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The campus community biweekly February 20, 2003, vol. 2, no. 4

The sweet science of baseball Long life: it's all in the mitochondria

"A very short one." -Jeanne Calment of France, age 720, when asked what sort of future she an­ ticipated, in Newsweek, March 6, 7995.

We might well envy the longevity of Calment, who died in 1997 at 122. Better, perhaps, to envy her mother's lineage, Caltech and Italian scientists now suggest. Studying transparency in photos of water In a study of nonrelated people who inspired Dan Goods to create ways of linking have lived for a century or more, the re­ text to the digital Mouse Atlas. searchers found the centenarians had something in common: each was five Art Center students times more likely than the general popula­ tion to have the same mutation in their can now SURF mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). That muta­ tion, the researchers suggest, may provide Many in the Caltech community, particu­ a survival advantage by speeding replica­ larly faculty, are probably familiar with tion of mtDNA, thus increasing its amount SURF-the Summer Undergraduate Re­ or replacing portions ravaged by aging. search Fellowships program, which pairs Published February 4 in the Proceedings students with mentors for several weeks --of-thl~-1\lati'nnal Academy of Sciences, the of research each year. What they might study was conducted by postdoctoral schol­ not be aware of is the Institute's recent ars Jin Zhang, Jordi Asin Cayuela, and agreement with Art Center College of Yuichi Michikawa; research scientist Jenni­ Design. Art Center students are now fer Fish; and Steele Professor of Molecular eligible for the same research funding as Biology Giuseppe Attardi, all of Caltech, are Caltech students. along with colleagues at the Universities of "Art Center students could bring an Bologna and Calabria in Italy and the Italian interesting perspective and a highly cre­ At the recent "Evening with Tommy Lasorda" in Beckman Auditorium, the former Los Angeles National Research Center on Aging. ative skill set to SURF projects. Through Dodgers coach, manager, and executive was joined by his wife, Jo; his daughter, Laura; and longtime Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is the friends, including Hall of Farner Sparky Anderson; NCAA Baseball Coach of the Century Rod Dedeaux, visual expression, they can enhance the portion of cell DNA located in mitochon­ and (background, from left) former Dodgers Buzzie Bavasi, Peter O'Malley, and Charlie Hough. Of the research being conducted in laborato­ dria-organelles that are the cell's "pow­ many honors Lasorda received, the most cosmic had to be the naming of the asteroid (6128) Lasorda, ries," says Anette Asp, administration erhouses," capturing energy released with a certificate presented by its discoverer, JPL's Eleanor Helin. and research coordinator for Professor from metabolite oxidation and convert­ see Art Center, page 6 ing it into ATP, the cell's energy currency. Passing only from mother to offspring, mtDNA molecules are found by the hun­ Ode to a Caltech library dreds or thousands in every human cell. It's known that mtDNA has a high Central Plant John Sutherland I mildly obstructed (as a member of rate of mutation. Such mutations can be the Library Committee in the 1980s) com­ harmful, beneficial, or neutral. In 1999, Like other academics, I am rigidly con­ brings power to puterized cataloging in Millikan. What Attardi and others found what he de­ servative about libraries. It takes so long was wrong with index cards? I was scribed as a "clear trend" in mtDNA mu­ the people to learn their funny little ways that one wrong, of course. But the instinct­ tation in people over age 65. In fact, in resents change. Above all, radical revere the library as you would your examining skin cells, the researchers Keeping a campus like Caltech running change. It's not just the labor of having to parish church-is, I think, correct. found up to 50 percent of the mtDNA calls for electricity, and lots of it. We re­ start over. There is something inherently For humanists the library at Caltech molecules had mutated. quire a plentiful and reliable source of nostalgic about institutional collections, has an unusual character. The scholar Then, in another study two years ago, alternating current to run our computers, residues of past scholarship. Do the based in Pasadena, CA 91125 is, of course, Attardi and colleagues found four centenar­ light our workspace, and keep us com­ sums, and around 80 percent of the au­ "spoiled." The Calinet privilege (a coopera­ ians who shared a genetic change in the fortable. Our energy needs are a poten­ thors in a university library have gone to tive between Caltech and UCLA) means so-called main control region of mtDNA. tial weakness, as demonstrated during their reward. One would no more disturb that one not only has unfettered use (in­ Because this region controls DNA replica­ the power crisis of 2001 . One of the the shelves and their arrangement than cluding borrowing) of UCLA's collection tion, the observation raised the possibility tough lessons that Caltech learned at that one would dig up a Quaker graveyard. but of the UC's massive central storage that some mutations may extend life. time is that the campus would be better I grieved when the Clinton K. Judy see Millikan, page 2 Now, by analyzing mtDNA from a group off if it produced at least as much power Library in Baxter Hall was broken up, of 52 Italians, aged 99 to 106, the research­ as it consumes. partly sold off, partly given away, and ers have found a common mutation in the One of several ambitious projects partly stored. It was a wonderful simu­ same main control region. Looking at designed to cut Caltech's reliance on lacrum of a gentleman-bibliophile's mind, mtDNA in the centenarians' white blood outside sources of energy will replace circa 1935. Many an afternoon, snoozing cells, they found that 17 percent had a aging turbines with new, more powerful alongside the shelves during a Monroe specific mutation called the C150T transi­ ones. Since November, workers have seminar in the Judy, I would idly and tion, compared to only 3.4 percent in a been busily gutting Central Plant of its furtively browse Alumni Cantabrigiensis, group of 117 people under age 99. old cogeneration system, the large jet 1750-7835, or whatever. Now the space is To probe whether the mutation is aircraft engine that provided the campus occupied by an economics lab. Sic transit, inherited, the team studied skin cells with its electrical power. as Professor Judy would have said, with a collected from the same people at two Once complete, the new and improved gentlemanly sigh. different times, between 9 and 19 years Central Plant will generate approximately see Longevity, page 6 see Central Plant, page 6 2 Caltech 336, February 20, 2003

Millikan, from page 1 deposit. What UC gets out of the deal I've never understood. Within civilized walking NewsBriefs distance is the Huntington. And, half an hour away, the Honnold at Claremont. If you're in my field and you can't find a book, you are probably not looking. Millikan has, as I see it, defined an interesting and typically Caltech (i .e., unique) niche role for itself. It has moved away from collecting scholarship to dis­ tributing it. The Interlibrary Loan system In a rehearsal scene, Duke Orsino (staff member Fred Farina) gets ready to send his page Cesario is extraordinarily efficient. And, much -the disguised Viola (senior Dana Sadava)-to more often than one should, I have sim­ help woo the duke's beloved. ply phoned Judy Nollar (the Humanities and Social Sciences librarian). I don't know another library, anywhere, that Shakespeare's combines state-of-the-art delivery sys­ Twelfth Night brings tems with a (smiling) human face. Millikan, in my experience, delivers. In farce, fantasy other libraries, the user fetches. Once you get the hang of it, it's addictive. In the upcoming staging of Shakespeare's I now visit Caltech one quarter a year. comedy Twelfth Night, or What You Will, a In the interval of my being away there countess falls in love with a man who have been big changes. I've tried, but I may be a woman, a sister grieves for a can't resent them. In fact, I have to fight brother who may not be dead, and a love the urge to go and play with the new (Top) National Football League commissioner Paul Tagliabue (left) and his triangle ensues, albeit one that involves a library-or at least its new machinery. wife, Chandler, recently visited Caltech while scouting Pasadena's Rose Bowl cross-dresser. This production by Theater The Humanities collection has been re­ as a potential home for a pro football team. Pictured with them are President Arts at Caltech premieres tomorrow night. moved from the fourth and fifth floors to David Baltimore and Pasadena city manager Cynthia Kurtz. (Bottom) Aaron Nothing is what it seems in this play, the basement and was opened for use on McGruder (center), creator of the "Boondocks" comic strip, lived up to his the first day of this term. controversial reputation in his February 4 Voices of Vision Series talk. including a plot that is driven forward by instances of mistaken identity, misrepre­ What is a source of endless pleasure sentation, and misdirected love. Although (childish pleasure, I confess) are the new it begins with the tragedy of a sh ipwreck, compact shelves in the basement. One is, Personals Media minute it ends in true Shakespearean-comedy of course, used to the old manually oper­ style in a love-filled denouement. ated versions in which, like a nineteenth­ Steidel hunts galaxies in National Welcome to Caltech During the violent wreck, a young century washerwoman, you laboriously Geographic couple, fraternal twins Sebastian (Adam turn a mangle handle. Librarians hated January Caltech professor of astronomy Charles Steidel Burgasser) and Viola (Dana Sadava), are these compact shelves because library is featured in the February issue of National users-incorrigibly lazy-would (despite Wenyee Lo, office assistant, Information Tech­ torn apart, the one not knowing the fate of Geographic magazine. In an article titled "Galaxy any number of warning notices) try to nology Services; Mary Munoz, administrative Hunters," Steidel is described as a "cosmic the other. We follow Viola, who finds her­ move half a dozen at a time, so rupturing support for the MRI Center, John Papsys, assis­ pioneer" who is "wildly successful at finding self a stranger in the land called lllyria. tant animal lab technician, Xiaocui Zhu, associ­ newly formed galaxies from the early universe." Knowing that a woman traveling alone is the mechanism. ate scientist, all in biology. The article is available only in the magazine, subject to danger in myriad forms, she Millikan's compacts are, however, but an excerpt is available at http://magma. elect rically operat ed. You can m ove, with February takes bold measures to ensure her safety nationa lgeog raph ic.co m/ng m/0302/featu re 1/ a touch of the finger, five tons of books­ index.html. in unexpected circumstance. Igor Antoshechkin, database curator, biology; "Viola disguises herself as a man be­ waiting, expectantly, for the scream at Bruce Brunschwig, member of the Beckman Baltimore looks back in Time cause she is without the protection of her the other end of the room where, as in Institute; Jef Dodson, computational materials some Edgar Allan Poe story, a luckless Caltech president David Baltimore was featured brother," says Gavin Claypool, the play's design facility software developer, chemistry; browser is crushed to a pancake. (I jest, Claudio Dorso, assistant scientist, chemistry in a Time magazine article titled " The Pioneers of stage manager. Attired in men's garb, and chemical engineering; Steven Groom, Molecular Biology." The article relates how Balti­ Viola is the spitting image of her lost of course; there is a safety feature requir­ senior software system engineer, Michelson more made the historic observation that genetic brother. She adopts the name Cesario and ing you to check first that no one is in the information can flow from a cell's RNA to its DNA. Science Center/Infrared Processing and Analysis offers her services as a page to the good target zone.) Center; Michelle Larson, scientist, Kellogg This earth-shaking discovery in biology opened I have never felt so empowered in a up the world of biotechnology and set the stage Duke Orsino, the ruler of lllyria. Radiation Laboratory; Leela Padmanaban, library before. Is it a bird, is it a plane, is assistant systems administrator, aeronautics; for the exploration of individual DNA genes, the Soon Viola falls in love with Orsino, but Faraz Shooshani, associate director for invest­ study of cancer viruses, and experiments on having taken a man's identity, she is un­ it SuperScholar? And, of course, it makes ments, Treasurer's Office; Benjamin Weiss, retroviruses like HIV. In a sidebar titled "Future able to declare her love outright. Believing locating the books easy as pie. Or pan­ Visions," Baltimore predicts that in 50 years the assistant scientist, geological and planetary Cesario to be a man, Orsino sends Viola cake. The collection doesn't stand com­ sciences. study of genetics will popularize the use of cells parison with that at UCLA. But, being to treat disease and that we will grow replace­ as his proxy to help woo Olivia (Lavanya Caltech and being Humanities, the books Rebecca Smith has joined Caltech's Develop­ ment organs in a lab. The article can be found in Vasudevan), a countess mourning the ment Office as assistant to the director of princi­ the February 17 issue. recent loss of her father and brother. In are always there. pal and major gifts. She received her BS cum this state, Olivia understandably has no The only thing lacking are the marble­ Humanities? At Caltech? laude from Arizona State University and spent interest in men, and handily deflects mosaic-tiled restrooms, once to be found several years in Japan teaching English, then A Column One article in the February 12 Los Orsino's determined advances as well as on every other floor of Millikan. Legend continued with language teaching in Los Angeles. Angeles Times confirmed that Caltech under­ (probably apocryphal) has it that the Before coming to Caltech she also worked for those of Sir Andrew Aguecheek (Noah graduates do indeed study the humanities and Institute did not want the donor to be Northern Telecom and William M. Mercer. social sciences. In fact, about 20 percent of the Robinson). This changes when her eyes uncomfortable on his or her formal first units required for a bachelor's degree are devoted fall on the beautiful Cesario. to history, literature, and languages. "There's a What follows is a series of mishaps walk through the high-rise structure. little grumbling," said Associate Professor of and misunderstandings that include the Now relief has to be sought in more func­ Honors and awards History William Deverell. The article reports that shenanigans that take place among the tional cabinets. Sic transit, as Professor for the most part, students know that it's good for Judy would say. Peter Bossaerts has been named the William D. them. members of Olivia's household staff: Hacker Professor of Economics and Management. Maria (Lisa MacWilliams-Brooks), Sir Visiting professor of literature John He received his PhD from UCLA in 1986 and Toby Belch (Doug Smith), Feste (Karen Sutherland is a former Caltech faculty joined Caltech as an assistant professor in 1990, Kahler), and Malvolio (Steve Collins). The member (1984-1992) and executive of­ becoming professor in 1998 and executive officer ficer for the humanities. for the social sciences in 2002. He will retain his Teach evolution, says Steve, plot comes to a head when the lost twin current title of professor of finance. and Steve, and Steve Sebastian miraculously reappears. • Twelfth Night is assigned reading in Wolfgang Knauss, von Karman Professor of Caltech provost Steven Koonin and five alums Lit 114, a course on Shakespeare's major Aeronautics and Applied Mechanics, has been were among 220 scientists-all named Steve (or plays, their language, structures, and elected an honorary member of the Society for Stephanie)-who signed a recent statement sup­ Experimental Mechanics, as " an individual of themes. The play's staging is a combined porting the teaching of evolution in public schools. widely recognized eminence in the field of experi­ effort of professor of literature Jenijoy La Sponsored by the nonprofit National Center for mental mechanics." He has been a member of Science Education (NCSE), the statement was Belle and TACIT director Shirley Marneus. the Caltech community for nearly half a century, unveiled at the annual convention of the Ameri­ The play will be staged in Ramo Audi­ receiving his BS here in 1958 and his PhD in 1963, can Association for the Advancement of Science. torium for three weeks beginning Friday, joining the faculty as a research fellow that same The name Steve, chosen in honor of the late year, becoming assistant professor in 1965 and February 21. Tickets and show times are Stephen Jay Gould, represents 1 percent of all full professor in 1978, and being named von available from Caltech Public Events at Correction scientists-showing that signers of the statement Karman Professor in 2001. are a tiny fraction of the many who affirm the (626) 395-4652 or www.events.caltech.edu. In the February 5 issue of 336, a validity of evolution, said NCSE executive director For more information about this play and caption for a photo of Los Angeles Athanassios Siapas, assistant professor of Eugenie Scott. The five Caltech alums who signed other TACIT productions, visit the TACIT Opera baritone David Babinet inad­ computation and neural systems, has been are Steven Beckendorf (PhD 1972); Steven Block named a Bren Scholar. He received his PhD from website at www.its.caltech.edu/-tacit/. vertently left out his name. We (PhD 1983); Stephen Crews (PhD 1983); Steven MIT in 1996, and joined Caltech's faculty in 2002. Green (PhD 1982); and Stephen Weiner (PhD 1977). • apologize for the oversight. the acad em ic week at ca It ec h is a printed version of selected events from the online @Caltech calendar, http://atcaltech.caltech.edu/calendar/. To publish events online, register as an event planner on the @Caltech calendar. 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Monday, February 24 Wednesday, February 26 General Biology Seminar 119 Kerckhoff, 4 p.m.-"Genetic Dissec­ Chemical Engineering Seminar Mathematical Physics Seminar tion of a Complex Polygenic Trait Using 106 Spalding Lab, Hartley Memorial 351 Sloan, noon-" Lifshitz Tails: Old eDNA Microarrays and Mutants," Dan Seminar Room, 2 p.m.-"The Immuno­ and New Results," Werner Kirsch, Toma, Neurosciences Institute, San logical Synapse: A Crossroad between Ruhr-Universitiit Bochum. Information: Diego. Physical Chemistry and Cellular Biol­ www. math .ca ltech. ed u/events/ ogy," Dr. Aaron Dinner, department of mathphys.html. Geoclub Seminar chemistry, UC Berkeley. Refreshments, 151 Arms, Buwalda Room, 4 p.m.-Topic 113 Spalding Labs, 3 p.m. Information: Astronomy Colloquium to be announced. Rachel Haymon, pro­ www.che.caltech.edu/calendar/ 155 Arms, Robert Sharp Lecture Hall, fessor of marine geology, UC Santa seminars.html. 4 p.m.-"Type Ia Supernovae and Cos­ Barbara. mology: Could We Be Fooled?", Mario Geological and Planetary Sciences Livio, head of the science division, Space William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar Telescope Science Institute. Information: Seminar 155 Arms, Robert Sharp Lecture Hall, www.astro.caltech.edu/-gma/colloquia. 25 Baxter, 4 p.m.-" Institutions and the 2 p.m.-" A Productivity Feedback at the html. Environment: A Cistercian Monastery Star Trek, physics, Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum? and Its Landscape from the Twelfth to New Views from Coccolith Chemistry," Environmental Science and the Fourteenth Centuries," Dr. Christoph and reality Professor Heather Stoll, department of Engineering Seminar Sonnlechner, Institute for Austrian His­ geosciences, Williams College. Informa­ 142 Keck, 4 p.m.-"Protein Transloca­ torical Research, Vienna. Refreshments. Renowned physicist Lawrence Krauss tion: www.gps.caltech.edu. tion across Archaeal Cytoplasmic Mem­ will guide listeners on a warp-speed branes," Professor Mecky Pohlschroder, Physics Research Conference journey through the world of transport­ General Biology Seminar department of biology, University of 201 E. Bridge, 4 p.m.-"The Quest for ers and holodecks in the next Voices of 119 Kerckhoff, 4 p.m.-"Small RNAs and Pennsylvania. Refreshments, Keck Labs Old Physics at RHIC," William A. Zajc, Vision Series lecture. "The Physics of Developmental Timing," Victor Ambros, lobby, 3:40 p.m. professor of physics, Columbia Univer­ Star Trek," based on his book of the professor of genetics, Dartmouth College. sity. Refreshments, 114 E. Bridge, 3:45p.m. same name, will take place on Wednes­ Voices of Vision Series Information: www.pma.caltech.edu/ day, February 26, at 8 p.m. in Beckman Beckman Auditorium, 8 p.m.-Lawrence - physcoii/PhysColl.html. Auditorium. Tuesday, February 25 Krauss, author of The Physics of Star Krauss, the Ambrose Swasey Trek and Swasey Professor of Physics Social and Information Sciences Professor of Physics and professor of Beckman Institute Seminar Series and professor of astronomy at Case Laboratory Seminar Series astronomy at Case Western Reserve Beckman Institute Auditorium, 10:30 Western Reserve University, takes the 070 Moore, 4 p.m.-" Financial Model University, uses the popular television a.m. to noon-"The Endomesoderm audience on a warp-speed journey Calibration Using Consistency Hints," series as the launching pad for a glimpse Gene Regulatory Network a Year Later," through the Star Trek universe, offering Yaser Abu-Mostafa, professor of electri­ into the world of modern physics. Eric Davidson, Chandler Professor of a glimpse of the world of modern phys­ cal engineering and computer science, Through the use of slides, props, and Cell Biology and principal investigator, ics. Admission is free. Information: Caltech. Refreshments. video clips, he will discuss topics rang­ Transcription Factor Research Center, 395-4652, 1 (888) 2CALTECH, or events@ ing from time travel to warp speed, from Beckman Institute, Caltech. Refresh­ caltech.edu. Individuals with a disability: the Big Bang to the search for extrater­ ments, 10 a.m. Information: 395-2791 or 395-4688 (voice) or 395-3700 (TDD). Visit Friday, February 28 restrial intelligence. The talk will also www.its.caltech.edu/-bi/seminars.html. Public Events at www.events.caltech.edu. feature selections from his list of Top Ten Fluid Mechanics Seminar Physics Bloopers committed by Star Trek Carnegie Observatories Colloquium 101 Guggenheim Lab, Lees-Kubota Lec­ during its years on the air. Series Thursday, February 27 ture Hall, 3 p.m.-"Vortex Pair Dynamics The free public lecture requires no William T. Golden Auditorium, and Instabilities: Wing Wakes, Counter­ tickets or reservations. Seats will be 813 Santa Barbara Street, 4 p.m.­ Special Biochemistry Seminar Rotating, and Co-Rotating Vortex Pairs," available on a first-come, first-served 5 "Spectroscopy of 10 Local Galaxies: 100 Broad Center, 2 p.m.-"Molecular Professor Charles Williamson, mechani­ basis, starting at 7:30p.m. For more What Do We Learn About Formation Machines for Protein Degradation," cal and aerospace engineering, Cornell information, contact Public Events at Processes?", Dr. Guinevere Kauffmann, Professor Robert Huber, Max Planck University. Information: www.galcit. 1 (888) 2-CALTECH, (626) 395-4652, or Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Institute for Biochemistry. ca ltech .ed u/Sem ina rs/FI u ids/Cu rrentFI u ids/ [email protected], or visit www.events. Garching, Germany. Refreshments, index.html. caltech.edu. Individuals with a disability 3:30p.m. Biophysics Lecture Series can call 395-4688 (voice) or 395-3700 153 Noyes, Sturdivant Lecture Hall, lnorganic-Organometallics Seminar (TDD). Chemical Physics Seminar 4 p.m.-"The Energy Landscape Theory 151 Crellin, 4 p.m.-"Coordination • 147 Noyes, Sturdivant Lecture Hall, of Protein Folding," Professor Peter Chemistry of Anticancer Active Di­ 4 p.m.-"The Theory of Glasses," Pro­ Wolynes, department of chemistry and rhodium(ll/11) Carboxylate Compounds: fessor Peter Wolynes, department of biochemistry, UC San Diego. Refresh­ Biological Implications of Their Chem­ chemistry and biochemistry, UC San ments, 3:45 p.m. ical Reactivity," Karn Sorasaenee, Diego. postdoctoral scholar in chemistry, Civil Engineering Seminar Caltech. General Biology Seminar 206 Thomas, 4 p.m.-"Self-Consistent 119 Kerckhoff, 4 p.m.-" Unnatural Earthquake Ruptures: Working Towards Special Computation and Neural Ligands for Engineered Receptors: New a Model of Crustal Stress in the Los Systems Seminar Tools for Chemical Genetics," Professor Angeles Region," Brad Aagaard, U.S. 24 Beckman Labs, 4 p.m.-"Neural Kevan Shokat, department of cell and Geological Survey/Caltech. Refresh­ Assemblies and Associative Memory, molecular pharmacology, UC San Fran­ ments, 210 Thomas, 3:45p.m. Realized with Spiking Neurons," Guenther cisco. Palm, professor of computer science, department of neural information pro­ cessing, University of Ulm, Germany. Refreshments. the acad em ic week at ca It ec h is a printed version of selected events from the online @Caltech calendar, http://atcaltech.caltech.edu/calendar/. To publish events online, register as an event planner on the @Caltech calendar. If unable to submit electronically,

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Monday, March 3 Wednesday, March 5 Friday, March 7 Catching the ripples Geological and Planetary Sciences Astronomy Colloquium Carnegie Observatories Colloquium of space and time Seminar 155 Arms, Robert Sharp Lecture Hall, Series 155 Arms, Robert Sharp Lecture Hall, 4 p.m.-"Evolution and Selection Ef­ William T. Golden Auditorium, 813 Santa Back in 1916, Einstein's general theory 4 p.m.-" Liquid Sodium Laboratory fects of Ultraluminous Dusty Galaxies," Barbara Street, noon.-"Transit Searches of relativity predicted the existence of Models of the Earth's Outer Core," Andrew Blain, assistant professor of for Extrasolar Planets," Dimitar Sasselov, gravitational waves, described as Daniel Lathrop, associate professor, astronomy, Caltech. Information: www. Cabot Associate Professor of Astronomy, "ripples in the fabric of space and time." department of physics, and affiliate as­ astro.caltech.edu/- gma/colloquia.html. Harvard. Bring your own lunch. Although much evidence agrees with his sociate professor, Institute for Physical prediction, no one has yet directly de­ Science and Technology, University of Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar Fluid Mechanics Seminar tected the elusive waves. In the March 5 Maryland, College Park. Information: 25 Baxter, 4 p.m.- Topic to be an­ 101 Guggenheim Lab, Lees-Kubota Lec­ Watson lecture, "Catching the Waves www.gps.caltech.edu. nounced. Professor R. Preston McAfee, ture Hall, 3 p.m.-Topic to be announced. with LIGO," Barry Barish, Linde Profes­ department of economics, University Joanna Austin, graduate student in aero­ sor of Physics and director of the LIGO Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar of Texas at Austin. Refreshments. nautics, Caltech. Information: www.galcit. Laboratory, will describe the lab's mis­ 147 Noyes, Sturdivant Lecture Hall, caltech.edu/Seminars/Fiuids/CurrentFiuids/ sion of proving the reality of gravita­ 4 p.m.-"Polyfunctional Main-Group Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar index.html. tional waves and mining them for clues Lewis Acids," Fran9ois P. Gabba·i, assis­ 147 Noyes, Sturdivant Lecture Hall, to the nature of gravity and of the uni­ tant professor of chemistry, Texas A & M 4 p.m.-"Critical Technical and Economic Special Chemical Physics Seminar verse. University. Developments for Fuel-Cell Success," 147 Noyes, Sturdivant Lecture Hall, Gravitational waves result from vio­ Dr. Paul Stonehart, president, Stonehart 3 p.m.-" Making Molecules at Micro­ lent events, such as the collision of two Science, Ethics, and Public Policy Associates Inc. (This seminar was origi­ Kelvin," Professor William C. Stwalley, black holes, and travel to Earth at the Seminar nally scheduled for Monday, February 24, department of physics, University of speed of light. Scientists have been able 25 Baxter, 4 p.m.-" Music of the Mind at 2 p.m.) Connecticut. to accurately measure the waves' influ- and Music of the Ear: Kepler's Universe ence on a binary pulsar (two neutro n---~ Untuned," Dr. Charlotte Erwin, associate Earnest C. Watson Lecture Series lnorganic-Organometallics Seminar stars orbiting each other), which appears archivist, Caltech. Refreshments. Infor­ Beckman Auditorium, 8 p.m.- 151 Crellin, 4 p.m.-"Eiectrical Proper­ to confirm Einstein's prediction, and are mation: www.hss.caltech.edu/ses/index. "Catching the Waves with LIGO," Barry ties and Chemical Stability of Crystalline confident the waves exist. Only in the html. Barish, Linde Professor of Physics and Silicon( 111) Surfaces Alkylated Using last decade, however, has technology director, LIGO Laboratory, Caltech. Ad­ Grignard Reagents," Lauren Webb, become capable of detecting them. Applied and Computational mission is free. Information: 395-4652, graduate student in chemistry, Caltech. With support from the National Sci­ Mathematics Colloquium 1 (888) 2CALTECH, or events@caltech. ence Foundation, Caltech and MIT have 101 Guggenheim Lab, Lees-Kubota Lec­ edu. Individuals with a disability: 395- created the Laser Interferometer Gravita­ ture Hall, 4:15p.m.-" A Fast Algorithm 4688 (voice) or 395-3700 (TDD). Visit tional-Wave Observatory (LIGO) for de­ for Variational Level Set Image Segmen­ Public Events at www.events.caltech.edu. tecting gravitational waves from such tation," Professor Tony Chan, dean, sources as compact binary systems, division of physical science, UCLA. spinning neutron stars, and supernovae. Refreshments, 3:45p.m. Information: Thursday, March 6 LIGO consists of two long-baseline inter­ www.acm.caltech.edu/colloq.shtml. ferometers, located in Washington and Geoclub Seminar Louisiana, that operate in tandem as a 151 Arms, Buwalda Room, 4 p.m.-Topic single observatory. The devices were Tuesday, March 4 to be announced. Charles Lesher, profes­ recently completed, and LIGO research­ sor of geology, UC Davis. ers are now beginning to search for Mechanical Engineering Seminar gravitational waves, hoping to gain 206 Thomas, 3 p.m.-" An Eddy Collision William Bennett Munro Memorial valuable data for both physicists and Model of Turbulence," Professor Blair Seminar astronomers. Perot, department of mechanical and 237 Baxter, 4 p.m.-"ln the Moog: The The free public lecture begins at industrial engineering, University of Early History of the Commercial Elec­ 8 p.m. in Beckman Auditorium, and Massachusetts-Amherst. tronic Music Synthesizer," Trevor Pinch, seats will be available on a first-come, professor and chair of science and tech­ first-served basis, starting at 7:30. For Carnegie Observatories Colloquium nology studies and professor of sociol­ more information, contact Public Events Series ogy, Cornell University. Refreshments. at 1 (888) 2-CALTECH, (626) 395-4652, or William T. Golden Auditorium, 813 Santa [email protected], or visit www.events. Barbara Street, 4 p.m.-"DEEP," David Physics Research Conference caltech.edu. Individuals with a disability Koo, professor of astronomy and astro­ 201 E. Bridge, 4 p.m.-"Thermal and can call 395-4688 (voice) or 395-3700 physics, UC Santa Cruz, and astronomer, Nuclear Evolution of Accreting White (TDD). UC Observatories/Lick Observatory. Dwarfs," Professor Lars Bildsten, Kavli Refreshments, 3:30p.m. Institute for Theoretical Physics, UC Santa • Barbara. Refreshments, 114 E. Bridge, Chemical Physics Seminar 3:45 p.m. Information: www.pma.caltech. 147 Noyes, Sturdivant Lecture Hall, edu/-physcoii/PhysColl.html. 4 p.m.-"Watching Vibrational Energy Flow in Gases and Liquids," Professor F. Fleming Crim, department of chemis­ try, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Caltech 336, February 20, 2003 5 CampusEvents

Monday, February 24 Thursday, February 27 Skeptics Society Lecture Friday, March 7 Baxter Lecture Hall, 2 p.m.-" Rational Mysticism: Baby Furniture and Household Equipment Video Compression for Presentations, Web, The Border between Science and Spirituality," Baseball Pool and CD/DVD John Horgan, author. Donation is $8 for nonmem­ vs. Occidental College, 2:30p.m. 234 S. Catalina, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.-Loans of NewMedia Classroom, 363 S. Hill Avenue, bers, $5 for members and non-Caltech students. kitchen and household necessities and baby 10 a.m. to noon-Learn why and how video is Free to the Caltech/JPL community. Tickets and Caltech Tai Chi Club furniture are made to members of the Caltech compressed for playback on a computer. Reserva­ information: 794-3119 or [email protected]. See Tuesday, February 25, for details. community. Information: 584-9773. tions: [email protected]. Information: http:// Visit the Skeptics Society at www.skeptic.com. muri.caltech.edu/nmc/index.htm. Caltech Glee Clubs Winter Concert Ballroom Dance Club Twelfth Night Dabney Lounge, 8 p.m.- The Caltech Men's and Winnett Lounge, 7:30 p.m.-Intermediate salsa, Caltech Architectural Tours Ramo Auditorium, 2 p.m.-See Friday, February Women's Glee Clubs and Chamber Singers will tau ght by a professional instructor. No partner is Athenaeum, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.-Meet in the 28, for details. perform a program of madrigals and chansons from required. Fee: Caltech students, $6 per class or entry hall of the Athenaeum. Led by members of the Renaissance, Spanish lullabies with guitar, the $25 for the five-week series; $8 per class or $35 the Caltech Architectural Tour Service. Reserva­ Lagerstrom Chamber Music Concert Pavane by Faure, and selections from Brahms's for the se ries for others. tions: Susan Lee, 395-6327 or [email protected]. Dabney Lounge, 3:30p.m.-The Debussy Trio will Liebeslieder Waltzes and P. D. Q. Bach's Liebeslieder perform. Admission is free. Visit Public Events at Polkas. Men's Basketball Men's Golf www.events.caltech.edu. at University of La Verne, 7:30p.m. vs. Chapman University, Brookside Golf Course, Twelfth Night 1 p.m. Ramo Auditorium, 8 p.m.-See Friday, February 28, Women's Basketball for details. vs. Occidental College, 7:30p.m . Women's Tennis Monday, March 3 vs. Chapman University, 3 p.m. Voice of the Dragon Caltech Environmental Task Force Baby Furniture and Household Equipment Beckman Auditorium, 8 p.m.-This heroic story Presentation Amnesty International Monthly Meeting Pool combines music, theater, and fantastic Chinese Beckman Institute Auditorium, 8 p.m.-"The Caltech Y lounge, 7:30 p.m.-Amnesty Interna­ See Monday, February 24, for details. martial arts. Suggested for ages 8 and older. Tickets Effect of Food Choices on the Environment," tional Group 22 holds its monthly meeting to and information: 395-4652, 1 (888) 2CALTECH, or Michael Greger, M.D. A look at the livestock discuss current activities and plans. All are wel­ Women of Hope Poster Exhibition [email protected]. Individuals with a disability: industry. Information: www.veganmd.org. come. Refreshments. Information: (818) 354-4461 Center for Student Services, 4 to 5:30 p.m.­ 395-4688 (voice) or 395-3700 (TDD). Visit Public or [email protected]. Reception for the Women of Hope poster series. Events at www.events.caltech.edu. Ballroom Dance Club The posters will remain on display in the lobby Winnett Lounge, 9:30 p.m.-Lessons in interna­ Men's Basketball until March 7. tional-style rumba, taught by a professional vs. Occidental College, 7:30 p.m. instructor. No partner is required. Cost: between Ballroom Dance Club Saturday, March 8 $2 and $6 per class, depending on attendance. Winnett Lounge, 7:30 p.m.-Intermediate salsa, taught by a professional instructor. See Monday, Men's Tennis Friday, February 28 February 24, for details. at Occidental College, 9:30a.m. Tuesday, February 25 Baseball Ballroom Dance Club Planning for Your Child's Educational at University of Redlands, 2:30p.m. Winnett Lounge, 9:30 p.m.-Lessons in interna­ Future Preschool Playgroup tional-style rumba, taught by a professional Verdugo Hills Hospital, 182 Verdugo Boulevard, Tournament Park, 10 a.m. to noon-Song and Caltech Tai Chi Club instructor. See Monday, February 24, for details. Glendale, 4th Floor Council Room, 10 a.m. to storytime, crafts and free play for toddlers and See Tuesday, February 25, for details. noon-David Levy, assistant dean and director preschoolers (from walking to age 4) . Informa­ of financial aid at Caltech, and Catherine Thomas, tion: 792-7808 or [email protected]. Twelfth Night associate dean of admission and director of finan­ Ramo Auditorium, 8 p.m.-Theater Arts at Tuesday, March 4 cial aid at USC, will discuss ways for parents to Caltech Tai Chi Club Caltech presents Twelfth Night or What You Will, develop a financial plan for their child's college Winnett Lounge, 7 p.m.-Meets Tuesdays and by William Shakespeare. Tickets and information: Preschool Playgroup education. Free and open to the public. Complimen­ Fridnys weekly. Sessions are free. Information: 395-4652, 1 (888) 2CALTECH, or events@ca1tech-:-­ See Tuesday,-Fetrruary-25;-for details:- tary co ntinental brea kfast, 9:45-a:TTT:""Intormation www.its.caltech.edu/-taichi. edu. Individuals with a disability: 395-4688 (voice) and reservations: (8 18) 354-3418. or 395-3700 (TDD) . Visit Public Events at www. Caltech Tai Chi Club Frank Capra Film Festival: State of the events.caltech.edu. See Tuesday, February 25, for details. Track and Field Union SCIAC 4-Way, at Caltech, 10 a.m. Bec kman Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.-In this work Intermediate Jazz Dance Class by Caltech alumnus Frank Capra (BS 1918), an See Tuesday, February 25, for details. Baseball industrialist is urged to run for president, but this Saturday, March 1 at Occidental College, doubleheader, 11 a.m. requires uncomfortable compromises on both the political and marital fronts. A panel discussion Men's Tennis Beginning/Intermediate Ballet Class w ill follow the film. Admission is free. Informa­ vs. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 9:30a.m. Wednesday, March 5 See Saturday, March 1, for details. tion: 395-4652, 1 (888) 2CALTECH, or events@ ca ltech.edu. Individuals with a disability: 395-4688 Women's Tennis Baby Furniture and Household Equipment Twelfth Night Final Performance (voice) or 395-3700 (TDD) . Visit Public Events at at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 9:30a.m. Pool Ramo Auditorium, 2 p.m.-See Friday, February 28, www.events.caltech.edu. See Monday, February 24, for details. for details. Track and Field Intermediate Jazz Dance Class SCIAC 4-Way, at Pomona-Pitzer Colleges, 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Park Women's Tennis Braun Gym, multipurpose room, 9:30p.m.­ See Wednesday, February 26, for details. vs. Occidental College, 3 p.m. Intermediate jazz dance, taught by a professional Baseball in structor. No special clothing or shoes are re­ vs. University of Redlands, doubleheader, 11 a.m. REEL Women Series: Voices of Power Caltech Glee Clubs Winter Concert quired. Open to all who have a valid gym mem­ Caltech Women's Center, noon-The film Voices Dabney Lounge, 8 p.m.-See Friday, March 7, for bership. Sponsored by the Caltech Dance Troupe. Beginning/Intermediate Ballet Class of Power: African-American Women examines the details. Braun Gym, multipurpose room, 1 p.m.-A free emergence of African American women as popu­ class taught by experienced members of the lar and powerful voices of social conscience. Voices of Vision Series Caltech Dance Troupe. All experience levels are Pizza and drinks provided. Beckman Auditorium, 8 p.m.-Composer John Wednesday, February 26 invited. No special clothing or shoes are required. Adams, conductor Esa -Pekka Salonen, and director Shop Safety Training Peter Sellars will offer insights into the L.A. Philhar­ Baby Furniture and Household Equipment Boys of the Lough 118 Keith Spalding Building, 3 p.m.-This course monic Orchestra's production and staging of John Pool Beckman Auditorium, 8 p.m.-The Grammy is designed for anyone working in shops on Adams's El Niiio. Tickets and information: 395-4652, See Monday, February 24, for details. Award-winning group performs traditional campus, including student shops. Registration: 1 (888) 2CALTECH, or [email protected]. Individu­ Celtic music. Tickets and information: 395-4652, 395-6727 or [email protected]. als with a disability: 395-4688 (voice) or 395-3700 Wednesdays in the Park 1 (888) 2CALTECH , or [email protected]. Indi­ (TDD). Visit Public Events at www.events.caltech.edu. Tournament Park, 10 a.m. to noon-Conversa­ viduals with a disability: 395-4688 (voice) or Ballroom Dance Club tion and coffee for parents and caregivers, and 395-3700 (TDD). Visit Public Events at www. Winnett Lounge, 7:30 p.m.-See Wednesday, playtime for children. Information: 355-3874 events.caltech.edu. February 26, for details. or [email protected]. Sunday, March 9 Twelfth Night Office Ergonomics Ramo Auditorium, 8 p.m.-See Friday, February Men's Tennis 11 8 Ke ith Spalding Building, 3 p.m.-This course 28, for details. Thursday, March 6 vs. Schreiner University, 10 a.m. disc usses " user-friendly" design of office envi­ ronments, and posture and exercises to reduce Scanning Essentials Women's Tennis problems associated with computer use. Regis­ NewMedia Classroom, 363 S. Hill Avenue, vs. Schreiner University, 10 a.m. tra tion: 395-6727 or [email protected]. Sunday, March 2 10 a.m. to noon-Learn the proper techniques for scanning to get the result you want the first Skeptics Society Lecture Ballroom Dance Club Self-Defense: Women's Intermediate Class time in this hands-on workshop. Registration and Baxter Lecture Hall, 2 p.m.-" The Ghost in the Winnett Lounge, 7:30 p.m.-West Coast swing Caltech Women's Center, 1 to 5 p.m.- This class information: 395-3420, [email protected], or Universe: God in Light of Modern Science," Taner lessons for those with some WCS experience. is for women who have participated in the intro­ http://muri.caltech.edu/nmc/index.htm. Ed is, assistant professor of physics, Truman State Open dancing follows the class. Fee: $1 per ductory self-defense workshop and would like the University, Missouri. Donation is $8 for nonmem­ person; free for frosh, first-year grad students, opportunity to practice against a padded assailant Miz Wizard's Science Secrets bers, $5 for members and non-Caltech students. an d those taking the class for PE credit. in a variety of simulated scenarios. Reservations Beckman Institute Auditorium, 7 p.m-With a Free to the Caltech/JPL community. Tickets and and information: 395-3221 or wcenter@studaff. sense of history and humor, Miz Wizard's multi­ information: 794-3119 or [email protected]. Women's Basketball caltech.edu. media performance highlights women's contri­ Visit the Skeptics Society at www.skeptic.com. at Pomona -Pitzer Colleges, 7:30p.m. butions to science, engineering, invention, and math. Learn about Nobel Prize-winning women Caltech-Occidental Symphony Orchestra and young female inventors and their revolu­ Ramo Auditorium, 8 p.m.-Program to be an­ tionary research and passion for discovery. nounced. Admission is free. Visit Public Events lnformaton: 395-3221 . at www.events.caltech.edu. 6 Caltech 336, February 20, 2003

Central Plant. from page 1 80 percent of the power that the Institute A little glee to lighten the winter needs. But the job is complex. "It is very difficult because our busi­ Still fighting post-holiday blues? Listen to with chamber ensemble. The latter is a ness is continuous: you have to provide some uplifting music at the annual winter preview of the clubs' May concert with utilities to the campus at all times," says concert of the Caltech Glee Clubs and the Caltech-Occidental Symphony, which Reza Ohadi, the director of campus op­ Chamber Singers, on Friday, March 7, will present Bloch's entire work. erations. "To stay in business and do the and Saturday, March 8. Concluding the show, the women retrofit is very tough. Thank God, we Ranging from the Renaissance to and men will present selections from have a good team." P. D. 0. Bach, the concert, directed by Don Brahms's Liebeslieder Waltzes and P. D. 0. This 130-person team is a collection of Caldwell, will feature a wide variety of Bach's Liebeslieder Polkas for mixed cho­ Student Morgan Corum redesigned the mechanics, engineers, electricians, system music. The Men's Glee and the Chamber rus and piano four hands-or, in the case website for JPL's micro-electro-mechanical Singers will perform Elizabethan madri­ of P. D. 0. Bach, five hands. (P. D. 0. Bach, systems group. analysts, and all manner of tradespeople. Relying on their labor and expertise has gals and chansons, including works by aka composer Peter Schickele, "the last Morely, di Lasso, Monteverdi, and and the least of the great Johann Sebastian Art Center. from page 1 provided Ohadi with the means of avoid­ Janequin. Folk songs and Spanish lulla­ Bach's twenty-odd children," is known for John Ledyard in Caltech's Division of the ing the greater costs associated with ma­ bies with guitar will be presented by the such works as The Abduction of Figaro Humanities and Social Sciences and for jor construction projects like this one. women. and A Little Nightmare Music.) Michael Dobry at Art Center. "We are "To perform as cost-effectively as pos­ Together, the choruses will sing The free public concerts will begin at trying to make the Caltech faculty aware sible, we are not using a general contrac­ Faure's Pavane and "Silent Devotion" 8 p.m. in Dabney Lounge. of this new agreement and to remind tor; we are the general contractor," he from Ernest Bloch's Sacred Service, both them of the March 3 deadline for mentor says. "We are doing much of the 'cogen' • recommendation forms." installation ourselves. We hire the exper­ tise and use subcontractors as needed." According to Asp, the agreement began about 3 percent per year over the last Longevity, from page 1 in 2002, and three Art Center students Looking back on the progress that has decade. He believes that the campus will apart. In some, both samples showed the received research fellowships with Caltech been made, and considering the quality probably continue that trend. mutation already existed, while in others and JPL mentors. Graphic design major of work that his staff are performing, "The buildings on campus will con­ it appeared or became more abundant Dan Goods, mentored by Russell Jacobs Ohadi predicts success. "I think this tinue to grow and change, and we have during the intervening years. The results and David Kremers at Caltech's Biological project is going to be unique and the to be able to supply all of those buildings suggest that some people inherit the Imaging Center, is an example of how a work will be of outstanding quality." with all the things we need to run a uni­ mutation from their mothers, while oth­ creative visual perspective can solve a Considering the size of the operation, versity," says Jesse McBurney-Rebol, a ers acquire it during their lifetime. scientific problem. Goods began his re­ its $10 million dollar budget is quite lean. utility mechanic at Central Plant. "The big The mutation's inheritability was con­ search by "swimming like an otter," taking But because they are doing much of the push right now, though, has been elec­ firmed by examining mtDNA samples photos of water, and gardening. These work in-house, Central Plant is saving tricity. It's the most important thing that from two sets of elderly twins, some between $5 and $10 million. experiences served as visual references in we're focusing on." monozygotic (from a single egg) and developing ways to link lengthy text-based The retrofit consists of removing a Another major project in the planning some dizygotic (from separate eggs). To information to the Mouse Atlas, a digital steam turbine and a natural gas turbine, stages will take advantage of the way their surprise, the researchers found that map of mouse embryo development. The massive hulks that produced 4.5 mega­ that the price of electricity varies during a 30 percent of the monozygotic and 22 result, says Goods, enables the atlas to watts of power. The system worked per­ 24-hour period. Power is more expensive percent of the dizygotic twins shared the "intuitively communicate multiple dimen­ fectly, but it filled only about 40 percent of during peak daytime hours, and is mutation. sions of data in an immersive environ­ the Institute's hourly electricity needs. The cheaper at night. By constructing ather­ "The selection of the C150T mutation ment." His project can be viewed at http:// remainder of the Institute's power was mal-energy storage facility south of Cali­ in centenarians suggests that it may quad.bic.caltech.edu/- dangoods. purchased from the city of Pasadena, an fornia Boulevard, Caltech will be able to promote survival," says Attardi. "Simi­ Morgan Corum, an illustration student, expensive yet necessary arrangement. take advantage of off-peak hours to run larly, it may protect twins early in life worked with Thomas George of JPL to In July, when the project is completed, its chillers and produce large quantities from the effects of fetal growth restric­ redesign the website for the lab's micro­ production will shoot way up. The new of chilled water, which will be stored tion and the increased mortality asso- electro-mechanical systems group, turbines will be capable of generating be­ under the north athletic field. During the ciated with twin births. We ..:f.:::o.:::u.:..:n.:::d...:t.:.:h.:::e____ _ tween 10 and 12 megawatts. Bearing in streamlining the site's look and architec­ day, the chillers will be turned off, and mutation shifts the site at which mtDNA mind that the campus requires up to 15 ture and adding new animation and video the chilled water will be routed through­ starts to replicate, and perhaps that may megawatts of power at the height of the technology. The third student, Lauren out campus, providing relief from high accelerate its replication, possibly, allow- summer, the plant's energy output will be Swan, worked in the lab of Professor daytime temperatures. The cost of con­ ing the lucky individual to replace dam- closer to the target. Steven Quartz, tracking physiological struction is estimated at about $6 million. aged molecules faster." Over time, several factors have raised changes in participants as they watched a "We anticipate a payback in five years," According to Attardi, the study is the Caltech's power requirements. The main video art piece, in order to assess emo­ Ohadi said ofthis second venture. "That's first to show a robust difference in an one is growth. Although the campus is tions evoked by an aesthetic experience. when we'll make the money back, and after identified genetic marker between cente­ small when compared to such behemoths Asp is currently facilitating SURF ap­ that it'll be free." Similarly, he projects that narians and younger folks. The next goal as UCLA and MIT, it has grown tremen­ pointments for Art Center undergraduates the cogeneration project will reach the is to find the mutation's exact physiologi­ dously. Since 1967, when it was bounded and, noting that more than 30 have ex­ payback point in about three years. These cal effect. on the north by San Pasqua! Avenue, the pressed interest in taking part this sum­ are happy words for the Institute, which Massimiliano Bonate, Fabiola Olivieri, campus has increased in maintainable mer, encourages potential mentors to recently floated a $70 million bond, some Giuseppe Passarino, Giovanna De square feet an astonishing 140 percent. consider these students. All faculty-in­ of which will help finance energy projects. Benedictis, and Claudio Franceschi also With this growth came very technically cluding research and visiting faculty and Among the existing and future projects contributed to the paper, which can be complex and energy-intensive laborato­ associates, professional staff, and JPL is the installation of a microturbine at the found at www.pnas.org. ries and supporting facilities, including a technical staff-may serve as mentors. Administrative Technology Center that will new student residence, libraries, and a • Interested faculty should submit a provide power to Caltech buildings north gymnasium. Of course, they all need mentor recommendation form to the of Del Mar Boulevard. Others include the power to operate. Student-Faculty Programs Office (137 upgrading of campus lighting, the installa­ Bounded by city streets, further cam­ Beckman Institute, MC 139-74) by March tion of variable frequency drives on fans pus expansion would seem to be inhib­ 3. For more information, contact Asp at and motors, and the repairing and upgrad­ ited. But according to Ohadi, the campus ext. 4371 or [email protected]. ing of obsolete air-handling systems. • has seen steady growth in power use of • Caltech 336 ... en en ...... en ...

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