All you ever The Dean says wanted to know goodbye to about the ASCIT graduating budget and more. senIors. see page 2 see page 3 THE CALIFORNIA TECH VOLUME xcvrn, NUMBER 31 PASADENA, CALIFORNIA FRIDAY, JUNE 6,1997 President Everhart, final thoughts Election Results BY ERIK STREED versity in Ithaca, New York. dollars in new construction. The official winners of the election held last Monday are: However, Everhart would even­ When he left for Caltech, over Tom Everhart, President of tually come to Caltech in the fall 60% of the funding had been se­ BoC Secretary Alex Ihler Caltech, is leaving the Institute. of 1987, leaving his Chancellor­ cured. The bug followed him and Senior Class President Myfanwy Callahan We spoke with him for a bit ship (sp?) at the University of Il­ during his administration Caltech Senior Class Secretaryrrreasurer Kiran Shekar Thursday afternoon to discuss linois at Urbana-Champagne has undergone its third building Junior Class President Aimee Pierce some of his thoughts and reflec· (sp?) (UIVC) to take on the role boom. A Master Plan which adds tions on Caltech. of President. He had the typical several more buildings along the Junior Class Secretaryrrreasurer NO first impressions of Cal tech: a newly created Rose Walk (it's the Handling the NO is the AS CIT BoD's problem, unless 20% Thomas Everhart: Professor small, focused, excellent institu­ thing between Avery and Moore of the juniors-ta-be submit a petition to hold a new election. (Wait of Applied Physics and Electri­ tion. In addition to this he was Labs) outlines the expansion of until next year, 'kay?) cal Engineering, takes his steak struck by the politeness of both the Cal tech campus north to Del Stop reading here. broiled medium well, answers his the students and the faculty. Over Mar Boulevard. Under Everhart, Okay, if you must have the numbers, here we go: 243 valid own email, and is retiring after the years he has come to believe the first big fund-raising push in votes were cast overall. There was one error point for the Boe 10 years as the president of that Caltech's small size and per­ the past two decades occurred. Secretary election alone (it was on one of the "other" ballots) and no Cal tech. He hands Cal tech, the sonal aspects breed humility and The Campaign for Cal tech, the error points for the senior or junior class elections. (This is a Good institution he has described in his respect among the members of Second Century of Discovery, ex­ Thing.) 88 votes were cast for senior class offices, and 71 for junior own words as "a national trea­ the community. During his time ceeded its $350 million goal and class offices. sure.," off to MIT biologist David here he has watched Caltech's raised $394 million. After the Absolute majority is defined as greater than half the correctly-cast, non-abstaining votes plus half the error. A candidate Baltimore. This transition fol­ sense of community grow to in­ success of this special fund-rais­ must receive absolute majority to win. The wacky details of this lows the addition of Bi I to the clude and appreciate the vital but ingevent, Caltech's annual fund­ whole thing are laid out in the bylaws, Article 8, Section 6 - if undergraduate core and continues often unsung staff. raising jumped from $40 million you're reading this section, you might as well read that too. Cal tech's tum towards the bio­ The President of Cal tech is to $60 million a year. This money Each successive line represents a separate redistribution, as logical sciences. the primary fundraiser for the helped renovate many of the labs described in Article 8. Caltech tried to recruit school. At UIUC, Everhart over­ and buildings at Caltech, in ad­ Everhart in the late 1970's but saw the creation of a Master Plan dition to financing several new BoC Secretary: instead he went to Cornell Un i- which outlined over $1 billion buildings. Bradley Ihler Yeh Write-ins NO Abstain Abs Maj 84 102 34 4 9 10 118 86 102 35 -- -- 20 113 Frosh--Soph Battle For Supremacy 91 109 -- I -- 42 102 Senior Class President: Callahan Stofer Chen Rodriguez Wong NO Abstain Abs Maj BY MICHAEL SHUMWAY a day of sorrow. The victors ronym for the Roman Tug Of will advance in status to either War-EO which routinely sold 10 13 4 10 4 0 45 Cal tech has probably sophomore or junior depending out colosseums faster than the Senior Class Secretarytrreasurer: taught you that academics and on which side wins. For the gladiator battles. Zheng Shekar Nakada NO Write-in Abstain Abs Maj a clean suit will get you a job side which loses there will be The contest will begin 24 36 18 5 0 5 42 in the real world if you get out a ceremony in the evening when classes end. So at 5 p.m. 24 36 18 -- 0 10 40 26 40 -- -- 1 21 34 of here* Unfortunately, it is where their remains will be cre­ on the lawn between the Ath my responsibility to reveal the mated in the Ricketts House and the South Houses the battle Junior Class President: truth. Brains don' t matter. Pot. will commence. Come to cheer Pierce Astle NO Abstain AbS Maj Being bigger and stronger will What is this event you ask? and come prepared to mourn. 3' 25 7 5 34 open the doors to becoming the .It is called TOWEO (pro­ See the survival of the fittest famous and filthy rich person 'flounced tow-e-o). Philoso­ play out in front of you. Find Junior Class Secretarytrreasurer: ~Illard Write in NO Abstajn Abs Maj you are aspiring to be. phers disagree between two out which class will be success­ 28 1 3' 8 32 So to speed things up in our separate origins for this event. ful in the real world. Come par­ natural selection society, TO­ Many believe it originates from ticipate or come to watch what Respectfully submitted, DAY will be a battle to the the Greek word otheos mean­ is being billed as The Spectacle death between the freshmen ing more dangerous than run­ of the Century: TOWEO. ~L/-~ and sophomore classes. It will ning with scissors. While oth­ 'Note: This may not be the • - y. -/ .... be a day of celebration and also ers believe the word is an ac- case for those in Ma or Ay. Nicholas Breen, ASCIT Elections Chairman The California Tech 2 June 6, 1997 OPINIONS Whas Dis Ting Called a Budget? Excom BY BALDEEP SADHAL are fair compensation for perform­ Cayman Islands holding corpora­ ing these various editorial duties. tion and our various Swiss accounts In case you haven't noticed, The general decrease in salaries for and laundering fronts is often more Minutes the ASClT Board of Directors editors reflects the philosophy of trouble than John Lin can handle ASCIT Excomm Minutes (BoD) made a budget a little while this year's BoD that payment to alone.) (Now in Plural!) 6-1-97 Situa­ ASCIT President. A vote i ago. It's one of those things we like editors should be more of thanks There are other significant tion: Several election statements taken and we decide to hold th to do yearly. No doubt you've read than actual payment for duties per­ changes in the budget that rail un­ fortheJune 2 elections were not election as scheduled 5 - .0 (wit it already. "What? You don't find formed. der the category of miscellaneous printed in the May Tech, three pages of numbers exciting? Ah, but you're wondering, operations. Firstly though we have 2..0 Myfanwy abstaining due to he some due to confusion about You don't belong at Tech!" But "What about those elected BoD not changed our support of the Cof­ candidacy for Senior Clas anyway, we're spending your members that get paid for putting feehouse, and to that end we have deadlines. President.) Meeting adjourned money-make sure we aren 't out the UROH and the CLUE?" allotted $1000 to be used by that Members present: Myfanwy 11:21 pm. spending it on live adult entertain­ For some reason, BoD members establishment serving helluvalot­ Callahan (chair), Brandon Respectfully submitted, ment (we get that for free anyway) are somewhat hesitant to blatantly better-than-TFM food. The van VandeBrake (secretary), Joe Brandon VandeBrake or rehab for the IHe. In case you and gratuitously take advantage of fund was eliminated, as it seemed Carroll, Michelle Miller, Stev~ haven't read it, go ahead and check the student body by giving our­ we would no longer be operating Van Hooser, Mic West coat Oth­ it out on the web (http:// selves five digit salaries. Because ye aide ASCIT van. In the event ers present: Mike Astle, Nicho­ WWw.cco.caltech .edu-ascitltrea­ of our affliction, we're paying that we do decide to begin operat­ las Breen surerlbudget.html) or just look for elected BoD members the grand ing the van again, ASCIT has suf­ Meeting starts: 11:06 pm. In Uust kidding, Kohl) it in your friendly neighborhood total of zero for these two publica­ ficient discretionary funds to cover the spirit of our previous meet- r;:===========~ undergraduate house lounge. tions. (You were expecting $19.95, the difference. Our social director ing, Kohl is refenred to as a ditz. The first things you might na­ weren't you?) Previously, the has shifted her funds around so that Mike explains how the confu­ THE CAliFORNIA TECH tice about the new budget are the CLUE editor received $500 and the we may spend on the rather popu­ sion came about.