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Friday, February 9,1996

Other student members of the corecurriculum committee:Dave Bacon (Ruddock 240,

dabacon@cco)Steve Bennett (Lloyd 115, x1305,

sbennett@cco)NeilJones (Ricketts 51, njones@cw)

Adam Villani (Ricketts 71,addam@ugcs)

Thanks!Stephanie Haussmann (Fleming 8.5,

x1201, beezer@cco)Alison Slemp (Blacker 18, xlO03,

alisons@ugcs)

selves.The following summary only briefly de­

scribes the major changes proposed for thecore. We are very interested in student feed­back to these changes and encourage every­one to read the complete report (in all itsexcruciating detail) which can be found onthe web at http://www. ugcs. caltech.edu/-blacker/core.htm.!. In addition, the studentmembers of the committee and the housepresidents have copies of the complete re­port for your viewing. This is a very impor­tant issue that will affect all future Techersand we hope you will take the time to lookat these materials and give the proposedchanges some thought. Please direct anycomments, questions, or concerns to us ei­ther in person or via phone/e-mail.

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spans every level from philosophical ideasabout what the core should be to the minutedetails ofweekly class syllabi, potential teach­ing material and instructors, as well as theever-so-important wording of the catalog.The bottom line is that a lot of people haveput considerable effort into the proposal forcore curriculum changes that will be de­cided on at the February 19th faculty boardmeeting. After participating first hand, we'can honestly say this effort has been madeby constantly in mind keeping the studentswho will have to take the core. What hasalso been fundamental to these discussionsis the desire to preserve the positive aspectsof the current core while adding diversityand a modern approach that we only wishwe had the chance to experience for our-

by Stephanie Haussmannand Alison Slemp

As seniors we have heard talk about corecurriculum changes fix over three years now,and finally, for next year's freshman classthese changes will be a reality. Changingsomething as fundamental to our Ca.lt.echexperience as the core is a scary proposltlon.A major fear has been the prospect that thecore will somehow be watered down or per­haps that whatever changes are made willbe done more or less arbitrarily. In light ofthese concerns we are very glad to have beenpart of the committee that has met eve:-yweek since first term to oversee the detmlsof the proposed core changes. Studen t-fac­ulty committee involvement on this issues

Volume XCVII, Number 16

by Media Relations

Caltech has received a grant of $425,000 from theAndrew W. Mellon Foundation for support of educa­tion and research in science and society throughCaltech's Science, Ethics, and Public (SEPP)Program. The grant, which began this fall, will sup­port the program for the next three years.

"This program is very popular with our studentsand helps them to look at science and technology froma different perspective," said Thomas E.president of Caltech. "There have been few progranlsduring my tenure here at Caltech that have broadappeal across campus, and certainly there is no ques­tion about the timeliness of such studies, given thechanges occurring in the wider community. We arevery grateful to the Mellon Foundation for their con­tinued support of this valuable program."

SEPP activities include an undergraduate majorand both graduate and undergraduate minors in Sci­ence, Ethics, and Society, which were introduced in1994 and 1995; the training of selected graduate stu­dents and postdoctoral fellows; and a regular publicseminar to stimulate awareness and discussion of spe­cial issues in SEPP within the greater Caltech commu­nity. The SEPP Program was initiated in 1987 by sci­ence historian and current faculty chair Daniel J.Kevles, the J. O. and Juliette Koepfli Professor of theHumanities, who continues to direct it.

"We believe it's valuable to expose Caltech studentsto discussions of policy and ethical problems," Kevlessaid. "They will have to grapple with these issues inone form or another throughout their careers, for theyarise in many areas, including weapons research andarms control, the environment, and biotechnology."During the win ter quarter this year SEPP is offering acourse on the history of genetics, molecular biology,and biotechnology and how these fields affect society,jointly taught by Kevles and visiting professor of his­tory Evelyn Fox Keller, who is on leave from MIT.

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Supernovae

the net fusion of four hydro­gen atoms into one heliumatom and excess positrons(which eventually annihilateelectrons to produce gammarays), neutrinos and gammarayscould provide sufficientenergy for the Sun at its coretemperature and luminosity.In addition, he found that adifferent reaction known asthe CNO cycle (for the car­bon, nitrogen and oxygen at­oms used as catalysts) could

SEE BETHE ON PAGE 6

Hans Bethe spoke at Caltech last Friday

his wife to England, where heworked at Cambridge University.

In 1935 he accepted an as­sistant professorship at Cornell.There, in 1938 he produced hismost famous work; that on hy­drogen fusion, the power sourcethat drives the sun and all othermature stars. It had been as­sumed for some time that thefusion of atomic nuclei in thesun's core produced the neces­sary power, but it was uncertainwhich elements were involved.Bethe was able to calculate that

Speaks on Physicsby Joseph Trela

Hans ;Bethe, the NobelLaureate in Physics of 1967and one of the world's mostdistinguished scientists, spokelast Friday in the 201 EastBridge auditorium to a packedhouse. He is currently a pro­fessor emeritus in physics atCornell University in Ithaca,New York, but due to a sen­sible regard for subzero tem­peratures he usually spends atleast one of the winter monthsin a sabbatical at Cal tech. Thespeech, which was technicallya slightly displaced part of theThursday afternoon series ofphysics meetings, capped offhis stay for this year and dealtwith the problems of calculat­ing the shockwave generatedby a supernova during the firstseconds of its eruption.

Hans Bethe was born inGermany in 1906 in the con­tested Alsace-Lorraine prov­ince. He entered the Univer­sity of Frankfurt in 1924,where his research topics in­cluded the first evidence thatelectrons could demonstratewave-like attributes such as dif­fraction patterns; he passedhis doctoral examination in1928. During this period, healso made contributions to thesolid-state theory of metals.But in 1933, he was forced outof his research position due tohisJewish ancestry when raciallaws were passed by the Nazis,and he had to emigrate with

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Dr. Zigman was unable torespond to question from theaudience. She waffled on im­portant questions such as "Whatis success?" If! may answer that:success is being able to wake upin the morning and believe thatnothing is missing in your life.Overall, Dr. Zigman was not per­suasive. It is my guess that sheput the material together lastminute in order to give the pre­sentation.

I suggest that if you wouldlike to learn about how success­ful people succeeded, listen tothose people telling their ownstories. A good place to find in­credibly successful people is atEntrepreneur Club eventswhere successful businesspeople talk about how they be­came that way. On February 15at 5 p.m., Michael Ross will talkabout how he founded ArrisPharmaceuticals and made itinto a major success (locationTBA).

This seminar by Dr.Zigman was sponsored by theStaff & Faculty ConsultationCenter Lunch time LearningSeries. The next one will also beFebruary 15: "How to Meet NewPeople and Keep the Conversa­tion going." It could be inter­esting, you never know ...

cess Seminar Unsuccessful

Last Thursday, 25 peoplehad the disappointing experi­ence of listening to EdenZigman talk about "How Suc­cessful People Succeed". Dr.Zigman is a clinical psychologistassociated with Santa MonicaHospital. What made Dr.Zigman an expert on the sub­ject of successful people wasunclear; certainly she gave noindication of significant knowl­edge orHhe subject in her onehour talk.

Dr. Zigman pointed out 10attributes that she said she hadnoticed in successful people.Her listed attributes included:desire, integrity, faith or belief,fear, self-reliance, interdepen­dence, drive and determina­tion, organized planning, per­sistence and consistency. Herpresentation consisted of littlemore than two overheads withthe 10 attributes and a brief ex"planation of each. V\'bile manyof her points agreed with myown opinions, she deliveredthose themes with little enthu­siasm and very little confidence.Dr. Zigman talked about thequalities rather than what theaudience could do to becomesuccessful. She gave no indica­tion of how she came to learnthe attributes, giving only one

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Minutes of the IHC meeting,Thursday, 2/1/96Present: Tom (Chair), Nestor,Bill Penn (BI), Chris Walker(Da), Chris Carey, (FI) ,SteveBennett (Ll), Mike (Pa), Lon(Ru), and Josh MoatsCameo appearances by Bill

Castillo and Adil Karim

Washed up vets Bill and Adilarrive to drop off their re­placements. This sucker is

back to take minutes. It's atransition period, you know.

There has been a rash ofthefts on campus since the

start of second term. InPage, two wallets and onepurse are still unaccountedfor. Some bike tires wereslashed there by "the mostinteresting person" Mikehas ever met while at Tech.Five purses and wallets havebeen stolen from Ruddock.

Lots of CD's disappearedfrom Dabney and Ricketts.Security was busy catchinga suspect right as we weretalking about this one.

Mike is happy and talkativetoday. It's his last meeting.He would like to see IHCdelegate more athletic de­cisions to the Ath manag­ers. He says rules changesand protests are besthandled by people whoknow the rules the best.Tom says it would be diffi­cult to convene a meetingofmore than four Ath man­agers for protests. Two so­lutions are suggested. Letthe Ath Committee dealwith rules changes and theIHC deal with protests; con­vene a meeting once a term

with the Ath men and theIHC chair to discuss ruleschanges. Apathy wins thisone (its a transition period,you know). Consensus is tolet the next whole IHC de­cide.

Chris Walker takes a strawpoll on bringing backInterhouse. Last IHC sup­ported removing limitationson the numbeco.f parties ina night. However, There wasnot much momentum tobring IHC back. Many par­ties on one night translatesinto some sparsely attendedparties. Controlling an off­campus and high schoolcrowd is also a concern. Fur­ther discussions are punted.

Chris wants to know how

people feel about changingInterhouse football to flag

football. Tell your Presidenthow you feel about this one.A decision will come in thenext few weeks.

Steve asks if anyone else isinterested in a water purifi­cation system for theirhouse kitchen (s). Chris saysyes.We try to schedule a moreconvenient meeting time

and fail miserably. Yet an­other punt to next week.We adjourn, no apathy wentalong with this decision.

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The Student/Faculty/Alumni Relations Committee of theCaltech Alumni Association is sponsoring the first in a series ofcareer panel discussions on Tuesday, February 13 beginning at7:30 p.m. in Winnett Lounge. Panelists will discuss a variety oftopics including: what you need to know about your futureemployer; what your future employer needs to know about you;and how to effectivelyutilize informal, short-term interactions,i.e. Career Day.

All students are welcome. If you would like to attend, pleaseRSVP by February 12 to Kerry at x6852 or emailkerry_etheridge@starbasel.caltech.edu. Light refreshments will beserved.

The SFAR Committee would like to know of other topics thatmight be of interest to students for future career panels. If youhave any thoughts on what you would like to hear, contact Kerrybelow.

GET THE MOST OUT OFCAREER DAY!

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Panel members include: Blair A. Folsom '68, Energy and Envi­ronmental Research Corporation; Warren G. Goda '86, Tech­nical Manager, Northrop Grumman; Gavien N. Miyata '69, Sys­tems Engineering Manager, Inmarsat-P Program, Hughes Spaceand Communications; and William M. Whitney '51, Technolo­gist, Observational Systems Division,Jet Propulsion Laboratory.Franklin D. Dryden '54, President of Dryden and Associates,will moderate.

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BEIJING, CHINA-China hasconcluded an agreementwith Russia to buy 72 SU-27fighter planes. Taiwan in itsturn will begin taking 150American F-16 fighters and60 French Mirage 2000fighter bombers. Tension inthe Taiwan Strait grows.

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Poor school performance.

The Signs of DepressionKnowing the signs ofdepression and get­

ting help are two key factors in overcomingdepression. Listed below are the most com­mon symptoms of depression:

• Feeling sad or empty most of the day;occurring nearly every day.

* Inability to enjoy activities; persistentapathy or lack of motivation.

Ell Sleep disturbances, either too much ortoo little.

• Significant changes in appetite orweight, an increase or decrease.

Fatigue or loss of energy.

411 Feelings of worthlessness, inadequacy,or inappropriate guilt.

• Trouble concentrating; problems withmaking decisions.

* Recurrent thoughts of death or suicide

• Irritable moods.

boutTreatment for depression

typically involves psychotherapy(talk therapy). Antidepressantmedication is also sometimesused, depending on the natureof the symptoms, the severity,and the individual's personalpreference and history. Whilemedication for depression canhelp provide symptom relief,drugs alone are usually notenough. Therapy is needed tohelp people understand the rea­sons for their depression, as wellas to address the thoughts, feel­ings, and situations that main­tain or precipitate the symp­toms, so that depressions do notrecur. Early treatment increasesthe likelihood ofpositive resultsand most (over 80%) of peoplewho seek treatment at all reportfeeling significantly betterwithin 12 months. There aremany different treatment ap­proaches that have been triedin terms of both psychotherapyand drug therapy. Therapists atthe Counseling Center can helpin identifying whether you havedepression and, if so, what ap­proach is best in your case.

If you are in terested inlearning more about your ownlevel of depression, or want tofind out more because of con­cern about a friend or familymember, please call the Coun­seling Center, x8331. We alsoinvite you to make use of our li­brary and other written re­sources on this topic.

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actscal depression affects over 15million Americans each year.The lifetime expectancy for de­veloping depression is 20 per­cent in women and 10 percentin men. Less than half of thepeople suffering from depres­sion seek treatment for it,mainly because it is difficult todistinguish depression from thenormal feelings ofunhappiness,and because of the perceptionthat strong willed or intelligentpeople should be immune fromdepression or should be able tohandle it themselves. Whateverthe reasons, those who do notseek treatment suffer unneces­sarily and increase their likeli­hood ofexperiencing other epi­sodes of depression in the fu­ture. In addition, 10 to 15 per­cent of people who suffer fromdepression commit suicide.These facts are all the moretragic because clinical depres­sion is a treatable disorder with80 - 90 percent of people expe­riencing improvement withtreatment.

Depression can be causedby many factors. Research sug­gests that external factors (e.g.stress, loss), biological variables(e.g. family history of depres­sion, neurotransmitter imbal­ances), and personality factors,can all contribute to the kind ofdepression an individual mayexperience, as well as the sever­ity and the course of the symp­toms.

by the Counseling Center Staff

The

4 February 9, 1996

-Earlier this term, the

Caltech Student CounselingCenter sponsored "The FactsAbout Depression: An Informa­tion and Screening Program"for undergraduate and gradu­ate students as part of WellnessWeek at Caltech. The event pro­vided students with basic infor­mation about depression~ aswell as an opportunity to bescreened for depression. Sincewe have had many inquiriesfrom students who were unableto attend the program, we hopethat this article will educate stu­dents who want more informa­tion.

It is a long-standing myththat if you are strong-mindedyou will not become depressed,but depression is a true psycho­logical and medical disorder.The distinction between depres­sion as a Clinical syndrome thatrequires treatment and depres­sion that is a more transientmood state such as feeling sador unhappy, can be confusing.Sadness and unhappiness arenormal and universal phenom­ena. These feelings usually passquickly and do not impair aperson's functioning or preventthe individual from enjoying as­pects of his or her life. Depres­sion as a clinical syndrome issomething quite different.

According to the NationalInstitute ofMental Health, clini-

by Donna Ebenstein

Positions for the Young Engineering and Science Scholars Pro­gram (Y.E.S.S.) are available for Summer '96 in the followingareas:

- Instructor for Biology, Mathematics- Teaching Assistantships in Biology and Earth and

Planetary Science- Head Counselor- Program Counselor

Y.E.S.S is a five-week residential program that exposes 40 highschool students to the joys of intensive scientific investigation.The program runs from July 8th to August 9th.

Broomball sign-ups wi II start onWednesday, February 14 at 10 a.m. at theY Lounge. The Broomball tournament is

scheduled for February 25 (Murf Dayweekend). Get a team together and come

have fun on the ice!

Today at 3 p.m. in the Y Lounge we willbe having the weekly Friday Afternoon Y

Movie. This week's movie is Clueless.

In addition, we would like to remindeveryone that the Y Lounge is here for your

use, too. If you want to use the TV andVCR or just want a comfortable meeting

room, stop by the Y to sign up on thecalendar and pick up a key.

Applications are available in the Caltech Y and are due onFriday, February 23rd.

Contact Athena at x3180 or email atcastroa@starbase1 for more information.

Wondering what to get your valentine?You can buy Valentine's Day Balloon

Bouquets at the Caltech Y. Stop by or callx6163 for more information.Have a Happy Valentine's Day.

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Left to right: District Director Deanna Chin, Vice President Kevin Du, Cataloger DavidWang, Corresponding Secretary Jian Zhang, President Michael Ru

Not pictured: Recording Secretary Thanh Nga Tran, Treasurer Cecilia Park

by Michael Ru

On January 26th, 32 ofCaltech's best students were in­ducted into Tau Beta Pi, the Na­tional Engineering Honor Soci­ety. Caltech's chapter, desig­nated California Beta, is the sec­ond oldest chapter in Californiaand belongs to District 15 (Ne­vada and California), the largestdistrict in the nation. Currentmembership in Caltech 's chapternumbers 55.

Since its inception 75 yearsago, California Beta has inductedover 2,100 members, includingthe famous Dr. Linus Pauling.Other notable Tau Beta Pi mem­bers include such achievers asphysicist James Van Allen, astro­nauts Buzz Aldrin and FredHaise, Nobel laureates WilliamShockley and John Bardeen,business executives Lee Iacoccaand David Packard, and moviedirector Frank Capra.

Second only to Phi BetaKappa, Tau Beta Pi now boasts222 collegiate chapters and hasinitiated nearly 400,000 memberssince it was formed in 1885. Se­lection in to the society is anhonor bestowed only to thosewho meet the selection criteria­of distinguished scholarship andexemplary character.

Scholastic merit is based onstudents' class ranking: juniorsmusr'be in the top eighth of theirclass while seniors in the top fifth.In addition, judge of character isbased on their contributions tothe chapter and to the commu­nity.

Association chapters haveundertaken such projects such as

designing and constructing areading aid for the visually handi­capped and volunteer service tothe local community.

The Induction Ceremonytook place in the newly builtMoore Laboratory of Engineer­ing. It was witnessed by Tau BetaPi Chapter advisors ProfessorSunney Chan of Chemistry and

Professor Frances H. Arnold ofChemical Engineering, as well asone of the three District 15 direc­tors Deanna Chin. The Induc­tion Ceremony was followed by aformal Banquet held at 888 Sea­food Restaurant in the city ofRosemead.

Tau Beta Pi has been a dy­namic and integral part of the

engineering profession for morethan a century.

It takes pride in its commit­ment to the development of en­gineers of exemplary characterso that they will be leaders ontheir campuses today and in therapidly changing world of tech­nology for the betterment of so­ciety tomorrow.

Advisors:Professor Frances Arnold (ChemicalEngineering)Professor Sunney Chan (Chemistry)Professor Melany HUllt (MechanicalEngineering)

Executive CommitteePresident: Michael Ru (ChE)Vicc~Prcsidcnt: Kevin Du (8i)(:orrcsponding Secretary: Jian Zhang (Bi)Recording Secretary: Thanh Nga Tran(ChE)Treastlrer: Cecilia Park (Ch)Cataloguer: David \\lang (Bi)

Members: (Initiated 1995)Donna Aktltagawa (Bi)Soon-Chee Chtla (EE)Dontla Ehenstein (ME/Bi)Jason Hstl (AMa)Clifton Kayano (EE)Brian Kim (Bi)Arvindh Krishnaswamy (Ph)Jason Ktlan (EE)Steven Lieske (Bi)Jolin Momo,Jr. (AMa)Daniel Richard III (ME)Nathan Scandella (AE)Alexander Simon (Bi)Jon Wessel mann (APh)Nam Yu (Bi)Inn Yuk (Ch)Daniel Zimmerman (CS)

Members: (Initiated 1996)Amir Alagheband (ME/Ph)Aristotelis AsimakopotIios (APh)Sooketoo Bhuta (AE)Brian Bircumshaw (ME)Walter Brisken (Ph)Amalavoyal Chari (Ma).lenny Chu (Bi)Chinh Doan (EE)Marcel Gavriliu (Ma)Jose Htlrtado (Ce)Xinh Huynh (Ph)LiuJia (Bi)Kelviu Kwan (Bi).lack Langsdorf (EE)Eileen Lau (EE)James Lin (CS)Rahul Malhotra (Ph)Aaron Matz (EE)Ellis Meng (EE)Pauhne Ng (Bi)Paul Penzes (CS)Lada Pereira (EE)Alexei Polichtchouk (Ph)Igor Polishchuk (Ph)Jeff Qin (EE)Matthew Richardson (CS)Mark Sorensen (ME/CS)Vivek Sujan (ME)Samson Timoncr (APh)Gloria Xu (E&AS)Ning Zhang (APh)Xinlan Zholl (Ph)

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BETHE: ohel Laureate Gives Lecture at Caltechrest of the smoothly infalling lay­ers. This all takes place in lessthan a second, but the shockwavetakes up to three days to travelto the surface of the star and re­sult in the visible supernova.Bethe admitted that the questionremaind as to how the shockbreaks away from the neutronstar and whether an energydefecit remains between the fall­ing-in rate of the matter and theamount of energy deposited bythe neutrinos.

The speech was fairly tech­nical, but understandable forthose of us with Ay 1 and Ay 20under our belts. The greatestthrill was seeing one of the liv­ing legends of science (not thatthere are a dirth of those atCaltech) appear in front of myeyes. Ofcourse, there were a fairnumber of people I ran into be­fore the talk who obviously didn'tknow Hans Bethe from HansBrinker and the Silver Skates,which seemed a little disappoint­ing to me. Also, it seems to methat when a particular divisionhas a famous speaker coming(such as Harrison Schmitt, thefirst Darb on the moon, or AlexWolszczan, co-discoverer of thefirst pulsar planets), it should tryto promote the event a littlemore and not be too afraid ofhaving a packed house; but thenagain, the house was pretty closeto neutron-star density witg themostly-physics crowd alone.

tron star proper, an c1ose­in"atmosphere" where entropydecreases rapidly with increasingdistance from the star and pre­vents any material from comingin, a convection zone of turbu­lent "outer shell" material thatoriginates from the dying"prompt shock" and smoothlyinfalling material outside theshock layer. Normally, the neu"trinos from the final conversion

of the core intoneutrons are ex­tremely epkem­eral particles thatinteract withnucleonic matter(everyday protons,neutrons and elec­trons) very rarely;a case in point ofthis comes fromthe grand total of20 neutrinos outof billions de-tected by scientistsfrom the 1987A su­pernova by their

interaction with 2,140 tons of achlorine-water solution. How­ever, in the final core reactionsof the dying star the neutrinoluminosity surpasses 1032 ergs/second; this flux is dense enoughto interact with the nearestinfalling material and heat it.The material then rebounds offthe atmosphere of the neutronstar and sends a shockwavepropagating outward against the

lent in the core. The iron corethen photodisintegrates into al­pha particles and neutrons; theprotons in those alpha particlesare then forced by the heat tocombine with free electrons intoneutrons (with a resultingshower ofneutrinos). The resultis a core ofalmost pure neutrons(or sometimes a black hole), butthere is no further energy pro­duction to support the rest of the

supergiant. The layers of hydro­gen nearest to the come crash­ing down against the neutronstar, but they rebound offand ripaway all of the star's outer sur­face in a devastating blast; this isthe supernova explo'sion. '

Bethe's talk focused on thedetails of the core rebound. Hefigures that the interior of thestar immediately after collapseconsists of four zones; the neu-

Bethe worked with scientistssuch as Albert Einstein and

Leo Szilard in attempts to limitthe production ofatomic

"weapons and prevent thedevelopment of the "Super, " as

the proposed hydrogen bombwas then known.

include topics in applied physicssuch as civilian nuclear powerplants and the development ofthe ablative heat shielding usedby manned space capsules. Heofficially retired from Cornell in1975, but, obviously, he still doesa great deal of work there.

Bethe's talk concerned hisresearch into the conditions inthe core ofa star immediately fol­lowing a Type II supernova. Thistype, the most com-mon, occurs whena massive (greaterthan 10 times thatof the sun) starruns out of hydro­gen in its core. Atthis point, the corepartially collapsesbecause nothingsupports it againstits own gravity; thisresults in increasedtemperatures anddensity that sup-port the fusion ofhelium into carbonand oxygen. This supports thecore, but in turn it increases theluminosity of the star and forcesthe outer layers outward, creat­ing a red giant. When the he­lium is used up, the core pro­ceeds up the nucleosynthetic lad­der to neon, oxygen and silicon(at increasing rates) all the wayto iron, which cannot undergofusion even at the multi-billiondegree temperatures now preva-

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1sustain hydrogen fusion in hot­ter stars.

When America enteredWorld War II, he worked on ra­dar at Cornell and Cambridgeuntil he was invited to join theManhattan Project at LosAlamos, New Mexico as a divisionhead in 1943 by J. RobertOppenheimer, whom he hadmet during a series of confer­ences at Berkeley in the summerof 1942. In New Mexico, a newly­minted Ph.D. from Columbiawith the name of RichardFeynman occasionally pulledhim into heated discussionsabout how to approach particu­lar problems; they were knownas "The Battleship" and "TheMosquito Boat", respectively, fortheir different styles in approach­ing problems. Bethe left LosAlamos in January 1946; duringthe late 40's, he worked withother scientists such as AlbertEinstein and Leo Szilard in at­tempts to limit the production ofatomic weapons and prevent thedevelopment of the "Super", asthe proposed hydrogen bombwas then known. He also sup­ported Oppenheimer during in­vestigations of his alleged disloy­alty during the McCarthy yearsand served as a presidential ad­visor during negotiations withthe Soviet Union over the Lim­ited Test Ban Treaty. Afterwards,his sphere ofwork spread out to

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turning at 12:00 midnight,discovered the items missing.

AccidentOn January 30, 1996 atapprox. 5:20 p.m. victim waswalking on the sidewalk nearthe Children's Center whenshe was hit by a person ridinga bicycle on the sidewalk. Vic­tim bruised her knee and leftside of her face. Victim was astudent at the Children's Cen­ter.

Suspicious PersonWhile making a routine pa­trol of the West Wilson lot se­curity observed an individualfitting the description of asuspect in 2 thefts and 1 dam­age of personal property in­cidents which occurred oncampus. Suspect was identi­fied, and detained for thePasadena Police Department.Suspect was arrested for Bur­glary. The suspect is the sameperson involved in the dam­age to the bicycles onJanuary29 and theft at Ricketts Houseon January 31.

TheftPortable Sony C.D. player val­ued at $200, was taken fromthe Blacker House room #12.Victim left C.D. player in anunsecured room at 2:00 p.m.Upon returning to the roomat 4:30 p.m., discover the C.D.player missing.

January 31,1996

were located inside the westdoor of Page House. PasadenaPolice Department responded.Pasadena Police arrived andspoke to the owners of the bi­cycles and the suspect. Victimsdeclined to press charges andsuspect was escorted off cam­pus.

TheftPurple Mountain bike valued at$300. was taken fromRicketts House. Victim statedthat he put his bike in the hall­way ofRicketts House at approx.12:00 noon on January 30, thebike was not secured. Victimnoticed that the bike was miss­ing on January 31, at approx.12:00 midnight.

Theft50 CD's, portable phone, backpack, purse and contents, totalvalue, $1000. was taken fromRicketts House room 36. Victimleft her property at approx.11:30 p.m., the door to theroom was not secured. Upon re-

BurglaryMakita Power Saw, Makita 3/4inch drill, Makita power screw­driver, and Hilti power screw­driver, total value $610 weretaken from 504 S. Catalina. Vic­tim last saw the tools on Janu­ary 29, at 6:00 p.m. Upon re­turning to the location onJanu­ary 30, at 7:00 a.m. discoveredtools missing.

January 30, 1996

January 31,1996

FireBetween 4:42 am and 4:58 am,security responded to the acti­vation the emergency phone lo­cated in the Tournament parklot and the emergency phonelocated near Wilson and SanPasqual. Both activation's werecaused by an unknown personsetting paper placed in thephone booth on fire. Suspectthen called security at 5:25 ad­mitting to setting the fires. Ifyou have any information con­cerning this incident, pleasecontact security at x4701.

Grand Theft AutoBlue Volkswagen Beetle valuedat $1500 was taken from Cali­fornia Blvd. near the Synchro­tron lot. Victim last saw the ve­hicle on January 26 at 11:15p.m. Victim discovered the ve­hicle missing on January 27 at12:30 a.m. Glass from the pas­senger window was discoveredon the ground in the area wherethe vehicle was parked. Pasa­dena Police Department noti­fied.

on January 24, at 3:00 p.m.

IncidentSecurity responded to a call con­cerning a person at Page Housesmashing bicycles. Upon the ar­rival of security suspect wassighted. The damage bicycles

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January 29, 1996

was not Cal tech affiliated. Seccurity escorted him off property.

TheftVictim was visiting a friend inPage house at approximately11 :30 p.m., her and the friendwhen to the gym. Victim lefther back pack and purse in thefriends room. Upon returningto the room at approximately2:25, discovered her back packand purse missing.

TheftMacintosh C.P.U. valued at$1000, was taken from the Syn­chrotron building. Victim lastsaw the C.P.U. on January 23,at approx. 10:00 a.m. Thec.P.U was discovered missing

January 25, 1996

January 26, 1996

Crime and Incidence Beat

TheftAstro leaf blower, valued at$500, was taken from thedriveway of the Alumni Houseat 345 S. Hill. Victim last sawleaf blower on the groundnext to the garage in the drive­way . Victim discovered leafblower was missing approxi­mately 3:30 p.m.

Suspicious PersonMale, white, 21 years old, 5'8",135 Ibs, with brown hair andbrown eyes. At the time of theincident, suspect was wearingblue jeans, denim shirt and ablue jacket wrapped aroundhis waist. Suspect attempted togain entrance into the northentrance of Church. Suspect

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$20.00 $20.00 $20.00 $60.00Dues for each term shall be non-re­fundable after add day of said term.The Board of Directors shall revise thednes annually to allow for inflation­ary increases in costs. The recom­mended revisions for the followingyear shall be voted on during thirdterm by the Student Body, requiringat least" two-thirds (2/3) majority votefor passage. Of the dues, 10% eachterm shall be for a subscription to TheCalifornia Tech.To:SECTION I-DUES. The Corpora­tion dues shall be payable on registra­tion day of each term at the rate givenin the schedule below:Fall Winter Spring Total$20.00 $20.00 $20.00 $60.00$25.00 $25.00 $25.00 $75.00Dues for each term shall be non-re­fimdable after add day of said term.The Board ofDirectors shall revise thedues annually to allow for inflation­ary increases in costs. The recom­mended revisions for the followingyear shall be voted on during thirdterm by the Student Body, requiringat le,Lsta two-thirds (2/3) majority votefor passage. Of the dues, 10% eachterm shall be for a subscription to TheCalifornia Tech.

Insertion of the word "HaIr'

Change:In order to win the election, a candi­date must receive an absolute major­ity of votes. Absolute majority shall bedefined as more than the error plushalf the numbel' of correctly-cast non­abstaining votes. The Count Processshall be conducted by the ElectionCommittee as follows: (a) For each of­fice, all correctly-cast ballots shall beorganized and counted according tofirst Rank votes. If no candidate re­ceives more than the numberof"NO"votes, then there shall be a vacancy inthat office. If not, the "NO" votes shallbe distributed among the candidatesaccording to Second Rank. (b) If nocandidate has an absolute majority ofvotes, the candidate with the leastnumber of votes shall be eliminated,and each of that candidate's ballotsshall be redistributed among the re­maining candidates by next availablechoice ranked. If all remaining can­didates on a ballot have been elimi­llated, then that ballot shall be con­sidered an abstention. (c) If a candi­date now has an absolute majority ofvotes, that candidate wins. If not, steps(b) and (c) shall be repeated until awinner has been determined.To:In OI'der to win the election, a candi­date must receive an absolute major­ity of votes. Absolute majority shall bedefined as more than half the errorplus half the number of correctly-castnon-abstaining votes. The Count Pro­cess shall be conducted by the Elec­tion Committee as follows: (a) Foreach office, all correctly-cast ballotsshall be organized and counted ac­cording to first Rank votes. If no can­clidate receives more than the num­ber of "NO" votes, then there shall bea vacancy in that office. If not, the"NO" votes shall be distributed amongthe candidates according to SecondRank. (b) If no candidate has an ab­solute majority ofvotes, the candidatewith the least number of votes shallbe eliminated, and each of thatcandidate's ballots shall be redistrib­uted among the remaining candidatesby next available choice ranked. If allremaining candidates on a ballot havebeen eliminated, then that ballot shallbe considered an abstention. (c) If acandidate now has an absolute major­ity ofvotes, that candidate wins. If not,steps (b) and (c) shall be repeateduntil a winner has been determined.

ARTICLE VIII - Elections and Proce­dures, Section 6.

SECTION I. Nominations for the of~

fices of President and Vice Presidentshall open at 8 A.M. the secondWednesday of second term and shallcIClse at 5 P.M. Ihe following Tuesday....To:SECTION 1. Nominations for the of~

fices of President and Vice PlCsidentBoard of Control Chairman shall openat 8 A.M. the second Wednesday ofsec­ond term and shall close at 5 P.M. thefollowing Tuesday...

Change #2

Change:SECTION 3.The Editor and Business Manager (ifany) of each publication are solely re­sponsible to the Board ofDirectors forthat publication's success...To:SECTION 3. The Vice President of theCorporation, the Editor and BusinessManager (if any) of each publicationare solely responsible to the Board ofDirectors for that publication's suc­cess...

Article XIV - Publications.

Change:SECTION 5. The Business Managerof each publication is responsible forall funds belonging to that publica­tion. He may open accounts only withfinancial institutions previously ap­proved by the Board of Directors. Hewill account for all receipts and expen­ditures in a manner recommended bythe Treasurer. He will submit writtenreports on the financial condition ofthe publication to the Board ofDirec­tors through the Treasurer at the be­ginning of each term and at the endof the academic year. The BusinessManager is the only one empoweredto transact business in the name of apublication. His responsibilities termi­nate after distribution of the publica­tion, invoicing of all advertising andreceivables, payment of outstandingbills, preparation of adequate finan­cial records, and, in the case of theBig T and the little t, the collection ofrevenues from advertising and othel'sources. Ifno Business Manager is ap­pointed for the publication, these re­sponsibilities are also those ofthe Edi­tor.To:SECTION 5. The Vice President of theCorporation and the Business Managerof each publication is are responsiblefor all funds belonging to that publi­cation. He The Business Manager mayopen accounts only With financial in­stitutions previously approved by theBoard of Directors. He will account forall receipts and expenditures in a man­ner recommended by the Treasurer.He will submit written reports on thefinancial condition ofthe publicationto the Board of Directors through theTreasurer at the beginning of eachterm and at the end of the academicyear. The Business Manager is the onlyone empowered to transact businessin the name of a publication. His re­sponsibilities terminate after distribu­tion of the publication, invoicing ofall advertising and receivables, pay­ment ofoutstanding bills, preparationof adequate financial records, and, inthe case of the Big T and the little t,the collection of revenues from adver­tising and other sources. If no Busi­ness Manager is appointed for thepublication, these responsibilities arealso those of the Editor.

ARTICLE XIII - General Fiscal, Sec­tion 1.

REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF$20 WITH $25 AND $60 WITH $75

Change:SECTION I-DUES. The Corpora­tion dues shall be payable on registra­tion day of each term at the rate givenin the schedule below:Fall Winter Spring Total

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Vice Pi esidcnt of the COi pOi alion,who shall act as Chair man, and the £01lowing iiiciiibcis. the Chairman of theBoard of Control, the Secretary of theBoard of Control, two members ap­pointed by the Board of Control, andseven members, one elected in eachof the seven undergraduate studentHouses...

ern:n:linating the policies and aethitiesof the Associated Students. His ptimary I dpOllSibility shaH bel to insmethe continuance of the HonO! Systemamong the students. His primary re­sponsibilities shall be to assist the Presi­dent and to ensure the success of the day­to-day operations of the Board of Direc­tors through interaction with internalASCrr services including but not limitedto publications and movies. He must beeither a junior or a senior in the fallterm immediately following his elec­tion.

Change:

Article VII - The Board of Control,Section 2.

Change:SECTION 2-MEMBERSHIP. TheBoard of Control shall consist of theVice President of the Corporation,who shall act as chairman, and the fol­lowing members: the Secretary of theBoard of Control, two members ap­pointed by the Board of Control, andseven members, one elected in eachof the seven undergraduate studentHouses...To:SECTION 2-MEMBERSHIP. TheBoard of Con trol shall consist of the

Add:Section 10. The specific duties of theChairman of the Board of Controlshall be determined by the Board ofControl.Section 11, The specific duties ofthe Secre­tary of the Board of Control shall be deter­mined by the Board ofControl.and renumber all successive officerdescriptions.

Article VIII - Elections and Proce­dures, Section 1.

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Change:SECTION 3. Office of the President:The President shall be the official rep­resentative of the Corporation, and heshall preside at its meetings. He shallbe chairman, without vote unless a tieoccurs, of the Board of Directors anda member of the Executive Commit­tee. He shall have ultimate responsi­bility for proper observance of all re­sponsibilities delegated to members ofthe Board of Directors. He must beeither a junior or senior in the fallterm immediately following his elec­tion.To:SECTION 3. Office of the President:The President shall be the official rep­resentative of the Corporation, and heshall preside at its meetings. He shallbe chairman, without vote unless a tieoccurs, of the Board of Directors anda member of the Executive Commit­tee. He, along with the Vice-President,shall have ultimate I'esponsibility forproper observance of all responsibili­ties delegated to members of theBoard of Directors. He must be eitherajunior or senior in the fall term im­mediately following his election.

BOARD OF CONTROL CHAIRMAN,Board of Control Secretary and Edi­tor ofthe California Tech, are electedoffices.

Change:SECTION 4. Office of the Vice Presi­dent: The Vice President shall, duringabsences of the President, assume theduties of that office. He shall act aschairman of the Board ofControl. Heshall assist the President in coordinat­ing the policies and activities of theAssociated Students. His primary re­sponsibility shall be to insure the con­tinuance of the Honor System amongthe students. He must be either a jun­ior or a senior in the fall term imme­diately following his election.To:SECTION 4. Office of the Vice Presi­dent: The Vice President shall, duringabsences of the President, assume theduties of that office. He shaH act as

dr.ri:rman of the Board of Control. Heshall assist the Pr esident in

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Hi everyone. Due to a protestof the bylaw changes foundvalid by the ASCIT Excomm,all of the bylaws changesvoted upon in the ASCIT

President/BOC Chairmanelection (those that did and

didn't pass) must be re-voted

upon. The bylaw changes arelisted below in the format

that appeared at the time ofelection. Editorials about the

changes can be sent to theTech and will be run next Fri­day (the 16th). The electionwill be held the followingMonday (the 19th). Thanks.Dave Relyea

Change #1

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ARTICLE IV Officers.

Changes marked as follows:Cut text is crossed out: This is Ci os.ledont.

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Separation of the offices of ASCITVice-President and BOC Chairman

Change:SECTION 1. The general officers ofthe Corporation shall be the Presi­dent, Vice President, Secretary, Trea­surer, Interhouse Committee Chair­man, Director for Academic Affairs,Director for Social Activities, two Di­rectors at Large, and Athletic Man­ager. These offices, and those of Boardof Control Secretary and Editor oftheCalifornia Tech, are elected offices.To:SECTION 1. The general officers ofthe Corporation shall be the Presi­dent, Vice President, Secretary, Trea­surer, Interhouse Committee Chair­man, Director for Academic Affairs,Director for Social Activities, two Di­rectors at Large, and Athletic Man­ager. These offices, and those of

The California Tech February 9,1996

Preparing for Career Day c noGe sby Samson Timoner

Bring a copy ofyour resume tothe CDC table by2 pm to enter!!!

internet- wide game play. It alsoincludes a map editor for Win­dows 95 for creating personalgames used in multiplayermode. Many new features wereadded to game play includingnew modes of fighting (aerialattacks with dragons or griffons,sea battle with submarines, de­stroyers, or battleships, and newmagic users such as deathknights and paladins). Thesenew fighting creatures makegame play very involved and dif­ferent every time. There are stillonly two races you can play with(orcs and humans) but thedepth of play makes up for this.The graphics and sound are ofvery high quality. Wareraft 2 isa DOS cd-rom game andmultiplayer mode can be runwith only one cd.A full byte.

Sponsored By: Activision, A.DCTelecommunications,Andersen Consulting, CaltechCareer DevelopmentCenter,Microsoft, Philips Lighting,and Remec, Inc.

Career DayPrizes

Include:

- ComputerGames

Sports Bags- Sweatshirts- Portable CD

Player- 13" TV- Software- T-Shirts

Descent 2 DemoAnother follow up release thatpromises to be a great flick is thesequel to Descent. So far, onlythe demo has been releas edand can be obtained fromInterplay's ftp site. Informationis available on the Web atwww.interplay.com. The democontains three full levels andshows off the new features of thegame. This includes a suite ofnew enemies as well as theguidebot and theifbot. Theguidebot seeks out keys, weap­ons, doors, and just about any­thing that can help you out.Thiefbots are very annoying: ifthey touch your ship, they steala random item and are very dif­ficult to destroy. This much an­ticipated release should be avail­able in March.

ries including descriptions, au­dio, and video clips from everyperformance to date. It alsocontains three full motion, fullscreen videos ofunreleased per­formances from 10,000 Mani­acs, Paul McCartney, and LennyKravitz. These videos are of highquality and play at 15 fps, fullscreen, on the system we testedit on. The layout of the programis done well and provides awealth of information ifyou areinterested in MTV Unplugged.6 bits out of 8.

Warcraft 2Warcraft 2 is a very fun game. Itis the follow-up release to thevery successful "Wareraft: Orcsand Humans" and includesmany new features that makethe game extremely fun. Mostimportant is the multi-playerfeature which allows up to 8players to battle it out on pre­made or custom made maps. Itsupports network games and iscompatible with kali for

Psycho PinballThis brings together nearly ev­erything that one would wantabout a pinball game. There isbut the act of feeding quarters into a machine missing. Tbreetypes of standard playing fieldsexist: a wild west theme, anocean theme and a hauntedhouse theme. These boards canbe played seperatly or togetherthrough a meta "funhouse"board from which you can getto any of the others. A fungame, it includes that ability totip the ball, but watch out forthe tilt sensor.7 bits out of 8.

Information about careers, summeremployment and job opportunities.

Copies of your resume.

To company rec~iters ~presentinga wide range of mdustnes.

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MTV UnpluggedThis second release fromViacom New Media is anothermultimedia cd-rom using"anMTV program as its basis. Itincludes a lot of informationon the popular unplugged se-

Remember to bring a coPY of your resume. tCl enter the Door Pnze DraWing!!!!

Winnett Lounge 11 :00 am-3:00 pm

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Beavis and Butthead "VirtualStupidity"

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rom release from Viacom NewMedia, is a hilarious and enjoy~

able adventure in the style ofgames like "Day of the Ten­tacle" and "Legend ofKyrandia." When you begin,Beavis and Butthead are stuckin school and want to escapein hopes of joining Todd'sgang. The game involves navi­gating the two throughouttheir town and includes manyopportunities to break things,make rude comments, andgenerally harass everyone youcome in contact with. Thereare various puzzles to figureout (like making sureMcVicker doesn't catch B&Bescaping from school or elud­ing prison guards to escapefrom jail). The graphics anddialogue were done by theoriginal creators of the cartoonseries and holds true to thetrue moronic nature of thetwo. It includes a lot of newmaterial and hilarious com­ments as well as three full mo­tion, full audio music videosB&B comment on. If you en­joy the cartoon and findbathrooom humor and stupidantics funny,you will definate lyenjoy this game.7 bits out of 8.

because it is!Career Day is the ideal

place for students such as my­self who are just starting tosearch for a job. I suggest youcome to the fair with a list ofyour interests and skills. Yourjob is to find a match between acompany and your interests.Many people will simply lookthrough the list of companiesand only visit those that hire intheir field. However, I suggestyou visit as many booths as youcan at the fair. Remember, com­panies do hire other majorsthan the ones they advertise.For example, Schlumberger isa huge oil company that specifi­cally searches for geologists andchemists. However, I know anelectrical engineer who inter­viewed with Schlumberger andended up working there. Don'tbe afraid to talk to recruitersabout the skills you have andhow you might fit into theircompany. Don't be afraid to askabout summer positions. Youcould talk yourself into a job.

Career Day is not the idealplace for those students whohave been intensely searchingfor long-terms positions aftergraduation. However, CareerDay can still be useful. Ifyou fitin this category, you should takeCareer Day a bit more formally.Instead oflooking at Career Dayas an informal way to meet re­cruiters, think about it as anextra chance to talk to a com­pany. Come informed abouteach company just like youwould for a job interview. Youshould take advantage of theadvertising in the Tech today tolearn about the companies thatinterest you. At Career Day,many companies will plan inter­views on the spot - don't beafraid to ask them about it .Only by taking the initiative canyou expect results.

Final Details: Dress casually.Remember, you should relax atthe fair. I recommend wearingsomething a little nicer thanjeans and a T-shirt; however,unless you are looking for a jobin the near future, there is noreason to dress formally.

Bring at least 10 or 20 cop­ies of your resume. A numberof recruiters will ask for themso they can quickly get an ideaof who you are. This year, 43out of55 companies are specifi­cally looking to fill summer po­sitions. Also, a number of com­panies will be making arrange­ment for interviews at CareerDay. If a company is interestedin you, they will want your re­sume. Just in case you want an­other reason to bring your re­sume, the CDC (Career Devel­opment Center) will be givingout door prizes for resumes.

Fifty five companies will at­tend Career Day which will takeplace in Dabney Gardens from11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday,February 15.Special thanks to Amy Malak inthe CDC for her input to thisarticle.

Career Day is a tremendousopportunity for all students:graduate and undergraduate.For undergraduates strugglingto choose your future, this isyour opportunity to learn aboutspecific careers in companies.For undergraduates who havealready chosen a career, this isyour chance to speak to peoplein industry without fears ofmak­ing a bad impression. For youundergraduates wonderingwhat you can do after gradua­tion, this is your chance to findout.

Career Day is NOT a jobfair. At a job fair, companieslook for individuals to fill spe­cific positions. At Career Day,most companies come to maketheir presence known on cam­pus. They want name recogni­tion among students and theywant to inform the Caltech com­munity about what they do. Thehope for recruiters is to influ­ence students before they look for jobs so thatwhen the time to search foremployment comes, a studentwill consider a specific com­pany.

There are three differenttypes of students who come toCareer Day: those starting tothink about which career theywant to approach, those who areabout to start a job search, andthose who have already started.All three types should use onebasic idea in their approach:Career Day is an informal op­portunity to talk to recruiters.

There are three times youcan talk to a company atCaltech: at an information ses­sion, at an interview and at Ca­reer Day. During an interviewor information session, recruit~ers are specifically trying toform an impression of you. AtCareer Day, companies aremostly interested in sending outinformation about themselvesto the community.

This is your opportunity toask any question you want withlittle risk of making a bad im­pression. Also, there will behundreds of people visitingeach company so a recruiter isnot likely to remember you evenif you do make some sort ofblunder. When you go to Ca­reer Day, relax! Don't worryabout making a good impres­sion. Instead, browse over eachbooth to learn more about com­panies and individual careers.

For those students, such asfreshmen, who are just startingto think about their future, Ca­reer Day is a great opportunityto learn about specific careers.Many companies send employ­ees who aren't recruiting spe­cialists. This is your opportunityto ask people in industry whatthey do, what they like about itand what they don't like.Find out what it is like to workin a specific company. Find outwhat skills you would need toapproach a particular career.Go to Career Day with the atti­tude that this is your chance tolearn about possible careers -

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As a consequence ofour pro­posal, there is a net increase in 3units in each of the winter andspring terms of the freshmanyear. In the winter term this isdue to Chemlb being 9 insteadof6 units. In the spring term, theincrease comes from Bil being9 units, whereas the deletedChemIc is 6 units. Those choos­ing the Menu (9 units) insteadofa six unit elective get a heavierdose of science than is typical.Most students currently take 45units or more in each quarter oftheir freshman year, so the pro­posal is consistent with the actualpractices of students. However,we do not yet know the conse­quences of the recent change toletter grades for third term fresh­man year.

these areas of science, and willmake use of the material pre­sented in the core courses of thefirst two quarters, freshman year,as well as emphasizing the differ­ent methodological challengesthese areas provide. The as-

tronomy course is beingorganized by RogerBlandford; the earth sci­ences cQurse is being or-ganized by DaveStevenson. In later years,there may be more thantwo menu courses.

Science communicationshould be an essential partof Caltech education. Wepropose that all options

require a 3 unit course (or partof a course) that introduces stu­dents to the skills of technicalseminar presentations. Manyoptions already have this inplace. For those that do not, ourproposal is equivalent to a 3 unitincreased requirement that is tobe abs0fbed as part of existingoption requirements. We furtherpropose the introduction of a

as an indispensable part of theeducation of scientists and engi­neers for the 21st century andplace high emphasis on thechoice of instructors, approachand content that will be attrac­tive to students. The proposed

topic for the first offering ofBi 1is AIDS and the course will beorganized by Scott Fraser andJean-Paul Revel.

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The physics core will belargely unchanged in the firstyear. In the second year, parts ofthe current Ph2a (waves)and2c (statistical mechan-ics and thermodynamics)will be merged into thenew Ph2a. Quantum me­chanics (Ph2b) will remainessentially intact. Therewill be no Ph2c.

The chemistry corewill contract from threequarters of 6 units each totwo quarters of six andnine units respectively. The con­traction is accomplished prima­rily through the removal of bio­chemistry. Some of this mate'rialwill, however, reemerge in thenew biology course.

The new required biologycourse will be topical, but de­signed to introduce students toa variety of tools and concepts ofmodern biology. We see biology

Core curriculum reform atCaltech recognizes the strengthand value of the existing core yetseeks to incorporate some as­pects of science that are cur­rently missing but so importantin the modern scientific worldand society. The reform allows usthe opportunity to modify exist­ing core curricula and also incor­porates a new way of doing busi­ness: The core courses will beunder the control of the CoreCurriculum Council and itsSteering Committee rather thanthe individual options. The ben­efits of this new approach in­clude the opportunity to encour­age and maintain coherence andquality control among the corecourses, the active role of an in­stitute-wide group in the selec­tion of instructors and the op­portunity to consider and imple­ment new ways of instruction.

Major core curriculum re­form will begin with the next in­coming freshman class, but thenew structure ofa Core Curricu­lum Council and its SteeringCommittee wi.ll ensure that it isan evolutionary process in whichfurther changes and monitoringcan take place. In general, thenew core will not demand moreof the students (in total units)nor will it change the load distri­bution unduly. We urge that stu­dents take core courses at theappropriate times (i.e. completethe core in two years). In the fu­ture, as in the past, an effort willbe made to recognize the diver­sity ofstudent capabilities and in­terests, even while embracing theimportance of a common set ofcourses. Contraction of the ex­isting core will be from 54 to 45units each in Math and Physicsand from 18 units to 15 units inChem 1. The 21 units thus re­leased will be devoted to a newrequired course in Biology (9units, 3rd term freshman year),a 9 unit menu course in someother area of science (3rd termfreshman or sophomore year)and a 3 unit written ScienceCommunication requirement.The new biology and menucourses are primarily intended toexpose students to importantaspects of science that are cur­rently notpart of the core. Theycan be secondarily helpful forsome students to decide on theirmajor. We recommend delay inthe choice of major (to midwaythird term, freshman year) inorder that students take greatestadvantage of these new courses.

Some major changes in themath core are recommended asfollows: Mala will devote onlyhalf of the term to Calculus andthe other half to probability. Be­ginning with Malb, and continu­ing through to Ma2b, there willbe two parallel tracks, one ofwhich is for the more mathemati­cally inclined (somewhat moreabstract), the other more con­crete with many examples. Twotracks afford students somechoice and parallelism affordsthem flexibility in switchingtracks. Multivariable calculus(div, grad, curl up to and includ­ing Stokes and Gauss theorems)will be covered in the first year(Ma lc). Statistics and some lin-

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Boo-Yah Tribe New Funky NationSeriously funky rap from six badbrothas is what this album doesto you in your earhole. It's goodold school, with smooth basssamples over hard beats, andsince it's from the last year ofreal rap, they're all dressedweird, especially the honkey,who looks like a german. Theypledge allegience to a newfunky nation and rap about howfast they can change their clipsand smoke their dope. I givethem props for the funniest antidrug message "sell it, don't doit." Right.1.5 stars

Brand Nubian One for allThis is the first album of the rapgroup which has the most cre­ative samples and intellectuallyrics. Saddat Xis well versed inhistory and makes many subtlereferences to all different eventsin US history as he conveys hisideas about modern problems

Blur - parklifeBlur are hard to explain. I firstheard them on volume, andthen their new album came out,and I heard that, and this is theirnext-to-new album. I haven't re­ally heard any of their olderstuff, and the stuff I have variesa lot. As for parklife, it's prettycool, and it makes me thinkeuropean, kind like the farm ifthey made rock, not electro­pop. Girls and boys almost hasa disco sound to it. To get anidea of what Blur sounds like,ask the "The The" mailing list:infected@cs.uchicago.edu or hor­row someones. I like it.2.5 stars

song is a definative entity. Prettycool.2.5 stars

Blind Mellon - blind melon"And I speak my point of viewbut it's not sane." I heard "norain" on the radio and thoughtit was a woman singer, i.e. cran­berries on krak. Since I liked thesong, I bought the album. Itturned out to be pretty good.It's unfortunate that "no rain"was much more successful thanthe album, since it's not eventhe best track on the album. It'sall good, but unlike Green Day,each song is a different set ofideas, so despite the wonderfulcontinuity and great guitar, each

Tribe called Qwest started mak­ing records for Tommy Boy, theybrought with them a bunch offriends and with the help ofPrince Paul, the duderesponsibe for many rap groupsincluding the whole nativetounge, got record deals for DeLa, Qwest, Queen Latifah (whodoesn't hang with them any­more because she's to good ... ),The Violaters, Jungle brothers,and Black Sheep. This album ishilariously gross, with 9.5 inchpenis humor, and the word housed more often than "the."Cameos of Q-tip, Fife and theViolaters make it entertaininglyconnected. If you liked theolder rap with the nativetounges (none of the new crapfrom the guys) This is one CDyou'll like.2.5 stars

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clothingThe black sheep of the nativetounge family are The BlackSheep. When De La Soul and

Bjork PostI love the song "it's oh so quiet."It's super cool, and bjork is, too.Her songs all use her voice likeit was a mystical different instru­ment. Behind her vocal esca­pades are beats, sometimesheavy, sometimes light, and herperfectly controlled voice beau­tifully floats gently above them.A few of the songs sound likesome form of techno wherebjork is the lead synthesizer. "It'soh so quiet" has a big band back­ing that's way cool. Bjork has aweird style, so before you get anyof her stuff, give it a listen. Sheis very good, in my opinion, soif you're cool, you'll like it. Ifyou don't. ..3 Stars

Big Hard Disk volume 2This cd has its own flavor. Whilenot industrial or hard techno,it's certainly not gentle. It is acompilation.by someone associ­ated with Sheep on Drugs (not

The halves are because I cannever make up my mind. if youwant any more info on any cd,or think I should hear one ofyours, just drop on by my room(dabney 11) or email me(Jpierce@ugcs).

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In addition to his athleticprowess, Steve is also an out­standing student at Caltech. Heis a biology major with plans toattend medical school. This yearSteve was nominated for anNCAA Scholar Athlete Award(winners will be announced inthe Spring), placing himamongst some of the nation'smost accomplished student ath­letes. "Steve has made a greatcommitment to the team. He

honors three times(1987,88,89). She was namedPomona-Pitzer's Most ValuableAthlete from all of the intercol­legiate teams during the 1988­89 school year. Her most impres­sive athletic accomplishmentcame in 1988 when she and herpartner captured the NCAA Di­vision III Doubles Champion­ship. llowever the true teSta­ment to her character as a com­petitor came during the 1988­89 season when she was hon­ored with the Arthur Ashe HeadSportsmanship Award for Divi­sion III. In 1990, Karen coachedPomona-Pitzer to a 3rd placefinish in the NCAA Team Cham­pionships.

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Last Saturday night the Oc­cidental Tigers visited Caltechfor the second men's basketballmatch-up between the twoteams this season. DespiteCaltech's strong showing in thefirst contest, the Tigers were toomuch for the mighty engineersto handle this time around.Cal tech fell 68-44.

The opening tip went toOxy, and they pushed the ballquickly down the floor forcingSenior Matt Goff to commitTech's first foul with only 23 sec­onds off of the clock.

Occidental pressed Caltechfrom the onset, but the Beaversmanaged to handle the presswith ease throughout thematch-up, never losing the ballin the back court.

Junior Josh Moats putCaltech's first points up on theboard with a three pointerabout two minutes into thegame. After that the Beaversscored two points off of Sopho­more Ben Turk's free throws,but couldn't sink a field goal fornearly five minutes.

Turk broke the dry spellwith a short two footer off of anice pass from Moats. Sopho­more Arun Durairaj helped outTech sinking a three at the mid­way point of the first half.Sophomore Scott Lyons earneda steal soon afterwards to givethe momentum to Tech.

Occidental managed to geta clean breakaway near the endof the half, giving them a dunkwhich was quite a crowd pleaser

for the Oxy fans. Senior SteveTsai answered back with a threepointer twenty seconds later. Se­nior Matt Goff, Freshman MikeGrebeck, and Turk all sank abucket before time expired forthe half, leaving the score in fa­vor of the Tigers at 31-19.

In the second half Turksank four more free throws right

after the halftime intermission,pulling the Beavers slightlycloser to their opponents. How­ever, Occidental slowly startedpulling away. Durairaj, Tsai andMoats each sank another threepointer for Tech, and Goff putin three more field goals.

Both Goff and Turk madeoutstanding blocks, with Turk's

earning the unanimous ap­praisal of both the Occidentaland Caltech fans.

Freshmen Brett Tolman,Matt Hall, and Caleb La Vergne,and Juniors Bob Webbink andGilbert Yoh all saw playing timein the last ten minutes of the sec­ond half. Webbink had a key de­fensive board which enabled the

Beavers to push the ball quicklydown the court and set up Gofffor two. The highlight of thegame came when Hall sank athree pointer from the baselinewith 26 seconds left in the game.

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a 3-point lead. Heads-up blockingand defense led Caltech to closethe game and match, 15-11.

All in all, the match lasted alittle over two hours. The squadshowed its fierce determinationto win in taking the 5-set victory,12-15,15-7,10-15,15-6,15-11.

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a comeback and regain the mo­mentum of the match, but was ul­timately unable to overcome theUSC lead and lost the set, 10-15.

The rejuvenated Cal techsquad was fired up for the fourthgame and jumped to another 4-1lead. USC was again able to rallyto tie the score. Then Edwards

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Cal tech Men's Volleyball Clubteam traveled to USC to play theopening match of the 1995-1996intercollegiate season. Havingscrimmaged the USC club teamearlier in the winter, the Caltechsquad knew it was in for a toughmatch. The team came out inforce, bringing 16 of its 18 play­ers to USc.

Caltech started well in thefirst game, jumping to a 4-1 lead.USC was able to rally to even thescore though, and the game be­came a furious contest ofsideouts. Consistent passing byswing hi tters Andreas Masuhr andSteve Sears coupled with the softhands of setter Chad Edwardshelped keep the team's offensiveoptions open, and kills wereevenly distributed among all theplayers. Good blocking bymiddles Gary Leskowitz and MikeMachczynski as well as oppositehitter Jack Prater gave a hint ofwhat was to come in later games.Unfortunately, opening game jit­ters were evidenced by inconsis­tent service and defense, whichUSC was able to capitalize on totake the game, 15-12.

In the second game, Caltechcame back with a vengeance.Most of the mistakes of the firstwere erased. Masuhr and Searsbrought both raw power andguile in racking up their kills.Prater showed his uncanny abil­ity to find holes in the USC de­fense and bury the ball. TheCaltech blockers were able to shutdown the USC offense. Settingmasterfully as usual, Edwards led

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tion in the third game, andCaltech's squad lapsed somewhatin concentration. USC was able tojump to a 13-6 lead and seemedto have an unstoppable momen­tum. The squad was able to stage

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The Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors ofCalifornia (CELSOC) are offering scllOlarships ofup to $5.000 to undergraduates and graduatesworking towards degrees in engilleering or landsurveying. Cndt'rgradll<Itt's must be juniors or se~

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In 1q~17, The Rotary Foundation will celebrate 50years of awarding schol,lrships with the 1997-98Rotary Foundation Amba'isadorial Scholarships.These are scholarships for students \vho want to

study abroad for 3 months to 2 or :{ years. Thescholarships are for study in any fielcl, or to dointensive bnguage tL:lining and cultural immer~

sion in cert;'lin countries. The maximum awardof the Ambassadorial Scholarships is $22,000 fora year. Interested students should apply to a localRot,lry Club (not all Rot;,lry Clubs will offer schol~

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The California

The Zonta Club of the Santa Clarita Valley Area isoffering two $1,000 undergraduate scholarshipsto female residents or the Santa Clarita Valley. Ap~

plic<lllts must be full-time during the 1996-97 aca­demic year, (111(1 lllUSt have legal addresses withinthe Santa Clarita Valley. Appllcatlons are dueMarch 1st, 19Q6.

Lee-Chin Siow will be pref()fIning works

by Schnittke, ProkoliefT, Debussy, andRavel in a free concert on Sunday,

Febraury 25th at 3:30pm in the DabneyLounge.

The Thai Government is alTering scholarships toThai students studying ill the C.S., \\lho are abounder :~o years of age, and who are m;,~oring incomputer sriellce (:.! scholarships), economics (lschol,trship), and business administration (1scholarship). Students must have no commit­ments to other scholarship donors, as they will berequired to \\"ork for the Thai Revenue Depan~

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The Society of Manufacturing Engineers an­nOUllces live llndergradll<lte scholarship pi"ograms,m'd one graduate fellowship program. The schol­"lrship programs will be awarding a total of 40schobrships; a\....<\1"(\s range rrorn $500 to $2,500each. The graduate fellowship program will be,1warding ten $5,000 ;'H\lafds. The scholarship pro­grams require full-time t'llrollment in a manufac­turing engineering or manufacturing engineeringtechnology program, and also require a minimumGPA of 3.5. The graduate fellowship program re­quires fuB-time graduate enrollment in a manu­!aclUring engineering or industrial engineeringtechnology progranl, and abo reqnires a rninil11ul11CPA. of ~~.~). Applications and supporting docu~

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Dr. Gerald L.·Geison, Professor of Historyat Princeton University, will be giving a Sci:­ence, Ethics, and PubEc Policy Seminar en­titled Did Paste-ul" Chtat? DoeJ it /Hatter? on

Friday, February 16th at 3:30pm in the.Judy Library.I'\ext in Series: i\1odlTH Themes in theScieur:f; a IU/ of tlte Freud! Revolution

on February 26th.

The Marin Education Fund annOUllces the open­ing orits I~l~I6--~)7lmdergradtlate grant applicationprocess. To be eligible, applicants must be under­graduates, must be enrolled at least hall:'ti111e, andlllust be residents of Marin County. Financial needwill be considered, and copies of 19~)5 tax returnswill be required. For applications or additionalinlormation, call the Marin Education Fund at(415) 459-4240. Applications are due March 2nd,1~196.

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vVork as a \ulunteel in one or more of ~t{ coun­tries this Slllllmer: Volullteers receive r00l11 ,mdboard and can work from 2 to 4 weeks on a project.More than one prect C<lll be scheduled. Pr(~jerts

include tasks sHch;is restoring a castle, organiz~

ing a festival, planting trees, building a playgroundot implementing a reneation program for chil­dren. This program is sponsored by the Councilon International Exchange (CIEE). It is a H::'rypopular program, and it is highly ach·isable to ap-:­ply early. ~o l..mguage skiHs ..lre needed with theexception ofSpanish for Spain and conversationalFrench lor North Africa. There is a placement costof$195 lor one 2-4 week project. Informatioll bro­chures are .wailable in the Fellowships OUice orwe would be happy to send you one ,'ia campusm~lil: e-mail your name, the LiCt that you want anInternational Volunteer Pl"(~jeCis 1q~l() brochureand your mailcode to !aUftJl_.lto!j)('f@slarlm.H'J

. m!fpl"h. f'1/u A hsting ofL\st year's \'o\\\nteer prc~eetsis available for re\"ie\\I in the oUice. -;\Jote that spe~

cial fellmvships for minority students interested inthis program are available through the CrEE.

The Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellencein National Environmental Policy Foundation. hascreated a scholarship program to ,tttract studentsinto careen in environmental public policy, healthcare, or tribal public policy: Scholarships are<-lwarded on the basis 01" merit to students \'/110 ,Iresophomores or juniors during the E)~)5~~16 aca~

demic year and \vho ha\·e excellent academicrecords and demonstrated interest in and poten­tial {~,r careers in em·ironment,d public policy orart' Native Americans or Alaska ;\J~ltives who haveexcellent academic records and demonstrated in-terest in and for careers in health careor tribal The scholarship covers eli-gible fees, books, and roomand board ,\ maximum of $5,000 lor one aca~

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American Chemical Society is accepting ap­plicatiorlS l~ol i.ts 1I1i,,,,,ilyScloolarsi Pr·ogrmcn. Quali­

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or Native Pac/lic Islander descent, and must be

The Deans' Of/ice is accepting proposals for theMonticello Foundation and the Robert and DelphaNoland Summer Internships. Three to rive Cahechundergradllate women (nlrrent freshmen, sopho­mores and juniors) will be given an opportunityto p;'lrticipate in rese,lrch pn~jeets outside theCaltech·::lPL community lor ten '\leeks during thesummer. Each student will receive <I $~i,()OO 'stipend.Applicants are required to identify the projects inwhich they wish to participate. All arrangementswith the principal researcher will be the responsi­bility of the student. Interested? Identify a spon­sor for your experience at a research f~lCility for aten-week period. In a short essay, describe yourproject, and submit it to the Deans' Office, 102Parsons-Gates, along \\lith tw'o I"an\\ty.recommen­dations. Proposals are due :V'fonday, March 4th,1\1%.

From the [)('{[I/S' 011Ia, JU2 Par.\'(!JIs-(;ates:

fheAIl1:eri,:an :Soc,ietyofl~av:a1Elogirleers (ASNE)sc!IO);\fslllip program to encour­

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must be in their seniory'''lr (,ftlllcil,orgn"c!"iatt"ttldie" or be graduate stli­

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The Association of State Dam Safety Official.., Inc.announces its] 996 Dam Safety Scholarship Pro­

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Looking for a safe and supportive place to discussissues such as coming out. being out, dealing withfamily, coping with a homophobic culture, andbeing GLB at Caltech? vVant somewhere just tomake new friends? You are irwited to the Gay/Les­bian/Bisexual Support Group, ,,,,hich meets on thefirst and third Tuesdays of each month from7:30pm till 10:00pm in the Health Center lounge.This is a confidential meeting and attending doesnot imply anything about a person's sexual orien~tation-only that he or she is willing to be sup­portive in this setting. The group usually discussesa particular relevant wpic and then moves on tothe general discussion. Refreshments are served.If you would like more inlormation, please callxS:i31.

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v'Attention Graduating Seniors: Many private highschools and middle schools offer one year fellow­ship programs lor graduating seniors who wouldlike to teach for <I year. Positions are usu<llly paid.Some lellowships are in day schools and some inboarding schools. Ifyotl would like to han:~

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.....The Caltech Korean Students Association andChinese Students Association invite you to/"u·/ulIjest '96, a formal dinner and dance celebrat­ing the new 1.,u11"<\1" New Year. Come celebrate inthe scenic atmosphere of The Castaway, tuckedaway in the mountains of Burbank, overlookingthe \·alley. Tickets are $25 per person. Luna1est'96 will be held Friday, February 16th Ii·om 6:30pmto I :OOal11. For more information, please contactAlbert T. Lee (xl 058 or ksa@cco.mltech.edu) or AlexLin (795-7424 or roa@cco.caltn"h.edu).

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&/The Caltech Ballroom Dance Club has also or­ganized an outing to a salsa club for Tonight, Fri­day, February 9th. The club is Sportsman's Lodge,,,,,'hich is located at J2833 Ventura Blvd., StudioCity. (phone 755-5000). The entrance ree isroughly $12, which includes a saba class from 8~9

p.m., followed by dancing with Ii live band. Meetin front ofvVinnett at 7pm today to catch a carpoolto the club.

tiThe Caltech Ballroom Dance Club is back inbusiness! The Dance club now offers introductory'Vest Coast Swing classes on \Vednesday eveningsfrom 7:00 to 8:~10 p.m. in the Winnett Lounge. Theclasses arc taught by professional instructor Rich­ard Orozco from the studio Let's Dance L.A. Noexperience or partner is reqtlired. 4 classes are $12for Caltech students/staff or JPL employees (orror partners or Cal tech or JPL employees), and$20 ror others.

&/The Entrepreneur Club is proud to welcome:VlichaelJ. Ross (Cal tech PhD Ch, '77), FounderofArris Pharmaceuticals, who will give a talk titledBiotn:hnology, ChPJnistry, and the Entrepreneur. .. Oil,\Vater, and Detergent? on Thursday, Febraury 15th,.at 5pm in 102 Steele. Reli'eshments will be served.Email jessita@cwfor more info.

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Delta Airlines is olTering special "extra credit" stu­dent fares as low <IS $138 round-trip (and as highas $318, depending upon locations 01" travel) fortrave! between the dates January 26th and March:11 st. Tickets are nonrefundable and must be pur­chased at least seven days before departure, withcertain blackoHt dates. To get these special rates,students are to call Delta at 1-S00-\lDELTAO.

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VThe Zimbab\'I"t'<1I1 group Black Umfolosi will begiving a prdormance ortheir traditional Zulu wardances and South African songs on Friday, Febuary16th at 8pm in the Beckman Auditorium. Ticketsstart at $19, with $8 rush tickets for students ollehalf hour before show time, slll~ject to availability.

VTheater Ans at the Calilornia Institute of Tech­nolog)' present K2, by Patrick Meyers in the RamoAuditorium on Febrtlary 16th, 17th, 2:'hd, and24th at 8pm. and on Febuary 18th and 25th ~it

2pm. Tickets are $10 general adnlission, $6 for stu­dents.

VThe next semester of the jazz improv class (non­credit) at Caltech will start on Saturday, February17th, at 2pm in the afternoon in room 12 of theSAC. This is a great jazz improv class which coversall the basics, from intervals, scales, and chords,to reading and analyzing stardard tunes, such as"Girl From Ipanema" and many versions of tlwblues. There will be two classes this semester, be­ginner jintermediate and advanced. The class,which is to meet once a week, is vcrv reasonable,at $1 00 for the semester, and is taugh; byJosh Levy,a graduate of USC in jazz. Please contactJosh Levyfor fllrther information at (21 :1) 9:14-0:17:1, or youcan just show up at the lirst dass on Febrnary 17that 2pm.

Legendary guitarist Doc Watson will be perform­ing a program of folk and bluegrass music, (1;ccom­panied byJack Lawrence on Today, Friday, Febru­ary ~Jth, at 8pm in the Beckman Auditorium. Ad­mission starts at $l~), with $8 student/senior rushtickets one-half hour belort~ the preformancestarts.

As part of the Caltech-Huntillgton Interdiscipli­nary Seminar Series The !,Olll! N;nrfef'lIth Century,

James Chandler from the Department of Englishof the Cniversity of Chicago will be giving ..1semi­nar entitled RejJreseNtative Romontirism and the Nov­ell)' oIthe 'His!orical,'·.;ituatio'/l 'in the Trustees Room,Huntington Library, 011 Saturday, February 10th,at 2plll.