Pasadena, California . affected by changes in the structure Argonne National Laboratory with of reacting molecules and their experiments testing predictions on Yesterday evening Braun Court­ nearest neighbors," the Academy the behavior of electrons with an yard was host to a motley band of said. The fundamental points of addition of energy. Further experi­ exuberant memQers of the Chem­ this electron transfer theory were ments have confirmed Marcus' istry department as Harry Gray led first presented in a key paperwhich ,predictions to be 99% accurate in them in a vigorous cheer for his he wrote in 1956 at the Polytechnic producing the rate of reactions. friend and colleague Rudy Marcus Institute ofBrooklyn afterpuzzling Andwhile Marcus won the Nobel ~espite Professor Marcus' ab­ over a graduate student's math­ Prize for predictions specific in a sence from the party. ematical problem. ferrlc..ferrous system in water so­ RudolphA. Marcus can now add, As Fred Anson, head of the lution, his predictions canbe applied to his already impressive list of 36 Chemistry Department, stated, to an incredibly broad range of re­ awards and honors, the distin­ "Before [Marcus' theory], people actions from digestion to artificial guished Nobel ChemistryPrize, thus couldn'tunderstand why particular photosynthesis to the electrodes on becoming the 22nd Nobel Laureate reactions went fast or slow even fuel cells. "[Hcanbe used] anywhere to grace Caltech. He is the first when they had similar driving electrons move" essentially any faculty member of Caltech to be­ forces. He pointed out the factors chemical reaction," as Professor come a Nobel Laureate in nearly a that determined the rate and made Nate Lewis stated. decade - since William A. Fowler accurate predictions." Marcus' Other research, besides electron received the Nobel prize for Phys­ theories are internationally recog­ transfer, which Marcus is actively ics in 1983. nized and are offundamental use to involved and responsible for in­ The Royal Swedish Academy of scientists trying to predict what cludes Intramolecular Vibrational Sciences announced Wednesday happens during almost any chemi­ Redistribution, nuclear tm:melinl~, morning that Professor Marcus had cal reaction. and the RRKM theory{the M stands won the Marcus, however, And while the theory behind how for Marcus). "Even among scien­ was not to be notified, and electrons move about in chemical tists, this man is a thus the first news ofthe award was reactions is the math­ Voth, given to his answering machine. em:atical formula student of Marcus', told Professor Marcus was at the time in Toronto's Royal York pre­ with only two deternllining sentingoneofthe lead papers at the according to Aseem one of out." Ele:ctrocJleIlGical Society, Inc. con- Marcus' gJradtlate students. lU<lWl<;;lil>, i1go;; 69, has in ference, and a few and falls in line residence at Caltech as the Arthur fifteen minutes was in- a research asso- Amos Noyes ofChemis­ conspicuously pulled out of·the de1;cr:iptiionofMarcus as one t"", ,oi",·" 1978 and lives room in the middle of his presenta­ is to under­ his wife Laura and three sons. tion and told the news. stand nature ... and to >VA."""'" was born in Canada and Professor Marcus said he was "a discover useful theories that can be recewedH,o'll.J<;;.\~7~JJ'~Hl!L bit dazed at hearing the news." applied by a wide amlieIlce. (1946) from in "[Marcus] found simple math­ In 1985 Marcus won the coveted Montreal. Friends and colleagues Rudolph Marcos, Arthur Amos Noyes Professor of Chemistry, is the 1992 ematical expressions for how the Wolfe Prize. Then, a portion of his describe him as "a great guy" and recipient ofthe Nobel Prize for Chemistry, energy of a molecular system is theory was confirmed in 1988 at Continued on page 3 Paul Orfalea, founder and chairperson of the board of Kinko's Copy Centers,willspeakat TheAthenaeumon Monday, October buffet in the new NCAA-regulation this is the fIrst project to be com­ at 4:00 p.m. Students are invited to attend his on gym. Thereceptionfollowed a brief pleted duringthe currentcampaign. "Entrepreneurialism" in the Hall ofthe Associates. A reception will Caltech's latest architectural ad­ dedication ceremonywhichhonored Healso praisedtheleadershipofthe foHow the talk at 5:00 p.m., and dress is casual. the Braun Athletic Center, the Braun family in particular, Braun family in large projects, in­ Kinko's was founded in 1970near the UC Santa Barbara campus. was opened to the last John whose death in June of cluding this and gifts such as Braun The enterprise encompasses a privately held network of more '-J'\"'.uv,,.9. thisyear preventedhimfrom seeing House and the Braun Laboratories than 120 partnerships, each operating one or more the 600 About 2500 people braved the the fulfillment of his vision of for cell biology and chemistry. centers around,the United States and in Canada, and heat to get a fIrst glimpse at the new bringilng modern recreational fa­ Pamela Braun Pesenti, Trustee, facilities and enjoy a healthy lun­ to Caltech. emphasized the Braun and A graduate of USC, the curly-haired Orfalea used his own nick­ cheon from the huge, beautiful Five _speakers shared the Braun Foundation's primary name when he selected Kinko's as his company's name. thoughts on the importance of the intentions "to fund broad-scope Orfalea will talk to Caltech students and staff about his corpoI'ate projects" which will benefit many philosophy, which stresses teamwork, open communicatiQn, I_~~~~~~~~~~;-~ new athletic center during the cer- t emony. President Everhart, after aspects of the community. Later, importance of both personal and professional needs of employees, , asking for a moment of silence in sh~ and the other" members of the who at allleveisare referred to as "co-workers." Hewill also talk and memory ofMI'. Braun, talked about Braun family in attendance ex­ answer questions about Kinko's customer relations approach, in­ the gift's meaning to the commu­ pressed gratification at the extraor­ cluding the benefits ofseven-day-a-week service and, in most cases, 24-hour-a-day store hours. Opinion 2 nity. William F. Kieschnick, Vice dinary turnout from all aspects of Crime & Incident B.eat 3 Chairman of the Board, noted that Continued on page 4 World News 3 ASCIT Minutes 5 'YNews 5 ASCIT Elections 6 Comics 7 Without Sam 8 cerebral laundry 9 Cross Country 10 Water Polo 11 What Goes On 12 , -- George Stephanopoulos, Clinton/Gore Communications Director "TheAmerican people should demand that their President teU the truth." - Dan Quayle, October 13, 1992 I couldn~t agree more. It took a while but we fmany uncovered something that Dan Quayle saidTuesday night that rings ofthetruth. His boss, George Bush,should tell the truth. Mr. Quayle added: "You cannot lead this great country of ours by misleading the people." Right again. Soin the interest ofuncovering the truth andsetting the record straight before theAmerican people vote, here are a few topiCS and questions that George Bush ought to tell the truth about. #1. "Stategate": Who Asked for Wbat? Wednesday's Washington Post reveals that, in a last-ditch attempt to smear Bill Clinton's character, the Bush Administration has been acting like the Nixon Administration. The Post reports that a Bush Administra­ tion political appointee directed the U.S. embassies in London and Oslo to search their files on Bill Clinton. ThePostcharacterized the requests,by AssistantSecretary ofState for Consular Affairs Elizabeth Tamposi, as "unusual," and said that they received "extraordinarily high-level attention." Passport files are - as the State Department's own director of its Freedom of Information Office, Frank Machak maintains - "covered by the Privacy Act." (Washington Post, 10/14/92) 1: "'clAdered ." ~ vJOl.S The State Department, in a policy statement sent to the National d..\~, Security Archive in Washington D.C., notes that FOI requests are expedited only in "truly exceptional circumstances." These circum­ #3. Iraq-gate: Just bow much did we belp Saddam? \Nro stances include: "(1)wheneverit is demonstrated that anindividual's life George Bush likes to pretend we "did not enhance Saddam Hussein's orpersonalsafety wouldbejeopardizedbythefailure toprocess requests nuclear, biological or chemical weapons capability," despite mounting immediately, and (2twhenever it is shown that substantial due process evidence that dual-use American technology helped him in his bid to rights of the requester would be by the faBure to process acquire weapons of mass destruction. immediately,and that the informationsought is not otherwise available." George Bush maintains he was unaware of any diversion of loans to (Letter to National Security Archive, 11/22/91; attached. ) Iraq and yet we now learn that his Administration had direct evidence of The Questions: diversions of loans made through the Atlanta based branch of BNL but Who approved these approve "unusual" searches of Bill Clinton's tried to cover them up. Marvin Shoob, the US District Judge in the BNL passport files? case said, "Certainly, either the CIA or the Justice Department or both Were thesearches reported to Tamposi's superiors in the State Depart­ have misled me." (LAT, 10/13/92) It is time George Bush came clean ment and ifso, who? Were the searches reported to anyone in the White with the American people on his role in Iraqgate. House or the Busb/Quayle campaign? . The Questions: How will Bush determine who is responsible, and what actionswill he What's he hiding? What are we going to find out after November 3? take against them? Why won't George Bush release the key documents that would reveal Is this search connected to Bush's secret White House meeting with just who was doing what with Saddam up to the eve of.the invasion of extreme right wing Republican Congressmen like Bob Doman to plan Kuwait? These documents include: , Volume XCIV • Number 4 political attacks on Bill Clinton's trips to Eastern Bloc countries? eThe transcript of the cables between the Administration and US October 16, 1992 Which ofthe StateDepartment's two FOI criteriafor expedited search Ambassador April Glaspie revealing U.S.