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It is the nature of this flowerto bloom, writes Alice Walker,and bloom she has. Dr. Mae C.Jemison: Chemical Engineer,Scientist, Physician, Teacher, As­tronaut, African-AmericanScholar, and Dancer. Dr.Jemison entered Stanford Uni­versity on scholarship at age 16,where she earned a ChemicalEngineering degree. Fromthere, she continued her educa­tion at Cornell Medical Collegeand, in 1981, graduated with aDoctorate in Medicine. Combin­ing her keen intellect with hernever-ending compassion, Dr.Jemison worked in Sierra Leoneand Liberia (through the PeaceCorps), Cuba, Kenya, Thailand,and Los Angeles. In the late1980's, NASA selected her as anastronaut on a joint US:Japanmission. On September 12,1992, aboard STS-47 on En­deavor, Dr. Jemison becameNASA's first Science Mission Spe­cialist and history's first womanof color to peer at Earth fromsome 200 miles above.

The Mul ti-Cul tural task

force in combined efforts withThe Women's Center, The Y, TheStudent Mfairs Office, and TheSociety of Women Engineers,offered the Caltech Communityan opportunity to acquaint itselfwith this remarkable woman onOctober 18th, as part of Kalei­doscope 95: United by Our Simi­larities, Celebrating our Differ­ences. What did Dr. Jemisonhave to say to the community?Of course, we learned of heroutstanding achievements andenthusiasm for science; but,more importantly, Dr. Jemisondelivered a specific messageabout minorities and women inscience. Realistically, Dr.Jemisonacknowledged the common per­ception of any discussion aboutgender and ethnicity as a turn­off. Yet, she recognizes that theintellectual resources of thiscountry are not being tapped;that is something she urges us allto change. Quoting figures givenby Dr. Jemison: merely 7% ofPhD's in physics go to women,while a meager 2% go to Mrican­Americans and Hispanics, andmore than 67% of women and

minorities do not continue on incareers relating to math or sci­ence.

Dr. Jemison explains theseunacceptable statistics throughher Zero Sum Equation analogy.This analogy explains that the

Demands for equal-ity should not be

taken to be threats,equitable distribu­tion ofopportuni­ties can only help

everyone involved.-Dr. MaeJemison

most scientifically privileged per­sons consider something addedto the other side of the equation(i.e. to those underrepresentedin the scientific community) assomething subtracted from theirside of the equation. We aremore intelligent than that, Dr.Jemison urged, we must includeall ofour citizens, for life is much

more abundant than a zero-sumequation. Demands for equal­ity should not be taken to bethreats, equitable distribution ofopportunities can only help ev­eryone involved. Simply becausea woman or otherunderrepresen ted persondoesn't look or act like a stereo­typical scientist, doesn't meanhelshe isn't a scientist, given thechance. In fact, Dr. Jemison be­lilNes that women and minoritiescan bring new insight and under­standing to science, partly be­cause of their unique perspec­tives.

And how should minoritiesand women become incorpo­rated into the scientific commu­nity? Dr. Jemison suggests a fivepart solution:

1. Commitment to a soundeducation for all children,

2. Adults behaving as theywant their children to act (in­cluding having a nopen attitude towards change),

3. Distinctions constructedbetween what an image is andwhat a l' ole - mod e 1

should be,4. Acknowledgment of the

dependence of the scientificcommunity on societyas a whole and of the depen­dence of society onscience, and, finally,

5. Recognition of past fail­ures and successes.

Dr. Jemison has nodoubt that together these fivepoints will be a stepforward for our society and amove towards the de­stratification of our communi­ties. A~ a result of this change,she surmises that sciencewill harness the entire range ofhuman potential.

But is this enough? Dr.Jernison implores us to questionthe damage that 200 to 400 yearsofoppression has brought about;can that be undone by simplysaying it is over, if that in itself iseven possible? Beyond develop­ing a society that gran ts all aspir­ing scientists and engineers op­portunity, there remains a finalhurdle. 'The onZy reason I am

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Later in the afternoon, theHerpolhodes defeated DamnedScurves (and aFlem) in two con­secutive playoff rounds to gainthe intramural victory. The win­ners won prizes provided bySam's Bagels, Tower Records,Starbucks Coffee, and Ham­burger Hamlet.

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decision between the stars andthe shadows is not universallyclear. Or as binary as I have pre­sented it. So tellingus to reduceour consumption independentof the efficiency of that con­sumption is simple dogma push­ing.

I would also like to note thatpeople tend to maximize sorne­thing in all societies. We strive forprofits and goods; others for lesstangible forms of status. Finan­cial profits do have the virtue ofbeing visible and manipulable ifone wishes to manipulate behav­ior.

And lastly... Looijen con­cludes that "We must be pre­pared to accept stiffer measures,including taking away that cher­ished right to make money. M­ter all, the alternative is takingaway the future of our race." Ifsomeone is attacking your imme­diate livelihood through theft orpollution you have a generally (Isweep aside hordes of culturalexceptions) acknowledged rightto save yourself. But if you feelsomeone is "consuming toomuch" you should think verycarefully about what measure ofviolence you are willing to use tomake her comply with your vi­sion of how life should live.

EnvironmentalismShort-Sighted

controls now in place, and thesolution is not a dictatorialenviro-fascist government.) Fun­damentally (if not at each mo­ment) the universe is not thegrim place Ms. Looijen implies,but is wonderfully sublime anda source ofunlimitedjoy. Caltechis about exploring this magnifi­cent existence, discovering whatmakes it tick, and exploiting itto our betterment. Caltech isabout Reason. There is no placehere for its spiritual antithesis.

Eric R. Westphal

Last week Autumn Looijengave us a tract on profit seekingand the damage this does to theenvironment. As a provokingopinion it has obviously suc­ceeded. If it was meant as a co­herent and defensible statementI fear it failed quite spectacularly.The title and ends of the articlestrongly imply that profit-seekingitselfleads to damage to.the en­vironment - not that there isany other recommendation fororganizing the economy. This isreinforced by Looijen's conten­tion that we must reduce ourconsumption to save the environ­ment.

Alas, the chosen examplesare wholly inadequate to makingany broad philosophical point.The cars we dri"e are rather pol­,luting, yes, and trash is a prob­lem - but these are from flawsin the market systems. The costof polluting cars is not well re­flected in their price, and wastein of itself can hardly be neces­sarily an evil - we all producewaste, which some other lifeformconsiders food, and around wego, The economy simply lacksthe saprophytic stage of thecycle. But if better mechanismswere in place profit seekingwould drive people to be moreefficient and ecologically cor­rect. And deforestation is hardlya fair example in this country,which subsidizes public loggingto an extreme degree. Onemight as well cite Californiafarmers for growing rice and al­falfa in the desert when the wa­ter is politically controlled.

But while pollution of ourown environment is quite short­sighted (in both time and space)certain strands of environmen­talism(vyhich Looijen mayormay not be fully espousing) arejust as short-sighted in a longerterm way. According to our cur­rent physical understanding lifeitself is bad for its own environ­ment. Energy is constant andentropy increases, so any com­plex dynamic system surviving ina gradient contributes to the de­terioration of that gradien t by itsown operation. True conserva­tion lies in not moving at all, innot living. All else is a matter ofdegree. Shall we huddle in a colddark room, eking out generationafter generation until the Sungives out, or live quickly, butburning brightly and gloriously?This is a matter ofchoice, but the

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minimum of effort secures hisphysical existence and he is freeto truly live. To compose the 'ju­piter" symphony or to write LesMiserables, to discover the codeoflife in DNA or the code of theuniverse in superstring theory, tocreate unimaginably powerfulcomputers or to send men andspacecraft to explore the solarsystem. Ms. Looijen says it's all abig joke on man. Just as heglimpses the brilliant future heseems capable of, he finds that itwas all an illusion. His technol­ogy, his method of dealing withreality, his faculty of reason, isimpotent to achieve it. With rea­son undermined, there is noplace for passion or wonder, love

ambition in her world; the fab­ric of it isn't strong enough tosupport their weight. The onlyfuture open to him is to re­nounce this glorious life, to denyhis rational faculty when it tellshim that his lot can be better, tocondemn himself and futuregenerations to stagnation. I canthink of no idea more malevo­lent, more thoroughly nihilistic,than this.

This is the critical issueraised by Ms. Looijen's article,not the root of environmentalproblems, but something farmore important, a metaphysicalissue. (The root cause of any en­vironmental problems is a lackof long-term planning, which isencouraged by the government

fundamental Rights; those listedin the Bill of Rights are some oftheir most important derivatives.The right to make money is onemore such derivative. In desiringto take away man's right to makemoney, Ms. Looijen and herideological gang really want totake away his Rights to liberty, thepursuit of happiness and, ulti­mately, to life. She is advocatinga government which dictates toeach man how he may earnmoney and what he may do withthe money he does earn: a gov­ernment which dictates some ofthe most crucial aspects of hislife. This is not liberty. No man(not even those doing the dictat­ing) can be truly happy undersuch a government. This is cer­tainly not the life which theFounding Fathers fought to se­cure for us.

What truly disgusts me is thephilosophical view of man andthe universe implied by Ms.Looijen's projection of our fu­ture. Man is a profoundly uniquebeing in that he possesses thefaculty ofreason. It is this facultywhich has allowed him toprogress from a brief, painful lifeconsisting mainly of roamingfrom field to field,. picking ber­ries to assuage his constant hun­ger during moments when he isnot fleeing some equally hungrybeast, a life completely devotedto maintaining his physical re­quirements, to one in which a

Capitalism aFundamental

right?It greatly disturbs me to see

articles such as AutumnLooijen's "Quest for Profit De­stroys Environment" of October20, 1995 in the newspaper ofoneof the greatest science and tech­nology institutes in the world. Inher article, Ms. Looijen claimsthat mankind is going to have to"be content with what we have"(meaning our standard of liv­ing), to "be prepared to acceptstiffer measures," or else see ourplanet ruined and our race ex­tinguished. Ms. Looijen identi­fies a right "not explicitly guar­anteed in the Constitution... theright to make money" as "theroot cause of many of our mo~tpressing environmental prob­lems." This right may have to betaken away, she says. She seemsto imply that because it is not aright guaranteed explicitly by theConstitution, it would be legaland even proper to do so.

The Constitution is a docu­ment of principle. Its essentialpurpose is to guarantee us thoseRights upon which our countrywas founded, "Life, Liberty andthe pursuit of Happiness" as es­tablished by our Declaration ofIndependence. These are the

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Pumpkin Drop: Each house agrees to give Dabney $50 for the drop this year, and they expect to getmoney from ASCIT (probably $50) as well. Meetings won't be in SAC 64 until the furniture is removedfrom there. Check the door for meeting locations though SAC 25 and Clubroom A (room 13) arelikely choices. Art ask that house refrain from RFing the Ricketts Pot because it is falling apart. Justremember: "Don't mess with the pot." An Addendum to the "shoot the moon" clause is proposed andvoted in 5-0-0. It states that if the team which is going to "shoot the moon" has another team forfeitagainst them then it doesn't count as a win for the purposes of shooting the moon. Nestor wants screwsfrom Page. Lloyd voices complaint about Ricketts' reffing of the Da/Ll game, claiming that the sliderule was not called. Everyone decides that the reffing was probably equally bad for the whole game andthat nothing needs to be done about it. Finding competent refs is discussed and we agree that thegeneral rule of providing one ref from each playing team is an alternative in the case of bad reffing,when agreed on by both playing teams. Disco order: This weekend, Page vs. Fleming in Ultimate Frisbee.Lloyd challenges the winner. That's All Folks

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People show up at 12:15 p.m. I leave at 12:45 p.m. Meeting begins about 1:00pm. Minutes this week byTom with embellishment by Laura. Yeah. We passed the shoot the moon clause for interhouse sports.Art made the motion, which states that if a house loses every game of every sport all year long withoutforfeiting, they can challenge the house with the most trophy points for the trophy in any major at theend of the year. The challenging house must bring beer. Tom passed out fliers for people to go to ataping of a TV show and get paid for it. Barbara Green wants to make sure that when student affairspeople come to lunch in the houses, someone is there to greet them and sit with them. She'll give thepresident some notice when they will be coming. She said there were mixed results last year, and sincethey will be thinking about bringing faculty in the future, she'd like to make sure there are no badexperiences. Bring Tom your Ath lists. He wants to have a copy of the Ath lists so if someone wants tocheck them while the gym is closed they can, and also to check for duplicate names.

Ignore it and you are guilty,whether it was your fault theywere put in the hole or not."

In coming to Caltech, Dr.Jemison brought the objective ofenlightening us as to the positionof minorities and women in sci­ence because it is a problem. Sheconjectured some basic solutionsto the zero-sum equation analogy- an equation which perpetu­ates fear towards diversification.These solutions could removepresent partitions in the scien­tific community, with regards towho receives certain educationalopportunities. In addition tothose solutions, she asserts thatwe must each be armed with un­derstanding, whether a student,scientist, professor, or parent.This understanding developswhat Dr.Jemison feels is most im·portant to our scientific and na­tional communities - that is, aresponsibility of tolerance.

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Caspar Brotzman and EM. Einheit-Merry ChristmasEinheit (on hammer and drill) and Brotzman (on over­

amped guitar) run for 55 minutes. Mter a couple oflistens I stillcan't tell whether these are elaborately constructed songs orthrown-together noodling. And if you like this sort of thing, itshouldn't matter.

Steely Dan-Alive in AmericaThere's nothingin these 11 flawless performances to make

you think that they were recorded live-no weird arrangements,silly covers, or crowded singalongs. And while this perfection­ism is the ideal backdrop for solo upon not-perfect solo, I missJerome Aniton.

here today is because of affirm­ative action." Dr.Jemison assuresus, "I was very talented, but un­less somebody (i.e. Stanford)made the positive step of tryingto include more people, I wouldnot be where I am." Thus, Dr.Jemison is a true example notonly ofwhat one can make oflife,regardless of obstacles; but, anexample of what can happenwhen institutions and people inpositions of power take the atti­tude that different types ofpeople can bring different im­portant insights to the scientificworld. Sure, Dr.Jemison agrees,we must do things for ourselves."... but, you can dig a hole forsomeone so deep that they can'tget out. You can put someonein a position they cannot escapefrom. You walk by them in thathole screaming for help and youhave the responsibility to help­just as those in the hole have theresponsibility to try and get out.

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HALLOWEEN is coming!!!

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Good luck with midterms and have a greatHalloween!

I know it's the middle of midterms, but theY has come up with a way to enjoy Halloween

and decompress a little during exam time.There wi II be brown ies, cake, and cookies to

eat, as well as movies to watch, in the YLounge from 8 p.m. until Midnight on Tuesday,

October 31. So stop by, grab a snack, andrelax for awhile. Then, at midnight, you can

go and watch the pumpkin drop from Millikanlibrary. So come to the Y on Halloween.

For a slightly more commonplace event, EvynCharles and the Remarkables will be provid­ing this week's noon concert in front of Win-nett Center. So bring your lunch out to the

Olive Walk and enjoy some good music andfresh air.

Imagine the following scene: small rocks of a variety of sizes Ishapes sit on a bed of fine sand. Every day more fine sand

falls from above. There are two possibilities: the rocks are gradu-II ally buried; however, if there are some insects present who are II constantly moving about, crawling over and jostling the rocks, I

Iand disturbing the fresh sand in search of food, the rocks may Inot be buried as easily.

I In the second situation, which rocks will "float"? We wantI quantitative answers. I

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The truth is out there.

Dave is going to rewrite the elec­tion bylaws with Dave Derkits(who wrote most of the bylaws wecurrently have) . Dave also wan tsto put something in the Tech ex­plaining the purpose, design andunderlying motives of ASCIT.

(I can't wait to see this. 1 wantpictures.)

Greg mentions the upcomingHalloween Party in the SACcoutryard. It should cost lessthan $1500. ASCIT has to pay for1 security guard to stop bicyclistsfrom speeding through theparty.

ASCIT Secretary

Laura will run live wires through tGraphic Arts in an attempt to getthem to input copy accountnumbers faster than they'vebeen doing it.

Tom's cold is back. Say hi to Tomand then stand back. The IHCmeets Tuesdays at 9.

GAVIN (who mysteriously mate­rialized into the room) has noTech Editor salary informationfor us yet. He'll give it to us nextweek.

Melissa will send the letter forrequests for the DROH toGraphic Arts. Graphic Arts willthen mail the letter to everyoneon the faculty, all Post-Docs, allgrad students, and most ofFrance. AH! VIVE LA FRANCE!

James says it's been a BAD BOCweek.

Jon reads off a brainstormed listof ideas to help offset the $9000that ASCIT Movies spends everyyear. Renting movies and hook­ing up a VCR and goat sacrificeare not listed, but hey. Jon thenreads off a lists of ideas to fix thefederal budget and do away withall crime and war. Greg asks Jonto clarify the suggestions beforesending them out to PeterManca. Maybe goat sacrifice isstill feasible. Imagine this - you'vejust bought a ticket, you'resettled into your seat with yourcoke or candy, the lights go out,and all of the sudden, hey, theprojector breaks. Before themovies team has a chance to an­nounce a short 20 minute delaywhile they get the second onerunning, somebody throws agoat (a small goat) (a DWARFgoat) (or maybe just a dwarf) infront of the screen and GIVESIT AN AMA 95 PROBLEM SET!It is generally agreed that theMovies Team should write a let­ter to the Tech explaining theirfinancial predicament and theirrequirement to raise ticketprices, shortly followed by anactual raise in ticket prices.

Jon has chosen 4 people (AlisonSlemp, Dave Bacon, StephanieHaussman, and Steven Bennett)as well as two alternates (AdamViilani and Neil Jones) to beupon the Core CurriculumCounciL The Faculty Board alsoaskedJon if it was a good idea toget Caltech to set up a vouchersystem with the Pasadena CabCo. SO THAT Techers strandedin Pasadena could hail a cab totake them back to Tech insteadof walking back and gettingmugged. James argues that ev­erybody should be mugged onceas part of the L.A. experience.The faculty are also complainingabout the speeds of bicyclists oncampus and they may have secu­rity enforce bicycle speed laws oncampus if the problem persists.

ot There: Kanna and Ken

on and Tom talk about the ath­etic teams' monopoly on thescn Van (I thought youeeded 3 to get a monopoly).

on and Tom and other mem­ers of the BOD express the de­ire to see the Athletic depart­

ent purchase their own van.e'll ask Grace to discuss thisith the Athletic department;

on might also discuss this withharyn Slavin. In the interim, weuggest to Laura that the vanignout should have some restric­'ons placed upon it to preventuch a monopoly. Someone sug­ests letting people sign out thean only up to a week in advance.thinkwe should put booby trapsn the van similar to those in

acGyver - if the team can dis­rm the trap in time, they canake it out. Otherwise, they dieorribe grizzly deaths.

ex asks for about $100-150 inunding for the CCSA/KSA partyeld on Saturday. They originallyhowed up to get funding at theeeting the BOD cancelled;

hus, they're not coming to us tosk for money after the event. Weecide to hold offfunding until

.... ditto.

eeting officially begins at 10:04M. Ricketts House requestsultihouse funding forktoberfest in November with

leming. Kanna will give Rickettscheck eventually. The

hotokan Karate Club asks forbout $150-200 in funding toeed/house Shotokan specialistsnd to pay for some of the nice­ies associated with progessionrom one belt to the next. Weecide to hold off funding them

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Two pretty cool shows are com­ing through: Arthur Miller'sDeath of a Salesman directed byJules Aaron will be showing atthe Ventura Court Theatre Alli­ance; The Actors Co-op put onthe hoopla with their productionof Guys and Dolls which openson November 10th at theCrossley Terrace Theatre. Thisproduction is directed by AlanJohnson and produced by AnnGagen and Phil Lattin (don'tthink I actually know who theyare, but maybe you do ... ), andwill be showing through Decem­ber; tickets begin at $17 for gen­eral admission. There's also anongoing performance of TheGrapes of Wrath that has beenwell acclaimed at the Attic the­ater in Hollywood.

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Boingo, and while I wallow in themisery that is the end, you can stillgo to a lot ofother concerts.Just notBoingo. In fact, I say we have a cal­endar section just to mourn the pass­ing ofBoingo, and not disgrace theirdissolution with any other sugges­tions. With Boingo gone, there willbe no more concerts with suggest­ing!

Tickets for Babes in Toylandwith Season to Risk and MountShasta for their concert at the Hol­lywood Grand on December 7th at8 p.m. went on sale yesterday. Youmight still be able to squeeze outtickets to Bjork for November 1st atthe Paladium, Juliana Hatfield atThe Wisky on the 28th, Belly andCatherine Wheel at the Mayan onNovember 9th, and My Life with theThrill Kill Kult with Eve's Plum onOctober 27th at Hollywood Grand.

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Yes, you did it. You missed thefinal Boingo tour. Now, the next timeyou get to hear from Elfman he'llbe producing the scores for Disneyshows with cute little birds that talkand know somehow to be unusuallycynical or sickeningly happy. Nomore perverting the youth, no moreliking little girls, or Dead Men's par­ties. Just Twiddle-dee and Twiddle­dum as Disney takes over CorporateAmerica and Elfman makesmonkey's sing about the facts oflife.It's come to this.

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go to hear Kurt Vonnegut, author ofSlaughterhouse Five, Player Piano,and Cat's Cradle (if you don't knowthese, then you really really shouldmake something of yourself and goand read them. Ya, skip your mid­terms, read Vonnegut. He'd want itthat way), give a talk at USC entitled"How to Get a Job Like Mine."Vonnegut is even better in personthan in his books, but be preparedto be offended, put down, and in­spired all at the same time.

I recognize well that it is not theway of the average Techer to let agood Halloween by without at leasta near run-in with the law enforce­ment, but this Halloween I wouldadvise that you do your best to becareful to avoid the black and whiteauspices: the Pasadena Police havejust been equipped with a new

Halloween is basically a sicktype of Holiday, and Los Ange­les a sick type of city, which addi­tively gives an even sicker appealto a holiday which celebratesdeath, decomposition, fright,and gore. But don't think thatthe real celebration happens any­where close to Pasadena: Hallow­een is by far best celebrated inHollywood and Downtown. I'llstart from the tame and progressdownward: There still may betickets for Knott's Scary Farm'sHalloween Haunt or MagicMountain's version of the same.I found these pretty cool, as wellas pretty expensive: almost allrides are still working, but more­over many temporary ones areset up. Although much of theshow is as one expects, some ofthe side-shows created for Hal­loween are pretty awesome, andI don't actually believe you couldgo and no t get frightened at leastonce. Even if you are SeanMauch.

I'm betting that the biggestfreak show is going to be theHalloween Costume Party alongSanta Monica Boulevard in WestHollywood where over 90,000people are expected to show up,dance, and party. "Food andpsychics are available." It'll all beoccurring between La Cienegaand Robertson on the boulevard.

Cacophony Society's Dew'sNight also sounds to be a fright."A mechanical freak show" is thedescription for the main show,which is accompanied byWoodpussy's "hauntedwhorehouse", which promises toinclude moving parts, as well as"Shockcinema" and other finetreats. It'll all be inside The Club­house downtown off of Santa FeAvenue.

Topping the list is this one:"The Art Deco Society of LosAngeles has dug up somethingspecial for Halloween:" their11th annual Hollywood Cem­etery Walking Tour. The tour willbe held on Saturday between 10and 11:30 a.m., starting at 6000Santa Monica Boulevard.

ASCIT will also be throwinga Halloween Costume Bash, to­morrow, Saturday the 28th, from9 p.m. Costumes are a necessaryfor this one, unless you're amole.

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This Sunday, Oet<.)per 29th,the genius orRay Bradbury, au­thor ofFahrenheit 451 and Mar­tian Chronicles (like you didn'tknow!), will be showing up atVroman's (695 E. Colorado) forhis third annual Halloween visitto sign books and other para­phernalia. My suggestion: try toget him to sign a copy ofDianetics.

They'll be a "second best"(not including the original ac­tors and actresses, less party, anda lot less money than the othersold-out Pantages show) playingof the Rocky Horror PictureShow on its twentieth anniver­sary at the Rialto Theater at mid­night, Saturday, October 28th.

But you could miss all thisstill not be any different. Ifwant to be really cool, you'll

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VCR Plus+ and BeyondbyJessica Chang

The Entrepreneur Club is proud to welcome alumnus Dr.Daniel Kwoh, founder and Senior VP of Gemstar Develop­ment Corp. Dr. Kwoh graduated in physics from Princeton in1970, and earned his Ph.D. degree at Caltech under Profes­sor David Goodstein. He went on to do research at TRW invarious areas, including microwave backscattering from wa­ter waves, streak x-ray study in a high explosive test, and labo­ratory cloud chamber study of nuclear winter. In 1986 Dr.Kwoh co-founded Gemstar with Henry Yuen (Caltech Ph.D.,Applied Mathematics) and together they invented the famousVCR Plus+ two years later. Subsequently, Dr. Kwoh and Dr.Yuen were named the Best Entrepreneurs of 1990 by BusinessWeek Magazine. VCR Plus + has now been incorporated intoall major name brands of VCR's around the world. Based onthe success of VCR Plus+ and the imminent launch of newproducts, Gemstar recently completed its IPO. Please join usat 5 p.m. in 102 Steele on Thursday Nopvember 2, where Dr.Kwoh will give a brief review of Gemstar's history as well as apreview of what is to come. All interested individuals are wel­come and refreshments will be served. For more info pleasecontact jessica@cco.

by Bob and Doug MacKenzie

Tired ofwearing those papergrocery bags over your head toCaltech intercollegiate athleticevents? Searching for an excuseto pick up the phone and talk alittle trash to that friend at a UCschool? Well, look no furtherthan the Pasadena Ice SkatingCenter, where the undefeatedCaltech Ice Hockey Team makesit's home. This year's squad,characterized by an exquisite bal­ance of athletic skill and physi­cal domination, has assembledan astounding +19 goal differen­tial (an awesome 25 for, a paltry6 against) en route to a 3-0record against divisional oppo­nents Cal State Fresno, UC Davis,and the University ofSanta Clara.Now that you know what's caus­ing that electric buzz in the cam­pus air, let's run down the sea­son to date, while introducingyou to some of the personalitiesthat constitute this finely-tunedicebound juggernaut.

Domination does not comewithout sacrifice, and as such, thecore of the team could be foundin the gym on a daily basisthroughout the summer months,at least when they weren't out onthe softball field winning theGSC A-League Championship ordrinking beer at a wide variety oflocations. Intense training ses­sions, designed by formerCaltech player and current na­tionally-ranked speed-skater HajSano, honed a sharp edge on thesquad's physical conditioningbefore the biscuit (slang forpuck, for the uninitiated) andskates ever made their appear­ance. Two weeks before the sea­son, the team took to the ice,with the mantle being passedfrom Haj to our player-coach, the

former Czech National Teamsuperstar Pavel Svitek. Pavel, ahousehold name in the CzechRepublic, while dispensing someof the wily guile (i.e., stickwork)that got him suspended for 10games last year, gently, yet firmly,molded the still-pliable collec­tion of talented individuals intoa living, breathing unit. On theeve of the first game, each mem­ber of the lineup knew theirfunction, however large or small,in this machine, and mentallysteeled themselves for the gen­esis of the '95-'96 season.

The season opened on themorning ofOctober 15th, at thePasadena rink, with a visit fromthe Santa Clara squad. At thepregame captains' meeting, afterviewing the military-like preci­sion of the Beaver warm-updrills, the Santa Clara captain washeard to mutter under hisbreath, "[Shoot]' we'rescrewed... "Mter 5 minutes of thefirst period, it was evident to ev­eryone in attendance that a truerprophecy was never spoken; thefinal score was 15-1 Beavers. Ob­viously inspired by their shinynew white home uniforms, thesecond line of HathanMcCormack and Max Lyutikov,on either side of center MikeSlessor, accounted for 8 goals inthis match. Unfortunately, theyalso yielded the lone Santa Claragoal, thus earning the nickname"The Maginot Line" for theirquestionable defensive effort.This line is a product of Pavel'sinsight into assembling the avail­able talent: McCormack, a trans­fer from perennial NCAA Divi­sion I contender R.P.I., brings anunpredictable element to theunparalleled stickhandling skillsof Lyutikov, a Russian by birth,and the Gretzky-like passing tal­ent of Canadian import Slessor.

The third line of GSC guruDaniel Maskit and new additionBen Liau, boosted by the addi­tion of Svitek, added 6 tallies tothe good guys' side of the ledger.The usually-productive first lineof Bob "How's the wife/baby/dog?" Lane, 102-pound Steve"Your skin is so soft" Chase, andMark "Bulldog" Stewart was, forthe most part, held in check.We'd have to wait for the nextweekend's road trip to see thisgroup explode.

And explode they did: facingthe adversity ofa 10:30 p.m. starttime in a chilly, distant Fresnorink, and lacking key contribu­tONS Lyutikov andJon Hodowany,oUf boys responded with a trulymajestic effort. One might evensay that this team thrives on ad­versity. The Beavers were out­manned by UC Davis 15 playersto 9 and were further hinderedby referees seemingly bent on aCaltech defeat; yet through grittydefensive play and wisely-conser­vative transition-game strategythese icebound warriors secureda hard-fought 4-2 victory. In boththis victory and Saturday night's6-3 romp over a much-improvedSanta Clara unit, stingy defend­ers Biff "NotThis Way" Yamazaki,Chris "Have a Seat" Claypool,David "The Dutch Touch"Vernooy, and Marty "Guys andDolls" Ross were key to the Bea­vers' supremacy. Throughoutboth games, the Caltech playersshowed a remarkable degree ofselflessness and teamun.ity..Typi­cal ofthe Beavers' valor were thehard-nosed performan.ces bySiessor and Vernooy. Siessor, af­ter suffering a separated shoul­der in the first period of theDavis game, ignored unimagin­able pain in playing out, essen­tially one-armed, both that game

and the next while Vernooywentinto the weekend with badly in­fected foot blisters which, despitenearly preventing him from walk­ing, clearly could not have af­fected his skating.

But defense was not theonly story, for desire alsoshined brightly in the eyes ofgoalies Franklin Monzon (Fri­day) and Rico Attanasio (Sat­urday) who consistently re­jected irreverent opposingattacks on their net-oftenby resorting to acrobatic,near-prescient maneuveringto get the job done. Likewise,the Beaver offense was al­ways ready to answer an op­posing threat with a quickgoal by either the magicianSvitek or any of the othergreedy Caltech goal-mongers.The "Svitek Express" ac­counted for 4 goals and 2assists on the weekend. His

effort along with strong per­formances by Ross (2 and 3)and Lane (1 and 4), andtimely offensive contributionsfrom Siessor, Claypool,Vernooy, Stewart, Chase, andeven Monzon (who switchedgears and skated out onurday) were theviolently, yet with Insupl=rablefinesse, laid the opposition torest. Up next for the Beaversare games with CSU Fresnoat home on Sunday Oct. 29and away on Nov. 10, fol­lowed by CSU Long Beach athome Nov. 12, and anothermeeting with Davis at homeon Nov. 18. Riding a wave ofconfidence three victoriestall, one can only imagine theincredible edge-of-your-seataction that our hometownheroes will provide in theirupcoming bouts.

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*The Interhouse CommitteeMe:etiJIl,!s will be held biweeklyfrom now on, adding a seconddate on every Tuesday at gpm.The next meeting will be heldright around haunting hour onthe 31st.

*Information and applicationsfor 1994 Summer Work-Studyare available in the FinancialAid Office (MSC 12-63) now. If

you are interested in SummerWork-Study, please submit therequired application as soon aspossible, but no later than June1,1994. The entire financial aidapplication must be completebyJune 1st to be considered. Ifawarded, the work-study fund­ing will begin with the July 4thpayroll period.

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meet some famous biologists?Want a cool summer job in bi­ology? Then come to the orga­nizational meeting for thenewly-proposed Biology Club,and vent your spleen. Thismeeting will allow all aspiringbiology students to give inputinto what the club can do forthem. All students are invited,so bring your ideas (and yourlunch) to the Ruddock MainLounge (near the dining room)

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The California Irrigation Institute (CII) an­nounces a $;'\00 scholarship award forjuniorand senior undergraduates m(~joring in anirrigation or water-related field of study. Ap­plicants must have a minimum '1.0 GPA, mustprovide two recommendations from profes-­sors in the area of soil, water, irrigation, orother agricultural-related fields of swdy, andmust not have previously received the award.Applicants must also write a 500-word essayon a sul~ject dealing with W<lter managementand/or irrigation and must be willing to at­tend the annual Ctl meeting (all expensespaid). Applications are due November 25,1995. For an application or more inf()rma­tion, come to the Financial Aid Ottice.

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Asian &: Pacific Americans in Higher Educa­tion (APAHE) is otIering finn $500 non-renew­able scholarships fi,r the 1996-97 academicyear. Applicants mnst be Calif,)rnia residentsattending at least hall~time in Fall of 1996 andmust have a minitllUTll 35 CPA. Applicantsmust also have undergone special circum­stances or unusual hardships, must have aneed f()r financial assistance to complete theireducational goals, and must have a commu­nity involvement or do volunteer work withAsian and Pacific American populations. Toapply, complete an application and statementof candidacy and submit it to the Caltech Fi­nancial Aid Ottice no later than November24,1995.

The Kamehameha Schools Bernice PauahiBishop Estate announces its Native HawaiianHigher Education Program Scholarships.Applicants must be of Hawaiian ancestry, beenrolled in an undergraduate or graduateprogram, have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 f(,rundergraduates and '1.5 fi)r graduates, mustdemonstrate financial need, and must have aservice project to implement in a Hawaiiancommunity. Completed applications are dueno later than Wednesday, November I, 1995.To receive an application, call I (800) 842-

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The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Founda­tion awards scholarships to juniors who haveoutstanding leadership potential and intendto pursue careers in public service.If interested, please stop by the Deans' Of~

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For further inf'l:)rmation on the f()lIowing an­nouncements please contact the FellowshipsAdvising and Resources Ollice at either x2150or lauren_stolper@starbasel.caltech.edu:

*The applications filr the DOD National De­fense Student Education Grants will be avail­able within the next two weeks. When theyarrive a notice will be sent to the Houses andplaced in the '/h:h. Any student applying fi,rthe NSF should consider applying for theDOD as the grants are similar in their qualifi­cations. Note: only U.S. citizens and nation­als may apply to the DOD.

*The National Security Education Programsseeks to equip American citizens with an un­derstanding o!'the less commonly taught lan­guages and cultures to allow them to becomemore integrally involved in global issues intheir field as professionals. Through theNSEP Undergraduate Scholarships filr StudyAbroad, students can study in any countryexcept the following: U.S., Canada, NewZealand, Australia,and Western Europe.Freshmen, sophomores,juniors,and seniorsmay apply. Freshmen and sophomores canapply fi,r summer, semester, or full year pro­grams. Juni<>rs and seniors are only eligiblefi,r semester or full year programs. Seniorsmay on Iy apply f()r the program provided theywill not graduate from the program beli,reor during their term of study. Students inter­ested in applying fi)r the program should re­quest an application from Lauren Stolper,Fellowships Advisor, by November 13th to al­low sutlicient time to complete the applica­tion and devise a plan of study. Completedapplications are due by November 30, turnedin to Lauren Stolper.

1400. The application deadline fi,r the 1996­97 program is December 15, 1995.

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Looking fi,r a sate and supportive place todiscuss issues such as coming out, being out,dealing with family, coping with ahomophobic culture, and being GLB atCaltech? Want somewhere just to make newh-iends? We invite you to the Gay, Lesbian, &:Bisexual Support Group every first and thirdTuesdays of every month from 7:'10 to 10:00pm in the Health Center lounge. This is aconfidential meeting, and attending does notimply anything about a person's sexual ori­entation~only that he or she is willing to besupportive in this setting. The group usuallydiscuss a particular topic relewnt to the groupthat week and then move on to announce­ment", and general discussion. Refreshmentswill be served. If you would like more infi)r­mation, please call '195'8331.

'One-year cultural exchange programs intechnical fields are now available to studentsthrough the Congress-Bundestag Youth Ex­change Program for Young Professionals andAgriculturists. This program otIers Americanparticipants the chance to learn about Ger­many first-hand through a combination ofintensive language study, professional or tech­nical schooling, and practical work experi­ence. Applications can be requested directlyfr,;m the CDS International by phone or mailat DCS International, Inc., '130 Seventh Av­enue, New York, NY, 10001-5010, (212) 760-

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For further infi)rmation on the f,)lIowing an­nouncements please contact the Office ofInternational Programs, MSCO-54. extension6330:

Disc Makers is giving a chance in a lifetimeti)r unsigned bands to get signed! The DiscMakers' 1995 Los Angeles Unsigned BandWorld Series is open to all unsigned South­ern Caliti)rnian bands. The six finalist of thiscompetition will be given the chance to per­limn ti)r music industry's leaders at the Trou­badour on November 30th, while the topband will be given the chance to record theiralbum to be mastered, manufacturing, andpromoted as a major-Iabel-quality CD (a prizevalued at $ 10,(00). The contest is open to allSouthern Califi)rnia bands that submit eithera demo or CD by November 9th, along with a$15.00 cover charge to: Disc Makers' I9Y5 LosAngeles Unsigned Band World Series, 21'1 W.Alemeda, Suite 101, Burbank, Ca 91502.

The Women's Center and .rhe.CounselingCenter are co-sponsoring a confidential As­sertion Training Group filr both graduate andundergraduate women. The group will lilCUSon developing assertion skills to be used inprotessional settings. Goals of the group willinclude: developing a conceptual understand­ing·or aggressive, non-assertive, and assertivebe\Javior; practicing specific behavioral skills(e~e contact, voice projection, body lan­gu'!ge); strengthening cognitive skills includ­ing gaining an understanding of rights andappropriate behavior; and problem solvingspecific difficult situations. .Ian Aura, Ph.D.and an intern from the Counseling Centerwill co-facilitate the group which will be heldti,r the next five weeks at the Women's Cen­ter on Mondays from 12:00- I :00 pm. If youwould like more intilrmation or you wouldlike to sign up f(,r the group, please contactthe Counseling Center at (818) 395-8331.

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TheCaltech-OccidentalBand will be holdinga concert directed by William Bing with guestconductor Frank Ticheli, Professor of Musicat USC on Saturday, November II th, at 8 pmin the Beckman Auditorium. Admission isfree.

Are you looking lin help in dealing with pro­crastination? Five weeks are yet left in theCounseling Center's Procrastination Groupfi)r graduate and undergraduate studen ts; thenext meeting in the series is scheduled to beheld this next Tuesday, October 31st between3:15 and 4:45 pm in the Health CenterLounge. The group will provide an opportu­nity to discuss procrastination ditliculties, toexamine the psychological issues which maycontribute to procrastination, and to learnways to begin to overcome procrastination.Kevin Austin, Ph.D., Director of the StudentCounseling Service, will lead the group withstaff mem ber/amil Ali, M.A. For more inf()r­mation call Virginia at x8'1'11 to arrange tomeet one of the group leaders prior to be­ginning the group. This meeting is required

Guitarist Paul Galbraith will be performing aPaco A. Lagerstrom Chamber Music Concertfrom 3:30 pm on Sunday, November 5th inDahney Lounge. Admission is free.

Ken Armstrong will host an Armchair Adven­ture travel film entitled "Darwin's Patagonia"today, October 27th, in the Beckman Audit,,..rium at 8 pm. Admission starts at $7.00.

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Opera a la Carte will be presenting their per­fimnance of 1'1", Magi£: of Gilbrrtand Sullivanin the Beckman Auditorium at 8pm on Sat­urday, November 4th. The show will featurefully costumed musical numbers from showssuch as 1'1", Miktuloand The Pirates o/Penzana.Tickets range from $22 to $28, with a $2 stu­dent discount.

The Counseling Center is otIering a Women'sTherapy Group For Graduate Students tobegin in the f~lll term. The group is designedas an expansion o!'the women's group otIeredlast year which provided an opportunity fi)rwomen to examine a range of personal andprofessional issues in a confidential setting.Through the group discussion, women willbe able to examine their patterns relating toothers, their family and intimate relation­ships, and challenges they experience inachieving success. Another important goal ofthe group process will be to facilitate a senseofcloseness and connection within'the bTfouP.Each group mem ber needs to meet with thegroup leaders fi)r a pre-group in terview. Ifyouwould like more inlinmation or to schedulea pre-group interview, please contact theCounseling Center at x83'11 today at the lat­est. The group will be offered on Tuesdays atthe Counseling Center and will begin in No­vember.

*Pulitzer prize winning sci-fi «)median DavidMamet will be perti)rming Revenge ofthe spacePandas and Binky Rudich and the Two-SpeedClod, on Friday, November 3rd at 8:00 pm;Saturday, November 4th at 8:00 pm and at12:00am; Friday, November 10th at 8:00 pm;and at Saturday, November II th at 8:00 pmand at 12:00am! General admission tickets areonly $8, $5 for students. Tickets available atthe Cal tech Ticket Office or· at allTicketmaster Ticket Centers. Call x46.'i2 f(lrmore informati()n.

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*The Ypresents the Saturday Night Alterna­tive Movie White, part of the trilogy explor­ing the Modern Symbolism of the colors red,blue, and white, on Saturday, October 21st at10pm in the Beckman Lecture Hall.

*Dr. Gregg Herken, the Chair of Space His­tory at the Smithsonian National Air andSpace Museum, will be giving a S'd/ma, Elhit:s,andPublir:Poli,ySerninarentitled "The HumanRadiation Experiments: Science, State, andMedical Ethics in Historical Perspective. Thetalk ,viII be held this Thursday, November 2ndin theJudy Library at 4pm and is open to thepublic.

*The Caltech Folk Music Society will presen tthe talents of the Brown Sisters and GeorgeCavanaugh in concert at Rpm on Saturday,October 28th, at Dabney Hall on the Cal techCampus. They will be playing songs from theirupcoming fourth album Vlb! of Horn1', wbichwill be released this month. Tickets are $10f()r general admission at the door and in ad­vance, $4 f"r children and other Caltech stu­dents.

*Robert O'Rourke will be presenting a Noon­time Briefing by JPL Management f(,r theCaltech Management Association called "Put­ting the Public Back in Public Relations onthis Monday, October '10th at noon in 180­101. Assistant Vice President f()r Public Rela­tion at Caltech, Mr. O'Rourke is responsiblef(lr Caltech 's publications (except f(lr the stu­dent-run little! and the student-run Big 1),periodicals (exceptfi)r the student-run 1)'£:h),and media relations, and also oversees theInstitutes Office of Public Events.

*The Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society ispleased to announce their Town Meeting OnScience And Technology on November IstatlOam. This Videoconference, which willoriginate in the North Carolina Triangle Parkarea and be transferred via two-way video tothe audience at Caltech's Beckman InstituteAuditorium, will feature Dr. Neal Lane, Di­rector National Science Foundation, who willdiscuss with a studio panel, Sigma Xi mem­bers, and other distinguished guests the "Cur­rent Issues in Scientific Research."

*The next movie that will be shown in theGerman Film Series (which will emphasizeSwiss films this year) is Die Schweizermacher("The Swissmakers") (1978). Showing onWednesday, November 1st in Baxter LectureHall at 7:'10pm, this film features English sub­titles and is presented free of charge. Formore inf(lrmation, please call x'l61O.