tt t Volume XCVI, Number 5 Pasadena, California Friday, October 21, 1994 ea e S ee s by David Derkits and administrators at Steele. The informal dinner setting has been de It appears (neither ASCIT nor Allready with new uniftrms, the Caltech cross-country team blasts out 0/the starting chutes. See Page 3 jOr details. scribed as very productive by many the IHC has received any official no of the participants. This year, the tice or explanation) that an an House has already hosted a reception nouncement was made at the last for the new Director ofAdmissions. Faculty Board meeting that the Mas Steele House offers spacious ar aya ccess ter ofStudent Houses (MaSH) is to eas for receptions and dinners in be moved from Steele House to a reno by Stephen Van Hooser doors and outside. It also holds a vated 550 S. Hill. Caltech needs a fa unique location at the physical cen Caltech pride swelled Sarorday as cility to house a new Vice-President for ter of undergraduate life: with the Technology Transfer. Rumors have it participants ofthe SummerUndergradu seven Houses to the immediate ate Research Fellowship program showed that Steele House was selected because south, Keck and Braun Houses across off their discoveries during the annual it was unclear how much interaction the street, and the future Avery Cen SURF Seminar Day festivities. the MaSH has with students, and tre next door to the north. The in After a semiformal, buffet-style the need for a large office facility. formal and home-like atmosphere lunch featuring subs and vegetables, While it may unfortunately be true offered by Steele House is in contrast SURF Board Chairman Carl Larson and that the MaSH's interaction with to the formal Athenaeum, and du SURF Administrative Committee students has declined significantly in plicating the Steele environment in ChairmanTerty Cole delivered opening recent years, the importance ofSteele another building, especially one re remarks. Parents and students then House goes beyond the diminishing moved from the student areas ofcam rushed to the presentation rooms for the responsibilities ofthe MaSH. pus, may not be possible. semmars. For over twenty years, Steele The consensus among under The mini-conventions were House - as the MaSH's residence graduates with whom I and other stu grouped intovarious categories: Biology; - has been one ofthe best places for dent leaders have discussed the situa student-faculty and student-admin tion is that moving the MaSH from Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Laura Brady discusses her SURFposter. Her project, "Teachers Touch the Sky, "involved Engineering and Applied Science; Geo helping local teachers to promote space education and enthusiasm in their classes. istration interaction. Most faculty Steele and transforming the residence logical and Planetary Sciences; Humani and senior administrators should re into another office building will de member at least one occasion on ties and Social Sciences; Jet Propulsion problems, and made recommendations Charles Sharman's work involved brain prive the communityofthe unique ad which they were invited to dinner or Laboratory OPL); Physics, Mathematics, to future scientists. storming for uses of 10kg offtee space vantages this House offers in fostering a reception at Steele House to talk and Astronomy; Small Business Indus While most students worked on on each of840 commercial communi student-faculry and student-adminis with students about some issue. Last trial Associates; and the Young Engineer state-of-the-art research, someworked on cations satellites. tration interaction. We urge that the year, for example, members of the ing and Science Scholars (YESS). Stu educational projects. Professor Nate ButSURF's benefits are not unidi opportunity be given for members of Academic Policies Committee were dents spoke for approximately fifteen Lewis applied Caltech's quality summer rectional. According to advisor Joan the Caltech community to discuss this brought together with students for minutes and spent about five minutes manpower to his ChemistryAnimation Horvath ofthe JPL, students are great important issue. Student Affairs has discussion on the core cutriculum answering panel questions. Project; students helped to create Chem assets in theoretical research because they given indication that they will submit changes. Every year, the new student "MySURF project this summerhas istryvideos thatgraphically demonstrate have few preconceptions: "You can do additional information on the move leaders are introduced to the Faculty given me the broadened base ofexperi some of the most complex facets of alot ofinnovative, high-risk science; the for next week's issue. ence that I need to decide where I want chemical and atomic behavior. Other bad thing is they come in with no expe ·to focus my research in the furore" said students, such as Topher Hunter, Tom rience, and the good thing is they come Scott Van Essen, who worked with Pro Maccarone, and DougSmith, designed in with no experience." s fessor HarryAtwater on advanced semi curriculum andexperiments to promote Also invaluable in the SURF pro conductor fabrication. Like most enthusiasm in high school courses. cess are the contributions ofalumni and by David R. Relyea was also pretty interesting to watch Techers, Scott described his goals and Still other students worked on industry in the form ofboth money and Dixie the elephant pick up her trainer findings, mentioned difficulties and projects that directly affect industry. time. Many of the seminar chairmen You may have seen an odd sight in her mouth. Unfortunately, are Caltech alums who take great pride on the Court of Man on Saturday Genkie the Wonder Dogwasn't at the in watching the currentTechers mature. night or Sunday morning. The cir show, and the substitute dog just ran "I participate because I like Caltech and cus "tent" (actually a large, inflatable around. it's fun to be apart ofthe program," said housing) that intruded upon the oth As always, the Caltech ushering seminar chairman John Gee. erwise still lawn was part ofthe L.A. staff did a wonderful job of crowd Currently, the SURF administra Circus, which visited Caltech on control, even under such intense tors (see photo) are narrowing candi Sunday. weather conditions as we have in date lists for participation in a national The standard circus acts were on California. Two briefnotes: the wind undergraduate research conference. The display, such as a trapeze artist and seemed to pick up every time some list of semifinalists includes Jason Lee, clowns (Jeffo and Lulu). Other acts, body was precariously balanced (on Lin Jia, Jian Zhang, Michael Ru, Anandi such as Matt Plendl, the Ten Time a large stack of chairs, on rings, and Raman, Roshan Kumar, Brian Kim, Jen World Hula-Hoop Champion, were even when a 130 pound table was nifer Cormack, Obie Manley, Dennis interesting but not truly thrilling, and being foot-juggled); and the L.A. Hausmann, Ken Walsh, Jerry Shan, the Vita family (with the greatest Circus Band's trombonist was named Robett Granat, Nathan Scandella, Adam hairdos I have ever seen in my life) Steve Taylor. All in all, going to the Kisor, Marco Santos, Jeremiah Darling, turned out to be the best act ·of the circus proved to be a great way to Jose Miguel Hurtado, Tim Uy, Vance show (they balanced on each other ignore the homework (AMa 95) and The people who made the day possible: Susie Clark, Carolyn Merkel, Carol Casey, Mary Ann Bjom, and Tom Maccarone. John Jo and did semi-aerial acrobatics). It responsibilities oflife at Tech. Smith, and Chairperson Terry Cole (pictured left to right) pose in the Athenaeum seph Carrasco has been named afinalist. Sets Worl Rowing Record video display that shows both posi- an avid triathlete, primarily used by Michael Kantner tion in the race and pace. After about rowing as cross training. After a 2000 of the 2500m, excitement month of training at Caltech, Caltech, known for its Nobel mounted as John was on a world coached by Michael Scott, a gradu prize winning professors, now has a record pace. He was timed at 8 min- ate ME student and former world world record holding professor. CDS utes, 10.6 seconds beating the world class rower, John knew he was well professor John Doyle won two gold record for lightweight 40-49 year- prepared. medals for indoor rowing and set the olds by 1.2 seconds. He was 16 sec- Surprisingly, he performed bet world record in 2500m event at the onds ahead of his nearest competi- ter in rowing than in the triathlon World Masters Games in Brisbane, tor. John also won the 500m race. and cycling events. "I thought I Australia. The record was more astound- should have a try at this because it The competitors rowed on spe ing considering that this was his first was on in between my other events cially calibrated ergometers with indoor rowing competition. Doyle, and the triathlon," Doyle said. October 21, 1994 The California Tech Official byJeff Goldsmith Botched Proposed Bylaw Amendment YES: 200 Passes (74%,) (Voting Eligibility, etc.) NO: 70 Playing in a midnight swiss teams with a new, but strong, part- Abstain: 161 ner and woeful teammates, I pick up ~ A ASCIT President: Jonathan McDunn V K943 o A765 T.J. David Asif Monwhea Jeff Jonathan Eric Write Totw/o Total of> AQ]3 Creath Derkits Hassan Jen Klrshber McDunn Sla back Ins NO Abs Abs All 50 57 22 40 73 88 40 12 24 25 406 431 Partner opens 10, I respond 1\}, and he raises to 2\}. I would +2 +2 +1 +1 +2 +4 Redis +12 like to bid 3~, a splinter bid, but partner is not fond ofartificial bids when a natural one will do, so I foolishly jump to 6\}. This goes 52 59 23 41 75 92 40 12 37 394 431 down, but in the post-mortem I correct to 6NT, buy this dummy, and +3 +1 +2 +1 +1 Redis +4 have a play problem: 55 60 25 42 75 93 40 41 390 431 DUMMY ~ +9 +4 Redis +3 +2 +3 +4 KQ9 \} A]72 64 64 45 77 96 40 45 386 431 o Q432 1 +3 +11 +7 Redis +19 of> 97 67 45 88 103 64 367 431 DECLARER Redis +12 +13 +14 ~ A \} K943 67 100 116 78 353 431 o A765 Redis +6 +17 +33 of> AQJ3 West leads a small spade and I find that I am in a bad contract. I have three spade tricks, two heart tricks, one diamond, and one club for a total ofseven. Even if! bring in the hearts and the club hook is 129 177 125 306 431 on, that is only eleven tricks, so I need either a diamond trick or a 58% squeeze. I need to either rectify the count or play for a club-diamond strip squeeze, which, while possible, seems unlikely. It must be right to duck a diamond now, which will rectify the count and maybe even acquire my twelfth trick. If East has four clubs and the diamond King, ducking in both hands will work to rectify the count for a simple . Each number on the first row represents the total number of votes the candidate or option squeeze instead of the strip-squeeze, and I might drop the 0 K receIved on the first blank of the ballot. Note that Eric Slayback is included. Although he was doubleton, or West might rise with it. not on the ballot, he al?P~ared as a write-in on enough ballots that he became a challenger. Since I win the spade and playa low diamond. West flinches (this is a there was no clear maJonty, the NO votes were redistributed, that is, the ballots with NO marked zip swiss, after all, and we have already lost a match,) and hops up li~e wer~ on I redistri;bu.ted among the other options according to line 2. In each subsequent with the King. She exits with a spade, which I win, pitching a dia row, If there IS no maJonty, then the ballots of the candidate with the least votes are redistributed mond. I take this opportunity to finesse clubs, which I am happy to t~ the next high~st ran~ed candidate whose ballots have not already been redistributed. Fmally, on the eIgh.th l1Oe, lonathan McDunn obtained a majority and the victory. (There was see win, and cash the 0 A. All follow, so I have eleven tricks without an error of 1, mean10g there was one case in which the number of ballots and the number of hearts. Given the quality ofthe defenders, running my tricks now is ~ames were off by 1). If there are any questions regarding this tabulation or election procedure a huge favorite, so I am not willing to try the heart hook. After a few 10 general, please contact Cedric Hobbs, Election Chairman, at 568-0001 MSC 260 or rounds of diamonds and spades, East is clearly under pressure and cedricit@ugcs. ', gives up a club, alleviating the need for a trick twelve decision which I would be sure to ger right. Now ifonly I had been able to impress panner wirh this at the table instead ofthe post-mortem.... night's fiSC IT Mouie 7:30 AND 10:00 P.M. The California Tech BAX1ER LECfUFE HALL $1.50 ASCIT Caltech 40-58 SAC, Pasadena, CA 91125 phone: [818) 395-6153 $2.00 Aus, G1Aos ... From your Friendly (Hah!) Tech Editors e·mail: [email protected] ISSN 0008-1582 ONEANGO\ILY... Okay, we finally got the election results. They're right up there. And it's nor our fault; our correspondent was late. 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Although the Cannes Film Festival in France earlier this year, a woman in the La Mirada to sodden perfection for Meyer broke 30:00 for a personal back of the room stood up and began protesting loudly. So he gave Last weekend took the Caltech the day's struggle, but Caltech was first, and Gutierrez for a first this sea her the finger. Can you blame him? Pulp Fiction may be a violent, men's cross-country team back to La to figure poorly against their oppo son, the pack performance wasn't vulgar genre piece, but it is also one of the liveliest and most clever Mirada "Frisbee Golf" Park for the nents. Dan "Tip of the Iceberg" enough to compete with the impres movies in years, skillfully directed and full of great characters, dia important SCIAC Multi-Dual Meet, Kleiman jogged through an incred sive times both La Verne and Whitter logue, and acting. the first oftwo meets that determine ibly-paced 26:44 race, taking down presented. Only Cal Lu succumbed, Pulp Fiction follows several linked, yet independent storylines conference standings for this season. all but three men by the time he en although that victory was muted but never becomes confusing or hard to follow. The protagonists of Despite strong individual perfor tered the finish chute. But Schuyler by the fact that Cal Lu didn't even one line can turn up as antagonists from the point ofview ofanother mances by several team members, "Who needs shins?" Cullen didn't field a full team. story. The stories are tied together enough to give a sense of shared Caltech came away with several un quite pick up the slack between Workouts in these intervening space, but are kept to a minimum, avoiding any sense ofcutesiness expected defeats and a 1-6 record for Kleiman and the entire scoring team weeks between meets will focus on in the links. the meet. Hopes are set on the con of La Verne University. His victory "doing grass" (in Lacy Park) as well Critics ofTarantino's work accuse him ofjust rehashing old movie ference championship meet that is over their sixth runner was signifi as concentrating on "kicking -" (at situations and cliched characters. While he may use the crime pic still another weekend away, when cant for team morale, however, even Prado Park). Coach O'Brien in ture conventions as a jumping off point and stuff his films wall to the team hopes to have said its final ifit didn't put fear into the hearts of tends to pursue more ingenious wall with humorous references to pop culture, he turns movie con farewell to Adams States and any Caltech's old nemesis. Tom Meyer workouts in an effort to push a new ventions on their head. Tarantino neither whitewashes the violence, thing (workouts in particular) re and Francisco "Darwin" Gutierrez and improved! pack under the as in True Lies, nor revels in its gore like Oliver Stone; instead the lated to it, as well as benefiting added to the score, finishing within thirty minute mark. Keep in mind violence is shocking in its banality. People miss bits ofconversation, from a full complement ofhealthy, fractions of a second each other that practices are open to any in they go to the bathroom, they snack, and they do things accidentally uninjured runners. around 29:51, and Ron "I run the terested KELROF runners. sometimes. Even for characters with relatively little screen time, one A light precipitation the night 800" Stieger completed the scoring gets a sense that a real history exists behind them. Ofcourse, all the quality writing wouldn't have done the job ifthe actors hadn't been up to the task. Fortunately, the incredible ensemble cast is univer Caltech Moves Up the Pacific Coast to Victory sally top-notch, led by gangster hitmen John Travolta and Samuel L. by B.R. Doughn team's defensive standout with 9 Obispo. The Chargers from SLO Jackson. This ought to be a great comeback for Travolta and the role steals. Coach Dodd, commenting were ready for a contest. Taking that finally puts Jackson's name in the books. The supporting cast In case you missed last week's on the game, said "I got much sleep advantage oftheir weak goalie, the includes Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Christopher Walken, and article, the Varsity team managed to this weekend." Beavers concentrated on the two many others, all ofwhom just ooze coolness from their pores. While squeeze past the dirtiest, trickiest, and After a tough win under the pointer from the beginning. This the violence and language may not be to everyone's tastes, Pulp Fic the team voted most likely to cheat belt, the Caltech water polo team shooting combined with Caltech's tion is a thoroughly engrossing landmark achievement that is sure to the alumni. The final score was 11 was ready for their road trip to smothering defense ended the first bring back repeat business. 10 in overtime. This provided an ex Northern California. Laden with quarter at 5-0. Caltech then went citing climax for a game that was a parkas, suits, and homework (for into its famous prevent defense Quiz Show rug-of-war throughout. Chris the frosh); the team sped away in which allowed the Chargers to While some may be offended by the grittiness of Pulp Fiction, "Beard" Buchner scored the winning Caltech Motor Vehicles (while fol- come back. The score became 11 Robert Redford's Quiz Show serves as a great tribute to storytelling shot with less than a minute left in lowing all traffic laws). The team's 8 before Chris Buchner scored a that should appeal to just about everyone. Quiz Show is an entertain the second and final overtime period. first destination was the Campus crucial halfcourt 2 pointer to stop ing film with a moral message, yet never seems manipulative, sim Russ Barnes, the Alumni goal keeper, (Refrigerator) Hotel. With a night the SLO attack. When the dust plistic, or treacly like the monster hit Forrest Gump. Quiz Show is was heard to exclaim, "Somebodyget ofreflection and close quarters, the setrled, the final score was 15-9 sure to deservedly pick up an armful ofOscar nominations, not the him" as the shot found the lower cor team was ready to take on the op- Caltech. The team was buoyed by least ofwhich should be for lead actor Ralph Fiennes (best known as ner. Mike "F-" Greene was the ponents from Cal-Poly. San Luis SEE WATER POW, PAGE 11 the Nazi in Schindler's List), an incredible actor who gives a great deal of depth to his role as academic Charles Van Doren, who ap Cross-Country Looks Ahead to Conference Meet peared before millions ofAmericans on the television show Twenty Caltech lay in the possibility ofput Reddy (58th, 23:40), Caltech One in the Fifties, winning hundreds of thousands ofdollars before by Dan Kleiman ting two women in front ofthe first finished fifth with a dual meet record it was revealed that the program was fixed. Fiennes gives us a com Hurt by missing runners and finisher from several other schools. of 3-4. The Beavers nearly reached plex portrayal ofhow an upstanding person can slowly be lured into subpar performances, the Caltech However, after a strong start, their goal ofa top-halffinish, losing the comfortable arms of dishonesty, and the difficulty of women's cross country team still Henderson did not maintain the fast to conference rival Occidental by admitting one's mistakes and facing the consequences of one's ac managed to place fifth out of eight pace and finished sixth over the 5 only 3 points. tions. But Van Doren is not the only complex character in the film; schools at the recent SCIAC multi kilometer course in 19:30. Beaber Heading into next week's everyone from John Turturro (Barton Fink, Do the Right Thing) as dual meet. The multi-dual, held last continued her recent trend ofweav SCIAC championships, the women his brainy working-class Jewish opponent to Van Doren's Pulitzer Saturday in La Mirada, pitted the ing her way up through the pack, have several reasons to be looking Prize-winning father to the chairman ofNBC is tempted by money Beavers against each conference eventually moving all the way up to fotward to another conference race. and the glitz of television. Quiz Show flows like a well-oiled ma school one by one, instead of scor co-captain Henderson. Beaber Last Saturday's fifth place finish was chine, dragging only slightly in the third act. This is the best sort of ing everyone together, the way that placed seventh, in a personal best done without seniorTobe Corazzini film that the craftsmen ofHollywood can make, and is certainly the the upcoming SCIAC champion time of 19:31. or Junior Ali Boehm, both ofwhom type of movie the Academy loves to honor with awards in March. ships will be tallied. The meet was by no means a should race next week. With the See this movie; you'll be glad you did. Beaver hopes rested largely on disappointment for the Beaver addition of those two runners, the two lead runners, sophomore women. With the two top-ten ef Calrech has four legitimate contend The Orb's Little Album: Pomme Fritz Cailin Henderson and freshman Sara forts being backed up by clutch races ers for all-conference honors. The The Orb is not an everyday band. Their style of music is re Beaber. Henderson has been consis from senior Ginger Garcia (32nd, Beavers aim for more than just a top ferred to as ambient techno, a form that takes electronic beats and tently beating conference competi 21 :42), frosh Karen Bletzer (55th, four finish next weekend at the con melodies and molds them into a trance-inducing wash ofsound tion all season, while Beaber, after 23: 17) and sophomore Radhika ference meet. that can serve equally well as background music or the focal point of appearing unsure in her first races, a mind-numbing experience. Pomme Fritz leans closer to musique has come on strong lately. On Sat concrete than any of their previous works, relying more on sound urday, hopes for a top-half finish by, effects and more organic, less electronic-sounding rhythms than the somewhat more dance-oriented music on The Orb's Adventures Be yond the Ultraworld (with "Little fluffY Clouds") and UF Orb. 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The California Tech October The communications satellites' working after years offaithful service it should have a variety of rocks and shuttle or even the space station, if it orbits take them directly between the in orbit... soil to analyze. gets launched. Can you wear contact Earth-bound receiving stations and Be on the lookout for this phe The Pathfinder craft will contain lenses in space? the Sun at this time of the year. nomenon next spring, when the same two parts, a stationary weather station Only ifyou are a payload special by Ross Brown When your cable company's dish thing happens over again. and a tiny microrove!' to crawl over the ist or a visitor (read: influential antanna looks up at the sky expect Landing Site Chosen for Mars Path surface in search ofinteresting stuffto congresscritter), and then only hard Cable Blackout ing to hear "I Love Lucy" reruns, it finder Mission look at. It will use a parachute to de contact lenses are allowed. The prob Were any of you watching TV gets a megadose of microwave (and The Mars Pathfinder, set to land scend to the surface, where airbags (like lem with soft contacts are that they dry last Monday? Were you watching a other wavelengths as well) radiation on Mars in 1997, will touch down on your car) will inflate and cushion the out a lot quicker in micro-gravity be cable channel? Did it mysteriously from the sun. While the communi an ancient flood plain. This flat land fall. After bouncing across the surface cause oftheir delicate fluid balance. go haywire? The cable company cations satellites' power cells can only is the site ofwhat look like great floods like an inflated ball, the craft will open The bright side is that gravity in could do nothing about either. pump out a few watts of transmit of water. These features are rather like a flower and the rover will roll out. duced eye problems like astigmatism What happened!?! Well, since ting power, the sun can pour out mysterious as there is little or no water Cute 'huh? could possibly be helped by prolonged we are nearing the winter months, thousands of watts of raw energy. on Mars today. From space, these OfContacts and Astronauts missions in space. Who knows? and since the Earth's axis is inclined Naturally the sun is going to win at flatlands look like riverbeds or places So you are an astronaut and can't For more infOrmation about CSS by 230 off the vertical plane of the these times. where water has rushed through. see to well, what are you going to do or its activities, [email protected] solar system, we here in North Also, about 12 hours later, the The landing site itself is 850 km about it? Glasses are a no-go on the or call 568-8028. America are moving farther and far satellite will find itselfin the shadow southeast ofthe Viking 1 landing site ther away from the apparent celes of the Earth. Since it runs on solar (1976). It is in an area known as Ares tial equator. Elementary stuff, I power most ofthe time, the satellite Vallis. The site was chosen because it know, but it affects more than the has to switch over to batteries. Hope should shed some light on the mys weather. fully the relays and batteries are still tery ofthe ancient floods, and because by Topher Hunter It's lecture week! No, P. G. Saffman isn't going to be doing David R. Derkits 21 October 1994 special 7:00 AMa 95 lectures in Beckman Institute Auditorium for you, but we've got a great line-up of speakers and panels for your t/ APPD.1N1-ED OFFIC:ES - The on-line CLUE is now activated. It can enjoyment and enlightenment. This Monday, the Y, along with the Caltech Women's Center - The appointed position of ASCIT Staff be reached on the Web through the ASCIT and the Organization of Women at Caltech, is proud to present Recorder is now open. 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The time - The atmosphere of trust under the Honor may send e-mail to floho@cco. is still to be determined, so call the Y at x6163 for details. - Concerns about the homework, test, or On Thursday, the Caltech Y and Pacific Clinics are presenting System allows undergraduates to enter into a lecture and panel discussion entitled "What Message is the Media agreements with other members of the collab policies of a class may.be directed to Sending Us." Tickets are $25 each, but the Y has a limited number community. It is expected that students be any Director. The Board of Directors is offree tickets for students. Drop by the Y for more details and ticket careful to carry out these agreements in good monitoring the situations in ChI and CMl. information. faith. Party arrangements made with the - Salaries and bonuses for the 1993-94 Big T Random other goodies this week: Residence Life Office fall under this category Editors were approved in full. 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The California ftch October 21, 1994 Answer to Last Week: The white king must be on at, norcould it have been promoted QB3. This conclusion can be ar on that spot on which it now rived at by the following argument: stands. So the only other possible edited byWei-Hwa Huang Suppose that Black is not in check. way is if White had discovered edited byWei-Hwa Huang Then the white bishop cannot be this check by the white king. The checkingthe black king, and so the white king could not have been white king on QB2 last must be on move for rea QN3 or sons men QB2. QB2is tioned above, impossible so it must have since the kings been on QN3 can never be last move. We adjacent in a seem to have legal game, reached the and QN3 is same "double impossible check" contra White to and Mate Black since black diction thatwe In One Move (With Proof) then has saw before, adouble check that he could not right? Wrong! The white king This problem is from have administered. Therefore, could have captured a black piece Raymond Smullyan other chess Black is in check and White has for his last move, enabling the book, The Chess Mysteries of justcreated a check from the white double check by Black. In fact, Sherlock Holmes. Now that you've bishop. This check could not White must have just captured a solved last week's puzzle, try this have been made by a bishop black pawn on Black's QB6, which one. After you've solved it, prove move, since the bishop could not in turn had just captured from your answer. have come from a place that it Black's QN5 a white pawn on did not already check the black king White's QB4 en passant. Whew! So Lloyd won the race by a mere 12 sec onds! In an effort to get his name published in this article, Wayne Broughton submitted his solution to the cross-number You are looking at aJapanese-style puzzle, even though I didn't ask for any. Well, Wayne, crossword. Each letter is repre you got your wish. Wayne. 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It's chickalicious! print of our first column from last And we're not just saying that be Raymond Chandler's Hamlet week. Inspired by the recent "Best Of" cause they interviewed us, and may issue of the Pasadena Weekly (that use us for TV and radio spots (no 'other' weekly newspaper), we decided autographs, please). byJonathan Vos Post to put out a "Best ofS & M", in which Best French Fries: The best we give our own opinions of what's classic (read: plain) french fries are Something was rotten in Denmark, rank thinking of a one way ticket to the morgue. good, and maybe not so good, in the indubitably those thin oily wonders and gross, as rotten as a dame named Gertrude At the play, "The murdet ofGonzago," an City ofRoses and thereabouts. Well, from McDonald's, even despite their maybe "Best" is too strong a word, recent 'health-conscious' recipe in bed with her husband's killer while the ca actor dumped poison in the play-King's ear. The since we might be (slightly) fallible in change. But for fries which will keep terer recycled the funeral baked meats for the real King freaked. Polonius hid behind Queen deciding some prettysubjective catego you comin' back for more, try spicy wedding reception, at which bride did not wear Gertrude's bedroom curtain, but Hamlet ries. On the other hand, "Best" is battered fries-like the ones they white. smelled a rat and stabbed him dead. much easier to type than "Preferred". USED to serve at Popeye's (before So for the rest of this column, "Best" Hamlet was a sharp prince, good with a "I'll lug the guts into the neighbor room," some corporate MBA doofus de will actually mean "Preferred". Also, cided it was cheaper to serve plain knife, but not sharp enough to handle his old he said, the corpse whete worms ate brunch and "Worst" will stand for "Really, Really fries), and such as the ones which man kicking the bucket with an earful ofmur didn't leave a tip. Bad", "Diet" will NOT mean "The now enjoy prime status at Rally's. der. I heard Ophelia do the hey-nonny-nonny Action One Takes To Lose Excessive Go to Rally's, in south Glendale. My name's Horatio, Hamlet's gumshoe gig, singing about flowers and valentines, but a Weight", and "the" will translate to You'll love their French fries. And "Send Us Money". buddy, trying to stay clean in a dirty castle. A Valentine's Day Massacre was more like it. their new chicken sandwich! We Well, by the time we had wouldn't say it ifwe didn't believe it. grizzled ghost pleaded the Fifth when I game Laertes found his sister Ophelia, poor wretch, stopped writing, we realized that we Best Fried Chicken: Popeye's. him the third degree, then split the scene when in the weeping brook, drowned in muddy death. had far more than could possibly fit Their chicken is just the right combi the cock crew, like a guilty man before a It is time for the great axe to fall. in a weekly column, so we decided nation of crunch and spices. Unfor marshall serving summons. A couple ofclowns found a skull a scream, to split it into two parts. This week, tunately, the one on North Lake has King Claudius, cool as a cucumber after when they tipped Ophelia into the grave. Ham we tackle an important part of any spotty management quality (good "Best" list, a compilation of our fa thing franchises are starting to pop up offing his brother, twisted nephew Hamlet's let jumped in on top ofher. Hamlet and Laertes vorite foods. Next week we'll cover allover), and once they dumped their arm not to return to college at Wittenberg, got down to business with a couple of long everything else in the universe. fantastic fries we found ourselves much Caltech not having yet been built. knives while the Queen gulped down some poi Best Burger: Selecting this staple less inclined to drop by. The air bit shrewdly, it was very cold, son Pinot Noir the King meant for Hamlet. ofany health-minded diner's diet is an Best Fast-Food Salad: Yes, oc when the ghost came again. It was Hamlet's The Queen fell. Hamlet and Laertes cut awesome responsibility, not only be casionally one of us attempts to go cause of the massive variety of sizes, on a diet, so we've actually sampled father's spirit. His tale would freeze blood, pop each other up, then Hamlet swigged from the styles and shapes (okay, not shapes) a fast-food salad or two. Top out eyes, and make you hair stand on end like deadly cup and stabbed the killer King stone involved, but also because there's a honours go decisively to Burger porcupine quills. He demanded revenge for cold dead. Instant Karma, I guess. patty out there for every inflection of King's side salad, believe it or not. murder most foul. The snake that killed him Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were mood. But few people are better quali Try it, it's surprisingly good! fied than we are. We found that for wore the crown. Me and Hamlet took the case. snuffed. Fortinbras stomped into Denmark Best Salad Bar: Where's the snacking satisfaction, the good-ol' clas contest here? No mere mortal salad Hamlet's main squeeze, Ophelia, a green with his gang, and lots ofdrums. sic Mickey-D's cheeseburger can't be bar can top the offerings of girl, griped that hamlet was as pale as his shirt, I was the last guy left. I heard a gunshot. I beat. A good meal-size, double-decker Souplantation. Clean, fresh, and in dirty sox, acting weird. Fortinbras was looked off into the distance, toward beautiful comes from Pete's Blue Chip in Eagle bursting with variety, the only draw gangbanging Polacks. The sun bred maggots La Jolla, a solid heavy man like a rock. Rock (same block as Tommy's Burgers, back is that one stomach just can't in a dead dog. the old Techer hangout which, since hold enough. In our next life we're Mr. Tommy passed away, has just slid hoping to come back as cows! Hamlet played mad, but when the Santa This piece a/fiction won Honorable Mention in the 1994 downhill faster'n a greased toboggan). Best Pastrami: We admit, we Ana blew, he knew a hawk from a handsaw. A International Imitation Raymond Chandler However, our all-around favorite is just haven't yet given Top's mountainous bunch of non-Guild actors showed up for the Writing Competition. Jonathan vas Post is an a few blocks from Caltech, the cheese offering a try, but after the freakish castle venue. alumnus o/ealtech. He graduated in 1973 with burger from Pete's,Gdmdburger on dreams incurred from a particularly South Lake. It is very filling, aod very "To be or not to be," mused Hamlet, B.S. degrees in Math and English. grisly encounter with Lucky Boy's tasty. Their Grandburger was voted grease-saturated, Gargantuan, man "Best Over-Sized Thing" in last year's eating pastrami sandwich, we'll stick Pasadena Weekly (back when it had with the (merely) very greasy pas nifty categories such as "Best Pink trami dip at The Hat. Thing"), but we've never had the guts Best Sushi: For quick and in to try to eat one. expensive sushi, Kabuki delivers Best Burrito: This one is a (though the ambiance has suffered Guidelines for Submissions. tough call, since even more than with dramatically since Steve the sushi Submissions are generally creative works, such as narrative, fiction, drama, poetry, artwork, or photo our previous category, different sensei moved on to rawer pastures). moods necessitate different burritos. graphs. Essayists are encouraged to submit to The California Tech. Most cartoons should probably belong in However, if neither price nor wait We like the ones at La Salsa (Grande ing time is an issue, then by all means the Inside World. Burrito), Burrito Express (lVC), trek out to Enshino, in Encino. 1. All submissions must be in by the Tuesday preceding the issue in which the submission is to appear. Rancheros (Rancho Grande), and You'll be rewarded with giant por 2. Submissions may not contain libelous material without consent ofthose being libeled. It is the respon Super Burrito (EI Burrito-o Super tions ofvery fresh, tasty fish (includ sibility ofthe author(s) to check on this fact. Suspicious submissions will not be printed. 0). Actually, we're still on the prowl ing toro and albacore). for the definitive, everything-but 3. Submissions may not contain vulgarities. The editor has judgement on what constitutes a vulgarity. Best Pizza: Well, call us pedes the-kitchen-sink Mexican bellyfiller. trian, but we usually eat (and enjoy) 4. Submissions must be turned in bye-mail, Macintosh disk, or 3.5" high-density IBM compatible disk. Best Chicken Sandwich: Glad Pizza Hut. Of course, the constant 5. All submissions will be submitted to the Totem after publication unless explicit instruction is given by yOli asked. We really like the new stream ofcoupons doesn't hurt. the author(s) to the editors to the contrary. Best Steak: Ruth's Chris in 6. The author must be part of the Caltech/JPL community. Certain waivers for alumni, friends of the Beverly Hills. Theirsteaks are real kill community, etc. may be made at the editor's discretion. ers! Really! Delicious, but they'll coat your arteries for the rest ofyour life. 7. The editor reserves the right to edit, shorten, disallow any submission, or take exceptions to these rules. Best Thai: Well, we don't know ifit's really the best, but since it's new and we discovered it and it's good, we'll plug it here anyway. Ir's Classic Thai, on Colorado in Eagle Rock. Best Shrimp: Killer Shrimp in Ma Spacious Townhouse rina del Rey. All they serve is shrimp. Served in a big bowl ofspicy Louisiana 31 Eastern #6, Pasadena ~ ~ style broth, with lots ofFrench bread for e..rtautO dipping. It's truly awesome! A closer lo CD 2 bedrooms, 2.5 Baths cation is Studio City, across the street from .. 2 Car Attached Garage Offered at: ** Award Winner ** the CBS studios. .. Approximately 110 Square feet Best Barbecue: Burnett's, a hole I?Q nnn .. Low Monthly Fee - $130 in-the-wall in Altadena, features the best ribs this side of the Mississippi (we checked in an atlas). $225* call Paula K. Walker Best Donuts: Yes, it's Donut Man (818) 449-4905 Jon Douglas Company in Azusa, still known among old-timers $225* as 'Far Fosters'. What evening revelry is $235* not complete without a 2 A.M. run to Boston ... $184 * • • •••••••••••••••• the center ofthe donut universe? 'Fares are each WEff from los Angeles based on a Best Something: We don't roundlrip purchase. Restrictions apply and taxes I I not II1Cluded. Call for otherworldwidedestinations. know how to classify it, but they I I serve it at Dinah's on Sepulveda, near I THE FRENCH BAKERY CAF~ I the 405 in West L.A. It's their Apple I I Pancake, and it could kill a diabetic, Food To Go Welcome but it's mmm-mmm-delicious! Be I I OPEN 7 DAYS prepared for a severe sugar low after I I one of these. Dinah's is also known From 3 - 9 p.m., Monday - Saturday I I Tel: 449-8018 for their fried chicken. with this ad (one coupon per guest per visit) Best Home-Cooked Meal: 2475 E. Colorado" Pasadena I 216 S. Lake Avenue : How the heck should we know? between Sierra Madre Blvd. 0-Altadena Dr. • ,-,aliIIVll/r:; used with any other promotions Offer good thru Oct. 31, 1994 Next week: The Best ofS & M, the Ined •••••••••••••••••••• Free Parking in Rear ible Years. October 21, 1994 WATER POLO After a night of"CHUD," the tacks and some all around brilliant pointer by saying "Steve, you tipped FROM PAGE 3 team headed to the pool to play the defense, Caltech fought back tooth in my shot, didn't you?" the victoty. Caltech's leading scorer University of California at Santa and tail until the score was 12-11 With a road trip record of I was the Beard. Cruz. As Greene says, this cam Slugs on Sooketoo Bhuta's shor. 1, the Wet Beavers came home to After eating at the Chinese food/ pus is one of the "F-ast campuses With the game heading for the a rousing night of Ma 2, 95, and donut shop, the squad continued up in the country". As the game wire, Caltech pressed on but could beer. However, the team had many US 101 to Monterey. In Monterey, starred, the speed of the Banana not stop the hat switching offense memories about winning and shar we decided to attempt to learn from Slugs was apparent, Quickly the of the Santa Cruz team. Caltech ing the middle of the back seat, byWei-Hwa our sea faring friends some tricks that game was 6-1 in favor of UCSC. scored again but could nor score in while listening to the best of the would help out our season. Unfor The multitude of Caltech fans did the last minute. The Slugs ended up 80's and Sheryl Crow. The next tunately, the aquarium dosed before not give up even though the score with the victory and all the Beavers Caltech game is Saturday at 11 am The Return we could suit up for our scrimmage had fallen to 10-2. All of a sud took home was a broken tooth. Mike at Whittier and the next home against the otter/stingray team. den, Mike the scoring machine Greene ended up with 8 points and game is Wednesday vs. Redlands at of the Maybe next time. erupted. Led by his counter-at- attempted to give back his rwo 4:00. See you all there. Contests Sigh. Due to some complain ing by some people, I've been forced to restart the $10 contests. Anyway, send your solutions bye-mail only ro gp@tech by 8:00 p.m. Wednes day. The winner (determined by ran dom draw from those with the most 1 6 Colorado 81., Pasade correct answers) will win $10. You 91106 must be parr of the Caltech Com munity to join. Remember, not too many people actually send me I .. [818 solutions,so you don't have to do so well!! 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Citizen or Permanent Resident; and be +IfyOll are now afraid ofpetting poor little Mazel, currently enrolled in a college or university. (gradu Coba for a fact has no traces ofTyphus and would ate students are also eligible) Applications are avail very much appreciate your affection: pet her, she's a denotes a new announcement. able in the Financial Aid Office and must be received sweet cat! Or, for the more sadomasochistical, try at OCA-GLA no later than October 31, 1994. petting Underfoot: you'll usually find her lazing on these concerts are available to Caltech students with fall through grad students who will be entering their the Dabney stairs. current I.D. (limit two free tickets per 1.0.) and are final year ofstudy in 1995 -no post-docs) can apply. The Los Angeles Chapter of the Data Processing available at the Caltech Ticket Office, located just The grant is for one year only. While special consid Management Association (DPMA) is offering at Attention all CLUE-users! Yes, it's true--the CLUE north of the Beckman Auditorium parking lot, be eration is given to students in the humanities only a least one scholarship for $1 000, provided by the Bert is now on-line in xmosaic! You can access it either ginning October 17th and 31st, respectively. The small group of universities are invited to have their A. Monaghan Scholarship Fund. Eligible students through the ASCIT Home Page, or by logging, in tickets are normally sold for a range of $22.50 to students apply for this award so scientists/engineers must be majoring in Computer-Science, must have Attention Women Graduate Students-A new and typing: $12.00, so rush on down to the ticket office now. are competitive. Note that international students filed a FAFSA application and have demonsttated women's group is forming designed to help women mosaic http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~ascit/ Also, already enrolled at Caltech as undergrads or gtad stu financial need. Application forms and guidelines for examine a range of issues relevant to their lives and the Dean's Office still has plenty of CLUEs, so the The Caltech-Occidental Concert Band will present dents may apply. Applications must be requested by additional requirements are available at the Finan experiences. We will explore the barriers for women requirement for bringing in a CLUE request slip has a free concert on Saturday, November 19tb. The eacb individual in writing by January 15, 1995. Send cial Aid Office. Completed applications must be in achieving success, balancing career and personal been lifted-just go ahead and grab one ifyou don't concert will begin at 8:00 p.m. Guest soloist with your request for an application to: Mrs, L. Hays, received at the Financial Aid Office at 515 S. Wil goals, and challenges in professional or personal re plan on using the xmosaic version (which is still the bands that night will be tenor, Robin Reed. Robin Secretary, son no later than 5:00 p.m., Wednesday Novem lationships. These and other concerns raised by strongly encouraged, by the way). Enjoy! will sing well known arias from famous operas, in Josephine de Karman Fellowship 'Ieust, P.O. Box ber 2.0, 1994. group members will be discussed in a confidential cluding Pagliacci, Rigoletto, and Tosca. The concert 3389, San Dimas, CA 91773. Application post group setting over the academic year. Each group The 1995 E1ie Wiesel Pri7.e in Ethics Essay Con band will be featured in music from around the mark deadline is January 31, 1995. So request an The American Concrete Institute (ACI) is offering member needs to meet with the group leaders for a test, with awards totaling $10,000, is now open to world. Admission is free and open to the public. application now. Don't wait until the Jan. 15 date as several awards. The Peter D. Courtois Concrete Con pre-group interview. If you would like more infor junior and senior undergraduates who are enrolled There is also free parking near the auditorium, you'll have to rush to complete the application. struction Scholarships are two $1000 awards for un mation or to schedule a pre-group interview, please full-time at an accredited college or university in the dergraduate study in concrete construction for the contact the Counseling Center at 818-395-8331. United States. The deadline for submining an origi Free Film Program-The Pasadena Public Library +Cera Foundation Poetry Award. Win $300 for 1995-96 academic year. Eligible students must be The group will meet weekly on'Iuesdays at the Coun·· nal.),000-4,000 word essay is January 13, 1995. The shows films every Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. an original poetry composition. To enter send your enrolled at least half-time and must be seniors in seling Center beginning late October. theme for tbis year is: "Creating an Ethical Society: in the auditorium of the Cemral Library, 285 E. poem, witb your name, mailing address, phone #, 1995-96. The application, available at the Financial Personal Responsibility and the Common Good." Walnut St. The program for the rest of October is: and school name by OCTOBER 31 to: The Cera Aid Office, with all required supporting documents The Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Support Group For entry forms and guidelines contact: The Elie Oct. 19-The Zoo Gang (96m): Oct. 26-Baby Foundation Poetty Scholarship, 14854, Fremont, CA is due January 10, 1995. ACI Committee is also meets the first and third Tuesdays ofeacb month at Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, 1177 Avenue of Boom (J 03m). For more information, call the Adult 94539. Entrants must be currently enrolled in a col offering oneACI-James Instruments StudentAward 7:30 p.m. in the Health Centet Lounge. This confi tbe Americas, 36th Floor, NewYork, NY 10036. Services staff at (818) 405-4037. lege or university. in the amount of$800, for otiginal student research dential meeting is open to all Caltech community Phone: (212) 221-1100. on nondestruclive testing of concrete. Applicants members looking for a supportive context in which Tbe Caltech Y, the Caltech Women's Center. and .Awards for Study in Scandinavia. U.S. citizens or must submit a technical paper describing the re to address questions and concerns about sexual ori The County of Los Angeles Department of Health the Organization ofWomen at Caltech present Mary permanent residents, graduating seniors through search. The award is open to undergraduates or entation including coming out, being out, self Services' Immunization Program has dedared Oc Kay Blakely will present her lecture "An American post-docs may apply for a fellowship to do advanced graduates, and the research work must have been discovery, coping with families.... We begin with a tober B-29 as National Adult ImmunizationWeek. Outlaw." Author ofAmerican Mom (1994), she will study or research in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, completed within two years of the submission date. focus topic but move to whatever is feeling most rel The tetanus-diphtheria immunization is available at be discussing issues confronting mothers and moth Norway, or Sweden. Awards are made in all fields. Completed technical papers must be received by ACI evant to the group that night. Refreshments are the Healtb Centet. This important booster sbot erhood in the past cwo decades on Monday, Octo It is desirable to have some ability in the language of Committee no later than November 30,1994 at the setved. For information, please call 395-8331. should be updated every 10 years. The charge is $4. ber 24, 1994 at 7:00 p.m. in the Beckman Institute the proposed host country. November 1 is the ap following address: clo Dr. Allen Davis, STS Con This service is available to students only. Auditorium. plication deadline. Applications are available in the sultants Ltd., 431 South 300 East, Salt Lake City, Fellowship Office. UT 84111. ACI is also sponsoring three different Flu Shots-The Health Center has arranged to of competitions: the Concrete Cube Competiti(}O, the fer flu shots to students. People in this age gtoUp are .UThe Great Canadian Train Ride," Beckman Au +71Je Califirnia Tech has recieved information on Concrete Egg Protection Device Competition, and not generally thought to be at risk unless cbronically ditorium, 8 p.m. DougJones personally narrates this the DowJones Newspaper Fund offering all college the Concrete Projects Competition. For complete There will be a Halloween Party held by the Caltech ill, but because of the high stress and close living Armchair Adventures travel film, which covers the graduate students the opportunity to apply for one rules, call the ACI Education Department, at (313) Folk Dancers on October 25, 1994. If you have conditions at Caltech these are risk factors to be con travel ofthe luxury train "The Canadian" as it crosses oPO $1,000 scholarships that are being offered as 532-2600. questions call Nancy at (818) 797-5157. There will sidered, Dr. Miller also wishes to remind students Canada. Admissions: $8.00-6.50. Call (800) 423 part of the 1995 Newspaper Editing Intern Pro be live music (by Miamom Miller & Pals) and more. that flu shots are a preventive measure and need to 8849 or (818) 3954652 for more information. gram. Interested persons should contact Wei-Hwa The Association ofFormer Intelligence Officers San be given 6 to 8 weeks prior to the time ofa predicted "Be there or be rectangular." Huang in the Tech office ASAP in ordet to pick up Diego Chapter 1 announces the establishment and outbreak in order to be effective. The flu shot is of + The MonkeyWars-The Controversy Over the Use one of three application packets and make certain offering of the Annual Lieutenant General Eugene +The Caltech Swedish Club will meet at 3 p.m. on no value once tbe symptoms have developed. The Of Ptimates in Reseatch- Deborah Bloom, the arrangements before November 1. F. Tighe, Jr., USAF, Memorial Scholarship. The Sunday, 13 November, at 200 S. Catalina apt G. best time to be vaccinated is between Oct. 3 and Pulitzer Prize Winning Author ofthe Monkey Wars, scholarship is in the amount of $1000. It will be Anyone interested in Scandinavian culture or in Nov. 15. Shots given during this slot sbould pto will be addressing the animal testing controversy in awarded based on the judged quality and suitability speaking Swedish is welcome, For more informa vide maximum protection throughout the entire flu Caltech's Baxter Lecture Hall. Donations of $5.00 ofa 1,000-1,500 word essay on the topic of: What tion, please call Rustan or India Lernoat 584-7162 season, Cost for this service is $5, which may be are asked from the students role should the United States Government's Intel charged to the student account. Flu shots will be (or email rustan@cs), or Matt or Karin Johnson at ligence Community play in supporting American available to students only. 568-8596 (or email [email protected]). business interests worldwide? Completed applica +"From Plains, Pueblos and Tundra." Beckman Au The Financial Aid Office has applications and/or in tions/essays must be postmarked no later than De ditorium,8 p.m. Native American music and dance formation on the following and additional scholar Give Blood--Two-day blood drive in the Winnett cember 15,1994. is offered by tbe Cellicion family from the Zuni tribe ships. All qualified students are encouraged to ap Student Lounge, Monday, November 21 from 9: 15 ofNew Mexico, the Locke family ofthe Lakota tribe ply. Our office is located at 515 S. Wilson, second - 2:30 and -luesday, November 22 ftom 12: 15 - 5:30. Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship of tbe Great Plains and Chuna of the Yup'ik tribe floor. Please contact Veronica Kirton at x6374 for an ap along the Bering Seas. Cherokee storyteller Gayle Awards for women for graduate study in aerospace pointment, although walk-ins are welcome. related sciences and aerospace-related engineering in Ross will serve as master of ceremonies. Admission: +The Sacramento Bee, a 270,000 circulation The Northrop Grumman Corporation is offering the amount of$6,000 are available for academic year $8.00 for students beginning one-half before the McClatchy newspaper located in California's capital three $3000 scholarships at Caltech for the 1994-95 Dances and music of many nations is the what. 1995-96. Applications are available in the Deans' performance. Call extension x4652. city, is offering summer internships in reponing, academic year. Scholarships are available to .till stu Every Friday evening from 7:45 p.m. to 11 p.m. is Office, 102 Parsons-Gates and are due by Novem spons, copy editing, photo-journalism and dents (including freshman) enrolled full-time and tbe when. Thtoop Unitarian Churcb at 300 Los ber 7,1994 to the Zonta Foundation. +Frances Black, Beckman Auditorium at p.m. This infographics. The internships are full-time for 12 majoring in electrical engineering, mechanical engi Robles at Del Mar is the where. You and all your Irish folk singer, whose style is heartfelt and roman weeks and pay $375 a week, though you'll be re neering. aerospace engineering, computer science! friends that are interested in an atmosphere offriend Glamour Magazine announces its 1995 Top Ten tic, is making her debut solo tour ofthe United States. sponsible for your own housing. Apply by Decem engineering, or manufacturing engineering. A GPA ship, relaxation and yet a challenge to your mind College Women Competition. Scholarships are in Admission is $8.00 for students willing to come half ber 1, 1994 for internships in News, Sports Report of at least 3.0 is required. Students must show evi and feet is the who and why offered by the Pasadena the amount of$1 000. Winners also receive national an hour early. Call extension x4652 formore infor ers, Copy Editors, Photographers, and Graphic Art dence of a strong academic record and a career in Folkdance Co-op. The Co-op, a fifty year old club recognition in Glamour's October 1995 issue, and mation. ists to The Sacramento Bee, P.O. Box 15779, Sacra terest in the aerospace/defense industry. Applicants that has offered folks the opportunity to enjoy In the opportunity to meet with top professionals in mento, Ca. 95852 or call (916) 321-1001 for more must be U.S. Citizens and may be a concurrent re ternational Folkdancing, will continue that tradition their fields. Women who are full-time juniors fot information. cipient ofanother company's scholarship. Resumes throughout the month of October. To protect the the 1994-95 academic year are eligible to apply. and academic transcripts must be received by the wooden dance float all are asked to use soft soled Applications are dueJanuary 31,1994. +NSF Fellowships. NSF fellowship applications are Financial Aid Office at 515 S. Wilson by 5:00 p.m., shoes. A $1. 50 contribution is requested from all +NOON Concert Series-The Y's Noon Concert available in the Fellowship Office in Lloyd House Friday October 21,1994. participants. October 28-30 many Co.op members Series kicks offthe new school year on October 21 st and in Career Development. Note that NSF Fel ....The American Scandinavian Foundation of Los will participate in Folkdance Camp Hess Kramer. with a performance by "fishs Eddie" in the Winnett Angeles (ASF/LA) is awarding four $1 ,000 scholar lowships can be used to do graduate work abroad. The Organization ofChinese Americans-Greater For more info on this camp call 310-478-6600. Quad, so come"eat lunch outside and listen to some ships to undergraduate and graduate students with a Call Lauren Stolper at x2150 if you have questions. Los Angeles Chapter (OCA-GLA) is offering schol music." Future preformers are yet to be ammounced. demonstrated interest in Scandinavia. Applicants The postmark deadline for part I ofthe NSF appli arships of up to $1000 to students who have be +The Caltech Bookstore will be holding the Giant must have strong academic qualifications and must cation is November 4, 1994. This is a short applica come involved in the Chinese American commu Pumpkin Raffle on Monday, October .0 Ist at 4:00 +Dr. LucyJones, Beckman Auditorium, 8 p.m. Dr. show financial need. Tv.,ro letters of recommenda tion. Upon receipt NSF will send you part 2 which nity. Scholarships will be awarded primarily on the p.m. at the front ofthe bookstore, You can get tick Lucy Jones of the U.S. Geological Survey will give tion, appropriate transcripts, and the completed ap is due on December 2. Seniors and 1St year grad basis of community or leadership activities in the ets free with a purchase of $2,00 or more from the an E.C. Watson Caltech Lecture entitled "The plication are due by March 15, 1995. students are eligible to apply. Must be U.S. citizen. community and on academic achievement. To be 'store, and you need not be present to win. So make Northridge Earthquake-Why Didn't We Predict It'" sure to drop on by and get a key chain or something Admission: Free. (800) 423-8849 or (818) .)95-4652. +NDSEG Fellowships. The National Defense Sru this month. dent Educational Grants are sponsored by the Dept. +The Trio Fontenay will give a Coleman Music ofDefense and are very similar in value and require Concert on Sunday, October 23 at 3:30 p.m. in the ments to the NSF awards. No military service is GOLDEN Beckman Auditorium. Included on tbeir program required to win these awards and they can be used at GLOBE'M Caltech Officially Approved will be Hadyn's'Irio in C major, Op. 121 a: Scbubert's any U.S. university. The application forms for these "Notturno" in E-flat Major, D. 897; and Dvorak's awards will be available from the Fellowship Office Most profeSSional, courteous, economical and efficient service 'jj-io in E minor, Op. 90 ("Dumky"). This series will + Work-study wanted for general office support and in late October or early November. Seniors and 1st be continued by tbe Britten Quartet on Sunday, for your official and personal travel needs. data entry. Ten (10) hours per week in the Interna year grad students are eligible to apply. Must be U.S. Novembet 6 at 3:30 p.m. in the Beckman Audito tional Student Program's Office. $7.00 - $8.50 an citizen. Free service to you. We deliver. rium.Inciuded on the program will be Ravel's Quar hour. Please inquire via e-mail to chris@pcmail. tet in F major; Britten's Quartet No.2; and Schubert's +Josephine De Karman Fellowships provide ten Airlines, Cruises, Tours, Hotels, Car Rentals. "Deatb and the Maiden" Quartet, promising to be $6,000 fellowships. Students in any discipline a performance to die for. Only fifty free tickets to (graduating seniors who will start grad school next Individual, Commercial, Groups. ------, (818) 577-8200 Save up to 35% Save up to 35% 468 S. Sierra Madre Blvd., Pasadena The Califgrnia Tech Caltech 40-58 SAC TO ALL CALTECH STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF: Pasadena, California 91125 All the time. BREAKFAST BUFFET Man-Sat $3.95 Seven days LUNCH with soft drink $4.95 a week. 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