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PDF (V. 104:24, April 28, 2003) VOLUME CIV, NUMBER 24 PASADENA, CALIFORNIA ApRIL 28,2003 o Sets u get For ecord 63 ... club Field ByRYANOLF A few weeks ago, the ASCIT BoD cally, from only one last year to ten disappeared to Tom Mannion's this year. Corinna Zygourakis '06, house to settle next year's budget who as FDAL is the BoD's club li­ once and for all. aison, explained that the increase in One of the most salient and im­ . non-funded clubs was due to the mediate results of the day-long fact that "about twice as many clubs meeting is the final decision as to applied for funding this year [63, which clubs will be funded and how as opposed to 41], with the entire much money they will receive. Of budget already reduced $5,000. If the approximately 130 clubs regis­ you do the math, it doesn't work tered with ASCIT, 63 requested out." Unfortunately for the BoD, funding from the organization and deciding how much money a club 53 had their requests granted. will receive is not a cut-and-dry The money is distributed to the process. clubs over the course of a year on a "We don't have formulas for de­ term-by-term basis. One humorous ciding how much money a club will side-effect to distributing funds in get based on the proposals. We have three installments is the granting of to get a feel for the club-it's a very awkward amounts such as $201 per touchy-feely process," remarked anum, the extra dollar added to ASCIT President Tom Fletcher' 04. make the sum evenly divisible by Indeed, many BoD members reflect three. that there are a lot of intangible fac­ D. KOrla/The California Tech The number of clubs that didn't tors that influence their budgeting Actor Rick Miller combines the theatrics of Shakespeare's Macbeth with the COlrneov of The Simpsons in receive funding increased dramati- decisions. his one-man show, MacHomer last Friday. Nonetheless, there are certain steps a club must take to even be considered for funding. The first Actor Lin Macbeth · AIMS step involves registering on MacHomer provides the audience By O.J. CARLTON, IV personalities. From the half-gargled donut.caltech.edu before a certain with impeccable Simpsons imper­ nagging sigh of Lady MacHomer deadline, which is usually at the end The concept is foolproof: take a sonations, hilarious and convincing (Marge Simpson) to the evil yet se­ WARD OFF of second term. play that's so renowned that no acting and a sophisticated use of nile tone of Duncan (Montgomery Former Treasurer Janet Zhou ' 04 critic in his right mind would attack multimedia. The end result is a cre­ Bums), Miller has virtually all of reminded students that requiring a it and cover all the dramatis perso­ ation that transforms the Scottish them nailed. Although I was skep­ VOTE ERRORS club to register on donut assures nae with characters from a televi­ play from a tragedy into a sitcom, tic going in to the performance, I that the club is accessible to the sion show that's at least ten without losing respect for the was amazed at the level of profes­ PROF. ANALYZES VOTE MACHINES Caltech community, "that all clubs times as popular News masterpiece. sionalism with which the Simpsons are active, that the contact informa­ The sum of the works of Analysis The fact that he manages to universe was adapted and pre­ Assesses PostJFlorida tion is up-to-date and that clubs re­ two of the greatest creative preserve the dignity of both sented. Instead of a vague, some­ ceive important updates." Addition­ minds of all time, Matt Macbeth and The Simpsons is what condescending resemblance Possibilities For ally, a club is asked to submit a Groening and William a testament to Miller's outstanding to the voices, Miller encompasses funding proposal, a list of events, a Shakespeare, could not possibly re­ vocal talents. Characters drawn the spirit and image of each one. Improvement budget from the previous year if one sult in anything short of brilliance. from all over Springfield are imi­ There were a few characters Starring the theatrical talents of tated in a manner that is acutely pre­ whose imitations could have been By JON FOSTER Continued on Page 8, Column 1 Rick Miller and no one else, cise in sound and true to the their better, notably Bart and Lisa Simpson, who had only minor roles. Chad. Butterfly Ballot. Florida egg drop and Blacker had a mid­ Originally cast as Fleance, Bart ac­ 2000. Repeat ad nauseam on net­ night ultimate frisbee game. Many tually rejects the part, causing an work television and the Internet for evy of ctivities of the prefrosh attended these on-the-spot tryout process to com­ hours and then days and weeks af­ events and had a chance to talk to mence. Eventually we are left with ter we thought the election should each other, as well as talk to stu­ Rod Flanders handling the role, be over. What if there could be a Prefrosh Weekend dents in the houses about experi­ whose innocence is every bit as system that would spare us from provides. These included campus ences that they had at Caltech. annoying on stage as he is in car­ ever going through that pain again? By JENNY IOFINOVA and They also enthusiastically partici­ toon form. However, in virtually Michael Alvarez, professor of po­ ARTHI SRINIVASAN and lab tours, a program for women in math, science and engi­ pated in midnight donuts by every other instance, the character litical science at Caltech, although speaking is immediately recogniz­ profoundly realistic about the chal­ This past weekend, students ac­ neering, a talk about the pre-med AS CIT on Thursday night. Sadly, cepted to Caltech came to the cam­ program, discussions of research the students and prefrosh who at­ able to a dedicated Simpsons fan, lenges involved in creating a better but for the sake of the unenlight­ pus to participate in Prefrosh Week­ opportunities and life after Caltech tended Forster's Thursday night Ph voting system, is still hopeful that ened, Miller provides pictures of improvements can be made-im­ end. The prefrosh, the bulk of and a club fair. The prefrosh were 1b recitation were too late to get a each cartoon character when intro­ provements that in some cases have whom arrived on Thursday, stayed also given a schedule of classes strawberry one. duced, along with the name of the already been made. He spoke of the on the floors and couches of their that were scheduled for Thursday On Friday, a barbecue lunch was role that character played. current flaws and future hopes vf hosts, who were students living in and Friday with recommendation attended by many prefrosh, who Surprisingly, the quality of the the American's voting system one of the seven houses. The for classes which would be repre­ were very impressed by both drawings flashed on the screen ri­ Wednesday night in Beckman Au­ prefrosh participated in various ac­ sentative of the ones they would Ecphonema and Out of Context, vals that of the original animators. ditorium as part of the Watson Lec­ tivities designed to acquaint them take freshman year should they both Caltech a capella groups. In It's something of a miracle that ture Series. with life at Caltech and with stu­ come here. the afternoon, Dabney had a tie-dye Miller has been able to take the Florida 2000 was the starting dents who go here. Each of the seven houses, as well and graffiti party, where the show on tour for six years without point. Nearly 200,000 ballots were The administration had several as Avery, also planned activities for prefrosh were invited to decorate getting sued. The Simpsons is one not counted for one reason or an­ activities designed to tell the the prefrosh. On Thursday night, their white Prefrosh Weekend T­ of the few consistent money-mak­ other and President Bush won by prefrosh more about life at Caltech Page had an ice cream sundae shirts. At night, they played mini a- ers in the Fox arsenal; it's surpris­ Continued on Page 2, Column 4 as well as opportunities the school party, Avery had a rocket-powered Continued on Page 7, Column 3 ing that an actor can borrow their trademarked catch phrases and even their images and make a profit in the process. However he does it, more power to him, because he does it extremely well. The pace of the performance is at times faster than most American audiences can handle. In the span of a minute, Miller can seemingly go through five different characters, each with different accents, facial expressions, voices and nonverbal noises. Unfortunately, sometimes I seemed to detect delay in the tran­ sition between different characters' voices, but this problem may due more to my mind being slow than to Miller's voices. Perhaps there's also a lag due to the physicallimi­ tations of the range of the human throat, especially when switching between characters with radically D. KortalThe California Tech different speaking styles. During the prefrosh club fair last Friday. members of the meat club Chess Master Patrick Hummel '06 gives a "simultaneous exhibition" roast a pig to spark interest and promote their organization. for the prefrosh. playing approximately twenty opponents on Fri. Continued on Page 2, Column 1 2 THE CALIFORNIA TECH NEWS APRIL 28, 2003 Macbeth Today: Starring JUST~FINGERED Alvarez Discusses s, Miller as Homer Simpson tD AHLIX KILLER Cons of Internet Voting Continued from Page 1, Column 5 Continued from Page 1, Column 1 Another impressive feat is the soliloquy when MacHomer does ACIT DROPOUT actor's synchronization with the Homer's drool-voice and declares only about 500 votes.
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