THE CALIFORNIA TECH [Volume lXXXVII, Number 9 Pasadena, California Friday, November 22, 1985 I Interhouse .'85 firestorm passing over the house. Blacker The mighty Viking ship, another by Jim Bell fine example of modem chicken The Blacker dream year con­ wire technology (not to be confus­ tinued this past weekend with this, ed with chicken man (he's our finest Interhouse showing ever. everywhere! (Gads!») was also The whole gang managed to pull it taken away in the blaze, but not all together with loads of time to before its glorious sail, sporting the spare. But there were some wild, famous Latin quote "gallium deus atrocious rumors flying about, and brunt gallus," was spared. We this article will attempt to set some might hang the sail in our dining of them straight: room, but that would be boring. (l)There were not more than Thanks to Craig and Frank, 12 metric tons of mud in wild and untamed Viking frosh the Blacker dining room at caught their first glimpse of Zoo anyone time. Juice, first discovered by Eric the (2)No one heard the Ride Red in 1006 A.D. Dave C. playing in Blacker Satur­ becomes the first to ride the bus day night. this year. Is this true? (3)The Dining Room was Give yourself a pat on the back, perfectly clean Monday Moles. The Big Black Bug rolls night. Moles just like once more. Ifyou chose not to help eating in other houses, out (and you know who you are!) Roller disco Nazi meets Dabney police. that's all. then you really lost your chance to Still yet unsettled rumors in­ have lots offun. Gosh, I don't think clude several conflicting reports there'll be a better social event all about Sue's alleged brownie "mix" year, except maybe if Rob decides Earthquake Preparedness and Bengt's masculinity. More on to try the six-man lift... this as it develops. by Peter Ashcroft Saints Students Association and the seek shelter under a table, desk or The prowess of Blacker Dabney The Southern California area is Caltech Y sponsored an evening bench. Engineering Corp. showed through by Mike Roberts especially prone to earthquakes. seminar on earthquake prepared­ The final speaker was Bill when the hapless scurves tried to It was dark there, and cold, at The destructive power of this type ness. The program, held in Baxter Francis of the Safety Office. He blow up the Rainbow Bridge. Lit­ Dabney Interhouse. An unwarming of natural disaster was demon­ Lecture Hall, consisted of three treated the campus situation. The tle did they know that the extra glint of red and blue light shone strated recently in the Mexico smaller presentations. The first was Safety Office has given some layer of caked-on mud scum pro­ from the north, harking the rising City earthquake that killed over from a seismologist who described thought to the eventuality of an vided just enought extra tensile of a new sun. The Transcenden­ 4000 people. Unfortunately the geology of earthquakes in earthquake or other disaster. The strength to thwart their plans. Un­ talist, clad in bundles ofcloth mak­ though, many people who live at general, and especially the standard scenario involves the cam- fortunately, however, the whole ing a primitive police uniform, Caltech do not know very much seismology of the Pasadena area. continued on page 3 structure was engulfed in a freak continued on page 7 about them, nor have given much Of particular interest was the fact consideration to what they would that the Raymond Hill fault runs . do in the event ofa serious disaster through San Marino, and in fact of this kind. One reason for this is directly beneath the Huntington that Caltech students come from a Sheraton Hotel. Next, a represen­ AIDS Awareness broad spectrum of backgrounds, tative from the Red Cross detailed and many have never lived in an general earthquake safety, and by Ralph Wolf know to be likely seropositive per­ that the test does not indicate the area prone to earthquakes. The earthquake preparedness steps. As of last Monday, the Center sons with no evidence for presence ofthe virus, only the an­ other is simply that students are Among her admonitions were that for Disease Control in Atlanta had transmisssion of AIDS by this tibody to it. Therefore it cannot dif­ generally very busy with imme­ students keep flashlights, battery­ recorded 14, 519 persons with route." ferentiate between exposure and in­ diate concerns, and rarely give powered radios, and first-aid kits AIDS in the United States. More In the past, leaders of the gay fection. The nearest alternative test thought to something that probably near where they live or work. She than 51 % are dead. Of the 318 community have advised against site is the Edmund D. Edelman will not occur in the next four reminded those in attendance that cases reported prior to 1982 more taking the HTLV-3 antibody test Health Center in Hollywood. For years, and may not for the next in the event of an earthquake, no than 85% are dead. Although re­ because it was inaccurate (it had a information about the test, or to twenty. one should run either into or out of cent research at the Pasteur In­ 20% chance of giving a false make an appointment, call the It was in light ofconsiderations a house. Rather than try to escape stitute in France holds some pro­ positive) and because ofthe poten­ center at (213) 464-7276. such as this that the Latter Day a building, the safest course is to mise, there is currently no cure for tial civil rights violations that could The CDC AIDS Weekly Sum­ AIDS. occur if, for example, your health mary Tables, which were provid­ Although the majority (64%) of insurance company found out you ed by the Edmund D. Edelman the AIDS patients are gay or bisex­ had taken the test. However, the Health Center's CAIN link, and ual men, many members ofthe ac­ California Department of Health other papers and pamphlets used tive heterosexual community are Services has established alternative for this article are posted on the Plane Crash not aware that they too are at risk. test sites around the state where the bulletin board outside the Tech of­ While only 1% of the reported antibody test can be taken fice in Winnett Student Center. For cases can be traced to heterosexual anonymously. Furthermore, the more information, call the AIDS contact, a recent study done in Ger­ test has been improved so that it information hotline at (800) Claims Two many found that 50% of the pro­ now only has a 1% chance offalse 922-AIDS or you can contact the by David Hull snow and low visibility continuing, stitutes frequented by military per­ positives. It should be emphasized author of this article at x6830. Eric Umland, age 29, and Carl searchers could not locate the sonnel tested positive to the AIDS Shollenberger, 39 were killed on wreckage for two days. antibody. Similar studies have pro­ Sunday, November 17 when their Umland was a member of the duced comparable results among Piper Cherokee plane went down Aero Association of Caltech, both male and female prostitutes in in very heavy weather. According which owned the plane. Members the United States. to the Kern County Sheriffs ofthe Association were unavailable AIDS virus is transmitted in department, the two were flying or declined comment. bodily fluids, especially blood and from EI Monte to Bakersfield as Umland received his BS from semen. Safe practices include us­ part of Umland's instrument flight MIT, and Masters and PhD from ing a condom, not sharing needles training. They crashed in Frazier Rice University. He came to with IV drug users, and avoiding . Park, about 35 miles southeast of Caltech in 1983, and held the posi­ oral sex. Bakersfield, at around 7:55 p.m. tion ofBantrell Fellow of Physics, There has been much confusion They had encountered winds of working on the Concurrent Com­ over transmission through saliva 60-70 mph, clouds, visibility as putation Project under Dr. Steven and kissing. An abstract, publish­ low as fifteen feet, and wind shear Koonin. ed by the UCLA AIDS Center conditions.. They reported ex­ He is survived by his wife, observes "The fmding ofinfectious periencing 1000 foot drops in Jaye. A memorial service was HTLV-ill virus with such high fre­ elevation. Although Fox Field in scheduled for 1:00 pm Thursday in quency in the saliva ofseropositive Lancaster advised them to tum Dabney Hall. A scholarship fund healthy homosexuals and patients back, they either could not or chose has been established as a memorial. with ARC (AIDS Related Com­ not to obey the warning. The For details, contact Kim Stapp in plex) is unexpected in view of the Sheriffs office speculated that they 105 Kellogg or at 356-4270. epidemiology of AIDS. All the could not risk losing elevation by Shollenberger was a certified epidemiologic evidence suggests turning. They had been flying at flight instructor, and was certified that AIDS is not generally transmit­ 6500 feet, and the plane was found to teach instrument flight. He was ted by casual contact. Vast at 6200 feet. a resident of Seal Beach. numbers of the public and health The plane's radio beacon was care workers have come in contact . destroyed in the crash, and with the See tribute on page 3. with saliva from what we now 2 THE CALIFORNIA TECH Friday, November 22, 1985 1------_-__O_PI_N_IO_N-.:::::-.:::::~_-_-_-_-~_--_~~-_l whole. And, finally, the editors are everywhere: not just on the Olive An Open Letter to Gary Hindoyan, high quality and well-prepared. so desperate for help that they take Walk, but in OUR alleys. In addi­ I made the mistake of eating Now the quality ofthe grill, at any LETTERS on anyone, regardless of ex­ tion to these people, the campus lunch at Chandler today. Seeing rate, and from comments I've heard To the Editors: perience. I ask you-do you think seems to be literally overrun by queues a dozen people deep at the from other people, the rest of the Last week's editorial introduced this is wise? As a reader of the these damn ornamentals. Every­ east end ofthe service area, I head­ operation as well, is at or below the the possibility of awarding Tech, I think it comes across as where we look we see these nips, ed for the grill and ordered a standards set by Be's predecessors. Humanities credit to journalism incompetent. chinks and gooks, not to mention 'double-double, medium well.' In Gary, I thought better of you. For students. This, it is claimed, In your words, "The student these kikes and other foreign na­ response to my order, I was ask­ years, you've provided high-quality ­ "would benefit the entire campus as newspaper of a university can be tionals who cannot speak English. ed, first: "Do you want fries with food at your operation on Lake, well as those working directly for one of its most important institu­ For that matter, we should get rid that?" If I'd wanted fries, I'd've and when you first took over the paper." I agree; but I am not tions." That can be true only if it ofthese people from Georgia, New ordered fries. Then I was asked Chandler you did likewise. What's sure you realize the full meaning is a quality newspaper. Before York and Maine. Tech is an "Do you want double cheese orjust gone wrong? -Carl J Lydick of your proposal. working to make the Tech more American school; it is not a train­ double meat?" What the hell is a Were journalism a Humanities important, I think you should work ing ground for every greasy double-double supposed to be ifnot To the Editors: - course, it would be graded. The on improving the quality. bohunk that comes our way. double meat and double cheese? Apparently, during the 12 quality of the writing and the -Matt Rowe In conclusion, we find it abhor­ The employee at the grill (to refer o'clock show ofthe Blacker House overall look and structure of the Former Editor rent that we allow these people to to her as a cook would be to insult play, a member of our cast threw paper would form the basis of the The California Tech litter our campus. And, to add in­ anybody else who's ever worked a mud at the audience. We would grade for writers and editors, sult to injury, Caltech allows grill anywhere; even a certain like to apologize for this behavior. respectively. To the Editors: GIRLS to come here. Ifwe do not miscreant who once referred to It was not a planned part of our In what follows, I do not pre­ We have been reading the let­ all strive to keep our campus clean, 'slinging burgers in the Texas heat') show; we don't think getting mud tend to speak from a position of ters in reference to the CLAGS we will all find ourselves out­ then proceeded to pull two pre­ on our audience is funny. We­ authority-merely one of ex­ posters lately, and frankly, wee are numbered and backed into a cor­ 'cooked' patties out of a container, would particularly like to apologize perience. During my term as appalled. How can anyone accept ner. We believe that we ought all throw them onto the grill, and add to anyone whose clothes were Editor of The California Tech, the these people who are admittedly put them back where they belong. two slices ofcheese. As soon as the splattered with mud. We regret any paper suffered f{om a heavy bias freaks and defects ofnature? They It is up to US to keep Caltech pure patties were rewarmed, they were inconvenience it may have caused toward entertainnient and features. are a scourge on the fair name of and free from the influence ofthese served. As I waited to pay for this you. Instead of working to improve that Tech. We have committed a lot of Godless communists who would mess, the capacity of the ham­ Respectfully yours, situation, however, I worked on time and energy in this institute of rather have Barry Manilow as burger bun to absorb bloody grease -A member ofBlacker House improving other aspects of the education, and now we find our President and nominate stuffed was exceeded, and a pool of the paper which I found easier to deal faith in Tech shaken by a group of animals for the cabinet posts. stuff formed on my plate. If I'd with, such as its design and layout. deviants who deny the very Whatever happened to the wanted my hamburger raw, I'd THE CALIFORNIA TECH Since the current team of precepts ofexistence. How can we, REAL men at Tech? have ordered steak tartare, not a editors took over the job from as a true, God fearing community Volume LXXXVII • Number 9 Sincerely yours, 'double-double, medium well.' 22 November 1985 Diana Foss, I have seen no im­ responsibly accept these people? - Tylis Chang When BC took over Chandler provements, only changes. Infor­ We cannot. Randell Kamien late this summer, the food was of mal and unprofessional writing has Not only do we find that Tech EDITORS Peter Ashcroft • Paul Gillespie become the rule, rather than the ex­ is becoming a haven for these gays ACROSS 53 Tree of the birch 13 Infertile ception. Where the layout of the and other unnaturals, but we have fami ly 16 Fred Astaire's FEATURES EDITOR Tech is often eclectic, yours is slop­ noticed over the last few years that 1 Dutch philosopher 55 French kings sister Steve Molnar 8 Wonder of the world 56 French morning 21 - sign py. Articles and photos are selected the numbers of these niggers has locale 58 Unsatisfactory 24 Ward (off) ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR because of their interest to the grown considerably. Ifwe continue 14 Degree of quality product 26 Dri ve back John Fourkas editors, not to the campus as a at this rate, we will have them 15 Boat race 60 Presidential 29 Taker of 17 Everything counted monogram dictation PHOTO EDITOR (2 wds.) 61 Put to use 31 Cleaning problem Chris Meisl 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 18 Gave forth 63 Hemophi 1iac 34 "The Pri soner SPORTS EDITOR 19 Prefi x: wool 65 Merrymaker of-" Michael Keating 14 20 Barbara and Sir 66 Molybdenum, e.g. 36 Racer Al or Bobby Anthony 67 Disavow again 3B Good-natured REPORTERS 17 22 Coast 68 Gnawing animals ridicule John Beck • David Bruning 23 Ms. Arden, et al. 40 One who scolds Diana Foss • John Haba 25 Close to (poet.) DOWN 41 Fi dgety 19 27 Actor Jannings 42 Unclad David Hull • Bibi Jentoft-Nilsen 28 Avian abodes 1 Triangle with 44 Walked on John Mann • Brian J. Warr 23 ..r 30 Shoe pa rts unequal sides 45 Apparent Ed Zanelli • Marty Zimmerman I 32 Cakes and ­ 2 Idle chatter 46 Gobi and Mojave -+-+-...... ;2 33 Inferior sub- 3 Disease 47 Relative of the 28 ;3: PHOTOGRAPHERS u stitute 4 Insect egg monkey 5 Woodwind instrument 49 Organization Matthias Blume • Teresa Griffie Q) 35 God of the sea 33 .., 37 Swerve 6 Classmate of Dobie component Kent Noble. Rod Van Meter oj .,-i 39 Mr. Connery Gillis 52 Like a bathroom Min Su Yun bl) 40 Eileen or Walter 7 Eve and Enoch wa 11 Q) BUCKAROO REVIEWS ..... 43 On the stock 8 Beforehand bargains 54 Comic strip o exchange 9 - and haw character Matt Rowe u 47 "Li ght-horse Harry" 10 Spartan king 57 Shade of green 48 Hatred 11 Early-blooming 59 Exigency THE INSIDE WORLD (poet.) 62 Buddhist sect Blacker: Jim Bell til 50 Audacity ;:l 51 Formerly, formerl y 12 Empire or footstool 64 Scottish uncle Dabney: Mike Roberts 51 .,-i..... Fleming: Matt Himmelstein ;:l Lloyd: Nicole Vogt 56 """"'-+--+-...... , "0 Page: Michael Keating I-< Ricketts: Saxy Workman 61 ~ The Caltech Y Fly-by Ruddock: Sam Wang "0 -r-r-+--t--+---1--+--t---t ~ @ BUSINESS MANAGERS Friday...November 22 David Goldreich • Jed Lengyel CIRCULATION MANAGERS Are you Confused? The band is! Noon concert on the Quad. John Hart • Brad Solberg Bring a friend and a zither. PRODUCTION Greg Susca The Weekend Ski Trip startstoday. Ifyou won, don't forget Nick Smith to go! PROOFREADER Painting and Wallcovering Theron Stanford Monday...November 25 Interior and Exterior THE CALIFORNIA TECH Dr. Robert Bowman, director of the Washington-based 107-51 Winnett Student Center Institute for Space and Security Studies, will speak on "The California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California 91125 (818) 249,5646 Technological Challenges & Difficulties ofthe Strategic Defense License #456757 Initiative." In Winnett Lounge at noon. 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Printed by News-Type Service, Glendale, California $lASCIT members $1.50 all others ISSN 0008-1582 Friday, November 22, 1985 THE CALIFORNIA TECH 3 Interviews Today Waiting with Sherry Kurland, a represen- assignments with government tative ofthe Coro Foundation, will agencies, businesses, community C WATER be interviewing Caltech students organizations, labor unions, and rapanzano Ashes on the wind for the Coro Fellows Program to- political campaigns. ice cold, snow day in room 19 Baxter from 11:00 Stipends of upto $7,500 are winter of the heart to 12:00 and 2:00 to 3:00. The nine available to help participants cover by Huston Horn month program is a full-time, post- living costs, and graduates of the Blue jay cries graduate fellowship designed to Fellows Program are eligible to The whites of South Africa, lost and angry provide participants with intensive, receive credit towards a Master's oral historian Vincent Crapanzano against a cold and empty experience-based training in public Degree in Public Policy from reports in his recent book, Waiting, dawn affairs. Claremont College. Anyone in- spend the present thinking about wings clipped Forty-eight fellows will be terested in this program should talk the past to avoid thinking about the .soul flies on alone selected nat~onally t~is year and to Sherry Kurland today. future. will work m a senes of field This bleak preoccupation will be further explored Tuesday night in Baxter Lecture Hall when author This poem is in memory ofEric A. Umland ( His Caltech Crapanzano presents "Rhetoric, computer login name was eau, which is the French wordfor Kismet Auditions Racism and the Whites of South to try ...) is especially welcome. water.) Auditions for this year's Africa." The talk begins at 8 pm. Dance rehearsals during the early musical, Kismet, are being held this Vincent Crapanzano is a pro­ weeks of second term will be on He was well loved and will be ever remembered. weekend in Baxter Hall, rooms 19 fessor of anthropology and com­ and 25, from 10-6 with dance audi­ Tuesday and Thursday evenings. The orchestra needs all strings, parative literature at Queens Col­ tions at 3 and 4 both days. Those lege and the Graduate Center ofthe interested in production staff, crew flutes, oboes, clarinets, a bass clarinet, bassoons, strings, City University of New York. His or the orchestra should also drop book, which deals largely with trumpets, tubas, horns, trombones, by and leave their names. TACIT South Africa's Dutch and Huguenot Bowman to Speak strings, tympani/percussion, and wants and needs student participa­ descended Afrikaners, was first tion in what started out as a student strings. Oh, yes, and did I mention strings? Especially violins. For published in The New Yorker project, and should continue to be magazine last spring. On Star Wars those ofyou who want to be in the a major outlet for the artistic The book has been widely and by Marty St. Clair General Dynamics as manager of e orchestra, it involves 7 rehearsals abilities of Techers. Kismet re favorably reviewed in the national Dr. Robert Bowman will speak Advanced Space Programs. He quires dancers, actors and singers and 7 performances. Orchestra Monday, November 25, on rehearsals are tentatively scheduled press. later took a position as vice presi­ to present a glamorous, lush pic­ Professor Crapanzano's ap­ "Technological Challenges and dent of Space Communications ture of life in the Arabia of the for Jan. 28, Feb. 4, 11, 16,18, and Difficulties of the Strategic 20, with a pick-up rehearsal on the pearance at Caltech issponsored by Company. However, in the sum­ 1001 Nights. Also needed are The Caltech Y and is funded by the Defense Initiative." The. talk, which mer of 1982, Bowman resigned orchestra members for one of the 27th. will be atnoon in Winnett Lounge, Performance dates are Feb. 21, Distinguished Speakers Fund and this position to establish the In­ largest pit orchestras in a musical. is funded by the Distinguished 22,23,28, March 1, and 2. Kismet the Weingart Foundation. stitute for Space and Security Some of the specific require­ Speakers Fund and sponsored by Studies, and currently works full ments for singers in the cast are lots is being directed by Shirley the Caltech Y and the World Af­ Marne.ls, choreographed by Liz time as its director. In this position, oftenors, so all you student tenors tHe fairs Forum. Bowman has travelled across the out there, come and audition! Of Oberstein, and musically directed Dr. Bowman received a Ph.D. by Arie Michelsohn. Joe Becken­ ~ountry, speaking to groups rang­ course staff and faculty are Highlights· from Caltech in aeronautical bach is student producer, but the mg from Rotary Clubs to high­ welcome as well. Also anyone who engineering, and then began a position of Assistant Director is By Beck level military officials. His military is a juggler, fire-eater, or acrobat John 22-year career in the Air Force. still open for anyone who really has The IRC approved two rule and educational background, which would be sincerely appreciated. From 1976 to 1978, Dr. Bowman lots of time. So if you don't have changes this week for Interhouse encompasses both technical and People to play camels and do other was director of Advanced Space anything better to do next term, and sports. Two scoring women's strategic aspects of the SDI pro­ bizarre stage business can also be Programs Development for the Air you want to get 3 random units for events (50 free and 100 1M) have gram, make his opposition to the part of this musical. Anyone in­ Force. In this position, he con­ program difficult to ignore. terested in dancing in the show graduation, why not try sinking been added to Interhouse Swimm­ your time into Kismet? You'll be ing. Furthermore, three scoring trolled about half a billion dollars Why does a retired Air Force should come. Much ofthe choreo­ worth of space programs for the working with a great bunch ofpeo­ women's events (100 M, 800 M, officer leave a six-figure job to graphy will be arm movements. Air Force and DARPA, including ple, and it might just be fun as well. long jump) have also been added travel across the country speaking Anyone with belly-dancing ex­ what are now the "Star Wars" pro­ out against a program that he once perience (or, who always wanted to Interhouse Track. grams. After retiring from the Air directed? Find out Monday noon at Force as a lieutenant colonel, Winnett. Bowman moved into a position at EARTHQUAKE from page 1 only means by which to commu­ pus being either isolated, or at the nicate with the outside in the least moderately self-sufficient for absence of the campus system is BURGlER CONTINlENTAt the 72 hours immediately follow­ through one ofthree or four private ing such an event. According to the lines on campus, or through'a coin­ Safety Office, the campus food ser­ operated phone. • GOOD FOOD vice would be able to provide Of great concern especially to meals for more than 2000 people. those who work in labs was the These meals would be minimal, but revelation that in the event of a • REFILLS ON SOFT DRINKS AND SALAD BAR they would be life-sustaining. power outage, the blowers on fume Water needs could be satisfied by hoods would stop. Many labs do the contents of the swimming not have emergency lighting • UNDERGRADUATES PLEASE ASK pools. systems. The prospect of being To its credit, the Safety Office trapped in a dark lab without ven­ has taken some steps in the direc­ tilation as spilled chemicals com­ FOR YOUR SPECIAL MEAL RATES tion of greater preparedness and bine on the floor to form noxious greater awareness. There has been gasses is unsettling. To lessen the talk of a "cogeneration plant" that likelihood of such spills, bars have • YOUR HOST FOR ALL YOUR NEEDS would burn natural gas to produce been installed across the front of electricity. This is currently racks, and tall shelves have been stalled pending approval by the Air secured to walls. FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF NOVEMBER Quality Management Board, but Another matter of concern there is a good chance that it will (especially for those who live here) A FREE ROOT BEER FLOAT TO ALL JUNIORS, SENIORS, AND GRAD STUDENTS be clear of that by next January. was the safety of the student Such a plant would not be able to houses. All the more in light of FACULTY, GRAD STUDENTS, ATTEND! B.C.: ON LAKE AVENUE· completely power the campus, but such architectural marvels as "The at 60 percent ofthe electrical needs Amazing Undulating Wall of MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS ARE BEER DAYS. HALF PRICE ON BEER. ~ BLOCK NORTH OF CALIFORNIA of the campus, could provide for Blacker/Ricketts." According to the necessities. Professor Paul Jennings though, The situation is far from ideal, the structure ofthe student houses though, and this was pointed out by is very stable. This is in contrast .---_...... _-----. the power outage last summer. to the architecture of many -<..~+ You've Tried the Rest ~ This power failure was campus­ buildings at UCLA which upon in­ I '* '* I wide, and included Baxter Lecture spection have been found to be ~ x Now Try ~~9 Hall. Many students who had, unsafe. ~n;,'f- moments before, been watching a Students who feel uneasy at the I THE BEST! )( )-"'" I movie were forced to rely on prospect of relying totally on the matches and lighters to find their foresight ofcampus institutions for way out. Baxter has an emergency their well-being in event of an I Introducing I generator that in fact went into ac­ earthquake would do well to Turkey, Swiss & Cranberry it.. LrrrLE I tion as the power failed, but due to prepare on their own. In addition . on Sourdough . .. an oversight it was not switched in­ to buying those things mentioned I KIIIG . to the circuitry of the building. earlier, a person can prepare for w/Mayonnaise I Another innovation that has yet disaster by training himself. The I Lettuce & Tomato 1443 E. Colorado Blvd. to appear is an emergency gen­ Health Center and the Safety Of­ erator for the campus telephone fice offer classes in first-aid and ._------_. system. As things stand today the CPR. 4 THE CALIFORNIA TECH Friday, November 22, 1985 I-----ENTERTAINMENT-----] Review: were patterned after him. After all, credits, so they must share the he's a vampire too, and he's been blame for the somewhat weak and around a long time ... predictable ending. Instead ofSusan Saint-James as Anyway, the basic premise is Hiisker Dii a jaded swinger, we have Jim Car­ that the Countess needs to drink the Biting rey as a frustrated high school blood of a virgin three times to Husker Du by David Hull senior, a virgin only because his complete her youth ritual. Of Hotel Alexandria longtime girlfriend won't have sex course, this will turn the slightly­ Me and Doug Gray went. with him, especially not in the on­ used virgin into another vampire, Found the address - Charlie's Obsession. Humor ly vehicle he has (an ice cream but c'est la morte. Her pursuit and, Couldn't find the place for a long time. by Nick Smith truck). biting of the requisite virgin make Charlie's Obsession is a disco in the Hotel Alexandria. Once BiUen Instead ofRichard Benjamin as up the plot ofthe movie. After all, Sign there said "Husker Du upstairs." Samuel Goldwyn Company a klutzy neurotic, the vampiric love she hangs out in Hollywood, where Upstairs was a Spanish party. Directed by Howard Storm triangle is' completed by Karin adolescent or adult virgins are very Guard at the door didn't know English. Kopins, a sweet, friendly:, sensible rare, cinematically speaking. We went up and down the stairs. Have you ever seen George teenage girl (a rarity in any movie) Once Bitten has a few flaws, We went up some other stairs. Hamilton's Love at First Bite? who actually cares about her but it is worth seeing if you like Found it. Well, take it, turn it completely in­ boyfriend, but has her own ideas funny vampire movies. It isn't quite side out and backwards, and you and standards. as funny as Love at First Bite, but Paid eight bucks. have Once Bitten, a mostly funny Overall, the acting isn't bad. it's a lot funnier than Fearless Vam­ Went in. vampire movie set in the Los Lauren Hutton isn't a great actress, pire Killers. Once Bitten is playing Husker Du started playing immediately-real loud. Angeles of the 1980s. but she has the right appearance for at various local theaters. The sound mix was very, very bad. Instead of George Hamilton's her role, and she gets the physical suave, debonair, politely sensual parts of her acting done with style. The place: Dracula, we have Lauren Hutton's For some reason, she doesn't Old hotel ballroom, maybe. blatant, pushy swinger who needs deliver some ofthe lines very well, Big rectangular place. to drink the blood of a virgin especially toward the end of the Math Talk Plateglass mirrors at either end. periodically to stay youthful. (Or­ film. Cleavon Little is great, and Windows onto· the street. dinary blood will do for mere Carrey and Kopins do a good job, by Jung 1m Kinda fancy run-down decor. nourishment.) especially in a dance sequence with The Mathematics Club is spon­ About chest high stage at one end. Instead of Arte Johnson's Hutton. The writing is somewhat soring a talk by Dr. Michael Open space elsewhere. manic, sloppy Renfield, here we predictable, but mostly handled Anderson, entitled "Manifolds, Big stack of amps on either side of the stage. have Cleavon Little's mahvelous very well. Again, the ending is the Connections, and Maxwell's Equa­ Stage lights trying to fall off amps. character, Sebastian. He's gay, weakest part. Maybe the lines Hut­ tions" on Tuesday, November Single spotlight from the back. black, prissy, overly picky, and ton had trouble with were the ones 26th. On Monday, December 2nd steals every scene he's in. He that were badly written. will be the third preparation for the The crowd: serves the Countess's breakfast (a Hmmm ...we could be on to Putnam Competion, this time with Punked out college age people. nice glass of blood) on a pristine something here. The screenplay Dr. Barry Simon, an ex­ Not so punked out older folks. tray with a rose, straightens art­ lists three writers, which is usual­ Putnameer, Dr. Dean, our fearless Large, hairy guy in really unconvincing drag. work, and wears her scarves. Yes, ly a sign that somebody changed coach, and Dr. Lorden, our resi­ Misc., including he's a combination of several horses in mid-movie. David Hines, Me and Doug. dent expert on the mechanics ofthe stereotypes, but all done so well Jeffrey Hause and Jonathan competition. Both will be held at Beer, tobacco, cloves and dope. that it seems as if the stereotypes Roberts all share screenwriting 7:30 p.m. in 151 Sloan. Instructions: (1) Drive down in the afternoon. (2) Rent a room. (3) Fill the room with mind-altering substances. (4) Empty the room. Perception (5) Go to opening acts (depending on how long (4) takes). (6) Watch Husker Du. (7) Go to the room and sleep it off. (8) Go home. Beyond The -or- Come as you are. So. Obvious They thrashed out a lot of songs, with no breaks. Real tough boys. Deliberate noise. I recognized Makes No Sense at All. And Ticket to Ride. We worked our way to the front. People were slamming politely. Doug slammed. The drag queen slammed. Some large guy kept bumping into me. Guitar played lots of feedback. Roadie adjusted the drum set during one song. The drag queen lost his/her breasts. People climbed onstage. Roadies calmly tossed them back. More people climbed onstage, dived off. After a while, Husker Du stopped.

People made noise for half a minute. Husker Du came back, thrashed out a few more. Bass player's string broke. (He kept playing). Husker Du left again.

People made noise for maybe a minute. They came back on. Guitar played more feedback while bass put on a new string. MEGATEST knows that encouraging conformity Someone climbed up and grabbed the old string. leads to mediocrity. That's why we're seeking They ended up singing All work and no play different types of individuals to think more Makes Jack a dull boy creatively about VLSI/LSI engineering problems. (repeat as necessary). And while this may sound like an uncommon approach in today's marketplace, we wouldn't Audience sang along. have it any other way. After all, engineering a Guitar player left. test revolution should not be stagnant, routine Bass player left. or boring work. Drummer left. We will be interviewing on your campus Crowd kept singing. December 3rd, if you can't make it, write to: Kinda like '40' on Under a Blood Red Sky. MEGATEST CORPORATION, Attn: David Arnowitz, Someone climbed up and swiped the drumsticks. 880 Fox Lane, San Jose, CA 95131. An Equal Roadie came out and asked for them back. Opportunity Employer. The person gave them back. People made more noise. Roadies brought the lights up. We left.

Went to Tommy's. MEGATEST I could hear again by the time we got there. ...Take a closer look. My ears stopped ringing by the next day. All in all, not so bad. Friday, November 22, 1985 THE CALIFORNIA TECH 5 E-----ENTERTAINMENT------'----I

differ from mine. Some people claim they see nothing; do not give MOCA Enlightening up! You will be ricWy rewarded. This is what James Turrell's art by Bengt Magnusson emerges. It is so faint it is right on is. His installations are all L.A.'s Museum of. Contem­ the threshhold between visibility minimalistic in nature: one or porary Art, MaCA for short, has and invisibility. Because of that, maybe two colors, producing a A HIGHLY IRREGULAR COLUMN BY MATT ROWE in its brief history established itself the Pleiades will require some con­ very simple shape, like a circle or as a truly first-rate museum. centration. Once you see it, relax. a rectangle; some very dark, some Cut the Crap make. ("Should I Stay or Should I Presently located on First and Cen­ Is it red? Yes, perhaps. And maybe a little brighter. I have never seen The Clash Go?" promoted linguistic equality tral in Downtown L.A. (permanent some blue? It slowly starts to anyone achieve "beauty through CBS Records by having Spanish lyrics.) The new localities are currently under con­ pulsate, like a beating heart. Is it simplicity" better than he has here, Clash has not abandoned its stance, struction), MaCA is within a moving? No, it is stationary, and with the possible exception of don't wanna be treated but seems uncertain how to com­ Mark Rothko's art. Turrell's pieces "we reasonably short drive ofTech, and the light level does remain con­ like trash municate it. it is definitely worth checking out. stant. It is just that your brain can are very meditative. As you sit We got one thing- Apart from a permanent collec­ barely make out the image, so it down in front of one of them, its We are the Clash!" he problems with songwriting tion of well-established artists, like starts inventing things of its own. simplicity forces you to explore On Cut the Crap, the Clash's T are mainly the fault of Strum­ Rauschenberg, Kline, and Rothko Blink. Oops, that caused your eyes every minute detail ofit, to let your first album in three years, band mer and his collaborator (and (some of Mark Rothko's most to show a cascade of nonexisting mind wander, to free-associat~. leader Joe Strummer is desperate longtime Clash manager) Bernard beautiful works, like "Black on colors. It will be a while before the Depth is handled rather dif­ to reaffirm something, and just as Rhodes. Perhaps fatigue has Dark Sienna on Purple" are includ­ picture re-emerges. Slowly move ferently in his works. His earlier desperate to find out what it is. Cut something to do with it-after all, ed), MaCA displays works ofcon­ your eyes around. Now you can pieces (of which I like "Porter­ the Crap longs to be an active this is the band's ninth year. But the temporary, not necessarily famous, see it again, because the spot does Powell," 1967, the most) are album, but it has too many words Clash does have three new artists. (The permanent collection not move. Since our eyes all per­ monochromatic, usually very and too little power to make it members (Pete Howard and Nick will unfortunately not be on display form differently, especially at low bright white (for daylight visibili- work. What were once rallying Sheppard, guitars, and Vince again until MaCA moves into its light levels, your experience may continued on page 10 slogans for political punks now White, drums), and its sound is new quarters a year from now.) have the ring of empty rhetoric, hardly tired. It is, in fact, surpris­ Every show at MaCA I have seen while vapid pop phraseology only ingly modern and electronic, ofall so far has been extremely exciting, aggravates the problem. And when things. Many ofthe tracks are very and their winter show, which Leonce and Leona the band has decided what to say, danceable, from the hip-hop of opened last week, is no exception. ly outstanding, it will also be it is hardly convincing. "Are You Red.. Y" to the cool funk The winter show, open until by R. Wilson reviewed in the L.A. Times. Be In other words, I like it. After of "Fingerpoppin'." The production February 9, features works ofthree Have you visited any of the brave and call the theater; prepare all, it is the Clash. (by one Jose Unidos) is a bit mud­ artists, Manny Farber (oil pain­ smaller live theaters in Los to park your car on a random alley dy, but it comes from trying to put tings), Michael Brewster (sound Angeles? After attending many in a dubious neighborhood. ow, before someone accuses everything in the foreground: this sculptures), and James Turrell plays in both the Pantages and Leonce and Leona at Stages in N me of blindly following is not a relaxing album to listen to, (light installations). While Farber Schubert and at the less advertised Hollywood proved to be an ex­ Robert Hilburn, let me clarify that. however restrained its lyrics. and Brewster seem to be very repertoire houses, I've concluded cellent gamble. The theater is out­ Cut the Crap is not a great album. Melodies are generally entrusted to talented artists, they will have to that I generally prefer the more in­ doors; the play is a Renaissance After a complete reorganization Strummer's voice, which is as grit­ excuse me: they fade away in com­ timate theaters. In a smaller theater style social satire written in the (including the firing of cofounder ty, expressive, and powerful as it parison with James Turrell's work. with an audience of one hundred, 19th century by Georg Buchner. Mick Jones) Joe Strummer's Clash has ever been; a rowdy, top-of­ I spent almost all of my time at there is more interaction and less The plot is minimal, the costumes is a bit confused. A sense of pur­ their-lungs chorus adds emphasis MaCA admiring his installations. commercialism. Perhaps the per­ consist merely ofRenaissance garb pose seems lacking. The band where appropriate. I call them "light installations" formances are not famous, but they and character masks, but the ver­ hasn't sold out-God forbid! -but And, despite all its problems, because I have no better words to may be more talented than many bal interplay is elaborate, poetic, neither does it seem to be in com­ Cut the Crap has, like all Clash describe his work, being neither stars. and hilarious. The action has been fortable possession ofits songs. But albums, several truly great songs. paintings nor sculptures. Perhaps Ifyou look at the play reviews described as "balletic slapstick." don't get me wrong. At times, the The anthemic "This is England" is a direct description of a typical in The Reader, you will find dozens Live music complements the en­ Clash has been the best rock band chief among these: work is the simplest way to explain of offerings throughout the basin. thusiastic young cast. The Reader in existence, and however much of 'This is England- what they are like. , Unfortunately, a high percentage of warns that this play is "not for the a falling-off Cut the Crap land of illegal dances "The Pleiades," 1983, is quite these plays turn out to be very bad. lumpish-brained," so check your represents, the Clash has a long This is England- representative. You walk into a The tickets tend to be cheaper at the brain and ifyou find no lumps call way to go before becoming even land of 1000 stances seemingly completely dark room less-known playhouses, however, Stages at (213) 465-1010. The mediocre. This is England- and sit down. After a while, when so it is not as dangerous to take show runs Thursdays through Cut the Crap isn't quite all talk­ this knife of Sheffield steel your eyes have adjusted themselves some risks. Read the reviews in Fridays until Dec. 8. Bring a and no action, but there are plenty This is England- to the dark, a faint spot of light The Read.er. Ifa play is particular- blanket! of words on the album. "Dictator" this is how we feel" opens side one with a militant sam­ (Strangely, the single of "This is ba beat and bursts of brass over a England" has been given as B-sides background of Caribbean radio two tracks better than the average noise. Struggling to come to the Cut the Crap song.) "Three Card fore of the mix is Joe Strummer's Trick" is reggae in the inimitable voice, singing: Clash fashion. "North and South," ''Yes I am the dictator the more a ballad, is a continuation of San­ guns I got the better dinista!'s standout "Something Yes I am the liquidator I carry About England." And, ignoring the the gold Beretta lyrics, "Movers and Shakers" and You know there once was "We Are the Clash"~well, they freedom rock. You know how dangerous that can be . .. n 'm not deaf-Cut the Crap is This is certainly a familiar theme I easily the Clash's worst album. for the band, but it is disconcerting But given a band that has had such to find Strummer even pretending magnificent achievements in its to hold a position whose existence career, it is almost reassuring to he despises. In "Movers and find that Joe Strummer has his off Shakers" he seems to exhort the days (years?), too. 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Fleming while, in the newly-renovated log by Al Fansome tent lounge, Lynn cleaned up at the; Although an hour late in com­ roulette table, while Bill "the R.A." mencement, Fleming 1nterhouse cleaned out the bar "wish sha win-' went off in good fashion with a ningsh." The dice were rolled, the flicker, a clicker, and, of course, wheel was spun, the Won still, a splash. After long hours, (or in didn't know how to play the game,' some cases, hour) ofhard work in And yes, the scones were preparation, everything, yes delicious, Bill. Even the play went~ everything, was finished and off (almost) without a hitch-nice functional. chainsaw though, guys. Buttcheese promptly led a Overall, I must say, everyone horde ofFlems and guests in "log­ had a simply maahvelous time of ging on" [sic] in the "warm as a it, and that includes Mr. "dining bath, dirty as a pond" (but almost room chair is my bed" Eggleston. " Jacuzzi-like) tankful of water in the Cleanup is slated for this courtyard, as the "super-deluxe" B. weekend-ha, ha. I'll send you Brunn waterwheel spun quick guys a postcard from Vegas. Have enough to cut redwoods. Mean- fun kiddies.

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Lloyd old man with eyes who have seen out. The youth strides forward con­ many worlds. He is like his books, fidently, but as he proceeds his by J. P. waiting patiently for someone who forcefulness slakens. Crumbling A soft knock on the wooden needs the knowledge he contains. brick walls surround him on all frame. The chimes sound as the "I don't have what you seek, my sides, towering over his slight form door is opened, revealing the in­ friend, but perhaps I can lead the with the hatred of abandonment. terior ofa small, dusty bookstore. way." The path is obscured with the lit­ The youth browses aimlessly, un­ The panel slides back silently, ter of ages, a monument to the til approached by the proprietor, an and a cold sullen wasteland stares despair of the forgotten ones. A pale patch of light glimmers beyond the far horizon. He ap­ proaches, and responds to the challenge ofthe guards. "I am sent by He, bar not my passage." The bars slide back, and the gates swing open. A cacaphony of sounds cascades out, each falling over the others in an effort to be released. The elegant people smile, and beckon. He moves in on cat's feet, wary and quick. Slowly, he relaxes. The wheel spins and the players' emotions are brought to a co high. Fortunes are won and lost, as ~ men compete in struggles over the iii random element. The blond steps Qj out of the bathtub, and begins to i!! dance. And the night is still young. :> And that's the way it was. }:; Lloyd House 1nterhouse of 1985, ~ with the smell of pewter lingering -a. in the air. Friday, November 22, 1985 THE CALIFORNIA TECH 7 Page in the feathery cart. This innova­ the night. And one particular group tion allowed the car to keep on found pleasure in operating dry by Michael Keating track for most of its runs of the chemical fire extinguishers Page House miraculously for­ night. By the party's end, the bolts throughout the Page hallways. Bob mulated a successful Interhouse ofthe cart's suspension strained to Shoemaker and Matt Compton party Saturday night in and around the optimal angle, and derailments caught some of the offenders as the house. And apart from a few became scarce. they fled. Security took custody. isolated scuffles, a splendid time When not riding this wild, Lucky offenders. was provided for all. The band action-packed roller coaster, par­ Of course some Caltech crooned overtime to the pleasure of tiers found entertainment on the students passed their tolerance the entire campus' latest partiers. dance floor, moving to the tunes of levels of alcohol. For example, The wonder of having a suc­ Mickey's Brother's Band...featur­ both Big Al and Little Al drank cessful party arises from the fact ing Mickey's Brother on lead well beyond their limits. Big Al that, as late as 7:30 pm, the poun­ guitar. But even the musical crew finally used the Alka-Seltzer from ding ofhammers, the whir ofsaws, was beset with difficulties which student check-in packets for and the grinding wheels ofthe Page postponed the start ofparty action. recovery, and the scaled-down ver­ House roller coaster's test runs Stage arrangements apparently did sion chased a pizza-on-wheels for echoed through the decorated halls. not fill the necessities ofthe musi­ the later part ofthe night. One poor The backdrop was not yet set. The cians. The need to rearrange physics student found himself face­ roller coaster, disguised as a several platforms delayed the dance down on a sidewalk at Occidental runaway mine train, wound its way songs for a half hour. But once the College. These people have sworn through the lower alleys of the players began, dancers realized the off alcohol for ever...or at least house. With black paper, these high quality of the group. The three weeks. halls had taken on the appearance dance floor filled for all songs The house itself took minimal of dark mine shafts. Problems played for the evening. damage from the party. Some arose from the fact that the cart Both Tech-ers and non-Tech bathrooms had paper strewn all weighed too little to keep on its Pasadenans contributed to filling about and the halls had a coat of tracks in the darkest tunnel of its the dance floor, together with the fire retardant powder. But once (if) journey. Heavy thought, together house lounge and courtyard. the ride is removed, the house with raw frosh power, solved that Several brief wrestling matches should return to its typical peaceful problem. Brawny workers brought broke out throughout the evening, form. big stacks oftwenty-pound weights usually involving an "outside" per­ § from the Page Muscle Shop to lay >- son who had too much alcohol for :J tf1 c:

.6 B o .I:: 0. ly eXCIting because some Ricketts matriarchs materialized out of by Saxy nowhere and taught everyone After a false start with Roller valuable square dance techniques. Disco Nazi Germany, Ricketts The swing music was way dude decided on a dance extravaganza and the sixties dance was the involving dances from four dif­ favorite ofthose zany Fascists. The ferent time periods. Dr. Who's blue ballroom dancing was very enter­ police box thingie was used to taining. Craig and Heidi waltzed travel between the different eras: faster than humanly possible, therefore, Dr. Who Time Warp careening off walls and other Dance Extravaganza. The four couples. dances were Old West Square Meanwhile, the Nazi roller­ Dance (1860's), Depression Wha­ skaters had a great time spreading Wha Dance (1930's), Sixties Drug­ the word of John Travolta among Induced War Protest 'Dance all the houses. Josh Kurutz and (1960's), and High Society Ball Ron Gidseg, both novice skaters, Room Dance (1820's). were especially fun to watch. The Bill Banks played the part of bogus Nazi group was well­ Dr. Who, but he could have been organized despite the lack of sup­ mistaken for a used car salesman port by any of the houses. with bad taste. K-9 was also pre­ Overall, this year's project was sent, but was rather inactive due to entertaining for the Scurves (if no battery problems (or something). one else), and burned pretty well, Sean, Joy, Dave, and others too. Everyting was in the pot by created murals setting the mood for 12:30 am and reduced to ashes by e~ch dance, including the master­ about 3:00 am. Not satisfied with piece, "Fighting Rabid Dogs in a destroying just our own cleanup, Depression Breadline." Ap­ Ricketts offered to help Blacker by propriate foods were served for blowing up their bridge for fuel to each dance, but the traditional burn the ship - very entertaining. "Joe's Bar" was missing this year. Another traditional Ricketts In­ The square dance was especial- terhouse.

decorated with portholes allowing Titanic without a collision with an views to beautiful (well, not iceberg; and collide it did, as Ruddock always) sights. Iceberg Nick sacrificed his fragile by M. Boe But inside the boat was where self for the sake of historic The Ruddock House In­ all the action was taking place, as accuracy. terhouse, "S.S. Titanic," almost the passengers of the Titanic en­ The Titanic was a great enter­ missed the departure time, as house joyed the warm hospitality of the tainment value for both the,visitors members left the work to the last Ruddock House bar and the enter­ and the crew. Special thanks go to minute, as usual. However, Rud­ tainment of the dance hall. With the Grand Dragon, Tracy Petersen, dock came through once again in KKHR DJ Mark Hansen on the the Iguanas, Karyn Betzen (cour­ flying colors. mikes, there was plenty of good tyard construction), Wayne Lukens The courtyard was a magnifi­ music on hand and lots ofdancing (courtyard flooding), Deirdre c: cent sight, as the bow ofthe Titanic feet on the floor. Further entertain­ McClure (interior decoration), the :;:. stood high above the calm water of ment was provided by the Ruddock Ruddock bar, and of course a the Ruddock courtyard. A life boat House Theater Arts Players and the everyone who came and helped to c: acted as the shuttle between 1.5 and Foghorns, in a performance oftwo make Interhouse such a great ~ the ship, for those who were bold one-act plays and an ensuing success. .6 enough to brave the waters. For musical number. ~ others, the Berkeley South provid­ And of course, one could not -5. ed a warmer, safer passage, possibly fully experience the 8 T_H_E_C_A_l_I_FO_R_N_IA_T_E_C_H F_r_id_a...y_,_N_o_v_em_b_er_22_,_1_9_8.-.i I------SPORTS---~---j

the score. The drive gave the team the confidence it needed to win the game. Tech Football Upends Cal Poly However, the second half didn't by Super Mann After Tech's first drive stalled, start any better than the first half The Caltech Battling Beavers the defense took over and started did. Following an interception on remained undefeated with an im- playing tough, physical football. It the first play from scrimmage, Cal, pressive victory over Cal Poly was now time for Cal Poly to punt. Poly wasted no time in scoring a; Pomona last Saturday. The game The punt was definitely the longest touchdown, making it 21_14'~" was highlighted by excellent play punt any of us had ever seen. This much for our confidence, right from both teams, and the largest at- team had real kickers. Jonathan Wrong. Caltech proceeded to ki· t tendance of any home game this Brown fielded the punt over his some big green butt, and scor .t year. shoulder and turned upfield only to three unanswered touchdowns. The game was considered by see 10 or 11 green jerseys running 'eam', =c= during the,e driV: the players and coaches to be the right at him. Through the use of can be partly attributed to tou~ biggest obstacle in what could be blazing speed, and an impressive, play by both the offensive aDct Caltech's first undefeated season in but illegal as all hell block by Mark defensive lines. Gaping holes and over 40 years. Two years ago, Schuyler, Joe was able to run down an opposing QB scrambling for hiS when Caltech was 7-1, the team's the sidelines unmolested for a life can only result in victory. only loss came to Cal Poly. The touchdown. With the score standing at score? 36-0! Many of the players Cal Poly took over and used 35-21 and only four minutes to on this year's team can still several short passes and another play, Cal Poly was able to muster remember the severe beating we bomb to score their second up another drive and pulled to took on that dismal night in 1983. touchdown. The pace slowed down within a touchdown with still over Head Coach Lin Parker, in an until near the end ofthe half. With to minutes remaining. They failed attempt to get the team prepared for under two minutes remaining in the an onsides kick attempt, however, the game, dug deep into our brains first half, Cal Poly faced a fourth and the Caltech offense rose to the and brought out the emotion of down situation near midfield. Their occasion by running out the clock fear. In short, we were gonna' get coach felt he could put the game with a couple of first downs. our butts kicked and we would be away with another score, so they Congratulations to everyone in­ lucky to hold them to under 50 tried one more play. The charged volved with the game. It was a win points. But the players knew up Beaver defense stopped the play that will be remembered by the nobody could be that good. After dead and the offense took over. players and coaches for a long, all, we were 6-0. Using a key pass and run to Dwight long time. Somebody forgot to tell Cal Evard, several runs by Brown and Since the lines never get men· Poly about our record, and three quaterback Aram Kaloustian, and tioned in the neWspaper, well give plays, two bombs into the game, an inspired line, Caltech found credit this week. The starting lines they led 7-0. Could everything themselves on the one inch line are as follows: On defense, LE coach said be true? It looked like with six seconds remaining. Coach Steve Roskowski, LT David he hadn't been screwing with our Parker decided to trust his offen­ Brinza, NG Mike Burl, RT Seth brains after all. These guys could sive line, and Jonathan Brown Jelen, RE Darrin Casey. On of- play football. bulled his way into the end zone for continued on page 9

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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE. Q: How many of the people who died of lung cancer last year were smokers? A.25% B.40% Caltech tailback Jonathan Brown flips himself to gain maximum yardage C. 60% against his Cal Poly Pomona opponents. The Beavers were 35-28 victors D.80% in the scrimmage extending their record to 7-0. HockeyCorner

by Marty Zimmerman great pass to Rick Miake-Lye who The Caltech Hockey Club got was blowing through the slot. Rick offto a shaky start this season. Our knocked the puck in to make the opening game was against UCLA. lead 2-0. In the 3rd period Irvine Outnumbered, outskated and out­ started to come back, scoring two shot, Caltech got dusted 9-0. goals. But in a play similar to the Then came Cal State Northridge. earlier one, J.P. assisted on a score Once again our offense failed to get by Rick. Peter Dowd did a spec­ offthe ground. Northridge took ad­ tacular job in goal, stopping several vantage gf several breakaways to breakaways to preserve the ' score some goals and despite a victory. .. great effort, Caltech went down to defeat, losing 4-0. Tuesday night Cal State Fuller­ Our next opponent was U. C. ton gave Caltech a jolt. Fullerton ..,. .;"- Irvine, the only other survivor of knocked us off 9- 1. The score ~. ~ last year's Division ll. Though on­ would have been worse but Fuller­ ly nine skaters were present, hard -",- . ton got quite a few penalties due to skating finally paid off. After their dirty style ofplay. Also, Peter dominating Irvine for the first did a great job in goal with 42 QUITTING. IT COULD BE period, J.P. Bardet bounced one saves. Next Tuesday we play U.C. past the opposing goalie to record Irvine at home, so come out to see Caltech's first goal of the season. the game at the Pasadena Ice THE TEST OF YOUR LIFE. A few minutes later J.P. made a Center. '%08 uelll 8JOW SJI °0 -Friday, November 22, 1985 E------SPORTS I Polo Splashes to End by D. Mikasa home in the pool and was the best haired frosh who looked like a rac- After starting out with a great judge of heads and tails the team coon most of the year. Very first half ofthe season, the Beavers has had in years. speedy, great outlook for. the next finished their season in a less Vito Ferrante-Fred's little few years. glorious manner. The final count brother was another member ofthe Clark Highstrete- another was 5-22, and 1-9 in the SCIAC Big Three offense. After scoring frosh who played a lot this year, conference games. 19 goals in one day, he slowed and will play much more from here In the last few weeks, we down a bit, but still scored over 60 on. Just get that shot going and played Claremont, Pomona, Cal goals this year. He may surpass old remember which side is right and Poly San Luis Obispo, Redlands, records if he practices and can which is left. Whittier, and Occidental. Although score some in the off-season. Randy Brown-a major con- 00 we lost all of these games, there Bruno Bruning - The last tributor to the offense through his ~ were some good times during these member of the Big Three offense assists and a solid defender via his ~ games. One ofthe highlights ofthis and king of Slime Polo. During speed on the return trip. 'i period was playing Claremont, multiple attacks on opposing Robby Dow-a senior whose .Q. ranked 15th in the nation, almost goalies, Bruno somehow managed purpose in playing polo was to c3 even for one quarter. Certain to get over 50 goals this year. Ifon- "beat on whoever might take my .~ players have stood out this year, ly he could swim, he might have spot." As evidenced by our in­ 3and should be commended here. been able to get back and play juries, he was trying hard. He is >- Fred Ferrante-due to Fred's defense. also the only guy on the team who .0 outstanding play this year, Fred has Boyd Bangerter-the first frosh warms up for a game by doing 100 ~ become the center of our game. to start in a long time, Boyd's speed sit-ups ...and a few 12-ounce "li This year's team gave Fred a gave us an added dimension. Ifwe curls. chance to make more saves than can convince him he's not a field Well, that's it for this year. It Coach Lin Parker contemplating our team's strategy. can be counted. He also earned a goal kicker, he will be a rising star. was an exciting year for the team, nickname of"Big Fred" for his ap- Devin Leonard - another beating PCC, Redlands, Chapman, pearance in the goal (LC has other speedy frosh, who will be a great and Rio Hondo. We thank the reasons). asset if his shoulders hold out. seniors, Hans, Fred, and Robby, - SPORTS RESULTS Hans Hermans-our hole man What coach would not play a and Coach Clint Dodd. The was very instrumental in our of- skateboarding, floral-print Speedo- Beavers have left the pool for fense this year, scoring over 60 wearing polo player? another year, hibernating until next - goals. "The Duck" felt right at Jorden Holt-a blond curly- season. See you then! Football Caltech 35 Cal Poly Pomona 28 Hockey CSU Fullerton 9 Caltech 1 water Polo Claremont 27 Caltech 9 Caltech 9 Redlands 12 Caltech 12 Pomona 18 WEEKLY SPORTS eALEN DAR Fencing (M) Caltech 3 Occidental 0 Caltech 2 Cal Poly Pomona 1 fencing (W) Caltech 1 Occidental 0 Day Date Time Sport Opponent location Cal Poly Pomona 1 Caltech 0 Fri. 11-22 6:00 pm Basketball Christ College Invitational Christ College Basketball Caltech 93 Marymount College 78 Sat. 11-23 11 :30 am Club Soccer Occidental Caltech LIFE College 70 Caltech 62 Sat. 11-23 1:00 pm Fencing UCSB & Cal State Long BeachCal State Long Beach Club Soccer Caltech 5 Aston Villa 2 Sat. 11-23 1:30 pm Football EI Sereno Rebels Caltech Sat. 11-23 6:00 pm Basketball Christ College Invitational Christ College Christ College Caltech from page 8 Tue. 11-26 4:30 Basketball Tue. 11-26 9:30 pm Ice Hockey U.c. Irvine Pasadena Ice fense, LT John Mann, LG Craig Mon. 12-2 6:'30 pm Ice Hockey U.S.c. Culver Ice Rink Jahake, C Scott Miskovish, RG Tue. 12-3 7:30 pm Basketball Pac. Coast Baptist Bible P.C.B.B.C. Raul Turcios, RT Mark Schuyler. Wed. 12-4 9:45 pm Ice Hockey U.c. Irvine Costa Mesa Ice Pasadena Scientilic Other players who had great games Fri. 12-6 7:30 pm Basketball Pacific Christian Caltech included: Martin Brouillete, who Sat. 12-7 2 & 4 pm Basketball Alumni Caltech & Technical Baaks came out ofthe backfield to block for Joe, and played some mean SPECIALIZING IN ALL SCHOLARLY & PROFESSIONAL linebacker; Steve Collins, who good hits at linebacker. BOOKS & SPECIAL ORDERS kicked five extra points and played Come out tomorrow to see the well on defense; and no. 39 Joe Beavers play Bengals in our final Williams, who gained 100 pounds game ofthe regular season. Game Running Regionals for the game and made a lot of time is 1:30. by Hah-bah PARIAN TRAVEL Last weekend, the cross coun- Caltech runner this season. Chuck Caltech Officially Approved try team officially wrapped up the Lee also turned in an excellent '85 season as several Tech runners sub-30-minute time. As far as the Most courteous, economical and efficient service competed at the NCAA Division women runners were concerned, for your official and I,ersonal travel needs. ill regionals at Cal State Stanislaus. Clea Bures, despite several nag­ Free servi~e to you. Though no Beavers qualified for ging injuries, managed to run a FENYMAN LECTURES the nationals, CIT's elite turned in very good race, with Pam DeMoor 3 VOlS (PAPERBACK) For an introductory offer i:tcomplimentary $50.00 25% OFF some torrid times on a very fast, finishing after in her best time of worth of fine dining cheds will be offered with the flat course. John Gehring turned in the season. In all, Techers turned VISA 1388 E. WASHINGTON BLVO purchase of min. $100.00 tfilvel tickets (one per family). 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