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Dodger Day Set for June 21 Science Under The u. en 1- 1- u. en 1- The campus community biweekly April 3, 2003, vol. 3, no. 7 Dodger Day Science under the sun set for June 21 Once again, the Institute is taking the entire community out to the ball game. The sec­ ond annual Caltech-JPL Dodger Day will take place this year on Saturday, June 21, when the boys in blue face off against the Astronomers detect 2002 world champion Anaheim Angels. For just $8 per person, Caltech and gamma-ray bursts JPL community members, their families, and friends can enjoy a full day of activi­ Scientists "arriving quickly on the scene" ties. A special pregame carnival tailored of an October 4 gamma-ray burst have to kids will begin at 11 a.m., with wall announced that their rapid accumulation climbing, slides, clowns, and face paint­ of data has provided new insights into ing. When the game starts at 1:10 p.m., the exotic astrophysical phenomenon. Institute spectators will enjoy having the For the first time, researchers have seen entire right-field pavilion to themselves. ongoing energizing of the burst afterglow According to Dlorah Gonzales of Hu­ fo r more than half an hour after the initial man Resources, "Hundreds of Caltech explosion. and JPL folks had a great time last year, The findings support the "collapsar" and I heard a lot of comments about how model in which the core of a star 15 times people enjoyed the day." This year, about more massive than the sun collapses into 3,300 tickets will be available, and the a black hole whose spin, or magnetic first 2,300 tickets sold will include a fields, may be flinging material like a voucher for a free Dodger cap, courtesy slingshot into the surrounding debris. of the Caltech Credit Union, which is Several observatories operating in cosponsoring the event. tandem enabled the observation, by far Tickets will go on sale on April 14 at the most detailed to date. The blast was the Public Events ticket office, the Tech initially detected by NASA's High-Energy Express, the Caltech Bookstore, and Hu­ Transient Explorer (HETE) satellite, and man Resources; at the JPL store and the Hundreds of middle-school girls from throughout Southern California attended the Sally Ride Science fast-thinking researchers worldwide be­ Credit Union office at JPL; and at the main Festival at Caltech last Saturday. Here, girls construct models of molecules using beads and rods at gan using ground-based robotic tele­ Caltech Credit Union office, 528 Foothill one of the many exhibits sponsored by Caltech, JPL, and aerospace companies. scopes. The results were reported in the Boulevard, La Canada Flintridge. For more March 20 issue of Nature. information, call Human Resources cus­ "If a gamma-ray burst is the birth cry tomer service at (626) 395-3300. of a black hole, then the HETE satellite • has just allowed us into the delivery A Swiss film fest Get balance at Health room," says Caltech postdoctoral scholar and Worklife Fair in astronomy Derek Fox, the paper's lead Caltech has long been known for its sci­ author. He discovered the afterglow, or Caltech chess entific advances, but it's also a leader in Caltech's upcoming Health and WorkLife glowing embers of the burst, using the hosting significant cultural events. Begin­ Fair will feature many more activities and 48-inch Oschin Telescope at Caltech's team triumphs ning April 11 and continuing through attractions than the average health fair. Palomar Observatory. May 23, the Division of the Humanities Members of the Caltech community will see Gamma-ray, page 6 After a victory over MIT in their Internet and Social Sciences will offer a rare op­ have a chance to get free cholesterol match on March 2, Caltech's fledgling portunity to see the work of Xavier Koller, counts, body-fat measurements, and chess team, bearing the suitably techie one of Switzerland's most renowned other indicators of health. Community name of "CALTECHnically Won," tri­ filmmakers. members will also be able to get free Invention could give umphed over other regional winners to Although Switzerland may not enjoy as massages and even a chance to scale a gain the U.S. Amateur Team Chess Cham­ eminent a position in film history as other 60-foot climbing wall. All this will take optics more power pionship. The win gives Caltech "the most European countries, one ofthe most fa­ place on Friday, April 11, from 11 a.m. to prestigious team chess championship title mous directors of the French New Wave, 2 p.m. in and around the Winnett Center. Four hundred years ago, a scientist could in the United States," according to fresh­ Jean-Luc Godard, was actually born and There will also be a blood drive in peer into one of the newfangled optical man Patrick Hummel, the club's president. raised in Switzerland. In fact, not only have Winnett lounge from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. microscopes and see microorganisms, but The matches were played on the U.S. the Swiss earned more Nobel Prizes and The event has been designed to ad­ nothing much smaller. Nowadays, a scien­ Chess Federation's online server. registered more patents per capita than any dress aspects of life that affect overall tist can look in the latest lens-based optical The triumphant team consisted of other nation, their culture also offers a rich health and wellness, from exercise and microscope and also see, well, microor­ postdoc Wei Ji (Whee Ky) Ma, freshman mosaic of Italian, French, and German influ­ nutrition to bicycle safety and stress. ganisms, but nothing much smaller. The Eugene Yanayt, junior Graham Free, and ences in a beautifully rugged landscape. "The idea is to give the students and limiting factor has always been that it is a freshman Howard (Zhihao) Liu, all of them Xavier Koller was born in the canton of staff the skills, tools, and information to fundamental property of the wave nature members of the Caltech Chess Club. Schwyz in 1944, and studied precision tool­ incorporate a lot of what we're trying to of light for images of objects to be fuzzed The club was founded at the beginning making before graduating from the Acad­ encourage about health," says Jane out when those objects are much smaller of the 2002-03 academic year by Hummel, emy of Drama in Zurich. Working as an Curtis, Caltech's health educator and than the wavelength of the light illuminat­ Ma, Yanayt, and Free. Lectures by Hummel, actor in television and the theater, Koller event cochair. ing them. This has hampered the ability to who is a master player, have attracted a lot directed his first movie in 1969, the award­ Curtis, along with cochairs April White make and use optical devices smaller than of interest, and the club has grown to a winning, experimental short film Fanny and Janice Black from the Staff and Fac­ the wavelength. But a new technological membership of 49. Early this year, teams Hill. In 1991, he won the Oscar for Best ulty Consultation Center and Sue Fried­ breakthrough at Caltech could sidestep from the club began to prove themselves Foreign Language Film for Journey of man from the Residence Life Office, this longstanding barrier. with strong results in competition against Hope (Reise der Hoffnung) and enjoys an see Health fair, page 6 see Invention, page 6 see Chess club, page 2 ongoing relationship with Hollywood. see Xavier Koller, page 6 2 Caltech 336, April3, 2003 Jazz up your Chess club, trom page 1 other teams. The ambitious group won the weekend U.S. Amateur Team West Chess Champion­ ship over the President's Day weekend, which put them up against the other regional NewsBriefs Bring a blanket and picnic basket to cam­ champs in the finals. pus on Saturday, April 12, and enjoy a spring afternoon of Latin-tinged jazz at The intervening win over MIT prompted praise from President David Baltimore, who the third annual Caltech Jazz Festival, wrote: "Patrick-1 am writing ... to con­ taking place from 3 to 6 p.m. in Dabney gratulate you and the rest of the team on Gardens. Latin percussionist Robertito your historic victory over MIT. Chess is a Melendez will be the special guest, join­ quintessentially Caltech sport and it is ter­ ing the Caltech Jazz Bands under the rific that in its first year, our team has done direction of William Bing. This event is so well." free. Refreshments will be available for a In the championship finals, Caltech ulti­ small fee. For more information, contact Caltech mately faced the team from the University Public Events at 1 (888) 2-CALTECH, of Texas at Dallas, which was ranked sec­ (626) 395-4652, or [email protected], ond in the country among collegiate chess teams. (The U.S. Amateur Team competi­ or visit www.events.caltech.edu. Indi­ tions are not limited to collegiate teams.) viduals with a disability can call 395-4688 (voice) or 395-3700 (TDD). Two early losses for Caltech meant that • players Free and Ma would have to win their games if they were to save the match. Free won using an advantageous endgame, while Ma gradually outplayed his opponent to tie the match at 2-2, forcing a playoff. Symposium to help Another tie forced a second playoff. make words matter The final playoff was the most dramatic match of all. With the score tied, it looked as if Ma might be forced to opt for a draw. Postponed after the February 1 shuttle Caltech figure skaters Kelly Martin, Olga Kowalewsky Schneider, Lara Pruitt, With less than 30 seconds remaining for tragedy, the Words Matter Science Writ­ and Emily Schaller took sixth place at the National Intercollegiate Figure each player, Ma found a sequence of Skating Championships in Denver last weekend.
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