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Volume XCVII, Number 11 Pasadena, California Frida, • • s byJay Aller ~ years, showed that the amount of Iowa, in 1943. He continued to 1975 and the Professional ~ lead in modern snow is much study chemistry at the University Achievement Award of the Uni PASADENA Clair C. "Pat" ""~ ~igher than in pre-industrial of Iowa, where he earned his versity of Chicago in 1981. He Patterson, who won the presti tImes. master's degree in 1944, and at was elected to the National Acad gious Tyler Prize for Environmen This knowledge led Patterson the UniversityofChicago, where emy ofSciences in 1987, and has talAchievem~ntin1995, died sud to wonder whether this ablm he completed his doctorate in also had a peak in Antarctica and denly on Tuesday morning, De dance of lead might affect hu 1951 with Harrison Brown as his an asteroid named for him. Most cember 5, at his home in The Sea mans. His studies ofthe bones and thesis advisor. recently, he won the 1995 Ranch, California, northwest of teeth of prehistoric people con He stayed on at the Univer- Prize for Environmental Santa Rosa. He was 73. firmed that modern hu- Achievement, the pre Patterson, who had a remark mans contain up to 1000 mierinternational envi able talent for finding the most times more lead than did ronmental honor in the importantscientific problems and their ancient ancestors. His message, that people world. then solving them, is best known His message, that Patterson is sur for his determination of the age people were being con were being contaminated vived by his wife, Lorna ofthe earth and the solar system, taminated by lead from by lead from water pipes, Patterson of The Sea and for his pioneering work on Professor Clair C. Patterson water pipes, from leaded Ranch, California; his lead pollution in the modern gasoline, and from the leaded gasoline, and bFother, Paul H. world. years old. solder used to seal solder used to seal canned Patterson of Pasa • Astronomers • byJim Cheng and Maria Huang ing the attack. extremely Their trials are by Caltech Public Relations where instruments can generate year our slated to begin tremendous amounts of data. teen hundred and ninety five some time this PASADENA -Astronomers The discovery of these new qua turned out be quite interesting. year. have discovered 16 new ex This year past turned out to be This last year sars shows how efficiently scien one of the more interesting in also saw the assas tremely distant quasars, the re tists can explore vast databases recent memory. There was of sination ofYitzahk sult of a search made nearly 40 such as the Palomar sky survey, course the infamous "Trial of Rabin, the prime times more efficient than previ using this novel data-mining the Century," a hope for a last minister of Israel ously possible by applying artifi technology. And this technique ing peace in war torn Bosnia, a who negotiated a cial intelligence to the new is applicable to many other data rather successful mission to Ju peace accord with Palomar digital sky survey. This rich fields. It is a truly new way piter, and to end it all, a new ball PLO leader Yasser novel technique allows research of doing science." dropping symbolizing the end Arafat. The peace ers to study more easily the for These results are reported in of the old year and the starr of treaty returned mation ofquasars and large-scale the December issue ofthe Astro the new. many of Israel's structures in the early tmiverse. nomical Journal in a paper by Perhaps the most merpo occupied territo 'This is one of the first suc Julia Kennefick, a postdoctoral rable event, and the one we ries back to Pales cessful major applications of ar researcher at Ohio State Univer probably would like to forget tinian control and tificial intelligence techniques in sity; S. George Djorgovski, an as the most, would have to be the earned him the astronomy and space science," sociate professor ofastronomy at OJ Simpson trial which kept 1994 Nobel Peace said Usama Fayyad, a scientist at Caltech; and Reinaldo Ramos de millions around the world glllled Prize along with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Carvalho, a senior research fel to their television sets. All Arafat and Shimon Peres, the The past year also brought (JPL) in Pasadena, California. low in astronomy, also at Caltech. watching the judicial proceed Israeli Foreign Minister. a huge success for the Galileo "Data mining techniques and au Kennefick is aforrner o-r"d"nlrp ings thatwould ultimatelyacc~uit 1995 also marked the end mission to Jupiter. On Decem the former football star of mur- ofthe war in Bosnia, with a U.S. ber 8, the Galileo probe moved tomated data analysis are becom student of Djorgovski. Some of his ex-wife Nicole Brown brokered peace accord signed into orbit around the massive ing a necessity in this new era of SEE QUASAR ON PAGE 3 SinI1p~;on and her friend Ronald in Paris days before Christmas, planet and it's smaller compan astronomy and space science Goldman. This story continues ending years of bitter ethnic ion probe plunged into the to unfold in 1996 as the pend- fighting in the former Yugosla depths of thick Jovian atmo civil suits against "TheJuice" vian state. This new peace settle sphere. Despite previous underway. ment is being enforced by lems with the probe, theJet Pro Stunning the nation, a ter NATO ground troops, who are pulsion Laboratory has been 'rorist bomb leveled the continuing to move into Bosnia successful in retrieving data col Murrah Federal Building in to secure the tenuous peace. lected by the atmospheric probe 2 Oklahoma City on 19, On a brighter note, will continue the mission in SUCCESS & 3 1995. The 169 of Caltech's own Ed Lewis was next year as the Galileo CALENDAR whom were children, bnm~~ht award the 1995 Nobel Prize for probe begins its tour of the CD 4 the entire country in Physiology or Medicine along vian satellites. COMICS 5 As a nationwide with Christiane Nusslein With war in Bosnia MEDIA GUY 6 sec~milng manhunt ensued, two fonner Volhard and Eric Wieschaus for to have come to an end SPORTS army their dis,covenes «)n<:erninlg of we an- LOS 8 1996 9 onic devel,oplment. January 5, 1996 The (;aliform-a Tech c a isplaced •cy Though clearly intended about the lack of the same potential causes of lower grades and less potential Supreme Court a few years to promote equality, racial groups as students in the nation's balkanization in a society are than a member of the majority ago, he stated that he in quotas in actuality greatly premier universities. Several irrelevant when measuring group is often accepted while, at tended to choose a female to compound the problem of years ago, for example, the focus somebody's ability and experi the same time, the person who is fill the position. Why would racism. The selection of a of such complaints fell on pro ence. Nevertheless, Dr. not classified as a minority is re one specifically want to person because he/she is a fessional sports, specifically base Lapchickfinds no problemwith. jected. It is my belief that many choose someone from a spe member ofa specific group is ball. The Reverend Jesse the fact that the majority ofpro universities indeed use race as a cific group? Do people not clearly a racist act. Racial quo jackson's Rainbow Coalition fessional basketball players are reason for acceptance and rejec realize that there may be tas often necessitate the hir picketed several baseball stadi Mrican Americans. If, as he tion, despite claims to the con someone outside that group ing of less capable people to ums because of allegedly unfair states, the percentage ofminori trary. However, it is extremely who is more qualified than fill positions in education, hiring practices. He complained ties in the workplace should re unlikely that any such accusation anyone in it? When one takes sports, and other industries. that there are not enough Mri flect that of society, shouldn't can ever be proved. Although such actions, one's society in Because ofracial quotas, well can Americans in front office the number of Mrican Ameri many believe such practices to be evitably suffers. People who qualified people, ifnot mem positions. Dr. Richard E. can athletes be limited to about fair, I believe that they are clearly want to stay in business hire bers of any minority group, Lapchick, director ofNortheast 12% ofall athletes. In this light, unjust. People, in such processes, the best person available (sub can sometimes lack sufficient ern University's Center for the it becomes clear that such quo must be examined individually ject to monetary constraints) opportunities to live up to Study ofSportin Society, agreed tas are inherently unfair. To re- without regard to race, sex, reli whether he/she is black, their potential. Additionally, with ReverendJackson. Accord /Fpeat,job hiring and student se gion, or creed. white, red, yellow, or plaid. some affirmative action pro ing to the Northeastern lection should' occur on an in It is a shame that so many There is only one solu grams are virtual quotas, and University's study on racial hir dividual basis. One should not influential people espouse racial tion to this unfortunate situa these particular ones have ef ing practices for that year, base set out to select either the best quotas under the guise ofaffirma tion. It must begin with the fects that are just as deleteri ball received an overall grade of Caucasian or the best minority tive action as a remedy for past education of those who do ous. Consequently, it is most C, the NBA received an A, and for a position but instead seek injustices. There is no doubt that not yet have prejudices. This, unfortunate that so many in the NFL received a B. This re the best person for it. there were a multitude of past I admit, is a rather difficult fluential people believe that port is still issued each year by One disturbing effect ofra injustices against minorities, a proposition. Yet, I believe racial quotas and are helpful the same people. Who gives cial quotas is the occasional se prominent one ofwhich was sla such a program can be largely to society. them more of a right than any lection of somebody who is less very. However, that wrong is in successful if given sufficient Hiring somebody be body else to judge what is racist qualified than another appli no way corrected by punishing time and resources. Lessons cause he/she is a member of and what is not? cant. The college admission those who did not commit the to prevent biases must be a minority group isjustas rac Dr. Lapchick continues to process is an excellentexample. injustice. Some people even sup taught to children when they ist as hiring somebody be claim that the percentage ofmi Many universities, both public port giving members of the ma are veryyoung. Moreover, the cause he/she is nota member norities in the workplace should and private, possess policies joritya "one strike against them" cooperation ofadults is essen ofa certain group, because in at least equal that in the popula which state that they must ful in a formal way to punish the sup tial ifracism is to be abolished both cases one is pursuing a tion. This, however, is a ludi fill certain racial quotas despite posed descendants of those who or even significantly amelio "color-conscious" instead ofa crous proposition. One cannot the fact they these same univer committed the injustices. This is rated. Many parents, in fact, "color-blind" policy. Support possibly knowwhether there are sities insist that these policies even worse than the affirmative teach their children, by both ers ofaffirmative action often the same percentage ofqualified are "not quotas" but affirmative action that now plagues our soci actions andwords, to have the complain about the lack of minorities as there are Cauca actions. Much of this is done in ety! same prejudices that they do. members ofspecific minority sians; it may be larger or smaller. order to appease supporters of President Clinton is one This is truly a shame. groupsin influential positions Additionally, one should mea affirmative action, and not to prominent supporter of affirma in industry. Moreover, these sure qualifications on an indi correct earlier injustices. Be tive action. Upon the vacancy of same people also complain vidual basis. 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A futures, they will tell you what success. plan is significant because it tells you should be learning to pre My last article, "How to you what you need to be doing pare for them.. In fact you will choose a major & How to get a now to achieve your future goals. probably find, as I have, that job" (Nov. 17, available on my For example, one ofmypos most ofyour careers will call for s WWW page) was directed mainly sible careers is to work in a busi identical preparation. atfreshmen. The message, how ness making micro-mechanical These first two steps, making ever, is appropriate to everyone. devices. My plan is to go to a list of possible careers and re FUTUR Go home tonight and write a list M.I.T., get a Ph.D. in micro-fab searching plans to achieve those of all the possible careers that rication and enter a small, exist careers will help you start focus interest you. Seek out people, ing business that works in mak ing on your future. Soon, your and events that will inform you ing micro-mechanical devices. I future will be clearer. You'll about your possible careers (use will either help tum that busi learn what you need to do now by Samson Timoner the first question with less than the Caltech Calendar and the ness into a gigantic success or I so that you can attain your con 5 months until graduation. No Career Center). As you learIl will start my own company. My crete goals for the future. You You want to revolutionize an one had a respectable answer to more about each possibility, you plan tells me I need a high can start approaching decisions industry like Gordon Moore? the second question. I found, can cross out items on your list, enough G.P.A and enough pub based on how that decision will Perhaps you want to invent an in and I still find, that most under or add new options. Don't think lications to getinto M.LT. It tells help you in your future. More dustry like William Shockley? graduates aren't thinking about you're on your own in making me I should be learning as much importantly, you'll learn why you Or, perhaps you would like to their future. I am also amazed these decisions. Seek out men as I can about the should work hard today: so you contribute to the frontiers ofsci by the number of graduate stu tors: friends, relatives, your advi microfabrication industry and can achieve your goals in the fu ence and become a Nobel Lau dents that have only a limited sor; and ask them for advice. about starting my own business ture. reate like Richard Feynman? idea what they will be doing af Eventually, your listwill shrink to so I can be prepared for my fu Next week: Motivational What? You don't know what you ter graduation. a few possibilities. ture. As you write down your Goal Setting: Success and a 4.0 want to do with your life? Don't For many ofus, college is our This list is the first step on own plans for all ofyour possible G.P.A. worry, you're not the only one. first experience free from direct your path to success. To succeed, When I was a freshman, parental guidance. Suddenly, we you need to know what path you searching for my own future, I are the masters of our own des want to follow. Don't worry if TECH SUBMISSION DEADliNES took an informal poll of about tinies. We determine where our you find that there are half a 20 seniors during second term. futures will lead, no one else can. dozen careers that interest you. I asked two simple questions, Unfortunately, many of us have As time goes on and you do more Letters to the Editor "What do you plan to do after put off decisions about our fu research about each field, you 5 p.m. Monday graduation?" and "Where do ture or ignored the question al will be able to decide which one Events & Notices 5p.m. Tuesday you see yourself 20 years down together. This is the first in a interests you most. the road?" An astounding 50% series of articles asking you to The second step in choosing Unsolicited Articles 5 p.m. Tuesday hadn't figured out the answer to think about your future and try- a career is to make a concrete Regular/Semi-Regular Columns 5 p.m. Wednesday Assigned Articles 5 p.m. Wednesday QUASAR: Insight into the early universe News Submissions 5 p.m. Wednesday Art Submissions 5 p.m. Thursday CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ing produced as a collaborative dates from catalogs of objects the technical developments lead project between Caltech and the detected in the sky survey, sort- ing to these discoveries have Space Telescope Science Insti ing through roughly one million been reported earlier by tute in Baltimore, Maryland, and other objects to find each qua- r------..... Djorgovski, Fayyad, and their col is based on the photographic sky sar. On photographs, quasars are leagues. survey done with the 48-inch indistinguishable from ordinary Rose City Cleaners The astronomers have Oschin Telescope, a Schmidt stars in our galaxy. found 16 new quasars atredshifts telescope at Caltech's Palomar "This is far more difficult 210 FWY greater than 4 (redshift is a mea Observatory in northern San than finding needles in a hay "------WalnutS!. -,----- sure of distance in cosmology), Diego County. When complete, stack," said Kennefick. "SKICAT 20% discount on dry OJ corresponding to look-back the digital sky surveywill contain allows us to automatically sort cleaning to all Caftecl1 ~J:IiQ!LS=!. ~__ ;; times in excess of 90 per- through and pinpoint in I Colorado ~Ivd. cent of the age of the uni teresting quasar candi students and staff! ~ verse. Such objects are ex dates based on their color, ceedingly rare, and finding The recently discovered so that we can make the 115 N. Lake Ave. Pasadena" (818) 577-1438 even a few of them is con quasars are providing a best possible use of the sidered very important by valuable telescope time in astronomers. The recently new glimpse ofthe very checking them out." A discovered quasars are pro previous survey for qua- viding a new glimpse ofthe early universe. sars at comparable dis very early universe. tances done at Palomar COLORADO "We see these quasars used about 20 times more 2670 E. Colorado Blvd. 2588 E. Colorado Blvd. at a time when the universe was enough information to fill about nights, with the 200-inch HaJe (818) 793-6149 (818) 796-9704 only a billion years old, when the 6 million books and will include Telescope, and found only first structures were just form about 2 billion stars, galaxies, quasars. Zhang Yimou's Tarantino CD Anders ing," explained Djorgovski. The quasars, and other objects. "This great increase in the Rockwell " Rodriguez study in the Astronomical Jour In order to efficiently pro observing efficiency is due to a nal confirms a previous·sugges cess this unprecedented amount combination of the huge Shanghai tion that the number of quasars of astronomical information, a amount ofdata in the sky survey, diminishes rapidly as one looks team of scientists from JPL led and the modem software tech Four Rooms iad back toward earlier epochs in the by Fayyad, in collaboration with niques that allow us to explore Daily 5:30, 7:45, 9:55 p.m. Daily 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 p.m. universe. In other words, as Djorgovski and his former stu it," Djorgovski said. "And the Sat-Sun Bargain Matinee 1:00 p.m. Sat-Sun Bargain Matinee 1:45 p.m. tronomers are seeingthe appear dent Nicholas Weir, now at more quasars we find, the better Sat-Sun Regular Matinee 3:15 p.m. ance of the first quasars, when Goldman, Sachs and Company we will be able to map these early the universe was only one-tenth in New York, developed a pow epochs ofthe universe." of its present age, or possibly erful software system, called the "Data mining and auto even younger. Sky Image Cataloging and Analy mated analysis oflarge databases The scientists, led by sis Tool (SKICAT). The SKICAT offer the promise of giving us a Djorgovski, are conducting a sys system incorporates cutting-edge handle on the data avalanche tematic search to discover large AI technology, including ma generated by NASA instruments numbers of extremely distant chine learning, machine-assisted on missions to planet earth and quasars using a set of sophisti discovery, and a high-perfor elsewhere in the solar system," MATTHEW BRODERICK Show Times: cated artificial intelligence (AI) mance database system to auto said Mel Montemerlo, the man 7:30 & 10:00 software tools developed for this matically measure and classify ager of the Autonomy and Op task in collaboration with Fayyad the billions of objects in the sky erations Program at NASA head and his Machine Learning Sys survey images, and to assist as quarters in Washington, DC. $1.50 ASCIT members $2.00 All others tems Group atJPL. tronomers in performing scien This work was supported by The astronomers are apply tific analyses ofthe resulting cata the National Aeronautics and One man's struggle to take it easy. ing these AI tools to a new digi logs. Space Administration, with addi tal survey ofthe entire northern The Caltech group used tional funding from the National sky. The digital sky survey is be- SKICAT to select quasar candi- Science Foundation. January 5,1996 JE N Jr JE ~ JrA]]N JMl JE N Jr~~The~t=.~Tech by Mike Benedetti is OK, the set is mostly the 4-4 funk you'd expect. Highlight: Mannheim Steamroller- Christ halfway through the set, the mas in the Aire : Clearly the worst band strips down to a power trio oftheir three Christmas albums, and he does "Honky Tonk and the worst liner notes Chip Women" and 'Jailhouse Rock". Calendar Park Service will be hosting a different Native Davis has ever written. You can .. My Calendar box is getting progressively American Guest Host in talks "sharing their guess what it sounds like: some Teenage Jesus and the Jerks smaller, but I fear my readership is in the same heritage, their art, and themselves with visitors." of the songs are done in a "Re Everything : Twenty minutes of trend. 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Its only flaws given to the rise and fall ofone byAdam Villani lationshipswith the men are what are the three insipid Randy mobster and the people really sets this movie apart. Newman songs thatwill, unfortu around him. The ultra-tacky Holiday Movie Wrap-Up Sabrina-After taking a while to nately, probably get an Oscar 70s Vegas costumes are a real warm up, Sidney Pollack's new nomination. hoot to watch. I saw a whole bunch ofmovies Triad, the least political of adaptation of the 1954 Sense and Sensibility-Definitely The Postman (n Postino)-This over the holidays, reaching my Zhang Yimou's (Raise the Red Humphrey Bogart-Audrey no sit-around-and-sip-tea movie, is the charming story of a goal of seeing one hundred Lantern, To Live) recent films, is Hepburn romance takes off as a the most recentJane Austen ad simple postman in a fishing movies in theatres during the a breathtakingly beautifully nice, satisfYing comedywith three aptation is a brisk comedyofman village who gets poet Pablo year with a December 29th photographed look at the in- good performances from ners skillfully executed in every Neruda to help him woo a showing ofOrson Welles' clas- trigue in 1930s Shanghai crime Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond, aspect, most notably by screen woman. Italian movies like this sic Citizen Kane (1941) at the underworld, seen through the and talk show host Greg Kinnear. writer EmmaThompson and Tai always make me want to visit New Beverly, a great revival eyes ofa crime boss's mistress's Ofparticular note is the fact that wanese director Ang Lee (Eat Italy; even ifyou're not Italian house near Hollywood. With- young servant. Gong Li is at her this is one of the few Hollywood Drink Man Woman, The Wedding it's sweet enough to make you outany further ado, here's the best as the bitchy-yet-sympa- roplances in recentyears to some- Banquet). This movie is genuinely want to do the same. Watch out reviews: thetic mistress, and the film has hqw sneak past the giant fun to watch. for this movie's big fizzle about Richard Ill-This is a fascinat- a strange detached quality schmaltz-and-treacle machine Persuasion-Several apparently 2/3 of the way through, ing new movie of about it due to our point ofview sttidios seem to have near their anhedonistic film critics, mostvis though; it's as if they were Shakespeare's play based on a being that of a young outsider exit doors. ibly Roger Ebert, have said that afraid ofmaking the movie too British stage production that looking in. The fact that we're Father of the Bride Part 2-This this is the better ofthe two recent short and kept the cameras recasts the story in an alternate not let in o.n everything that's movie apparently did double time Austen adaptations. There's running after they'd already 1930s fascist England, with Ri- happening adds to the movie's in the schmaltz-and-treacle ma- nothing really wrong with this completed a great film. chard of Gloucester's blood- bleak tone, and it all pays offat chine to make up for Sabrina. movie, but while Sense and Sensi Devilin a BlueDress-This cool thirsty rise to the British the end-Iwas genuinelyangry Steve Martin is fine with the ma- hility actually had vigor, Persuasion detective story set among throne paralleling Hitler's rise at the evil characters and felt terial he has to workwith, but the is a staid production very rrmch blacks in 1940s Los Angeles in Germany. All of the dia- powerless to stop them. Don't material here is painfully thin, like lengthy 19th-centuryprose does an exceptional job evok logue spoken in the film is expect to be too peppy when with one-dimensional characters there's a good story with good ing the jazz-age feeling of the Shakespeare's words, but the you leave the theatre. galore and the laughs slight and characters and good dialogue era. The actual plot is rather new setting gives the film an Heat-Michael Mann's new sparse. Watching this movie is a here, but it's boring. standard for the genre, but the intense relevancy. Sir Ian three-hour crime drama, with its pleasant enough diversion, but Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls atmosphere ofthe film and the McKellan, in the title role, has much-touted pairing ofRobert there are plenty ofbetter movies It's dumb, it's wacky, it's funny. performances ofDenzel Wash been given a worthy Golden DeNiro as a high-stakes thief out there to see. Sure, these movies could be made ington as Easy Rawlins and Globe nomination, and the and AI Pacino as the cop track- Toy Story-Disney's latesloffering a lot better, butJim Carrey's per Don Cheadle as his trigger other actors are excellent as ing him, is an exhilirating, styl- is quite good, easily their best formance had me busting a gut happy sidekick make this well. It's playing now in L.A.; ish movie reminiscent of animated film since The Jungle laughing in a few scenes. movie worth watching and it might come to Pasadena. Mann's TV show "Miami Vice," Book and orders of magnitude Leaving Las ~gas-Certainly no could be an excellentjumping Shanghai Triad-Shanghai butwith a surprising amount of better than garbage like The Lion Ace Ventura, Leaving Las vegas is a off point for a good series of ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I searing look at an akoholic pictures based on the Walter writer (Nicolas Cage in excel Mosely novels. lent form) who goes to Las Wild Bill-Jeff Bridges, as al Vegas determined to drink ways, is good in this rather himself to death and his rela muddled examination ofWild tionship with a hooker played Bill Hickok's life and what it by Elisabeth Shue, leaps and means to be a legend. Though bounds beyond her Adventures I normally like Westerns, Wild in Babysitting days. 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WThe Chinese-American Engineers and wCaltech Guitar Classes for the Winter Scientists Association of Southern Califor quarter will meet on Tuesdays starting on nia (CESASC) is offering scholarships January 9th in Room 1 of the Student Ac <£> denotes a new announcement. awards for outstanding achievement. Ap tivities Center (SAC). Beginning classes will and parking are free. proximately 10 awards will be made to un be held from 4:30 to [\:30pm, intermedi @ starbase I.caltech.edu: U.S. citizens or nationals and be graduat dergraduate students for the 1995-96 aca" ate from 3 to 4pm, and advanced classes ing seniors, recent alumni who have not demic year. The award consists ofa certifi from 5:30 to 6:30pm. Classical and Fla wlf any interested Juniors, Seniors and yet begun graduate school, or 1st year cate and a scholarship ofat least $400. Full menco repertoires are explored but tech Grad students missed the December 1st graduate students. No military service or time undergraduate students with a mini niques transfer to other styles ofguitar, The WThe Women's Glee Clnb is accepting new Rotary Scholarship meeting, the applica sponsorship of the DepartmentofDefense mum GPA of 3.5 are eligible to apply. Ap Beginning Class includes ajazz/folk chord members until January 10th. This will be tion is currently available in the Fellowships is required of applicants. All NDSEG ma plications and all supporting documents system. Classes are free to Caltech students the last time new members may join the Ollice. The deadline date f"r this applica terials including transcripts and references are dueJanuary 25th, 1996. and other members of the Caltech com chorus this year. No previous experience tion is February lst for those applying must be received by, not postmarked by, munity (space permitting). Undergradu is required to sing, but a three hour per through the Pasadena branch. A com January 17th. WThe KoreanAmerican Scholarship Foun ates can receive 3 units (,f credit if they week time commitment is necessary on pleted application and all supporting ma dation, Western Region, is offering schol choose. Private instruction on any level can Mondays from 7:30 to 9:30pm and Wednes terial including references and transcripts The Department ofEnergy Computational arships of$l ,000 to $2,000 f"r full-time un also be arranged. The instructor, Classical days from [\ to 6pm. The winter season rep are due to Lauren Stolper in the Fellow Science Graduate Fellowship supports full dergraduate and graduate students of Ko Guitarist Darryl Denning has an interna ertoire will include the Choral Finale from ships Omce on that date. Students can also time Ph.D. level study in areas where the rean heritage. Application forms are avail tional background in performance, teach Beethoven's 9th Symphony (to be per look into applying through the club in computer is used asa tool to solve prob able upon written request from: KASF ing and recording and can be reached by formed with the Santa Monica Symphony); which their permanent residence is lo lems in a scientific or engineering disci Western Region Office, P.O. Box 486, Pa phone at (213) 465-0881 or bye-mail at American folk songs by Aaron Copland; cated. pline. Examples of projects in this area cific Palisades, CA 90272. The deadline to [email protected]:h.edu. selections from Randall Thompson's might be computer based predictions of apply is January 31st, 1996 "Frostiana"; spirituals, including some ar WWomen who are U.S. citizens can apply environmental changes, plasma dynamics ranged by Y,aye Barnwell who composes f"r a travel grant to Sweden if they plan to for fusion energy, semiconductor design, WThe College Women's Club of Pasadena and manages Sweet Honey in the Rock; and study or research in Sweden. More int and year graduate Ar'plica.ticll1s for the National De EngilJ,eering Graduate lNDS:E(;) are available in Fellow,ldl'" Advising and Resources also available via Caltech 40-58 SAC the application is 91125 printed Ii-om the web. is still under develop l1du"m'i", it was hoped that it would year, this will probably not NDSEG supports work in of science and engineer Most prc,fessioI1al, courteous, economical and efficient service of study does not appear for your and travel needs, astronomy), then list the main field ofstudy Free service to you. We deliver. under subdiscipline. ",tmlnnm" a person would probably list either or math with aSI:ronom~1 a" thle subdiscipline.) Ifyou have any <;,therques!liorlS, DI"ase cOlllta,ctLauren The