Too busy to catch the Bookstore employees latest news? Read The respond to the new Outside World management. see page 3 see page 2 THE CALIFORNIA TECH VOLUME XCVII, NUMBER 27 PASADENA, CALIFORNIA FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1996 I(ROQ to broadc.ast from Caltech FROM PUBLIC RELATIONS cohost ofKROQ-FM's talk show Loveline and president, Pasadena Medical Society KROQ-FM's popular taik show • Astrid Heger, MD, director of the Cen­ Loveline will broadcast live from ter for the Vulnerable Child Intervention Caltech's Beckman Auditorium as part of Program at Los Angeles County/USC a symposium, "ViolenceAgainst Children Medical Center in the Home: Rx for Prevention," on Sun­ • Roy Antelyes, MD, emergency physi­ day, May 19, from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. cian and chair of Huntington Memorial Admission is free, but tickets are required. Hospital's suspected child abuse and ne­ An hour-long panel discussion on this glect team, and a member of the Los An­ important topic will precede the two-hour geles County Task Force on Child Abuse broadcast, which will be dedicated to ques­ The panel discussion and radio broadcast tions about child abuse. The panel dis­ are being presented by the Pasadena Medi­ cussion will start at 7:00 p.m., and the cal Society and cosponsored by Hunting­ broadcast, which is heard on stations ton Memorial Hospital, Las Encinas Hos­ across the country, will start promptly at pital, Methodist Hospital of Southern Cali­ 8:00 p.m. fornia Medical Staff, St. Luke Medical Loveline, cohosted by Drew Pinsky, MD. Center, and San Gabriel Valley Medical alias "Dr. Drew," and improvisational co­ Center and Medical Staff, in cooperation median Adam Corolla, features phoned­ with Caltech. in questions from teenagers and young Stale Urine will be performing at noon on Thursday, May 23, at noon infront adults about sex, relationships, drugs, and ofWinnett as part ofthe Caltech YS Noon Concert Series. Pictured (L-R): mental health and medical issues, includ­ ing abuse. The panelists include: Mike Benedetti, Heidi Hofer, Anh Vu, Alex Dunn, Michael Radford. • Drew Pinsky, MD, alias "Dr. Drew," Aldana, Verhoff, Zhang win leadership awards Glee Club concert tonight BY SUZElTE CUMMINGS BY MONICA J. HUBBARD "Alto Rhapsody" sung by the Men's Glee Club, Don Carlos Aldana, Laura The Caltech Men's and Caldwell, Director. Allen Gross Verhoff, and Jian Zhang were Women's Glee Clubs and the will lead the Chamber Orches­ awarded the Robert L. Noland Caltech Chamber Orchestra will tra in Saint-Saens Violin Con­ Leadership Award in a dinner present their Spring Concert to­ certo and Aaron Copland's "Ap­ presentation at The Athenaeum day and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. palachian Spring". on May 15, 1996. The Robert in Dabney Lounge. Featured Admission is free. Get there L. Noland Leadership Award works on the program include early if you want seating - the is for outstanding Caltech stu­ Randall Thompson's "Place of December and March concerts dents who have demonstrated the Blest" performed by the had standing room only. A re­ exceptional leadership abilities. Women's Glee Club, Monica ception will follow both con­ Carlos, a senior in electri­ Hubbard, Director; Brahms's certs. cal engineering, received the award for his nearly four years of involvement in a wide vari­ ety of activities. While not al­ Laura Verhoff, left, Jian Zhang;right; and Carlos Aldana; not Preliminary Election Results ways having a formal leader­ pictured;were this year's Noland Leadership Award winners. ship role, Carlos has worked 1996-1997 behind the scenes to encourage her significant involvement in was the editor-in-chief of the his peers. He has been in­ the Athletic Department. Since Big T. She has also been vice Senior Class President: Gretchen Larson volved in athletics including her freshman year, Laura has president ofthe premed club, a varsity soccer and Tang Soo been involved in helping Ath­ health advocate in her Senior Class Secretary/Treasurer: Shirley Chen Do. In addition, he has been a letics develop programs that undergradute house, secreatry Junior Class Secretary/Treasurer: Katie Stofer member of the Society of His­ support its students' emotional, of Tau Beta Pi, and secretary panic Engineers and the Soci­ as well as physical, needs. She ofthe Student Affairs Advisory ety for the Exploration and De­ was one of the original Committee. Numerical results will be made public velopment of Space (SEDS) founders of the Athletic Coun­ On the latter commitee, when the election is official. where he worked on the cil for Mentoring and Educa­ she worked with her peers to GAMCIT gamma ray detector tion (ACME). This group has improve the quality of life for project. Carlos was one of the been extremely successful in undergraduates. She has also original students who founded providing guidance for student tutored her peers in various IN THIS ISSUE E-C1ub, the entrepreneur club athletes. Laura has also been subjects and has served as a on campus that has become ex­ active her in house and was the peer coach for the SURF pre­ THE USUAL THIS WEEK'S tremely popular within the last first woman ever to serve on­ sentations. Jian's involvement year. This club now has more the Page House executive com­ in service to the broader com­ STUFF FEATURES than 200 members. mittee. munity has been primarily Laura, a senior in environ­ Jian, a senior in biology, through volunteer work at Saint Announcements : 8 Course Changes 5 mental engineering, received received the award for her lead­ Luke's Hospital and a local el­ ARC Minutes .3 MediaGuy 5 ~ the award for her leadership ership and service in a wide ementary school. She also de­ ASCIT Minutes .4 Elections 6 The Outside World 3 and her service to her fellow range of campus and commu­ livers hot meals to home-bound TrustMe .4 students, particularly through nity activities. Last year she AIDS patients. V NpU/C h 17.1996 "1;I S THE CALIFORNIA PINIONS "11 ---------- Bookstore given fore the announcement on Mon­ discussion of all the facts and Olive Walk trees on a Sunday morning when day, May 6, 1996 came as a to­ figures with all parties involved, most people are asleep. It no chance to tal shock to the entire staff, and and after allowing the bookstore sprayed at an could be done during the sum­ debate Barnes & is causing immense personal to present a counter proposal, inconvenient hour mer when fewer students are problems for all ofus. We know and after receiving competing around. (Even better, one Noble takeover that at other schools the decision bids, the university feels that Dear Editor, could combine these sugges­ An open letter to Ann Bussone, to lease is made only after ex­ leasing is the best option, then tions and do the campus spray­ Director of Employee Rela­ tensive discussions between ad­ the bookstore staff would be They are at it again. On ing on a Sunday morning dur­ tions ministration, faculty and book­ saddened, but would understand Wednesday (May 15), the trees ing the summer!) store management. Normally the necessity ofthe business de­ on the Olive Walk were Dear Ann, the bookstore management is cision. However, in this case sprayed. All of us walking to MASON PORTER given an opportunity to present we do not feel that the decision 9:00 a.m. class had the oppor­ It has come to our atten­ a counter proposal. Since none was reached in a responsible tunity to experience a pervasion of wonderfully noxious fumes. tion there are some misunder­ of this occurred here, we felt manner. Please send submissions for I am amazed that the time cho­ standings regarding the Book­ saved from such an action. Therefore, we protest the Letters to the Edicor co : store staff and the Barnes & We have also heard rumors decision to lease without being sen for spraying conflicts with Noble takeover. We would like that the administration was told allowed to defend ourselves, and a time when the Olive Walk will The CalifOrnia Tech to take this opportunity to let that we were losing money, and state that we had no prior knowl­ be heavily populated. I first Caltech 40-58 Pasadena, CA 91125 you know what our position is. that specifically our office sup­ edge of this action, and in fact heard about this via an e-mail We had no prior knowl­ ply department was losing sales. were deliberately led to believe message. This should have or by electronic mail to: edge of the Barnes & Noble In fact, the store is making a that leasing was not being con­ been far more publicized than [email protected] takeover. Even though we are profit and this fiscal year our sidered at Caltech. it has been. Additionally, it aware that leasing arrange­ office supply sales are up an av­ seems that the complaints I ments occur in the college erage of 7% from last year. Cor­ LINWOOD TABATA voiced last year were com­ Deadline for submissions is bookstore industry, we felt that roborating paperwork is avail­ SYLVIA FORD pletely disregarded. The con­ Monday at 5 p.m. on the week tents of the spray should be of publication. the Caltech Bookstore was not able to prove this. Whether CINDY HANSEN made readily accessible. More­ a candidate for this, as we are these rumors ofwhat the admin­ JOYCE ROBERTS Submissions must include the making a profit and had been istration was told are true or not, over, there should be early ANGELICA HERNANDEZ aurhor's name, and phone given a two year plan by Stan the fact remains that the book­ warnings concerning campus number or e-mail address.