The Tech [email protected] Volume CXVII Number 10 Pasadena, California tech.caltech.edu January 13, 2014 Caltech pulls off second Rose Bowl prank

-Julie Jester PARUL PUBBI prank, so we thought we’d merge With a location secured, work on then taped to the Pasadena sign so took charge of ensuring the lights Contributing Writer the two and pay homage to both.” the sign continued. that they would spell out “Caltech” worked. Car batteries were used It all started when Julie Jester, Caltech’s prank fund, which and excess lights were taped off. to provide the voltage necessary to The Caltech culture is an president of the Prank Club, alumni periodically donate to, The green strings of wire were then produce the effect. integral part of any Techer’s emailed potential recruits a week provided the $10,000 necessary painted white to match the sign. collegiate experience. It comes before construction began. Five for supplies. Christmas lights were Hannah Dotson of Dabney House Continued on page 3 as no surprise, then, that over a days before the championships, hundred undergrads across every the construction of eight 12 feet by house and class partook in the 20 feet frames started with a core largest-scale prank that Caltech has group of about 20 people. Though seen this year. the initial plan was to build and On Jan 6th, just 5 minutes show the sign at the Art Center before halftime at the Bowl College of Design, the group Championship Series, the moment received word on the second day of truth arrived. High up on a hill of construction that the president overlooking the Rose Bowl, the of the Art Center had vetoed the pranksters watched as a crowd of use of the location. With the aid over 94,000 people bore witness of Tom Mannion, Vice President to a large Pasadena sign flashing for Student Affairs and the Prank CALTECH in orange lights. Club advisor, Professor emeritus “Pranking the Rose Bowl again Kip Thorne was brought into the was something we’d wanted to do scheme. Because Thorne’s home for a long time,” said Ricketts senior in Mirador Ranch had a hill Samantha Piszkiewicz. “We also overlooking the Rose Bowl, with really loved the Hollywood sign Thorne’s and the HOA’s approval, construction began at the site. “The key was when the Mirador Ranch HOA gave In this issue approval to let the students carry out the prank,” explained Mannion. “Then NEWS we knew we could carry New events from out the prank without any police shutting us down.” the Caltech Y -Julie Jester 3 News briefs from around the globe

FEATURE Helping readers burst out of the Caltech bubble Style tips for trav- elers 4 Need to know < 100 words about the world this week topics sorted from good to bad by The Tech Eds – FEATURE Medical research funded $11M given for research on biodegradable glue to replace sutures [CNN] Nailen reviews

Wig Out at Jag- Chinese to ban smoking 32 Chinese cities will ban smoking in public by the end of the year [CNN] bags 5 MLB lowers suspension 162-game suspension imposed on A-Rod, less than the original 211 [ABC]

Yelp posts questioned 7 Yelp reviewers ordered to be revealed by court for investigation [CNN] SPORTS Caltech fenc- Christie causes traffic 4-day traffic jam in Sep. found [ABC] ing competes at to be caused by NJ governor’s aides College athletes tested 60 percent of surveyed college athletes read at 4th-8th grade level [CNN] Stanford 7

Ariel Sharon passes 85-year-old former Israeli prime minister passes away after coma [NYT] ews 2 January 13, 2014 N THE CALIFORNIA TECH

ASCIT Minutes* Food with Mannion! *(Since there was no meeting during the break) ASCIT Board of Directors Meeting Do you like eating food? Minutes for November 19, 2013. Taken by Catherine Jamshidi How about free food at nice restaurants? Officers Present: Zach Rivkin, Connor Coley, Malvika Verma, Connie Hsueh, Ever want to tell the world exactly what you think of Michelle Tang, Catherine Jamshidi Guests: Connor Rosen, Margaret Lee said food? Call to Order: 9:05pm The Tech will be beginning a new column to chroni- President’s Report (Zach): • In my candidacy statement from April, I advocated for student leadership cle the foodie experiences of new writers every other to take a level headed approach with the administration and focus on week...The Catch: They’ll be going head-to-head with increasing student mental health resources. The process has usually been successful, and the most recent and largest accomplishment is an evening Tom Mannion who will be reviewing the same restau- hours pilot program. After half a year of civil discussions with Kevin rant. If you have ever thought you were more of a gour- Austin, Leslie Nye, Tom Mannion, Anneila Sargent, John Dabiri, plus many other invaluable participants, along with a recent hardline mand than our resident master chef, now’s your chance passionate Faculty Board presentation, a limited evening hours trial will go into effect until the end of this academic year. This is an incredible to prove it! step forward for the Caltech safety net and auspiciously points towards a Email us for a spot on the list at [email protected] positive shift in relations between students and student affairs. I hope to see further improvements during the next half of ASCIT’s term and in the years ahead. Significant thanks goes to those mentioned above along with the student leadership, the Head UCCs, and especially to the IHC Chair Connor Coley for spending an innumerable number of hours and The California Tech offering constant support through the entire process. • Club funding has been completed. • The ASCIT retreat and midyear reviews occurred. Survey responses were Caltech 40-58, Pasadena, CA 91125 advertising e-mail: [email protected] Write very helpful for framing discussions and supplying appropriate feedback. editorial e-mail: [email protected] Officer’s Reports: • V.P. of Academic Affairs (ARC Chair: Malvika): Editors-in-Chief Jonathan Schor articles for o Meeting with Provost Online Education Committee Stanford Schor . Flipped classroom vs. online courses . News Editors Faculty don’t want to dumb down standards Neera Shah . Concrete proposal: CS0 Nehaly Shah the Tech o The second Student-Faculty Lunch was this past Thursday. We have Photography Editor continued to see a large amount of interest in this program from Alex Hsu both students and faculty. o The ARC is interested in adding a compliments section to the ARC Concern Box on Donut. • V.P. of Non-Academic Affairs (IHC Chair: Connor): o The IHC is working with Jon Webster and Dining to enter nutrition information of food options. If you’re interested in helping us with data entry (for some money), send me an email. We’ll likely begin

Staff around winter break. Brad Chattergoon o Invite your professors to your house dinner! It’s a great way to get to Nailen Matschke Shannon Wang know them in a non-academic context. • Director of Operations (Connie): o Remember that you can still register a new club anytime! Apply at clubs.caltech.edu • Treasurer (Monica): o We finished Club Funding and I will be publishing the breakdown of the 2013-2014 budget on Donut. • Social Director (Michelle): o The Ice House comedy show event will likely be made a termly event. o Page Interhouse: Daft Punk was this past weekend. o The Wallpaper. concert will be Friday, December 6th, at 9PM on Bechtel Mall (just west of Millikan). . There will probably be an after-party (details to follow) with a Circulation Manager Snap Yourself! Photo booth. Michael Paluchniak • Secretary (Cat): Advisor Richard Kipling o Connor Rosen and I have created a follow-up survey to gauge trends in feedback on the student experience. It should take no more than 5

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Each of the 8 boards for the letters was split in half to drive it to location in a truck. Actually setting up the frames, however, proved far more difficult than originally anticipated. “The hill was near a 60 degree incline, and we had sixteen massive signs to carry up,” Jester elaborated. “When we initially saw the space I was really skeptical about how we could conceivably get everything up there.” Talia Minear, a Blacker House freshman, explained the process by which the signs were set up: “We rigged up a really excellent pulley system to get it up half way, with people on harnesses as a counterbalance.” Minear continued, “My favorite part was rappelling down the hill to hoist the letters up. It still took us eight hours to hoist it and about ten more to assemble everything once we were there.” On the day of the game, the lights went on as planned. What wasn’t planned, however, was the difficulty in keeping the lights flashing. As Piszkiewicz explained, “There were a lot of technical difficulties because the inverters were really bad. Batteries that were supposed to last for several hours only held for significantly less than that. We had to be really innovative.” In order to maximize how long the batteries lasted, only some lights were used: patterns were flashed such as “Cal” and then “Tech”; or each letter in a sequence. The hundred Techers that showed up at the Rose Bowl throughout the day took batteries from their cars at the bottom of the hill and used them to maintain the power. “For scientific progress, you need a little bit of rebellion at times,” says Piszkiewicz. “There are a lot of crazy ideas that people try to shoot down. Caltech teaches us to be creative–to consider those ideas, work together, and follow through.”

Top: A group of the Rose Bowl pranksters pose with Professor Kip Thorne (center, wearing a hat) on whose property the sign was erected.

Bottom: A full view of the Pasadena/ Caltech sign. -Julie Jester eature THE CALIFORNIA TECH 4 January 13, 2014 F Brad/Chad Couture: A guide for traveling in style BRAD CHATTERGOON Your shirt choice: Go with a Duffel bags have a masculine feel to As before, Contributing Writer comfortable button down. I like them and are much easier to carry recall airport to go with a solid color shirt in a around without compromising security lines so Happy New Year and welcome classically masculine color like much in the way of packing space. avoid anything back to the new term! I hope that blue or grey (black is a little bit Determine the size that is right that has straps, you guys are refreshed and ready to strong for a casual activity like for you, as larger duffels might be buckles or other get to work on what I’m sure will be flying); other colors are great, excessive for a person who does impediment to another term of sacrifice, sleepless too, but try to keep the feeling of not take much on-board with him. removal. Keep it nights, and lots of crying over how the color casual by picking lighter Duffels take up less space in the simple. much work we have to do… ok, shades or going with pastels. overhead bin so it’s much more maybe that crying part might be likely to find a spot for your bag Outerwear: just me. Shoes: I know that you might and smaller duffels can easily fit Blazers with the To kick things off I want to be tempted to go with flip-flops or below the seat in front of you. sleeves slightly talk about what to wear when trainers but I recommend against rolled are an traveling, since we’ve all just been it. A seasoned well-styled traveler LADIES: amazing choice. traveling this might be a good time pairs his outfit with either sneakers (The following was written A cardigan also to potentially review our clothing for a very casual, low-effort look or assuming knowledge of the works wonders. choices. a pair of loafers for a more business- preceding portion of the article.) ready appearance. Do remember Bottoms: Feel free to swap Carry-on: Opt GENTS: that airport security lines require out denim for leggings but resist for the carry-on Let’s start with your choice of removal of shoes so pick footwear the urge to don the yoga pants. sized rollaboard pant: The duration of a flight is with this in mind. Airplanes are cold and this ain’t and a tote, as spent mostly being seated and, if the gym. these are two lucky, sleeping. Outerwear: For guys there is very feminine This means that it is important only one desirable piece of clothing: Tops: As usual you have a bit items to travel that whatever is on your lower a blazer. The blazer is great for more freedom in this department. with. half better be breathable and travel. It offers a great addition A fun tee or a vest top, either paired Remember comfortable. to your silhouette and pockets. with a scarf, are great options. If in that traveling For some this means sweatpants Oh, the pockets. They are perfect doubt, a fitted button down will not can be a stressful but sweatpants are the lazy man’s for holding your headphones, fail to contribute to a great travel time, so try approach to travel and do not passport and boarding pass. They outfit. to relax, stay come off as stylish. I recommend a also allow you to avoid using hydrated, and trim fitting pair of jeans with 2% your jean pockets for even more Shoes: Again, avoid flip-flops if you tend to spandex/elastin. These give you comfort. and trainers; also add heels to that drool when you the style that contributes to a put- list. Boots are good, boat shoes sleep, it’s only A Techer models a trim fitting and comfortable pair together look after a long flight Carry-on: If you can, ditch are also nice, and I’m a big fan of fair to warn your of jeans along with neutral-toned shoes and a Bret- while still providing all the comfort the rollaboard in favor of a duffel a girl in ballet flats with a brightly neighbors. Safe ton-striped shirt. that you would want. bag as your single carry-on item. colored toe. travels! -Jonathan Schor The Caltech Blind Dating Service offers new experiences CALTECH BLIND much more to life! That is when people meet up at a specified time additional information you think Former clients have said: DATING SERVICE the Caltech Blind Dating Service to get some sort of food or drink. will help our matching process. “I got lost, but I was found and comes in. We offer free matching These people may be acquaintances, Finally, please give the name of a got to star in a movie.” Sometimes life presents us with and organization of blind dates for but they will not run in the same person you would like us to use for “I will definitely do this again!” clear choices, but often it takes all undergrads that pass a simple circles. For our service, we will flip more information about you. “Why did I agree to do this? searching and help from others. At safety screen. Not only do you a coin to determine who will pay We will confirm yourWell it was fun…” Caltech, we often get stuck in small get to meet someone new, but for the date, but if you are morally application within 48hrs of your “That was freaking AWESOME!” bubbles, surrounded by the same you also get to dress nicely, have against this you may state so in email, and notify you within two So send an email, and let us do people doing the same things. fun, explore Pasadena, and meet your application. weeks if we find a match. After the rest. When looking for friends and a nice guy or girl with no hidden What do you need to do? Send arranging a blind date, we will significant others, we are often expectations! an email to [email protected] provide optional tips for success. Lots of love, limited by our major, house, What is our definition of a blind with your name, age, favorite book, Remember, this is a fun experience sports teams, etc. But there is so date? 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Contact the Counseling Center if you have any questions. (626) 395-8331 THE CALIFORNIA TECH eature F January 13, 2014 5 Wig Out At Jagbags proves to be predictable NAILEN MATSCHKE to make a statement or something a generally slower and quieter “The Janitor Revealed” has an about the A-D-Ds” amongst other Contributing Writer catchy or anything that usually sound. The ’s opener, undeniably catchy vocal part the lines. motivates bands to expand and “Planetary Motion,” gets off to a entire way through, and there Most of the middle of the is an artist push forwards. I have absolutely good start with a strong pulse, are some very well-constructed album is forgettable, with the most who may not be known be known no problem with this—I’ve been a contrast between shimmering high moments between them and musically interesting track being by name, but his work is almost member of several bands and I’ve notes on , and dark, heavily the guitars, clearly written by “Rumble At The Rainbo” which certainly familiar to many. As a messed around, writing songs by distorted riffs. The drums feel a someone who understands what includes a reggae-like section, founding member of California myself for myself, and the latter little weak, relatively quiet in the makes music sound good. To me, punk influence, and a bit more group Pavement, is less stressful and easy to see the mix and rarely doing anything but though, the song felt like it was energy in its lyrics, which seem like he toured as their singer and appeal of. However, that’s just not providing a backing for the song always building up to something, they might be tongue-in-cheek as one of their two guitarists, and what I’m looking for in my music, which sounds like it could have and then there was never actually Malkmus invites people to “come contributed the majority of the and so the majority of Malkmus’s in most cases been accomplished a loud chorus or really anything slam dancing with some ancient band’s songwriting from 1989 until work is a bit lost on me, with its with electronic drum loops. besides incredibly mellow alt- dudes” as they “are returning, they broke up in 1999. While they returning to [their] roots” since may not have quite the modern- “no one here has changed and no day following of other products of one ever will.” After that comes the decade’s scene such as Neutral “Chartjunk” which is altogether Milk Hotel and Of Montreal, they pretty generic light-rock, but do have a healthy cult following, masterfully composed so as to and their hit single “” make me enjoy these themes I have is still well known today. heard time and time again. After Pavement, Malkmus The last three songs of the album, immediately jumped into a solo “Scattegories,” “Cinnamon and career, forming The Jicks and Lesbians,” and “Surreal Teenagers,” releasing Stephen Malkmus in 2001. have relatively slow tempos but Since then, Stephen Malkmus and are in fact three of my favorites, the Jicks have released five : since the vocals actually take on (2003), Face The Truth some emotion, the instruments (2005), effectively use dynamics, and (2008), (2011), and all three have some seriously Wig Out At Jagbags, which released tight interactions between every on January 7, 2014. instrument, including acoustic Typically, Stephen Malkmus guitars. and the Jicks have remained fairly In the end, there is nothing close to traditional Pavement- really wrong with Wig Out At style music, opting for cleaner Jagbags. There are no bad songs; sound instead of the latter’s lo-fi they are actually all really solidly approach, but generally keeping put together. But the music never the meandering, light indie- and goes anywhere, never surprises alt-rock songs that are easy to digest you, never really does anything but not quite pop radio material. that Malkmus hasn’t before. Maybe The solo act nature of the group has I’m just too young to be in the allowed Malkmus to embrace some frame of mind to appreciate that, experimentation, introducing but I didn’t get much out of any prog-rock-like solos, time -http://www.indierock.co.nz/ but my first listen, try as I might. signature transitions, and other It goes almost unsaid that fans of elements not entirely expected predictable, easygoing structure Almost halfway through the rock. “Lariat” then demonstrates Pavement or ’90s lo-fi like Sebadoh in this style of music. However, I and sound that just doesn’t seem album, we get a solid groove with what makes up the majority of will probably enjoy this album, as can’t help but feel that this ability to convey much emotion. an insane amount of distortion, lyrical themes on this album, with might those of lower-key modern for him to “do whatever he wants” Wig Out At Jagbags, for the and a dual-guitar solo that sounds Malkmus (who is now 47 years old) indie outfits like Best Coast or even has led to a sort of stagnation in most part, follows this trend, like it could have come from a reminiscing on his youth, singing those partial to Wavves if they’re his songwriting where he’s just although it is a bit different from classic Weezer record. The next “We grew up listening to the music looking for something a little doing it for fun instead of trying the preceding Mirror Traffic, with two songs are also fairly enjoyable. from the best decade ever / Talkin’ calmer. Homeless caught in dangerously cold polar vortex SHANNON WANG bridge in negative degree weather an organizational nightmare to much—California’s workers had Cheap rent must be affordable Contributing Writer with nowhere else to go. We won’t provide shelter to the increasing their hours dropped from 130 a on minimum wage before there have to scramble for homeless homeless population. week to 129 a week. There are 168 can be a decrease in the homeless The polar vortex has not been shelters or churches when the ice What we must understand is hours in a week, so if the workers population. kind to the country. It has swept storms come, nor will we ever that we can’t fault the homeless worked 129 hours and slept for the This isn’t a call for students to over the land, freezing everything have to hope that we’ll be lucky for their current plight. It has been remaining hours, they would have act heroically; at this point, there in ice. A satellite pictures shows enough to find an exhaust vent if increasingly difficult to afford only been able to sleep for 5.6 hours is little we students can do for the eastern half of the US covered we are left out in the bitter cold. But housing. The National Low Income a day. They wouldn’t have had the the homeless on the other side of in white. The east coast, South, and nevertheless, we should know how Housing Coalition has produced time to find better jobs, go back to the country, aside from donating Midwest will find that they won’t those who are in such predicaments maps describing the number of school, or do anything to improve money to the Salvation Army and have a reprieve; there’s another cold feel, because they’re dying in our hours it takes for minimum-wage their quality of life if they wanted other charities. This also isn’t a blast coming. I understand that this country, a first-world country. workers in the US to afford a two- to afford rent. call for students to become social is far removed from our students’ The polar vortex has hit the bedroom unit at Fair Market Rent. If the relationship between rent justice activists; minimum wage is lives—perhaps it was of concern to homeless population hard. If A standard work week is 40 hours; and minimum wage continues to a political matter for the most part, the unfortunate students trapped three homeless people died of in 2012, Arkansas’ minimum-wage follow the current trend, many and I know that we rarely concern in the airports at the beginning hypothermia in Costa Mesa, CA workers had to work 66 hours a workers will soon find themselves ourselves with politics. That’s fine. of the week, but now that we’re all last year, then surely many more are week to afford rent. This was the joining the homeless. The costs of But there are also Techers who will back in southern California, we’ll dying in the frozen states. Indeed, lowest number on the map. In 2013, food, shelter, and clothing have be entering the economic sector, find ourselves forgetting that this the polar vortex has claimed at least the number of hours required for skyrocketed; the value of minimum who will be joining non-profit winter has been unusually cruel. 21 lives, and several of the victims the same workers to afford rent in wage has plummeted. Minimum organizations, who will be working After all, it feels more like summer were identified as homeless people Arkansas climbed to 70. wage is not the same as living in the public sector. We are and will than winter here; we’re enjoying who couldn’t make it to the shelters For most of the states, the wage, and even with the increases always be influential. There is much sunny weather in the 70s and 80s. in time. Even those who did manage numbers of hours required for at the beginning of the year, it is we can do to improve the world, not I think it’s fair to say that to secure a temporary haven from a worker on minimum wage to still insufficient. If the inflation of only through making scientific and most, if not all, of Caltech’s the cold did it with great difficulty; afford rent increased drastically; the cost of living greatly exceeds technological breakthroughs, but undergraduates—former, present, the shelters have been thrown into there were a few states in which the the increases in minimum wages, also through designing solutions and future—will never have to disarray and chaos as they get number of hours decreased, but then the increase of wages is largely to remedy our society’s ills and know how it feels to shiver under a increasingly crowded. It has been even so, the workers didn’t benefit symbolic and utterly useless. inefficiencies. eature THE CALIFORNIA TECH 6 January 13, 2014 F Today’s Puzzle: Crossword

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For info on Caltech Public Events visit: www.caltech.edu/content/ public-events THE CALIFORNIA TECH ports S January 13, 2014 7 Beavers face stiff competition at Western Invitational GoCaltech Highlighting the event for the chipped in two individual wins had two victories in her Sabre WOMENS RESULTS Facing their best competition Beavers was the men’s 16-11 win during their respective weapons. bouts. Air Force 22, Caltech 5 (Epee to date, the Caltech fencing team over Florida. All three respective The women’s team had its 7-2, Foil 6-3, Sabre 9-0) traveled to the Western Invitational weapons won their bouts as Epee best showing in the event against MENS RESULTS Stanford 22, Caltech 5 (Epee on Saturday afternoon which was and Sabre both posted 5-4 victories Florida as well. While the Gators Air Force 22, Caltech 5 (Epee 9-0, Foil 5-4, Sabre 8-1) hosted by Stanford. while Foil won 6-3. Matthew won 17-10, a handful of Beaver 8-1, Foil 6-3, Sabre 8-1) Northwestern 27, Caltech 0 The event featured one top 10 Jin continued his fine first-year fencers posted multiple win in Stanford 25, Caltech 2 (Epee, (Epee 9-0, Foil 9-0, Sabre 9-0) team (Northwestern University) campaign with a perfect mark in their respective weapons. Christina 8-1, Foil 8-1, Sabre 9-0) Florida 17, Caltech 10 (Epee as well two others (Stanford his three foil matches. In their three Meyer posted two wins in her three Caltech 17, Florida 10 (Epee 7-2, Foil 5-4, Sabre 5-4) University and Air Force Academy) bouts, Stan Schor (Epee), John epee bouts. Both Katie Fisher and 5-4, Foil 6-3, Sabre 5-4) UC San Diego 22, Caltech 5 who were just outside the national Christian (Epee), Harrison Miller Emila Hernandez won twice in UC San Diego 24, Caltech 3 (Epee 9-0, Foil 6-3, Sabre 7-2) rankings. (Sabre), Jon Schor (Sabre) each their Foil bouts while Sonia Kim (Epee 8-1, Foil 9-0, Sabre 7-2) Beavers open 2014 against Pomona-Pitzer, Occidental GoCaltech Kevin Yu placed third for the In their first meet of the Beavers in the 200 yard butterfly 2014 calendar year, the Caltech with a time of 2:04.39. Yu also swimming and diving team had finished third during the 100 a host of solid finishes against yard event by touching the wall at Pomona-Pitzer and Occidental. 0:54.37. Jacqueline Masehi-Lano The diving duo of Alex Place finished first in the 200 yard and Ben Grabowski had a fine butterfly with a time of 2:13.68. afternoon. Place won both the During the 100 yard butterfly one- and three-meter diving she placed second with a time of competition with scores 183.70 0:59.87 which was just 0:00.57 and 201.10 respectively. Grabowski away from winning the event. was just a few points behind Place The duo of Patric Eck and Chris in the one-meter with a score of Bradley scored points for the 178.80. Je tallied 164.75 points in Beavers in the 200 yard freestyle. placing third during the three- Eck clocked a time of 1:52.60 to meter competition. place third, which was less than Next weekend Caltech hosts two seconds away from winning Whittier on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. the event, while Bradley’s time of and will also welcome Chapman 1:55.34 placed him fourth. and Mills from a Sunday tri-meet. Caltech swimmers compete in Claremont against Pomona-Pitzer and Occidental. -gocaltech.com Weekly Scoreboard

Women’s Basketball Men’s Basketball Men’s Basketball vs. Hamline (@ CMS) vs. Cornell at La Verne L, 90-58 Final L, 61-49 Final L, 62-52 Final

Women’s Basketball Men’s Basketball at La Verne Men’s Basketball vs. Ohio Northern L, 70-67 Final at Redlands L, 102-69 Final L, 82-69 Final

Women’s Basketball at Redlands Women’s Basketball L, 66-25 Final Men’s Basketball vs. Swarthmore vs. Cal Lutheran L, 97-80 Final L, 77-53 Final Women’s Basketball vs. Cal Lutheran L, 79-69 Final THE CALIFORNIA TECH umor H January 13, 2014 8

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