for the first concert on surrounding this project, but Sting essence ofthe recent fIlm, Bring on their tour. There's lots ofmusic and claims, "What we have made ... Edwards the Night, directed by Michael pretty scenery, amusing comments has nothing to do with jazz." True, Sam CUJlom :Jador Apted. I hesitate to call it a from everyone involved, and yes, there is more to the project than Typing Service PM SAMSON documentary because they are so even a rendition of the Flintstones that, but this strikes me as a very 49 NORTH ALTADENA DRIVE theme. strange thing for him to say. He is PASADENA CA 91107 often such ho-hum affairs. This is 818-793-2582 not just a film about music; it is a There are two things in the film a jazz musician himself. Whatever (213) 660-4949 very musical film. And it's a lot of I cannot call pleasant; one is one cares to call it, though, I hap­ $1.50 per page ALTERATIONS fun. manager Miles Copeland and the pen to think the music in Bring on RESTYLING Having declared that racism other is the segment showing the the Night is great. As one of the Overnight Service birth of Sting's son Jake. The au- backing singers put it, the music TAILORING had killed popular music, Sting INVISIBLE REWEAVING decided to try to break down the dience is spared little of the works because it is "both cerebral Discounts to Caltech barriers set up by rigid classifica­ gruesome reality, and don't say I and visceral" (Sting is not the only Community Special rates tor CanechlJPl community. tions such as "rock," 'jazz," and so didn't tell you so. I'm sure Sting former English teacher in the forth. He assembled a group of thought it was beautiful and "pro- band). black jazz musicians (drummer found," as he called it (surely the¥ After seeing Bring on the } ~"'lJlw. ... Night, I'm really kicking myselffor PARIAN TRAVEL *having missed Sting at the Greek. Caltech Officially Approved ::E If you missed out too, then do not § :> miss this film. It's energetic; it's Most courteous, economical and efficient service '8 entertaining; the idealistic spirit for your official and personal travel needs. ~ runs high; the musicians are all Free service to you. ..6' talented, and the music is sublime. For an introductory offer a complimentary $50,00 ~ In short, I loved it. -a worth of fine dining checks will be offered with the purchase of min. $100.00 travel tickets (one per family). (818) 577-8200 Pasadena Scienl;/ic 468 S. Sierra Madre Boulevard. Pasadena & Technical books

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sound), and, of all things, the Vacation Topeka High School marching band (of course, Lawrence's is bet­ from page 5 ter, but none of you care anyway, simple somethings, but it sure ain't do you?). pleasure. Then the Tom and Jerry car­ It didn't help that it was actual­ toons came on, and life was ly the Cotton Bowl, though it ex­ beautiful again. plained why I hadn't recognized But I have digressed. Other any ofthe buildings. I didn't really things happened. I put my ice recognize much when the Rose skating course (1st term P.E.) to Bowl Parade did come on, for that good use by going skating with an matter, but then, I didn't really old friend. In the line of work, I Q) ::0 care. was introduced to one of the ~ Things got better. Scott came newer, friendlier personal com­ c by and removed the empty beer puter, one that tries to make you ~ cans from my sight (these were enjoy being ignored, abused, and .£ from before the party). The Sehon thwarted at every turn. Two other .9 family mom came and fixed guys from work and I captured the ~ breakfast and dispensed aspirin. high score on a Trivia Whiz Scott was even nice enough to vidgame at a local bar, category of A member of the Pasadena City Council told a member of the Caltech Amateur Radio Club that "it cover up his "Stroh's Weighlifting sex. There was other drinking, sure would be nice if some Caltech students made this [hideous rose at left] disappear. I'd even write a Team (12 oz. curls)" T-shirt. carousing, hell-raising and general­ note saying it was OK." Just in case you were wondering... We saw a float memorializing ly stupid behavior, and then there Famous Aircraft of Texas History was Christmas. (wheeee!), a diet pill commercial Christmas was quite nice for with subtitles (and I thought I was being clever turning down the continued on page 9

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Review Barbara Alle.n by Mike Pettersen Students who were lucky enough to have returned early from winter vacation might have had a hard time finding seats at the per­ TlDNGS HAPPEN formance of Barbara Allen in Engineers and scientists Northrop is a world leader As our business grows, Northrop Corporation, Dabney Lounge on January 5. A at Northrop Corporation in aerospace and electron­ we're finding more places College Relations, Dept. crowd ofover 200, predominantly know how to make things ics. Many of our recent for young professionals CN S-86, 1840 Century blue-haired, spilled over the happen with advanced college graduates are in­ who want to make things Park East, Los Angeles, balcony, ransacked classrooms for technology. Applying their volved with some of the happen. If your back­ CA 90067. chairs, and finally sat on the steps own curiosity and the most most critical technologies: ground is engineering, outside the hall. sophisticated systems and artificial intelligence; computer science, physics PROOF OF U.S. CITI­ ZENSHIP REQUIRED. Who induced so many people to equipment available, our avionics; guidance and or math, wed like to learn Northrop is an Equal sit swinging their legs, precariously technical professionals are navigation; sensors and aboutyou. Find out when Opportunity Employer balanced atop the stack of plat­ given the creative freedom signal processing; remotely our representative will be M/F/H/V. forms at the back of the hall? Ms. to challenge conventional piloted aircraft; data pro­ on your campus by visiting Allen, a native Pasadenan, has assumptions. To find new cessing; integrated flight the placement office. Or taught on the faculty of Stanford techniques and systems to control and propulsion. write us directly. and DC Santa Cruz, and is current­ integrate diverse techno­ And hundreds of other ly a Resident Tutor at Harvard. A logies. To shape the future advanced programs and finalist in the 1983 Artistic Am­ development of new and products. bassador Piano Competition, she emerging technologies. also spent a year in Munich on a piano fellowship. Ms. Allen's program began with the Italian Concerto of J. S. Bach. Is it possible that since the appalling act ofwanton destruction last summer the tone ofthe Dabney piano has become muddy? Ms. Allen valiantly played with great brilliance, but I missed the perfect clarity this piece has on a harpsichord. The second selection was Beethoven's Waldstein Sonata. Ms. Allen's presentation of the first movement brought applause from the audience, but in the third move­ ment she gave her best expression of Beethoven's power. The climax ofthe program was Modest Moussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Here Ms. Allen tru­ ly demonstrated her expressive abilities, painting Victor Hart­ mann's pictures and Moussorgsky's love and grief with her tone colors. Even the little old lady from Pasadena had to smile at the Ballet ofthe Chicks. I saw her. The Great Gate ofKiev brought the audience to its feet, and Ms. Allen played a Schubert waltz for an encore. The Dabney Chamber Music series regularly brings a wide variety of talented performers to campus. The Lounge is only a few steps from home (or lab); don't NORTHROP miss this opportunity to enjoy a Making advanced technology work Sunday afternoon. But come early. Friday, January 10, 1986 THE CALIFORNIA TECH 9 t------ENTERTAINMENT-----I

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Buster Keaton, I was finally able to make the damned thing work, and immediately began to cultivate from page 7 the Don Johnson look. me, but most of it makes pretty But even this was hopeless. boring copy. Perhaps the highlight Don, it turns out, has resolved to was receiving the Gillette "Brush carry a razor with him at all times Plush Shaving System." Not only so people will stop giving him is this one of the more bogus­ grief. This is from USA Todays sounding merchandising ideas of weekly newspaper insert which the year (a "shaving system" with devoted at least two whole pages no razor?), it has fun instructions. to celebrity New Year's resolu­ At one point, one is instructed to tions. It turns out that Cybil (l paraphrase, having misplaced the Shepard resolves to "wear less original) squeeze the tube with the underwear more often" (she makes fingers to work the cream loose. decisions better that way). Yes indeed. Garrison Keillor resolves to Through a serise ofcontortions lavish affection on his new wife. A reminiscent of Charlie Chaplin or continued on page 10 Movie Review Ghandi It's Not neMITRE Corporation has established an Artifi­ - lallntelligence Technical Skills Center to serve as Career Opportunities by Nick Smith dancing, which made up the bulk ecorporation's central AI research, development MITRE is seeking to substantially expand its A Chorus Line ofthe film. The choreography and dtechnical consu Iti ng resource. MITRE engi- AI Center with highly motivated AI experts who Director Richard Attenborough execution that he bothered to show rs and scientists were pioneers in automatic would enjoy working with an interdisciplinary I will freely admit that I am one were done marvelously. It's just mbol manipulation 20 years ago and today we staff in a highly interactive, E''l,husiastic organiza­ of the 47 people in Los Angeles that he didn't show enough. Th~ recognized as one of the nation's leading tion that offers the best of academic, research and and New York (combined) who wrong characters were played up. lorganizations with a staff of over two dozen contractor environments. Candidates should pos­ never tried to see A Chorus Line on The ones who were supposed to be perts utilizing multi-million dollar resources sess a related BS/MS degree, formal training or stage. At the time, the idea of a great were never shown to be great. aturing 15 Symbolics LISP machines networked experience in AI programs, and the initiative to The ones that were losers were four VAX 780s. musical about people auditioning determine the direction of our AI work as well as for a musical seemed a bit too cir­ shown to be losers, but that didn't be involved in programs development. Opportu­ cular, and besides, the tickets were help. The one "hit" song from the ITRE serves as C'I Systems Engineer for the u.S. nities exist in the following areas: musical, "What I Did For Love," irForces' Electronic Systems Division and other expensive. However, a film of a musical about people auditioning was given a strangely clumsy ren­ vernment clients. Our AI programs range from Expert Systems dition. The only thing that came imary research such as developing tool sets to for a musical somehow seemed Planning Systems more interesting. After all, look through really well was "the thrill tomatic programming, automatic repair and ofvictory and the agony ofdefeat" undancy and to expert systems. Expert systems Knowledge Representation what Bob Fosse did with All That in each round of the selection pro­ ITRE has developed include NASA space shuttle Intelligent User Interfaces Jazz, and that was just rehearsals. Iloading and scheduling systems for crew Automatic Programming Well, not just rehearsals, but that's cess. The winners and losers ofthe ivities and payload preparation; a naval maneu­ Natural Language Understanding another movie. audition made the audience feel rssystem for the Navy; and aircraft mission A Chorus Line was done by a along with them. The only emo­ anization for the Air Force. Other expert sys- If interested and qualified, please reply in strictest strange combination ofpeople, and tional moment that failed was when 5under development involve intell igence confidence to: Harold I. Matzkin, The MITRE seems to have suffered for it. one dancer was injured. For some alysis, situation monitoring and fault detection Corporation, 2107 Middlesex Turnpike, Bedford, Michael Douglas is an excellent ac­ reason, that scene lacked the im­ ddiagnosis for applications such as target MA 01730. U.S. Citizenship is requi red for all tor, and he carries through very pact that it deserved. anning and scheduling, new weapons, mid-air positions. well as the director who is running The music and dancing that are ueling and troop allocations. the audition. The individual permitted to wade through Atten­ Other C'I and civi I·systems engineering positions dancers are very good, portraying borough's style are very good, and are also availableat MITRE's Washington D.C. different facets of life in the big those who like the musical genre faci Iity. If interested please forward a resume to city, among those crazy enough to will probably enjoy them. The Ms. M.X. Mason, The MITRE Corporation, compete for the very few jobs on finale is flashy enough to make any 1820 Dolley Madison Blvd., McLean, VA 22102. Broadway. The problem seems to old musical fan drool. There are a be Richard Attenborough himself. few very good moments, both He likes directing impressive, dramatically and musically. I just Real World Solutions powerful films (Gandhi was one of wish that there had been more of his), and I don't think he saw the them. To Real World Problems basic material ofA Chorus Line as Overall, A Chorus Line is being quite worthy of him. worth seeing if you are interested Therefure, he did something dif­ in the theater or musicals, but may ferent. He tried to make it a power­ not be worth your money as a ful emotional drama about the suc­ drama, and is only so-so as a cesses and failures of the showcase of dance. Let the ticket­ MITRE buyer beware. characters. He focused on the An equal opportunity employer. characters to such an extent that he failed to focus on their singing and 10 THE CALIFORNIA TECH Friday, January 10, 1986 I ENTERTAINMENT----- CLAGS Sponsors Romanovsky and Phillips

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Faculty Photos Cal Grant Deadline Amateur Radio Exams Varsity Jackets rn rn rnScholarship$$$ Time is running short for facul­ February 11, 1986 is the This Saturday, January 11, Varsity athletes who want to The American Society of NaVal ty members to submit their favorite postmark deadline for both new 1986, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the order award jackets should contact Engineers is awarding scholarships photos of themselves to the Big T and renewal Cal Grant applicants. Caltech Amateur Radio Club will Michael Keating (Rm. 104, Page; of $1,750 for the 1986-87 (107 - 51). Photos should be black Current Cal Grant recipients administer the FCC Amateur Radio x3774) before 2:00 p.m. Friday, academic year. The renewable and white (any size) preferably on should have already received a Exams for Novice, Technician, January 17 (that's next week!). The scholarships are for junior and glossy paper. Please include your SAAC and renewal supplement General, Advanced and Extra price is about $75. Eligible athletes senior undergraduates. There are name and department. Remember: from the California Student Aid Licenses. The examinations will be receive an ASCIT subsidy of one also I-year, non-renewable' if you don't find a photo, we will! Commission. New applicants (and given in Clubroom 1 of Winnett half the price. See the Little t for scholarships for graduate students . students who applied in previous Student Center. Everyone who is eligibility requirements. Applicants must be U.S. citizens' years but were ineligible) can pick prepared to take the exams is Financial need is not a requirement up the Cal Grant Supplement at the welcome. For those who are not Grad Housing Probs? but may be taken into considera-' Free Money for Seniors Financial Aid Office. prepared, but would like to become The Graduate Student Council tion. For additional information contact the Financial Aid Office.. This is it, seniors-time to turn licensed, classes are available. is interested in problems graduate Korean-American $$ Regular club meetings are students have experienced with Application Deadline: February' in your senior photo to the Big T 15, 1986. office (first floor, Winnett). Photos Scholarships are being offered scheduled the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays Caltech-owned properties or with of each month at 8 p.m. and are the Housing Office itself. Weare are due no later than Feb. 7. They to full-time students with Korean More New Courses should be black and white (any heritage. Students may be under­ held in the Y Lounge. Code and especially interested in size), preferably on glossy paper. graduate or graduate students. Ap­ theory classes and help sessions are maintenance and repair problems Hal Fairchild, a visiting pro-­ Please include your name, option, plication forms are available from held on all other Tuesdays at 8 because it has been suggested that fessor from UCLA, will be offer­ and hometown. Call us at x6154 if The Korean American Scholarship p. m. in the shack or nearby. People Physical Plant should perform ing Psy 10 - Introduction to who cannot make the meetings maintenance and repairs of you need a photographer. Foundation, Western Reg.ion, Psychological Development, on' 20281 Running Springs Lane, should call the club secretary to graduate properties now done by MVV 10:30-12:00. Yearbook Class Huntington Beach, CA 92646. schedule classes at their con­ the Housing Office. Comments on Jeff Strnad will be offering a venience. Further information waiting lists, Housing Office course (SS 216-Interdisciplinary The Yearbook Class (PA 15) Application deadline: January 31, 1986. about the club may be obtained policies, custodial services, or Studies in Law and Social will meet in Baxter 127 on from Dave Hodge, the club presi­ other matters would be a help in Policy - Advanced Stochastic Tuesdays at noon. Please come if dent, at x6825 or from Dave Rit­ analyzing and alleviating problems. Methods). The course will focus on you are interested in any aspect of chie, the club secretary, at Positive comments are also advanced stochastic methods that the Big T. Feel free to bring your 449-7371. Membership is open to welcome. Please provide the infor­ find significant applications in lunch. The class is worth 3 P/F all members of the Caltech com­ mation as completely as you can economics and finance. For a more units. Indian Fellowships munity including undergraduates, and include your name, address, detailed course description see the The United States Department graduate students, staff, faculty, and phone number. Replies will be Economics Department. ofEducation offers Indian (Native alumni, jpl-ers, and hangers-on. kept confidenti,al if you ask for it. American) Fellowships. Ifyou are Anyone interested is encouraged to Send replies to Tony Stirk 1-87. KISMET interested in receiving a get in touch with Dave Ritchie­ The annual Caltech Musical CLASSIFIED fellowship, please obtain the ap­ demonstrations and tours can be ar­ Money For Women needs basses, baratones, tenors, plication and brochure from the ranged at any time. The brochure A Partial List of and, of course, hands willing to Financial Aid Office, Room 10, Resources for Women is available build, sew, and paint. Call Deena, HELP WANTED- Parsons-Gates. Application 1986-87 Aid Forms for your use in the Financial Aid x2158. deadline: January 15, 1986. Office. The brochure gives helpful RESEARCH TECHNICIAN with 1986-87 Financial Aid applica­ experience in molecular biology. hints to women applying for aid. It tion packets are available at the also has a selected list of scholar­ The Tech To study DNA and RNA tumor Grad Furniture Financial Aid Office. If you have ship, grant and loan programs. It virus transcription. College not picked up a packet, please stop also has a list of financial aid welcomes all The Housing Office is in the by and get yours now! In order to resources. degree in chemistry or biology process of reviewing furniture op­ receive priority standing you must those who would and at least 3 years experience. tions for the new Catalina Graduate complete the proper forms and Philosophy Course Competitive salary and benefits. Apartment Complex. Any meet the deadlines. Graduate Students interested in Philosophy 1: T 2-4, Th 3-4; like to contribute Send resume to: Dr. Richard DEADLINES becoming involved in the selection Feb. II-Cal Grant (new & renew) 205 Dabney; James Woodward, Gaynor, UCLA School of of furnishings are encouraged to Feb. 11-Student Aid Application professor. See Secretary in 211 articles, reviews" Medicine, 11-242 Factor contact Linda Chappell in the for California Dabney to sign up. photos, or art­ Building, Los Angeles CA Housing Office at 356-6178 Feb. 11-Business/Farm Supple­ immediately. ment Caltech Bridge Club 90024. April 15 - Foreign Student's Finan­ It's back! Duplicate games at work. "An ex- FEDERAL, STATE AND CIVil cial Aid Application 7:00 p.m. on Monday nights, Red cellent opportum·­ April 15 - Parents' & Student's Door Cafe. Everybody welcome. SERVICE jobs now available. in Guitar Classes signed tax returns ACBL sanctioned. And watch for t t b k f your area. For info. call (602) The Beginning Guitar Class (no April 15 - Draft Registration Com­ the upcoming Charity Game Y 0 rea out 0 837-3401 Dept. 1373. experience necessary) has been pliance Statement (Prizes! Prizes! Prizes!). For infor- th T h d reformulated to include not only April 15-CIT Supplement mation call Jeffrey Pugh (x4543), e ec ner COMPUTER ENGINEERS. Full classical repertoire but a new jazz Upon Receipt- Student Aid Jeff Stern (x6627) or Jennifer Stern ld " (x4476). time contract and permanent and folk chord system as well. This Reports for Pell Grant- All Pages mo . will give the student a strong If you have any questions positions at JPL and other Valley classical technique and enable him please call or drop by the Financial locations. BSEE or Computer to branch into other forms ofguitar Aid Office, Room 10 Parsons­ Science or equivalent ex" ifhe desires. For further studies in Gates, 356-6280. perience. 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