, November Elections are Caltech wins "the big coming. Proposition one!" First soccer game and Student , ate Perspectives. win in five years. see pages 1,4,5,7 see page 6 THE CALIFORNIA TECH
VOLUME C, N UM BER 7 PASADENA, CALIFORNIA FRIDAY , OCTOBER 30,1998
PHYSICS TEACHERS AWARD GOODSTEIN Pumpkins, Prufrock, Parties
OERSTED MEDAL ~ BY T ECH STAFF COURTESY OF MEDIA RELATIONS ~ Most of the Caltech Community is on ;;, campus for holidays such as Easter, Thanks- The Califomia Instilule of ;;'" giving, and Valentines Day, howeve r, the Technology is pleased to an ~ festivities for any of those celebrations don't <- nounce thai David Goodslein compare to Caltech at Halloween. has been awarded the 1999 Oer First off, there is the world famous sted Medal by the American Millikan Pumpkin Drop Experiments, Association of Physics Teachers. hosted every year by the members of Dab The medal is to be presented at ney House. Dabney Scientists have been the Association 's annual meet dropping liquid nitrogen cooled pumpkins ing in Anaheim next year. in hopes of producing a 'blue flash' for sev Goodstein teaches Ph2a at eral years. The last time the flash was seen Caltech, where he has been on was in 1988. The members of Dabney the faculty for more than 30 House are usi ng a different technique this years. In 1995 he was named the year in hopes of seeing the blue flash. Frank J. Gilloon Distinguished The pumpkins have gone through vari Teaching and Service Professor. ous stages of freezing all through out His book, States of Matter, Halloween week. Last night, published in 1975 by Prentice they were moved from their Hall and reissued by Dover temporary placement in Press in 1985, was hai led by the Coffeehouse freezer Physics Today as the book that Dabney Hovse pre to their IN2 home. The launched a new discipline, con pares pumpkins for ~~.. pumpkins will remain densed-matter physics. His re the Millikan Gravi there until ihe drop. search in experimental con tational Accelerator The Pumpkin Drop densed-matter physics has dealt by first chilling them in will take place at mid with phases and phase'transi the Coffeehousefreezer. night (tomorrow night) tions in adsorbed, two-dimen The pumpkins were moved on Saturday, October sional matter, ballistic phonons to IN2 Thursday night to 3 I st at the west side of in solids, superfluidity in liquid PLEASE SEElliLLOWEEN ON reach "Blue Flash" temperatures. PAGE 6 helium, and critical point phe nomena. This work has led to nearly 200 scientific publica tions. He is currently working on Califol11ia Votes a futU re flight experiment that will examine the dynamics of the superfluid phase transition in Electricity, Horsemeat the absence of gravity. Goodstein was the host and project director of The Mechalli and Furry Mammals cal Universe, a 52-part college sures. For more information, physics telecourse based on his BY TIM RAUB visit the secretary of state's web popular lectures at Caltech. The Tuesday is election day! On site at http://Vote98.ss.ca.gov! project, which has been adapted November 3, American voters If Proposition la (the Class for high-school use and trans will have the oppor- Size Reduction Kin- lated into many other languages, tunity to choose poli- Prop. 4 dergarten-University has been broadcast on hundr~ds ticians who will make Public Education Fa- of publiC-broadcasting stations laws that affect your prohibits cilities Bond Act of When clocks shifted back last weekend, members and has garnered more than a way of life and mine. 1998) passes, CaJifor- dozen prestigious awards, in trapping of Blacker House continued an old tradition: California voters nia will issue $9.2 bil- cluding the 1987 Japan Prize for driving to Tommy's, eating, and returning to have an added privi- furry, lion in general obliga- tel evision. Caltech before they left lege and responsibil- tion bonds (the State The Oersted Medal, estab ity - they will cast nongame will also pay $6 bil li shed in 1936, is the most pres votes for or again>t lion in interest). This tigious award of the American mammals IN THIS ISSUE each of ten ballot money can be used by Association of Physics Teachers measure (proposi- with steel- public schools rang- and recognizes a teacher for no tions). If a ballot ing from K-12 insti- THE USUAL THIS WEEK'S table contributions to the teach ]-awed measure is passed on tutions to community ing of physics. A monet"ry STUFF FEATURES election day, it will colleges and the UC award of $5,000, an inscribed leghold become a law. Propo- and Cal State school medal, and a certificate are pre Announcements ...... 12 Bookwonn __ ..... __ ...... __ ...... __ .lO sitions have limited traps. systems to fund eli- sented to the winner. There have Clubwatch ___ ... ______._ .... __ ..... _____ 2 Election ...... __ .. ____ ..... __ . ___ .... 7 bilingual education ---....;.--- gible construction D il ber~ .. ___ ... ______.. _____ ..... ___ ...9 been two previous Caltech win Frisbee..... ____ .... ____ ...... __ .... __ ... 6 and challenged affirmative ac- projects which will build new Fox TroI- _____ ., ••• ______•. .. _... _____ ...• 9 ners of the Oersted Medal: Rob Pkasantville ...... •..... __ ..... _. ... ll tion in past years. Here is a brief classrooms and repair old build The Outside World ______.. _.... _..... 2 Socce r. .. ______...... __ ...... 6 ert A. Millikan in 1940 and Ri summary of selected ballot mea- PLEASE SEE ELECTION ON P ACE 7 chard P. Feynman in 1972. 2 October 30, 1998 NEWS The California Tech Clubwatch! The Outside World by Cheryl Forest The Big T is c urre ntly at 11 :42 in Kirkhoff 298. Pl an Caltech Community. Drop by Washington, DC: On October 23, Isreali Prime Minis ter Ben looking for a business man to take over the student shop. S AC 36 to sign up. Email jami n Netanyahu and Palestini an leader Yasser Arafat signed an ager. This position is ASCIT We also need an isolated stag spectre@its for more detai ls. interim peace accord . The agreement calls for Isreal to with appointed so sign up on the Ing area. draw its troops from land in the West Bank. In exchange, the door ofthe ASCIT offi ce in the Studen'ts for the Exploration Palesinians have agreed to a detailed security plan to protect SAC. The Big T is also look The Francophile Club meets and Development of Space Isreal from terrorist attacks. Extremi sts on both sides have been ing for photographers and lay the first and third Tuesday of (SEDS) will be hosting a Hal violently opposed to the outcome. The latest response occurred out.staff. This week there's a every month to vi ew subtitled loween Movie Night , free to Thursday when a Palestini an su icide-bomber tried to bl ow up a meeting in the Student Publi French movies in the South the Cal tech Community, in the school bu s fill ed with Israeli children; one of the army jeeps in cations Office, SAC 40. If you Catalina Recreati on Room at subbasement of Moore at 7:00 the convey accompanying the bus intercepted the vehicle and are interested in joining the Big 8:00 p.m. They are also look p.m. Candy will be avail able. took the brunt of the blast. T, email wren @ugcs. ing for a new Treasurer. Email For more information emai I United Nations: The U. . ecurity Council decided on Thurs j ranco@ its for details. seds @its. day that sanctions against Libya are going to continue. Once The California Tech meets ev Libya turns over two suspects in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, the sanctions will be suspended. ery Friday at 12: lSi n The Cof The Jamroom is open to all The Student Shop is holdi ng Stockholm, Sweden: At least 60 people were killed and about feehouse for pizza, review of members of the Caltech Com sign-ups today at 5:00 p.m. at 100 were injured early Friday (today) when a fire raced through the current issue, and article as munity. It is located in the the student shop. Email a crowded discotheque. According to a local rescue service signments. Additional article basement of Winnett and is studshop@its for details. leader, there are signs that the fire was deliberately set. assignments are made at the reachable from the west side of Ankara, Turkey: A Turkish Airlines plane was hijacked Thurs Monday meeting in the Tech the building. Fees are $5 per day by a man demanding to be taken to Switzerland. The pilot office (SAC 40) at 9:00 p.m. term. For more information landed at Ankara after convincing the hijacker, described as a Email editors @tech for more email jamroom@its. If you would like your group or club Kurdish militant, that the plane was making a refueling stop in details. repo!1edabout in Clubwatch!, please Sofia, Bulgaria. This is the second time in about a week that The S.P.E.C. T.R.E. Library of email editors@tech with the appro this plane has been hijacked; last week's hijackers were protest Evil Geniuses for a Better To Science Fiction and Fantasy priate information. Solicitations will ing the decision by French officials to deport a Kurd to Turkey. morrow: Meet on Wednesday novels is a vailable to the be directed to businees@tech.
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GRAY OA VIS (Oem) OAN LUNGREN (Rep) cidental, a very good conference op Lt. Governor State Attorney General Dear Editors, ponent. And with th e support of th ose pro-choice limited abortion 1 would like to thank the fine edi who enj oy th e hard work our teams put gray helmet hair dead rat on head resembles-David Spade resembles Bob Dole , tors of the Tech for the wonderful job into games, we put in our best effort two thuinbS up salute arms crossed "educated" look th at they did on the issue of October of the year, with the fin al being 2-1 , quote: "1 believe our quote:"With the ChUd Molester 23. What especiall y struck me was the unfortunately in favor of Occidental. public schools are broken,'" lD line. and now Megan's Law, it Gray Davis has sllid. "and seems that when we fighf to quality of the reporting on the UCLA The soccer team puts in long hours as Governor, my first protect k.ids, we are an unbeatable Bruins football game versus the Or of practi ce and faces many tough < priority will be to fix team!" egon Ducks. games and embarrassments, just for them." It is a damned shame, howeve r, the hope of ha ving a game like th e one M,take: way to take a stand on that takWg credit for Megan's law is a bit that th e brilliance that brings week-old we had on Wednesday, where we just educ.atjon thing overreaching bland. - news to encompass the entirety of the a lucky br"ak away from winning the stable, and competent sport s secti on of that issue c annot game. It was a well-played , hard would try to turn CA more conservative nol ,,-cry original poll·uolling desperation Jimmy (::arteJ:? Richard Nixon? bring the word to the campus of the fought game, that no one will know fin e effo rt that th e Caltech athle ti c about. ,SECRETARY OF STATE teams put forth that week. If I remem These moments are few and far be , Mi,h, 14 Alioto (De",) ,. Bill Jones (Rep) ber cOITectly, it is still a Cal tech school tween for Caltech athleti cs in confer Ran for Congress in 1996 Secretary of State (incumbent) newspaper, and Caltech teams partici ence competiti on, but apparently the winemaker in No. cal Been in a wheelchair for poses ~ith blond wife for photo ops pated in sporting events that rival , if editors of the Tech do not deem it half her life really, really wanlS people really, real1y wants CA to vote first iti not surpass that of UCLA. worthy of their valuable newspace, (0 vote '> .{ the presidential primades One suc h example is the water which they choose to fill with worth Would make elections polo team, that played at home versus less drivel and mindnumbing adver . multi-dayor mail-in . So prellY sbe sbouJd be middle ~ aged white man Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, the 20th ti sements. 90210 ranked water polo team in the nation. I remember last year when a small outline of the state CA bears ev..-ywbere (but actually in the' wild, anymore) Still, the Beavers played well, with the piece wa~ put into the Tech about a soc Q';o/Qb/e (on cantpdig. JiM.CO ,.!omi): final score of 15-6, a significant im cer game we had agains t Whittier, < "As a candidate who has . "ImpJemenl Proposition 73 r"'lWring provement over their showing against which we nearly won in the final ten run for both f~t and reasonable conlribution limits and a this same team last year, where the fi minules of the game. I was proud to state office. Miche1a AliotO' ban on transfers of campaizn funds_~ It bas is experumced in the· been pre-apJ>IOved by the courts nal score happened to be 15-0. be a part of that team, and the fact that Indvantages and disadvantages . ' and passed by the vote(S." You might wonder how! knew this; people came up to me at random, after i0f'J)otb systems," ' .'V >' did I go to the game, did I see it in per they had read the article, to ask about :MJ~: " son? No, but I care.! ask anyone I know that game, well, that made the biggest I•Theteall. y ., y \ioth. ~ how they did that day in practice or dur impression on me. '~~:::RWften h,' ,·.llIIoore ing a game, and they respond, usually lt is unfortunate that the editors of with enthusiasm, that they played really the Tech have chosen a different path Is.m...... ,. (0.... ") Scientist well, and gave their best shot against a for this newspaper. funnidable opponent. PAVLNoVAK - -1'". -...~· yo - -· -- ... ~ .... , ". - ~,~. . 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The CaLifornia Tech CYNTHIA October 30, 1998 5 ~uirks, th~ir issues and the election, by Cynthia Gong Sara Amir (Green) Cruz Bustamente (Democrab"c) Barbara Boxer (Dem) Matt Fong (Rep) The "wok" the school is greal~great~grandfather who was a Chinese he3d shot of attractive face working hard at desk strewn with papers not air conditioned, Senator laborer- the single most important IJlIblIlbles: Boxer personally donated two ingredient for making this a truly Golden ., support local control of "My ability to work with Republicans andourecono- fans to help the students in State during the past too years was mies and believe Democrats has been good for California's Ms. Holtemann's class keep water... Without our Water system. the that SlimuJating small working familjes." cool. A group of staff members vibrant cities of Southern California would business will bring long· term at the Sacramento Bee still be sleepy villages sustainable economic development.. generously matched Senator Boxer's 1 am pro-choice, believe in universal donation with two additional fans, health care and insist that women my 1tJk~: receive equal pay for equal work. We She makes over six figures a Way to play the race card, cuz.. Water was must prohibit state~ sponsored year and aU she could give Md is a very important pan of CA life, executions and stop overflowing our students dying of heat was a but I think we could have made it past the prisons with peopJe convicted of couple of lousy fans? sleepy village stage by now. victimless crimes, ,. tt, i4U: u.s. REPRESENTATIVE She seems totally smart and Riding high on the political coup that got Barry Gordon (Dem) James Rogan (Rep) together. The Green party him the Speakership in a GOP·majorily actor V.S. Congressman (incumbent) ignores mudslinging politics, state Assembly. Backroom deals with Pete did the voice of DonateUo wrote a report for Newt Gingrich to -.w 1 think it's to their Wilson, a.k..a, the Great Evil. arouse credit. on "Teenage Mutant Ninja study the constitutionality of \uspicion, Turtles" impeachment hearing' for Clinlon would censure but not impeach Calls for Clinton co srep down u s/U. (Rep) Clinton Slate Senator on1y while male candidate! (only io California) limit abortions crime is a linchpin issue right to choose antiabortion II" "look" modern education wants to require creationism in schools ~proudofil stricter gun laws opposed the Brady BiU ~Ie: the "look'· ~Y ex.perience with cancer opened the doOrs LO meeting some inspirational people and gave me cause to loves the camera looks lik.e a toupee ... but it's not Seck out others who have dealt with this djsease,~' qu0/4ble: Jt,t PRESENTATION & CASE INTERVIEW WORKSHOP Are you a graduating senior interested in strategy consulting? If so, please join us for an informal reception to learn more about our Associate Program and how a "case interview" works. Tuesday, November 10th Athenaeum 4:00-6:00pm MUNICH SEO UL T OKYO AMS1ERDAM BUDAPEST FRANKfURT KUALA LUMPUR MELBOURNE NEW YORK SHANGHAI TORONTO A TI.J\f'ITA BUENOS AIRES HAMBURG LISBON MuJ." OSLO SINGAPORE WARSAW AUCKLAND CHICAGO HELSINKI loNDON MOmaREY STOCKHOLM WASHINGTON. D.C. BANGKOK DAUJ.S HONG KONG Los ANGELES MoscoW Pm. MADRID MUMBAI SAN FRANCISCO SYDI'EY ZORlCH BOSTON DOssEi.DORF JAKARTA BRUSSEl...S 6 October 30,1998 SPORTS The California Tech Caltech Soccer: Golden Goal truly golden Soccer team triumphs over Redlands, winning first conference game in five years BY DANIEL SONG AND TIM RAUB ted at zero. The game looked drew a red card for a dangerous minutes of regulation to force an Unfortunately, we lost to Occi like it would be a constant tackle from behind, putting overtime pe riod, in which dental (2-1] on an own goal, bu t The Men's Soccer team struggle between Caltech's sti Redlands at a man disadvantage Stefan Kazachki scored a sec we finall y got the breaks in this snapped a 52-game conference fling defense, shored up by for the rest of the game. Frazier ond "golden goal" which would game (that we didn't get against winless streak last Saturday as standout goalkeeper Brian stopped a Red lands penalty kick prove decisive. Occidental]. I thought the key they fought an emotional, back Frazier, and ------Said sen lor to this victory was team solidar and-forth game with Redlands Redland's barrage Matt Barnet, "We it y. We lost a lot of starters due through two periods and over of quick strikes. played really ag to injury earlier in the year, and time, eventually prevailing with The second "Oh my God, we gressive and hard. once the players came back, we a score of 3-2. half began where We were very in staned to playas a team." The game started off as so the first had left off, " tense, and played to Junior Stefan Kazachi many have for the Beavers, who as Redlands scored kicked butt! Will. The win was mused, "It was important psy looked outmatched by a faster, a quick goal in the great, but now we chologically to win, especially flashier Redlands team. The 48th minute. Dale Parkes scored shortly after, but Redlands' have to focus on the three tour for the seniors [who had never Bulldogs played keep-away for the equalizer for Caltech ten striker put the ball in Caltech's nament games. If we keep up won a conference game]. Now long stretches, and the ball was minutes later, and three minutes net with twelve minutes to go. our intensity, we can win all that we know how to win one, in Caltech's half for most of the after that Stefan Kazachki used Redlands had another goal three." Head Coach Phillip we'll be able to win more." But first 45 minutes. Despite a half his height to head a ball past called back by a borderline Howells added, "This victory perhaps Assistant Coach Julie dozen near scores, Redlands and Redland's goalie at close range. offsides call, and the Beaver de was well deserved. We played Tingle said it best: "Oh my God, Tech came into halftime knot- Frustrated, a Redlands player fense held tight for the last ten very well in our last two games. we kicked butt!" Ultimate Team leaps into action BY GERALD PALM ROSE fived his teammates, while Oxy looked on, shocked that they had lost to the Frogs of Ribbit. With this manly cheer of the Caltech 14-12. Caltech Club Frisbee Team, the Frogs pulled The Frogs then played another match off a stunning upset of Occidental College directly following their first, this time (Oxy Westward Ho) in their opening match against the Claremont Team. Due to a lack of ultimate frisbee. The game was the first of consistency and the superior disk-han of two games played by Tech in the Pomona dling of the Claremont Brain Eaters, Tech Invitational, which took place last Saturday lost 13-5 . However, individuals showed mommg. great promise for the future, ev idenced by The Frogs opened slowly - getting used the emergence of Palmrose, Shahram to playing with each other, but played great Ardalan, and David Bustos, all playing their in spuns to stay close throughout the game. first college frisbee match. Led by star handler Gabe Powers and team The team played with nine players, creator Ben Brantley, Tech lOok a 7-6 lead which allowed for two subs to stay on the at halftime. sidelines, but the idea of team originator In the second half, with Oxy tiring from Brantley was to create a team where any playing in their second consecutive match, one - including beginners and novices, could Tech capitalized with multiple long bombs. practice with the team and become better at Leading the charge were long-cutters Gerald the sport of Ultimate. The invitation is thus Palmrose and Jesse Ward-Karet, who helped open for anyone to come play with the team Tech keep the pressure on Oxy. Tech was Sunday afternoons on the South athletic then led in the home stretch by veteran play field. The person to contact if you have any ers "Spaz", Chris Brichford, and Max questions would be Ben Brantley, whose Ben Brantley "skies" Gabe Powers for an end-zone score during Kullberg. The game winning score was email is [email protected]. made by Kullberg, who emphatically high- Hope to see you there on Sunday! warm-ups. However; after losing 15" jog unbealen. .Ruddock.(5- 61n tbefirs!, Tech roared back I) was tbe sleeper of the. tour A packed Braun Gym of . to taketbe next three games, . nament, placing second .. over 450 fans witnessed the 15;lO,t?~7, . andI5-6 to put Fleming, (4-2)" pl~ced 'iqi"rd t1nai game ofwomen's~o"i- . a~ayL:rFEBibleandputacap and Page. (3:3) ;as fo.u~t,h . leybaU this 'year. The game to their successful season. it (better 'ge.t used to it), while . was the last for seniors Leigh was evident Illal the large fan Blacker (2-4), Ricketts (J-5), Engen, Hanna ; Cai, and turnout gave a huge mental" and Dabney (0-6) (()Unded Corinne Gilliam,who now £ boo~t , ~() ·the Lady Beavers, . out the standings. Interhouse hand overcontrol of the team whoseem.edto feed off of e,,- . Soccer began TuesdllY;,and to a very yOllng but taiented . ery c·heer. . At match point, the Fleming and Ruddockappear roster of players. Their;op- · entire crowd was on their feet, tobe favorHes.. . ponent was L.I.F.E. Bible, a appreciative'of th~ hlird . w~rk tel'lmagainst whom tbey had ;;, put in by .Tech througbout the;., WO!! once and lost once. mgame. It was quite a Sight to DI8,COBOLUS In· b~ief, the .• match see Ihespect'\Clp. started out with.some lntred- . ible atlileti~is.!p from l!oth N sides, whicbwere higb- ~TERIIOUSE Iightedl;>y Karen Lam'sdev- . astating st\Iffs. 'l;!9weyer,the Sof~bal1 ispver, so the Houses ' firsJ game gOt away (~0'l1l . apdHQvses bave faUen into T~ch, as LIFE Bible rnetl)odi- r~nk and file athleti OPINION Voting on California propositions next Tuesday? Read this! BY TIM R AUB Proposition 2 vation land. It also makes these casi derstand. My gut feeling is, "glass It's going to pass, so you nos free from federal taxes. Proposi ceilings" like those imposed by this The Election might as well vote for it. tion 5 expands the games that bill are bad in a competi- If you're registered to vote, you these casinos can offer, and DB tive industry. Recent de- DB owe it to yourself to cast an In PropOSition 4 forces the State to enter into regulation has begun to formed vote. If you A smart voter will ask, "why are these a similar contract with Indian casinos make the electricity industry com are not old enough VOTE traps used in the first placeT' The which would limit government regu petitive, and it is only a matter of or registered to vote traps and poisons prohibited ftP!IW lation and eliminate state taxation of time before some of the high rates in California, you still should in by this measure are used by ..:. these casinos. Gimme a break! Na which are due partly to start-up form yourself-anyone who farmers and ranchers mostly tive Americans casino-owners should costs fall due to competition. If, in doesn't bother to learn about cur in the northern half of the state to pro be subject to the same responsibili time, rates remain "intlated" above rent issues has no right to complain tect their livestock from predators. ties as other casino-owners. What a market equilibrium price, then about any politician or issue de There are already restrictions on the gives them a right not to pay taxes? perhaps such a proposition would cided upon by a vote that he or she locations in which these traps and poi be necessary. didn't participate in. sons can be used in order to prevent Proposition 6 environmental contamination and Just because it's gross doesn't make PropOSition 1 0 Proposition 1 a preserve public safety. What this bill it wrong. If I want to eat horse meat, I All commercials against Prop I ° This Bond Act is an alternative to a comes down to, the.n, is either a should be able to. It are supported by the Tobacco In cheaper, more effective way of fund couple of furry mammals (read: bears, can' t be worse than NEIGH dustry. Now, on o ne ing school repairs called wolves, coyotes, mountain lions) can TFM. As Prop 6 oppo hand, tobacco companies 111 Pay-As-You-Go Financing, DB be accidentally steel-jawed each year, nents say, "Just say neigh to nutty, un must be allowed to sell a which the legislature re- or else a couple of livestock can be constitutional proposals by wealthy product in the free market like jected last year. Funding of public mauled by those same furry mam socialites with nothing better to do." anyone else. Taxes which single K-1 2 schools should be a local issue mals. Ranchers have a right to use them out (excise taxes) are unfair (Why should my money build aclass traps and pOisons to protect their live Proposition 7 and should not be levied. On the room in Sacramento?), and it would stock, as long as these same measures I couldn't see the mountains 111 other hand, smoking is terrible for serve the legislature right if voters re don't threaten humans. again today. you. I' m not sure how effective jected thi s mea~ure, forcing politi Prop I o's programs will be, but if cians to either take flak for not fund Proposition 5 Proposition 9 the higher price persuades a few ing public education or else pass Pay Federal law already guarantees that There are a lot of financial nuances smokers to kick their addiction, it As-You-Go Financing. tribes can operate casinos on reser- to this bi II, some of which I don't un- will be worth it. ELECTION: Ballot initiatives tackle smog, gambling, and taxes CoNTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ment employees could use their tribal land. Prop. 5 pro California's heritage and de deregulated the state's electric buildings. these traps when they are the motes self-reliance among serve our protection." Prop. 6 ity industry. It would require Proposition 2 (Transporta only means of protecting hu California's Indians, keeping makes possession, transfer, or electricity rates to be reduced at tion Funding) would make all 10- man health or safety. This bill them off welfare. Prop. 5 receipt of horses for slaughter least 10 percent, and it would cal transportation funds (which is sponsored by the For the shares gaming revenue with for human consumption a prohibit utility companies from come from fuel taxes) into trust Protection of Pets and Wildlife non-gaming tribes for educa felony. Possession, transfer, or charging consumers for bond fund s, which would change the Society, which calls such steel tion and health programs, and receipt of horses for slaughter issues which were necessary to way that these loans are repaid. jawed traps inhumane. saves taxpayers hundreds of for dog food would still be OK. deregulate. No one in California has come Proposition 5 concerns millions annually. Vole yes on Proposition 7 raises emis Proposition 10 would raise out against Prop2 yet. Indian Tribal-State Gaming Prop. 5." sions standards for pollutants excise taxes on Cigarettes by 50 Proposition 4 (Trapping Compacts. If passed, it will Proposition 6: Prohibition from buses and trucks. cents per pack and other tobacco Practices) prohibits trapping allow slot machines and on Slaughter of Horses and Sale Proposition 9: Electric products by $1 per pack. The furry, non game mammals with banked card games at existing of Horsemeat for Human Con Utilities Assessments and Bonds revenue generated by these taxes steel-jawed leg hold traps. It tribal casinos. The revenues sumption. Now here's a fun one. prohibits the assessment of would support state and county also prohibits the use of speci from these games would be Save the Horses Foundation put taxes, bonds, and surcharges to smoking-prevention programs, fied poisons on these animals, tax-free. According to sup this measure on the ballot. They pay costs of nuclear power breast-cancer research, child im and prohibits commerce in the porters, "Prop. 5 protects Na say, "Horses are pleasure ani plants. Proposition 9 would munizations, health care, nutri fur of animals so trapped . tive Americans' rights to have mals, not raised for food . Horses make changes to repeal recently tion services, and domestic vio There is a caveat that govern- limited gaming, restricted to are an integral part of enacted laws which partially le nce prevention. BURGER Performing Arts Series CONTINENTAL I "fYf"-{f'n lying TO ALL CALTECH STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF: Karam.azov Brothers Att the time. Seven days BREAKFAST BUFFET S~..." s, FLATS, & ACCIDENTALS a week. LUNCH welchm'eto an entire evening of the mad Karamazovs' DINNER twisted musical world, where juggling can be heard and Brtast ofchicke n. seafood, lamb, or tht day's special music must be seen to be heard. Friday, October 30, 1998 • 8 p.m •• Beckman Auditorium SPECIAL TIES Caltech Students: $5.00 Shish kebab Shaorma Souvlaki steak Fresh fish and lamb Baklava Caltech Faculty & Staff: $16 - 14 - 12.00 Homemade pi z.za Gourm et hamburgers ~zz~ Caltech ncket OffIce 1 (888) 2CALTECH (222·5832) occaSIOns 535 S. Lake Ave. ._'._J_~---,_ ... dorms (626) 792-6634 "':'::;;--.'";;,;'.;;,;';;;-;;;- .r (626) 39!>4652 8 October 30, 1998 NEWS The California Tech mum of 400 letters (per cl ub). Devi will be meeting with the MSA Houses are not eligible for this to talk about (you guessed it), mi money. nority issues. There will be a meet CDC - The Career Develop ing with Jim Bauer about the ad vis After a two week hiatus, I am back to fill you in on the ment Center met with Jaideep ing system. Baldeep asks Devi to . latest and greatest in Caltech Dining Services. First off... no w to express their concem about give Mike copies of the ARC min lnutes the small number of seniors go utes. Devi wants to organize an aca that omelette day has come and gone with its normal success, I ing to recruitrrent interviews thi s demic and cultural "cami val". am pleased to report that Wrap Day wiJJ be coming. The rota O CTO BER 26, 1998 year. In order to get more press, Hanna - There will be an tion for Wrap Day wi 11 be as foilows: Present: BoD (minus Alan), they are distributing infommtion to ASCITIGSC Halloween party up Valerie Anderson, John Lin, the Resident Associates. Jaideep stairs in Winnett thi s Saturday. 11-2 Blacker Aaron Meltzner suggested that the ARC may be a Rob - See ya later. .. 11-3 Ricketts Meeting caUed to order at good conduit for messages from the Alan - Alligator. 11-4 Fleming 22:05. CDC. They will also'be getting in Mike -After awhile ... ll-S Dabney Dealing With Guests touch with some clubs (NSBE, Jaideep - The forum on rota- 11-6 Lloyd Aaron - The Caltech LesIBiI SWE, etc .) to further theirnefarious tion has been pushed back to the 11-9 Ruddock Gay Union is looking to get more cause. weekend to make time for a survey into the public eye by sponsoring Retreat - Rob (and Hanna?) beforehand. The!HC wants to be 11-10 Page dinner and a movie for 20 to 25 attended the Residence Life spon armed with some numbers going people. Aaron requests $150 from sored social team retreat to Lake into this thing. Furthe.nnore, I am pleased to report that the Caltech Din ASCIT for this venture. Arrowhead. The food was really Baldeep - The big cheese re ing Service Student handbook has finaUy come back from the little t - Autumn and Valerie good. minds Rob to cut a $150 check to printer and will be distributed to the student body in the very do not want the little t to be swept Alex - Devi reports that the the Ecphonema. We need recruit a near future. This handbook wiu provide answers to many of . up in the giant IT trawl net that Dean thinks a letter would be a fme new manager for the Big T Inter the questions cOtnn:lonly asked of food reps about the rules and Baldeep is weaving. They want lull gesture. He indicated that a tree ested parties l1l3y 'nominate them regulations concerning the CaItech Board plan. Please read this control of the little t to rest with the could be an appropriate memorial. selves by signing up on the door of handbook throughJy when you received it. All students on the editors. This will get solted out later SAC 33. Officer Caltech Board plan are responcible'for the information it con betweenAulUmn, Valerie, Baldeep, Reports Su,ve - Working on Meeting closes at 10:47. tains. and Mike. The editors also want to the SFC data and getting wrestling The BoD votes to give the CLU As always, please email any c()ncerns or questions to : get paid and want the BoD to con pads. $5 per person (up to 25 people) for sider a bonus. Autwnn - Working on the TV their event. Autumn splits. The BoD . youeat2@its. ~~hermoTe, if you are'interested in joining the ' John Lin - Everyone's favor in the Coffeehouse. John Lin re votes to allocate a $150 bonus for kosher/muslim hOard plan. email /wsher@its, , ite (former)ASCITTreasurer is here veals that the ASCITPAin the Jam the little t editors. Autumn retums, to get the check for a party ASCrr Room is not in complete working more powerful than before. Till next time, helped sponsor over the summer. order. Meeting adjourned at 22:50. General Business Devi - There was a poorly at Respectfully submitted, Dave Thank You - Baldeep reports tended ARC meeting last week. An that clubs will be contacted soon academic survey is forthcoming. . Dav,e Tyrell iithe chairman of the. Food, Committee. lfyou ' about how they can make money There will be tables on the Olive have any questions or constructive comments about Caltech , by writing thank-you notes for Walk where you can complain about ~~4£LP. ~ Dining Services, please talk to your local Food Rep or email Alumni Relations. Organizations classes. The upperclassmen men Mike D. Asde can get $.25 per letter up to a maxi- tors thing is getting off the ground. ASCIT Secretary youeat2@its. 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INVtSreLE ROBOT THEY suPPORT STAFF TO _T FR.OM US ... I-I""'OLE. "THOSE CALLS. He'>:" ; S i ~ Ti'1A::- WrlH CUBICLE WALLS WtLL &E REMOVE 0 .. IN ORDER 10 [,",PROVE COI'II'\UNICATION. " 'Rag Time on f;reen WE DELIVER!! RESALE CLOTIDNG for meetings, parties. etc. for ,-',) rn of feeling about the people mal in what is otherwise a who make up the centerpeice very well -grounded book . Halloween... o f the boo k. Fortun atel y, Altogether I would say that CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Junger does not limit him The Perfect Storm is an un Millikan Li brary. Dabney ex self to the six doomed men . usual and well-written book pects to drop 42 pumpkins and Interspersed with their story engaging but not gripping. ot her miscellaneous items. are those of several othe r Another an nual tradition is boats an d a downed helicop Pick Up Sticks the Pru frock Halloween Party, ter, all of whi ch had survi Emilia Larhefl held at the Pru frock Graduate ##### vo rs to add color to the ir sto House, ace ross th e street from ri es. These are h arrow ing ~ Lathen is the'newest ad Beckman In stitute, on October dition to my li st of favori te glimpses into the real terror 3 1s t starting in th e evening. mystery authors. She (actu of skirting th e edge of death. The Prufrock party wi ll ally ' a pen name for t wo The thing that stru ck me the sport frozen eggplants, many Perfect Storm tached through what should most about this book was the women) has written a seri es fermented items, and plent y of Sebastian Junger be th e most harrowi ng se unrelenting masc ulinity of abou t Wall Street ban.ker costumes. Last year, a random quences. Admittedly, it is the tone. Junger says repeat John Putnam Thatcher who sampling of Prufrock-wear in· Just about seven years fairly diffic ult to trace the edly, in hi s own words and has a kn ack f or getting cluded a giant smiley face, the ago this week an inc redible las t m o m e nt s o f m e n of those of others, that fis hing caught up in various murder cast from Th e Wizard of Oz, a storm rocked the eastern w ho m n o trace h as bee n is overwhel mingly a young ous s ituations. Lightweight pumpkin-headed man, and sev· seaboard. Created by a once found , only scattered bits of man 's job, and he seems to and genera ll y amusing, th ey e ral vari ous characters once in a li fetime combinati on of the ir boat. The Andrea Gail be out to prove it in hi s te ll make excell ent summer fare. played by Harrison Ford . Cos· me teorologica l factors it was a swordfishing boat out ing. E veryone a nd every Th e c lu es ar e m e ted ou t tumes are encouraged for this was "perfect" in the sense of Gl ouchester, Mass. It s thing seems to be concerned fair l y but inobviou s ly party. The organi zers at that it could not have been crew consisted of six men with strength and power; the enough that things don ' t get Prufrock have been plann ing worse. Of the ships that were from th at town and the sur very premi se of the book is boring. Strong and unusual the ir so-far-kept-secret cos· out in it, one was totall y lost rounding area. The first half that thi s was th e b iggest c harac ters make up for times tumes for several monthes. with all hands and others re of the book or so concen storm ever. Re lati o ns hips th at th e plot falters . This, The party is co-sponsored quire d dangero us rescues. trates on them, th e ir every are conducted wi th punches one of the earlier books, is by the Department of Bi ology Thi s has become the bas is day lives th eir profession . and the short , blunt state set amongst the promoti on and open to everyone in the for a top selling nonfiction There is a lot of background ment rules supreme. Techni of a vacation development in Caltech Community. b ook, namely thi s o n e. information about fi shing in cal detail threatens to over New Hampshire. A murder ASCIT wi ll also be holding Junger writes th at he was so general and swordfishing in whelm the plot and poetry is is, of course, committed and it 's annual Halloween pany. fascin ated by the news ar particular that bogs this part ali en to the prose. The last Thatc her is drawn in again st This year th e party wi ll be held ticles that he set out for the down; important I guess, but of these I th ought was the hi s will by an overenthusi on the second fl oor of Winnett. home of the drowned sailors only int er esting if tha t 's greatest loss. Numbers and astic friend. One of the re Partially funded by the GSC, the with nothing more than a your sort of thing. The lat statistics simply cannot con freshing aspects of this se party will sport two ro oms, vagu e idea that thi s was ter part of the book is dedi vey the awesomeness that a ri es is the author's ability to seven dj's, and a bar (ID is reo something that he wanted to cated to the storm arod every storm like that must have draw the reader though all quired.) The party starts at 9:00 write about. His dedication thing that the author says held and I felt cheated that sorts of wild possibilities p.m. to staying complete ly fac about what happens on th at th e writer would not let me and the n present a solution SEDS is hosting a movi tual gives the story credibil boat from this point on is be overwhelmed. My other that is very basic and abso night in the sub-basement 0 ity that the average "based pure conj ecture and mostl y problem was in hi s inclina lutely beli evable. Pick Up Moore. Movies scheduled to be on true events" novel lacks, m ade up of descriptions of ti on to talk about dreams Sticks loses it a bit in this shown inc lude War of the but at times it detracts from other boats in other storms. that people had had "predict area; the end lost me a bit . Worlds , Alien, Dead Alive, and the storytelling and allows This distance keep s the ing" the deaths and the cre but I was having so muc h Army of Darkness. The movies the reader to remain de- reader from forming any sort dence given to the paranor- fun I didn ' t care. are free and begin at 7:00 pm. (not in credit cards) IntrodUCing the New American Express· Credit Card for Students. Live for today. Build for tomorrow. Th e New American Express Credit Card for Students is a resource you ca n depend on. With benefits like big airfare savings, free credit information, and no annual fee, it'll help you get the most from your student years - and help you build a solid financial foundation for the future. bl{}{}8 CA 77N U TO APPLV ~ At ~--- Cards The California Tech .. FEATURES October 30, 1998 11 Pleasantville explores clash between '50's ideals and '90's reality by Justin Ho very strange night when their completely place this town on the Sue swap, the roles of Bud and philosophical, the movie main boob tube show times conflict, verge of chaos, and aptly attempts Mary Sue are inadequate. Mr. tains a hilarious spoof of the nos Pleasantville they get zapped into an episode to persuade Jenn to do nothing to Johnson at the soda shop can't set talgic feelings we often associate Iustin's Rating: *** (I/Z) of a ' Pleasantville' marathon, change the course of events of the the plates for customers because with the '50s. Writer-director Rated PG-13 for implied sexual courtesy of an old geezer TV re repeat episodes. The little world Bud is late, and the not-sa-hor Gary Ross produces a fairly even ity and use of cutesy words pair man played by Mayberry's they're in now is not a Hollywood monally charged Skip can't get balance of gravity and levity as own Don Knotts. set- it's a real thing, full of books his basketball shot anymore since the town gives way to an inevita There's this universe known For David, this is the ultimate with no writing in them, and Mary Sue rejected him a first bly deeper understanding of a as '50s television, and much like experience. He's watched the classes that don 't teach anything time. Dad Robert Parker still world outside conformity. achild's belief that the world was show so many times that he can but the geography of main street. comes home at the regular hour Even Jennifer, born and black and white when he/she sees match head to head each word It's an everyday run-of-the mill with "Honey, I'Tn home" but raised on the confining virtues of a black and white photo for the every character says, since every town devoid of thought, with no slowly, the newcomers' failures to peer pressure, accepts this surreal first time, the denzens of this par day is part of some episode he's one objecting to the fact that they live up the providential script world devoid of modern accou allel world think the world is black seen. By taking the place of Bud, are very black-and-white. changes the very nature of the re trements, and stays rather than and white too. The only problem the darling son of the Parker fam While David attempts to re pressed town. return to the slut lifestyle she left is, they're right. So their world ily and Pleasantville viewers ev member Bud's routine, Jennifer Jennifer, ever the trampy mis behind. David, though, decides to doesn't have technicolor, so what? erywhere, he's been given the lounges around, ever indignant of tress, even introduces sensuality return to the world of the '90s to They have safe sex, which is none . chance to have everything go her nerd ville existence, and al to the repressed teens of face another day, having single at all, and no one's even heard of right. There's no STD crisis, and ways willing to tum this sugary Pleasantville, in the hope that handedly burst the bubble of his CFC's or global warming. Happy the chance of getting a job over avalon into something with a little "maybe these people don't want illusory happy '50s world. In a teenagers win science contests for the next four years while he'll be more modern upswing. Besides, to be geeks all their lives" much reminiscent Truman Show mo having the swellest projects,and in college is not decreasing. The her skin fmally cleared up, and the to David's chagrin. The citizens ment, the inhabitants of this girls are ever so comfy in poodle home basketball team never most popular guy in school actu slowly covet things and feel maybe-not-so-pleasant-anymore skirts and sweater sets. Awkward misses a basket, and the awkward ally noticed her, only to have things they never knew existed, Pleasantville have to ask them behavior? Don't pin a girl until phase of adolescence, as glossed some Alice in Wonderland mo thanks to the perks of introduc selves, ''What happens nextT' . the third or fourth date, and by over by contemporaries "Father ment and fall through the TV for ing pop-culture-savvy David and The acting is richly deserv pinning, that's giving her your Knows Best" or "Leave it to Bea a blast to shades of grey. She's an Jennifer. Sexuality is one of them, ing of some merit, especially Joan class pin, not a eupemism for the ver" is non-existent. There is angry chica with no reason to do and mirroring these changes is the Allen (Ice Storm, Crucible, horizontal polka. Also, there's never one less apple than students the Stepford mom thing. presence of color. The town trars Nixon), and William Macy nothing as keen as a double first on a teacher's desk, and the fire TIle key to the toWn lies in mutes- first a red rose, then the (Fargo), as the confounded par name- Betty Jane, Linda Anne, men always have enough time to the conformity to a routine which defeat of the basketball team, and ents of temporally displaced Mary Sue ... oh baby. rescue a kitty from the tree since the creators of the show had then fire. The books start to write David/Bud and Jennifer/Mary Now, back to once upon a no one's ever seen fire. wanted, and which rendered each themselves as they question for Sue. There is, ofcourse, the awe time. David (Tobey Maguire) is a For shopaholic twin sister inhabitant devoid of free will, yet the first time, and their vocabu some element of blending black greasy-haired awkward 90's ado Jennifer, the life is a nightmare. inherently "pleasant". Besides, no lary turns less peachy keen. and-white images with color, lescent from the non-cool side of She can hardly go on a date with one needs to do anything differ The existence of color, of without using the visual effects to theuterus. His twin sister's a slut out bra stuffing, and without hav ent if their routine is suitable and choice, and of the increasingly cover up plot or character devel in-training. One basks in the uto ing seen an episode, she is lost in complementary to the town prevalent perplexities as the ev opment. The movie is also en pia that is '50s television, and the this delusional, happy world. kharma anyway. But in this ver ery-day routine breaks down dowed with an amazing other is a wannabe MTV sincaid. David quickly realizes that any sion of the real thing, with the gives beauty to this world of black soundtrack, and is richly deserv They never get along, but on a deviation from the script will BudfDavid and JenniferlMary and white. Yet, while still being ing of a 3 I/Z star rating. Lehman Brothers cordially invites undergraduates to attend an information session on career opportunities in Sales, Trading, Research & Origination Monday, November 16, 1998 at 4:00 p.m. Student Activities Center Room 13 12 October 23, 1998 The California Tech ( Mints ) sons-Gates 010) if you are an inter Trek, Transformers. and G.!. Joc. and South Ameri ca. and the Middle contest for full -t ime undergraduate national postdoc, professor, re Admission for earl y buyers is $ 10.00. East. Scholarships are not available juniors and senio rs in colleges and Announcements searcher, or staff member. general ad mission is $5.00. Over 150 for study in Western Europe, Canada, uni versities throughout the United vcndors wi ll be present. For more in Australi a. and New Zealand. Sopho Slates. 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The Elie will last approximately 2 hours (re Canaan and Israel," a public ar $8,000 per semester and $ 16.000 per Wiesel Foundati on for Humanity, 450 freshments will be served) and par The AIDS Service Center, located cheological symposium wi ll take academic year. The campus appli Lexington Avenue, Suite # 1920, New ticipants will receive gift cenificates. at 1030 S. Arroyo Parkway, Pasadena, plaec on Saturday November 7, 1998 cation deadline for the 1999-2000 York, NY 10017. No FAX submis· Deb; Tunle. a Caltech alum and in gives free anonymous HIV testing from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the academic year is January 25, 1999. sions will be accepted. Entries must tern in the CDC. will conduct the fo every Monday evening from 6:00 pm Skirball Cultural Center. Eight arche Tum all materials into the Fellow be postmarked by Jan uary 22, 1999, cus groups. lf you are interested in to 8:00 p.m. Walk-in are welcome ologists and scholars will entertain ships Advising Office, Room 25 of or be delivered to the Foundation of. voicing your opinion and making a but appointments are preferred. Call questions and share discoveries. the SAC. All applicants must un fi ce by 5:00 p.m .. Ianuary 22. 1999. difference, please email Debi at 888-448-9242. Tickets are $80 and $40 with a stu dergo an endorsement inlerview with (UFA) [email protected] or call the CDC dent rD. For reservations. ca ll 323- Lauren Stolper, Director of Fellow at x626 I. 660-8587. ships Advising Appli cations will be Chela Financial is pleased to offer avai lable in Fellowships Advising by 150 scholarships of $1,000 each to The Literature Faculty is pleased to Events The Distinguished Speaker Series mid-October. Additional informati on help students reduce their loan indebt. announce the 53rd Annual continues wi th Governor Mario on preferred geographi c regions. lan edness for the 1998-99 academic McKinney Competition. The Mary Cuomo on Monday, 16, 1998 at 8:00 guages, and fields of study and ap year. Three students wi II be nomi· A. Earl McKinney Pri ze is awarded Hallowet"n Party! All members of p.m. at the Pasadena Civic Audito plication procedures can be found al nated from Caltcch. Applicants muSl each year for excellence in writing. Ihe CaJtech community are invited to rium. For information, call the Pasa http://www.iie.org/nsep (FAR) have a minimum $2,625 outstanding Only full-time students officially reg the annual Prufrock House Hallow dena C ivic Box Office at 626-449- loan balance. be enrolled at least half. istered at Caltcch as undergraduates cen Party (373 S. Wilson), starting at 7360. NSF. Applications for the NSF are lime, must demonstrate financial are eligible to enter the compel ition. 8:00 pm on October 31. Costumes avail able in Fell owships Advising or need. and have a 3.0 or above GPA This year, prizes wi ll be given in three are strongly encouraged. This event The Toy Train Operating Society on the Web at http:// as of October I. 1998. To apply. sub categories: poetry, prose fiction, and is sponsored by the Division or Biol will be holding an open house at the wWIl¥Iast/ane.lIs/gov. Click o n Ihe mil a current academic transcript, cur· non-fiction essays. All submissions ogy. For more information, coni act Exhibition Building of the Pasadena GRFPicon. The appli cation submis re nt resume. and personal statement must be typewritten and double prufrock@its. Cenl er, Sunday, November J 5, 1998 sion deadline is November 5. U.S. to th e Financial Aid Office. The spaced. Include your address and from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Gen citizenship or pennanenf residency deadline is October 30, 1998. ( UE~ ) phone number. In the poetry cat Cancer is Scary! a panel on breast -eral admission is $5.00. Featured will required. (FAR) egory, entrants may submit up to three caner wi ll take place at Snips First be hundreds of tables filled with The Cal tech Financial Aid Office is poems. Submissions of prose fi llion Ave. Salon, in Arcadia on October 3 J, model trains from throughout the cen Attention Senior Women and Mi proud to introduce a new link 011 our should nol exceed 12 ,000 words. 1998 from 9:00 a.m. 10 2:00 p.m. tury. For morc infonnation, call 818- nority Seniors. All female and mi website cal led the Financial Aid Essays may be ones prepared for a Featured will be medical profession 888-0603. norit y seniors seeking to pursue doc News. 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Contestants should submit their a Robert R. Wark Art History Lec from 6:00 p.m.-IO:OO p.m. ·and Oc Physical Sciences. Applications are (UFA) work to Professor Jenijoy La Belle, ture, will be gj,ven by Judith A. Bar tober 3 1st from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 available at ht1p://www.npsc.org. The Division of the Humanities and So ter, the field-McCormick Curator of p.m. It will be held at the Red Cross application deadline is November 5. For information on the listed/ello \\'· cial Sciences, 101-40, by no later than the American Arts allhe Art Institute Headquarters, 430 Madeline Drive in Applicants must be U.S. citizens wirh ships, assistance with essays, for April 2, 1999. Sorry, no entries will of Chicago, on Thursday November Pasadena (comer of Orange Grove a minimum 3.0 GPA. (FAR) clarification of questions, contact: be returned. Each category will be S, 1998 at 7:30 pm. Admission to the Boulevard & Madeline Drive). judged by a committee from the Lit lecture is free. 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Applications are W be tact [email protected] contact Prof. La Belle, extension Jewish Museum and fonner U.S, Sec Applications for National Security completed and sent to: The Southern Code 040-058 by lIoon on the Mon· 3605, or Barbara Estrada, x3609. retary of the Treasury, Michael Education Program (NSEP) under California Chapter of Women in day prior to its inclusio". Submis Blumenthal will take place Thursday, graduate scholarships are currenlly Cable & Telecommunications, clo sions mu,S·t be brief alld concise. GREEN CARD LOTTERY BE November 5, 1998 at 7:30 p.m. at the available for study abroad in summer Pamela Drake, Avenue TV Cable Ser Please do flOt send Mints in difficult GINS IN OCTOBER! The instruc Skirball Cultural Center. TI ckets are 1999, fall 1999, and spring 2000. vice, Inc., PO Box 1458, Ventura, formats like binhex or word docu· tions for the 2000 Diversity Immi $8 for general admission and $6 for Scholarships are available to U. S. California, 93002. The deadline is ment, . rtf and ASCII are best. The grant Visa Lottery have been an students. For tickets call 323-660- citi zens enrolled at two- and four-year December 3 1, 1998. (UFA) editors reserve the right 10 edit and nounced. The dates for this lottery 8587. institutions who wi sh to study abroad abridge all material. Solicitations are Octobcr 1 through October 31, in critical world areas in Africa, Asia, The Elie Wiesel Foundation far Hu will be referred fo the business man· 1999. Nationals of China (mainland The 1998-1999 Metrop.. litan Opera Eastern and Central Europe, Latin manity sponsors an annual essay ager. and Taiwan, except Ho ng Kong National Council Western Regional S.A.R.), India, the Philippines, South Audtions finals wiJ be held at Bovard Korea, Vietnam, United Kingdom Auditorium on the USC campus on THE CALIFORNIAllCH (except Northern Ireland) and its de Saturday November 7, 1998 at 7:00 pendent territories, Poland, Colom p.m. Tickets are $25 each and may Cal tech 40-58 bia, Dominican Republic, El Salva be orders by calling the USC Cultural Pasadena, CA 91125 dor, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico and Events Ticket Office at 213-740- Canada are not eligible for [he pro 7111. gram. To pick up a copy of the proce The Toyrific Antique & Collectible dures on how to apply for this Lot Toy Show will be held Sunday No tery, please stop by the International vember 15, 1998 from 9:00 am to Students Programs office (Lloyd 4:00 pm at the Pasadena Center, 300 House, Oli ve Walk) if you are an in East Green Street. There will be over ternational student, or the Faculty and 150 vendor !ables with toys and col Postdoctoral Scholars Office (Par- lectibles, including Star Wars, Star