The Ultimate THE CALIFORNIA TECH Tech [Volume LXXXVII, Number 17 Pasadena, California Friday, February 14, 1986 Sunney Chan Wins Travel Award [CNB] - Sunney I. Chan, pro made on Monday, February 3, by from John Navas, founder and fessor of chemical physics and Dr. Rochus Vogt, Caltech vice president ofFittings That Fit, Inc., biophysical chemistry at Caltech, president and provost. The award in Alhambra. He has created a has received the 1986 John Navas consists of $4,000 in unrestricted similar award at his alma mater, Foreign Travel Award, which an travel funds, which Dr. Chan will MIT, and at Culver Military nually honors a Caltech faculty use to visit Scandinavia this sum Academy in Culver, Indiana. member for outstanding dedication mer with his family. This year's Navas Award to the welfare and education of The Navas Award was recognizes Dr. Chan for his com students. The presentation was established in 1982 through a gift mitment to enhancing the quality of personal and academic life for Caltech students. Dr. Chan served as master of student houses at the The Future of Institute from 1980 to 1983 and is currently chairman of an ad hoc faculty committee to review academic requirements for Art History undergraduates. A South Pasadena resident, Dr. by Doug Gray Gallery. He has taught courses on Chan was appointed professor of chemical physics in 1968, five Dr. John Schwarz, a professor of theoretical physics pioneered the ap- Rumor has it that art history at British art since 1961. The elimination of Ward's and years after he joined the Caltech plication of superstrings to unified field theory. - photo by Kent Noble Caltech is about to become a thing of the past because Professor Belloli's positions came to the faculty, and was executive officer Marty Ward and BaxArt Director dismay ofmost ofthe HSS division for chemistry from 1978 to 1980. Jay Belloli are leaving at the end and many others on campus, but all His research focuses on the struc Superstrings and a of this year. According to is not lost for the students. The ture and function ofproteins in the Humanities Executive Officer division is recommending a new art cell that convert the chemical Robert Rosenstone, the rumors history program taught by part- energy in food into biological Unified Field Theory have some basis in fact, but art continued on page 6 energy that the body can utilize. The following is an abridged single unified field theory. The history courses will continue to be version ofan article that appeared newest approach, which seems to offered after this year. in the November 1985 issue of many physicists to hold hope for Dr. Ward was hired in 1981, Science '85 under the title "Com success, is one that, like Einstein's when the HSS division was plan IBM '·Lavishes pleting Einstein. " general theory of relativity, is in ning to build an art history group by John Schwarz herently geometrical. of three or four professors. Then, In the second decade of this A basic tenet ofthe new theory, when Robbie Vogt became provost century, Albert Einstein put for known as superstring theory, states in 1983, he announced an institute $1,000,000 on Tech ward a new theory of gravity that that the universe has not just three wide hiring freeze (i.e. a freeze on w~s revolutionary in its approach. spatial dimensions, but nine. This the creation of new positions in any HIS general theory of relativity may have a science-fiction ring to division, not on the hiring of new [CNB] - Promising new faculty by Caltech to educate young scien described the physics ofgravity in it, but it is nonetheless a perfectly faculty). Dr. Ward was the only research ventures and science tists and engineers. One is the terms of geometry: it said that the sensible possibility in the context professor ofart history, and the ad education for college and high Summer Undergraduate Research Earth is attracted to the sun because ofa quantum superstring theory. In ministration announced in early school students will be among the Fellowship (SURF) program, in the mass of the sun distorts, or fact, superstring theory frees 1984 that tenure in art history efforts funded by a $1 million grant which Caltech students devise curves, the local geometry of physicists from some of the absur would no longer be offered. Ward's to the California Institute of research projects and, sponsored space. dities that conventional approaches contract was extended by an extra Technology from IBM. by faculty advisers, carry them out Now our understanding of imposed on them. Essentially, the year, and it expires in June. "This grant helps meet some of during the summer. This program, gravity is again in need ofrevision. new theory allows them to make Also in 1984, President the most vital needs of Caltech," established in 1979, has helped This time the struggle is to in fewer arbitrary assumptions when Goldberger decided to close Bax said Caltech President Marvin L. hundreds ofCaltech students to get tegrate gravity with quantum seeking the answers to some basic ter Art Gallery, thereby eliminating Goldberger in announcing the a taste of professional-level scien mechanics, the basic theory question. For that reason, and Belloli's position as director. His funding. "For example, a portion tific research while still governing how matter- particular because ofavenues it opens up, the contract was also extended, by a ofthe grant will be used to establish undergraduates. IBM has helped ly sUbatomic matter- behaves. In new theory has captured the atten year and a half, and it expires in the IBM Research Fund to support support the SURF program since deed, the attempt to revise the tion of some of the best minds in December. research initiatives by both new 1982. theory of gravity is part of an ef physics. Ward and Belloli are survived and established faculty. These The other program aided by the fOrt to unify all of the known fun Extensive experimental studies by Robert Wark, part-time lecturer funds are absolutely necessary if IBM grant will be the Institute's .damental forces of nature into a continued on page 3 and curator of the Huntington Art we are to attempt untried research Secondary Schools Science Pro approaches that would not normal ject. Under this program, about ly be supported by traditional 300 junior and senior high school sources." According to Dr. students a year take special free ASCIT ELECTION RESULTS Goldberger, the IBM Research classes in science and mathematics Fund will also be used to bring at Caltech each summer. The latest outstanding young scholars to the IBM funding continues IBM sup ASCIT Vice President Pam Feldman Institute as visitors. port ofthe project, which began in In addition, the IBM grant will 1981. Tech Editor...... Peter Alfke help support two innovative efforts Director Social Activities Rob Soderberry Athletic Manager Chris Schofield Director Academic Affairs Tylis Chang DOC Secretary Doug Roberts Activities Chairman Kledzik/Rosema/SearcyNogt Run-offs
IHC Chairman John Beck Randy Brown Steve Gomez ASCIT Secretary Kathleen Hayashibara Junko Munakata Upperclass Director-at-Large Rob Fatland Susan Gerhart Eric Scharin Frosh Director-at-Large Rachel Clark Bibi Jentoft-Nielsen Run-off elections will be today for as-yet unsettled offices and to put the proposed ASCIT Bylaws Hans Hermans knifes through the water with the easy grace that has Amendments to a vote. Ballots will be picked up at mid n i g h t. earned him the nickname "Duck." Caltech's swimming team will compete against Pasadena City College tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. in their last home meet of the season. See sports on page 11. 2 THE CALIFORNIA TECH Friday, February 14, 1986- 11------OPINION----~--3
for a third straight year, then how stituency, after military industries, tagon's spotty record on quality and' Letters to the Editor about dropping it from the catalog? for the SDI research porkbarrel. cost control, this will ultimately If it's ever taught again, then sure What has happened to basic hurt U.S. technological growth and Bruce Kahl recognized that the entire campus ly it can be returned. In the mean research? It is expected to grow on competitiveness. To the Editors: would benefit by greater exposure time, the department will have ly I% this year, while military More than 2600 faculty I was pleased to be interviewed to the counseling services that we dispelled the impression that it is research and development is ex members have already signed a by Mr. Blume last week and had gave the Bruce Kahl interview such fluffing up its image in the catalog pected to increase 21 %. Though petition calling the Star Wars pro looked forward to his article on the prominence. Our selections of with a bunch of non-existent classified research has been ject "deeply misguided and Caltech Counseling Service, headline and photo caption were courses. restricted on most major campuses dangerous," including Hans Bethe especially as it might inform more made with the objective ofdispel - Robert Lang since the '60's, much of the final of Cornell and Philip Morrison of students of our purpose and func ling any anxiety or stigma through Applied Physics stage SDI research will fall into this MIT. Opposition to the "invasion tion. I was very much disap a little levity. If in doing so, we classified category. of academia" by the Pentagon is pointed, then, by the headline have offended anyone, we What this means is that univer growing nationwide. Students, which glared over the story. What apologize. -Eds.] SDI Funding sities, traditionally a major source faculty and the public everywhere should join in making their views I tried to make clear during the To the Editors: of unbiased scientific research, are interview - and what the "Screw becoming more and more depen heard on this important issue. Uranus Photos Universities looking for Sincerely, Loose" title negated - is that research funds are finding the Pen dent on the Department of To the Editors: - Rosy Nimroody because an individual seeks tagon offers "the only game in Defense. The Pentagon is supply Congratulations on your center ing more than one half ofall federal Project Director counseling does not mean she or he town". According to a recent report fold spread in the January 31 edi funds for mathematics and com Council on Economic Priorities is crazy, as much as that unfor by the Council on Economic tion of The California Tech. Gavin [Readers wishing to respond direct tunate stereotype still exists. I also Priorities, funds ear marked for puter sciences, effectively putting Claypool and Nick Smith did the ly to the CEP or who wish to tried to make clear that the SDI "innovative" research, award it in charge of those disciplines best job I have yet seen in il receive further information from Counseling Service is a place for ed primarily to universities, will which are key in the development lustrating some of the spectacular them may contact them at 30 Irving Caltech students to explore, quadruple in FY 1986 to $100 of high technology. Given the Pen- images obtained by Voyager 2 of Place, New York, NY 10003. understand, and resolve their prob million. Pentagon funding for the Uranus system and, at the same Enclose a business-sized, stamped, lems in the context of a special, defense projects at universities has time, putting them in an understan self-addressed envelope ifyou want confidential, secure relationship increased 89% in the last five dable context. a copy oftheir newsletter. - Eds.] with the counselor. My hope is that years. Today, incredibly, this con - F. H. Felberg students at Caltech may view the stitutes sixteen percent of all Associate Director, lPL Counseling Service as an important federally funded university resource for them in their educa research - the same share received THE CALIFORNIA TECH tions here, a place for self by universities during the height of Volume LXXXVII • Number 17 enrichment through greater self Humanities the Vietnam War. 14 Februrary 1986 awareness. My fear is that the To the Editors: MIT and its off-campus Lincoln headline may have daunted Caltech is fortunate enough to Laboratories, for example, in FY EDITORS students who were considering be blessed with one of the finest 1985 received a whopping 59 % of Paul Gillespie • Peter Ashcroft counseling for themselves. I hope Humanities departments in the ci all its research funds from DoD, at ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR that the editors will show more sen ty of Pasadena. A quick perusal of least one fifth of which went to John Fourkas sitivity to their material and their the course catalog reveals such ex SDI. Across the nation, some 43 PHOTO EDITOR readership in the future. cellent courses as An 101, Selected other schools have also received Kent Noble Sincerely, Topics in Anthropology; H 159, Star Wars contracts. Such a rapid SPORTS EDITOR -L. Bruce Kahl, M.D. American Radicalism; Lit 10, Sex increase shows that universities Michael Keating Director, Counseling Service ual Identity in Literature, and Lit have become the next targeted con- REPORTERS 140, Twain and James. Surely any John Beck • Jim Bell To the Editors: student would leap at the chance to Nancy Drehwing • Castor Fu "Screw Loose? See Dr. Bruce" take one of these courses. He Doug Gray • David Hull certainly has a certain ring to it. It would run into one problem, The Caltech Y Fly-by Ed Zanelli • Marty Zimmerman sounds kind of funny. But is it ap however. They weren't taught this PHOTOGRAPHERS propriate for the front page of the year. Nor were they taught last Matthias Blume • Teresa Griffie Tech? Is it an appropriate title for year. Or the year before that. Or Chris Meisl • Rod Van Meter Min Su Yun • Sing Dng Wong an article about the Caltech the year before that. Friday...February 14 counseling service? Is ridiculing In fact, these courses have been THE INSIDE WORLD the people you interview a good listed in the catalog for 6 years Enjoy the sounds of the big band era with the Blue Tones. Blacker: Jim Bell without ever being taught. The Noon concert on the Quad. Bring a lunch and a sweet heart. Dabney: Mike Roberts idea? Fleming: Steve McAdams "It makes people read the arti typical undergraduate has free run of the Humanities course offerings Lloyd: Nicole Vogt cle." Sounds like National Enquirer Tbere will be a representative ofStudent Travel International Page: Cynthia LePage strategy to me. After all your fuss for only 3, years (since frosh at the concert to provide information on student trips to Europe. Ricketts: Saxy Workman ing about cusswords, I'm surprised humanities ate inflicted upon him Ruddock: Sam Wang his first year), yet there are cur that you support this method of get Saturday...February 15 rently 21 courses listed in Anthro, ting the readers' attention. 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(818) 249-5646 Any questions, comments, or ideas? License #456757 Come see us in the Y office or call x6163 Special discounts to Caltech community. Friday, february 14, 1986 THE CALIfORNIA TECH 3 - more - the weak nuclear force and relativity is very beautiful and suc for this mav be found in the most vibrates. By oscillating in a par the strong nuclear force, and cessful, it falls apart when one tries basic prerriise of quantum field ticular way. for instance. a string Strings possibly others- that are less to interpret it quantum mechanical theory. In the theory, gravitons. would be an electron. Also, strings familiar because they occur only at ly. Quantum calculations based on and all other elementary particles. can join or divide - two coming from page 1 nuclear or subnuclear levels. Each Einstein's gravity theory give "in are described as mathematical together to form one or one have revealed a large number of ofthese various forces is carried by finities," answers that are as absurd points. having no dimension what dividing into two. This interaction particles that seem to be elemen specific gauge particles. When the as the results you get if you try to soever. This could be the source of is the origin of the fundamental tary. meaning that they are not sun lights the Earth, the energy is divide a number by zero. In the the problem. force, the single force from which made up of anything else. Accord transmitted from the one celestial language of the mathematician, the In 1974. the late French gravity, electromagnetism, and the ing to quantum mechanics. the body to the other by photons, the calculations diverge, or more physicist Joel Scherk and I pro various nuclear forces are derived. main role of one group of these gauge particle of elec descriptively, blow up. This ap posed that elementary particles are This basic coupling of strings particles, the gauge particles, is to tromagnetism. And when the Earth parent clash between gravity and not points but rather are one replaces an infinite number of transmit forces between other par attracts the moon, the two ex quantum mechanics is the most dimensional curves called strings. possible interactions that could pro ticles. Thus particles and forces are change gravitons, the gauge parti severe obstacle that has arisen in at These strings have zero thickness. duce forces in previous quantum deeply interconnected, and an cle for gravity. tempts to construct a unified field Their lengths vary depending on theories of gravity. understanding ofone is tantamount Thus, in the context ofquantum theory. We have found unifying the circumstances, but their typical Thus we may have found a to an understanding of the other. mechanics, Einstein's theory can be principles that apply to all the other value is the Planck length, 10 33 unique mathematically consistent Gravity and electromagnetism viewed as the theory of a specific forces. Only gravity, the force centimeters. That's exceedingly explanation of all fundamental are the most evident forces in elementary particle, the graviton. described by Newton and Einstein, small: the Planck length is as much phenomena. Not only does the con everyday experience. But there are But although his general theory of is still a holdout. A likely reason smaller than the atom as an atom cept of strings propose a single par is smaller than the solar system. ticle that can be varied to represent Superstring theories are cur all the myriad particles of the sub rently enjoying a surge of populari nuclear world, but it also proposes ty as it becomes increasingly clear a single source for all ofthe forces. that they can be used to describe all An important element of of the fundamental phenomena of superstring theory is a concept nature. It is apparently impossible called supersymmetry. Supersym to construct a mathematically con metry first arose in 1971 in the con sistent quantum theory of gravity text of string theory in works by without using strings. Conversely, Pierre Ramond, Andre Neveu, and it seems impossible to construct a myself. BURGIER CONTiNIENTAl mathematically consistent theory of The notions of symmetry is one strings without including gravity . of the physicist's most useful tools. Superstring calculations, even Mathematical symmetries are • GOOD FOOD though they involve gravity, do not similar to the everyday similarities produce infinities. we notice between common objects Achieving this unity with but on a much more complex and • REFILLS ON SOFT DRINKS AND SALAD BAR superstring theory requires a fun abstract scale. When elements of a damental alteration in the way we set of equations can be inter view the geometry of the world. changed or altered, and still the • UNDERGRADUATES PLEASE ASK For known string theories to be whole collection displays the same consistent, six extra dimensions properties, it is said to have sym FOR YOUR SPECIAL MEAL RATES must be added to the usual three, metry. An elementary example of making nine dimensions in all. The this is radial symmetry: the proper basic idea is that six dimensions are ties of a sphere's surface are not • YOUR HOST FOR i\.LL YOUR NEEDS unobserved because they are too disrupted by the sphere's rotation. small. They are curled up into a The concept ofsymmetry is useful sort of six-dimensional ball that oc in the development of theory FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF FEBRUARY curs at all points in the space-time because it can be used to point out continuum. It is conceivable that all important similarities between A FREE ROOT BEER FLOAT TO ALL FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES ofthe nine spatial dimensions may widely different things. once have been equal, but in the Widely differing things may moments following the birth of the have surprising hidden similarities FACULTY, GRAD STUDENTS, ATTEND! B.C.: ON LAKE AVENUE universe, three of them expanded, because observable nature often MONDAYS AND TUESDAY:; ARE BEER DAYS. HALF PRICE ON BEER. 112 BLOCK NORTH OF CALIFORNIA leaving the remaining ones disregards or "breaks" the sym shriveled in a little ball. metries in natural law. For in Two kinds of strings may oc stance, the equations for magnetic cur. The open string is a curve with force treat all directions the same. free ends and the closed string is but the force emanating from an in a continuous curve, or loop, with dividual magnet alw;ys points in no free ends. The simplest and some particular direction. Thus the most promising theories involve symmetry of the equations in not only closed strings. Strings engage reflected in a physical magnet. In in some interesting behavior. First like fashion, all the nine spatial FREE of all, they move, with an dimensions are mathematically oscillating or vibrating motion. equivalent - the equations regard PIZZA Beer & Wine Which of the various elementary ing them have symmetry - but in particles a string represents the observable world, three are DRAWING depends on the manner in which it continued on page 4
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neatly. Instead, it is necessary to terms are combined, they closed strings with the SO(32) fascinating implications. Each E! Strings postulate the existence of new par counteract each other in a delicate symmetry and gave evidence that identifies a separate symmetry ticles to serve as partners for each pattern of cancellations. In super it is free from anomalies and in group. One group gives rise to all from page 3 known particle. The hypothetical symmetric string theories finities. A few months later, two known particles and forces; the se· much larger than the other six. The fermionic partners of the gauge superstring theories - these new superstring theories containing cond EH gives particles and forces same is true for forces, all ofwhich particles are given the general cancellations apparently ensure that only closed strings, one with that are hidden from observation. are equally powerful at extremely name of gauginos, with more well-defined finite results are ob EsxEs symmetry and a second ex It is difficult to be very specific high energy levels or temperatures specific names for specific cases. tained from the calculations. ample with SO(32) symmetry, about the properties of the resulting but display enormous differences For example, the partner of the In August 1984, Michael Green were formulated by David Gross, particles and forces at this time. under ordinary circumstances. photon is called the photino. The of Queen Mary College, Universi Jeffrey Harvey, Emil Martinec, But if the pattern turned out to be Supersymmetry is a symmetry bosonic partners or quarks and lep ty of London and I climaxed an in and Ryan Rohm at Princeton the same for both of the Es under which the two major classes tons are generically called squarks tense and exhilarating five-year University. These developments groups, there would be some amus of subatomic particles can be and sleptons. The partner of the collaboration by discovering that have created great excitement in ing consequences. All observable mathematically interchanged. electron is called the selectron. (I supersymmetric theories in nine the theoretical physics community. elementary particles would be These two classes are know as fer am proud to say that I am not dimensional space can circumvent For the first time, it has been duplicated by invisible mions and bosons. Fermions in responsible for this slanguage.) certain quantum-mechanical incon demonstrated that requiring a con counterparts - "shadow matter." clude the particles known as quarks The gravitino is the supersymmetry sistencies called anomalies. sistent unification with gravity can Invisible planets, stars, and galax and leptons. (The electron is an ex partner of the graviton, the gauge However, this circumvention only resolve many of the ambiguities ies made of shadow matter would ample of a lepton, whereas the pro particle that carries gravity. works with two particular versions that have plagued quantum field exist. The only way in which ton is made out of three quarks.) The experimental search for of the theory. These versions are theory. Not only are the two shadow matter could be detected The other class, the bosons, in these conjectural supersymmetry named for their "symmetry allowable symmetry groups deter would be through its gravitational cludes gauge particles and is dif particles is being vigorously pur groups," the specific kind of sym mined, but so is the complete spec pull, odd effects on the movement ferentiated from fermions by a pro sued. But meanwhile, supersym metry that an individual theory trum of elementary particles, all ofstars or the bending of light pass perty physicists call spin. metry is already proving useful to obeys. The two particular sym their interactions, and even the ing close to an invisible galaxy. According to supersymmetry, the theorists. Understanding that metry groups that word for dimensionality of space and time. Astrophysicists have long known each boson and fermion should the graviton has a partner was a superstring theory are designated in A great deal of work is still re that several types of invisible"dark have a partner among the opposite major step in advancing our mathematical lingo, SO(32) and quired to relate superstring theories matter" must occur in the cosmos class of subatomic particles. Which understanding of superstring EsxEs. to phenomena observed in the to account for various observed fermion gets paired with which theories. These symmetries are all en laboratory. However, largely due properties of galaxies. Matter boson? The obvious first guess is Certain calculations involving compassing: All known to numerous insights of Edward associated with the second E8 for the gauge particles to be the bosons and fermions used to pro elementary-particle symmetries Witten at Princeton University, the could be one of its important supersymmetry partners of the duce infinities. Supersymmetry en can be contained in either one of phenomenology of superstrings is constituents. quarks and leptons. But that does sures that this does not occur. In them. We presented a superstring progressing rapidly. The pro The theory of superstrings is not work; they do not pair up so stead, when bosonic and fermionic theory containing both open and spects, especially for the EsxEs about to enter the period ofexperi theory, appear extremely bright. A ment and confirmation. Scientists crucial step is to deduce a detailed are hard at work trying to verify geometric description of the six the effects the theory predicts. IHC and ASCIT Highlights compact dimensions. This effort is Some things will be almost im pushing at the frontiers of possible to test. For example, the mathematics and is resulting in a by John Beck Arrangements are going well cient funds from other sources. existence of the six extra dimen for Sports Day, Sunday February The annual ASCIT budget level of communication between sions could be demonstrated by ex 16. That's the day after tomorrow! meeting will be March 4. Proposals physicists and mathematicians un periments in which particle colli precedented in recent times. IHC About 100 alumni are expected to will be due by February 28. sions at high energies produce new The EsxEs theory has some An unheard-of 22 people were show up. A lot of wild events are continued on page 5 in attendance at this week's IHC planned, and everyone should have meeting, presumably to see the a good time. So come on out and fireworks expected in the Page join the fun! Fleming RF controversy and the Everyone agreed that the Page-Dabney Discobolus con athletic department needs to get troversy. They were on the whole new flags for flag football. The old disappointed, though, as ones were condemned as bogus by GOOD NEWS everything was resolved calmly a unanimous vote of the IHC. The and without incident. IHC will ask Warren Emery to buy Several persons present ex some new ones for us. pressed interest in what was going ANNOUNCEMENTI to happen between Page and Flem ing. They had to settle, however, ASCIT for the knowledge that the entire CAL-TECH Students, Faculty and Employees can enjoy a matter had been resolved in private Tylis Chang requested $200 to All by the new and old house put on a job fair for about 35 com special discount of 20% off on any roll of film processed and presidents in cooperation with the panies for the Society to Reduce In printed at PCC 1 Hour Photo Lab, Come to ask for detail. Don't MOSH. ternational Violence on Earth Several members of Dabney (STRIVE). These are supposed to miss the chance! House were present to argue their be companies with non-military case in protest of their Discobolus contracts. The request was Cross-Country race against Page approved. last Sunday. They presented their Richard Lawson requested DO: $600 to publish the Totem, the WE claim that Page did not have a full • Regular print 4x6 size team present at noon, and that they Caltech undergraduate literary had not provided timers. Page tried magazine. He hopes to print up 800 • Color Enlargements to plead its case by claiming that volumes of about 50 pages each. they should have been allowed a He was allotted $200, and told to • (5x7, 8x10, 20x28) IS-minute grace period. The IHC return if he could not raise suffi- upheld Dabney's protest by a vote • Greeting Cards of 5-1, with Fleming abstaining. (Made from your photo) Dabney maintains possession ofthe Discobolus trophy and will host • Color Photo post cards Lloyd in volleyball this weekend. (Send home instead of letter) Chris Brennen and Stan Borodinsky presented a list of • All kind of slides potential rooms to be built in the • Also Passport Photos South Complex Basement during the upcoming rehabilitation proj ect. They asked everyone in atten dance to help rate the ideas on a 1 to 3 basis to get an idea of Color Enlargement Yau always deserve priorities. Rated high were music 210 .Q practice rooms, an art room, a dark 8" x 10" the Best Quality, room, a place for an automatic _---_Only 3.99 teller machine, a bike shop, space 'tiIIFeb.14 Price & Service for a copy machine, more laundry (818) 584-0290 / space, and a Coffeehouse. P;OCHOUR 1447 E. Colorado III at: EAST * COLORADO 1 PHOTO (al lIi11) Pasad<:na PASADENA L.Li L.Li CITY > > « PARIAN TRAVEL « COLLEGE z ...J W Caltech Officially Approved HOUR ...J ...J - ...J Most courteous, economical and efficient service PHOTO I « for your official and personal travel needs. Free service to you. For an introductory offer a complimentary $50.00 1447 E. COLORADO BL. worth of fine dining checks will be offered with the purchase of min. $100.00 travel tickets (one per family). (818) 584-0290 PASADENA, (AT HILL) (818) 577·8200 468 S. Sierra Madre Boulevard, Pasadena Friday, February 14, 1986 THE CALIFORNIA TECH 5 to understand the structure of space universe. There seems to be a good Strings and time at the tiniest distances and chance that, with the development Sports Day to know the reason for the ex of superstring theories, we are from page 4 istence of a very wide range of fun closing in on the answers to all damental lengths ranging from the these questions and more. kinds ofparticles with very specific Plank length to the radius of the properties. Unfortunately, small Sunday dimensions, like small particles, must be investigated in machines that employ enormous amounts of Preparations continue for the team of three people. The first energy. The extra dimensions are collegiate crossword 1986 Sports Day, which will be three events will be bike-riding, probably so small that the energy held Sunday, the February 16. The swimming, and beer drinking. required to explore them is far festivities are sponsored by the Each team member will do one of beyond what will be available to us Master's office, and will begin at these events. The final event of the in the foreseeable future. 10:30 with soccer, tennis, and polyathlon will be a four-legged But other things can be proved volleyball. Following a free lunch race with all three team members. or disproved. The search for part at noon on the l~n north of the Approximately 100 alumni are ners for each fermion and boson, gym, activities will resume with expected to participate as well as as predicted by supersymmetry, is softball at 1:00, and basketball, many students and faculty. Chris proceeding full blast. There are swimming, and ultimate frisbee at Brennen, Master of Student reasons for believing that their 1:30. The day will conclude with Houses, stressed the fact that there masses could be observed in ex a tug-of-war at 2:30, and a is no need to sign up in advance, isting or soon to be completed pro I polyathlon at 3:30. and that an informal atmosphere ton colliders. Hints of such par i The polyathlon will consist of will prevail. ticles in recent experiments are tan a series of four events for each talizing. The confirmation of supersymmetry would be one of the most important discoveries in the history of modern physics. Physicists have long had the dream of someday being able to understand mass and other proper ties of elementary particles from first principles. They are anxious
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ACROSS 43 Canadian province 11 Of a particu1ar (abbr. ) race or cuI ture 1 Houston ball park 44 Syrian city (Vdf.) 12 Woman's name or 10 Bondmen 45 Poker term '20s song 15 Room on the anterior 46 British elevators 13 Traffic warnings part of a ship 47 retas's nickname 14 Most mentally sound 16 Early Latin version (2 wds.) 18 Part of ship's name of the Scriptures 49 Way to obtain money 22 French friends 17 Star of 1926 Ben Hur (2 wds.) 25 Length times width (3 wds.) 50 Member of 26 Is unwell 19 - oculi (eye famous acting 28 Catch sight of muscle) family (2 wds.) 29 Sleeveless garment 20 Setting for "Hamlet" 52 Willow 31 Hydrocarbons found 21 Roller used in 53 Small airplane in solvents printing (hyph.) 32 Foundation 22 Fusses 54 [n itself: Lat. 33 Sheet music symbol 23 Chemical suffixes 55 Nanny (2 wds.) 24 Equipment 34 Exhausts 25 Of an ami de DOWN 35 App1 i es wa 11 26 "- of thousands!" coating 27 Apt .• dorm .• etc. I Fill with fear 37 Actor Art - 28 The Emerald Isle 2 Pain 39 Fast gait 29 By way of 3 Rai1.oad inventory 40 Gir1's name 30 Disease-carrying 4 Tenant or landlord 41 Painter of "Rowers' fl ies 5 Happen Luncheon" 32 Hote1 employee 6 Raised platform 42 Mired (3 wds.) 36 Pollution control 7 No longer in use 43 Military rank agency (abbr.) 45 Baseball city 37 The Bay State 8 Blended with (abbr.) (abbr.) (2 wds.) 46 Stratum 38 Asiatic tent 9 In one lump (2 wds.)48 Dried up 39 Madison's VP 10 Spanish equivalent 49 Irish-Gaelic 42 Adjectival suffix of ·'oui. oui" 51 Accelerate If you want to spend_your break on Oahl!,get your rear mgear. You don't have to call home for money. Just hurry into In-N-Out Burger and get yourself entered in the 6th Annual In-N-Out Bumpersticker Sweepstakes. V\e're giving away up to 70 Hawaiian vacations for two, including airfare and hotel accommodations for the week And if you're a lucky winner, you can use your two tickets to paradise any time in '86. Contest runs from February 3rd through March 26th. So unless you'd rather not spend your break sunning, surfing and sipping tropical punches, get your rear into In-N-Out today. ~'N'N"OUl R~ t:ALlTY.YYOOuu Y. S\J' £.ft CANTAST£ , • Q '" ,. ~ THE CALIFORNIA TECH Friday, February 14, 1986 6------~~~~~ Dear BLOOM COUNTY Reader: daily and Sunday. We are enclosing daily strips for the two Berke Breathed has been injured in the crash ofhis ultralight week period, Feb. 10-22. airplane in New Mexico, but is in good condition after surgery. We and Berke apologize for the inconvenience, and thank He is expected to be out of action from four to eight weeks. you for your understanding and messages of support. In the interim, he has suggested that his newspaper clients receive previously published but not widely distributed strips, Wm. B. Dickinson Editorial Director Washington Post Writers Group BLOOM COUNTY by Berke Breathed
!lNfl !O fIf'TER 1Hf: KrI5I f£Y. •. ARE YOU PS55T' f'IICHAU. 'MAllw;''' f3(NmY,~. I3INKt£Y...CIlIW CNeRf£:Rf-L. El<\I'WYEE~ 6'l·q.7·/3·709f? p? ~ Sponsored by the Caltech Y Art History from page 1 time lecturers. The lecturers may number ofboth historical and prac include professors from other tical courses available at Occiden universities, unemployed academ tal and the Art Center College of ics, or even Jay Belloli ifhe has the Design; Caltech has a credit ex time (he is planning to setup a new change program with both schools. gallery in Pasadena). The recom Courses taken at these schools are mendation includes Dr. Wark's available only on a pass-fail basis course as well as a full-year survey and apply only to the 36-unit of the history of Western art, two general HSS requirement, not to advanced courses in Western art, the more specific 36-unit and two courses in non-Western humanities requirement, however. De#ining art. Presently there are no courses Also, fitting Oxy courses into one's in non-Western art, so the proposal schedule is difficult because they is not just a downscaled version of usually meet four times a week, ~lIesllGpes what we have now. and Art Center courses are It is not clear how much of this notoriously time-consuming. program will actually be instituted, Art courses have been popular but it is reasonable to expect some in the past and, in my experience, ~G"'GrrGW offerings next year. In Frederic very rewarding. It would be a G# Wong's article, "Baxter Art Closes" shame ifTechers were deprived of (California Tech, 9/21/84), Dr. easy access to such courses; a horse Goldberger is quoted as saying that won't drink if you don't lead it to Belloli's and Ward's eliminations water. One can only hope that a Make the mostofyoureducation, imagination, abilities did not signify a reduction in "our significant number of attractive and innovative ideas in a diverse range ofgovernment dedication to art education." We courses will continue to be offered and industry applications. here in the future. shall see. LOGICON is abie to offerexceptionalcareer opportunities Ifone is seriously interested in in systems andsoftwareengineeringandhigh technology other art courses, there are a large services. participate in some of the nation's high priority programs as part of a small team that fosters visibility and encourages individual contribution. If you're about to graduate in ENGINEERING, MATH, eOM PUTER selENeE or PHVSles, consider forming your career PASADENA SCIENTIFIC with us. Visit with our representatives: Thursduy, Murch 6, '9S6 I TECHNICAL BOOKS If YOu're unable to attend this meeting, please forward your resume to: June ogawa, LOGICON, 255 W 5th Street, Dept. CTp, We Stock Scholarly &Professional Books in: San pedro, CA 90733. (213) 831-0611. ENGINEERING· HANDBOOKS· SCIENCES· MATH AEROSPACE· COMPUTERS· BUSINESS· CODES u.s. citizenship required fOr most positions. NURSING· PSYCHOLOGY· ARCHITECTURE· DESIGN Equal opportunity Employer M/F/H/ V - We Specialize in: FAST DELIVERY • SPECIAL ORDERS PHONE ORDERS LOGICON M-Thur. 9-6 Fri. 9-5 ::.. Saturday 10-4 ~ 194-4499 1388 E. WASHINGTON BL. - PASADENA Friday, February 14, 1986 THE CALIFORNIA TECH 7 The Inside World Fleming: The Page House Story: Once upon a time, Rambo moved into Page House and got himself a following of half-witted soldiers of fortune, which endeared him much to the rest of the Boys. Then he got them all syndicated and began with the moronic maneuvers cam pus wide, winning respect and admiration at every turn. The Fleming House Story: Once upon a time, Chaz moved into Fleming ... In case anybody missed our Poet Laureate's latest work, it is reproduced here (without his permission): My pet feeding dish Is what I wish For -BJG See you all at Cats. -AI Fansome Blacker: After three weeks in the Dungeons ofSpinor, that evil muster of rotation, I awoke to find Naomi soothing my parched lips- with life giving water that is. Now back, via the unknown cave, I report that which was not naught of late. Yes, there was that titanic clash. Two houses strong and lean- and a yellow ball far stronger than each. Yet, when the clock struck 12, the Big Black Bug felled a crushing blow. Coming soon to a theatre near you- The Final Victory. And once again it is time for the changing ofthe guard. Nolan goes back to the ocean from which he was spawned. Congratulations Nancy, the jacket is yours. And don't forget young Scott. Drink long and well my son. But then came the greatest peril known to man. BROOMBALL! Yes, the terror ofSpinor now seemed no more than a child's top. Many maniacal moles maurauding and molesting move mighty mole men and misses, but mostly, merrily making magnificent maneuvers modify ing motion of the broomball. :g THE HAIR CUTTERS Startyourcareer HIS AND HERS OPEN EVENINGS thewaywe started 449-6967 449-1022 $3.00 Discount for Caltech students with this ad ourcompan¥ Right. 1009 E. COLORADO PASADENA PARKING IN REAR 8 THE CALIFORNIA TECH Friday, February 14, 1986 I-----ENTERTAINMENT------11 volved in separate dances on the dance separately and then fit it back rehearsing, she soon found that the stage with the common goal of into the music, paring off or adding creative energy ofthe dancers was hypnotizing and seducing their on when necessary. Not choreo good for building collective ideas. guards. Although several sets of graphing note for note- "mickey As Liz put it, "It's been very ex motion are simultaneously occur mousing it" as she calls it -, allows citing for me to collaborate with ring on stage their common goal each dance to be conceived and people whose lives evolve in a unites them in a visually and emo learned as a whole on its own and scientific community ... People tionally exciting realization of the encourages participation of the have been very receptive to my scene. dancers in the choreography. ideas; my ideas have all fallen on In creating the dances for The participation ofthe dancers fertile ground." Liz again stresses Kismet Liz said that she listened has been the key in Liz's choreo the analogy between artist and carefully to the music but did not graphy. Although she initially scientist: "There is a common choreograph the dances measure by wanted to have all of the dances ground ...a basic intelligence tying measure. Rather, she created each planned before she actually started us together." VVO Liz Oberstein, a modern dance instructor at Caltech, directs Tacit's most ON CAMPUS recent production- Kismet. THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27 Science, Art, Kismet Ask your Placement office for details on our upcoming campus Visit, or see our ad in this paper next Friday, A recent article appearing in the Kismet contain a full or partial February 21 for additional information. LLNL is an equal Los Angeles Times compared fifty chorus and Liz felt it important to opportunity employer, mlf/h. U.S. citizenship is required. ofthe world's great scientists to ar participate in the blocking process tists. The analogy was based on the in order to keep the "mass move premise that both artists and scien ment" interesting and thematic. "I tists begin by visualizing a form felt my role was mixed with block that has not previously existed and ing large scenes; I wanted to help then creating that form to fill the paint the overall picture." void. A good example of the overall Liz Oberstein, who teaches picture that Liz hopes to achieve in modern dance here at Caltech, has Kismet is in the Harem scene in found proof of this analogy in her which Liz plays with counterpoint students and particularly in work in the dancing in order to create "a ing with the Caltech-1PL com sense of busyness with unity." munity as choreographer for Various groups of dancers are in- TACIT's production of Kismet. When Liz was asked to work on the choreography for Kismet, she AIR RESOURCES ENGINEER was excited about the opportunity. $2101-$2830/Month She was already familiar with the music and knew that the elements ENGINEERING SENIORS AND GRADUATES contained in the music and imagery complemented her background and ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A CHALLENGING AND REWARDING interests in modern dance. CAREER CLEANING UP THE ENVIRONMENT? Kismet offers unique oppor tunities for the choreographer and The State of California Air Resources Board will be conducting the dancer as several characters are interviews on campus: completely developed through the medium of dance. The characters of the Ababu princesses, three DATE: February 27, 1986 Amazonian maidens brought in to LOCATION: CIT, Pasadena wed the Caliph, for example, are entirely developed through their athletic, war-like dances. The Ababus dance their statements and Environmental, Chemical, Mechanical, Civil and related the atypical musical imagery that accompanies them allows them to Engineering majors will be accepted. stress their strength and humor. Two other minor characters, FOR AN INTERVIEH PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE OF CAREER Zubidiah of Damascus and Samaris PLANNING AND PLACEMENT. of Bangalor, are also fully developed through dance. Zubidiah, a seductive contender to Applicants who are unable to make an appointment for an interview the Caliph's hand, and Samaris, a will be interviewed in Sacramento, Los Angeles (El Monte) or princess of Bangladesh, have one San Francisco. Completed State applications can be sent to: dance each in which to state their Air Resources Board, 1234 U Street, Sacramento, CA 95818. prupose and build the character that they wish to project to the au dience. Liz said that these solos developed quickly, drawing prin cipally off of the skills of the in For more information call: dividual dancers as they created Sue Peterson their characters. ARB, Personnel, Sacramento Another opportunity that (916) 322-8199 Kismet offered the choreographer was involvement in blocking the (916) 324-9531 TDD scenes. Many. of the scenes in _Fr_id_a....y__, _F_eb_r_u_a...;,ry_14...;,,_1-9_8_6 T_H_E_C_A_l_IF_O_R_N_IA_T_EC_H 9 r------ENTERTAINMENT-- ._] masks. A pity, because the other in dealing with organized crime, effects were good, especially when and the politics of police depart Rollie created one effect that he ments, where a polite hack is more couldn't tell from the real thing. successful than an abrasive super FIX uses a few standard plot cop. Still, the whole thing is put lines, questioning the morality of together well, and sustains a high protecting a bad guy who changes level of suspense throughout. sides, the safety of giving the The moral of FIX: never get a Justice Department carte blanche special effects man mad. Go see it. Earthquake Survivors- These arches are real Throopers. Originally the facade on Throop Hall, they are be ing incorporated into the new Beckman Lab of Chemical Synthesis. You'll Love the FIX by Nick Smith killing in a public restaurant. The up in a bizarre web of plots, FIX whole thing is being done to pro murders, and "murders", one in Orion Pictures tect a mobster who has turned which Rollie is considered a loose Directed by Robert Mandel government witness. Well, the end to be tied up. Permanently. A If you want somebody killed, money's right, and a few qualms lot of other good actors and ac you hire a professional killer, over the circumstances are easily tresses make appearances, but they right? Well, who do you hire ifyou overcome by Rollie. What could go might as well be scenery compared want to convince people you've wrong? A lot, and FIX becomes an to Brown, Dennehy and Adams. killed someone, without actually exciting adventure movie, along Robert Megginson and Gregory doing it? You hire the best movie with providing more ideas for great Fleeman turned in a script with special effects technician you can RF's than Real Genius. remarkably few plot holes, and find, according to the premise of Brian Dennehy (the alien leader those few are explainable. The FIX. from Cocoon) plays a tough, visual effects and photography Bryan Brown plays Rollie unstoppable police detective who were well done, making almost Tyler, a wizard at creating fake finds himself in a baffling case. every special effect convincing. scenes of mayhem in horror Mason Adams (he played Charlie The only flaw here is that, just like movies. He's approached by the on Lou Grant) is the Justice in the old Mission: Impossible Justice Department to stage a fake Department chief who pulls the episodes, they faked a couple of strings. RoBie finds himself caught scenes that involved full facial The earth will stand still tomorrow when the Southern California Skep tics present "The UFO Verdict: Examining the Evidence." See announce ment on last page. Ever thought about working in Silicon Valley? Here's your chance, if you are thinking about a career in I.C. Design Engineering. This is the perfect time to interview with Zilog, the innovator of the Z80 family of microprocessor products and super micro multi-user computer products. We're already recognized around the world for our excellence, quality and new ideas. And now, we're stepping up the pace with an ambitious program of technological advancement and development. Campus Career Fair Thursday, February 20 I.C. Design Engineers should plan on meeting with our representatives at the Career Fair on campus Thursday, February 20 to find out about our exciting plans and the opportunities they can mean for you. Not only are we adding I.C. Design Engineers to the staff of our Silicon Valley headquarters, but we have opportunities available for: Product Engineers, Hardware Engineers, Test Engineers and Software Engineers as well as for Process Engineers at our state-of-the-art Class 10 wafer fabrication facility in Nampa, Idaho. For more information check with your placement office, or if unable to meet with us, please send your resume to: Zilog Inc., Professional Staffing, Dept. CTI, 1315 Dell Avenue, Campbell, CA 95008. AN EOUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER M FH 10 T_H_E_C_A_L_I_FO_R-N_IA_T_E_C_H Fr_id_a....:.y..;..,_F_eb_r_u_a....:ry:....-l....:4,_19_8_6 MafiaFilm to be Shown in Baxter Conile Cascino, a documentary film about the poverty in Palermo, Sicily, and its relationship to the Mafia there, will be shown in Bax ter Lecture Hall Thursday, February 20. The movie will begin at 7:30, and is being presented in connection with Professor Robert Rosenstone's history class in documentary film making. The class is being taught in cooperation with Melon Lecturer, Jill Godmilow. This film was originally made in 1961 for an "NBC White Paper," Thief!- Brandon Mymudes steals second base for Caltech in the Beavers' 11-6 victory over PCBBC on Tuesday afternoon. but was never released by the net work due to its politically sensitive nature. The director of the film, Bob Young will make a personal appearance. Young has won numerous awards for his film work, including the Peabody Award for the films Sit-in and Angola: Journey to a War. Other films include Nothing but a Man and the well-known prison documentary Short Eyes. For more information call x6624 at the Public Relations Office. Investment Fund The Student Investment Fund will disburse up to about $4,000 for projects ofbroad interest to the students. The disbursements should not be used for the fur therance ofany political course or making up any deficit incurred, nor for funding scholarships. In stead they should preferably be used for capital investments. Please submit proposals to Sing Ung Wong 222 S. Chester Ave. Pasadena, CA 91106 Attn: SIF Disbursements Call Sing Ung at x6180 or talk to any SIF member for details. Real Genius Screening Director Martha Coolidge and other people affiliated with the filming of Real Genius will attend a screening of the movie at USC and hope lots of Techers will at tend. The screening will be Tues day, February 18 at 9:30 p.m. in Norris Cinema Theatre. DKA, the organization responsible for the screening, has given permission for Techers to take over the projection booth. Bring popcorn and bring your bunny slippers! Admission is $2.50 but will be waived for people who bring work ing lasers. If you are able to com ply with this provision, please con tact Astrid Golomb on Tuesday at (213) 743-6797, or Bruce Tiemann in Ricketts House. friday, February 14, 1986 THE CALIFORNIA TECH 11 Caltech Hockey Hurler- Freshman Brian Fall to CSUF Colder pitched a brilliant baseball game on Tuesday to lead Caltech to thei r first win of the season. The Beavers defeated Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College 11-6. photo by Rod Van Meter WEEKLY SPORTS CALENDAR Day Date Time Sport Opponent Location Fri. 2-14 1:00 pm Golf La Verne Whittier Fri. 2-14 All Day Wrestling NCAA Div. 3 West Regional Wisconsin University Sat. 2-15 All Day Wrestling NCAA Div. 3 West Regional Wisconsin University Sat. 2-15 10:00 am Swimming (MIW) Pasadena City College Caltech Sat. 2-15 12 noon Baseball Christ College Christ College (2) Sat. 2-15 1:00 pm Women's Tennis Cal Lutheran Cal Lutheran Sat. 2-15 1:30 pm Men's Tennis Claremont-Mudd Claremont (V & ]V) Sat. 2-15 7:30 pm Basketball Whittier ]V Caltech Tue. 2-18 3:00 pm Baseball The Master's College Caltech Tue. 2-18 3:00 pm Men's Tennis Pomona-Pitzer Caltech Ice Wars- George Yates, captain of the Caltech Hockey Clu~ is held back Tue. 2-18 9:30 pm Ice Hockey Club UCLA Pasadena Ice Center by a Cal State Fullerton opponent and his stick in Tuesday evening's match. Wed. 2-19 3:00 pm Women's Tennis Whittier Caltech Wed. 2-19 7:30 pm Basketball La Verne JV Caltech by Marty Zimmerman period, however, Caltech's luck ran Thu. 2-20 1:00 pm Golf Whittier Redlands Tuesday night the Beavers put out as Fullerton scored four goals Thu. 2-20 All Day Swimming (MIW) SCIAC Championships South Gate out a strong effort but were never- in under two minutes, two of these Fri. 2-21 All Day Swimming (MIW) SCiAC Championships South Gate theless defeated by Cal State goals coming only 15 seconds Sat. 2-22 All Day Swimming (MIW) SCIAC Championships South Gate Fullerton, the top team in the apart. The final score was 11-0. Sat. 2-22 11:00 am Track Claremont & Whittier Occidental league. Though the team was very Peter finished the match with PCBB (2) Sat. 2-22 12 noon Baseball Pacific Coast Baptist Bible physical, the hitting was clean and 51 saves - an incredible number Women's Tennis La Verne La Verne Sat. 2-22 1:00 pm there were only two penalties in the reflecting both his skill in the net Sat. 2-22 1:30 pm Men's Tennis Redlands V& ]V Redlands Sat. 2-22 7:30 pm Basketball Pacific Coast Baptist Bible Caltech game - none by Caltech. and the poor work of the Caltech Sun. 2-23 12 noon Fencing Cal Poly & Occidental Cal State Long Beach The game was never really skaters in their own zone. Sun. 2-23 1:00 pm Women's Soccer Spinoffs Caltech close, but the score was nearly Next week's match against the even for awhile. This was thanks UCLA Bruins is the final regular mostly to the fine play of goalie season game of the year. This .. ' ~ .. , Peter Dowd, who had a magnifi- should prove to be a good game cent game. 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Who's covering "Polya's Method of Counting competitive level, please contact ture Hall on February 17 at 7: 30 Oregon, will deliver the Leonidas up more facts and fallacies, the Hydrocarbons" by Dr. Phil either Leo Merken (440-9092) or pm. Based on a novel by Robert Alaoglu Memorial Lecture on Pentagon or the New York Times? Hanlon. This method is a power Salim Khan (304-0719, Marks Musil, young T6rless is brought up Tuesday, February 18 at 4:15 pm Are aliens really investigating ful method for counting certain House). Currently, due to the in a boarding school and sees how in 22 Gates. The lecture will be on military bases and the best fishing kinds of graphs. The talk will be unavailability of courts at Caltech his fellow schoolmates sadistical "A Problem of Ulam on ihe Binary spots? Find out tomorrow in a given at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, Feb. we would have to use the exhor ly torture a classmate of his. The Search Algorithm." Niven, whose fascinating lecture in Baxter Lec 18 in 151 Sloan. Refreshments will bitantly priced facilities of the film is played mainly by unknown primary research has been in the ture Hall. be served after the talk. Pasadena YMCA. If enough peo actors and was a multi-prize area of number theory, is the Phillip Klass, senior editor of ple are interested, however, there winner. author of seventy papers and seven Aviation Week and Space is a very good chance ofgetting the books, including co-authoring a Technology and an internationally club subsidized by Caltech. classical number-theory text with recognized authority on the subject See Kismet Herbert S. Zuckerman. Niven is of UFOs, will discuss "The UFO Tickets for Kismet are on sale Coin Auction also the immediate past president Verdict: Examining the Evidence." now at the Caltech ticket office. A coin auction will highlight of the Mathematical Association of The lecture will take place in Bax They are $5.00 for students, $7.50 Summer Here or There the February 19 meeting of the America. ter Lecture Hall on Saturday, Feb. for staff and faculty. Performances GTE Laboratories will conduct Caltech-1PL Numismatic Society. The Leonidas Alaoglu 15 at 2:00 pm. Free and open to the are Fri. Feb. 21 and 28, Sat. Feb. the Industrial Undergraduate Included in the sale are examples Memorial Lecture was established public. The lecture is sponsored by 22 and March 1, and Sun. Feb. 23 Research Program of summer in ofold American coinage no longer by friends and family of the late the Southern California Skeptics at 8 pm, and Sat. and Sun. March ternships for upper division in circulation from cents to silver Leonidas Alaoglu in recognition of and the Caltech Y. 1 and 2 at 2 pm. Seating is reserv undergraduate students in science, dollars. Often there are items ofin his great talents, his distinguished Phillip Klass is the author of ed and they're going fast, so buy mathematics and engineering. terest for the collector of foreign contributions to mathematics, and UFOs: The Public Deceived (The your tickets now. Deadline: March 10, 1986. For in coins. Bargains are available to his long friendship with Caltech. Los Angeles Times called it "A formation on this and other sum those prepared to engage in The Institute is privileged to honor fascinating and detailed analysis") mer programs, here or abroad, energetic bidding to enhance their his memory with a lecture each and UFOs Explained as well as drop by the Career Development collections. All Caltech-1PL per year by an outstanding hundreds of articles concerning Career Day Center, 08 Parsons-Gates. sonnel and their families are mathematician. UFOs. The Annual Caltech Career welcome to attend meetings held Day will be Thursday, February 20 the third Wednesday ofeach month in the Winnett Student Center. at 7:30 pm in room 168 of the Open House hours will be from 11 BOC Rep-at-Large Church Laboratory Building. Uranus Encounter Enterprise Forum am through 3:30 pm. During this The Board ofControl will soon No, this announcement isn't The Caltech/MIT Enterprise time over 30 organizations will select two representatives-at-large. late. Forum will be held on Tuesday, have representatives who are Anyone interested should sign up Scholarships for Blind Mr. Michael Urban will present Feb. 18 at 7:00 pm in Baxter Hall. ready, willing and eager to talk in any of the student housts. The National Federation of the a lecture entitled "Uranus En Thomas Tisone, President of with students of ALL levels about Signup sheets will be until 5 pm to Blind Scholarship Committee is of counter" at 7 pm on Saturday, Nouvas Manufacturing Tech all kinds ofcareer and employment day [nice of them to give a lot of fering scholarships for blind February 22 in the Von Karman nology Company of Santa Ana, questions. Come and gather infor notice, eh?]. First round interviews students who excell in their field of Auditorium at IPL. will present his business plan to a mation on employment re will be held Monday, February study and who have financial need. Mr. Urban is leader of the Ad panel of technical, financial and quirements, current company proj 17th. For further information please con vanced Software Development marketing experts. 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