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The campus community biweekly April 17, 2003, vol. 3, no. 8 Tecolote trek Kids come to work next week
It's that time of year again, when Caltech staff and faculty can let their kids see for themselves what mom or dad does all day. Take Our Children to Work Day will be held on Thursday, April 24, and children who are students in the 4th through 12th Infiltrate gives viewers a digital view grades are invited to take part in the of life inside a fish tank. program and to "shadow" their parents or visit them in their offices. Caltech's version of the national Take Our Daugh NEURO exhibit blends ters to Work Day is also open to boys and art and science is intended to introduce kids to the vari ous science careers and other opportuni At the Art Center College of Design's ties on campus. Williamson Gallery, a cluster of video The day's activities begin at 10 a.m . in screens depict women straining to smile the Beckman Institute courtyard, where continuously for a computer "judge," children will register for tours of various while, in another room, digital fish m im ic science laboratories. Lab tours will take the movements of a school of koi in a place from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m., after which tank, providing a view from the proverbial children, parents, and volunteers will fishbowl. At the same time, and across return to the Beckman Institute courtyard town, the movem ents of guests at the for lunch. Following lunch, the Caltech Athenaeum trigger computer-generated Federal Credit Union will make a short "explosions" in vibrant hues, images that presentation on savings accounts, with are projected overhead, just below the coloring books for the younger set, and vaulted ceiling in the faculty club's foyer. CAPSI (the Caltech Precollege Science The piece is called Einstein's Dilemma. Initiative) and Athletics will both have These intriguingly dissimilar displays activities. At 2 p.m., the children will pro are the result of a yearlong collaboration Close to 40 students took part in the Caltech Y Alternative Spring Break in March, traveling to ceed to Beckman Auditorium to view a Tecolote, Mexico; San Francisco; and the Navajo Nation in Utah. The Tecolote group (shown with between Caltech engineers and Los An short film by Institute alum Frank Capra. community center staff members and Y director Athena Castro, far right) painted and tiled the center, geles-based artists. The art is assembled played with kids there and at an orphanage, and painted a nearby home. See story on page 2. The activities will end at 3 p.m ., when in NEURO, a joint exhibition presented employees can pick up their children and by Caltech and the Art Center College of take them to the Caltech Bookstore for Design, which recently opened at the two Preparing campus Team skates to free Popsicles and giveaways. campuses and will run through June 29 . see Children to work, page 6 for emergencies nationals The works of art all utilize, and were inspired by, advanced sensory equip In recognition of Emergency Preparedness Caltech's figure skaters recently placed ment created at Caltech's Center for Month in April, Caltech's Environmental, sixth at the 2003 National Intercollegiate Neuromorphic Systems Engineering Health, and Safety Services Office is coor Team Figure Skating Championships in Ready, detect, LIGO (CNSE). Much as their predecessors used dinating a drill to determine how ready the Denver. The four-member team had ear oils and canvas or hammers and marble campus would be when dealing with a lier claimed first-place honors at the Pa Armed with one of the most advanced slabs, the six contemporary artists are major emergency, such as an earthquake. cific regional competition against schools scientific instruments of all time, physi equipped with motion detectors, light The emergency drill will take place like Stanford, UC Santa Cruz, and the cists are now intently watching the uni emitting diodes, and vast reserves of from 3 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22, University of Colorado at Denver. Not verse for the first evidence of gravita data-crunching power. In NEURO, the beginning at the north and south under bad for a club that didn't exist a year ago. tional waves. First predicted by Albert artists have built on the foundations of graduate houses and proceeding across "It was fabulous," said grad student in Einstein in 1916 as a consequence of his 20th-century modernism to create art in California Boulevard to the Braun athletic planetary science and club cofounder general theory of relativity, gravitational which technology is the medium: it is not field. Involving as many as 300 to 500 Emily Schaller. "I was very pleased that we waves have never been detected directly. only the artist's means of creation but the students, the exercise is intended to test skated so well, especially since it was our In Einstein's theory, alterations in the raw material as well. the campus's ability to evacuate students first time as a team at a national event." shape of concentrations of mass or en The scientists at the National Science safely and to respond to medical emer Caltech's team entered 11 freestyle and ergy have the effect of warping space Foundation-funded CNSE specialize in gencies when municipal emergency re ice-dancing events at Denver, where they time, thereby causing distortions that fields as esoteric as psychophysics, sponse personnel are unavailable. faced eight established teams, like those propagate through the universe at the learning theory and pattern recognition, The scenario will be a 7.5 earthquake from Dartmouth and Cornell, which can speed of light. The first generation of optoelectronics, and locomotion, to that has taken place near Pasadena, caus have up to 12 male and female members. detectors, led by the Laser Interferometer name a few. Pietro Perona, a professor of ing structural damage to the student Caltech's team includes sophomore Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), is electrical engineering at Caltech, directs houses. Student health advocates will Kelly Martin, freshman Laura Pruitt, and coming into operation and promises sen the center, whose objective is to create triage and give first aid to a number of grad student in aeronautics Olga Schneider. sitivities that will be capable of detecting electronic devices that perceive the " victims," and observers from the Pasa The women all have some experience a variety of catastrophic events, such as world, are able to learn and discern, and dena Fire Department and the American figure skating-Schaller skated for 16 years the gravitational collapse of stars or the can react to stimuli, much as humans Red Cross will be on campus to evaluate and was on the Dartmouth College team, coalescence of compact binary systems. and animals do. To do this, engineers the drill. Caltech's Health Center, along while Pruitt is a registered coach-but The commissioning of LIGO and im must figure out ways to impart in ma with Residence Life, Security, and Physi most had hung up their skates. provements in its sensitivity are coming chines various biological processes, like cal Plant. will participate. Unlike intercollegiate teams, this club very rapidly, as the final interferometer vision, learning, and movement. all In addition to this month's drill, Envi is a purely student-led initiative. Schaller, systems are implemented and the senses and abilities that we take for ronmental, Health, and Safety Services who had been planning on going to com sources of noise are uncovered and their granted. see NEURO exhibit, page 6 see Preparedness, page 6 see Skaters, page 2 see LIGO, page 6 2 Caltech 336, April17, 2003 Skaters. from page 1 Attempting to make petitions on her own, met Martin, and the two represented Caltech in an earlier a difference Pacific regional competition. Then the other students with skating backgrounds NewsBriefs /ram Parveen Bila/ came forward. "It just sort of evolved," Schaller said. "It This past spring break, when all my friends just so happened that Caltech had skaters." were going to Vegas, Hawaii, and the Although they do not have travel fund Grand Canyon, it seemed less exciting to ing or an official coach, Caltech Athletics go to Mexico for community service, but I helped defray some of the team's costs convinced myself to do so and that I and entrance fees. Student Affairs and should feel good about helping others. the Alumni Association paid for the Thus, I went! team's travel expenses to Denver. Sure enough, it turned out to be a lot Now that it's the skating off-season, more fun than I expected. Tecolote was the the team members will work to raise site of our work, and we were involved in funds and focus on recruitment. "If tiling the bare cemented floors that we had you've ever competed before, you can to sleep on, painting the community cen pick it back up right away," Schaller said. ter, playing with orphans in the local or "We definitely need men," she added, phanage, and painting houses in the noting that on this campus it probably nearby slums. The Caltech Y has been won't be too hard to find them. arranging these projects for the past five • years with a woman in Tecolote, who in turn works with a community-service de partment in San Diego. She picks out projects for us to do, and then we go Flying students ahead and take charge. soar to victory It was really an adventure to learn how to tile from scratch: cleaning the ground, mixing the cement, laying out the tiles, Undergraduate students David Armet, The Broad Center for the Biological Sciences received a load of equipment, grouting the cracks, and then washing the Mark Bilinski, and Elaine Ou and graduate including the first of three magnets for its MRI (magnetic resonance tiles. And then painting in the hot Tecolote student Federico Spedalieri, representing imaging) center, on Tuesday, April 8. In order to easily access the sun was not very easy, but with a great basement, where the center is located, the sidewalk south of the building the Aero Association of the California team of 15 we were able to pull off almost was opened like a hatch. The second magnet is scheduled to be installed in Institute of Technology (also known as the everything with a perfect example of divi September 2004. Caltech-JPL Flying Club), won several sion of labor and specialization of tasks! awards at a recent conference. In the times that we had to rest and eat, Competing at SAFECON (the Safety we walked around the streets of Tecolote, and Flight Evaluation Conference) Libraries. She contributed chapters to Professional which are such a contrast to the much Personals Writing and The Complete Chemical Engineer: A against Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Uni hyped Tijuana. There are slums almost Guide to Critical Thinking. A member of the Ameri versity, the U.S. Air Force Academy, Cy everywhere you can see. The two aspects Welcome to Caltech can Library Association, the American Society for press College, Christian Heritage College, Engineering Education, and the Women in Engi that I felt much shock about were, firstly, a Mount San Antonio College, and San March neering Programs and Advocates Network, she huge dump of hundreds of cars on a nice Jose State University, Spedalieri placed was also a member of Rotary International. green hill and, secondly, wild dogs present A long-term interest in defining a new paradigm in the simulated aircraft navigation, Malina Chang, office manager, Student Affairs; at a frequency of at least every 30 feet. for scholarly communication led Buck to organize power-off landing, and message-drop Susan Cline, administrative assistant, Ath The former, according to local citizens, is enaeum; John Galetzka, senior research assis and cochair the Conference on Scholarly Communi events, and he and Ou both placed in the cation, which Caltech hosted in March 1997. Her the way the government gets rid of cars left tant, geology and geochemistry; David lmel, computer accuracy event. The awards project manager, Infrared Processing and Analy recent papers include "The Scholar's Forum: A New on the streets unattended. The latter\ have were made more notable in that Caltech sis Center; John Lilley, systems administrator, Model for Scholarly Communication," which is no explanation for, except to say it is not an available at http://library.caltech.edu/publications/ was the only school competing that is Information Technology Services; Zsuzsanna easy vacation if one does not like dogs scholarsforum, and "Library Management 2000," not a professional pilot training academy Marka, assistant scientist, planetary sciences; because they are wild and everywhere. Katsumi Niki, visiting associate, chemistry and at http://www.uky.edu/CommlnfoStudies/SLIS/ and that has no aeronautics department. newsletter/spr_OO.htm#buck. Having done only the painting and til chemical engineering; Jan Schroers, visiting "The Aero Association of Caltech and associate, engineering and applied science; Buck is survived by a daughter, Susan Rentko; ing, I cannot really say much about the JPL is a special club," says Alice Huang, Changjun Yu, senior research assistant, biology. a son, Stephen; and two grandchildren. orphanage except that the director in Caltech's senior councilor for external formed us that the kids really liked the relations. "I have been taking lessons April visit. One wonders if they would ever say over the past year and know how hard otherwise, though. I mean, they have a Rainer Birringer, visiting associate, engineering our Caltech students have to work in and applied science; Matthew Britton, senior Media minute different group coming in every month or order to place at these competitions. research engineer, Caltech Optical Observatories; so, and they pass out some candy and play They make us all extremely proud." Jurgen Eckert, visiting associate professor, Tracking system stresses with the kids, but that is it. Surely, even engineering and applied science; Dema Faham, international students • that makes a difference. manager, Chemical Physics Letters Editorial However, on these trips one thing that Office; Hamilton Lu, engineer, Health Group An April 11 Pasadena Star-News article quoted Fabrication Facility; lone Negrutiu, Moore Dis always comes to mind is, can we do more Parandeh Kia, director of Caltech's international tinguished Scholar in Biology; Donald Ross than just tile a room or paint a small student programs, about the Institute's experience Prothero, lecturer, geological and planetary Bookstore now has with the new Student and Exchange Visitor Infor house? The answer is that we are limited sciences; G- Jeffrey Snyder, lecturer, engineer mation System for tracking foreign students. All by the director, and at times one might ing and applied science. discount tickets student data must be entered into the database by wonder about the system of matching the August 1, but, according to the article, the U.S. real needs and the jobs that are allocated. Deaths Justice Department says the program "is plagued Take a break to ease your spring fever, or It could be that someone is actually hold with technical problems that could adversely affect get a jump on summer vacation plans. ing back on people trying to make a differ U.S. security." Noting that one graduate student Faculty and staff members can now buy has been stranded in China since Christmas, Kia ence because they want certain areas to be discounted movie tickets, Metro system said, "We're concerned that there is a very strong left undeveloped so that they can make tokens, and admission to local attrac possibility things could go crazy." Many interna more contracts with other community tions, from the Caltech Bookstore. (Stu tional students currently fear that traveling outside service groups. These were questions that the United States may jeopardize their education, dents can also buy the tickets, but get a rose in my mind, because I wanted to do a she said. Increased security has created visa slightly better discount at the Caltech Y). Anne Buck, university librarian at Caltech since problems for international students in technical lot more and there were a lot of factors Examples of ticket prices include AMC 1995, died on April 2; she was 63. A graduate of fields because of the fear that their knowledge that I thought needed improvement, but and Pacific movie theaters, $5.50; adult Wellesley College who went on to receive her could be used by terrorists. Caltech has more than we could not do anything about them as master's degree in library and information sci Metro tokens, 10 for $9; Disneyland, $36, 550 international undergraduate and graduate the director had not asked us to. ence from the University of Kentucky in 1977, students from 68 countries. China, India, Canada, adult or child; Knott's Theme Park, $23 Buck held several positions at Bell Laboratories, Hence, the inflexibility of what one could Korea, and Romania, the top countries of origin, adult, $11.50 child; and Universal Stu and, after the breakup of AT&T, established and are not among the 26 nations whose visitors now do was a little frustrating at times. However, dios, $34, adult or child. Dodger tickets directed the Bellcore Library Network; she also receive heavy scrutiny. whenever frustrated, one could always turn are not discounted, but are sold at the served two years as director of human resources to the ever-tasty, authentic, and extremely planning at Bellcore. She taught library manage gate price with no service charge. All cheap Mexican cuisine. One could have the ment at Rutgers University and the University of tickets are nonreturnable. Wisconsin-Madison and, before coming to biggest meal, burrito, or combo plate and a The bookstore is currently promoting Caltech, was university librarian from 1991 to drink, and the bill would only be $3. a private party at Magic Mountain on 1995 at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. It was a short, four-day trip, and on my Friday, May 9. From 7 p.m. to 1 a.m., the Vice president of the Engineering Information return I had time for some other plans I Foundation and a member and past treasurer of park will be open only to employees of had made for spring break. Tecolote made the American Society for Information Science and Caltech and several other companies. Technology, she was also a public-library director, me tired, humbled, and satisfied with a Tickets are $20 and parking is free. For consultant, and trustee, and she served on the little ounce of helplessness and grateful more information on these or other tick advisory board for the Carnegie Mellon University ness, partly to theY and mostly to God! ets, contact Heidi Bloks at Heidi.Bioks@ Caltech junior /ram Parveen Bila/ is a caltech.edu or ext. 6161. writer for the California Tech . • • the acad em ic week at ca I tech is a printed version of selected events from the online @Caltech calendar, http://atcaltech.caltech.edu/calendar/. To publish events online, register as an event planner on the @Caltech calendar. If unable to submit electronically, please call (626) 395-3630. For further information or a schedule of deadlines, call (626) 395-3630, fax (626) 449-2159, write 336 Calendar, 1-71, California
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Monday, April 21 on formatting, intellectual-property consid Information Sciences Seminar Series Friday, April 25 erations, turning paper to pixels, creating 070 Moore, 4 p.m.-" Dual-Based Multicast Aeronautics Seminar PDFs, how to submit a thesis, and availabil Congestion Control," Koushik Kar, assistant High Energy Theory Seminar 101 Guggenheim Lab, Lees-Kubota Lecture ity (who can see it and when) issues. Infor professor, department of electrical, com 469 Lauritsen, 11 a.m.-Topic to be Hall, 1 p.m.-"Hypersonics: Past, Present, mation: 395-6713 or kathleen@library. puter, and systems engineering, Rensselaer announced. Albion Lawrence, assistant and Future," C. R. McClinton, NASA Langley caltech.edu. Polytechnic Institute. Information: http:// professor of physics, Brandeis University. Research Center. Information: www.galcit. netlab.ca !tech .ed u/sem ina r/. Information: www.theory.caltech.edu/ ca Itech .ed u/sem ina rs.shtm I. Computation and Neural Systems people/seminar/schedule.html. Seminar Rhetoric, Knowledge, and Information General Biology Seminar 100 Broad Center, 2 p.m.-"From Neuron to Seminar Series Fluid Mechanics Seminar 119 Kerckhoff, 4 p.m.- " From Genes to Brain: Stereopsis and Object Recognition," 237 Baxter, 4 p.m.-"The Tribe of Cool: 101 Guggenheim Lab, Lees-Kubota Lecture Memory," Susumu Tonegawa, Whitehead Dr. Doris Y. Tsao, department of neurobiol Information Culture, Knowledge Work, and Hall, 3 p.m.-"On the Motion of a Single Professor of Biology and Neuroscience, MIT, ogy, Harvard Medical School and NMR History," Professor Alan Liu, department of Air Bubble Rising in Still Water," Professor and investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital. English, UC Santa Barbara. Refreshments. Mingming Wu, physics department, Occi Institute. dental College. Information: www.galcit. Institute for Quantum Information Social and Information Sciences ca Itech .ed u/Sem ina rs/FI u i ds/Cu rrentFI u ids/ Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar Laboratory Seminar Series index.html. Seminar 74 Jorgensen, 3 p.m .- Topic to be an 25 Baxter, 4 p.m.-"The Academic Effects 155 Arms, Robert Sharp Lecture Hall, nounced. Michael Wolf, Technical Univer of Patentable Research," Professor Richard lnorganic-Organometallics Seminar 4 p.m .- " A Combined Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd sity, Braunschweig, Germany. Jensen, department of economics, Notre 151 Crellin, 4 p.m .- " Probing the Mecha Isotopic Perspective on Planetary Differen Dame. Refreshments. nism of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase t iation," Janne Blichert-Toft, visiting associ Mechanical Engineering Seminar with Sensitizer-Linked Substrates," Wendy ate professor of geochemistry, Caltech. 206 Thomas, 3 p.m .-"Microfluidic Actua Wiersma Lecture Belliston, graduate student in chemistry, Information: www.gps.caltech.edu. tion by Modulation of Surface Stresses," 24 Beckman Labs, 4 p.m.-" impact of Caltech. Sandra Troian, associate professor of Imprinting on Brain and Behavior," Barry High Energy Physics Seminar chemical engineering, Princeton University. Keverne, professor of behavioural neuro Kellogg Seminar 469 Lauritsen, 4 p.m .-Topic to be an science and director of the subdepartment Lauritsen Library, 4 p.m.-Topic to be an nounced . Gustavo Burdman, Lawrence Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar of an imal behavior, depa rtment of zoology, nounced. Mike Snow, associate professor Berkeley National Laboratory. Information: 25 Baxter, 4 p.m.-" Characterizing Equilibria University of Cambridge. of experimental nuclear physics, Indiana www.theory.caltech.edu/people/helen/ in Asymmetric First-Price Auctions," David University Cyclotron Facility. seminar1.html. McAdams, assistant professor in applied Earnest C. Watson Lecture Series economics, Sloan School of Management, Beckman Auditorium, 8 p.m.-"Voting: Swiss Film Series: A Koller Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar MIT. Refreshments. Where We Have Been, Where We Are Go Retrospective 147 Noyes, Sturdivant Lecture Hall, 4 p.m. ing," R. Michael Alvarez, professor of politi Baxter Lecture Hall, 7:45 p.m.-Xavier " Fragment-Assembly Approaches to Drug Caltech-Huntington Seminar Series In cal science, Caltech. Information: http:// Koller, Tanner, the Rebellion, 1985; with Discovery: Antagonists of the lnterleukin-2/ American Studies events.caltech.edu/events/event-285.html. English subtitles. IL-2 Receptor," Dr. Michelle Arkin, staff 237 Baxter, 4 p.m .-"From the Christmas scientist, Sunesis Pharmaceuticals. Card to the Avant-Garde: Modern Art and Modern Art," Dr. JoAnne Mancini, lecturer Thursday, April 24 Saturday, April 26 Applied and Computational in American history, University of Sussex. Mathematics Colloquium Refreshments. Kellogg Seminar Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum 101 Guggenheim Lab, Lees-Kubota Lecture Lauritsen Library, 11 a.m.-"The Future of Baxter Lecture Hall, 7:45a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Hall, 4:15p.m.-" Modeling Textures with Carnegie Observatories Colloquium Super-Kamiokande? GADZOOKS!", Mark " Strategic Relationships in Life Science." Total Variation Minimization and Oscillating Series Vagins, assistant research physicist, depart Speakers and additional information to be Patterns in Image Processing," Luminita William T. Golden Auditorium, 813 Santa ment of physics and astronomy, UC Irvine. announced. Fee: $40; $10 for full-time stu Vese, department of mathematics, UCLA. Barbara Street, 4 p.m.-"First Light and the dents with ID; free for Caltech students and Refreshments, 3:45 p.m. Information: www. Dawn of Galaxies," Professor Piero Madau, Caltech Library System Presents: Web faculty. Information: http://www.entforum. department of astronomy and astrophysics, acm .caltech.edu/colloq.shtml. of Science for Science and Engineering caltech.edu. UC Santa Cruz. Refreshments, 3:30 p.m. Sherman Fairchild Library, multimedia conference room, 2 p.m.-Learn tips and Undergraduate Physics Competition Wiersma Lecture Tuesday, April 22 tricks for searching Web of Science data 070 Moore, 1 to 5 p.m .- The Boston Area 24 Beckman Labs, 4 p.m .-"Oifactory Learn bases more effectively. Registration: http:// Undergraduate Physics Competition is a ing in Mammals," Barry Keverne, professor Beckman Institute Seminar I i bra ry.ca !tech .ed u/lea rn i ng/form. htm. Open four-hour exam consisting of six problems of behavioural neuroscience and director of Beckman Institute auditorium, 10:30 a.m. to to Caltech community members only. that require little expertise but lots of inge the subdepartment of animal behaviour, noon-" Beyond the Genome," Mel Simon, nuity. The only prerequisites are frosh-level department of zoology, University of Cam Biaggini Professor of Biological Sciences, Chemical Engineering Seminar physics and math. The top prize is $300. bridge. and principal investigator for the Genome 106 Spalding Lab, Hartley Memorial Semi Information and registration: http://liquids. Research Center, Beckman Institute. Re nar Room, 4 p.m.- Topic to be announced. deas. harvard .ed u/oleg/com petition. Previ freshments, 10 a.m. Information: 395-2791 Curtis W. Frank, W. M . Keck, Sr., Professor ous years' problems are available on the o r www.its.caltech.edu/-bi/sem inars.html. Wednesday, April 23 of Chemical Engineering and professor, by website. courtesy, of chemistry and of materials LIGO Science Seminar Astronomy Colloquium science and engineering, Stanford Univer 351 West Bridge, LIGO Science Conference 155 Arms, Robert Sharp Lecture Hall, sity. Refreshments, 113 Spalding Lab, Room, 11 a.m.-"White Light Cavities in 4 p.m.-"Uitraluminous Infrared Galaxies: 3:30p.m. Information: www.che.caltech.edu/ Gravitational-Wave Detectors," Dr. Guido Ouasars/EIIipticals in Formation?", Sylvain calendar/seminars.htm I. Mueller, department of physics, University Veilleux, associate professor, department of of Florida. astronomy, University of Maryland, College Geoclub Seminar Park. Information: www.astro.caltech.edu/ 151 Arms, Buwalda Room, 4 p.m.-"Rates Quick Review for Electronic Theses - gma/colloquia.html. of Dehydration, Melting, and Differentiation Sherman Fairchild Library, multimedia in Subduction Zones," James Gill, professor conference room, noon-Caltech requires Environmental Science and of earth sciences, UC Santa Cruz. that theses be submitted in both paper and Engineering Seminar electronic versions. This presentation will 142 Keck, 4 p.m.-"Why Is the Land Green Physics Research Conference offer a brief overview of techniques useful and the Ocean Red?", Professor Paul 201 E. Bridge, 4 p.m.-" Digital Dynamics in the production and publication of elec Falkowski, Institute of Marine and Coastal and Nonequilibrium Physics," Raissa t ronic theses. The session will include tips Sciences and department of geology, D'Souza, theory group, Microsoft Research . Rutgers University. Refreshments, Keck Refreshments, 114 E. 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Monday, April 28 turning paper to pixels, creating PDFs, Environmental Science and Friday, May 2 how to submit a thesis, and availability Engineering Seminar Thesis Seminar (who can see it and when) issues. Infor 142 Keck, 4 p.m.-"Versatile High Energy Theory Seminar 151 Crellin, 3 p.m.-"Molecular Recogni mation: 395-6713 or kathleen@library. Vibrionaceae: Microbial Adaptations 469 Lauritsen, 11 a.m.-"Strings from tion of Biomolecules in the Gas Phase," caltech.edu. from the Ocean Abyss to the Human Partons," Andreas Karch, assistant pro Ryan Julian, graduate student in chemis Gut:' Professor Doug Bartlett, Marine fessor, department of physics, University try, Caltech. Institute for Quantum Information Biology Research Division, Scripps Insti of Washington. Information: www.theory. Seminar tution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. caltech.edu/people/seminar/schedule. Astronomy Tea Talk 74 Jorgensen, 3 p.m.-Topic to be an Refreshments, Keck Labs lobby, 3:40 p.m. html. 106 Robinson, 4 p.m.-"The Growth of nounced. Ben Schumacher, Moore Dis a Cluster in a Hierarchical Universe: The tinguished Scholar in Physics, Caltech. Information Sciences Seminar High Energy Theory Seminar Case Study 0024 at z=0.39," Tommaso Series 469 Lauritsen, 1 p.m.-"BRST =Ext." Treu, postdoctoral scholar in astronomy, Mechanical Engineering Seminar 070 Moore, 4 p.m.-Topic to be Eric Sharpe, postdoctoral research asso Caltech. Information: www.astro.caltech. 206 Thomas, 3 p.m.-"Thermodynamics announced. Rafail Ostrovsky, senior ciate, department of mathematics, Uni ed u/-cc/t ea_ta I ks. Aspects of Transport and Mechanics in research scientist, applied research, versity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Nanostructures," Professor Arun Telcordia Technologies. Information: Information: www.theory.caltech.edu/ Dow Lecture in Organometallic Majumdar, department of mechanical http://net Ia b.ca ltech. ed u/sem ina r. people/seminar/schedule.html. Chemistry engineering, UC Berkeley. 147 Noyes, Sturdivant Lecture Hall, Joint Chemical Engineering, Fluid Mechanics Seminar 4 p.m.-"Weak Metal-Ligand Interac Carnegie Observatories Colloquium Materials Science Seminar 101 Guggenheim Lab, Lees-Kubota tions; Bivalent Metallocenes of the Series 106 Spalding Lab, Hartley Memorial Lecture Hall, 3 p.m.-"Diffusion Limited f-Biock Metals Are Good for Some William T. Golden Auditorium, 813 Santa Seminar Room, 4 p.m.-" Plasma Cascades and the Energetics of Ocean thing," Richard A. Andersen, professor Barbara Street. 4 p.m .-"Uitraluminous Enhanced Growth of Dielectrics and Circulation," Professor William Young, of chemistry, UC Berkeley. Infrared Galaxies: Ouasars/EIIipticals in Metal Nitrides," Professor Thomas Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Formation?", Sylvain Veilleux, associate Mantei, department of electrical and UC San Diego. Information: www.galcit. Geological and Planetary Sciences professor, department of astronomy, computer engineering and computer caltech.edu/Seminars/Fiuids/ Seminar University of Maryland, College Park. science, University of Cincinnati. CurrentFiuids/index.html. 155 Arms, Robert Sharp Lecture Hall, Refreshments, 3:30p.m. Refreshments, 113 Spalding Lab, 4 p.m.-" Isotopic Evolution of the Bio 3:30 p.m. Information: www.che. lnorganic-Organometallics Seminar General Biology Seminar caltech.edu/calendar/seminars.html. 151 Crellin, 4 p.m.-"(PNP)CrPh Com geochemical Carbon Cycles on Early 3 Earth," Dave Des Marais, senior research 119 Kerckhoff, 4 p.m.-" Microbes Gone plexes as Models for Ethylene Trimer scientist. NASA Ames Research Center. Wild: Insights into Mitotic and Cyto ization Catalysts: Insights into Mechanism skeletal Evolution from Giardia Iamblia," Thursday, May 1 and Active Species," Susan Schofer, High Energy Physics Seminar Scott Dawson, department of molecular graduate student in chemistry, Caltech. 469 Lauritsen, 4 p.m.-Topic to be an and cell biology, UC Berkeley. Caltech Library System Presents: nounced. Kirill Tuchin, research associ Crystallographic Databases Science, Ethics, and Public Policy ate, department of physics, University of Mathematics Colloquium Sherman Fairchild Library, multimedia Seminar Washington. Information: www.theory. 151 Sloan, 4:15p.m.-" A Canonical conference room, 2 p.m.-Learn how to 25 Baxter, 4 p.m.-"The Low Tide of caltech .edu/people/helen/semi nar1. html. Factorization for Meromorphic Herglotz search for online crystal structure data. General Relativity: 1925-1955," Profes Functions on the Disk and a Proof of the Open to Caltech community members sor Jean Eisenstadt, Paris Observatory.
Applied and Computational Jacobi Matrix P2 Sum Rule on One only. Refreshments. Information: www.hss. Mathematics Colloquium Foot," Barry Simon, IBM Professor of caltech.edu/ses/index.html. 101 Guggenheim Lab, Lees-Kubota Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Chemical Engineering Seminar Lecture Hall, 4:15p.m.-" An Adaptive Caltech. Information: http://math.caltech. 106 Spalding Lab, Hartley Memorial Treecode for Long-Range Particle Inter edu/seminars.html. Seminar Room, 4 p.m.-" Directing Poly actions," Robert Krasny, department of mer and Colloid Assembly at Surfaces," mathematics, University of Michigan. Professor Paula T. Hammond, chemical Refreshments, 3:45p.m. Information: Wednesday, April 30 engineering department, MIT. Refresh www.acm.caltech.edu/colloq.shtml. ments, 113 Spalding Lab, 3:30p.m. Mathematical Physics Seminar 351 Sloan, noon-"Matrix-Valued Geoclub Seminar Tuesday, April 29 Orthogonal Polynomials and Their 151 Arms, Buwalda Room, 4 p.m.-Topic Applications to Spectral Analysis of to be announced. Professor Joel Norris, LIGO Science Seminar POE: Absolutely Continuous Spectrum assistant professor of climate and atmo 351 West Bridge, LIGO Science Confer of Massless Dirac Operator," Serguei spheric sciences, Scripps Institution of ence Room, 11 a.m.-"The 3PN Effec Denissov, Taussky-Todd Instructor in Oceanography. tive-One-Body Templates for Binary Mathematics, Caltech. Information: Black Holes," Professor Bala lyer, theo www.math.caltech.edu/events/ Social and Information Sciences retical physics group, Raman Research math phys. htm I. Laboratory Seminar Series Institute, India. 25 Baxter, 4 p.m.-" Information Flow Astronomy Colloquium and Cooperative Control of Multi-Agent Quick Review for Electronic Theses 155 Arms, Robert Sharp Lecture Hall, Systems," Richard Murray, professor Sherman Fairchild Library, multimedia 4 p.m.-Topic to be announced. Renyue of mechanical engineering, Caltech. conference room, noon-Caltech re Cen, astrophysical sciences department, Refreshments. quires that theses be submitted in both Princeton. Information: www.astro. paper and electronic versions. This pre caltech.edu/-gma/colloquia.html. sentation will offer a brief overview of techniques useful in the production and publication of electronic theses. The session will include tips on formatting, i ntellectua !-property considerations, Caltech 336, April17, 2003 5 CampusEvents
Monday, April 21 Wednesdays in the Park Baseball Tuesday, April 29 Tournament Park, 10 a.m . to noon-Conversation vs. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 3 p.m. Child Educational Center Summer Camp and coffee for parents and caregivers, and play Preschool Playgroup Sign-Up time for children. Information: 355-3874 or Women's Club Welcoming Coffee See Tuesday, April 22, for details. Enrollment is open for the CEC's Summer Camp [email protected]. Athenaeum Rathskeller, 4:30 to 6 p.m.-An oppor Program for children completing kindergarten tunity to meet new friends, welcome newcomers, Caltech Tai Chi Club through 6th grade. Caltech and JPL families have Women's Wellness Series: Preparing for and learn more about the Caltech Women's Club. See Tuesday, April 22, for details. priority enrollment. Information: (818) 354-3418 Childbirth Information: Carol Andersen, (818) 790-8175 or or www.ceconline.org. Avery Library, noon-This panel discussion will [email protected]. Intermediate Jazz Dance Class cover pre- and postnatal health and nutrition, See Tuesday, April 22, for details. Standard First-Aid/CPR Training Caltech benefits and leave policies, day-care Caltech Tai Chi Club Brown Gym classroom, 7:30a.m. to 5 p.m. resources, and lactation information. Brown-bag See Tuesday, April 22 , for details. Standard first-aid and CPR training will be offered lunches will be provided. Space is limited. Regis by Caltech's Safety Office in conjunction with the tration and information: 395-3221 or wcenter@ Rick Miller in MacHamer: The Simpsons Do Wednesday, April 30 American Red Cross. Fee: $20 for materials, due studaff.caltech.ed u. Macbeth in advance. Registration: 395-6727 or safety. Beckman Auditorium, 8 p.m.-Rick Miller per Men's Golf [email protected]. CPR Recertification Training forms a one-man show featuring over 50 voices SCIAC Championships, at Los Serranos Country Brown Gym classroom, 1 to 5 p.m.-CPR recertifi from TV's The Simpsons in Shakespeare's Club, 8 a.m. Baby Furniture and Household Equipment cation training will be offered by Caltech's Safety bloodiest tragedy. Suggested for ages 12 Pool Office in conjunction with the American Red Cross. and older. Tickets and information: 395-4652, Baby Furniture and Household Equipment 234 S. Catalina, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.-Loans There is a small fee for materials. Information and 1 (888) 2CALTECH, or [email protected]. Pool of kitchen and household necessities and baby registration: 395-6727 or safety.training@caltech. Individuals with a disability: 395-4688 (voice) See Monday, April 21 , for details. fu rn iture are made to members of the Cal tech edu. or 395-3700 (TDD). Visit Public Events at www. community. Information: 584-9773. events.ca Itech .edu. Wednesdays in the Park American Smooth-Style Dance lessons See Wednesday, April 23, for details. Men's Golf Winnett Lounge, 7:30 p.m.-An assortment of SCIAC 18-Hole Tournament of 72, at Annandale popular American smooth-style dances, including laboratory Safety for Continuing Researchers Country Club, noon. the fox-trot. tango, and waltz, taught by a profes Saturday, April 26 118 Keith Spalding Building, 3 p.m.-This refresher sional instructor. This is a series of nine weekly course will review issues including laboratory Ceroc Dance lessons classes, sponsored by the Ballroom Dance Club. Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition organization, emergencies, injuries, fire, earth Winnett Lounge, 7:30 p.m.-Ceroc is a hip, inter No previous experience is necessary. Fee: $6 per Ramo Auditorium, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.-Entrants quake, chemical and radioactive material inci nati onal dance club sensation. This is a series class for Caltech students, $8 per class for others, compete for a total of $13,000 in prizes. Prize dents, general laboratory safety, chemical storage, of 10 weekly classes sponsored by the Ballroom with a discount for full payment in advance. The w inners will perform on Sunday, April 27, in transporting chemicals, preparation for experi Dance Club. No experience is required. Fee: $1; series began April 9. Ramo Auditorium at 3:30p.m. Tickets and infor ments, electrical safety, mechanical safety, and free for freshmen, first-year graduate students, mation: 395-4652, 1 (888) 2CALTECH, or events@ Safety Office services. Registration: 395-6727 or and those taking the class for PE credit. The Dance Team Fox-Trot Classes caltech .edu. Individuals with a disability: 395-4688 e-mail [email protected]. (New research seri es began March 31. Winnett Lounge, 9:30 p.m .-Join the Caltech (voice) or 395-3700 (TDD). Visit Public Events at ers should register for Lab Safety 101 .) Ballroom Dance Team for this series of classes, www.events.caltech.edu. which includes five weeks of fox-trot and four American Smooth-Style Dance lessons weeks of quickstep, to be taught by a professional Baseball See Wednesday, April 23, for details. Tuesday, April 22 instructor. No experience is required. The series vs. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, doubleheader, began April 9. 11 a.m. Voices of Vision Series Preschool Playgroup Ramo Auditorium, 8 p.m.-" Writing in a Multi Tournament Park, 10 a.m. to noon-Song and Hip-Hop Dance Class for Advanced Begin Intermediate Ballet Class cultural World: A Poetry Performance and Open storytime, crafts and free play for toddlers and ners Braun Gym, multipurpose room, 1 p.m.-Free Discussion," Marilyn Chin. A renowned Chinese preschoolers (from walking to age 4). Informa Braun Gym, multipurpose room, 9:30p.m.-This class taught by experienced members of the American poet, Chin will recite her own poems and tion: 792-7808 or [email protected]. hip-hop class offers beginners a more challeng Caltech Dance Troupe. No special clothing or discuss "identity" issues. Chin's poems are consid ing experience. OpeR.tG-evef'VGne with-a valid shees ·are-r-e€1uired. ered Asian Armrrican classics and are taught in Campus Emergency Drill gym membership. No special clothing or shoes universities across the nation and internationally. North Athletic Field, 3 to 5 p.m.-This drill is de are required. The trial class costs $5; fee for the Track & Field She is the director of the master of fine arts pro signed to test the state of readiness of the Institute full term fee is $30 for Caltech students and $40 SCIAC Prelims, at University of La Verne, 4 p.m. gram at San Diego State University. Information: for an emergency involving mass casualties. It will for nonstudents. http://events.ca ltech .ed u/events/event- 291 .htm I. primarily involve undergraduate students, and staff members from the Health Center, the Safety Dance Team Fox-Trot Classes Office (Environmental, Health, and Safety Ser Sunday, April 27 See Wednesday, April 23, for details. vice s), the Security Office, and Residence Life. Thursday, April 24 Pasa dena Fire Department and American Red Skeptics Society lecture Hip-Hop Dance Class for Advanced Beginners Cross representatives will be on campus to help Men's Tennis Baxter Lecture Hall, 2 p.m.-"The Art of See Wednesday, April 23, for details. evaluate our response. Information: 395-6727. Ojai Tournament, at Ojai, 9 a.m. Continues the Infinite: The Pleasures of Mathematics," through Sunday. Dr. Robert Kaplan and Ellen Kaplan, founders, Adult, Child, and Infant First-Aid and CPR the Math Circle. Donation is $8 for nonmembers, Training Women's Tennis $5 for members and non-Caltech students. Free Friday, May 2 Brown Gym classroom, 5:30 to 10 p.m.-Adult, Ojai Tournament, at Ojai, 9 a.m. Continues to the Caltech/JPL community. Tickets and infor child, and infant first-aid and CPR training will be through Sunday. mation: 794-3119 or [email protected]. Baseball offered by Caltech's Safety Office in conjunction at University of La Verne, 3 p.m. with the American Red Cross. Fee: $25 for materi Video Compression for Presentations, Web, Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition al s. This is a two-day class; to receive certifica and CD/DVD Winners Concert Caltech Tai Chi Club tion, you must attend tonight and on Thursday, NewMedia Classroom, 363 S. Hill Avenue, 10 a.m. Ramo Auditorium, 3:30 p.m.-The prize See Tuesday, April 22, for details. April 24. Registration: 395-6727 or safety. to noon-Learn why and how video is compressed winners of the 57th annual competition will [email protected]. for playback on a computer. There will be hands perform. Tickets and information: 395-4652, Capitol Steps on exercises with Cleaner 5 software, and demon 1 (888) 2CALTECH, or [email protected]. Beckman Auditorium, 8 p.m.- The Capitol Steps are Caltech Tai Chi Club strations of other compression software such as Individuals with a disability: 395-4688 (voice) a troupe of congressional staffers-turned-comedi Winnett Lounge, 7 p.m.-Meets Tuesdays and Premiere and Sorenson Squeeze. Fee: $50. Reser or 395-3700 (TDD) . Visit Public Events at www. ans who travel the United States satirizing the very Fridays weekly. Sessions are free. Information: vations: [email protected]. Information: http:// events.caltech.edu. people and places that once employed them. Tick www.its.caltech.edu/-taichi. muri.caltech.edu/nmc/index.htm. ets and information: 395-4652, 1 (888) 2CALTECH , or Amnesty International Book Discussion [email protected]. Individuals with a disability: Intermediate Jazz Dance Class Caltech Architectural Tours Group 395-4688 (voice) or 395-3700 (TDD). Visit Public Braun Gym, multipurpose room, 9:30p.m. Athenaeum, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.-Meet in the Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Boulevard, Events at www.events.caltech.edu. Intermediate jazz dance, taught by a professional entry hall of the Athenaeum. Led by members of 2nd floor, 6:30p.m.- This month we discuss instructor. Open to everyone with a valid gym the Caltech Architectural Tour Service. Reserva A Sky So Close, by Iraqi author Betool Khediari. membership. No special clothing or shoes are tions: Susan Lee, 395-6327 or [email protected]. All are welcome. Registered members of the required. The trial class costs $5; fee for the full group can buy the book at a discount from Saturday, May 3 term is $30 for Caltech students, $40 for non Men's Golf Vroman's. Sponsored by Caltech/Pasadena AI students. Sponsored by the GSC, ASCIT, and SCIAC 18-Hole Tournament, at Hacienda Country Group 22. Visit Group 22 at www.its.caltech.edu/ Baseball the Alumni Fund. Club, noon. - aigp22. vs. University of La Verne, doubleheader, 11 a.m.
Amnesty International Monthly Meeting Intermediate Ballet Class Caltech Y lounge, 7:30 p.m.-Caltech/Pasadena See Saturday, April 26, for details. Wednesday, April 23 AI Group 22 holds its monthly meeting to discuss Monday, April 28 current activities and plans. All are welcome. Capitol Steps CPR Recertification Training Refreshments. Information: (818) 354-4461 or Baby Furniture and Household Equipment See Friday, May 2, for details. Brown Gym classroom, 7:30a.m. to noon-CPR [email protected].nasa.gov. Pool recertification training will be offered by Caltech's See Monday, April 21, for details. Safety Office in conjunction with the American Red Cross. There is a small fee for materials. Track & Field Sunday, May 4 Information and registration: 395-6727 or safety. Friday, April 25 SCIAC Finals, at University of La Verne, 5 p.m. [email protected]. Coleman Chamber Concert Standard First Aid and CPR Training Ceroc Dance lessons Beckman Auditorium, 3:30 p.m.- The Academy of Baby Furniture and Household Equipment Brown Gym classroom, 7:30a.m. to 5 p.m. See Monday, April 21, for details. St. Martin in the Fields will perform works by Pool Standard first-aid and CPR training will be offered Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, and Mendelssohn. Tick See Monday, April 21 , for details. by Caltech's Safety Office in conjunction with the ets and information 395-4652, 1 (888) 2CALTECH, or American Red Cross. Fee: $20 for materials, due [email protected]. Individuals with a disability: in advance. Registration: 395-6727 or safety. 395-4688 (voice) or 395-3700 (TDD). Visit Public [email protected]. Events at www.events.caltech.edu. 6 Caltech 336, April17, 2003
NEURO exhibit, from page 1 L/GO, from page 1 Preparedness. from page 1 "The National Science Foundation potentially limiting effects are mitigated. wave signals, the LIGO Lab, the LIGO Office associate director Caz Scislowicz is encourages us to make our science and In fact, the commissioning has made Scientific Collaboration, and international encouraging the Caltech community to be technology accessible to everyone," says such rapid progress that LIGO is already partners are proposing an advanced prepared and to know what to do in the Perona, who with artist Ken Goldberg capable of performing some of the most LIGO to improve the sensitivity by more event of an emergency. A campus emer created the fish-tank work called Infil sensitive searches ever undertaken for than a factor of 10 beyond the goals of gency preparedness and response plan is trate. "Through the work of talented gravitational waves. In Hannover, Ger the present instrument. It is anticipated in place that outlines steps for various artists we can reach people who may feel many, meanwhile, a similar device (a that this new instrument may see gravita campus offices, departments, key person intimidated by our scientific lingo." German/U.K. collaboration known as tional-wave sources as often as daily, nel, and all individuals, with the goal of Perona also participated in the cre GEO) is also getting under way, and with excellent signal strengths, allowing ensuring safety and security and minimal ation of the work featuring the smiling those instruments are being used to details of the waveforms to be read off disruption of campus operations. women, titled Cheese. Described as an gether as the initial steps in building a and compared with theories of neutron In the event of a campus emergency, experiment in the architecture of sincer worldwide network of gravitational-wave stars, black holes, and other highly rela senior administrators will determine the level ity, the piece by artist Christian Moiler, detectors. tivistic objects. The improvement in sen of emergency and the appropriate response. software engineer Sean Crowe, and The first data were recorded during a sitivity of a future LIGO will allow the Condition 1 includes minor incidents such as Caltech graduate student in electrical 17-day data run in September 2002. one-year planned observation time of the an unusual odor or a limited electrical out engineering Pierre Moreels, seeks to Those data have now been analyzed for initial LIGO to be equaled in a matter of age. Condition 2 refers to midlevel emergen detect sincerity in a smile. While scruti the presence of gravitational waves, and hours. cies requiring coordination with outside nized by a computer perception system, the results were presented at the Ameri The National Science Foundation has emergency services; for example a fire, six actresses hold a smile for as long as can Physical Society meeting in Philadel supported LIGO, and a collaboration power outage, or major chemical spill. Condi they can; when they lose concentration phia earlier this month. No sources have between Caltech and MIT was respon tion 3 indicates disasters affecting a substan or tire and fail to display enough happi yet been detected, but new limits on sible for its construction. A scientific tial portion ofthe campus and surrounding ness, an alarm orders them to show gravitational radiation from such sources community consisting of more than 400 community, such as a major earthquake, an more sincerity. as binary neutron star inspirals, selected scientists from around the world is now explosion, or civil disturbance. Another piece encourages viewers to pulsars in our galaxy, and background involved in research at LIGO. If the disaster is large-scale and requires see without looking. Untitled, by Jessica radiation from the early universe, were For further information, visit the main coordinated response by multiple depart Bronson, employs light sticks and LED reported. LIGO website at http://www.ligo.caltech. ments, the administration will activate an lights that project descriptive words onto Although detections are realistically edu. More information on the LIGO emergency operations center (EOC) in the a wall. These bursts are too quick to be not expected at LIGO's present sensitivi collaboration is at http://www.ligo.org. Physical Plant conference room, to which seen by the eye directly, but they are ties, a second data run is now under way Additional information on the MIT col functional representatives and personnel detected by peripheral vision, and are employing significantly better sensitivity, laboration is at http://space.mit.edu/LIGO/. who have been assigned specific roles will registered on the retina in a process and further improvements are expected The GEO website is at http://www.geo600. report. Some examples of people and de called retinal painting. over the next couple of years. uni-hannover.de/. partments with key roles include Security Body Electric, by Simon Penny, pro As the initial LIGO interferometers • (emergency assessment, traffic control, fessor of arts and engineering at UC start to put new limits on gravitational- and evacuations), Housing and Food Ser Irvine, and Caltech postdoctoral scholar vices (emergency housing and food), Pub in mechanical engineering Malcolm lic Relations (information; emergency Children to work. from page 1 Maciver, seeks to replicate the sensory hotline), Student Affairs (evacuation, stu system found in weakly electric fish, one Children may shadow their parents dent tracking, and parent inquiries), and that detects fluctuations in a self-gener Healthy living before or after the program, with ap Student Health (first aid; counseling). ated electric field. The more conceptual proval from the parent's supervisor. If Although emergency teams will re Sciance, by Peter Schroder, professor of children are unable to stay with their spond as quickly as possible across cam computer science and applied and com parents, other arrangements must be pus, the Safety Office urges all divisions putational mathematics, and Martin made, as no child care will be available and departments to be prepared to cope Kersels, artist and codirector of the art before or after the formal program. until help arrives. Each unit should have program at California Institute of the Interested employees will need to fill an evacuation plan with coordinators, Arts, uses an installation aRd a website out a registration form and authorization/ identified routes, and a meeting point; an emergency c leC1<11St; ana extr The campus community biweekly California Institute of Technology April 17, 2003, vol. 3, no. 8 Pasadena, California 91125 Editor: Daryn Kobata ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED (626) 395-6240; [email protected] Assistant Editor: Javier Marquez (626) 395-6624; [email protected] Calendar Administrator: Debbie Bradbury (626) 395-3630; [email protected] Graphic Artist: Doug Cummings Photographer: Bob Paz Published by the Office of Public Relations