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graldw:l.ticm re:Quirenlenlts, is tothe curriculum in

del'ining equivalenciesbetween dasses. For in­stance last year CS 10 CS 12were replacedbythe CS 1,2,3 series,which cover slightly different top­ics. As in the PH 77 versus APh 77case,graduatingSeniors could havefound their graduation blocked, if

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quite unfair toquirementsBrennen

ASCIT, responding to studentconcerns that the administrationwasn't hearing input form stu­dents on the issue, drafted aproposalto place before the Faculty BOflrd.The ASCIT proposal read, "As aCaltech student, you may graduateby fulfilling the requirements listed

any catalog under which youhave registered. If there have beensignificant changes in the contentofa required course, the CUlIk:uhlmcommitteewill decideonwhat creditsubstitutions are acceptable."

Kiewiet plans to discuss the issuewith students, faculty and adminis­trators to achieve a consensus onthe issue. He intends to attend din­ners in the undergraduate houses tosee what the students' concerns are.But he says, " the students dearlydo need and deserve lead interms of planning the courses theyneed to take to graduate."

Some of the difficult

up to this point, but accordingChris Brennen, the de factounder the last five Deans has"The Institute reserves the

to change its policies, rules, regu­lations, requirements for graduation,course offerings, and any othercontents oHhis catalogat any time."TIle preceding sentence greetedCaltech students as the arrived fromthe title page oHhis year's Catalog.According to Dean Kiewiet, thestatementwas insertedat thebequestof Caltech's lawyers, who citedsimilar statements in the catalogs ofother colleges anduniversities. Thepurpose ofsuch astatementis dearlyto provide legal protection for theInstitute in case they are sued by astudent who has been preventedfrom graduationbecauseofa changein the requirements or course of­ferings.

The issue of graduation require­ments erupted early this year whenthe Physics department wished toprevent undergraduate physicsmajors from substituting APh 77for Ph 77. The Curriculum com-

drafted a proposal saying, ."Itis your responsibility to keep in­formed and to comply with the rulesandpoliciesaffecting youracademicstanding as a Caltech student. Youshould consult from time to timewith the Registrar and your optionadvisorconceming the requirements

which you graduate." Fol­lowing a petition drive organizedthe students and the opposition ofChris Brennen, who was the Deanat the time, the proposition was sentback to the Curriculum committeefor further consideration.

Caltech has had no written policyregarding graduation requirements

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Times. Benavidez has also servedas a regular publicaffairs commen­tator on NBC's local affiliate,

.KNEC. He is a graduate of UClA."Weare pleased to have Maxjoin

ourpublic relations team. Hispublicrelations background in highereducation and the corporate areawill strengthen our media relationsefforts," said Robert O'Rourke,assistant vice president for publicrelations.

Benavidez's duties will includeestablishingrelationswith print andelectronic media (local, national,and international), developing andcoordinatingthe productionofnewsreleases, responding to media in­quiries (including earthquake re­ports);producing Caltech's monthlyradio show, organizing press con­ferences' and serving as a spokes­person for the Institute.

Bob O'Rourke

Caltech's Office of PublicRealtions announces the appoint­ment ofMax Benavidez as directorofmedia relations. He succeedsHallDaily,who isnowCaltech's directorof government relations and com­munity affairs.

Before joining Caltech,Benavidez was director of the uni­versity communications at the Cali~ .

.. fornia State University's Office ofthe Chancellor, headquarters of the20-campus CSU•system. Prior tothat, he ran his own public relationsconsulting firm with clients in boththe public and private sector, in­duding foundations, corporations,corporations, financial institutionsand universities. He bas also been amagazine editor, and is a frequentcontributor to tbe Angeles

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cause cancer in laboratory rats insome govemment studies (Whichones I can't remember). Usingschedules thatappeared inThe Tech,students ventured into each houseand were greeted by a horde ofsmiling upperclassmen.

With the grace of Ivan the Ter­rible, the upperclassmen proceededto mob unsuspecting frosh with the

~'four most horrible questions everasked.

"What's your name," they askedthe terrified new students.

"Where are you from," theycontinued in their cruel interroga­tion:

"What'syourmajor," theirvoicesrose as the froshbacked into acomer.

"Where are you rotating·from,"they continued unmercilessly as thenew students fell on their knees inagony and begged for mercy.

Perhaps the most original ques­tion, "ifyouwere an avacado,whichshelf of the refrigerator would you

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group of over three hundred stu­dents and administrators whichventured across the open sea to theluxurious resortYMCAcamp. Theysucceeded in doing so with acrowded schedule of activities thatincluded numerous lectures on thehonor code and challenges, as wellas group activities such as a camp­fire, dance, and a concert in ameadow attended by 400,000.(Wait, never mind. That wasWoodstock)

Administrators succeeded in theirultimate goa1. Using highlyequipped bunks (sans walls) andfood ofquestionable origin to makethe return to even the mostcrowdedsouth house room look more like amove into Buckingham Palace.

"I want a standing ovation," saidone frosh of the week's festivities.

And onthesixthday, thefreshmenrested.Sunday marked the start of the in­famous house rotation, known to

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A record sized throng of anxiousfreshmen made their .debut on theCaltech campus in preparation ofaweekoforientationandsleepbeforethe start of their much awaitedcollege careers and the not so muchawaited week of rotation.

First year residents, includingFreshmen and 3-2 transfer students,were treated to a three day, twonight excursion to sunny Camp Foxon Catalina Island, located twoDramamine tablets off of the coastof Long :Beach.

Organizers had hoped to instill asense of community among the

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the committee's pro­posal hadbeen accepted. Alternativeroutes such as petitioning exist. "Ihave the feeling that people wantmore than the. assurance that youcan always petition the Curriculumcommittee", said Dean Kiewiet.

The one thing that seems inevi­table is that a policy concerninggraduation requirements will bewritten into the Catalog. "Currentlythere are a lot of faculty and a lot ofstudents who are not comfortablewith dealing with cases on an adhoc basis", said Dean Kiewiet. Itseemsthatcomingto afinal deCisionon this issue may be difficult sincesays Kiewiet, "the debate went onall last year and positions kind ofhardened."

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As unbelievable a scenario as it may have seemed last year, we areentering the [mal stages of the 1992 Presidential election with the Demo­cratic challenger holding a solid lead over a once overwhelmingly popularRepublican incumbent. The reason for this is simple: George Bush hasbeen an unmitigated disaster for the United States ofAmerica. Our anemiceconomy remains mired in a seemingly endless recession, caused bytwelve years of Republican policies of favoritism for the affluent. Duringthe great con job known as trickle-down economics, the wealthiest 1% ofthe population received 70% of the gains and now control 90% of ourassets. For people making over $1 million, the 1980's was a fantasticdecade indeed; their salaries increased by an average of2,184%. As for therest of us, the standard of living has actually declined during Bush's termin office, a trend not seen since Herbert Hoover presided over the start ofthe Great Depression. Reagan and Bushsunk us $3 trillion furtherinto debt whilereducing long term investments, such aseducation, infrastructure, and research.The federal government continues towaste precious funds on obsolete relicsof the Cold Warlike the B-2 bomber, ata cost of $2 billion per plane. The poor and the middle class feel despair,uncertainty, and most significantly, have lost their confidence that timeswill improve. Not only is George Bush incapable of empathy for theirplight, he also lacks the vision to unite this country and inspire Americansto solve the problems threatening our future.

October will be a desperate month at the Republican campaign head­quarters. They will certainly resort to their most familiar and effectiveweapon: fear. Fear that change will worsen conditions, not improve them.Fear rooted in intolerance and racism. The most irresponsible act aPresident can perform is to cynically manipulate the emotions of adisheartened populace. The Republicans will attempt once more to dividethe country along cultural lines to solidify their core constituency, thesocially conservative. This year, the Republican Convention provided anuncharacteristically candid portrait of the influence of the party's extremeright wing with the frighteningly prominent display offigures such as PatBuchanan and Pat Robertson. These extremist elements are the agentsresponsible for the powerfulpositionsofsuch bumbling, ultraconservativedogmatists such as Dan Quayle and Clarence Thomas. They conspire todeprive us of our civil rights, equal rights, and reproductive rights whileself-righteously justifying it in the name ofgovernment dictated morality.To this end, Reagan and Bush have been very successful, defining theconservative ideological bent of the entire federal judicial system byhaving appointing 70% of all sitting judges. One more philosophical twinofWilliamRhenquiston the Supreme Courtcould bringradical, regressivechanges beginning with the overturn of Roe v. Wade. With Justice HarryBlackmun at 84 years of age, this nightmare is well within the realm ofpossibility.

This is a crucial election. More so than any election in a long time, itwillhave a critical impact on our future. The students at Caltech represent thenext generation to inherit this country, with all of its promise as well as itsproblems; there is more at stake for us than for any other age group ofvoters. It is our responsibility as citizens of a democracy to participate inthe political process and promote the change that this country so badlyneeds. I urge you to register to vote by the deadline on October 5, and toJust Say No to George Herbert Walker Bush on November 3.

Tom AnMu

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To the editors,Tuesday I spoke to several stu­

dents who told me that there wasgrowing concern among Page,Lloyd and Ruddock house residentsthat the override keys installed onthe North Complex student roomcombination locks would be usedfor regular maintenance work. I wastold that thi§ concern was growingbecause of our use of the key the tostamp the new loft and skybed lad­ders on Monday, September 28.

We had identified a two weekwindow at the beginning of the se­mester in which we reserved theright for our office, Physical Plantand the contractor performing reha­bilitation work to use the overridekey to finish rehab related work. Ihad hoped to be able to schedule theladder stamping for Friday Septem­ber 25 the last day of this window.We did not perform this work onSeptember 25, because we saw somany ladders outside of studentrooms that I felt the only way toassure that we could match laddersto rooms was to give you prior no­tice of the ladder stamping and theweekend to retrieve the ladder foryour room if you had moved it out.

I assure you that the override keyfrom here on will only be used byour department in accordance withthe combination lock policy whichKim West, the Director of Residen­tial Life, distributed to each of youthrough the campus mail. TheHousing Department will not usethe bypass key to complete routinemaintenance repairs, to clean, to letanother person into your room, or todo unannounced inspections.

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To the editors,Undergraduates submit them­

selves to the single constraint of theHonor System: not to unfairly dis­advantage another student. Clearlythe administration has different ifnot more complex responsibilities;however, one might expect that theadministration would at least rec­ognize in passing the HonorSystem's principle, given that theCaltech Catalog proudly displaysthe code as an example of studentself-government at Caltech. How­ever, in several cases such as thefollowing the administration seemsto have held convenience dearerthan such a recognition.

This year the first day of classesand registration unfortunately co­incides with the Jewish holiday ofRosh Hashanah. When I went to theregistrar's office to discuss whatthis coincidence would mean forJewish students who chose to ob­serve the holiday, the response fromthose in the office ranged fromhostility to (on the part of the reg­istrar herself) cynicism and conde­scension. Indeed, the registrar sug­gested that a "real-world" (as sheput it) problem such as this oneshould be ignored and left for dead­and that the current schedulingsystem, which starts at Christmasand works ten weeks backward tofind the term's beginning, was in­violable.

Surely an administration whichclaims to respect the interest of itsstudents would recognize thatchoosing to schedule classes on sucha day at once insults those Jews whoare already observant and lays aforbidding obstacle in the path ofthose who might choose to becomeso.

OCTOBER

REMINDER TO INTERESTED STUDENTSA one- to three-page project proposal draft for theWatson Fellowships is due inthe Deans' Office, 102Parsons-Gates' on Friday, October 9, 1992. Keepmind that successful proposals generally have a singletopic of study or investigation that reflects a student'slong-standing interest in that area.

The Watson Foundation provides fellowships of$13,000 for ayear ofindependent study and travel aftergraduation. They are designed to encourage an infor­mal break in the normal sequence of undergraduate­postgraduate education and are a marvelous opportu­nity to travel outside of North America. Caltechnominates two seniors each year this fellowship.

DISCUSSION

On Monday, October 5, 1992 at 7:30 p.m. in WinnettClubroom 1, Steve Pickle, a Watson Fellow in 1990,will talk about his experiences. Anyone consideringapplying for a Watson Fellowship now or in the futureshould attend this meeting. Ifyou have any questions,contact the Deans' Office. Refreshments willbeserved.

The Tech will be having its first organizational meet­ing at 7:30 PM on Tuesday, October 6 in the Techoffice (room 40 in the SAC). Stop by to talk about the"California Tech Vision" and how you can help createit. We need writers of all styles, photographers, andperhaps some layout designers. Make a name foryourself at Caltech. You can do it! Ifyou can't attend,let us know you're interested. (Q@792.8470;Mike@x3760; or Chris @449.5590).

the outcome of the race, but amonth still remains in the cam­paign.

Bush Campaign Proposes a se­ries ofFour Debates ,In a surprise announcement, theBushcampaignproposedaseriesof four Presidential debates andtwo Vice-Presidential debates.The first two Presidentialdebateswould use the single moderatorformat proposed by the bi-par­tisan debate commission andsupported by Clinton, and thesecond two debates would beconducted by a panel of threemembers of the press askingquestions. The Clinton campaignaccepted the overall format, butexpressed reservation over thetiming of the debates which aresupposed to take place on eachSunday during October, con­flicting with the World Series.The campaigns are currentlymeeting face-to-face to iron outthe differences between thecampaigns. Yesterday's entry ofRoss Perot, willhave anuncertaineffect on the debates.

S~nateRatifies STARTTreatyThe Senate ratified the StrategicArms Reduction Treaty onThursday. The treaty is aimed atcutting the total levels ofICBMsin Russia and the United Statesby 1/3 from it current level ofabout 22,000 warheads to about15,000 warheads. A secondround, of talks called STARTH,is aimed at reducing the numberof warheads further to about7,000witheachside retain 3,500.

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Ross PerotAnnouncesCandidacyTexas Billionaire Ross Perot an­nounced his candidacy for thePresidency, Thursday. As his run­ning mate, Perot chose JamesStockdale, a retired andformer Vietnam POW. Perot'scandidacy has the possibility ofchanging the dynamics ofwhat hadbeen, since Perot's declining to runin July, a two-way race. Both theClinton and Bush campaignsclaimed that Perot's entry wouldnot change their campaign tactics.Many polls have shown that Perot'sentry would not substantially affect

No Third AIDS VirusThe World Health Organizationannouncedthis Tuesday that theyhad found no evidence of a newAIDS-like virus. This Summer at aWHO sponsored symposium onAIDS research, many doctors carneforward with accounts of patients,who showed no evidence ofAIDS,having AIDS-like symptoms. TheWHO report investigated over ahundred of the suspect cases, andfound that nearly all ofthem couldbe explained by other diseases.Many ofthe researchers, who carneforward this Summer have sincechanged their diagnosis.

slide two years ago based on hispromises to root out governmentcorruption and reform Brazil'seco­nomic system, has been impeachedin the wake of a number of corrup­tion scandals. Brazil's lower housevoted 441-38 for impeachment ofthe President on Tuesday.

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Br.izillian President Collor im-peachedFernando Collor de Mello, whowas elected President in a land-

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But I was pleasantly surprisedby Singles. Oh, there wereinstances when the jokes aboutsingles-life seemed to run on likea Cathy cartoon, but for the mostpart I thought it was well done.

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The movie featured severalpopular actors, including CampbellScott, Bridget Fonda, KyraSedgwick, and Matt Dillon, butyouprobably already knew that. Therewere alsocameosfrom Seattle-basinmusic stars, Eddie Vetter and JeffAment of Pearl Jam and ChrisCornell of Soundgarden.

The movie derives its charmfromits characters. All ofthem are likablein their own ways, and they manageto attract a little empathy from theaudience, or at least me, as theykeep losing in the games of singlelife.

The recurring themes here areman against nature, man againstmachine, man against woman,woman against man - everythingseems to get in the way of simplehappiness. All that wide-eyedCampbell Scott wants is to professhis unhindered love to Kyra, getmarried, and livehappily ever-after.All that Bridget Fonda wants issimple commitment (with a manwho says "bless you" when shesneezes). All that Kyra wants is astable relationship with a sensitiveman, and all that Matt Dillon seemsto want is his music.

But they're all forced into play­ing games. Campbell succumbs tothe pressure of not calling Kyra fora week. Bridget acts sweet and de­mure as she tries in vain to roperocker Matt Dillon.

The struggles all seem to find aresolution in one way or another,and there's plenty of light-heartedhumor to keep everything rollingalong the way. The most appealingthing about the film for me was thestyle - as the storyline moved fromdhapter to chapter, the characterstalked to you, right to the camera,and involved you in their lives. Itwas an effective method, on direc­tor-writer-producer CameronCrowe's part, to get the audienceinvolved with the film.

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efforts to pretend that we are not astate school."

But in San Diego, where SanDiego state and UC San Diego aredesperate for national recognition,their scouts and recruiters withoutthe entrance requirement pressureofthe other teams around the league(except, of course, USC) are ag­gressively adopting a novel re­cruitment strategy. Sandy Blondecombs the beaches off the PCH fora living, and to date, tworollerbladers have signed letters ofintent despite Prime Ticket's fiscalencouragement to keep the hand­some young men in the pairs BeachVolleyball championships this fall.Sandy spoke to us on the phone this

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sium is not exactly stuffed full ofgridiron bowl bids, indeed this fineinstitution with its fabled athletictraditions is second to none whenCalifornia takes to the ice.

ExasperatedStanfordcoach, Igor"Cardinal" Syn, on the Caltechhockey tradition: "They even havehigher SAT scores", a sentimentanonymously shared by a Berkeleyspokesman: "We used to be able toattract those special French Cana­dians who've been slashed in thehead a few too many times. Butnowthere are certain 'powers that be'here at Cal that are making thingsvery difficult for me and our re­cruitment program, as our disillu­sionedadministratorscontinue their

Bob Lane

It's that time again, here in south­ern California- put those Speedosbackin theclosetwhere theybelong,and fire up the zamboni: the CaltechIce Hockey Team is back in the

The Beavers are about toembark on their 22nd season in thestate collegiate hockey league, andare looking to regain the form thathas brought the team 9 Californiaice hockey championships, includ­ing two of the previous three sea­sons. While Caltech has been over­looked, as incredible as it may seem,come invitation time for the NCAAtourney in hoops, and while theBeaver mail box at Braun Gymna-

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Although the weeklong festivitythat was rotation received criticalreviews from some, others lookedupon it as the last form of organizedrecreation before being required todelve into the labs for the real startof the fall term.

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La Verne and Mount St. Mary'scollege. Tobe Qmazini and Aimee"Ineligible" Smith lead the womenand beat their times from last yearby three minutes! Amy "I WantUnitsFor My Stack" Hansen pulledin third for the women and also ranmuch faster this year. This race sawthe return of Virginia Garcia whoflew out from the Nebraska to kicksome butt. The women ran well andshowed promise for the rest of theseason.

Hey frosh it isn't too late to jointhe team. Want to get three p.e.units for a few weeks of running?Join the team. We have plenty ofroom for more runners ofany level.Call Jim O'Brien at the AthleticOffice to join.

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by Techers, and they never lookedback.

In the last two miles everyoneslowed down enough so that sixTech men were running together inthe lead to the finish line. All sixfinished within 3.5 seconds ofeachother. In orderoffinish were Vogel,Ned Bowden, Schuyler "BoogieBoarder" Cullen, Mike "I LikeSpeedo" Pejic, A.J. "Hat Man"Lavin, and Andy "No Train, NoPain" Zug. In all, Caltech had sev­enteen menfinish witheightofthembeing frosh. This is the strongestsquad in several years.

In the women's race the Techersran far better than last ye,ar over thefive kilometer course; unfortu­nately, they came up short against

,The men's cross country team

was simply dominating last week­end. They crushed the two otherschools that showed up at theCaltech Invitational Meet held inthe lowerArroyo by the Rose Bowl.The racing distance was five milesover a dusty trail.

The start of the race was closewith runners from La Verne andLIFE colleges mixed in with theCaltech athletes. One by one therunners from the other teams beganto drop off as Caltech frosh Mike"Just CalIMe God" Vogel pulledaway from everyone to take acommandinglead.Afterthehalfwaypoint the top five places were held

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mOnlUlg and nanrrally, cned offewof his own problems staying com­petitive with the Beavers: "I gave

,one of these kids a puck the otherday, and he spent three hours tryingto open it."

And so are the woes ofthe Beavercompetition, as Caltech continuesits aggressive recruitment of hotprospectswho areseducedwith talesof daunting homework and the $5Athe1naeurn lunch. Ofcourse, ifyouare reading this, have skated a little,playedsomepick-up hockey or evenjust know that "puck" is in fact aword, thanyoumay havebeen erro­neously overlooked by Tech's re­cruitment program. Not that thisteam hasn't got its studs fromMinnesota and Quebec, but let'sface it: this is California hockeyplayed on real ice, and if you areable to bend over your equipmentwithout grunting to reach the laceson your skates, you're practicallyhall-of-fame material.

Team spokesman and on-ice en­forcer Jeff "Dont Mess Wit' MeNo" Moore elaborates: "We'relooking for a few good men, thatrare element of the Caltech studentbody that feasts on competition,that believes in team camaraderie,that loves the spirit of athleticism,and more importantly than all that,can holdonto a stickand skate at thesame time. Ifyoufit thebill," Mooregnarlswhile jabbinghis finger up inmy facemask (fully extendedon histippie-toes), "Then don't you gowasting your time with no syn­chronized swimming team."

Of course, hockey can be a littlerough at times and so the Tech clubprovides its potential recruits fullequipment and dismemberment in­surance; but for those of you whoare abit timid, rest assured thatwiththe guys playing on this squad,practicesareprettymuchnon-check,albeit unintentionally. So dig outthose old skate~ and come on out tothe Beaver Hockey Club organiza­tional meeting regardless of yoursize or talent: we don' if· ounever eat rawmeat orifyou skated was sometime last de­cade - we'd love to have you jointhe mostfun, most succesSful clubsport here atCaltech either to playin the competitive intercollegiatePacific Coast Hockey League, or tojust learn some basics about this,the world's most exciting game.Besides, the rink is always air con­ditioned.

There is an organizational meet-

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Fritz B. Bums Prize in GeolQgy - Under­graduates in the division of Geological andPlanetary Sciences are encouraged to apply.The llward(s) will be made up to $1,500 forthebestproposalsfOfUndergraduate researchin the fields represented by the Division. Ifinterested, submitashortstatement(lessthanone page) describing the research you wouldlike to do. The submission deadline is De­cember 1, and they should be sent to Profes­sor Kerry Sieh, Division Academic Officer,Division of Geological and Planetary Sci­ences, Mail Stop 252-21.

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Dabney Lomnge Chllmber llnd MusicConcert - John Wah, violin & cello, andKathleen Mcintosh, harpsichord, present anall-Bach program, featuring the viola dagambasonatas in Dabney Lounge at 3:30pmon Sunday Oct 4. Admission is free and opento the public. for more information call 356­4652.

Music with James Boyk! - Pianist JamesBayk gives a performance each Wednesdayfrom 4:30 to 6 pm in Dabney Lounge. Theperformance is open to the public and free ofcharge. Feel free to come late or leave early.For more information call x6353.

Isnell Folk Ducing - Sunday in Winnettlounge, Beginning instruction starts at 7:30pm, intermediate at 8:00 and open dancinggores on from 8:30 to 10:30. Forinformationcall Nancy Macmillan at 795-3655. Admis­sion is $2.00.

Scottish Country Ducing - On Wednes­days in Dabney Lounge from 8 unlillO pmBeginners are welcome and no partners areneeded. For more information call DavidHills at 354-8741.

Go til the Los Angeles Comnty Fair ~ TheCaltech Y has tickets for the Los AngelesCounty Fair for up to 44% off of adultadmission. Visit the Y office in Winnett formore information. The fair continues untilOct. 4.

Qlltedn Women's Club Fall Gatheringwill be held at415 S. Hill from 11:00to 1:30pm. It is entitled "Cultural Art Works" andincludesethnicperformances,mediaart, anddemonstrations by members of the CaltechWomen's Club. A free Ethnic buffet beginsat noon, and childcare is available. For moreinformation call LindaMcManus, 793-5958.For reservations call Meg Cole, 790-8445.

Baby FumitllrePool- The Caltech ServiceLeague loans out baby furniture to studentsandpostdocson Wednesday at 324S.Chesterfrom 10 to 11 am. For more information call952-1631.

QIIttch Y Excomm meeting - The Y in­vites anyone who wishes to cosponsor anevent to attend on the first or third Mondayof each month at 2 pm in the Wes Hersheylounge on the second floor of Winnett.

QllteclJ. EnviromnellltaB TllIlk Force Edu­catimnlll Meeting - Share your ideas andhelp make the Caltech community moreenvironmentally conscious. The meeting isat noon, Wednesday, Oct. 7. Bring yOll ownlunch. For more info call Debbie Bradburyx3630.

Preschool Playgroup The CaltechWomen's dub sponsors structuredactivitiesfor mother's, father's and their children, onTuesday, October 6 in the Caltech VillaApartments, from 10am to noon. Forfurtherinformation contact Valerie Murray at 287­8960.

WeBB Baby Clinic - Children up to two yearsoldofundergraduates, graduatestudents andresearch fellows will be examined and givenall the necessary Immunizations at the Stu­dent Health Center, on the morning ofThursday, October 8. For appointments, callDenise Butman at 794-5922.

Gay/Lesbilllll/Bisexmd Discussion Group- meets the first and third Tuesdays of eachmonth from 7:30 - 9:30 pm in the HealthCenter. This meeting is. confidential andopen to all members of the Caltech. com·munity. The first hour is devoted to particulartopics, and the secondhour is open for generalconversation and socializing. Refreshments

served. For further information call

Guitllr Cblsses - CIT guitar classes for theFalHermwill meeton TuesdaysstartingOct.6 in room 1 of the SAC. Beginning classes,4:30-5:30; Intermediate, 3:00-4:00; Ad­vanced, 5:30 -6:30. Oassical and Flamencorepertoires are explored but techniquestransfer to other styles. The beginning classincludes ajazz/folkchordsystem.The courseis free to members of the Caltech commuc

nity. Undergraduates can receive three unitsof credit if they choose.

Help the Big T - The Big T is looking forpeople interested in helping out the editorswith Callech's yearbook. Photographerswhohave theirowncameraareparticularlyneededto take photos of sports and other randomevents. Freshman are encouraged to get in­volved. If interested, please contact ChristyEsau, 449-0839, Box #692, John White,Fleming50,Box#105, orStacyFox,Fleming60, Box #136.

MIISS -Thursday at 8:15 in the Y lounge andSunday at 10 am in Winnett lounge. Sacra­ment ofReconciliation(confession) is given20 minutes before masses. Refreshments areserved after mass.

Bible Study and Discussion - EveryWednesday at noon in the YT lounge. Bringyour own lunch. For more information callMike Geffen at 356-4886.

QIIttchHiBBellJewishCommullityWeeldyMeetillg - An informal gathering, everyThursday at noon in the Y lounge. For in­formation call Caty Konigsberg at 213-259­2959

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Work foil' the MOSH! - Need some extra$$. we have ajob for you. Help the Master ofStudent Houses, David Wales, entertainstudents and faCIlity at the Master's House.Greatbenefits! See Jeanine in the ResidenceLife and Master's Office for more details.

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