The California Tech Volume CXIX Number 3 Pasadena, California [email protected] October 12, 2015 Entrepreneurship Club CTLO puts a spotlight on hosts Getmii founder Max teaching and learning Meyer for guest lecture OFFICE OF STRATEGIC said CTLO Director Cassandra The TeachWeek program runs COMMUNICATIONS PARUL PUBBI assist nearby peers. The product Horii. “We have had some from Monday, Oct. 19, through Contributing Writer was test-piloted with the Red wonderful successes since our Friday, Oct. 23, and includes the Cross Central Donation Center in At Caltech, innovation, office was established. There’s following panels, discussions, Max Meyer, the 25-year- Nepal last month and launched creativity, and risk taking are definitely a growing interest workshops and open classes: old founder the of social media for a global release soon after. not reserved for the laboratory among Caltech faculty and app Getmii, gave a lecture on Students also learned about the only. Caltech faculty are just TAs, who want new ideas about Monday, Oct. 19 Oct. 6 during Caltech’s class on nature of international product as ambitious and driven in the teaching and want to connect 4 p.m.–5 p.m.: Lees-Kubota entrepreneurial development, E development, as the application classroom as they are in their with what others right here Lecture Hall 102b, as part of his North American itself was created in Singapore, and explorations of science and at Caltech are trying in their The Future of Teaching and engineering. classes.” Learning at Caltech: An Innovation As a new academic year gets Altogether, as many as 20 Showcase under way, professors, teaching Caltech faculty members will Panel discussion with faculty; assistants, and graduate be speaking and opening up TeachWeek opening reception students are once again their classes to guests during immediately following; exploring — and implementing the week. Open classes are RSVP not required. — the latest teaching methods something brand new at Caltech: and developing bold new faculty teaching courses Tuesday, Oct. 20 approaches to enhance learning across campus — covering Noon–2 p.m.: Dabney Lounge and understanding across everything from Newtonian Bringing Joy into Your Teaching: disciplines. mechanics to neuroscience and A Workshop by Chris Duffy It’s in celebration of this work, entrepreneurial development RSVP requested for lunch. and of Caltech’s commitment — have agreed to open up Chris Duffy will be available to enhance teaching and regularly scheduled lectures for individual consultations on learning at Caltech, that the and discussions to fellow Tuesday and Wednesday. Center for Teaching, Learning, faculty, staff and students (both RSVP to request a consultation. and Outreach (CTLO) has graduate and undergraduate) Open classes: Ch 112, Hum 9, FS organized the Institute’s to provide a deeper look at the 16, BEM 105 inaugural TeachWeek event. variety of teaching methods and The weeklong, campus-wide approaches being employed at Wednesday, Oct. 21 celebration, which starts Oct. Caltech. Noon–1 p.m.: Keck Center 19, and runs through Oct. “There were more who Engaging Students Beyond Getmii founder Max Meyer lectures Caltech students on entrepreneurship and 23, will provide a forum for wanted to speak or open a Their Field: A Discussion with branding. conversations with Caltech class but had a conflict or 2015 Feynman Prize Recipient, Photo Courtesy of Parul Pubbi faculty, students, staff and aren’t teaching a regular class Professor Kevin Gilmartin, and speaking tour. Led by Dr. Ken were able to ask questions after the renowned guest presenters, this fall,” said Horii. “Most of Colleagues Pickar, Caltech students in the class event. including Harvard physicist those speaking are faculty who RSVP requested for lunch. develop their own startup plans More information on the and educator Eric Mazur, about haven’t previously presented 4 p.m.–5 p.m.: Beckman after extensive market research. app is available at getmii.com, the art of teaching and the publicly about their teaching. Institute Auditorium The core business plans being and questions can be sent to future of the practice at Caltech. The response and interest level The Teaching and Learning developed range from student [email protected]. For more TeachWeek has been organized speaks to the great amount of Project: A National Photographic pitches for products to work with entrepreneurship-oriented by the CTLO with support from thought and care that Caltech Essay Featuring Caltech research labs at Caltech. Following opportunities and events, the Twenty-Seven Foundation. faculty invest in teaching.” Presentation and discussion a reflection upon Getmii’s three- contact Parul Pubbi at ppubbi@ “This event really marks For a complete list of with photographer Martin month development process, caltech.com or visit the Caltech a three-year effort by the TeachWeek programs, Springborg; Meyer extended advice for students Entrepreneurship website at www. Institute and CTLO to bring including the schedule for open RSVP not required, who hope to make their market its.caltech.edu/~eclub/. more attention, support and classes and RSVP information, Open classes: Ph 1a, Bi 150, ME plans a reality. energy to teaching at Caltech,” visit teachweek.caltech.edu. 11a In addition to racking up 1,000+ downloads in its first week, Getmii Thursday, Oct. 22 was featured in The Boston Globe, 4 p.m.–5 p.m.: 201 East Product Hunt, BuzzFeed and Bridge TechCrunch Disrupt SF following Confessions of a Converted its Sept. 24 launch. Meyer is Lecturer: Keynote by Eric Mazur continually humbled by the amount With remarks by President of buzz Getmii receives, but more Thomas F. Rosenbaum; importantly remains constantly RSVP not required. inspired by young entrepreneurs. Open classes: Ge 108, E 102b Students learned about the importance of branding and core Friday, Oct. 23 company values and gained insight 9 a.m.–11:30 a.m.: Winnett into revenue models in the crowd- Lounge sharing economy. Flat Space, Deep Learning: A Meyer graduated from Harvard Workshop by Eric Mazur just three years prior to the launch RSVP requested. of his company, which now Noon–1 p.m.: Winnett employs over 20 people, and was Lounge inspired by the needs of survivors Cassandra Volpe Horii (on right at head table), director of the Caltech Center for Teaching, Learning, and Outreach, TeachWeek Capstone Panel: of the Nepal earthquake last April. works with Dianne Newman (on left at head of table), professor of biology and geobiology, and her Principles of Biology with Faculty, Staff, and Students course TAs to provide guidance in implementing the latest teaching methods, developing better lectures and more tar- The application displays requests geted homework assignments and exams, and obtaining and analyzing feedback from students. from Caltech and JPL of local users, allowing others to Photo Courtesy of Martin Springborg RSVP requested for lunch.

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The TECH opinion THE CALIFORNIA TECH October 12, 2015 3 Wavves’ boring V contributes to stagnation of surf pop-punk NAILEN MATSCHKE and achieving more memorable as forgettable as those Wavves with V, but doing so was a battle fits well here, as most songs from Contributing Writer songs that also rocked harder. For has given us here). V’s six-strings never fought, as everything else is both groups deal with the typical the past five years, however, there play the right chord 16 times in a just as disappointing. The drums problems of 20-somethings still While rock-based genres has been little to suggest that the row, and have just enough extra play almost nothing but your playing punk music: pining for haven’t exactly been stealing band has more to bring to the table, distortion to serve as a reminder of typical bass-bass-snare-bass rock lost loves, stumbling through days the show lately, the surge of so- and far from turning this around, the band’s lo-fi roots, but otherwise pattern the entire time, on every in a haze of THC and ethanol, called “surf punk” and “surf pop” V serves to continue a single song, save for and depressing baths of ennui. bands during the last decade has string of disappointing some double-time FIDLAR, however, stands head- helped to extend the art form’s releases from the tambourine. I know and-shoulders above Wavves in life just a bit longer. Centered in surf pop-punk camp this is again “how both the raw emotion of the lyrics Southern California, the bands that seem to signify a the genre works,” and how they’re presented with associated with these styles are genre stagnating at an but even someone catchy hooks and tight verses that not defined by a pioneering of new alarming rate. who has never mesh well with the rest of the band. territory so much as a curation and To put it bluntly, my heard a drum fill Even Best Coast, another group in combination of their influences. issue with this album is before could come the “stagnant” bin, writes songs Their sonic aesthetic comes from that everything about up with some more that are about something, while the surf rock of the early ’60s, it is mediocre. For variety. As with the Wavves’ lyrics on V are just as dominated by bands from the example, the guitars are guitars, it feels as forgettable as the rest of the music. same region, driven by jangly wholly underutilized though there is a In the end I just have very few guitar melodies and light drums to the point where total lack of energy positive things to say about this that do little except keep time. To they might as well and interest in the album. It really feels to me like flesh this out, surf punk artists have just be synthesized writing and playing, Wavves phoned it in, delivering added the more engaging riffs, instruments added with the beat just weak performances across the power chords and lyrical themes of by the recording being there because board in what ends up more like a pop-punk, creating a sound that is engineer. It’s easy, and it has to. diluted version of 2013’s Afraid of bright and washed-out but at the to a degree unfair, to The vocals suffer Heights than its own album. While same time conducive to mosh pits. complain about the from the same the generic and apathetic parts San Diego’s Wavves, the project technical complexity problem, and while of each instrument were alone -http://media.npr.org/ of singer/songwriter Nathan of any punk-derived they stopped being enough to kill my interest, V also Williams, has been at the forefront music, but I didn’t find any riffs, they are boring and sound like much more than another box to lacks any risk-taking or surprises. of this movement, putting five harmonies or even particularly they were written separately from check off after Wavvves, they’ve I’m not asking for the warped and albums from 2008’s Wavves to last emphatic playing to write home the vocal melodies and rhythms. somehow managed to continue to discordant tangents of the band’s week’s V. about. Even precursors like Green This latter point puts an especially go down in quality on every release first two albums, but the Wavves While the band’s self-titled Day and blink-182 were able to noticeable hole in the album’s since then. On V the only choruses has demonstrated that it can still debut and follow-up Wavvves fully make respectable, multi-decade sound, as guitars in rock music are which really stuck with me were incorporate elements not usually embraced lo-fi recording and had careers out of power chords supposed to serve as a catalyst for those on “Pony” and “My Head found in surf punk with oddities large experimental components, plucked from the natural minor the band’s chemistry, working in Hurts,” and this is only the case due like the electronic sounds that Wavves’ 2010 album King of the scale, and if you think that’s still concert with the other members to their catchy tunes that have to come out of nowhere on tracks Beach has come to be considered an unfair comparison, just look at to produce music that’s more than make up for simplistic lyrics like “It like King of the Beach’s “Baseball the band’s best work by most genre-mates FIDLAR, whose most the sum of its parts. Here, they just gets better / It better” on the former Cards.” I can’t see V as anything listeners (including me), as it recent album falls squarely into the sit like a layer of wet paper towels and “My head hurts / And without but a step backward for the band, cleaned up some of the distortion “stagnant 2015 release” category between the vocals and percussion. you it’s worse” on the latter, both increasing the tally of surf pop- and disorganization while (though none of its or FIDLAR’s This alone would have made it of which are repeated ad nauseam. punk figureheads who don’t seem maintaining an experimental flavor self-titled album’s guitar lines are difficult for Wavves to win me over Another comparison to FIDLAR to know where else to go. Feature 4 October 12, 2015 THE CALIFORNIA TECH Caltech Y celebrates centennial, premeries PHD Movie 2

The Caltech Y hosts a Hollywood-themed dinner for all students on the Beckman Lawn.

Director Iram Parveen Bilal shares the story behind the PHD Movie 2.

Athena Castro, executive director of the Caltech Y, gives an opening speech. Attendees receive Caltech Y Centennial T-shirts at the dinner celebration. Photos Courtesy of Ching-Yun (Chloe) Hsu Sports THE CALIFORNIA TECH October 12, 2015 5 Blackwood, Bradley lead Little keys volley- men’s water polo to first ball run against NCAA win of season No. 6 Cal Lutheran GOCALTECH.COM GOCALTECH.COM points on a kill and block assist by Actual Sports Content Editor Actual Sports Content Editor Little and a service ace by senior Meghana Pagadala. CLU scored six of the next seven points, with CLAREMONT, Calif. (Oct. 3, PASADENA, Calif. (Oct. 8, 2015) – Senior Amarise Little another kill from Little allowing 2015) – Senior James Blackwood keyed a strong showing in the sec- the Beavers to stay within one, had a hand in eight goals and SCIAC ond set as the Caltech volleyball but Caltech responded with a 4-1 goals leader, junior Christopher team fell, 3-0, to No. 6 California run of its own to retake the lead at Bradley, scored the Beavers’ final Lutheran University on Thursday 9-7. Senior Cat Jamshidi kicked five to lead the Caltech men’s water night. things off with a kill, followed by an ace from junior Kate Lewis and polo team to its first NCAA victory The Regals improve to 18-2 another ace by Jamshidi to cap of the season during the two-day overall and 8-0 in the SCIAC while the Beavers are now 0-14 (0-9). the run. Gary Troyer Tournament on Friday The visitors stormed out to CLU’s offense came alive at and Saturday. a 9-2 lead and cruised to a 25-9 that point, rattling off five straight The Beavers dropped games victory in the first set, surren- points and another eight unan- against MIT, Occidental College dering consecutive points just swered soon after to close out the and Fresno Pacific University once. Caltech turned the match set at 25-14. The Regals then took the third set, 25-8, including 12 of before capping the weekend with completely around to open the the final 13 points. the 10-9 victory over Penn State- second set, scoring the first four Behrend. The Beavers found themselves in a surprising 3-0 hole against Penn Why is that guy swimming away from Blackwood? I don’t know, because I State-Behrend right up until two never really know what’s going on in water polo. seconds before the end of the first Photo Courtesy of Bob Palermini quarter, when Blackwood found the Eck for the equalizer at the 6:43 man-up opportunities over the back of the net to get Caltech on the mark and again at 6:09 following next two minutes, but Bradley board. Caltech ripped three shots another Lions goal. Bradley took had plenty left in the tank and all early in the second quarter before over from there, scoring the go- but handed Caltech the win with Blackwood netted twice more to tie ahead goal and quickly completing back-to-back strikes at 4:40 and the game with 3:51 remaining until the hat trick to stake Caltech to an 4:12. Two late turnovers gave PSB halftime. Ross kept the score level 8-5 lead. The Beavers offense fell a chance to get back into the game, with several crucial saves of his apart in the final minutes of the which the Lions took to make it a eventual 16 in the second quarter quarter, however, allowing PSB to one-goal affair with 1:23 left on the alone. capitalize on a pair of turnovers clock. The Beavers came up empty Caltech won the third quarter and make it a one-goal game going on two further attempts, leaving 11 sprint but PSB forced a turnover into the fourth quarter. seconds for the Lions to take one and scored on the counter to take The Lions tied the game at 8-8 final shot, which Ross stuffed to the 4-3 lead. After another two just 1:15 into the quarter. The seal the victory. “Little Keys” sounds like an indie band name. -http://gocaltech.com saves from Ross, Blackwood hit Beavers failed to convert on two Depth shines for cross country Reisler reaches conso at Pomona-Pitzer Invitational semis in unprecedent- GOCALTECH.COM (27:34.17). The 2014 NCAA quali- Other notable performances Actual Sports Content Editor fier sat off the main pack early once included freshman Michael Hashe ed ITA regional for again yet still trimmed 41 seconds dropping an astounding 1:20 CLAREMONT, Calif. (Oct. 3, off his season debut two weeks ago (32:33.40) in just two weeks and 2015) – Several Caltech men’s and and came in under his time at last sophomore Mason MacDougall women’s tennis women’s cross cutting another 51 seconds to re- country runners cord a 33:03.65 – 3:30 faster than GOCALTECH.COM toughest draw in former four-star underlined the last year. Actual Sports Content Editor Pomona-Pitzer sophomore and Beavers’ depth Still not at full strength due to second consolation bracket favor- with big improve- some injury management con- CLAREMONT, Calif. (Oct. 4, ite Emily Kuo, who came out on ments at the cerns, the women’s team neverthe- 2015) – Freshman Julia Reisler top, 6-1, 6-1. The Caltech rookie Pomona-Pitzer less found positives to take away reached the semifinals of the con- was not fazed, however, as she Cross Country from its first 6k of the year. Fresh- solation bracket at the USTA/ went on to make the deepest run Invitational early man Melissa Gutierrez stood out ITA Division III West Regional in program history through the Saturday morn- (25:20.83) with a mile pace that Championships for the first time in first consolation bracket. Reisler ing. bettered her performance in the Caltech women’s tennis history as started by pulling an upset against “We were Mustang Challenge despite going a quintet of Beavers competed in CMS sophomore Lauren Livings- looking to build the extra kilometer. Freshmen the weekend tournament. ton with a thrilling two-tiebreak on our experi- Ariel Hasse and Lilly Luo placed Junior Sophia Chen and fresh- superbreaker, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (8), 10- ence from two third and fourth, respectively, man Kana Moriyama kicked things 8. Reisler then steamrolled Red- weeks ago and Hashe and Brown (hehe) look pretty tired, but they also among Beavers in their collegiate off on Friday morning with wins lands senior Alyssa Gilbert, 6-1, gain some ex- look like they’re still running pretty fast, so kudos to them. debuts with times of 29:07.66 and over SCIAC foes from the Univer- 6-2, and recovered from a brief perience on this -http://gocaltech.com 29:09.02. Rookie Robin Brown, sity of La Verne and Whittier Col- lapse to cruise through another su- year’s West Re- in just her third career race, con- lege. Chen topped ULV junior Areli perbreaker against Pomona-Pitzer gionals course,” Head Coach Ben year’s meet at 26:04.28. Senior tinued a trend of rapid improve- Martinez, 6-3, 6-1, while Moriya- rookie Jessica Folsom, 6-3, 2-6, Jared Forte also finished quicker ment as she paced a full 30 sec- Raphelson said. “It also provided a ma rallied from a tiebreak loss in 10-1 before finally ending her bril- than in last year’s race, while fresh- onds faster per mile than on the good opportunity to test ourselves the first set to edge out Whittier #2 liant run in the semifinals against man Rohan Choudhury beat out his shorter course two weeks prior to against most of the SCIAC. Both singles junior Gabi Etchegaray, 6-7 the eventual champion, Sagehens time from the Mustang Challenge clock a 29:47.30. Senior Alice Mi- teams are getting closer to what we (3), 6-4, 6-0. Both would fall in the senior Marie Fleming (6-2, 6-0). by over 17 seconds (27:38.82). chel made her season debut with a want to become by the end of Oc- next round. “This was easily our best tour- Senior Alexander Anemogi- 30:19.51. tober. It will take more smart and nament ever,” Head Coach Mandy annis and freshman Rohan Doshi “We had several surprise them- Sophomore Vinci Chen and hard work between now and then, Gamble said. “We’ve had some in- made successful 8k debuts, with selves, especially Lilly and Ariel in freshman Cece Andrews were but it’s starting to take shape.” swept by a pair of very tough op- dividual successes in the past, but Senior Aditya Bhagavathi con- the veteran posting a career- their first races,” Raphelson said. ponents in Pomona-Pitzer #9 seed never as deep a run as Julia or as tinued his steady progression with best 28:06.78 and rookie pacing “Those two, along with Robin and and #4 singles shopomore Grace many wins and competitive match- a team-best 21st-place finish to roughly 15 seconds off the average Alice, got to showcase the tremen- Hruska and three-star CMS fresh- es overall. We’re excited to get to lead the men to the fourth-fastest mile in his collegiate debut 6k last dous progress they’ve made in man Jessie Cruz, respectively. work ahead of the spring.” average time in program history month to clock a 28:22.21. training.” Reisler, meanwhile, faced the Announcements 6 October 12, 2015 THE CALIFORNIA TECH

VICE PROVOST’S OFFICE HOURS Vice Provost, Chief Diversity Officer and Professor of English, Cindy Weinstein, offers weekly office hours beginning Thursday, October 15, ASCITASCIT Board of Directors MeetingMinutes in Room 104 Parsons Gates. She views these hours as an opportunity for Minutes for 06 October 2015. Taken by Phillip An. undergraduates, graduate students and postdocs to meet and discuss whatever you’d like to talk about. Professor Weinstein oversees the Nima Badizadegan, Sean McKenna, Kalyn Officers Present: Council on Undergraduate Education, Caltech accreditation, the Staff Chang, Jay Palekar, Catherine Jamshidi, Phillip An and Faculty Consultation Center, Student-Faculty Programs, the Center

for Teaching, Learning and Guests: None. Outreach, the Caltech Diversity Center and the libraries. Call to Order: 12:05 pm There are four appointments per hour, 15 min. each. Sign up the day of the meeting in 104 Parsons Gates, Vice Provosts’ Offices (x6339). President’s Report (Nima): Fall Term Hours:  Attended the Faulty Board Meeting, key issues discussed Thursday, Oct. 15, 12pm-1pm Tuesday, Nov. 10, 12pm-1pm were regarding disaster planning and faculty diversity Monday, Oct. 19, 12pm-1pm Thursday, Nov. 19, 12pm-1pm  Club Fair is 4:30 to 7:00 pm on Wednesday Wednesday, Oct. 28, 12pm-1pm Monday, Nov. 23, 12pm-1pm  Nima and Jay will meet with the Center for Teaching Thursday, Nov. 5, 12pm-1pm Tuesday, Dec. 1, 12pm-1pm Learning and Outreach to discuss future plans and ASCIT Wednesday, Dec. 9, 12pm-1pm collaboration

The Caltech-Occidental Concert Band, directed by William Bing Officer’s Reports: Annual Fall Concert Series  V.P. of Academic Affairs (ARC Chair: Jay): Friday, November 20 and Saturday, November 21st o BOC and ARC representative training sessions will be set up at every house The concert on Friday, November 20th is in Thorne Hall at 7:30 PM at Occidental College in Eagle Rock. The concert on Saturday, November o BOC lunches to train new faculty  V.P. of Non-Academic Affairs (IHC Chair: Cat): 21st is at 8:00 PM, in Ramo Auditorium, on the Caltech campus in Pasadena. Both concerts are free and open to the public. No tickets are o Rotation survey will be sent out to new students regarding the pre-frosh experience in their houses required, but early arrival is recommended to get a good seat, especially for the Caltech concert. o IHC proposes a budget for multi-house events that award up to $800 to two houses to host a This concert will feature the four professional coaches of the ensemble. collaborative event. This funding would be Lynne Snyder will perform Viktor’s Tale by John Williams from the available for each house up to three times per movie “The Terminal”. Gabriel and Leighanna Sears will perform “Tubby term. This request was approved. the Tubba”. Scott Babcock will perform the Concerto for Tympani” by  Director of Operations (Sean): Alexander Tcherepnin. Hye Sung Choe will perform the Chaminade MHF proposal to purchase more lights for ASCIT “Flute Concerto. o The band will also perform music by Bartok, Robert Jager, and John o ASCIT will review club funding proposals on Sunday the 25th from 11:00pm to 5:00pm. McKay. Armenian Dances by Alfred Reed will complete the program. Interviews will be scheduled for amounts over For further information, please contact Caltech Performing and Visual Arts $200. at 626 395-3295 or visit bands.caltech.edu.  Treasurer (Kalyn): o Nima and Kalyn have made changes to the 2015-15 The California Tech budget Editors-in-Chief o If you want to apply for ASCIT funding, come to Neera Shah our weekly ASCIT meetings. Reimbursement forms Caltech Nehaly Shah for ASCIT are located on DONUT  Social Director (Robin): Page Editors Absent Katherine Guo o Ching-Yun (Chloe) Hsu  Secretary (Phillip): Valerie Pietrasz Meeting with Joe Shepherd on Wednesday October Public Events o 7th. Dean Green and Facilities will also be there to Contributing Writers discuss future projects with ASCIT. Nailen Matschke Club Funding interview times will be sent out soon Sean McKenna o Parul Pubbi Hiring Ushers If anyone has any questions or concerns about a section of the minutes please email the appropriate officer. We are happy to Circulation Manager Kit Chinetti answer any questions. Flexible hours. Advisor Meeting Adjourned: 12:30 pm No experience needed. Richard Kipling Outgoing Personality. Caltech 40-58, Pasadena, CA 91125 Pay Rate: Contact [email protected] REMINDER FROM The Tech is published weekly except dur- ing vacation and examination periods by $15 per hour the Associated Students of the California COUNSELING CENTER: Institute of Technology, Inc. The opinions expressed herein are strictly those of the authors and advertisers. Letters and submissions are welcome; e- mail submissions to [email protected] as Caltech Students plain-text attachments, including the au- thor’s name, by Friday of the week before publication. The Tech does accept anony-

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