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PDF (V. 104:7, November 11, 2002) Master Plan onstruction Phase icks Into High Gear By MATTHEW WALKER From Avery to Braun, renovations, new Broad Lawn is and where Vectors is pro­ buildings and destruction of old buildings posed to be built. The reason that the space have changed campus greatly in the last 13 needed to be traded is that one of the City's years. In response, Baltimore in conjunction conditions for the Master Plan was that with administrators has begun tak- buildings maintain a "footprint ra- ing a hard look at revising the more tio" with open space. stringent construction requirements The new fire station, for its part, mandated by the 1989 Master Plan. was not required by the city or the aster Plan, but Caltech made "Footprinting" Revised rovisions for the possibility. In addition, more than 30 of the 40 Broad Center, Avery House, houses on campus have been relo­ Braun Gym, the Physical Plant, two cated out of building envelopes parking structures, scores of new and of 13 properties on campus not E. Adams/The California Tech academic buildings and a fire station are owned by Caltech, 11 have been purchased. Writer-in-residence and renowned Irish author Seamus Deanejokes with Instructor in among the many building projects 1989 ad­ Another condition that the city set for the Humanities Steven Youra and other members of the Words Matter team. ministrators couldn't have anticipated when Plan is that a building over a certain cost has they drafted the Master Plan. to set aside some percentage of the cost to As a result, certain stringencies, such as public artwork. Changes to the Master Plan enowned Irish Author Deane footprinting and open-space requirements, must be reviewed by three city bodies, though have been abandoned. President David Bal­ the City Council has the final say. timore emphasizes that it is important to have Leads Seminar, Visits lasses flexibility and since the "guided thinking" of Communication with Pasadena the Master Plan is somewhat restrictive, re­ By WEI DANG visions are needed to reflect the needs. For The Master Plan first received approval in instance, the footprint-the ground level 1989 after four years ofdevelopment. Stem­ The Words Matter program officially got Deane also remarked on the "great deal of space occupied by a building-of the North ming from a City of Pasadena Ordinance in underway last week when the program's first concentration" that has come to be expected Houses was extended so that there would be the early 1980s called the General Plan, writer-in-residence, renowned Irish author due to Caltech's radiant reputation and said more space when the Houses are rehabili­ Caltech was required by the city to layout a Seamus Deane, arrived on campus for a one­ he found it rather impressive. He said he tated. plan for 10 years ofgrowth, along with other week visit. found the size of the school surprisingly Another example of revisions is that the major landowners. Seamus Deane, instructor at University small, yet he believed the campus was el­ site ofthe Physical Plant was originally des­ Pasadena prompted Caltech to estimate the College, Dublin and Keough Professor of egant. ignated to be open space, but it was traded expected growth ofthe contiguous Pasadena Irish Studies at the University ofNotre Dame, On Wednesday, Deane led a seminar on for a building envelope sited where the Campus, which extends from Catalina to Hill toured campus last week as the first Words "Literary Revivals, Colonial Aftermaths; Ire­ Matter writer-in-residence. His scheduled land and Northern Ireland, 1900-2000," that Continued on Page 2, Column 1 was filled with numerous activities from was mainly geared towards an audience of meeting with faculty to visiting classes to giv­ HSS faculty. On Thursday evening, Profes­ ing lectures and seminars. sor Deane gave a public lecture and reading During his stay, Professor Deane held dis­ in Beckman Institute Auditorium entitled, Lights, Streamers ecorate cussions with students who last year had "Politics and Culture in Modem and Contem­ taken ''The Irish Voice"-a course on Irish porary Ireland," co-sponsored by Caltech literature and history-and spoke on his Public Events as part of the "Voices of Vi­ novel, Reading in the Dark, with students sion" lecture series. ecktnan in Diwali Festival from Dabney. He also met with tutors from Deane also addressed the longstanding per­ By RUMI CHUNARA the Hixon Writing Center, discussing meth­ ception that Caltech humanities, as many stu­ ods of editing and revision. Later, he paid a dents believe, often take a backseat to scien­ King Hima was doomed to die on the fourth Hindu festival of lights: Diwali. visit to "Writing Fiction: The Imaginary," tific pursuits. "The difficulties in uniting the day of his marriage, according to his horo­ The evening began with music from clas­ taught by Instructor in Humanities Judith humanities and science are legion," he said. scope. So on that day his worried wife lighted sic Indian movies. Graduate students from Hall. "It would be very useful to explore how sci­ countless lamps and laid piles of ornaments OASIS sang and accompanied the tunes on a Asked about his impression ofCaltech un­ ence was originally represented by the liter­ and gold and silver coins at the entrance of keyboard. A traditional Indian folk dance fol­ dergraduates, Deane remarked that he was ary people... both are deforming in the sense her husband's room. When Yam, the god of lowed, in the style of Dandia, iIi which the somewhat surprised at the timidity of most that each one is marginalizing the other. They death, arrived there in the guise ofa Serpent, dancers each carry two wooden sticks, each students, but marveled at the intellectual need to recognize each other's importance." the dazzle of the brilliant lights blinded his about a foot long and wrapped in colourful prowess they demonstrated in the topics they What message does Deane want to impress eyes and he could not enter the Prince's cham­ ribbons. The sticks are tapped together, be­ discussed. This marked Professor Deane's upon the Caltech community by his visit? ber. tween dancers and against the floor as the first visit to Caltech, though he had previ­ "People should know," he asserted, "that the Similar bright lights, along with colorful dancers weave in symmetrical patterns. ously lectured at the University of Califor­ study ofhumanities involves a serious intel­ streamers and flowers adorned Beckman In­ King Hima's escape from death by light is nia at Berkeley and visited nearby Hunting­ lectual effort." stitute courtyard Friday night, as the Organi­ only one of many legends that accompany ton Library. The next Words Matter event is slated for zation of Associated Students from the In­ this festival. Diwali literally means "a gar­ dian Subcontinent (OASIS) celebrated the land of lamps" and is thought to be the most Continued on Page 8, Column 4 Continued on Page 8, Colum,n 1 Davis Takes California; GOP Wins Senate in Election Cycle By MARK POLINKOVSKY In the backdrop of higher-than­ Now swelled to 226 seats in the expected turnout, last Tuesday's House and 51 thus far in the Sen­ midterm elections saw Democrats ate, the Republicans' Congressional triumph in the state of California pickups are especially significant while Republicans gained seats na­ because of the tendency for the tionally to take over Congress in President's party to lose seats in the returns that toppled scores of House in midterm elections. Then­ longstanding midterm election President Bill Clinton managed to trends. buck that trend once before in 1998 For the first time since 1934, the with Democratic House and Senate President's party gained seats in pickups, but one need turn to Congress in the off-year contests. Eisenhower to find the last example Voter turnout was much higher than of midterm gains for the adminis­ anticipated in many parts of the trative party. nation and precincts struggled to With a majority in Congress and accommodate everyone. Although control of the White House, the in contrast to predictions, there Republicans foresee few problems were almost no reported voting in pushing their agenda. Among problems, Alabama's gubernatorial agenda items are approving back­ race remains in flux after Mobile logged judicial nominations and fi­ County reported a 7,000-vote mis­ nalizing Congressional budget ap­ take that would swing the outcome propriations. R. ChunaraiThe California Tech of the election. The mandate was a hard-fought Dancers perform at Caltech's Diwali festival. Organized by the Organization of Associated Students from the Indian Subcontinent, the event commemorates the retnrn of the Hindu deity Lakshmi and Continued on Page 8, Column 3 symbolizes King Mima's escape from death by light. Continued/rom Page 1, Column 4 Fumb:aising for the Future gether in one building, considerable space in the west to east direction and from Del will be freed in Bridge for the rest ofthe phys­ Mar to Tournament Park (south of the ath­ Recent capital campaigns have brought ics department. Progress on the astrophysics letic complex) in the north-to-south direction. campus development to a new level. Among building is good, with one donor already re­ In response, Caltech extended its survey the planned buildings to be constructed are a cruited to pay for half of the planned cost of to encompass what it hoped would define new astrophysics building, in the space oc­ the building. growth for the next 40 years. By designat­ cupied by a Keith Spalding parking lot, a new However, the construction ofthe astrophys­ ing building envelopes in current open ar­ chemistry building to replace Mead Labora­ ics building will compound another of eas where buildings could be constructed tory, the long-awaited Campus Center at the Caltech's problems: parking.
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