Jabberwock to play in Dilbert appears for the front of Winnett next third week in a row! Friday. see page 6 see page 5 THE CALIFORNIA TECH VOLUME XCVIII, NUMBER 3 PASADENA, CALIFORNIA FRIDAY,4 OCTOBER 1996 Just another brick in the wall? Meet your Congressional candidates with CETF BY KIM E. LUMBARD BY CETF can/should Congress do? [This is an opinions article; how­ • Whether current regulations ever, we felt that the problems it The Caltech Environmental are excessive, sufficient, or addressed were important Task Force (CETF) is pleased to inadequete in dealing with urban enough that it belonged on the front page. -edsJ present a series oflunchtime dis­ pollution problems cussions on the environment by • How population growth, de­ My BACKGROUND District 27 candidates for US velopment, land use, and re­ House ofRepresentatives. Each source extraction should be bal­ Greetings! My name is Kim Lumbard candidate will discuss how the anced against ecosystem preser­ and I am a first year graduate stu­ next Congress should deal with vation dent in AMa. I was a Caltech environmental issues. This will Republican Jim Rogan will undergraduate in AMa. I origi­ be followed by a question and address CETFTuesday, October nally matriculated at Tech in answer session from the audi­ 8 in Moore 070. Martin Zucker, 1988 and graduated in 1994 (4 ence. of the National Law Party, will years of classes, 1 year leave of Come here what the candi­ be there Thursday, October 10 absence, I year of research). dates have to say on: in Moore 080. Libertarian After graduation I worked for • What environmental issues are Elizabeth Michael will join Oracle Corporation as a pro­ likely to be discussed during the CETF Friday, October II in grammer for a year, and last year 1did freelance research for Dr. 105th Congress Moore 080. Doug Kahn, the McEliece in the EE Department • How environmental programs Democratic candidate, will ad­ (meaning: I did it gratis ;-) I've should compare with other ex­ dress students Friday, October been around the Institute for penditures in the budgeting pro­ 18. All presentations will be quite a while and have been wit­ cess from noon to I :00 p.m. Light ness to a number of changes in • Global climate change: What refteshments will be provided. the community, particularly with regard to student and administra­ tive relations. This year I decided to live Philip Halpern named in Avery House, which is a flag­ The door between the past and the future? ship housing experiment by Caltech. The idea is to have un- dergraduates, graduate students, classes started, and I arrived about your room," the first said, mo­ Caltech's new Treasurer and faculty all live under the that time. I live in room 249, a tioning across the front ofthe al­ BY PUBLIC RELATIONS agement experience, as well as same roof, hopefully promoting single on the second floor which has cove. "And you'd score access a first-class intellectual under­ a greater interaction between some peculiar distinctions to it. It's to the balcony as welL" We three Philip Halpern has been standing of the field. He has what have typically been "sepa­ built on a corner and has an alcove glanced at each other, back and named treasurer and Chief In­ impressed everyone at Caltech rate cultures." Similar ideas have in front ofit; the alcove has another forth, and some magic happened vestment Officer at the Califor­ with his professionalism, friend­ been kicked around for many door leading to a nice balcony area. as we realized that it could be nia Institute of Technology, liness, and depth. These quali­ years; for example, as an In fact, it's the only room in the done. It should be done. It was Caltech Vice Presidentfor Busi­ ties should serve the Institute undergrad, I participated in dis­ house with an alcove in front of it crying out to be done. ness and Finance John Curry has well as our Administrative Pro­ cussions about C-House, where (discounting some rooms which are While snagging the space announced. His appointment is cess Engineering initiative the focus was to foster a business recessed a few feet). for my own personal use would moves into the fast lane." and entrepreneurial at­ be a coup of the high­ effective October 3. Halpern mosphere. I believe the est order, I decided that will come to Caltech from the At the Washington State In­ concept of greater in­ I would use the newly Washington State Investment vestment Board, Halpern was teraction, and more­ Some magic happened created room as a read­ Board, where he has been chief the system's first chief invest­ over, better lines of as we realized that it ing room. I have about investment officer since 1992. ment officer of its $35 billion communication, to be 10,000 comic books The new treasurer will manage assets. sound ones well worth could be done. It and a plethora of pa­ $1.2 billion in endowment and He made many contribu­ promoting. perback novels. I had foundation assets for Caltech. tions, including improving in­ The house itself is long discussed open­ should be done. It was "We are delighted that a per­ vestment performance and the alarge complex around ing my collection to son of Philip Halpern's experi­ overall administration of the 2-3 times the size ofthe crying out to be done. the public with Linda system. Halpern is credited with other houses. Caltech Chappell et al from the ence and background will be spared no expense in housing office, and the joining Caltech," said Curry. being actively involved in the the construction. Not only was After I moved in, naturally my idea was supported but not acted "Philip brings to Caltech nearly turnaround of the state retire­ it built in record time, but also friends began visiting. About T­ upon. (After all, the house two decades ofinvestment man- ment fund. the house is really rather nice. It minus 10 days to classes, two fel­ wasn't even built when I asked has several large lounges scat- low alumni dropped by and we about it at the beginning of the IN THIS ISSUE tered about the house, a split s.pent an evening shooting the summer," and higher priority level cafe and dining area, library/breeze. My room is rather small, items took precedence.) and conference rooms, you naIJ~{; and despite my best efforts I THE USUAL THIS WEEK'S THE EXECUTION it. However, this article concerns couldn't fit all my stuff in it. Con- STUFF FEATURES 't qtiite""rfbii-more than Avery sequently, I had put two laundry Of course, this particular House. It's about walls being hampers in front of my door. One construction job carried several built and being taken down. person joked about it and the other constraints with it. First, I Announcements 12 Baseball 11 Therein lies a long story.... said that I would probably be forced wanted to achieve 90% imita­ DILBERT® 6 Crossword Puzzle 9 tion of the current walls. That ONE WALL'S GENESIS to expand further out into the hall. The Outside World 2 Water Polo 10 "That's no problem, though. means that 9 of 10 people walk­ Avery officially opened for You could just put a wall up right ing by shouldn't notice any dif- habitation a couple weeks before here and double the floor space of CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 4 October 1996 NEWS THE CALIFORNIA TECH United Nations have decided to formally end sanctions im­ Judy Collins to The Outside World posed on Yugoslavia in 1992. I The UN had suspended sanc­ by Myfanwy Callahan tions after the peace accords perform at Caltech HAITI - The United States is ister said they would welcome last year, but were awaiting recruiting police officers to foreign aid. the certified results of the BY PUBLIC EVENTS children in war-torn and tragedy join United Nations peace­ Moscow, RUSSIA - Russian election in Bosnia before the stricken locations throughout keeping troops in Haiti. A Defense Minister General Igor final decision could be made. Judy Collins will open the the world to call attention to security crisis is developing N. Rodionov warned Tuesday WASHINGTON, D.C. - Israeli Caltech Presents 1996-97 sea­ their plight. amid assassination attempts that morale is extremely low in Prime Minister Benjamin son on Friday, October 18 at 8 A just-released project by on the leading officials ofthe the military. With back wages Netanyahu and Palestinian p.m. in Beckman Auditorium. Crown Publishing is the Judy democratically elected gov­ due and insufficient housing and leader Yasir Arafat met in the Collins has been called a Collins CD package "Voices," ernment, and the killing of food, Rodionov stated "the De­ White House for several national treasure, a magical which contains a CD of her two opposition leaders and fense Ministry cannot guarantee hours on Tuesday and singer. Descriptions ofher voice compositions with Ms. Collins' several Haitian police offic­ that no undesirable and uncon­ Wednesday. They are ad­ include "one in a million," "liq­ own watercolor illustrations, a dressed some of the issues ers. trollable proceedings will de­ uid silver," and "the voice ofthe book of sheet music and stories KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - After velop in the armed forces." that have led to the deaths of century." She illuminates her about each song. hanging the corpse of the ROME, ITALY- As the monetary more than 70 Israelis and Pal­ material with a crystal soprano During her concert tours, country's last Communist union of Europe in 1999 draws estinians last week.