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THE CALIFORNIA TECH Volume LXXXVII, Number 11 Pasadena, California Frida , December 13, 1985 Summer Renovation Vandals Strike by Bibi Jentoft-Nilsen The Housing Office and by Mark Montague department eventually finished the Physical Plant are currently draw The seven house party last cleanup. ing up plans for the summer Saturday was the scene of several The most expensive damage renovation of the South Houses. different incidents where property was done to labs in the basement The objective is to return "the was damaged or people were vic of Firestone; primarily to the houses to their original condition timized. All ofthese incidents were research of Dimitri Papamoschou, (or better)". This is a very exten caused by people's outright a graduate student (see letter on sive program and will include disrespect for the property of page 2). In his experiments, a many major renovations: redoing Caltech and its students. digital oscilloscope and guages the electrical and plumbing Probably the incident with the were smashed and some papers systems, repairing inside and out <lJ most potential for serious injury to were scattered around. Also in :0 Firestone, the screens of eight side, retiling roofs, repairing walls, zo anyone was a spill ofhydrochloric refurnishing rooms and kitchens. 'E acid in Fleming's courtyard. Steve other oscilloscopes were smashed In addition, there are plans to move ~ Gomez was returning a shovel to and two fire extinguishers were the Coffeehouse to the basement, >- Dabney after the bonfire just after emptied in the sub-basement. Ac improve laundry facilities and do ~ the spill, and he walked into the cording to Caltech Security, the general maintenance in the base ] cloud ofacid fumes thinking it was original estimated damage was at ment as well. The plan is to 0.. smoke. Fortunately, before he had least $28,000. However, some of renovate Blacker and Ricketts this completely inhaled, he realized that the oscilloscopes' screens may be summer, Dabney and Fleming next the cloud was acid, quickly exhal irreplacable, so the scopes will summer, and the basement ed, and ran out of the cloud. Even have to be replaced rather than sometime in between. Thousands of dollars of damage was incurred after fast action, he still had to repaired. There is some evidence The plans for renovation are Sunday morning when vandals smashed oscilloscopes and other equip spend Sunday in the hospital and that the vandals entered Firestone going to be finalized next term, so ment in the basement of Firestone. sustained fairly severe burns to his through the steam tunnels. Unless it is very important that students eyes, nose, and throat. Ifsomeone the door had been left unlocked, begin thinking about it now. The who had been drinking too much this would mean that a master key Housing Office wants student input Filmmaker to Teach to realize that the cloud was HCI, had been used. The main door was and is going to form a committee had found the cloud and inhaled also unlocked for a time during the of students to work with the Hous by Paul Gillespie trait of the Woman", which re more of the acid, the possibilty of party, however, so they may have ing Office and Physical Plant on Caltech students will have a ceived an Academy Award causing permanent lung damage entered that way. the program, choose furniture, etc. unique opportunity next term to nomination and won the New York would have been great. After the Three-hundred gallons of liquid Four million dollars will be spent study under veteran filmmaker Jill Film Critics award as the best spill had been found, the acid was nitrogen were spilled from a tank on this renovation; therefore it is Godmilow in H 131 : History documentary of the year in 1973. hosed down quickly and the fire continued on page 3 vital that students are satisfied with through Film. Godrnilowwill be in Her most recent work, "Far from the plans. residence at Caltech for the winter Poland," is a documentary on that Another major change at the quarter as a visiting Mellon Pro country's solidarity movement and Commentary Housing Office is that as of Mon fessor and, together with Professor has received very favorable atten day, December 9, students no Robert Rosenstone, will co-instruct tion at recent film festivals longer need to direct maintenance a course titled "The Documentary worldwide. Was It All Worth It? problems to the Housing Office. Film: An Inquiry into the Illu The course which Godmilow by David Hull pIe brought their own, for good Instead, any stud~nt with sionist Reconstruction ofReality." and Rosenstone are offering next I'd like to write a story about measure), I would say there was maintenance problems should call Over the past twenty years, term promises to be an unusual but how everyone came to the seven too much alcohol available too the Physical Plant directly (x4717). Godmilow has distinguished highly interesting experience for house plus Oxy plus Scripps plus cheap. As I understand, you got However, the Housing Office will herself in the filmmaking industry those who decide to enroll. God Area High Schools party and had your first four drinks free, and the continue to take care of room im as an editor, director, and producer milow's premise is that documen a fine time and got to meet people next four for two dollars. That's provements. Due to the large sum of highly successful documentary taries, while claiming to present and went quietly home. As we eight drinks for two dollars, which of money to be spent on the and dramatic films. Among other reality, are actually somewhat fic know, that's not quite what hap is enough to, shall we say, impair ~enovation project, not many room noteworthy credits, Godrnilow was tional in that they manipulate truth. pened. I'd like to give one view of most people's judgement and reac unprovements will be approved for the assistant editor for the two It is not that the documentary is un what did happen, and report some tions. Of course, if your tolerance ~outh House residents. This also highly acclaimed movies, "The true, merely truth limited. She feels ideas (mine and others') about what were higher, you could get another applies to Fleming and Dabney, Godfather" and "The Candidate," that since we all view documen went wrong. four for just $2 more. Short ofgiv although they won't be renovated and editor and director of the taries (anything from the evening I arrived late, at 10:30, for a ing it away free, this is one of the until the summer of 1987. documentary film "Antonia: A Por- news to the full-length documen shift as alcohol dispenser best bargains I've seen. tary film), it is important to know ("bartender" is definitely not ap Not only that, suppose you've how these films manipulate us. plicable). Earlier I had helped pick had your four drinks, and maybe During the class sessions, up the beer and liquor. There was two of them haven't hit yet, and which will meet on Wednesdays at enough hard liquor to fill a station you feel like having more. So you Social Note 7:30 p.m. and Thursdays at 1:00 wagon (and 20 extra gallons of buy your next four drink tickets, p.m., Godmilow will show a milk-sony Nancy), along with ten have another, and those other two by Sam Wang The party was in full swing, number of classic documentaries, kegs ofbeer. Altogether, well over start taking effect, and- hey The party Saturday was a suc and was a real success. In fact, it both her own and others, and $1000 worth ofalcohol. That's a lot you've got three drink tickets just cess! Guests from Oxy and was such a success that the analyze the workings ofeach film. of booze. hanging around. What is one to do? Scripps, as well as other off Pasadena Police Department, Deconstruction of these films will Come 10:30, the three of us I have a feeling that someone campus people, visited our campus without warning or warrant, came be aided by the presence of an behind the bar were getting rid of will point out that you don't have to party until late. in and cut our power at 1:00. This analytical projector, which will it as fast as we could serve it. A to get those last three drinks. At 8:45 , Psych 201 came on brought Fishbone's most popular allow the instructors to run the few rather large, rather drunkguys Maybe so, but ifyou're a little (or stage and entertained us with live song, "Party at Ground Zero," to continued on page 3 came through three or four times more than a little) drunk, and ly dance tunes such as "Surfin' the an abrupt end. The crowd was to order Long Island iced tea two you've got tickets for three drinks Nile." Lead singer Dave Foley disappointed, but dispersed Election Results at a time. The beer line seemed just that you've already paidjor, odds made liberal use of body paints, gradually, leaving the quad area The change in the Publications as packed. It didn't let up until are you'll drink. and for a fmale strung himself with ripe for cleanup by Rickettes and bylaw passed: Fishbone took the stage at 11:30. The point is, not only did the blinking colored lights and formed Dabney. Yes: 124 Now if your idea of good par low price encourage excessive a chorus line of Techers on stage.