Come see the Men's and Women's The ASCIT Movie this week Glee Club in concert with the i will be Th e Wrath of Khan. Caltech Chamber Orchestra. 7:30 and 10:00 PM in Baxter. Saturday, 8 PM, Ramo Auditorium
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V OLUM E XCIX, N UMBER 28 P ASADENA , CALI FOR NIA FRIDAY , M AY 15 , 1998 Ditch Day was yesterday
BY T EC H STAFF ting back into their own room. and other events that can only be de Stacks c,m be anything from scribed as strange. Yesterday was Ditch Day, or in brnte force to totall y intellectual. Ditch Day was carefull y the undergmd lingo, yesterday was Brnte force stacks include wal ls of planned and organized by the se the day that " fomorrow" became concrete, wood, and other baniers, niors months in advance. Each "Today." With shouts of ''''Ditch while the more intellectual "honor" house had a representative in charge Day is Today," this year's seniors stacks are commonly based on of di seminating Ditch Day informa left at 8a.m. to return at5 p.m., when puzzles which eventually lead to the tion, including the infamous fake their Ditch Day stacks were com room combination or elaborate sets Ditch Days that have occured pleted. of tasks that direct students allover throughout thi s term. There were This annual migration of se campus, finding clues and preform two campus wide Ditch Day fakes ni ors off campus, however, this ing wacky and perhaps difficult thi s year, the last taking place two leaves their rooms unguarded, so the stunts. Almost all stacks revolve days before the actual event. seniors also leave "stacks" to pre around some centmltheme. The acrual date of Ditch Day is vent the underclassmen from get This year was no different. Ob kept a secret from the underclass ting into their rooms. If the servers, including gmd students, fac men, but this does not stop rampant underclassment can get through the ulty, staff, and news reporters saw speculation as third term moves on. stack, there is also a bribe in the aUso rts of wackiness: hidden clues, Nevertheless, as soon as the Senior's "Th e diaryfell out, but we 're breaking it anyway." room, to convince the underclass commadeered daihatsus, water and morning cry is heard, the energetic Participants in this Ditch Day stack decided to destroy the men not to counterstack- prevent fundanoodle banles, large contrap enthusiasm that is Ditch Day starts Throop X- Wing , though th ey had the clue inside already. the owners of the room from get- tions, large props, unique costumes, in motion. Anderson to receive Crafoord Prize Caltech to raise $100 million
C ALTEC H PRESS R ELEASE Baltimore congratu lated Professor Ander for new biology building The Roy al Swedish Acad son and noted that "th e According to Calt ech presi emy of Sciences is 10 award In stitute is very proud BY M ED IA R ELATIO NS dent David Baltimore, a Nobel th e 1998 Crafoord P~ i ze in and pleased that Don The California Ins titute of Prize-winning bi o logist, th e geosciences. wi th spec ial em will be receiving th e Technology has formally an phasis upon "the dynamics of Crafoord. It is exciting campaign is des ig ned to nounced the goal of mi sin g $100 strengthen Caltec h's abil it y to th e deeper parts of th e Earth ," news . Don's work is million in a campaign to support advance sc ientific kn ow ledge to Don L. Anderson of the tru ly deserving of thi s new initi ati ves in th e biological and pave th e way for new tech California In st itute of Tech great prize. He is one SCiences. nologies. nology and to Adam M. of th e world's most The Biological Sciences In i "The 21 st century wi II be Dziewonski from Harvard prominent scientists in tiative (BS I) will allow the In th e Golden Age of biology. We Uni versi ty for their fundamen th e area," stitute to create approximately a will see advances in both fun tal contributions to our knowl Accord in g to the dozen new facu lt y positions in damental understandi ng of na edge of the structures and pro Royal Acade my, biol ogy and re lated disciplines, ture and medical technology fo r cesses in Earth 's interior. The Anderson and Don L. Anderson constru ct a new biology build 1998 Crafo ord Prize is valued Dziewonski have to- th e treatment of di sease. ing on campus, develop new "Our campai gn is ultimately at $500.000 doll ars. and will gether developed a generall y temperatures. Ande rson 's joint training programs wi th ai med at complex quest ions like be presented 10 the prizewin accepted standard model of reserach has shown th at such medical schools, and target sev the nature of consciousness, how ners at a ceremony on Septem how Earth is organized and of changes in composition of the eral major biological questi ons memory and leaming operate at ber 16 in Sweden. the dynamics of the processes mantle may explain th e occur that can be answered on ly On hearing the news that at its core and in its mantle that rence of tensions in Earth 's the mol ecu lar level, how cell s through sustained research in grow and die, and how genetic he had been awarded the 1998 govern continental drift, vol crust that can lead to earth state-of-the-art faci li ties. networks function," Balti more Caltech's Eleanor and John R. canism, and earthquakes. quakes. Anderson and his re "We intend to keep Caltech says. McMillan Professor of Geo Anderson and hi s team search team have also used at the forefront of research in th e "To answer these questi ons, ph ysics, Don Anderson, said, ha ve researched changes aris seismic data to study convec bi ological sciences," says "I think it's very sign ificant ing from the pressure deep ti on currents in the mantle, we need the modern resources Cami lIa Frc.,t, cochair of th e that onl y a major fundrai sing th at deep-Earth geophysics is down in Earth's mantle. Sud important for understanding BSI and member of the Cal tech being honored by thi s award. den changes in the rock types continental drift and volcan effort can provide for Caltech." Board of Trustees. It is rare for our fi eld to be ac at depths of 400 kilometers ism. Recentl y, Andreson has According to Ben Rosen, kn owledged in this way. I am adn 660 ki lometers are ex al so used geochemi cal and really de lighted that Adam plained by conversions under chemical-i sotope meth ods not Dziewonski, a close coll eague gone by the rock types, so that onl y for mapping Earth's de IN THIS ISSUE of mine, is also being honored they contain minerals entirely velopment, but also for under for hi s work. Most people, unknown at Earth's surface. standing the development of THE USUAL THIS WEEK'S when th ey think of geophys At 400 kilometers, the mineral the moon and the planets Mars ics, think of earthquakes, but o li vine, common in lava, and Venus. STUFF FEATURES seismolog ists do other things, changes to spinel, a high-pres Anderson was born in such as x-raying Earth using sure mineral. At 660 kilome 1933 in Maryland and re Announcements ...... 12 Ditch Day Extravaganza ..... 4-7 seismic tomography to see ters, the mineral perovskite is ceived his doctorate in geo DILBERT ...... IO Leadership Awards ...... 2 what is go ing on in the deep formed , a mineral otherwise physics from Caltech in 1962. Fox Trot...... IO Now Hear This...... 9 Earth." ony prodcued in the laboratory He has been a leading figure The Outside Wor1d ...... 2 Bridge...... 9 Dean's Corner...... 8 Caltech president David at very hi gh pressures and Maya Angelou ...... 9 2 May 15 , 1998 NEWS The California Tec-h Clubwatch! The Outside World Ihler) Shumway capture The Caltech Ballroom Dance Club just started a by Myfanwy Callahan Hinrichs Memorial Award new set of dance lessons in cluding Argentine Tango and NEW DEL HI , iND IA - Despite residents outraged o ver the OFFTHEWEB ... Milo nga o n Thursdays at the threat of sanctions, India killings of students have joined 8:30 and a free East Coast conducted two mo re unde r in the rio ts. 8000 students Alex lhlerand Mike Shumway Swing on Tuesdays at 7:30. ground nuclear tests Wednes marched to demand President are the winners of the 1998 Hinrich., Both classes meet in Dabney day, after an initial three blasts Suharto's resignation. Mean Memorial Awaro. Established by Dining Hall. on Monday. President Clinton while, the rupiah, Indonesia's the Board ofTrustees, this award is has pledged to use the United currency, dropped further by given in memory of Frederic W. The Caltech Chinese States' vote todeny India fund 16..percent. Hinrichs, Jr. who served for more Students Association ing from the Inte rna tio na l than 20 years as a dean and profes (CCSA) is hosting a Dim Monetary Fund and the World BELGRADE, SERB IA - President sor at the Institute. In remembrdllCe Sum Outing o n Saturday, Bank. Slobodan Milosevic of Yugo of his honor, courage, and kini!ness, May 16th at 888 Seafood slavia and Ibrahim Rugova, the the awaro bearing hi s name is made Restaurant at noon. The trip TAANAYEL, LEBA NON - Israeli leader of Kosovo's ethnic A l annually to seniors who have made is $5 fo r members and $ I 0 jets bombed a Palestinian guer bani ans have agreed to begin the greate>.1 contribution to the stu dent body during their undergradu for non-members. Those in rilla training camp in th e Bekaa talks discussing the future of Alex {Mer (lef t) and Valley of Lebanon. Ten men Kosovo. Their first meeting ate years at the Institute. TIle awaro terested are asked to rsvp to Mike Shumway (right) ccsa @cco. were killed and another twenty will take place today with no also recognizes students of out or more were wounded in the foregin mediators present. standing character, leadership, and model for others. Mike ha, also attack. The training camp was responsibi lity. The Ca/tech Jugglers served his house as upper-class for the syrian-backed Fatah PHNOM PEN H, CAMBODIA - The Alex was selected for the meet Monday, Wednesday, counselor and secretary. He has also Uprising which is opposed to Cambodian Government an exceptionally capable leade r and Friday, 5:30-7 in front been active a, a drummer in the Jm the Middle East peacemaking nounced Tuesday that it had ship and service he has provided of Church on Wilson street, Ball(1. process. taken control of the last Khmer during his years at Callech. The thoug h they have been llleir dedication to service, Rouge positions along the Thai most significant contribution known to meet a little ear their ability to lead broad groups TEGUCIGALPA, HOND URAS - border. The group has been that he is being recognized for lier on mondays. with diverse viewpoints, and their Forest fi res spread so much falling apart since March when is his work with the Board of strong interpelSOna\ skills make both smoke that all airport traffic in more than 1000 Khmer Rouge Control, first as a house repre The Caltech Surf & Alex and Mike valuable and influ Honduras was grounded for th e defected and si nce the group's sentative, then secretary, and fi Windsurf Club meets ential members of the CaItech com day. 35,000 acres of land are longtime leader Pol Pot died nally as Board of Control Chair weekly for an informal munity. They will receive the afire in the EI Nino related last month. this year. Alex has also been an bring-your-own-Iunch in Frederic Hinrichs, Jr. Memorial drought. Travelers over the acti ve member of Blacker Chandler' s we st patio at Aw.ml at commencement on June House as a member of the Ath noon on Wednesdays or 12, 1998. past two weeks have had letic team and as an upper-class Thursdays. Walk-ins are al rely on land traffic t~,~~~~~~~~~~~ counselor. He has been active ways welcome; there will be through nearby Nica- with the Y and has been an ex THE CAUFORNIA TECH a sign on the table. Informa ragua or Guatemala. cellent teaching assistant in EE. ti on on lessons and trips is Mike was selected for his out Caltecn 40-58, Pnader\a, CA 91125 easy to find, as the club it Jakarta, I ndone edltonal desk: (626) 395-61 53 standing \eadeJshipskillsand forthe ~ desk: (626) 395 ~ 6 1 S4 self is scheduling them. To sia - Six students service he has provided to his fel editorial e-mail: [email protected] j oin the email list, send a re we re kille d advertJsing e-mail: ~ech.ca l t ech.edu low students during his years at ISSN 0008- 1582 quest to Tuesday when Caltech. As Aeming House Presi [email protected] and r iot po lice VOL UM E XCI X. NUMBER 28 dent this past year, he has been a check o ut the club's website opened fire o n MAY 15. 1998 strong and effective Jeader and a role at WWIV.cco. caltech.edu/ hlfOU - surfer! surfing. html Shay Chinn Erik Dill Katy Is sacs Evil Geniu ses for a IHC releases committe appointments Terry Moran Better Tomorrow wi II meet Shannon Siewman There were many impressive Frosh Admissions Academic Policies and We dnesd a y at I I :42 in applicants for all positions this Amy Barr Faculty Advisors J VSIM[$$ M AMUU. Kirkhoff 293 . Plan to take Jim Glore year, even for committees that trd- MingChen Jennifer Fong over the world. Bring lunch. ditionally go unfilled because of Ryan Dieckmann Marie Fox ...... Email brain@ugcs for more Ma1:W1h AJdcn Cl>risu>ph-' B ~'''' lack of student interest. The!HC Catelyn Gifford Devi Thota Lu. ~ 1 R" fC'-O'BflI.:nl details. would like to express its respect Paul Kim _Wam 11_ Hafodd to all of the undergraduates who Jaideep Singh Upperclass Admissions "" yfaD"'"Y U1b/w1 SEDS would like to re -- Muhi Khumar cared enough about their commu- Hanna Kim (alt) Jianhui Zhang mind everyone of JPL's open "-"' . ~ "",,,Wam nily to apply to these positions. Eleanor Park (alt) Autumn Looijen (alt) R. .. 00I1c:Ic house, on Saturday and Sun --'- Dzisy J;unOI We hope you will continue to be ~ t..",p. Jean-Paul Rc:..:1 day, May fifth and sixth. Ih~ Tyu:l1 involved in the future. 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All ~>'CI'\W n C .n the Tec h e nco urag in g be working out how th e ro the (recently ve ry popular) frosh was 254 as of thursday peopl e to join in th e fun . tati on rul es appl y to the frosh Baldeep. While Mr. Goda is last week. All of the on-cam He is consid e ring some S U RFe rs. The IH C h ad un a bl e to soli c it funds on pus room confusion to deal sort of in centi ve program. lunch with Dr. Brennen . The ASCIT's behalf, he did have with thi s has been taken care For e very survey you fill Vend or Fair was yesterday. some good pointers on how of with the DRL. out , you get an extra E. Due to budget constraints, to manage an y money th at • Karen Nelson, coordinator lnutes The name field on the sur Student Affairs will not be someone mi ght want to give ofInterh ouse sports wants to vey form has got to go. funding letter jackets. Write us. He re are so me results M AY 12, 1998 re move the 12 term maxi Th e re a re so me new your local con g ress ma n! from the fro sh SURF meet mum participation stipula c la sses in th e wo rk s. Jaideep will be publishin g a in g. Caltech got 26 of 40 ti on in the Interhouse eligi Andre (the TFM head chef) Big FAQ talking about AIC, Merit Students (our numbe r bility rules Present: BoD (minus Steve) may offer a cookin g class for Cable, Inte rh ouse, the Bi g T, o ne draft cho ices). Frosh PA c redi t. It would take e tc. in in s ta llments in th e SU RFers will be housed in • Fle ming wants to add Paul Meetin g call ed to order place after hours in th e north Tech. If yo u are a minority Avery along wi th the Bridge Wylander to j ust their foot at 22:04. kitchens. How about a litera student, watch out, because Program. There will be sum ba ll li st. Paul is an unaffili ture c lass where stu dents cri Ja ideep is comin ' to get ya. mer board in Avery. Baldeep ated undergrad . The addition General Business Elec tique the science part of sc i Rob - Join ed th e unholy suggests that the BoD pro is approved . tion - Nominatio ns for So ence fi ctio n? Thi s may be a rm y of th e d a mn e d th is vid e fros h SURFers with a • Can Dabney and Ricketts cial Director and seni or and come a reality. The Counsel week when hi s Palm Pil ot little t to he lp them along. combine to m a ke a sin g le j uni or c lass Presid e nt a nd in g Ce nte r m ig ht put to arrived . The treasury pro For some reaso n , AS C IT football team? There is not Vi ce-President w ill ope n geth e r a n " interpersona l gram is set up and running. does not get a copy of the enough interest in each house Tuesday of next week. The skill s" class. Mike laughs out There was so me trouble with minutes of th e F acult y to make separate teams, but bylaw proposals will also be loud (several times). Appar the Bank of Ame ri ca that Board. Baldeep is working there is e nough combined in on th e upcoming ballot. ently thi s bright id ea comes R ob is bu sy so rting o ut. to correct thi s oversight. He terest. Survey -Autumn is wait from Jaideep. Mike laughs See ms th ey sa y we have is doin g something with the • Ri c ke tts does n ' t hav e in g for the movies peopl e to out loud some more. Several more accounts th en we th ink . Board of Trustees Alumni e no ug h gi rl s s how up for give her a new estimate on other BoD membe rs join in . Rob is also bu sy wrestl ing Re la ti ons Co mmittee and wome n 's te nnis . Yes, guys how mu ch a projector mi ght Soon th e Board all share in a control of our Caltech ac tryin g to get in on meetings can wear s kirts a nd play cost before di stributing th e good gafaw. Dev i is a lso counts away from th e covet o f the Board o f Directors. against women from other survey. workin g o n gett ing mo re ous Bursar's Office. T he freshman letter is done houses. Awards - As soon as psych classes (and possibl y Mike - The BoD calendar but unsent. T ime to make • IH C and th e Deans will Devi gets the ARC together, a psych department). Mike is done and th e amendment some copies. th e ASCIT Teachin g Award s is very vocal in hi s support proposals are ready fo r dis meet with the VCCs selected process wi ll begi n. of design classes and an ar tribution. The re will be a Meetin g adjourned at 23: 12. to go to frosh camp within Coffeehouse - Bald eep is chitecture maj or. copy in th e loun ge of every the next few weeks. The best ham merin g out th e agree Jasmine - Sensual. Con house. They are al so avail Respectfull y submitted, time for the Deans to hold the ment. Rob mi ght help with sensual. Male. Go fi gure. a bl e o n meeting would be 4-6 (when thi s. N o~ m an y peo pl e have ca lt ec h . a sc i t . ann ou n ce. - half of the houses' reps will MOMV - Spea kin g of s igned up fo r t he fo rma l. Mike needs to update th e ros be pa rti cipating in sports.) wr itte n ag reement s , our Everyo ne who doesn' t attend ter to refl ect recent changes Jaideep is tryin g to find an al Memo o f M u tua l Under wi ll be goin g straight to he ll. in BoD phone numbers. Mike D . Astl e tern ate ti me. standi ng wi th Caltech needs Wh a t is wro n g w ith you Alan - Coming at you ASCIT Sccretary • The re was a ve nuor fa ir to be formul ated. peopl e anyway? The last day like a Techer to a strawberry T ues May 12, i n Lloyd Officer Reports A u to res ister for the big sh in donut , third term BoC talks Courtyard. V nderg r a d s tumn - Kn eel before Zod ! di g is Mond ay. Jasmine was are imminent. Lloyd - Mon hopefully told ITS what they Devi - The Alu mni Asso pl annin g on o rgani zi ng a d ay a t 18:00 . Bl acker should buy next year. Jaideep ci a ti o n doesn't h ave a ny party this Satu rday but th ere Wednesday at 22: 15. Rud wants to give Dave a more space to gi ve fo r an under has n' t been mu ch e nthusi dock - Thursday at 10. The accurate name than the se graduate archive except for a as m. She is thinkin g of Board of Control will eat in s date, sit-on-your-ass " IRC damp-as-all -he ll garage and shunting th e money to e ither the houses and th ere will be Food C hair" R o w about a se ld om used Opiu m Den. mo re lights or a summe r a discu ss ion period after " IHC Culinary Ninja ?" We will never be abl e to get coke bash. ward s. This is followed by Present: All + Baldeep, Jas th e sme ll out of e ith er one. Jaideep - The Deans will the li ghtning round where • Audrey dropped off peti mine, Byron Never fear! Student Affai rs, be sending out the ir frosh BoC membe rs go head to ti ons for a writte n "Caltech the MOSH, or To m Manni on camp picks tomorrow. The head with Dean Revel in an • IRC meeting times have En vironmental Poli cy" about mi ght be abl e to fi nd us some time and date for the UCC e xpulsion fren zy driven by PERMANENTLY changed the Cal tech committment to real estate. Steele house has meeting has been set to May the promi se o f caos h a nd to MIDNIGHT. They' re still the e nvironme nt to be hung been considered as an alter 26th at 16:00. As of yester pnzes. every thursday, though. in each house to be signed native. Baldeep pipes up and day, 259 freshman have ac Baldeep -Met with Tori • The Fire Policy Committee please d irect questi o ns to adds th at maybe room could cepted Caltech 's ge nerous Kirkam from the Department he ld a forum for discussion C laudine Chan (ming@cco) be all ocated in th e renova offe r of a four year mind for Alumni Relations about of the newly drafted poli cy o r Audre y Lee Ua ti on of Keck and MJ. we dgie. B a ldeep a nd the as yet empty ASCIT en Wednesday, May J3 at 8:00 chen @cco) About 90 midterm course Jaideep (the wonder twins) dowment. Warren G. Goda pm in Steele house. Over 20 surveys were fi ll ed out. The went to a meeting about (incoming Alumni Associa undergrads attended. Dean will have an artic le in frosh SURFs. The IRC will tion President) also met with • The count of matriculating Tanya '1JfESSfE'RtTS W'ltT'lf tT'1ffE OUT AND PROUD CaltechlJPL OutIist 'MOs'lf www.cco.cahech.edul-c1u1outlist. html at Steere 'lfouse ACADEMY BARBERSHOP 355 S. 'lfoffiston 27 N. Catalina Ave., Pasadena Open TueJ,-5ar" 7 A.M. -J PM. 'T'hursday, 'May 21, 1998 818 449-1681 HELP WANTED . __ . ___ _ 9 to 11 y.m. McnIWomen eam $375 week ly process ing/assembling Med ical I.D. Cards at home. Immediate openings , your local area. Experience unnecessary. wililrain. come earry! 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The California Tech DITCH DAY May 15 , 1998 7 BEST ELECTRIC CHAIR BEST MISUSE OF A PROP "Let 's F-- - with people for awhile before we go back!" 8 May 15, 1998 The California Tech you prefer to respond on line In a way, I do hope that Dean's Corner or is it easier to follow the the sma ll return is due to the paper route? Would a c ar defects of the procedures we toon, which opens after the followed . We were a li ttle questionna ire is sent, titillate late off the mark and did not QEDETQ? m u - your c uri os ity enoug h t o get the questionnaire ready ni catio n ap have you fill the question to fu nction until just before pears to be doomed. naire, just to see' Or would the Midterms. We wi ll try to by Jean-Paul Revel We had hoped that lettin g you like to get a "fortune remedy these problems. By qu e s everyone know by e- mai I cookie"? or bei ng excused and large however, w hat is tionnaires cov- that there was a questio n from one homework set, one reall y needed is your coop ering 44 cou rses . naire and making it avail able midterm question? Or do you eration . We a ll wan t your These numbers obviously re both on paper and on the Net think that appropriate ly experience at Caltech to be I spent part of last week flect a problem. Only for one wou ld e nc o urage many timed, impassioned exhort a the fabulous adventure that it working on ETQ, the early course did we get suffic ient people to respond. It took tions would be the ticket, or i s meant to be. On ly by term quest io nnaire that we responses for the comments only a few minutes to re ice cream for all the respon knowing how c lose we come (the Ombuds Office, Aca to have any statistical value. spond for all of the courses dents in the course that had to allow you to achieve your demics and Reasearch Com Only for 3 courses were there a particular student was e n the highest percentage of re goal can we come c lose to mittee, a nd the Dean's Of 5 o r more res ponses. For 27 rolled in. I am actually s p onses? (a ppropriately he lp you achieve it. It is one fice) are trying out. The idea, courses only o ne question amazed at the number of weighted according to how of the things you can do to as I am su re you remember, naire had been fi ll ed out. We g roups, which try to pry in many people are e nroll ed in maximize your returns from is that if Profs. would hear need to have more participa fo rmation out of the s tu the c lass). Alternately do you attending Caltech. earl y in the term about prob tion than that, if the ques dents. prefer being so licited by So please answer even if le ms in the courses they are tionnaires: are to g ive an ac Pry seems to be the word. yo u r peers, the ombuds you a re sati sfied, not just if teaching, then there would be c urate image of the course. The multipli city of mecha people in each class? e tc. it feels like a bad dream. We time for the m to d o some When one dea ls w ith few ni sms suggests that none are Besides numeri cal e valu would love to hear, nay we thing on the fly to remedy the res ponses it is diffic ult to reall y sati sfacto ry, that the re ation of vari ous c riteria we need to hear from you. Send situati on befo re the course is con vince Pro fs. that they is an unfilled need for infor ha d a lso re quested further us comme nt on ways to im over. The first round of ETQs shou Id take the comments mation. There are lots of an comments. Many of these prove the questionnaires and is now done w ith, with let made on their presentation, ecdotal complaints, but in written comme nts were ex to inc rease your respon se to ters being sent to the Pro seriously. After a ll if there our e ffort to get timely infor celle nt and to the point. But them . I can be reached a t fessors, last Friday. The re are few respondents it is mation, there is too little re the re were quite a few which revelj @cco the ARC ports consist of o ne Excel likely that ma lcontents will sponse in most cases to de went beyond a pro duc tive through Devi Thota at worksheet with a nume rical be better represented than c ide whether anything is format. To be u seful com devi@cco, a nd the Ombuds eval u a tio n o f the various people who are mi ld ly satis wrong with the way a course me nts have to be objecti ve office at helenh@cco. Con items queried. The writte n fied, or even ecstatic. And if is taug ht. 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Stamps, Arkansas, where the choirgirl hoteL I'll jJst give .:KQ13 +:T872 Through the grace of Residence black community did not ac a little background info: to J72 :965 Life, I trekked to the Pasadena knowledge non-African authors, wards the end of the Boys for :83 QJT952 Civic Auditorium to see the Di s she stated that "It is imperative Pele tour, she found 'out she ' .:AQ93 .:void tinguished Speakers Series of that you kn ow that all of [poetry 1 ,. ..; was pregnant. Sadly soon Southern California. Looking belongs to all of us all of the SOUTH after, she miscarried. Sud- for so me excuse time." denly all these songs just . :A6 to justify aban- Ange lou was came to her "from the choir- . QJ d onln. g th e usua I "}(ou need to most in spiring girl hotel" and as a resu It we :AK47 d h as she twisted pon erous ome- have this poetry have her most mature and . :KJT84 . and tweaked the war k aSSlgn- emotionally charged album ments, I went to InSI" d" e you, often deli cate is- since the breakthrough Un- North-South vulnerable. M sue of race. She Dealer is South. see aya der the Pink: She gets Angelou the fa - is undoubtedl y a funkier, more percussive on mous poet. However, I returned minori ty : black, female, highl y this album, most notable on SOUTH W EST NORTH EAST . h . . f Maya Anoelou educated. However, she neither " d Obi I .' 2 WIt a vISIon a ' " "Raspberry Swirl .•.. an I. the person - famous yes, but fa- exploited nor avoided th e issue. "She's Your .Cocaine." As 3N Obi 4. mous for her o ut standing It was clear throughout that she usuaI,' the ' most radio- Obi personhood. was who she was and would be friendly song ("Spark") isn't Sh e opened h er s' peech wI'th taken on th ose terms. However, the best track by any means. a song: from a deep, mellow alto she was again able to pull out My' favorite song. is "Play- Opening Lead: Eight of Diamonds . th t spanned the the thread of universal experi- h ro II e d I yncs a boy'Mommy," whic seems globe, and a melody that held the ence from a background of per- ·:tike an open apology to her The Bidding timeless richness of pure pas- sonal anecdotes. While no one, unborn child. There's an Last week's West, now sitting South, stared at hi s 17-pointer with sion. Applause were universal , perhaps, could relate to the com- . unreleased ·track that was two major-suit doubletons, and decided to bid I C instead of open but on ly a few - all women save plete spectrum of her life, every-avaiia'6Ie by preco~deri~g ing I NT, although he mentally decided to bid it later. West, hold a lone black man - rose from one received the message. "You with Tower Records,.!iut I've" ing a reasonable spade suit and 13 good points, doubled that for their seats. Only an hour and a need to have this poetry inside g9!!1!~ song'in JnI'3form,at. : takeout. North oblingingly showed his red suit, as did East. South, halflater, Angelou had, by sheer you. You need to laugh and cry. " Cieri! ~at ::. ' ;i,'ti'.' '. apparently oblivious to the opponents' inteference, went through inspiration of her spirit , ani- You need to realize that human h)lp?l/eiJiph'iihy.cai~Ji"ed.u/ with his plan anyway. This was resoundingly doubled by West; after all, he stood to make at least two spade tricks, two club mated the group to rise unani- beings are more alike than un- menfWn.llIp3 '. ,,.f'...... :...• ,.; ••• ,:, •. '.;;;,•. :.•..•....•.... '; tricks (since South was marked with the club King), and East ~~~sio~~,"c:::d~:~ f~~~i~:~ ~a~li;k~e~. ";;;~;;;;j~;pw~~;wi~~~;~;4 :~'f·i·0~7~•. ~ .~~' ~.; ~~.~. i~~.. ~:~.. ~'· j' i· I auld probably supply something in diamonds. North tried to ability to identify with women ave into clubs, but that was doubled too. and African Americans, but from her ability to distill the he Play human experience into a brew est led into hi s partner's diamonds. Dummy came down, and so strong that her message at . outh went into a stew. West's doubles had unnerved him. Gin once was understood by each gerly, South took the Ace and trumped a low diamond in dummy, individually, and by all collec noticing West's doubleton. Leading a low club from dummy re ti vely. vealed the bad trump break as East discarded a diamond. South's The evening revolved ten was overtaken by the queen, and West led a high spade back around poetry, again rendered in 10 South '5 ace. Trying to get rid of his hot potato (the low spade), Angelou's rich, rolling, precise r at least force West to use one of his trumps, South led out the expression. Poetry was used be op three hearts, throwing the last spade in his hand on the King. cause, "in the poetry we can find outh led a heart from dummy and West seemed surprised when evidence of our wonder," and e trumped it with the Jack of trumps. West overruffed with the Angelou deftly inspired and elu ce and led a high spade. West raised his eyebrows again as cidated that wonder as she outh trumped with the four. Now the situation was: walked the line between speech and song. She drew primarily NORTH from black writers, reciting Paul .:9 Lawrence Dunbar, Mari Evans, \/:8 Langston Hughes and ending .. with her own work, but poets far • :76 WEST EAST .:Q3 +:T \': v :QJT C:93 .: SOU.:TH AT STEEl E HtJUSE \i: > K7 . :K8 155 S.IIowsrDII d South made the only move that could save the contract: the iamond 7. If West ruffed high, declarer's hand would be good. s it happened, West threw the spade 3, and declarer . ain made the only correct move of leading a SIde SUIt from THURSDAY, MAy Z4 'To II P.M. mmy and trumping with the club King. Now there was noth g 10 stop declarer from making his contract. 10 May IS, 1998 COMICS The California Tec-h DILBERT ® by Scott Adams FoxTrot by Bill Amend WHAT'S IMAGINE THE j OK AY, NOW It'\I>.(,II>IE WI-IA,'s ~ ll-IE [ (.tifT SoMETHIN<:t ""-'SIVE GoNE cmTERI"'~ _'T WRoNG Willi M CoPIER W'ELL., THAT 'S "OST BEAUTI- ~ I'VE You C"N "IEVE'" foR ToOA,.? ovr: AU. ll-IE WORDS ARE UN NOT EX,.'.cTll I~===""-_,I' cUBrcLE?" 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