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April Fool’s Day, Passover, Core Reform Easter, Tax Day, Earth Day … and Gaypril? Among the many events Pushpa Neppala As of yet, the Faculty Board that take place in April, one of the Contributing Writer has not acted to implement lesser known is the month-long any specific changes to “Gaypril” celebration, dedicated to these courses. However, the advancing awareness of Lesbian, Math and Physics changes following revisions have been Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and to the Core for students discussed. Questioning (LGBTQ) issues at entering in fall 2013: Caltech and other universities 1. The mathematics around the country. today.caltech.edu 1. Reduce the requirement faculty has proposed that Sponsored and organized by in mathematics to 27 units the current Ma 2ab would the Caltech Center for Diversity talks, and discussions led by four decades ago. “When I put up from the current 45 units. be divided into two courses: (CCD) in collaboration with gay scholars; a student-alumni posters for the first meetings of the All students will be required Ma 2 (Differential Equations) various Student Affairs offices and networking mixer; a fundraising Discussion Group, all of them were to take Ma 1abc (Calculus of and Ma 3 (Probability and PRISM, Caltech’s social group for event; and a training on the “Safe taken down within a day. But I kept One and Several Variables Statistics). These courses LGBTQ students and allies, Gaypril Zone” program, which aims to posting them (in the wee hours at and Linear Algebra). The would have Ma 1 as a kicked off last Monday with a identify and educate faculty and night), and eventually they stayed requirement that students prerequisite; Ma 2 would not resource table outside Chandler staff members who are visibly up.” enroll in Ma 2ab is removed. be required for Ma 3. Café. PRISM copresident Justin supportive of LGBTQ students. Much of the work done by the 2. Reduce the requirement 2. The physics faculty has Liu, CCD assistant director Portia This Gaypril also celebrates group and its successors over the in physics to 27 units from proposed that the current Harris, and PRISM ally Jordan a milestone in LGBTQ history past 40 years has been to make the current 45 units. two-term Ph 2ab would be Theriot answered questions, at Caltech: the 40th anniversary Caltech a welcoming place for All students will be expanded to a three-term handed out brochures on LGBTQ of the founding of the first gay LGBTQ students. required to take Ph 1abc sequence Ph 2abc (Ph 2a resources, and gave away cups of student group on campus. During The past three years has (Classical Mechanics and Waves and Vibrations; Ph 2b rainbow sherbet to take the edge the 1971–72 academic year, grad seen the establishment of the Electromagnetism). The Quantum Mechanics; Ph 2c off the midday sun. student Don Kelsey teamed up with lending library and lounge, the requirement that students Statistical Physics). “The main purpose of PRISM Dr. Ian Hunter, a staff psychologist foundation of the CCD, the enroll in Ph 2ab is removed. It is possible Ph 2c, which is to increase visibility and raise who served as the group’s faculty initiation of an official LGBTQ- could be taught so as not awareness of LGBTQ issues at advisor, and formed the Caltech specific reception during Prefrosh Anticipated changes to to rely on Ph 2b, would be Caltech, provide support for Gay Discussion Group. The group Weekend, the organization of a formerly core courses (earliest renumbered to show that it the coming-out process, and to became official the following year “Coming Out Group” moderated implementation: fall 2014): is not formally part of the ultimately create a welcoming after receiving funding from the by the Counseling Center, and the Ph 2 sequence. Ph 2a would environment via our events and Associated Students of Caltech. inclusion of transgender health With the removal of Ma remain a requirement for programs,” says Raul Navarro, a Wanting to combat the isolation coverage in Caltech student health 2 and Ph 2 from the core Statistical Physics. graduate student in chemistry and and loneliness that he and other insurance. curriculum, oversight of It is anticipated that the chemical engineering, who serves as gay students felt at the time, Kelsey Since arriving at Caltech in these courses shifts from vast majority of options will copresident alongside Liu. Gaypril was inspired to make a positive 2008, Liu has noticed a “positive the Core Curriculum require students to enroll in highlights include film screenings, impact at Caltech. “I figured if trend” in regard to the climate on Steering Committee to the math and physics beyond Ma other schools could do campus. “I get the impression that Curriculum Committee. 1abc and Ph 1abc. it, we could too,” said attitudes at Caltech are shifting In this issue Kelsey, who described as for the better. 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! The California Tech 2 Ap r i l 16, 2012 Ne w s Food with Mannion! ASCIT Minutes April 9, 2012. Taken originally by Prakriti Gaba, Do you like eating food? revised by Laura Santoso How about free food at nice restaurants? Officers present: Chris Hallacy, Pushpa Neppala, Ever want to tell the world exactly what you think of Christian Rivas, Diego Caporale, Mario Zubia, Prakriti said food? Gaba Officers absent: Laura Santoso The Tech will be beginning a new column to chroni- cle the foodie experiences of new writers every other Funding Requests week...The Catch: They’ll be going head-to-head with 1. ESW (engineers for a sustainable world): Asked for $150. VOTE PASSED. Tom Mannion who will be reviewing the same restau- 2. Caltech Debate Society: Asked for $250. VOTE rant. If you have ever thought you were more of a gour- PASSED. mand than our resident master chef, now’s your chance to prove it! President’s Report 1. Athletics: The athletics department is working on Email us for a spot on the list at [email protected] replacing the cardio equipment in the gym. 2. Hallacy met with Dean Nye to discuss Bechtel. 3. Trustees: Hallacy and Jordan Theriot will be having dinner with the trustees to talk about the housing The California Tech system, and what’s good and bad about it. 4. Freshman Admissions: Hallacy and Conwill talked Caltech 40-58, Pasadena, CA 91125 advertising e-mail: [email protected] Write with Prof. Dabiri about what role students can serve in editorial e-mail: [email protected] freshman admissions. 5. The Bechtel foundation has also given Caltech Editors-in-Chief Jonathan Schor articles money that can be spent on educational outreach. Stanford Schor
News Editor Sandhya Chandrasekaran for the Officers’ Reports 1. ARC (Pushpa) Sports Editor Amol Kamat a. New PE course: Betsy Mitchell is trying to Tech start a new course that will cover nutrition, exercise, and health in a more interactive way. b. Caltech Center for Teaching and Learning: The committee will start a teaching center next year to help professors better their Staff instruction and to train undergraduate tutors. Sam Barnett Casey Handmer c. ASCIT Teaching Awards: Will be May 25th. Yang Hu Jonathan Ikpeazu 2. IHC (Christian) Clement Lacroute Rebecca Lawler a. New IHC Secretary: Misha Raffiee. Mary Nguyen Neha Samdaria b. New RAs: For next year, there will be a new Eugene Vinitsky Caroline Yu RA in Braun, Ruddock, Page, and Ricketts. Chris Zheng 3. Director of Operations (Diego) a. Diego is going to give Mannion a list of all the club presidents so he can advise them. b. Diego wants to rearrange one of the rooms in the SAC for the SPECTRE library 4. Treasurer (Mario) Circulation Manager a. Budget review: We’ve spent 58% of our total Michael Paluchniak budget. Not much money was spent by the ARC Advisor Richard Kipling and Operations. We’ve used most of the Social and IHC budget. The hope is to increase the The Tech is published weekly except dur- ing vacation and examination periods by budget next year so that more large-scale events the Associated Students of the California Institute of Technology, Inc. The opinions expressed herein are strictly those of the or programs can be planned. authors and advertisers. Letters and submissions are welcome; b. Interhouse budget: Not all houses used all e-mail submissions to [email protected] as plain-text attachments, including the author’s name, by Friday of the week be- their money for interhouse events. fore publication. The Tech does accept anonymous contributions under special 5. Social Director (Prakriti) circumstances. The editors reserve the right to edit and abridge all submissions for any a. Intercollegiate party: Primarily beer but one reason. All written work remains property of its author. The advertising deadline is 5 PM Friday; mixed drink will also be available for people all advertising should be submitted elec- tronically or as camera-ready art, but The who don’t like beer. The party will take place on Tech can also do simple typesetting and arrangement. All advertising inquiries should be directed to the business manager the RF courtyard and Winnett courtyard. at [email protected]. For subscription get paid up to $30 information, please send mail to “Subscrip- b. Movie Night: There will be an ASCIT movie tions.” night May 11 (Friday to see the Avengers. The California Tech Fe a t u r e Ap r i l 16, 2012 3 Caltech helps bring Robogals to the United States
Margaux Lopez and various external units such schools and girl Contributing Writer as light and sound sensors. The scout troops to workshop also includes a brief plan workshops. introduction to the different types If you are Robogals is an international of engineering, and how engineers interested in organization that aims to introduce impact our daily lives. volunteering or elementary and middle school These robotics workshops know of any local girls to engineering through fun, are free of charge for all schools organizations that educational robotics workshops. —volunteers are motivated only would welcome a With seven chapters in Australia by their passion to share the robotics workshop, and nine in the United Kingdom, excitement of engineering with the please contact as well as three budding chapters in next generation. Garima at garima@ the United States, Robogals has the Caltech’s new executive usa.robogals.org. potential to reach hundreds of girls committee, headed by Garima New volunteers all over the world and substantially Gupta as the president, attended may be male or increase female interest in the inaugural North American female and the engineering. SINE (Seminar Inducting New club will have an Recently introduced to Caltech Executive-committees) here at “introduction to by the Australian founder of the Caltech in February, joining robots” lunch in club, Marita Cheng, Robogals students from Arizona University Winnett Lounge primarily uses presentations and and Columbia University. SINE during lunch on hands-on experience with LEGO focused on training for new Thursday, April mindstorms robots to reach out to executive committee members and 26 during which young women. planning for the year ahead. participants will In the robotics workshops, Robogals Caltech is currently leanrn how to use volunteers from the club assist the trying to establish itself on campus the LEGO software seven- to twelve-year-old girls in and in the surrounding community, to program the constructing and programming recruiting fellow robot-enthusiasts robots and how To raise awareness for their cause, Robogals attempts to break the world record for LEGO NXT robotics kits, consisting at the ME 72 design class workshops will be “largest robot dance.” of a central CPU brick, two motors, competition and contacting local run. - robogals.org Caltech Y preps for MAD Day yang Hu Center, Tree People, Trash Staff Writer for Teachers, Los Angeles Food Bank, Red Cross, and Habitat for Humanity. Sign Volunteering, for those of us up on the Caltech Y website who aren’t involved in service at www.caltechy.org. organizations, tends to be Caltech undergrad, Xida infre¬quent in our daily campus Zheng worked for North life. However, Make-A-Difference East Trees, an organization Day (MAD) is an annual event of that helps promote urban community service that is open to forestry. An account of his all of the Caltech community. experience follows: The event, which has been held My group went to help for al¬most a decade, is one of the North East Trees plant trees many exciting activities organized in a park in LA. by the Caltech Y. After we saw a demo, we From teaching kids to spending were off to get some tools and time with the elderly, distributing start digging! The ground was food to the needy or just helping out made of hard clay and we with day-to-day chores, volunteers toiled for forty-five minutes get the oppor¬tunity to contribute before we could put the tree, to our com¬munity. which was taller than all of This year, MAD Day is on us, into the ground. Sat¬urday, April 21, 2012, from 9 After planting the tree, AM to 6 PM. The entire Caltech we went to sit on the lawn as community is encouraged to a live band played, but the volunteer. Participants will receive main attrac¬tion was still to a free t-shirt for participating, and come. A group of Mexican activi¬ties will end with a barbeque dancers came dressed in full at the Caltech Y from 4 to 6 PM. ceremonial costumes adorned In the past, 200 people with giant feathers. partici¬pated in 1 of 20 different The seven of them formed projects ranging from 5 to 20 a ring and danced as a participants and from 3 to 6 hours drummer banged on his drum. in length. Projects include planting The seven smoothly changed new gar¬dens, cleaning pet formation many times like a shelters, maintaining hiking trails, marching band. painting, and visiting nursing Their ankle bracelets added home residents. to the rhythm of the drums Participants can also work with as people gathered around to environmentally conscious groups watch. on projects in the outdoors, at the After the impressive beach, and in the nearby canyons. performance, we had a lunch This year, sites include the Gibbons of tamales and horchata. The California Tech 4 Ap r i l 16, 2012 Opinion Student speaks out for additional Core reform Anonymous master the material in each of their people in the class show up to HSS) would be cut down to a the motivating factor, not getting Contributing Writer classes, if the curriculum is set up lecture and then a dozen fall asleep, maximum of 9 classes. In order a few extra words on a diploma. appropriately. So, is this utopia not what will all of this discussion about to make any of this worthwhile, Additionally, no one (except First, I would like to say that I what Caltech is right now? While core have been for? Professor John option requirements would have possibly for previous Caltech alums am pleased that Caltech has taken some Caltech students argue that Dabiri once remarked, “We need to to be reduced as well, but hopefully themselves) will look less favorably measures to reduce the size of its the answer to this question is “yes”, get people jumping out of bed [with students would be able to learn on a Caltech degree that required core curriculum. It is, in my opinion, the correct answer is “no.” So, what excitement] to go to core classes.” more in each of their classes in 6 fewer classes than previous closer to the correct answer of the went wrong? But why stop at core classes? this manner (and perhaps learn Caltech degrees, even if quantum question: “What is to be done Let’s examine the current state Students here should be excited even more independently). Also, mechanics is altogether dropped about core?” than the status quo, of affairs: class attendance is low, to go to all of their classes. In the this may allow students to take (*gasp*) from the core curriculum. but that is not the central question books for classes are only opened first lecture of CS1, Mike Vanier their HSS classes more seriously. We are already respected for our that we as members of the Caltech when one needs to see the problems has four slides of quotes from Kip Perhaps students could learn to natural intellect and excellent community are faced with. The real for the week’s set, and when a Thorne about being a student at improve their writing skills instead research; complaints about the question is: “What should a Caltech professor asks students to check Caltech, and he emphasizes that of just doing the bare minimum decay of the value of a Caltech undergraduate education be?” And something in their spare time, the students should simply try to learn in their much reviled literature, degree are misguided and silly. the proposed new core curriculum few people in class turn to each other and enjoy science while they are history, and philosophy classes. Caltech students are, as I fails to answer this question. and say either, “What spare time?” here. Since many students can Oh, and the automatic pass-fail have previously mentioned, very First, to answer this question, or, “That was a good joke.” While I count the number of those lectures grading of freshman year would intelligent and have had a love of we need to answer another: can’t speak for all undergraduates that they attended on the fingers have to go, too, but it’s a small math, science, or engineering at “What is the purpose of a Caltech at Caltech, I would say that there of one hand, they clearly aren’t price to pay for a better experience some point in their lives. Given education?” The obvious economic are a significant number who feel taking advantage of the learning on the whole (just to make sure the time and resources, students answer is: to obtain a Caltech like I do, that the environment strategy of going to class. So, how I’m not misunderstood: if the units will devote effort to study subjects diploma. If someone has a degree at Caltech is not conducive to do we make learning enjoyable for requirement is not dropped to at that interest them. The resources from Caltech, everyone knows learning. At times, it even saps my students again? least 432 and the freshman year are here, but the time is not. that person is very intelligent—he desire to learn. Personally, I believe To answer this, we need to know pass-fail grading is taken away, then Thus, the university should, if or she had to take classes like math that if it is possible for a person to why students are not as excited not only are my children not going it cares about the education of about learning as some professors to be allowed to apply to Caltech, its undergraduates, seek to give would hope. This is rather easy: but I will encourage my friends’ students the time to cultivate their most students here have too much children to not apply either). passion in the sciences. To do this, “ work. They take too many classes And while it will be hardest to we all need to accept my radical, and live on a set-to-set basis in fight the social aspect of taking ill-conceived, leftist, pseudo- What is the point of the best core curriculum which they can never fully dedicate more classes, hopefully students revolutionary idea that the purpose in the country (and possibly the world) if no themselves to learning the material and their advisors will realize of an undergraduate education students care to learn it? of a given class because they always what academic decisions are best is not to create well-rounded have assignments to turn in. Part for each person on a case-by- doctors fluent in the language of of this is due to core. Having to case basis. There are a number of quantum mechanics or observant take three classes that may not at people here who are very excited physicists who understand how a all interest a student for each term about science even with the course new discovery might help disease of freshman year plus two more structure we have now and can take prevention, but to learn and enjoy 1a and phys 2a! By this reasoning, I hate the study of math or ”science, classes per term during sophomore on large amounts of coursework learning. propose a new core curriculum that they will learn to do so here. Those year makes it more difficult to take with relative ease. Doubtlessly many students come will enhance the value of Caltech who have not experienced this or classes that interest students. But This is worth stating again since to Caltech with dreams of doing undergraduate degrees. We will seen this at all are either incapable another aspect of this problem I know there is a presumptuous and great things in physics, medicine, require math 5 and 108, phys 106 of detecting and understanding the is the social one: Professor Keith vocal minority that enjoys taking engineering, and many other and 125, chem 41, bi 8, and, since thoughts and emotions of those Schwab noted that students love lots of difficult classes, performs areas and perhaps even winning a everyone is clamoring for CS to be around them or freshmen still on to brag about how many classes well, and thinks everyone else Nobel Prize or some other honor. a part of the core curriculum, CS pass-fail grading. they take. A wonderful example of should do the same. These people But eventually, I would like to 21. There: instant credibility in all Ah ha! If math 1a has taught this is the chemical engineering matters scientific for anyone with us anything, it is that there is a major—if a chemical engineer a Caltech undergraduate degree! contradiction here. If Caltech complains that they have to While this is excellent, I might is not creating an ideal learning take more classes, they say so “ add that, if this proposed core is environment for its students, then only because they want to feel ...without major academic reform...Caltech’s implemented, the joke in which I learning must not be the goal of superior for taking what would tell my friends that my children will an undergraduate education here, appear to be a heavier workload. undergraduate education will forever live in not be allowed to apply to Caltech right? That’s why this idea that So, what should be done?The the shadows of its full potential. will no longer be a joke. students should learn through logical solution would be to So, might we entertain the their undergraduate education reduce the number of classes radical idea that the purpose of a must be disregarded, correct? Well, that students take. It’s that easy. Caltech undergraduate education we all know that the discipline of And this will ultimately help is so that students might learn? I university administration is not as answer the question of what a understand that this is a divisive logically rigorous as those of the Caltech education should be. Now, should overload if their advisor have a family of my own. Around notion, but maybe by the end, natural sciences; in fact, much to the what follows is my proposal—it’s lets them, audit extra classes if they thirty years from now, I may” have some people may also come to dismay of many confused Techers, not the only solution, but it is one don’t, and learn whatever they find children applying to college. I do see the merits of such a bold idea. most of the world does not work that makes sense to me. The overall to be interesting. But they should not know whether they will aspire Caltech undergraduates are, by this way. Humans are complicated number of units that students are not make everyone else take the to study science and engineering nature, very intelligent people, and creatures (perhaps Techers should required to take should be cut same courses that they would like in order to become researchers, they are also very passionate about add a few higher-order correctional from 486 to 432, and 27 units to take (or for that matter, even doctors, or engineers, and I have math, science, and engineering—at terms). So, we once again consider should become the new minimum have the senselessness to demand not yet made the decision as least when they first matriculate. this question of learning: if a student workload instead of 36. Many of it), and they should not complain to whether I will impress such Perhaps a Caltech education should is supposed to learn, how should our peer institutions use quarter about how few units they are subjects upon them (as I know seek to foster this interest and the undergraduate requirements at systems in which students take receiving if their overload is not some of my friends will upon their allow it the ability to fully express Caltech be structured? 3 or 4 classes a term, and instead approved. That is clear evidence children). But, if they are interested itself. Students should be genuinely This is not simply the age-old (at students are expected to take each that they only want the extra units in such fields, I want them to have interested in their major, show up least at Caltech) question of, “How of their classes more seriously. This to feel superior, not that they are every reason to believe that Caltech to class, and even work out those much physics should a biologist makes the 432 unit requirement genuinely interested in learning would be the best college for them problems that they leave to the know?” (or for that matter “How make sense because that is 12 the material (either that or they in order to achieve their academic students to do in their free time much should a person in
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Salty Suites! April 21 New 3-step process We just found out… for exiting students
Caltech graduating students are expected to participate in an exit interview process with the Bursar’s staff before commencement. This process is designed to inform students of any Bursar’s account balance, update information, and address questions students may have regarding their Bursar’s student accounts. Also, if you have received a student loan while at Caltech, this the accordion player is coming too! Along process informs students of their rights and responsibilities, furnishes loan and other fiscal data, and notifies students of federal regulations where applicable. with the fiddler. The new 3 Step Online Exit Process:
1. Receive your Invitation to Exit via Caltech e-mail on April 30
2.Complete the: a) Exit Compliance Form attached in the e-mail notification, b.) and, if you have a loan, complete the ACS Loan and Direct Loan Online Exit Interviews on the link provided in the Invitation to Exit e-mail.
3.Return all forms to the Bursar’s Office : a) Completed Exit Compliance Form (All Students) b) Completion certificate for ACS Online Exit (If you have a Perkins or Institute Loan) c) Completion certificate for Direct Lending Online Exit (If you have a Stafford Loan) Caltech Folk Music Society presents Salty Suites on Saturday, April 21 Please note that if you have not received an invitation to exit by May in Beckman Institute Auditorium at 8PM. 4th, please visit the Bursar’s Office or contact us by e-mail at bursar@ caltech.edu or by telephone at 626-395-2988. Also note that transcripts Spine tingling bluegrass style harmonies, hot mandolin & vocals from 19-year-old and diplomas will remain on hold until the Bursar’s account balance is Scott Gates, outstanding vocals & guitar from Chelsea Williams, also upright bass & paid in full. Finally, if you have any questions about the Exit process or forms please contact the Bursar’s Office. fiddle! A spirited band that is fun to watch. See www.folkmusic.caltech.edu or contact [email protected] $5 tickets for students at Caltech Ticket Office or Ruth Whitson, Bursar at the door. Get involved with the Society as a volunteer and get in for free! The California Tech Sp o r t s Ap r i l 16, 2012 7 Caltech women’s tennis team barely edged out by La Verne gocaltech.com La Verne 5, Caltech 4
PASADENA, Calif.--A three Singles competition It’s the new tennis dance move. Yeah, tennis! set win in #6 singles proved the 1. Rebekah Kitto (CIT-W) def. - gocaltech.com difference as the La Verne women’s Laina Matsuda (ULV) 6-0, 6-1 tennis team captured the necessary 2. Wubing Ye (CIT-W) def. five points to beat Caltech 5-4 in a Tarika Krishnamurthy (ULV) 7-5, SCIAC match. 6-1 Caltech scored a win in #2 3. Stephanie Kwan (CIT-W) doubles from Rebekah Kitto and def. Brooke Hines (ULV) 6-4, 6-1 partner Jessica Yu, 8-5 after trailing 4. Carly Tucker (ULV) def. 5-2. The come from behind win set Jessica Yu (CIT-W) 6-1, 1-6, 6-2 Caltech up with a chance to win the 5. Allison Moncrief (ULV) def. match in singles. Jessica Yeung (CIT-W) 6-1, 6-2 Victories at #1, #2, and #3 from 6. Valerie Lezin (ULV) def. Kitto, Wubing Ye, and Stephanie Michelle Tang (CIT-W) 6-7, 6-2, Kwan gave Caltech a 4-3 lead in 6-4 the match. However, La Verne was able to capture three set victories Doubles competition at #4 and #6 singles to prevent the 1. Laina Matsuda/Allison Beavers from winning their first Moncrief (ULV) def. Stephanie conference match since 2007. Kwan/Wubing Ye (CIT-W) 8-2 Rebekah Kitto, who is ranked 2. Rebekah Kitto/Jessica Yu 12th in the west region, continued (CIT-W) def. Carly Tucker/Brooke her fine play by moving to 9-1 on Hines (ULV) 8-5 the season and Stephanie Kwan 3. Tarika Krishnamurthy/Justine gained her fifth singles victory of Ledesma (ULV) def. Jessica Yeung/ I have no idea what’s happening in this picture. I think some sort of fountain malfunctioned. the season. Zeke Millikan (CIT-W) 8-4 -gocaltech.com
Tennis Match Results The girls team takes on Pomona- La Verne vs Caltech Pitzer this Wednesday before Apr 14, 2012 at Pasadena, CA closing out SCIAC play against (Braun Tennis Courts) Oxy this Friday. Photo Caption Contest So, nobody actually submitted any captions last week. Weekly Scoreboard Let’s try again: April 15, 2012
Baseball vs. Whittier L, 7-0 Final
April 14, 2012
Baseball at La Verne L, 12-2 Final - 8 innings
Women’s Water Polo Also, here’s a fun story. Last week Caltech tennis palyer vs. Redlands Devashish Joshi got “chased” by a bumblebee last week L, 15-4 Final during his singles match. He ran around the court for a solid minute, even throwing his hat to the ground (I have Men’s Tennis no idea why) and apparently running some suicides be- at Pomona-Pitzer fore returning to finish the game. Great job, Dev. L, 9-0 Final The California Tech Hu m o r Ap r i l 16, 2012 8
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