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DOUGLAS SMITH flow can tax the capacity ofa forming a turbulent tendril of gas Tschirhart and Jermyn share diverse as lubricating hard drives Caltech Media Relations supercomputer. that winds in an ever-tightening an interest in fluid mechanics. and extracting crude oil from Jermyn’s senior thesis models spiral around the pulsar as the “I think the biggest difference porous rocks. This article was originally how a pulsar — a between what Adam Both students took Ph 011, a published online at caltech.edu. type of celestial and I do is that he is course taught by the late Professor radio source that a theorist, and I am Thomas Tombrello. Tombrello Caltech seniors Adam Jermyn flashes as fast an experimentalist,” launched this class in 1989 to and Charles Tschirhart have been as a thousand Tschirhart said. encourage freshme0n to think named 2015 Hertz Fellowship times per second “Physicists pretend that creatively, and taught it annually winners. Selected from a pool of — disrupts the a fluid is a continuum until his death in September 2014. approximately 800 applicants, the atmosphere of of infinitely divisible This year, Jermyn and Tschirhart awardees will receive up to five a companion matter and thus doesn’t are helping teach it. “Ph 011 really years of support for their graduate star. Pulsars are have any ‘graininess’ to shaped the way I ask questions, studies. According to the Hertz neutron stars it.” But because atoms and I have Tom Tombrello to thank Foundation, fellows are chosen for — supernova and molecules do have for that,” Jermyn said. their intellect, their ingenuity and cinders that pack finite sizes, “once you “He pushed us to think about their potential to bring meaningful the mass of a get down to small things obliquely,” Tschirhart said. improvement to society. Jermyn couple of suns enough scales,” he said, “After I got over my initial nerves, and Tschirhart bring the number into a sphere “even water becomes I found myself enjoying [the two (From left) Charles Tschirhart and Adam Jermyn won Hertz fellow- of Caltech undergraduate Hertz roughly the size of ships, which will support them during their graduate studies. ‘grainy.’” The fluid rounds of Hertz interviews], which fellows to 60. Manhattan. The Photo Courtesy of Lance Hayashida becomes more viscous, made it much easier to answer the Jermyn, a physics major from spin imparted by as it takes effort to force questions creatively.” Longmeadow, Massachusetts, the supernova’s explosion and stolen material accretes onto its the grains past one another. Both plan to defer their Hertz works with so-called “emergent equally violent collapse creates a surface. For his senior thesis, Tschirhart doctoral fellowships while they phenomena,” which “is a broad beam of tightly focused radio waves. Tschirhart of Naperville, determined the nanoviscosity take advanced degrees in England. term referring to situations If a neutron star were “aimed” Illinois, is a double major in of silicone oil by measuring the Tschirhart will be attending the where we know all of the laws on at Earth, the beam’s fleeting applied physics and chemistry. thickness of a thin film of oil, University of Nottingham as a a fundamental level but where illumination would register as a His interests lie at the opposite smearing it even thinner with a Fulbright Scholar for one year, there are so many pieces working flash in our radio telescopes every end of the scale — in the world of stream of air and measuring its where he plans to develop new together that the consequences time it swept across us. Meanwhile, nanotechnology, where lengths thickness again. The thickness applications for atomic force aren’t known,” he said. For example, the pulsar’s intense gravity distorts are measured in nanometers, should decrease in a linear manner, microscopy, a powerful technique the basic laws governing fluid the companion star, creating a or billionths of a meter. In the but this doesn’t happen when the for “photographing” nanoscale mechanics are simple equations bulge on its surface. Like Earth’s summer of 2012, he was part of a layer gets thin enough. “These objects. Jermyn will be at the that relate such easily measured moon, the star’s rotation is tidally team that built nanoelectrodes — films aren’t much thicker than the University of Cambridge for quantities as density, velocity and locked, always presenting the same tiny silicon needles that penetrate a size of a molecule,” he said. “This two years as a Marshall Scholar temperature to one another, but side to its dominant neighbor. The cell wall without damaging the cell is where non-continuum effects investigating the processes by simulating the behavior of two companion star’s atmosphere gets to monitor the electrical activity show up.” These effects could affect which planets form around binary gases as they mix in a turbulent siphoned away, layer by layer, within. how engineers approach tasks as star systems. Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev found guilty CASEY HANDMER remotely near the marathon finish Hasan) and a few others, it seems implicated Tamerlan Tsarnaev in, wont to say, engineering security is Contributing Writer line 13 seconds apart. The brothers hints arising from the Tsarnaev a triple homicide that occurred in nontrivial. Two concrete examples evaded capture until a shooting on brothers’ not exactly stealthy Waltham, Massachusetts, on Sept. surrounding the bombing illustrate On April 6, surviving Boston April 18, 2013, followed by a final activities were either ignored or not 11, 2011. No further evidence has this. Marathon bomber Dzhokhar manhunt on April 19, 2013, four connected. Indeed, it was revealed emerged, however. In the first, some members of Tsarnaev was found guilty of all days after the bombing. that Russian intelligence services The number of Americans the online community reddit tried 30 counts, 17 of which may carry Dzhokhar Tsarnaev survived to had even warned the FBI about the killed and injured during terrorist to analyze social media to discover the death penalty. Nearly two years be captured, and was immediately Tsarnaev brothers. There is now an attacks over the last 30 years the identity of the bombers, since the April 15, 2013, bombing questioned for 16 hours. alarming disconnect between two pales in comparison and subsequent manhunt, which Subsequently read his Miranda types of home-grown terror attacks. to those killed in “Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s ultimate injured 280 and killed four, debate rights, the admissibility of prior In the first, a handful of disaffected vehicle accidents, rages over motive, law enforcement testimony is a matter of controversy. American citizens have successfully home shootings, fate, execution or life in prison, procedure, intelligence failures Despite a call for him to be tried as advanced plots to execution, often police shootings, rests on proving that Tamer- and the prospect of state execution. an enemy combatant, prominent harming or even killing American food poisonings, lan Tsarnaev was the prime legal scholars including Alan civilians. In the second, dozens of lightning strikes, actor and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev “Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Dershowitz successfully argued plots funded and instigated by paid livestock accidents, a partially-willing follower...” survived to be cap- that doing so would jeopardize the FBI informants have successfully as soldiers fighting case against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, entrapped financially desperate overseas, etc. The tured and was imme- as it has for many remaining and/or mentally ill men in hastily heightened violence diately questioned for Guantanamo Bay inmates, and the written anti-terrorism legislation. and mayhem combined with our possibly contributing to the suicide 16 hours.” federal court system was judged Naturally these “plots,” which free and open press serve to greatly of an ultimately innocent suspect. sufficient to handle Dzhokhar are actually exploiting society’s amplify the terror and horror, The court of public opinion poses a Tsarnaev’s case. weakest members for PR and pose which is precisely why violent real risk to the application of justice Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, and his Immediately following the no threat to security, have been extremist attacks against civilians even as well-meaning participants elder brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev, bombing, questions about handling disrupted “in the nick of time.” are so effective. try to leverage new technology. both ethnically Chechen Muslims, of intelligence were raised in In the investigation after the How our society responds In the second, parts of Boston autonomously built pressure the media. As in the cases of the Boston marathon bombings, to brazen but ultimately futile were put under lockdown for cooker bombs and planned the underwear bomber (Umar Farouk the FBI shot and killed Ibragim attacks such as these is largely almost the entirety of April 19, attack using al-Qaeda in the Abdulmutallab), the shoe bomber Todashev, a friend of the Tsarnaev an open question, as information 2013. It’s far from clear that such Arabian Peninsula’s online English (Richard Reid), the Times Square brothers, during an interrogation technology continues to redefine extreme action assisted the language glossy magazine Inspire. bomber (Faisal Shahzad), the 2009 in Florida. It has been suggested our systems of communication and The two bombs were detonated Fort Hood shooter (Nidal Malik that Ibragim confessed to, and interaction. As Bruce Schneier is Continued on page 3

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Last [email protected] or by phone at will be picking up trash along the or advocacy. need to have a medical referral year we operated at 98% occupancy 626-204-0400. Opinion THE CALIFORNIA TECH april 13, 2015 3 Shlohmo’s release Dark Red From the (Interim) President’s Desk: 12-term tuition policy is a slow but rewarding listen CONNOR ROSEN them to pay for additional terms of NAILEN MATSCHKE is that they are both solid entries old-school IDM lately, as the track’s Interim ASCIT President tuition. Contributing Writer to the tracklist without being that first half presents a lengthy chord The more dramatic effect of this representative of what Shlohmo progression carried by distorted Three years ago, a policy policy is that students enrolled Of the current, post-2000s has put out in the past. This is synths layered impressively requiring students to pay for 12 in fewer than 36 units no longer generation of electronic music continued on the third track, cohesively, and a beat that were it full terms of tuition, even if they receive a tuition reduction, even producers, Shlohmo has found “Buried,” which drifts around for not absurdly loud could be right off graduate early, was put into place. though students on financial aid will a way to stand out from the pack a while before the beat drops and a Boards of Canada record. I also Additionally, under this policy, have their aid reduced. On average, with tracks featuring disheveled the weeping melody kicks in, which love the way the wailing, horn-like students who take below a full-time almost 60 seniors on financial aid percussion and an apathetic for me was one of the album’s most lead on the second half of this track course load for any reason receive a underload each year — and all of atmosphere while maintaining memorable moments. However, cuts straight through the mix and reduction in financial aid, but not a those students will, starting next recognizable, memorable this song is almost seven minutes hits the listener hard. Other tracks corresponding reduction in tuition year, suffer financial consequences. melodies. With EPs released in long, and past a certain point it where Shlohmo experiments with — effectively charging students on It is especially unreasonable to 2009 and 2010, the Los Angeles- demonstrates Dark Red’s biggest various subgenres of electronic financial aid to underload. Overall, place an extra financial burden based producer first presented a flaw: a tendency to repeat the same music also tended to be solid, such this policy creates a severe financial on students who have financial sound that mixed hip-hop beats segments over and over in order as “Apathy (feat. D33J),” which I burden for students, and should be aid and who find themselves in with the malleable, unpredictable to squeeze out as much feeling as would go so far as to label witch repealed. these situations through no fault of instrumentals you might expect possible. house, or “Fading,” which by nature In the initial announcement of their own — a medical underload from a slowed-down Flying Lotus. It’s completely understandable of its vocal samples, incredibly dark this policy to the Faculty Board, could cost a student with financial His subsequent debut Bad Vibes that artists who have gone through and bass-heavy mix, and breakbeat there were three reasons cited for aid thousands of dollars under was then remarkably successful, rough times would use their music sounds like Untrue-era Burial as the implementation of this policy. this policy. While students may as the volume was dialed way back to help cope, and it’s tough to really a hip-hop producer. While the “(i) reports that students refused petition the dean and provost (for the most part) to longer tracks may tend to take recommended but non- for an exemption in “exceptional embrace an analog, to drag, the shorter required courses because of the circumstances,” they should not chillwave-esque ones don’t outstay their additional cost; (ii) the existence have to jump through hoops during haze swimming with welcome, and few sound of apparent attempts to ‘game’ what is already a stressful situation ambient noises. particularly alike so that the system by overloading so as to to avoid the financial consequences. Instead of ever- the album as a whole graduate early, to the detriment This policy creates a severe shifting rhythms, doesn’t have as much of of students’ education; and (iii) financial burden on high- however, Shlohmo’s a problem with variety as concern that students’ mental performing and low-income two solo EPs since one might expect. health may be adversely affected students to address a problem then have toyed with Dark Red definitely by pressure to graduate early and that may not in fact exist, and is current trends in the isn’t the best thing save tuition money.” It is unclear readily addressed by more careful genre (Vacation) Shlohmo has put out, whether these issues ever really examination of overload petitions as well as elements yet at the same time existed, how prevalent they were, (as is already common practice taken from trap (Laid I don’t feel as though and whether this policy is actually for first-year students). Numerous Out), managing it was a disappointing stopping them. students who would have been both well but not release. The biggest Students who graduate a able to graduate early or underload spectacularly. The issues I have with it are year early are generally strong, have expressed that they would be 2014 collaboration straightforward, and not motivated individuals who are unwilling to donate to Caltech in EP with Jeremih, inherent to any aspect taking full advantage of the the future, as they are already being No More, ended up of Shlohmo’s style; with coursework available at Caltech, forced to extend or pay after their being a remarkably -http://www.thelineofbestfit.com enough practice, I really rather than compromising their time at Caltech due to this policy. underwhelming aesthetic fault Shlohmo for doing just that, think that he’ll be able to achieve education to save money. Likewise, Overall, this policy has backfired combination that didn’t really especially considering that he a balance between the collage-like students may easily graduate one and made Caltech a more difficult play to either artist’s strengths, does a great job of building up to nature of Bad Vibes and the drawn- or two terms early without ever place to attend for those with and personal life has apparently a passionate climax and belaboring out epics of Dark Red. We’re also overloading or facing unusual financial need. not been kind to Shlohmo during the frisson-inducing end result. seeing Shlohmo incorporate a academic pressure — to graduate The student body the past year or two either. As one Unfortunately, if the listener isn’t broader range of sonics into his in 11 terms requires fewer than 45 overwhelmingly supports the might expect, this comes out in in a mood to wallow in negative songwriting, and while I think he units per term, a typical Caltech repeal of this policy. We urge full effect on his recently-released emotion, many of the tracks will hasn’t made them wholly his own course load. Additionally, only faculty, staff and administrators sophomore album Dark Red, an be tough to sit all the way through. yet, that sort of thing will come about seven students a year to repeal the policy and allow effort packed with feelings like On “Buried,” for example, the song with time. This album won’t make graduate in 11 terms (in addition to motivated and capable students, anger and despair, reaching an peaks with a bright, staccato synth waves in the scene like the one it the few who graduate in 3 years), so or students with financial aid, emotional boiling point far more pattern countering the central follows, but it puts Shlohmo in a it should be easy to “keep an eye” to graduate early or underload often than its predecessors. At its theme, but suddenly discards the great position for whatever he will on those students without forcing without suffering severe financial worst, some tracks get too caught up latter to rebuild from the former. do next. consequences. in one specific moment to continue On their own, the notes sound in interesting directions, but at marimba-like and out of place, and the same time the pain expressed as the melody is reincorporated through this album coupled with a along with the same deafening Tsarnaev awaits sentencing noticeable artistic progression can stadium rock drums as before, really grab the listener’s attention everything plays on loop basically and demonstrate that Shlohmo’s without alteration until the outro, of execution or life in prison future has no lack of potential. which takes almost another minute The album starts off with the to trail off into a short keyboard lick Continued from page 1 have been tried. Engineering a consigned the extreme measure to slow-burning “Ten Days of Falling,” that ends abruptly with a dissonant fault-tolerant and robust society history, if only out of a recognition which builds from some static and chord. compatible with an ever increasing of the imperfection of the legal an aimless synth to an earsplitting I enjoyed the rest of the album, manhunt or helped to protect degree of globalization and almost process, not to mention forcing drone that needs clock-like ticking but after it was over it struck me lives. Ron Paul claimed that certain economic catastrophes state complicity in a compromising in the background to remind you that the unexpected ending was one it violated civil liberties and is a challenge worthy of the best act of ultimate violence. Even if it’s not just noise, only to drop of the more musically interesting represented a worrying precedent. thinkers of our age. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had acted back to a sane level to support a moments throughout its significant In any case, like breathless media Sentencing begins on April 21. alone, would killing him undo muffled beat that sounds like it length. Considering some of the coverage, such action only amplifies Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s ultimate fate, his harm, bring back the dead could be coming from next door. other tracks, this album is not an the effect of the attack and may execution or life in prison, rests on and absolve his guilt? Perhaps This is then contrasted by “Meet Ur awful effort at writing longer, more encourage further violence. proving that Tamerlan Tsarnaev Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, like other Maker,” which also takes a couple progressive music, but I think How should a coordinated was the prime actor and Dzhokhar violent criminals, could use a life of minutes to build momentum, but Shlohmo needs more practice in response between police and Tsarnaev a partially-willing confined reflection to understand ends up with sprawling layers of order to reach competence. residents act to contain the follower, possibly brainwashed his mistakes. Perhaps Dzhokhar synth textures backed by driving, That said, Dark Red is very violence and rebuild after? It’s by his brother’s influence. Recent Tsarnaev’s example could one day breakbeat-centered percussion. much not without its high points. clear that fighting religious years have seen a resurgent be a bridge for other disaffected Compositionally, these songs have Many of the instrumental parts fundamentalism with violence discussion of the merits of the and confused youth to forsake differences that are easy to pick on “Emerge From Smoke” suggest has a particularly poor record of death penalty. Nearly all other political violence and rejoin the out, but what’s striking about them Shlohmo’s been listening to some success. Other obvious options developed nations have long since mainstream of society. Feature 4 april 13, 2015 THE CALIFORNIA TECH Caltech life Students, prefrosh engage in shenanigans explained by rap lyrics KSHITIJ GROVER Contributing Writer

Let’s just get straight to the lines. There’s no doubt that these big name rappers had the inside scoop on Caltech.

And you can be the one for me when the other numbers aren’t adding up I’ve been thinking about you, thinking about you And we can be like two digits, cause ain’t no one equivalent to you — Hoodie Allen (“Numbers”) Caltech students profess their love in mathematical terms on a daily basis, and we love it when rappers aren’t afraid to pull out the equations. Hoodie knows what’s up and it’s no surprise he’s a campus favorite.

Four in the mornin’, and I’m zonin’ I think I’m possessed, it’s an omen — Kanye West (“Black Skinhead”) The average Techer is most definitely in the zone at four in the morning, much like Yeezy professes as an omen.

All right stop, collaborate and listen — Vanilla Ice (“Ice Ice Baby”) It’s fabled that Vanilla Ice once taught a course at Caltech, and this was the only line on his syllabus.

The block got my back And my boys do too — Fabolous (“Imma Do it”) If you’re working alone on a set, you’re going to have a bad time. I’m with Fabolous — my boys got my back.

Sometimes I just feel like, quitting I still might Why do I put up this fight, why do I still write Sometimes it’s hard enough just dealing with real life — Eminem (“8 Mile”) Come midterms week, this is the “Party Rock Anthem.”

It’s like a jungle, sometimes it makes me wonder how I keep from going under — Grandmaster Flash (“The Message”) No one needs to explain this — Grandmaster Flash is prophetic. The innocence of Pasadena never fails to transform into a jungle from time to time.

Wasn’t cool in high school, but that’s expected with geniuses — Childish Gambino (“It’s On”) Gambino is a mastermind … and he’s not afraid to say it. I could see Donald fitting right into the lecture hall.

Everybody lack confidence, everybody lack confidence How many times my potential was anonymous? — Kendrick Lamar (i) Ah, the famous Caltech imposter syndrome. Kendrick Lamar loves himself and there’s no reason everyone shouldn’t The annual Prefrosh Weekend took place from April 9 to April 10. While there was an prove their potential. opportunity for prefrosh to experience academic life at Caltech, current students also made sure to entertain the prefrosh. Among some of the activities that Techers put together for the prefrosh were group Now who’s to say if I was right or wrong? kick-off games such as themed fashion shows; Ruddock Greens, a miniature golf course — 2Pac (“Until the End of Time”) set up in Ruddock; Boba and Games Night at Avery (not pictured); and a boat-building No one can tell you if you’re doing things competition held at Millikan Pond. right — not even that pesky GPA. Photos Courtesy of Ching-Yun (Chloe) Hsu Sports THE CALIFORNIA TECH april 13, 2015 5 Men’s track and field kills it at SCIAC Duals #winning

GOCALTECH.COM Coach Ben Raphelson said. “The final score and shot put and sixth in the hammer. He 100-meter dash time to record an 11.65 and Actual Sports Content Editor was indicative of what an outstanding team saved his best throw for last on each occasion, clocked his first sub-24-second time in the performance we had today. A lot of student- including a full three-foot improvement 200-meter dash, running a 23.94, while Yei CLAREMONT, Calif. (Apr. 11, 2015) – athletes stepped up and today showed great in the shot to beat out the Panthers’ top dropped nearly three full seconds to finish a Junior Anup Kishore (Chappaqua, N.Y. / progress for both programs.” thrower. mere .04 behind Chapman’s top runner in Horace Greeley) paced the Beavers with a Kishore took fourth place overall in the Senior Ben Grabowski (Lake Forest Park, an impressive 54.25. total of 16 points across four events as the triple jump with a leap of 39 feet, eight Wash. / Inglemoor) and sophomore Jordan Senior Jared Forte (Lake Elsinore, Calif. Caltech men’s track and field team earned inches and fifth in both the high jump (five Bonilla (Weston, Fla. / Cyrpress Bay) racked / Elsinore) and junior Aditya Bhagavathi its first SCIAC dual victory since 2011, 92- feet, one inch) and pole vault (11 feet, ¼ up 11 and seven points, respectively, across (West Windsor, N.J. / West Windsor- 48 over Chapman University, as it joined inch), rounding out his day with a javelin three events each, with Bonilla narrowly Plainsboro North) also claimed five points the women’s team in a four-way multi-dual throw of 90 feet, 11 inches for ninth place. missing out of the scoring in a fourth. apiece in the dual scoring. Forte debuted in at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges on Junior Morgan Hill (San Diego, Calif. Grabowski earned five points in the discus the 3000-meter steeplechase with the sixth- Saturday. /Wasatch Acad.) earned a pair of five- and javelin and snuck into the scoring in fastest time in program history at 10:08.74 “Coming into today, it looked like things point hauls and one three-pointer against the hammer with one point, while Bonilla to place third overall, while Bhagavathi was would be very close against Chapman,” Head Chapman, placing 10th overall in the discus picked up three points in the hammer and the runner-up by just .43 of a second in a javelin and one in the shot. deep and fast 1500-meter run field, cracking The Beavers picked up some big points the four-minute barrier for a second straight in the running events as well. Their top time. The 4x400-meter relay team of individual scorer was Freshman Alec Ho Bhagavathi, Yei, senior Eric Martin (The (Vancouver, Wash. / Columbia River), who Woodlands, Texas / College Park) and Ho made his debut in both the 110-meter and capped the scoring with a six-second margin 400-meter hurdles, earning five points in of victory over Chapman, clocking a 3:39.05. each. In the 5000-meter run, senior Juan On the women’s side, junior Bridget Adame (Sylmar, Calif. / Sylmar Math, Science Connor (Albuquerque, N.M. / Albuquerque and Tech.) and junior Alex Anemogiannis Acad.) inched closer to the top pole vault (Atlanta, Ga. / Marist School) placed third mark in program history, clearing a height and fifth overall, respectively, to claim of nine feet, two ¼ inches, and picked up a combined eight points over Chapman another top finish vs. Chapman in the behind a pair of career-best times. Adame javelin. Sophomore Lucy Chen (Boonton ran a 16:22.49 while Anemogiannis made Township, N.J. / Mountain Lakes) posted up significant ground to blow past a Panther career-best marks in the 200m (14.92) runner in the final strides for a four-point and triple jump (30 feet, seven inches), swing. Junior Elliot Simon (Alexandria, improving by a half second and two feet, Va. / Thomas Jefferson) and freshman respectively. Freshman Serena Delgadillo Christopher Haack (New York City, N.Y. / (Denton, Texas / Texas Acad. of Math and The Browning School) teamed up to collect a Science) picked up a handful of points with combined four points in the 800-meter run. a fifth-place overall finish in the hammer Senior Victor Duan (Darien, Ill. / Illinois throw, while senior Stephanie Reynolds Math and Science Acad.) and junior Kevin (Tallahassee, Fla. / Lawton Chiles) garnered Yei (Carlsbad, Calif. / La Costa Canyon) held several points against both Chapman and down the sprints as usual, combining to Whittier College in the 800m and 1500m. Anup Kishore embarces his inner warrior and does it, I quote, “for Sparta.” -http://gocaltech.com score seven points. Duan shaved .10 off his Women’s water polo loses senior game, makes up for loss by having very cute seniors on the team

Sure, we don’t win games, but at least we are patriotic and awesome. This game gave me all the feels. It’s bizarre that four years ago I could barely swim, and last Saturday I started in my last home game at Caltech. No, I’m not crying, there’s just a branch in my eye. Photo Courtesy of Monica Enlow Do you like sports? Are you witty? Do you want to bring joy into people’s lives every week???? Then YOU should become the sports page contributor! Email tech@ caltech.edu for more details. Do it for I, Monica Enlow, will miss Shalini Majumdar, Emily Shih, Liz Lawler, Jing Xu and the rest of the team more than I can express in a mere photo caption or Facebook post. America; your country needs you. -http://gocaltech.com Announcements 6 april 13, 2015 THE CALIFORNIA TECH

ASCITASCIT Board of Directors MeetingMinutes Minutes for 7 April 2015. Taken by Sean McKenna.

Officers Present: Connor Rosen, Nima Badizadegan, Catherine Jamshidi, Patrick Nikong, Annie Chen, Sean McKenna

Guests: Chris Dosen, Elliott Simon, Nikita Sirohi, Anne Dorsey, Bianca Lepe

Call to Order: 12:09 pm

President’s Report (Connor):  Still talking with faculty and administrators on the 12-term tuition policy.  BOC bylaws discussion continues. Still planning on a town hall to describe changes. Officer’s Reports:  V.P. of Academic Affairs (ARC Chair: Nima): o Sending out a library survey about effect of closings. o Sending out ASCIT Teaching Awards nominations today. o Frosh choose their majors this week; info was sent about ISP program. o Option Fair happened. o Talking with Dabiri to help frosh and RA’s understand eligibility rules and UASH.  V.P. of Non-Academic Affairs (IHC Chair: Cat): o Reappointed Margaret Lee as IHC Secretary o $300 allocated to houses for PFW events by admissions.  Interim Director of Operations (Sean): o ASCIT Food for Prefrosh Weekend is happening Thursday night at midnight. o Club Fair Friday afternoon.  Treasurer (Patrick): o Patrick is looking for money that is owed to people. May be related to direct deposit. Finishing Flyer Courtesy of John Onderdonk/Director of Sustainability at Caltech up budget records for the next treasurer.  Social Director (Annie): The California Tech ASCIT Formal went well. o Editors-in-Chief o Avengers confirmed for ASCIT Movie Night on Neera Shah May 1st. Caltech Nehaly Shah Trip to the aquarium, Harvey Mudd party will o Page Editors happen in May if we can find open weekends. Monica Enlow Battle of the Bands is happening before BFP on Katherine Guo o Ching-Yun (Chloe) Hsu the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. Liz Lawler  Secretary (Sean): Public Events BOD meet and greet on Saturday 11 April at 6pm Contributing Writers o Brad Chattergoon to meet current position holders in advance of Kshitij Grover upcoming elections. Casey Handmer Nailen Matschke Sean McKenna If anyone has any questions or concerns about a section of the Hiring Ushers Connor Rosen minutes please email the appropriate officer. We are happy to Circulation Manager answer any questions. The next meeting will take place on April Kit Chinetti 14th at Noon in the Winnett Common Space. Flexible hours. Advisor Meeting Adjourned: 12:24 pm No experience needed. Richard Kipling Outgoing Personality. Caltech 40-58, Pasadena, CA 91125 Contact [email protected] Pay Rate: YOU ARE NEVER ALONE. The Tech is published weekly except dur- ing vacation and examination periods by the Associated Students of the California $15 per hour Institute of Technology, Inc. The opinions expressed herein are strictly those of the REMINDER FROM authors and advertisers. Letters and submissions are welcome; e- mail submissions to [email protected] as THE COUNSELING CENTER: plain-text attachments, including the au- Caltech Students thor’s name, by Friday of the week before publication. The Tech does accept anony- Meditation Mob mous contributions under special circum- stances. The editors reserve the right to (drop-in mindfulness only!! edit and abridge all submissions for any reason. All written work remains property of its author. meditation group) The advertising deadline is 5 PM Friday; all advertising should be submitted elec- Contact: Adam Jacobo tronically or as camera-ready art, but The Meets every Tuesday Tech can also do simple typesetting and arrangement. All advertising inquiries Bottom floor of Winnett 626.395.5907 should be directed to the business man- ager at [email protected]. For subscription 12:00-12:50 pm information, please send mail to “Sub- [email protected] scriptions.” feature THE CALIFORNIA TECH april 13, 2015 7

Brad/Chad Business Tutorial: Crossword Not just theory (part 2)

BRAD CHATTERGOON to someone demonstrating strong Contributing Writer negotiation skills.

Hey Techers. In case you weren’t The second reason is that the keeping track, it is currently week solution to income inequalities 3 which means add day will be between men and women arising creeping up on us at the end of the from women not being good week. Be sure to finalize your add negotiators (the previous not cards earlier rather than later so being my view but one that showed as to avoid the reckless sprinting itself in the articles) is not to between your professor’s and the remove negotiation, but instead to registrar’s offices. I had said that make women better negotiators. I would continue talking about Removing negotiation from the soft skills and how they relate hiring process is akin to saying, to the Ellen Pao case but due to “Hey, we’d be willing to pay you recent developments which I will more if in addition to your other get into, this article has become skills you can speak an additional more of a commentary on the language, but since we’re not relationship between feminism allowed to check your proficiency and employment in the technology in a second language, we’re just not industry. going to check it and we’ll pay you less than you can earn if you had To start, Ellen Pao, as interim CEO demonstrated that proficiency.” of reddit, has now issued a proposal Claiming that women are not good -http://puzzlechoice.com to remove salary negotiation as negotiators and then saying that Across 47. Plant with Down 35. Aviator part of the hiring process at reddit. that means we should remove 1. Form pendulous 1. Spline 37. Kitchen appliance According to several articles, in negotiation simply panders to 6. Adjoin flowers 2. A lofty level 38. Desperate The Huffington Post and others, the viewpoint that women are 10. Exam success 48. Flowerless plant 3. Afresh 39. Japanese currency the argument for this move is somehow less capable, which I 14. Woven fabric repuduced 4. Voluntary self- 42. Faultfinder that this should solve the income strongly believe is inaccurate. 15. Money by spores punishment 45. Employ inequalities between men and 16. Dull pain 49. Large body of 5. Main course 46. Sediment from women that start at the hiring level. The definition of feminism can 17. Representative water 6. Perform fermentation I agree that income inequality is in some sense be paraphrased 18. Genuine 51. Deprive of 7. Poet 48. Accessory to a an issue that should be addressed to “leveling the playing field.” 19. Sound of a freedom 8. Seize and take larger but this seems to be a poor way to Leveling the playing field, however, contented cat 53. High-pitched control system address it for at least two reasons. is not the same as “changing the 20. Foil noise without authority 50. Insightfulness rules of the game” or, even more 22. Fall vertically 57. Joust 9. Unverified 52. Rim The first is that in industry, one of severe, changing the game entirely. 24. Pull hard 58. Metal-bearing explanation or 53. Of one substance the important soft skills, more often Polarizing the population into male 25. Reported mineral concept throughout than not, is negotiation. Being able and female is tricky this far into information 59. Edible fat 10. Worthless or 54. System of to convince someone of something the gender equality movement. 27. Person receiving 61. Short sleep oversimplified ideas principles is crucial. It’s also something that In some cases it can be beneficial support 65. Departed 11. Instense or beliefs does not show up in a meaningful to highlight discrimination but from an influential 67. Female horse 12. Gesture involving 55. Send or direct for way on paper but does present in others it removes the focus patron 69. Female relative the treatment itself in a situation like negotiating from individuality and it classifies 29. Written evidence 70. Notion shoulders 56. Throw with great a salary. Business is by definition people into groups, leaving behind of 71. Level 13. Twilled woolen effort based on trade. Being able to close the idea of “you’re bad or good payment 72. Twist into a state fabric 60. Large woody plant a deal on the terms that you want at something” and going into 32. Type of tree of 21. Unforseen turn of 62. Approach can often make the difference “your group is bad or good at 33. Speed competition deformity events 63. Unit of area between making it and breaking something.” But isn’t that exactly 34. Borsch 73. Student sleeping 23. Ode 64. The dressed coat of it. The point is that negotiation what gender equality is supposed 36. Temperamental quarters, 26. Bobbin a mammal behavior is valuable and it should to be removing? 40. Residue of a fire in short 28. Number in a brace 66. Woolen cap of be valued as such at the company, 41. Restorative 74. Anything 29. Reckless Scottish ergo the award of a higher salary -Brad/Chad 43. Compete necessary but 30. Reverberation origin 44. Evil spirit or ghost lacking 31. Loose fitting cloak 68. Conclusion 75. Kind of heron 33. Tatter Sudoku

Salary negotiations are common in job interviews in the business world. -http://salesleadershipblog.sellingpower.com/ -http://puzzlechoice.com Humor 8 april 13, 2015 THE CALIFORNIA TECH

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