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By Aloysious CrumbKismet, which opens tonight in

Ramo Auditorium, is a lavishmusical fantasy of love and evil setin the mysterious East. Essential toits enchantment are sumptuouscostumes and a luxurious set,designed by Minta Manning andEric Warren, respectively. Thecostumes, especially, create the ex­otic atmosphere the libretto re­quires. Costume designer MintaManning has been a professionalcostumer for ten years. In the lasttwo years she has designedcostumes for TACIT productionsincluding: Much Ado AboutNothing, The Dragon's Tale, andThe Mikado, as well as for Kismet.

Manning researched costumesofthe period, but had to keep con­stantly in mind what was fast,

By Diana FossTomorrow morning at 9:00

a.m., Caltech's fourth Student­Faculty Conference begins withFoster's doughnuts in Baxter Lec­ture Hall. The topics, in order, are:Teaching Quality, chaired by JeanTang, Student Facilities, chairedby Rod Van Meter, the Core Cur­riculum and Humanities, chairedby Art Duval and Ken Haynes,Student Research and Computing,

,chaired by Tom Workman andjohn Beck, and Student Morale,chaired by Ted George.

Everyone involved with theconference stresses the importanceof students' attending. One of themain benefits that Techers derivefrom the Institute's small size is thechance to make their voices heard,and the Student-Faculty Con­ference represents one of the bestopportunities that students have forairing their gripes and suggestions.Over the past few weeks, the chairs

available, and within TACITsbudget. Fortunately, she was ableto rent about 75 % of the 200 oddcostumes from the Center TheatreGroup, costumes that have been us­ed in professional productions ofKismet in the past. The remainingcostumes were made by Manning.

As in all TACIT productions,the cast is also deeply involvedwith the costuming, sewing onbeads and gold coins and wrappingturbans. Props, too, come from thehomes of cast and crew members:spare cushions and anything madeof brass have been requisitioned tocomplete the long list of propscompiled by director ShirleyMarneus. Other props, including agigantic brass and enamel mosquelantern, have been obtained from

of the various committees havepolled students for their views onthe conference topics, and their fin­dings have been reported in articlesin the Tech, but the final presenta­tion of these findings, as well as thecommittees' solutions, will onlytake place at the conference itself.This is not to say that the agendais set in concrete; any students withconcerns that have not been dealtwith by one of the seven commit­tees should by all means bring themup Saturday.

Remember: Caltech studentshave a great deal of power tochange the Institute, but power isworthless if it is not used. TheStudent-Faculty Conference is achance to affect one's school thatvery few students will ever have.If you have ever complained aboutlife at Caltech, tomorrow is yourchance to do something about it. Ifyou don't, you have no right tocomplain.

Paramount Studios.The props. costumes, set, sing­

ing, and dancing should combineinto a "brilliant spectacle of sightand sound," on the stage in RamoAuditorium. Performances are at8:00 p.m. tonight, tomorrow, andSunday evening, as well as theevenings of Friday, 28 February,Saturday, 1 March, and Sunday, 2March. Matinee performances willbe held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, 1March, and Sunday, 2 March. Thislast performance will be interpretedfor the hearing impaired. Ticketsare only $5.00 for Caltechstudents, $6.50 for other students,$7.00 for Caltech/JPL faculty, and$8.00 for everyone else. TheCaltech/JPL musical is always anevent; this year's should beespecially exciting. Don't miss it.

by Huston HornA few choice seats are about to

open up on The Caltech Y's StudentExcomm.

Membership positions arepresently available to bothundergraduates and graduates, andelections to the Excomm will takeplace before the end of secondterm. A preliminary informationpizza supper is also planned; thedate and time will be announcedsoon.

Operating under the corpora­tions humanistic by-laws, The Y'sstudent board determines the varie­ty of programs to be presented byThe Y. These programs may berelated to ethics, politics, religiousissues, science, culture or recrea­tion. They are funded annually bya budget in excess of $35,000which is available exclusively tothe Excomm for programpurposes.

by Anthony StirkAs a member of the Graduate

Student Council (GSC) , I havebeen studying how well studentscan survive on a graduate stipendfrom Caltech, since a large portionof the graduate students are sup­ported in this manner. The follow­ing table has been prepared fromofficial records obtained from theHousing Office, the Department ofChemistry, the Registrar's Office,and the Consumer Price IndexTables (CPI) for this area.

The Housing Office operatesthree separate classes of graduateresidences: the dorms, Catalina,and off-campus housing. HousingOffice policy is to charge only whatit must to maintain its propertiesand payoff its loans. This secondpoint is unusual in that most

Additionally, students assumesuch typical responsibilities asmaking arrangements for the pro­gram, producing publicity,welcoming and entertaining TheY's guest speakers, and making in­troductions. Among other goodthings, perks often include dinnersat the Athenaeum and discounts onprogram fees.

The Caltech Y has been a partof the Caltech community for 70years. Although financially andcorporately independent of theCalifornia Institute of Technology,The Y is chartered to' serveprimarily Caltech's students, facul­ty and staff. The Y's beneficial in­fluence occasionally extendsbeyond the campus, however, as inits recent fund-raising drive for vic­tims of Mexico's 1985 earthquake.

Student members of The Y Ex­COmm meet once each week dur­ing the school year to plan pro­

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buildings on campus were fundedby donations. Each class of proper­ty is supposed to be self­supporting. Funds are not suppos­ed to be pooled. This is the majorreason for the difference in rentalprices among the properties. Thedorms and the off-campus proper­ties are completely paid for and therent provides only for maintenanceand a reserve for major repairs.Dorm rental rates are less thanCatalina, but generally more thanoff-campus rents. The rent shownin the table is that for a single dormroom, not a suite.

The CPI for this area is basedon what it costs to buy 300 goodsand services. It is not a true costof living index, but it is a chief in­dicator of the inflation rate. Interestrates, taxes, benefits, buying ofgeneric products, and other factorsare not included in the index. Thebase year is 1967, which is set at100, but the method of determin­ing the actual CPI has changed afew times since then. The CPIvalues given are for September ofthe year indicated.

Tuition is shown because itreflects how much a student costsCaltech. This may be a truermeasure of inflation in this area.

The Chemistry Department'sGraduate Research Assistantships(GRAs) were chosen as an exam­ple of a Caltech stipend becauseChemistry is one of the largestdepartments on campus. There isalso only one GRA rate inChemistry. Chemistry GRAs arepaid in twelve equal monthly in­stallments, and students are paidthe same amount no matter whattheir year in school or experience.Other departments pay poorly dur­ing the year and well during thesummer (e.g. EnvironmentalScience) or according to ex­perience (e.g. Physics).

While Chemistry GRAs haverisen more quickly than the CPI,they have risen considerably moreslowly than room rents have risen.

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or so pages of a yearbook that costa lot of money, after which pagesare cheap. This means that 10% ofthe revenue might pay for 30% (ormore) of the pages. Yearbooks, ingeneral, do not have lots of "unex­pected" changes - the only ones Iknow of in the past few years havearisen from the BOD forcing theBig T to payoff a continuing debt.We paid $2000 for last year's book,they paid $2000 for the previousyear's, and so on. The debt camefrom a poor Business Manager afew years ago, and the term and an­nual reports clauses should takecare of the gross financialnegligence problem if the BODwill just payoff the debt instead ofperpetuating it. The 10 % reserveclause can only tie the hands of thepublications.

The new section 8 is positivelyfrightening: salaries may be

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FEBRUARY 1986

The Caltech Y Fly-by

Noon Concert with Mark Levy. At noon on the Quad.

L.A. Philharmonic-Dvorak's New World Symphony (No.9) and Brahm's Violin Concerto. At the the Music Center, 8 PM.

Sigun up in the Y by Tuesday, February 25. Tickets are $3.

Noon Update-"Nuclear Power-A Failure?" Milton Plesset,Professor Emeritus of E & AS. In Winnett Clubroom I. Bringa friend and a lunch.

James Randi will speak on "Science, Magic, and the Paranor­mal." 8 PM in Baxter Lecture Hall. Wednesday's lecture will bea repeat of Tuesday's, in case you miss it. Co-sponsored by theY and the Skeptics.

San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros will discuss "The Plightof America's Cities," in the Y Lounge at 10 AM.

Sailing Trip! All day, $9. Probably leave Tech between 7:30and 8 AM. Sign up in the Y by Monday, March 3.

Whale Watching! Anybody who signed up for the FebruaryTrip but didn't go is still on the list. Anybody else, there are afew spots left. Boat leaves at 10:30 AM. Sign up by Monday,March 3.

FRIDAY 21

Friday ... February 21

Friday ... February 28

Tuesday & Wednesday ...March 4 & 5

Wednesday ...March 5

Saturday ... March 8

Any ideas for programs? Want to join the Y ExComm?Come by the Y or talk to someone already involved. We need you!

Ciao!

before ever reading The Tech. Ad­mittedly, there is nothing in thebylaws which prohibits a situationlike this (indeed, this is theprescribed formula for amendmentelections), but it seems evident thatthe bylaws should be changed toeliminate the possibility of this oc­curring again.

I have a much more serious ob­jection to last week's election. Infour of the student houses, the pagefrom The Tech with the proposedchanges and the "explanation" wasposted in the same room in whichthe ballotting was done (in three ofthe houses, it was posted withinthree feet of the ballot box). Thisis clearly against Article VIII, Sec­tion 3 of the bylaws, which statesthat, "There shall be no campaign­ing or campaign materials presentin a room where polling takes placeduring any election." Since I was

So, if you notice any misspell­ings or confused layout, don'tblame us: the poor typesetter stillisn't in the best of health.

Now it's time for the entertain­ment portion of the program: theEditor's statement. Everyone elseseems to have done one (it did takeMatt several months to get aroundto it, but that's Matt for you), sowho am I to break this charmingtradition?

1: First and foremost, the Techis your paper. I seem to be the guyin charge, but I'm eager for sugges­tions. If there's something you'dlike to see in the paper, or don'twant to see anymore, let me know.

2: If you feel the Tech isn'trepresenting you, then write for it!Interesting, well-written articlesare always welcome (preferablysubmitted on IBM PC floppies).Those words Peter and Paul hadtrouble with aren't taboo, but usethem wisely if at all ...

3: Repo Man is good. Cerebusis good. Skiing may well be good,but I've never tried it.

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voted on in last weeks's ASCITelection was an amendment to thepublications bylaws. Although theamendment passed by a fairmargin, I believe that the electionwas run improperly. First of all,the text of the proposed amendmentwas published with only a clearlypro-amendment "explanation." Tothe best of my knowledge, no onewas asked to present an opposingopinion (as one of the editors of theBig T, I certainly would have doneso given the chance). Unfortunate­1y, I did not read the full text of theamendment until a couple of daysbefore the election, and so I wasunable to write a letter in time forpublication in that week's Tech.Had I been able to, however, therewould have remained the problemthat many people would have voted

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Bylaws Amendment Questionedbusy on Friday and could not im- posed amendment. The new Sec­mediately find anybody who knew tion 3 is in direct conflict with Sec­exactly how I should make a com- tion 6, as contracts always extendplaint, I did what seemed the most into the academic year after thereasonable to me- I brought the Editor's term of office (it is notmatter up at the following BOD feasible to have books delivered inmeeting. I was informed that I the summer, and the contract is notshould have made my complaint by complete until the books have been11 :00 the following day. This was received and paid for; this is, ad­not at all obvious to me from mittedly, a rather minor point).reading the elections bylaws; in- The last sentence of the new Sec­deed, I suspect that it would be a tion 4 reads: "If no Businessrare person who would be aware of Manager is appointed for thethis rule. The BOD has graciously publication, these responsibilitiesagreed to pass this matter along to are also those of the Editor." Thisthe Excomm. is patently unfair. Doing a proper

I personally feel that the elec- job of being Business Managertion should be invalidated and re- takes about as much time as doingrun. Although the time had ap- a proper job of being Editor; at pre­parently passed for making a com- sent, our team of two Editors isplaint (another bylaw which I feel constantly working just to keep upneeds changing), there is no ques- with the deadline. Someone whotion that this rule was violated. I signs up to be Editor does notacted in what I felt was a necessarily have (or wish to have)reasonable manner, and I only the needed knowlege of bookkeep­found out Monday my error. It ing, ad solicitation, contractwould be a travesty to not re-run negotiation, etc. to be Businessthe election. Should the Excomm Manager. Furthermore, there is nodecide to re-run the election, I provision for paying such an Editorthink that all of the houses should for doing the Business Manager'sre-vote, not just those in which the job.pages from The Tech were posted As far as Section 7 goes, ap­(it is obviously unfair to simply in- proval of a contract by the BODvalidate the four houses in question can be little more than a rubber­and let the vote stand, for then stamp, although this is notthese houses would not get their necessarily bad. The Editors andfair vote - I certainly don't believe Business Managers of the Big T gothat the pages were left posted on through dozens of hours of negotia­purpose). Since I plan to explain tions with representatives fromwhat I see as the problems with the yearbook companies, and for theamendment in this letter, it would BOD to truly understand such anot be right to have four houses contract proposal the membersvote with knowledge that the other would need to be present at all ofthree houses did not have. Also, it these meetings (not to mention themakes no sense to let the election need for a good knowlege of prin­results stand with the thought that ting). More important is the 10%another amendment can always be budget reserve clause. First of all,passed; although I intend to pro- this clause is very ambiguous; Ipose a new amendment, there is have seen three people interpret itcertainly no assurance that it will in three different ways. A 10%pass. decrease in revenue can mean on-

Without further ado, I'd like to ly one thing: drastically smallerexplain my problems with the pro- yearbooks. It is the first hundred

Welcome to the Tech thatalmost wasn't! Upon being handedthe Kingdom, the Power and theGlory that is the Tech Editorship,I overcame with confidence thosetrials every Tech Editor must face,such as: How do I get the PC andthe MCS on speaking terms? Howdo I project the air of ancientwisdom that staffers expect fromthe Editor? And where do theykeep those damn layout boards?

All these I expected. What Ididn't expect was the hulk ofmachinery lying belly-up in theproduction room. The typesetterwas deathly ill, emitting only theoccasional "ACK" in Garth GraphicBold Condensed lO-point. Franticnegotiations with CompuGraphicwent nowhere, as I laid emergen­cy plans for a one-page Xeroxedflyer featuring only Bloom Coun­ty and pizza coupons (hopingnobody would notice a difference).At 6pm Thursday, however, a last­ditch infusion of newt lymph,Southern Comfort, and BC gravybrought the typesetter back to, ifnot its feet, then at least its knees.The results of the frantic night thatfollowed you see before you.

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H 161 Selected Topics inHistory-Perceptions of theBody-Changes Over Time

The course begins with theassumption that the human bodyitself is primarily a social con­struct. So far the body has beengenerally neglected as a central ob­ject of social history. At besthistorians have asked so far: howdid people perceive thosephenomena which we call pregnan­cy, pain, etc.? The perception ofthe body in a given time period, ora certain place or class, givesmeaning to almost every socialphenomenon. The course will beconfined to illustrations drawnfrom European social history in the15th to 19th century and will in­troduce students to methods usedin the historical study of the body.Instructor: Barbara Duden, aVisiting Professor ofHistory fromBerlin, Germany. Class will meetTTh /2:30-2:00.

Lit 180 Special Topics inLiterature - Literary Cure

An examination of the ways inwhich several writers attempted to"cure" deficiencies in their sense ofself through writing. Instructor:Stuart Ende. Class meets T 9-/2.

H 161 Selected Topics inHistory- The Social History of19th and 20th Century Womenin Europe and the United States

This new course studies Euro­pean and American women duringthe nineteenth and twentieth cen­turies. The class compares crucialtopics such as the role of ideologyin shaping the notion of "separatespheres," the sexual division oflabor, the nature of women's work,women's place in family and com­munity, forms of women's collec­tive actions, and some issues offeminist politics in Europe and theU.S. Instructors: Barbara Dudenand Judy Raftery. Class will meetTuesday evenings at 7:30.

Fuentes, and Jose Marfa Arguedas.Discussions will be in English.Films (with English subtitles) willbe shown: "Mexico: The FrozenRevolution", "Erendira", "Inquestin the Andes". Instructor: MaryBerg. Organizational meeting, Tue7:30pm.

Lit 180 Special Topics inLiterature-joseph Conrad

Reading will include Conrad'sfour major novels, the most impor­tant short stories, and selectionsfrom his criticism and personalreminiscences. The course will at­tempt to cover his development asa writer and will considerbiography, evidence from themanuscripts, and contemporarytheories of the novel to do so. In­structor: David Smith. Organiza­tional Meeting to be announced.

scientists believe the valleys haveformed over down-dropped faultblocks (graben); apparently, exten­sive faulting has occurred as aresult of expansion and stretchingof Ariel's crust. The largest faultvalleys, near the terminator atright, as well as a smooth regionnear the center of this image, havebeen partially filled with depositsthat are younger and less heavilycratered than the pitted terrain.Narrow, somewhat sinuous scarpsand valleys have been formed, inturn, in these young deposits. It isnot yet clear whether these sinuousfeatures have been formed byfaulting or by the flow of the fluids.

by Chris SmithThe Department of Humanities

and Social Sciences has just an­nounced several new courses to betaught third term of this year. Yes,they will exist. Trust us.

FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 1986 3This mosaic of the four highest­

resolution images of Arielrepresents the most detailedVoyager 2 picture of this satelliteof Uranus. The images were takenthrough the clear filter ofVoyager's narrow-angle camera on24 January 1986, at a distance ofabout 130,000 kilometers. Ariel isabout 1,200 kilometers indiameter; the resolution here is 2.4kilometers. Much of Ariel's surfaceis densely pitted with craters 5 to10 kilometers across. These cratersare close to the threshold of detec­tion in this picture. Numerousvalleys and fault scarps crisscrossthe highly pitted terrain. Voyager

More Humanities ToBe Given Next Term

Lit 149b Contemporary LatinAmerican Literature

Reading (which can be inEnglish or Spanish) will includeworks by Julio Cortazar, JorgeLuis Borges, Gabriel Garcia Mar­quez, Mario Vargas Llosa, Carlos

PSY 101-The Psychology ofSocial Issues

Examines a variety of personaland social issues, including sexroles, minority issues, women'sissues, group conflict, and war andpeace. Emphasis on currentresearch and theory. Instructor:Hal Fairchild (visiting professorfrom UCLA). Class to meet MW2-3:30 pm.

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~ L 105 French Literature-Repre­:i sentations of Self and Other in>- 18th-Century French Travel~ Literatureg The course will focus on the~ ways that an 18th-century Euro­] pean viewed non-European0.. cultures and how this changing vi­

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An examination through word,score and sound of this great suc­cessor to Beethoven. Works fromall genres will be discussed ­symphonic, chamber, solo, vocaland choral. The ability to readmusic, although helpful, is not apre-requisite. Instructor: DonCaldwell. Hours to be announced.

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The researchers were led by A.Robert Neurath of the NYBC Lind­sley F. Kimball Research Instituteand Stephen B. H. Kent ofCaltech's Division of Biology.Their findings were published inthe March issue of the internationaljournal Vaccine.

The researchers' latest work isan outgrowth of their discovery in1984 that two novel hepatitis Bvirus coat proteins produce astrong immune response inhepatitis B-infected humans. Theseproteins contain a short segment,called preS, not found in thepreviously known major coat pro­tein, called the S protein. Resear­chers developing hepatitis B vac­cines had largely overlooked the

[CNB] - Evidence that a simpleprotein could become the basis formore effective, inexpensive vac­cines against hepatitis B has beenreported by scientists from the NewYork Blood Center (NYBC) andCaltech. Such vaccines would con­sist of synthetic or geneticallyengineered versions of the protein.Hepatitis B is one of the world'smajor health problems, affectingsome 200 million peopleworldwide.

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preS region, concentrating on the ves that antibodies generated by the'more abundant S protein. One vac- immune response to preS inactivatecine based on the S protein is the the virus.currently available Heptavax vac- The protein that makes up thecine produced by Merck Sharp and outer coat ofa virus is the key pro­Dohme. ducer of an immune response to

There is evidence that this vac- that virus. Researchers have tradi­cine, which includes only the S tionally used inactivated viruses asprotein, is of limited effectiveness vaccines, but these preparations arein some populations especially at expensive, have a limited shelf life,risk from hepatitis B, including and may have the potential of pro­hemodialysis p~t.ients and ?uci~g the disease if not properlynewborns. In addition, several mactIvated. The Heptavax vaccinestudies suggest that the combina- falls into this category, as dotion of preS and S proteins is more hepatitis B vaccines being tested byeffective in producing a protective the Institute Pasteur in France andimmune response than the S pro- the National Institutes of Health.tein alone. However, it is not cer- Synthetic vaccines consistingtain whether this enhancement is a only of small setments of viral pro­direct effect of the preS protein on teins, synthesized either chemicallythe immune response, or an in- or by genetic engineering techni­direct effect in enhancing the ques, could be safer, more effec­response to S protein. tive, and far cheaper than tradi­

tional vaccines. Such synthetic vac­cines to hepatitis B are beingdeveloped by several corporationsand by the NYBC-Caltech resear­chers. The NYBC-Caltech vaccinewill include key portions of thepreS proteins believed to beresponsible for generating an im­mune response, and possibly a keyportion of the S region.

Other members of the researchteam are Karen Parker of Caltech,and Alfred M. Prince, NathanStrick, Betsy Brotman, and PhyllisSproul of the NYBC. The article,entitled "Antibodies to a SyntheticPeptide from the preS 120-145Region of the Hepatitis B VirusEnvelope are Virus-Neutralizing,"was published in vol. 4, no. 1, pp.35-37 of Vaccine, which is publish­ed by Butterworth and Co. Ltd.The scientists' research was sup­ported by the New. York BloodCenter and Caltech.

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Ruddock:A warm welcome to our new executive committee:President: Fumihisa Yamazaki, "Biff'; Vice President: Wayne Wen­

dall Lukens, "Waynal"; Secretary: Gregory Allen Martin, "Greggles" ,(Greggles?); Treasurer: Mark Robert Vagins, "Wagins"; Social Team:Catherine Teh-Yao Chen, "Cathy"; Quynh-Thu Le, "Thu Le or not ThuLe"; Edward Molhwa Yin, "Eddie Yin Halen"; Athletic Team: Wolfgang,Maximillian I, Josef of Bavaria Hofmann, "Otter"; Edward Si-Lo Mao,"Refrigerator"; Librarian: Richard Thomas Till, "Tugboat".

Installations are Tuesday, February 25 at 9:30pm in the house loungeor a POSH location to be announced. Formal attire - ahem - is stronglyencouraged.

After we're all out of our formal clothes, though - go get 'em! Postpon­ing Installations was a ream, but it gives us an extra week to showeroutthe old and shower in the new in [Sam said it, not me] "an expres­sion of love and joy." Coolers to the first one to shower the fridge.

Action packed week ahead: Kismet with a singing Doughboy; snowlevel is retreating to 8000 feet; volleyball practice in the gym; First socialevent of the new Administration - Penthouse Party with Blacker andLloyd. Good luck, Eddie, Thu and Cathy!

Remember - a wet excomm is a happy excomm, seniors are wimpsand no, Bonz, it's not "tommorrow."

P.S. Butch says, "Sam, you're a weenie."

-"J"Fleming: In a recent survey it was found that Classic beats New For­mula 2: 1. And we all know how Classic fares against "B." I'll pity theother houses when Interhouse Basketball rolls around.

Is it true that ASCIT elections can be won by the candidate with theleast votes?

This weekend it's Wine and Candlelight. Is Barry waiting? One mightconsider rain gear if he is. So I hear, anyway.

There's still room to sign up for the ski trip. Don't miss this oppor­tunity for a rollicking good time.

-A.FLloyd: Lloyd pounded down a Discobolous victory in volleyball thisweek [Yes, but against whom? -Ed.] ; thanks to all who came out andplayed. Sign up for Interhouse volleyball! Practice resumes promptlyfor the grueling match Sunday. Come out tonight to put the finishingtouches on your game, and to pick size and color. We saw Rob beingtalked to by a national recruiter last week ... and he's only a sophomore.

Party Saturday night at the Penthouse with the Moles and the Rudds,so get your dancing shoes! Might even be a live band up there. (or elseJay will sing?)

Ifyou signed up to talk to alums on Sunday, don't forget. Free food,drinks, t-shirts, and a chance to meet new and interesting people. Weneed 25 heads, so be there.

-J.P.Ricketts: Sorry for missing the last couple of weeks, bur I've been hav­ing pain in the neck problems. So much has been happening that it simplystaggers the mind. No news is good news.

News flash of the month: Peter-Pete is now an official Mason shoesalesman. He can get you great deals on shoes with fabulous velva-teaseinsole. It's just like putting your body on a soft comfortable matress.Buy now while supplies last!

Those amazing fish--'SWaka has got some fish that will knock yoursocks off. When the female wants to mate, she changes her stripes fromhorizontal to vertical. Then, SWaka spends two weeks adjusting the watertemperature so he can put the two fish together. How romantic. Overin Dave's room, no mating ever goes on. His flounder sucks rocks onthe bottom, while his sightless fish swim in an endless search for theirlittle white canes.

The Nancy Drehwing Laundry Incident has caused quite a stir in theSouth Complex. It can now be publicly announced that you can get twicethe drying pleasure for twice the price. Contact Nancy or Joel Seely fordetails.

Initiations went smoothly this year, thanks to my instrument oflaughing death (made in Japan), and Josh (Jerome) Kurutz's Hat ofRidicule. There were no major injuries, and only a few upperclassmenreceived minor injuries while testing their instruments 0' torture. Prac­tice Apache is this Saturday, so get out and practice drinking thosedelicious wines, after your exciting day at the Student-Faculty Con­ference. Be sure to lavish Saxy with gifts on his birthday, this Sunday!

Mr. Picarole picks the French roll. I pick the poppy-seed roll.-Saxy

Dabney: The bitter dispute over election results continues to interfere'with the normal course oflife at Dabney House. Violence from all sides I

in the fierce election battle makes the streets of beautiful downtownPASADENA unfit for human habitation, even on the sunny shores ofLakePASADENA. As the sun sets slowly over the Institute, we return our at­tention to Patrick J. Wayne, who has traveled the many miles by land,sea, and air to arrive at the very heart of his quarry's most terrifyingpowers---

I was exhausted from my journey, so much so that I barely knewwhere I was or how I had come to be there. It didn't matter. I couldlet nothing stand between me and my perilous mission, for the very futureof the free world's credit-card industry was at stake. It was night-time,but my day was just beginning.

I needed a guide, so I stopped in a cheap bar, looking for a localwho could speak English. Fortunately, I was in beautiful downtownBOSTON. They all spoke English there. Sort of.

I walked up to the bartender. "Give me some cookies," I said. "Makethose ... Pepperidge Farm cookies."

He looked up at me and smiled. "Pepperidge Fahm Rimembahs," hesaid. He got me some cookies as I plunked down my DarbCard™. Helooked at it, and looked up at me.

"I need some information," I said."Yeah? What kind of infahmation?" he asked suspiciously."Information on a man in these parts," I said. "An evil man. A man

by the name of Xi."The bartender stood bolt upright and shrunk back. "Don't know no

Xi," he said. "Nevah heard of him. Nope. Nevah."I noticed suddenly that a hush had fallen over the bar. I looked around,

and everyone was looking the other way. One of the men standing atthe bar turned to me. "You'd bettah leave," he said, a look of confronta­tion on his face. "Go!"

-Sam

THE CALIFORNIA TECH FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 19865

Free Music ClassPianist James Boyk is offering

a free class in interpretive perfor­mance on Wednesday afternoonsfrom 4:30 to 6:00 pm. Open to theCaltech cQmmunity withoutcharge. Feel free to arrive late andleave early if your schedule is tight.

Summer Here or ThereGTE Laboratories will conduct

the Industrial UndergraduateResearch Program of summer in­ternships for upper divisionundergraduate students in science,mathematics and engineering.Deadline: March 10, 1986. For in­formation on this and other sum­mer programs, here or abroad,drop by the Career DevelopmentCenter, 08 Parsons-Gates.

Yumm Yumm!The Master's second term tea

will be held Thursday, 27February, from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m.in the Master's Office. Allundergraduates are welcome!

lacks the numerous bright-raycraters seen on the other large Ura­nian satellites; this results is arelatively uniform surface albedo(reflectivity). The prominent crateron the terminator (upper right) isabout 110 km (70 mi) across andhas a bright central peak. Thestrangest feature in this image (attop) is a curious bright ring, themost reflective area seen on Um­briel. The ring is about 140 km (90mi) in diameter and lies near thesatellite's equator. The nature of thering is not known, although itmight be a frost deposit, perhapsassociated with and impact crater.Spots against the black backgroundare due to "noise" in the data.

Money for ChineseThe Chinese-American Institute

of Engineers and Scientists(CAlES) is offering scholarships toundergraduate students with a GPAof 3.35 in Engineering, Engineer­ing Technology, Architecture,Physics, Chemistry, Mathematicsand the Life Sciences.Sophomores, Juniors and Seniorsnot graduating until after July 31,1986 may apply.

Application forms are availableat the Financial Aid Office, Room10, Parsons-Gates.

Application deadline is March22, 1986.

Dance Alive & WellA recent question from a

former editor of the CaliforniaTech led to the discovery that thereare three folk dance organizationsthat meet regularly on campus,none of whom have been sendingin announcement information.Well, their secret is out! Here goes:

1 Tuesday, International Folki Dancing, Dabney Hall Lounge. In­

struction for beginners, 7:30 to 8pm; intermediate, 8 to 9 pm; opendancing, 9 pm to midnight. For in­formation, call John Louie,356-6931.

Wednesday nights, ScottishDancing, 8 pm. Beginnerswelcome, small donation re­quested. For information, callMichael Kovari, x4637, or577-1930.

Sunday nights, Israeli FolkDancing, Penthouse, KeithSpalding Building - beginning in­struction, 7:30 to 8 pm; in­termediate, 8 to 8:30 pm; opendancing, 8:30 to 10:30 pm. For in­formation, call John Louie,356-6931.

Investment FundThe Student Investment Fund

will disburse up to about $4,000 forprojects of broad interest to thestudents. The disbursements shouldnot be used for the furtherance ofany political course or making upany deficit incurred, nor for fun­ding scholarships. Instead theyshould preferably be used forcapital investments. Please submitproposals to: Yosufi Tyebkhan,1-54, or call him at 796-3227 fordetails.

Caltech GarnersEvery Friday night in

Clubroom 1· of Winnett, theGamers gather to play various fan­tasy, science fiction and historicalsimulation games. Fridays areprimarily for role-playing games,and times are picked for sessionsof other games and gatherings. Just·drop in any time between 7:30 pmand midnight.

The southern hemisphere ofUmbriel displays heavy crateringin this Voyager 2 image, takenJanuary 24, 1986, from a distanceof 557,000 kilometers (346,000miles). This frame, taken throughthe clear-filter of Voyager'snarrow-angle camera, is the mostdetailed image of Umbriel with aresolution of about 10 km (6 mi).Umbriel is the darkest of Uranus'larger moons and the one that ap­pears to have experienced thelowest level of geologic activity. Ithas a diameter of about 1,200 km(750 mi) and reflects only 16 per­cent of the light striking its surface;in the latter respect, Umbriel issimilar to lunar highland areas.Umbriel is heavily cratered but

-JD...'::::«Vl;2------------------------~~ Russian language8 The Russian Languageo Workshop .meets from 7 to 9 pm] on Wednesday evenings. For infor-Q.

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If you've got an In-N-Out Bumpersticker stuck to thebackside of your car, you're on your way to winning aHawaiian vacation for two, including airfare and 6 nightsat a great hotel.

Just come on in to In-N-Out, show us your rear end,and get yourself entered in the 6th Annual In-N-OutBumpersticker Sweepstakes, (If by chance you don't al­ready have a bumpersticker on your car, just ask.)

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6THE CALIFORNIA TECH FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 1986

Graduate Stipends And Rentenrollment and housing demand in­dicates that Caltech would stillneed to build. The idea of anenrollment rollback is unlikely tocatch on and would not be effec­tive for a few years anyway. Thirdis to raise the stipend level to match'the rental increases so that studentscan live in non-Caltech housing andnot starve. These higher stipendswill relieve the pressure to buildmore rental properties. Higherstipends should also slow enroll­ment as fewer graduate studentscan be afforded. Furthermore, thetypical graduate student will notpay proportionally more of his sti­pend in rent every year. As"disposable" income vanishes andthe standard of living drops,Caltech will become a less attrac­tive place to do graduate study.

The GSC is concerned aboutquestions such as how to parcel outhousing that is in high demand,whether Caltech should have alimit on its graduate student enroll­ment, and what medical benefitswould be most beneficial tograduate students and how theyshould be paid for. If you have agood idea, a pet gripe, or time tospend on something you considerimportallt, contact a GSC member.

increasing as prices outside Caltechescalate. A Catalina III project hasbeen proposed by the FacultyHousing Committee and wouldcertainly ease the housing problemif funding can be found to financeits construction. Furthermore,graduate students are giving upcheaper properties tl,at have beenpaid off to occupy higher pricedproperties that have not been. Thedebt financing of the Catalina I andII projects adds to their rental cost.This situation is due to a policy for­mally codified last year thatundergraduates will be housed inpreference to graduate students.

There are a number of ways outof this dilemma. First is to keepbuilding. But, building is expen­sive, donors are reluctant to donateliving quarters when they candonate equipment or researchbuildings, we probably can't buildfast enough, and there are severelimits to where and what Caltechcan build. Even regaining some ofthe space lost to the undergraduateswill only ease the problem a bit.Currently, there is a waiting list onall properties. In years past, thedorm waiting list was exhausted bythis time of year. Second is to limitenrollment. Unfortunately, present

The currently planned CatalinaII complex will not be much of again for the graduate students. 32places were lost when MarksHouse became an undergraduatedorm. 15 more places off-campuswere lost to the undergraduates atthe same time. These places are an­ticipated to remain in the hands ofthe undergraduates for four years(MaSH office estimate). In addi­tion, 28 places were permanentlylost when houses were vacated tomake way for Catalina II. CatalinaII at 160 spots nets the graduatestudents roughly half that amount.There is currently talk of utilizingBraun House as an undergraduatedormitory. Even without this hap­pening, if the increase in thenumber of graduate students con­tinues as it has been, Catalina IIwill just about keep us even withgraduate population growth nextyear, if it can be built in time.There are some indications thatCatalina II will not be ready inSeptember. This means thatSeptember could show an evengreater shortfall in graduate hous­ing than was experienced this year.More off-campus housing will belost north of the present campus asCaltech expands in that direction.Demand for Caltech properties is15.2

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A Very lArge Seale Invitationfrom II 1eelmology lellder

Tau Beta PiOn Monday, 24 February, the

Caltech chapter of Tau Beta Pi willhost a talk by Dr. Christos J.Georgiou of IBM's Thomas J. Wat­son Research Center. The talk willcover Dr. Georgiou's currentresearch in multiprocessorsystems, high-bandwidth intercon­nection networks and VLSIarchitechture.

Manager of the Systems Inter­connection Structures Group, Dr.Georgiou has received an IBMOutstanding Innovation Award fora series of contributions tomodular, fault-tolerant switchingnetworks. He is also the recipientof an IBM First-Level InventionAchievement Award and hasauthored five patent applications.

Show up at 8:00 p.m. in Win­nett Lounge for what promises tobe a very interesting evening.Refreshments will be served.

In electronics, the era ofvery large scale integration (VISI) has arrived, leaving many companieswith products suddenly obsolete and engineering staffs struggling to catch up.

But not Thradyne. Thanks to 1119 million spent on R&D in 1981-1984, Thradyne was ready andwaitingfor VIS/.

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Ready in Nashua, New Hampshire, where Thradyne produces backplane connection systems andstate-ofthe-art circuit board technology designated to meet VSLI reqUirements.

This kind oftechnology leadership spellsgrowth. Excitement. Challenge. Careeropportunitiesyou just can'tfind anywhere else.

Thradyne. A company ahead ofitstime, lookingfor some goodpeopleto keep it ahead.

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Minorities SymposiumMayor Henry Cisneros of San

Antonio, Texas and president ofthe National League of Cities, willbe among the featured panelistsparticipating in a major symposiumon "Minorities in California" onMarch 5 in Ramo Auditorium.

The symposium will be the oc­casion of the announcement of thefindings of a major report on thepolitical, economic and social im­pact of minority communities inCalifornia. The study, which tooktwo years to complete, was under­taken by Dr. Bruce E. Cain,associate professor of politicalscience, and co-authored by Dr.Roderick Kiewiet, also an associateprofessor of political science, bothhere at Caltech. It was commis­sioned by the prestigious SeaverInstitute.

Robert Abernethy of NBCNews is moderator of the threepanels, where Mayor Cisneros andother political and communityleaders and business executiveswill participate in the symposiumand panels.

Open to the public at no charge,the symposium begins at 8:30 amwith the panel on "Political Direc­tion of California's Minorities. At10: 15 am, another panel willdiscuss "Business Opportunities forCalifornia's Minorities," and at2:30 pm, "Community RelationsBetween California's Racial/EthnicGroups."

8THE CALIFORNIA TECH FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 1986 -

This Voyager 2 image of Mirandawas taken 24 January 1986 from adistance of about 31,000kilometers, shortly before thespacecraft's closest approach to theUranian moon. The high resolutionof 600 meters reveals a bewilder­ing variety of fractures, grooves,and craters, as well as features ofdifferent albedos. This clear-filter,narrow-angle view encompassesareas of older, heavily cratered ter­rain with a wide variety of forms.The grooves and troughs reachdepths of a few kilometers and ex­pose materials of different albedos.The great variety of directions offracture and troughs, and the dif­ferent densities of impact craters onthem, signify a long, complexgeologic evolution for this satellite.

Voyager 2 acquired this high­resolution image of the epsilon ringof Uranus on January 23, 1986,from a distance of 1.12 millionkilometers (690,000 miles). Thisclear-filtered image fromVoyager's narrow-angle camerahas a resolution of about 10 km (6mi). The epsilon ring, approx­imately 100 km (60 mi) wide at thislocation, clearly shows a structural

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YNeeds Ufrom page 1grams, and at monthly meetingsthey are brought into contact withother board members - faculty,alumni and JPL scientists, forexample.

Each student member is re­quired to produce at least three pro­grams during each term, or todonate equivalent time in other ser­vices to The Y. The Y's profes­sional staff of three assists thestudents in the production of theirprograms.

The present Excomm will hostthe information pizza supper forprospective new members in thenext few weeks. It will take placein The Y lounge.

In the meantime, answers toquestions about Excomm member­ship can be obtained by getting intouch with either the executivedirector of The Y (Le. this unbias­ed reporter) or any of the currentmembers. They are: AdamLewenberg, president; WesleyBoudville, vice president; MichaelGoedecke, publicity coordinator;Robin Wilson, secretary; LauraAnderson; Seth Jelen; Kent Noble;Behzad Sadeghi; Andy Swanson;and Brian Treco.

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Last reported sighting of new IHC Chairman Steve "Cumby" Gomez, just before his most recent abduction.

TH E CALI FORN IA TECH FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 1986 9

The dual meet season is over,but now the Conference Meetstarts. The three-day conferencemeet started yesterday and con­tinues today and tomorrow (2: 30pm both days). Some of the bestswimmers in the country will be inattendance. The meet will be heldat the South Gate Pool, and theCaltech Athletic Office has direc­tions to the event. Any timers willbe greatly appreciated, as will acheering section.

This year's Men's Swim Teamhave quietly gone about theirbusiness of winning swim meets.The season started in Decemberwith victories over Oxy, 67-33 andthen Redlands, 68-42. AfterChristmas break Whittier fell 78-33to the Tech swimmers. Both Oxyand Redlands came back for re­matches, but the results were thesame - they lost; Oxy 72-39,Redlands 70-27.

The last two home meets foundV.C. Riverside in the "beaver pondof no hope" 73-38 and PasadenaCity College came crossing thestreet to get "wasted on" 85-7. Theonly black marks were losses to astrong Colorado College and to theNCAA number-one ranked Clare­mont. The men beavers hold an im­pressive 7-2 record in dual meets.

Much credit for the success ofthe dual meet season must go tothose brave and talented timers.Their help was appreciated by all.The timers who deserve specialthanks were Dr. Cowan and hislovely wife Thelma, grad DaveKuzo, undergrad Dave Bruning,and alumni Sue Rosik and ScottMichael.

I SPORTS IBeaver SwimmersDrown Opponents

Top times were turned in byfreshman Jim Taylor in the 50 Free(22.52), 200 Free (I :55.II), and100 Fly (57.53). Freshman BoydBangerter still holds the 100 Freemark with a 49.49, while all­around swimmer Brian Hayesholds top spots in the 500 Free(5: 19.41), 1000 Free (II: 10.41)and 100 & 200 Backstrokes (59.91and 2:11.71 respectively). The toptech time in the 200 Fly is held byjunior Randy Brown (2: 18.70), andwhile junior John Sarapata has the100 Breaststroke (1:05.79). Thelongest race is the 1650, withfreshman Jordan Holt having thehonor with a time of 19:27.34.

Susan Gerhart for the VpperclassDirector-at-Large position, sincehe hadthe most Yes votes, and thedifference between his Yes and Novotes was slightly greater than RobFiitland's. The By-Laws Amend­ment passed, 242 to 51 (but seeJohn Fourkas' letter in this issue).

Similarly, Kathleen Hayashibaranarrowly edged out JunkoMunakata in an unusually hard­fought race for ASCIT Secretary.Bibi Jentoft-Nilsen defeated RachelClark for Frosh Director-at-Large,even though ASCIT still can't spellher name. Eric Scharin has ap­parently defeated Rob Fiitland and

In the first test of the newASCIT run-off procedures (com­monly called the Australian FireDrill system, as opposed to theolder, more traditional ChineseFire Drill form of balloting), SteveGomez handily won as IHC Chair­man by obtaining the most Yesvotes and the fewest No votes.

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rB-lng Pixvariation. Visible here are a broad,bright outer component about 40km (25 mi) wide; a darker middleregion of comparable width; and anarrow, bright inner strip about 15km (9 mi) wide. The epsilon-ringstructure seen by Voyager issimilar to that observed from theground with stellar-occultationtechniques. This frame representsthe first Voyager image thatresolves these features within theepsilon ring. The occasional fuzzysplotches on the outer and innerparts of the ring are artifacts left bythe removal of reseau marks (usedfor making measurements on theimage).

ILETTERSIElectionQuestionsfrom page 2withheld for "unsatisfactory perfor­mance by the Editor or BusinessManager." No clue is given as towhat actually constitutes un­satisfactory performance; as itstands, the BOD could withholdsalary upon a whim (indeed, onerecent Editor did not get paid fortwo years after he finished his job) .Furthermore, I do not believe thatthe BOD has any businesswithholding salary;. it is the bonuswhich is meant to reflect the qualityof a yearbook (or other publica­tion). An Editor works many hun­dreds of hours to make a finishedbook, and it is unfair to denysalary.

I do not intend to suggest thatthere are not any changes neededin the publications bylaws; changesare needed, and I would like to seemany made. This amendment,however, will do more harm thangood. Now that I have published anopposing view, I sincerely hopethat we will all get the chance torethink and revote. I also hope thatmy criticisms are taken positively,as I intend them to be.

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CloseSeason

-Fall toUCLA

by Marty ZimmermanThe Caltech hockey team's

regular season ended with a dullthud Tuesday night as they lost toUCLA 7-0. UCLA scored threegoals in the first period and twogoals in each of the followingperiods. Peter Dowd once againhad a great game in the net, stop­ping 42 shots on goal. The onecheering note was the large turnoutof Caltech supporters.

Next stop - Lake Arrowheadfor a two-game series with U.C. Ir­vine, who finished the regularseason in last place.

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Against La Verne, Porterstarted the same way he left offagainst Whittier, scoring fourpoints in the first 24 seconds.Caltech dominated the game fromstart to finish, winning 79-69.Porter was again high-scorer with28 points. Zanelli added 16 points,followed by Bush with 15, andHelgren with 10. Senior guard­forward Rob Fatland added twopoints. Gusto and frosh guardAram "Koonem" Kaloustian con­tributed fine defense.

The regular-season finale willbe played tomorrow at 7:30 pm onthe home floor against PacificCoast. Bring your families. Manythanks from the entire club tocoaches Mike Poizner and PaulDrozd for a fine season, also tostatisticians Tammy and Carol

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proud his parents (Fountain Valley)as well as the rest of the fans.Junior guard-center-forwardBill"Gusto" Gustafson (parents fromthe Yosemite area, sister fromCovina) played tough defense in­side (points/foul ratio 1/4 on theevening). Helgren's parents(Chicago) were told that familynight was two weeks ago and werenot present. All families were ad­mitted free of charge.

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by J. HoopstienThe Caltech basketball team

have gone back to their winningways, defeating both Whittier andLa Verne in league play.

On Family Night against Whit­tier, who were at the time the firstplace team in the league, Caltechgot behind early, trailing 18-6.Junior center Brett Bush and seniorforwards Brian Porter and JimHelgren took control of the boards,and by halftime Caltech hadmanaged to grab a 36-35 lead.

The second half was hardfought, with Whittier shootingfrom the perimeter with a highdegree of accuracy. But theBeavers were up to the challenge,shooting a whopping 58 %themselves. Caltech led by eightwith two minutes remaining. TheBeavers held on to win by twopoints, 71-69.

Porter whose parents camedown fro~ Washington to see himplay, finished with 24 points, andBush (whose parents made ashorter journey from Paci!icPalisades) scored twenty. JUnIorguard Ed Zanelli (p~rents fromWestminster) added SIX steals andten assists. Freshman guard BradScott (whose father played as a CITundergrad) grabbed three reboundsand had several steals, making-

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escaped with a 9-8 victory.

Although the Beavers have a1-5 record, the team are playingwell. The Beavers are hitting .253as a team, and several players arehitting over .300, including AlanMarumoto (.500), BrandonMymudes (.437), Michael Keating(.348), and Min Su Yun (.333). OnSaturday the Beavers travel toPacific Coast Baptist Bible Collegefor a double header.

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by Doug OuteThe hard-luck Beaver baseball

team lost a tough game on Tues­day, falling 9-8 to the Master's Col­lege. Caltech's record fell to 1-5.

At the beginning of the game,it looked as if the Master's wouldrout Caltech, as they got out to a8-1 lead after five innings. In thesixth inning the course of the gameturned, as Caltech drove acrossthree unanswered runs to make thescore 8-4. The Master's rebound-

Day Date Time Sport Opponent locationFri. 2-21 All Day Swimming (MIW) SCIAC Championships South GateSat. 2-22 All Day Swimming (MIW) SCIAC Championships South GateSat. 2-22 11:00 am Track Claremont & Whittier OccidentalSat. 2-22 12 noon Baseball Pacific Coast Baptist Bible PCBB (2)Sat. 2-22 1:00 pm Women's Tennis La Verne La VerneSat. 2-22 1:30 pm Men's Tennis Red lands V & ]V RedlandsSat. 2-22 7:30 pm Basketball Pacific Coast Baptist Bible CaltechSun. 2-23 12 noon Fencing Cal Poly & Occidental Cal State Long BeachSun. 2-23 1:00 pm Women's Soccer Spinoffs CaltechMon. 2-24 1:00 pm Golf La Verne Pomona-PitzerTue. 2-25 3:00 pm Baseball Pacific Coast Baptist Bible CaltechTue. 2-25 3:00 pm Men's Tennis Occidental CaltechWed. 2-26 1:00 pm Golf Claremont-Mudd La VerneFri. 2-28 All Day Golf So. Cal. Intercollegiate Tourn. Torrey PinesFri. 2-28 All Day Fencing Men's NCAA Western Reg. U. San FranciscoSat. 3-1 All Day Golf So. Cal. Intercollegiate Tourn. Torrey PinesSat. 3-1 All Day Fencing Men's NCAA Western Reg. U. San Francisco

, Sat. 3-1 12 noon Baseball Whittier Caltech (2)Sat. 3-1 1:00 pm Women's Tennis Pomona-Pitzer Pomona-PitzerSat. 3-1 1:30 pm Men's Tennis Whittier WhittierSun. 3-2 All Day Fencing Men's NCAA Western Reg. U. San FranciscoSun. 3-2 1:00 pm Women's Soccer TNT La Salle High School

12 THE CALIFORNIA TECH FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY 1986

(-----WHAT GOES ON-----3linus Pauling at 85

On Friday, February 28, therewill be a special "Salute to LinusPauling on his 85th Birthday" inBeckman Auditorium. For those ofyou who don't remember, PaUlingwas Caltech's only double NobelLaureate, awarded the Chemistryprize in 1954 and the Peace prizein 1963. He was at Caltech fromthe late 1920s until 1964, duringwhich time his work greatly ad­vanced the understanding ofmolecular structure and bonding.

The day of salutations will in­clude a full day of speeches onPauling's life and works, inBeckman Auditorium, as well as aluncheon and a dinner, both at theAthenaeum. For more information,contact professor Ahmed Zewail,Mail Code 127-72.

Squash Racquets ClubAll those interested in playing

squash at a recreational and/orcompetitive level, please contacteither Leo Merken (440-9092) orSalim Khan (304-0719, MarksHouse). Currently, due to theunavailability of courts at Caltechwe would have to use the exhor­bitantly priced facilities of thePasadena YMCA. If enough peo­ple are interested, however, thereis a very good chance of getting theclub subsidized by Caltech.

See KismetTickets for Kismet are on sale

now at the Caltech ticket office.They are $5.00 for students, $7.50for staff and faculty. Performancesare Fri. Feb. 21 and 28, Sat. Feb.22 and March 1, and Sun. Feb. 23at 8 pm, and Sat. and Sun. March1 and 2 at 2 pm. Seating is reserv­ed and they're going fast, so buyyour tickets now.

Go Turtle-Tagging!On a remote beach on the

Caribbean coast of Costa Rica inJuly, August, and September, 40volunteer field assistants will joinresearchers at the Caribbean Con­servation Corporation's TortugueroStation to assist in the annual tag­ging of the green sea turtles.

Sponsored by the New YorkZoological Society and the CCC,program participants willthoroughly monitor the activities ofturtles emerging from the sea, andmake an important contribution toturtle conservation and research.

Professor Archie Carr of theUniversity of Florida has directedthis research at Tortuguero for over30 years. 1986 will mark the thirdannual expedition by NYZS/CCCvolunteers.

Five teams, departing Julythrough September, are now beingformed.

Additional information andfieldapplications are available fromJohn Behler, Curator ofHerpetology, Bronx Zoo, Bronx,New York 10460; or call(212)220-5152.

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Sunday VolleyballEvery Sunday at noon, there is

a session of recreational volleyballat the Gym. Call Tyler Housel forinformation, x4942.

Polish WorkshopA Polish language and song

workshop meets in 210 Thomasfrom 7 to 8:45 pm on Thursdayevenings. For more information,call Pat Laubert, 354-3002.

Modern Dance ClassA modern dance class for the

Caltech communitv is held inDabney Hall Lounge on Tuesdayafternooons from 5 to 6:30 pm. Forinformation, call Liz Oberstein,x6146.

Aerobics ClassSandwiched in between the

Modern Dance Class and the Inter­national Folk Dancing, DabneyHall is the home of an aerobic ex­ercise class for beginning and in­termediate students, 6:30 to 7:30pm on Tuesdays. The sessions arecoed. For information, call Jen­nifer Wood, 799-6915.

Political InternmentThe Beckman Internship will be

available for the summer of 1986.This internship, supported byfriends of Dr. Beckman, pays a sti­pend of $2,600. It allows a selectedIntern to spend the summer work­ing in the office of a politician andto see from the inside the processof government. The Intern is ex­pected to make arrangements withthe appropriate political persons. Itis open to any Techer who intendsto be a Caltech undergraduate nextyear. If interested, contact GaryLorden, Dean of Students, orJeanne Noda, Associate Dean, ext.6351, or come to the Dean's Of­fice, 102 Parsons-Gates.

Career CounselingThe Gnome Club and the

Alumni Association are sponsoringa series of Career Counseling ses­sions in the Red Door Cafe, from7:30 to 9:00 pm on the nights listedbelow. Soft drinks, beer and mun­chies served.

March 6: Careers in ComputerScience and EE.

April 10: Research in industry,academia or non-profitorganizations.

May 8: Careers in small,medium or large companies.

May 22: Careers in Biology orBio-Engineering.

C-l-A-G-SThe theme for this weeks

meeting is Ice Cream. Come eat icecream and talk about potential ac­tivities (like a dance) and maybesee a movie or something. Themeeting is at 8:00 Monday even­ing in the Y lounge. (By the way,t-shirts are in.)

Hillel At RestTuesday afternoons from 4:30

to 6:00 pm is an informal gather­ing of Hillel and Caltech Jewishcommunity in the Y Lounge, 2ndfloor of Winnett Center. Refresh­ments and a little relaxation. Forinformation, call Myra Baxter(213) 208-4427, or drop in.

Newman ClubThe Newman Club meets in the

Y Lounge every Wednesday even­ing at 7:30 pm. Friendly discussionand refreshments.

Marin County GrantIf you are a legal resident of

Marin County, you may be eligi­ble for a grant. The grant is basedon financial need.

For applications and additionalinformation, contact the FinancialAid Office, Room 10, Par­sons-Gates.

Application deadline is April 1,1986.

Bible StudyWednesdays at noon in the Y

Lounge are the time for a Biblestudy and discussion group. Bringa lunch. For information, call PaulDunlap, 356-4670.

CMRS PotluckHear ye, hear ye! The Caltech

Medieval/Renaissance Society willhold another potluck Sunday,February 23, at 3 pm in WinnettStudent Lounge. The agenda willinclude plans for the upcomingMay Tourney to be held on cam­pus. It is important that allmembers attend. We will begin at3 sharp as many of our membersare in the cast of Kismet and mustleave for a performance. See youthere.

Chinese MoviesEvery Saturday at 1 pm in Bax­

ter Lecture Hall, Chinese moviesare shown, from Taiwan, HongKong and China. Usually two orthr~e films, selected from a vastcollection of award-winners. Spon­sored by the Caltech Chinese Stu­dent Association.

Uranus EncounterNo, this announcement isn't

late.Mr. Michael Urban will present

a lecture entitled "Uranus En­counter" at 7 pm on Saturday,February 22 in the Von KarmanAuditorium at JPL.

Mr. Urban is leader of the Ad­vanced Software DevelopmentGroup for the Voyager Project atJPL. He will talk about theVoyager Project with emphasis onthe preliminary results of theUranus Encounter.

The lecture is one of many ac­tivities sponsored by the Organiza­tion for the Advancement of SpaceIndustrialization and Settlement(OASIS). The organization is anon-profit educational group whichpromotes space development.

The public is invited; there isno admission charge. For more in­formation about this lecture orother OASIS activities call F.Wiley Livermont at (818)700-8382.

Optical MoneySPIE- The International Socie­

ty for Optical Engineering, is of­fering scholarships. Awards willnot be made on the basis of need.Selections will be based upon anassessment of the student's poten­tial contribution to optical or op­toelectronic applied science andengineering.

For further information and ap­plications, please contact theFinancial Aid Office, room 10,Parsons-Gates. Applicationdeadline: May 5, 1986.

Whalewatching IIJust when you thought it was

safe to go back in the water ... Jointhe Caltech Y for WhalewatchingII! Come applaud the heart-shapedspouts, the flukes, and the foot­prints of the California GreyWhale. Boat leaves Long Beach at10:30 am Saturday, March 8.Some transportation available. $6for students, $7.75 for staff andfaculty. Sign up now at the CaltechY!

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Caltech Rambo Club. The club isdevoted to pseudo-military exer­cises of all kinds. These range fromsurvival games (played with paintguns) to sky diving. Sign-up listsare already posted around campus.Contact Bill Foster at x3774, or in105 Page for more information.

Methods in MathThe Mathematics Club is

presenting a series of informal talkson "Methods in Mathematics." Thethird speaker in the series is Dr.Richard Stanley, FairchildDistinguished Scholar. He willspeak on the "Method ofGenerating Functions" in 151 Sloanon Tuesday, February 25, at 7:30pm. There will be an informalreception after the talk.

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Classical VolcanoThe Caltech Geology Club

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