Pasadena map and guide to

restuarantsetcetera

!peruse pages 4-5

ROTATION HEADQUARTERS:dinner schedules: pages 6~7

rotation rules: back page

The California TechVOLUME ClI, NUMBER 1 "'-_ PASADENA, CALIFORNIA SEPTEMBER 22, 200

ALCOHOL AND

DRUG POLICYFrosh return .from Idyllwild

riences that "force people totalk and work together" werethe most useful.

However, on the whole, theorientation was enjoyed byall. Even transfer studentMihail Amarie from Suceava,Romania thought that campwas useful.

Mihail was worried aboutnot having the advantage ofpass/fail grading to help himadjust to college in a very dif­ferent setting.

However, some of his fearshave been alleviated throughhis experiences at camp, andhe believes that "being amember of the Caltech com­munity will help me verymuch."

Transfers or frosh, all of theincoming students enjoyedthe experience, and look for­ward to their years at Tech.

FeaturesAnime Convention ........ 3Pasadena Map/Guide..4-5Rotation Dinner ........ 6-7Democratic NationalConvention 8Rotation Rules 12

Inside the Tech

Above: Freshmen share atask as part of the Chal­lenges and Choices pro­

gram. Below right:Techers conquer a climb­ing wall. Photos by

Diniega and MichelleFourney.

The UsualLetters to the Editors 2Outside World 2Comics 10

. BY SERINA DINIEGA

BY BARBARA GREEN

IS CLARIFIED use of alcohol, and finally theinteresting s'ocial dynamics

This year, the orientation for we experience here at Techthe incoming freshmen and and the need for open com­transfer students was held at munication in relationships.

This week a letter from Vice the Desert Sun Science Cen- The final skit was more a list­President Chris Brennen ap- ter Astrocamp in Idyllwild. ing of other topics than any­pearedin all undergraduate stu- Nice weather, decent food, thing else, a chance for thedent mailboxes accompanied and lots of free time made this students who put Challengesby a copy of the Substanc€ experience fun, educational, and Choices together to stateAbuse Policy and the Guide- and memorable to Caltech's other concerns and ideas forlines for the Use of Alcohol. newest members. the new students to ponder.Students have expressed a need The frosh and transfers had The final point made was thatfor clarification of the policy the traditional array of activi- the diversity at Tech leads toand the guidelines, so a deci- ties - Honor System talks, a more interesting and enrich­sion to provide all the details Challenges and Choices, and ing college life, and should beto each undergraduate student a Ropes Course. However, viewed with an open mindwas made. they were treated to a new and and appreciated for the oppor-

The policy and guidelines more interesting twist in the tunities it presents.. were developed more than ten Honor Code talk. Instead of The Ropes Course was a

years ago by a group of stu- situational analysis in the favorite activity, providingdents, faculty and staff, and Honor Code talks, this year team-building exercises forthese remain basically un- the BOC and CRC illustrated the participants. Doing exer- 72 contest was alsochanged. The document sum- the process and possible re- cises like lining up on a log loved. designsmarizes state and federal law sults through mock trials. The in order of birthdate without were all really interesting toabout drugs and alcohol and BOC skit showed the impor- talking or getting 16 people see, especially as the studentsthen gives guidelines for what tance of the Honor Code in and a bucket of water be- learned which designsthis means in practice for academic situations by illus- tween two platforms by worked the best. The winnerCaltech students. trating a possible conse- swinging on a rope encour- this year, "The Joker," uti-

Caltech encourages the fur- quence for cheating on a test. aged creativity, trust, and lized a four-spoon paddle tother growth of a community The CRC skit showed conse- communication within the get quickly across the 10 feetwhere the law is followed, quences for misusing Univer- group. of pool water.where subst~71ce abuse is not sity property (namely a "bor- Beyond the individual The talent show was alsocondoned,and where those rowed" daihatsu). groups, all of the incoming enjoyed by all. With cross-with related problems are pro- Similar to last year's orien- Tech students are now bonded dressing breakdancers, sing­vided with assistance. Atten- tation camp, Challenges and by the common experience of ers in many languages, a kungtion will be paid to insure that Choices did skits illustrating doing ridiculous and difficult fu demonstration, and a lot ofthe policy and guidelines are academic and social problems activities together. violinists, the class of 2004 isworking in the way that they and solutions. Other activities that encour- one of the most talented yet.were intended. Showing first the value of age communication were the However, the upperclassmen

The following are the high- finding a balance between most enjoyed. The large got a chance to show off theirlights of the guidelines under- academic life and social life, amounts offree time, a dance, own talents with a few entriesgraduates received this week: they then illustrated the need and star-gazing were all really into the show and then the

lllegal drugs are prohibited on for responsible choices in the enjoyed. The traditional ME- IHC and house skits.campus. 1------------------------, The only complaint about

C S· umptl'on of alcohol by alcohol must be registered one There are serious health risks hon. the camp was that t ereh d th f2l ' k'n advance wl'th the Dl' to substance abuse andCaltecht ose un er e age 0 IS pro- wee 1 - should have been more group

hibited. rector of Residence Life (for provides confidential assis- activities, allowing interac-Houses may not sponsor con- house events) or the Deans. tance to students who seek it. tion between students. Frosh

tests or traditions involving al- Caltech trained bartenders ( Sanctions will be imposed on Joseph Lin thought that expe-cohol. or professional bartenders) are individuals and organizations

Consumption of alcohol or required at any event where al- who violate this policy.drugs cannot be part of a Ditch cohol is served. Students with any questionsDay stack nor can alcohol or It is a violation of the policy, about these matters should seedrugs be used as a reward for and the law, to pass alcohol to the Office of the Dean of Stu-solving a stack. anyone under 21. dents or the Office of Resi-

No shared supply of alcohol Gatherings under ten people dence Life.available to house residents is held in student rooms need not A copy ofCaltech sDrug andallowed, e.g. beerrefrigerators, be officially approve or regis- Alcohol Policy is availableunregistered kegs. teredo Students are expected to from the Student Affairs office

Any event where individuals take personal responsibility for and is documented online atof legal drinking age consume following the law. www.studaffcaltech.edu

September 22, 2000 ,2 The California Tech

Letters, Advice, NewsLETTERS TO THE EDITORS

THOUGHTS ON ROTATIONThe Outside World

Washington D.C. - Officials are investigating whether geneti­cally altered com was used in Taco Bell's shells. The corn hadbeen approved as an animal feed but not for human consumption.

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Kosoyo - A U.S. Army investigation revealed wide-spread mis­conduct by members of the 82nd Airborne Division, includingSerb favoritism, hostility toward ethnic Albanians, use of exces­sive force, and sexual harassment of local women. The report statedthat the unit's training was inadequate for peacekeeping.

B~ijin~,Chino ~ 5i~hgp ~ng Jingmu; aRoman Clltholil; hi~hopin Jiangxi Province, was rearrested last week. In 1998 he wasreleased from a labor camp just before President Clinton's visit toChina. Bishop Zeng is a chief opponent .of the government ap­proved "patriotic church".

by Erik Dill

Los Angeles, CA - A strike by Metro Transit Authority (MTA)workers has continued since Sunday, leaving 450,000 workerswithout transportation.

Washington D.C. - In an 83~15 vote, the Senate confirmed aHouse bill to grant normal trade status to China. For the past 20years, China's trade status has been reviewed and approved annu­ally, ostensibly to pressure the nation into reducing human rightsviolations.

Washington D.C. - FBI direc­tor Louis J. Freeh has begun aninvestigation into the agency'sconduct in the Wen Ho Lee case.

.Dr. Lee, working at Los Alamos,pled guilty to mishandling c1as­

- sified information after the other58 felony counts against himwere dropped.

to have a say in which hovse youlive in, you'll need to go to all ofthe Rotation dinners, and you'llhave to talk to the members of thehovses. But you don't have to saythe things you think upperclass­men want you to say, or pretendto be the person that they seem tobe looking for, or take part in anyactivity that you don't think is bestfor you. The best way to find ahovse and to help a hovse find youis to relax, be open, and remem­ber who you really are. Upper­classmen probably know moreabout the hovses than you do,they've experienced aspects ofCaltech that you haven't seen yet,and most of them know moreabout Maxwell's equations thanyou (or they should, anyway), butyou know yQur&elfbetter than any­one else. Although a week isn'tvery long, do your best to com­municate who you really are to up­perclassmen. Learn about· thehouses with an open mind, makea careful decision about where youfeel most welcome, then makeyourself a new home whereveryou end up.

Freshmen and upperclassmenneed to be aware of Rotation rulesand the Honor Code asthey gothrough the school year. In orderto ensure the best experience pos­sible for everyone during Rotationand beyond, we also need to beaware of the responsibility thatevery person has to respect oneanother and make our best attemptat communicating openly and hon­estly. Good luck to everyone inmaking this year a great one!

seen and don't yet understand. Itseems like you've already beenthrough everything they're goingthrough now, and you know whatto do now that you're participat­ing in Rotation on the other side.But in all the excitement we can'tforget that frosh are people. Eachone thinks, feels, and communi­cates differently; they are notsimple creatures that you can un­derstand from a ten-minute con­versation at dinner. Nor do you re­ally know what is best for them.Just because most people seem tobe enjoying a social activitydoesn't mean that the personstanding alone needs to enjoy it inthe same way everyone else does.Open your mind, listen carefully,and let everyone express them­selves in the way they are mostcomfortable doing so. We shouldencourage freshmen to be a partofour community, but we must al­ways remember to accept them forwho they are, and make them feelwelcome at Caltech, regardless ofthe drum beat to which they step.

To all of the freshmen, you havean interesting week ahead of youwith some potentially difficult de­cisions to make. It may take awhile to adjust to your new sur­roundings, meet new people, andfigure out what is behind thehovses. In all this madness, it'seasier than you might imagine toforget to be yourself. If you want

As Rotation rolls around again,upperclassmen rekindle the spiritof their hovses that is dampenedduring the summer; new studentsbegin to explore the seven hovseswhich they will soon know well;everyone prepares to face thetricky task of matching eachfreshman to a hovse. Unfortu­nately, not everyone will have agood experience. I am not refer­ring to victims of those that takeunfair advantage ofthe system;we are already well aware of theRotation mles which attempt tosolve that problem. The successof Rotation depends also upon therespect we give one another, theeffort we put into understandingeach other, and our concern forindividual dignity. Many peoplefeel excluded from the Caltechcommunity because their peerstry to make them people that theydon't want to be. Although nosocial structure is perfect for ev­eryone, the hovse system can bea much better experience for ev­eryone if we stop to think a mo­ment before we act.

To all the upperclassmen:you've been through Rotation be­fore, you know quite a bit aboutall of the hovses, and you knowhow the system works. It's easyto look at the frosh and thinkabout all that they haven't yet

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You have to rank at least 4houses, but you can rank up toall 7 Houses. Only under ex­tremely unusual circumstances(i.e., almost never) will you beplaced in a House that you didnot rank.

Please do not rank two Housesthe same unless you have abso­lutely no preference of one overthe other.

Near the end of the week, ifthere is a House that you knowyou want to live in, talk to thePresident of that House.

There is a slightly abridgedcopy of the rules on the backpage of this issue of the Tech.You can find the full list of Ro­tation rules on-line at http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/-ihc/documents/rotation.html.Pleaseread them and make sure thatyou understand all of them.

Chairman Chris Elion x1464elion@its Blacker 41

Secretary Vanessa Sih x3769vsih@its 230 S. Chester(Dabney)

President Todd Schumanx1797 shrike@its Blacker 26

President Dana Vukajlovichx1534 dana@its Dabney 37

President Dan Daly x1612

Visit the Houses at times other

than the House lunch and din­ner. This will give you anotherperspective on the Houses.

In the grand scheme of things,Rotation is probably more im­portant for your college experi­ence than your first week ofclasses at Caltech. Rememberthat you are on pass/fail. Thisisn't to say skip all your classesand don't do your homework.Just be sure to keep things inperspective during Rotationweek. Also, doing homework ina large group is a good way toget to know other students.

Keep in mind that we've allbeen through Rotation beforeand that we stick with it because,it seems to work. Try to be your-self and try not to stress out.

Try to rank your preferencesas honestly as possible. Pleasedon't try to play the system. Thebest policy is really just rankingyour preferences honestly. Ifanyone tells you how to rank orif anyone gives you advice onhow to rank, then they are prob­ably committing a Rotation vio­lation and this incident shouldbe reported to the IHC as soonas possible. Remember the onlyobjective information that thePresidents have to go on is your

BY IHC CHAIR CHRIS ELION

Be sure that you pick up yourname tag from every House dur­ing Rotation. Keeping track ofthe name tags is one of the waysthat the Houses check to see thatyou have attended the Houselunch or dinner. If you don't pickup your nametag, then you couldbe in danger of losing the chanceto rank your House preferences.

If you can't make a Houselunch or dinner for whatever rea­son (religious, sports, classes,etc.) then just inform a memberof the IHC. This year, RoshHashanah occurs during Rota­tion, so let us know if this willcause any conflicts.

Be sure to give every Housean equal chance. Please don'tjust take your nametag andleave. At the end of the week,you'll be as sick of Rotation asthe upperclassmen, but pleasemake an effort to get to knoweach House.

Try to meet as many people aspossible. This will give you amore accurate impression of theHouses and it will give theHouses a better chance to gettoknow you. Ask meaningfulquestions like "What do like ordislike most about your house?".

The California Tech 3 September 22, 2000

Anime

Summer Anime Reflections

BY GEOFFREY HOM

"DON'T TAUNT THEMOUSE." The warning, at thetime more of an appeal, was ut­tered to the thousand-personaudience one festive Fridaymorning. That day, I was listen­ing, not to biologist EllenRothenberg in Beckman Audi­torium, but to Mike Tatsugawa,CEO of the Society for the Pro­motion of Japanese Animation,in the Grand Ballroom at theDisneyland Convention Center.We were worried not about ra­bid mice carrying mutant genesfor T-lymphocyte development;our nemesis was the insidious,intangible yet inescapableMickey Mouse, whose lair wehad entered for Anime Expo2000. Who would have thoughta convention on anime (i.e. Japa­nese animation) would have somuch in common with CIT?

Anime has had a rich and his­toric presence in America. Wewatched Speed Racer and

Robotech, Pokemon andDigimon, but perhaps withoutrealizing their Japanese roots.Cult classics like Akira andGhost in the Shell werecomplemented by the nichethat demanded anime in sub­titled (as opposed to dubbed)form, even going so far as totranslate and subtitle anime ontheir own computers and dis­tribute them for free throughunderground networks. Thesezealous anime fans, or "otaku,"revelled in "cartoons" that hadDisney-quality animation butweren't musicals, that werebawdy but looked better thanBeavis and Butthead, and thatwere more epic than Star Wars.Japanese animation covered agamut as extensive as live-ac­tion TV, from the non-stop ac­tion of Dragonball Z to the ro­mantic comedy MaisonIkkoku to, yes, the anime por­nography of Urotsukidoji.However, some anime washard to come by (no pun in­tended), unless you went to an

anime convention.From June 30-July 3, about

twenty-five members of theCaltech Anime Society (CAS)

joined otaku from across thecountry to participate in the four­

day animebinge that isAnime Expo200 0(AX2000) .AX2000 wasnot merely abunch ofpeople sittingaround watch­ing anime; itwas more akinto a fan-oper­ated Star Trekconventionwith more styl­ish costumes.The conven­tion, whichdrew approxi­mately 9,300attendees, fea­tured not onlyanime in mam­moth, theatre­sized videorooms, but alsoa music video

contest, a karaoke contest, acharity auction, a dealer's roomfilled with seventy-one anime

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you get two pizzas for theof one. Free delivery right toyour room.@Subway. Sandwiches of toler-

*'able quality."Chinatown Express. Fast Chi­nese food."Mako Bowl. Japanese food."New Delhi Palace. Good In­dian food.R14. McDonalds.

Burger King.R16. Pita Pita. Hmmmm... Pi­tas perhaps?R17, Carl's Jr. For all you eastcoaters, they serve great fast­food burgers and fries."Jack in the Box.eMongo Fresh. Fill up yourbowl with meat, veggies, andnoodles and then they cook it foryou. Great food and lots of it ifyou fill your bowl right,

Pollo Loco. CrazyChicken!"Foster's Freeze. Milkshakesand sundaes.R18. Del Taco. late.

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Log on to W111n1V.C:Olllllltlllllall1k..cctmClick on Cirde. of to learn hotv canearn $40 for each friend you who opensa CompuBank account.You can open an account right online and ahjllro~JaJ.

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to campus.R5. Pete's Grandburger.R6. Burger Continental. Thefood quality and selection isgood. Show your Caltech ID fora discount, varying randomlybetween 0 and 75 percent.R7. Hamburger Hamlet. Lots ofhamburgers, plus other stuff.Fairly nice dining."Jasmine Terrace. Vietnamesecuisine and Chinese buffet.·Tony Roma's. The infinite ribsnight is always worth going for.·Panda Express. Chinese food.R8. Souplantation. Good cheapsoup. One of the few primarilyvegetarian places near campus.R9. Amy's Ktichen.

Tarantino's. Good Italianplace. Wednesday night is infi­nite cheese calzone night.

Pasadena Cafeteria.Cheesecake Factory. Huge

selection of desserts. Well worthtrying.

Fraedo's. Good Pizza, tellthem you're from Caltech and

Have you ever tried swallowing a goldfish?

RestaurantsThe Coffeehouse. In the

Student Activities Center.Serves good milkshakes andgrease (not together, unless yourequest it).

Red Door. You can getdecent coffee here, as well aschocolate cake and sandwiches.

accept CaltechAvery Grill. Depends on

how desperate you are for foodbefore 8pm.

Pie 'N' Burger. Good pies,good burgers. The closest diner

03. Target. The only general de­partment store you'll findnearby. Sells a lot of randomstuff cheaply, including cookingsupplies and laundry detergent.Will also develop film over­night.04. City Hall.05. PetCo. Nearest Pet supplystore to campus. Has a goodrange of supplies for variouspets. You can also buy fish there.

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tel'.02. Plaza Pasadena. Thewithin walking distance.

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This map shows some of the more useful places within walkingistance of campus. If you don't feel like walking, nearly all of

hese are along the ARTS bus route (it's free!). We've included aeasaonable variety, but this is not a complete listing of all the placeso fo in the area. See the little t for further options.

selection of restaurants reflects the taste of the editors. For aroader range of restaurants, walk down Colorado Boulevard intold Town Pasadena. There are many interesting things to eat, asell as more bookstores, banks and theatres in that general area.

EntertainmentEI. Tower Records. You canbuy CDs and tapes there, as wellas rent movies. It's a bit over­priced, but it's close.E2. United Artists Theater. Cur­rent movies. No Caltech dis­count.E3. The State Theater. Eclecticmix of films.

Laser Library. Extensive se-of laserdiscs.

E5. AMC Old Pas. Currentfilms, with a Caltech discount.EG. Clas­sical music.

Close andgrocery store. Not ation, and it closes at midnight.

Ralph's. Better selectionthan Pavilions. Open all night.

Eddie's Market. The delisandwiches are worth going for.

other too.

Books andIIi Library. Main

campus library. Not much in theway of light readmg.

Sherman Fairchild. Great air­conditioned place to study. Con­tains magazine archives andnifty movable shelves. Open toanyone with an ID Card until2am.L2. Borders. Has almost every­thing you're looking for, andthen some. Try chocolatecake while you're there.

Cliff's Bookstore. Opennice variety.

L4. Pasadena Library. HillBranch. Smaller than the centrallibrary.

and Noble.L6. Vroman's Bookstore.Barnes and Noble, but with aStarbucks inside.L7. PCC Library.L8. Pasadena Central Library.

Caltech Credit Union. In thebasement of Keith Spalding.

California Federal.American SavingsSanwa BankCoast Federal

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Summer Conventions

" I nearly fainted when I latersaw a Mickey Mouse doll thatwas mounted on the receiving

end ofa prop war hammer. "

ANIME:CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4

retailers selling merchandise, anart show, numerous panels onanime-related subjects, andmore than a dozen Guests ofHonor (GoHs): the artists, pro­ducers, directors, writers, andvoice actors responsible forsome of the most popular animeare flown in specifically for theconvention.

Anime shows often take placein mythical worlds, but an animeconvention is itself almost an al­ternate reality. Even though al­most everyone speaks English,you hear Japanese from most ofthe video screens and you seemostly Japanese books and post­ers, and no one seems to mind.Many attendees walk around infull costume, sporting purplehair, flowing robes, and four­foot-long fake swords andwooden mallets. Seemingly or­dinary Japanese people (theGoHs) are asked for autographsand pictures by boisterous fans;anywhere else, you might mis­take a GoH for the sushi deliv­ery guy or the cook atYoshinoya. Even stranger,Caltech students managed towake up early: Anand Chelian(Dabney, B.S. '96) and KacieShelton (Blacker, B.S. '00) were

in line at 7 am for the lOamopening ceremonies; Mark L.Neidengard (Lloyd, B.S. '97,M.S. '98) got up at 4:45 am toget tickets for the masquerade,in which costumed fans per­formed silly anime-related skits.

Surviving on a diet ofPepsi (orMountain Dew), salami, Fa­mous Stars, and genericCheerios, I endured (actually,basked) inAX2000. I ranfrom conventionroom to conven­tion room, movingthrough legions ofcostumed otakuand using my cov­eted CaliforniaTech press badgeto bypass multi-hour lines. I attended separatediscussion panels for AkemiTakada, Keiji Gotoh, andKazuto Nakazawa (character de­signers for Kimagure OrangeRoad, Martian SuccessorNadesico, and EI Hazard, re­spectively), saw some reallygood anime karaoke (they sangin a foreign language, had cho­reography, and wore matchingcostumes), watched the new Vi­sion of Escaflowne movie (theTV show started last month onFox Kids), went to Carl Jr.' s withJamal Rorie (Ruddock, B.S.'02), met two old friends from

high school, and checked out thecrowd around the Dance DanceRevolution, 3rd Mix arcadegame, which proves that evensome otaku can dance, anddance well. What a first day!

The rest ofAX2000 wasequally eclectic, with some ofmy highlights being the mas­querade, the music video con-.test, featuring anime clips timed

to music ranging fromMegadeath's "Sweating Bul­lets" to Rossini's "William TellOverture" to "Weird AI"Yankovic's "Jerry Springer,"and the charity auction, wherevarious anime collectibles weresold to benefit City of Hope'sHeroes for Hope program. Theauction total came to a nigh-un­believable $68,000, four timeslast year's total. Caltech waswell-represented here; Mr.Neidengard estimated that theCAS delegation made up almost10% of that total. Sander Granat(Dabney, B.S. '99), this year's

CAS president, spent $750 on aone-of-a-kind Trigun wall scroll,and Mr. Chelian bid $5000 for aCreamy Mami sketch by Ms.Takada. "We should be morewilling to participate in the char­ity auction because it's for Cityof Hope," said Mr. Granat.

Throughout the convention, amajor topic of discussion wasthe choice of location for

AX2000. TheDisneylandConventionCenter is con­nected to theDisneylandHotel, whichis adjacent toDisneyland.Some otakuwere uncertain

whether Disney would be under­standing of the "uninhibited" na­ture of some anime. Thus, in thewake ofMr. Tatsugawa's suppli­cation that Friday morning,some ofus cringed when we sawa lesbian skit during the mas­querade and the homosexualmusic video featuring the song"Sleepless Sperm." And indeed,because of reasons that remainunclear to this reporter, Disneysuddenly shut down several late­night video rooms and had theAnaheim Police Departmentclear the dealer's room of alladult material. I nearly fainted

when I later saw a MickeyMouse doll that was mounted onthe receiving end of a prop warhammer.

The many complaints aboutDisney's interference might leada non-attendee to believe thatAX2000 was a letdown. How­ever, the vast majority of attend­ees really seemed to enjoy them­selves. Anime Expo really is anextraordinary event. There is acontagious energy that ariseswhenever you bring togetherpeople with a shared, abstruseinterest: you aren't heckled bypeople who don't understand,who might call you a geek; youdon't have to worry if the otherperson will know the obscurereference to Ram:na 1/2, or ifhe'll get the corny joke about thetop quark. There is a perceptionof peace when one is free to feelunashamed. You might not thinkan anime convention wouldhave much in common with CIT,but I sense that serenity and thatfreedom every year at AnimeExpo, and every day at 'Tech.

The Caltech Anime Society(http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/-animel) shows anime on Fri­day and Saturday evenings. Theofficial Anime Expo website isat http://www.anime-expo.org/.

ists only pointed out flaws andnever suggested solutions, theGoddess of Democracy was in­tended to express both, ills andanswers. Her enormous benignface and hands perched atop agiant red skirt on which werepainted thousands of faces ofpeople of every color, size andshape (hand painted on by thehundreds of activists that filedin and out of the convergencecenter the week before the con­vention began).

Each morning during the con­vention people presented a skitat Pershing square which in­voived displaying props repre­senting the ills in today's soci­ety. These included the state ofthe prison industrial complexand the world-record-breaking 2million Americans behind bars,most incarcerated for non-vio­lent crimes, the racism of thatsystem and the corrupt law en­forcement system that accompa­nies it, poverty and sweatshopsin LA, the bloated defense bud­get, the poor state of publicschools, the growing incomegap, the monopoly of corporatekingdoms in everyday humanlife, and more. Following this,the Goddess of Democracy wasdisplayed during a song anddance after which activistsbrought out hand painted signsin the shapes of puzzle pieceswhich represented their visionfor the solutions to these prob­lems. Solutions included em­powering youth, allowing third

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pets - some up to 10 feet in size- street theater and music, all ofwhich played an important rolein the activities. The main pup­pet, crafted by protestors at the"convergence center" (a fourstory run-down building rentedby activists as a gathering placefor preparation before and dur­ing the convention) was theGoddess of Democracy. Wellaware of a criticism that activ-

religious ministers and workingmothers, gay and lesbian activ­ists and more.

One of the things that struckme was that most of the activ­ists in the fore front of organiz­ing were women - women ofcolor, lesbian women and evengrandmothers. Another thingthat jumped out at me as indica­tive of the power of this move­ment was the incorporation ofart in political expression. Thecreative energy ofprotestors wasfueled by careful creation ofhundreds of papier mache pup-

strations against the World TradeOrganization last November, theLA marches contained widelydiverse citizens in its ranks.There were older folks who hadseen the 60s come and go,younger students who had neverknown such power could existin thousands unifying, immi­grants and labor unions, Blackand Latino Americans, disabledpeople and high school youth,

helicopters circled above men­acingly.

Despite the police-state atmo­sphere the marches were an in­credible expression of solidarityand resistance against thepresent two-party duopoly thatdominates major decision-mak­ing in the United States andworld. Having progressed manysteps from the Seattle demon-

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However, while AI Gore's only 50 minutes at a time. Withcoronation ceremony took place .the help of a federal judge theseduring the elaborate 4-day ritual tactics were thrown out as be­within the secure confines of the ing unconstitutional and theStaples arena, thousands of citi- right to express dissent pre­zens got trampled on by LAPD vailed. LAPD responded to thishorses and shot at with rubber perceived infringement on theirbullets and lead-shot-filled bean turf by tightening the reins onbags from LAPD guns. Wait a the activist events so hard that itminute, did I say shot at with seemed as if each march wasrubber bullets and bean-bags? encased by a thick lining of blue­Yes, you read right. It may not. clad militia carrying guns andhave been the live ammunition other equipment intended to re­used by cops in the 1960s, but press and control while patrol

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In the end, several hundredactivists were arrested andmany more were shot at andinjured by the police. And weheard corporate reporters anddelegates sigh in relief at aweek of activities (planned forover a year) that had been car­ried out with little disruptionthanks to the well-coordinatedrepression of the LAPD. Noone attributed the relative calmto the reserve of the thousandsof people who demonstratedpeacefully. Al Gore wascrowned king and no one in­side the Halls of the StaplesCenter had to face the ugly re­ality of thousands of dis­gruntled citizens on the streetsexcept when making their wayfrom the Convention to theirhotel rooms. Perhaps they canignore the cry for real demo­cratic change for now. But thenagain, it has only been tenmonths since Seattle.

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"politically-correct" stagedplays by the two parties wereclean and easy to report. Whatthe corporate media lacked indepth of coverage, an ad-hoccollective of activist-journal­ists calling themselves the In­dependent Media Center madeup with intense minute-by­minute street coverage usingan impressive combination ofradio, video, print, photo­graphic and web media with afocus on the protestors ratherthan delegates.

In addition to the marchesthere were also a number ofparallel conferences that tookplace, organized by activists, toprovide the intellectual fodderfor progressive political dia­logue. These included theShadow Convention, theHomeless Convention, theNorth American AnarchistConference, the People's Con­vention and countless teach­ins, lectures, presentations andworkshops. It is obvious thatthe current explosion of politi-

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used). At the end of the firstdays demonstrations, LAPDsurrounded and confiscated thepuppets outside of the StaplesCenter for no apparent reason.After much ruckus and chant­ing of "Free the Puppets",LAPD returned them to avoida scene.

Apart from the morning pup­pet processions, each day wasfilled with marches describinga huge multitude of issues or­ganized by a vast array of net­works, coalitions and othergrass-roots organizationswhich included the Direct Ac­tion Network, the SouthernCalifornia Fair Trade Network,the International Action Cen­ter, the Bus Riders Union, theEast Timor Action Network,Billionaires for Bush (yes, it'sa joke), Global Exchange, theInternational Socialist Organi­zation, International BlackWomen for Wages for House­work, Campaign to end theDeath Penalty, some localchapters of Amnesty Interna­tional, Amazon Watch, the LosAngeles Green Party, Queersfor Racial and Economic Jus­tice, several union locals suchas PACE, ACORN, etc andmore. The press often com­plained that there were toomany issues for them to disen-

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bloated defense budget, thepoor state ofpublic schools, thegrowing income gap, the mo­nopoly of corporate kingdomsin everyday human life, andmore. Following this, the God­dess of Democracy was dis­played during a song and danceafter which activists broughtout hand painted signs in theshapes of puzzle pieces whichrepresented their vision for thesolutions to these problems.Solutions included empower­ing youth, allowing third partycandidates to run for officefairly alongside the Demolicanand Republicratic parties, cam­paign finance reform, citizenoversight of law enforcement,improving schools instead ofbuilding more expensiveweapons, improvingheaith byending privatization of healthcare, etc, etc. The images werethe most powerful visual ex­pressions ofprogressive politi­cal solutions that I had everseen. It turns out that the LAPDthought likewise for the pup­pets were targeted by themduring the demonstrations (inPhiladelphia the Philly policesuccessfully confiscated allpuppets before they were even

The California Tech 12 September 22,2000

Rotation Rules

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Pasadena, CA 91126

[This set ofrules has been edited. For the complete set, please visit www.ugcs.caltech.edul-ihe/doL ulllclifs/rowlwll.Jlifni -Eas.]

III. Regulations1. Rotation rules are in effect for any contact with new students from their initial accep­

tance to Caltech (including before they matriculate) until their submitted ranking lists areconsidered accurate (as stipulated at 7:00 pm on Saturday ofRotation week).

Thesc rules are in full effect now and will be until October 1st, 7pm.2. Throughout these rules the term "House" refers to both the organization as a whole

and any of its members.People who could be construed as representing the House:

1. Full dues paying House members who are currently registered as undergraduates2. Full dues paying House members who are not currently registered as undergraduates,

but plan on coming back3. Social members who are currently registered as undergraduates4. Social members who are not currently registered as undergraduates, but plan on com-

ing back5. Alumni andformer students6. Unaffiliated students7. RAs8. Others: grad students, friends of students, non-Caltech affiliated people who hang

aroundThis rule is intentionally left vague with respect to social members, etc.because House'

is used in different ways throughout the document. Consider the case of those people fallingunder categories (2)-(8) who hang around in the House, but who are not present duringdinner or after-dinncr-reception. A Prcsident could ask them to leave (Security can removethem if necessary), but the House could still be held responsible. This situation will have tobe dealt with on a case-by-case basis because these people could still cause an unfair bias.

3. Ne,v students are specifically prohibited from unfairly biasing other new students to­ward oragainst a house.

4. Houses are specifically authorized to do the following during rotation: a. have recep­tions after dinner b. serve refreshments at these receptions c. prohibit those who are notcurrent House members from attending these receptions

Mcmber of a House is defined to be a full dues paying currently registered under­graduate. Anyone that does not fall under this definition of Member must get explicit ap­proval from the House President. Keep in mind however, that if a House President approvessomeone, then the House is responsible for that person's actions.

d. have open presentations anywhere on campus

This includes unofficial tours of campus such as tours of the steam tunnels. Pranksthat don't degrade other houses are also acceptable.

e. publish and distribute infonnationalliterature which is inexpensively reproducedThis refers to posters, literary journals, Rotation videos, and propaganda sheets among

other things. All such documents must be approved by the IRC.f accompany new students to any place open to the public, ifno extraordinary services

are provided.The key word in this section is extraordinary. An upperclassman sitting in the car of a

freshman being driven by a freshman is not an "extraordinary service."5. Houses are specifically prohibitedfrom doing the following during rotation: a. making

a trophy or alley challengeThis is basically a social event. Social events can provide an unfair bias and could get

out of hand.b. publishing a social calendar or relating in any fashion future social events.

The purpose of this rule is to avoid having some upperclassmen make outlandishpromises about future social events. Comments about past social events are perfectly okay,if it is made clear to the new students that it is an event that happened in the past. Duringprefrosh weekend, Houses are allowed to leave their social calendars up as it reflects asaspect of Caltech life. During the time period before and including Rotation Week, thesecalendars will be taken down from everywhere (on the Web and in the House).

c. organizing and sponsoring a social eventSocial events can occur, but only with IRC approval. These IRC-approved events

will typically include the following two stipulations:New students can not be invited to them, and if they do come, they have to be turned

away. Must be held at a House neutral site. Off-campus alleys are considered OK sites,because they are more inaccessible to the frosh than somewhere on campus.

We realize that upperclassmen coming back want to have fun and party before theschool year starts and we will try to accommodate them as best we can. During the actualRotation week, almost no exceptions to this rule will be made. Organizing a pick up game

of sports is typically not a violation of this rule.For small, unofficial social events (e.g. watching a movie in Old Pas, going bowling),

that could involve new students, IRC approval is required. The request will most likely beapproved, but you must still check.

d. attending a reception ofa House ofwhich you are not a member without the permis­sion ofthat House's president

Member of a House is defined as a dues paying (for that House), registered under­graduate. Anyone that does not fall under the definition of Member mustget permission from the House President. Social members may be al­lowed or not at the discretion of the House president. See III.2 and IlIAc.

e. discussing with new students anything at all to do with pickingstrategies. future new student picks, or past new student picks.

This is very little lee-way with this rule. Telling new students any­thing about Picks or how to rank Houses strongly influences how newstudents rank their choices. The only thing permissible to say to the newstudents is that they should rank as honestly as possible.' The only lee-way with this rule is telling the frosh equivalent things as rank as honestlyas possible.' Examples of this are: If you don't want to live in a House,rank it low or don't rank it at all.' ; If you want to live in a House, rank ithighly and talk to the House President.' There is no statute of limitationson Picks information. Any attempt to find out how the Picks process is initself a Rotation Violation. Distributing Picks information regardless of its

accuracy is also a Violation./. spending money on (i new student or providing extmordinarv goud.; or sen·ice,; 011

credit orfor no charge.What "extraordinary" is up to IHC interpretation. This is a case where upperclassmen

are expected to use their own judgement wisely. Pocket change and candy are certainly notextraordinary.

g. providing transportation for a new student beyond a three-mile radius except whellrequired for athletic training. (Note: IHC-approved exceptions may be made for nearTommy's,jar Foster's (Donut Man), Krispy Kreme (Van Nuys), and the Pantry). From the

time of initial acceptance to the first official check in day for all new student (.,dth theexception ofPrefrosh Weekend), the rule is relaxed to include the Los Angeles area.

This rule has been changed as a result of the Rotation Survey Results of 1998. Onceagain this rule is flexible. All exceptions do need to go before the IRe. Generally, howeverthe exceptions listed in (g.) can be granted by individual Presidents and mentioned at thenext IRC meeting. This rule is really there to prevent things from getting out of hand. A newstudent can drive anyone anywhere. Official new student check-in date is the 17th of Sep·tember.

h. providing alcohol or other controlled substance to a new studentThere is absolutely no flexibility in this rule. Providing aleohol or other controlled

substances is clearly against the rules and there is absolutely no way around it. Givingfreshman alcohol, etc. could easily escalate. Tommy's chili and Krispy Kreme donuts arenot considered controlled substances.

i. otherwise unfairly biasing a new student toward or against a House. (Note: there i~

no "gag rule" Individuals are not prohibited from speaking about a House of which they arenot a member. However, indviduals are advised to take care in what they say, as they may bemisinformed.)

This rule is completely open to interpretation by the IHe. This once again refers to theidea of the spirit of the law.

The infamous "No-'Gag Rule'" rule is always a cause for confusion. The reason it is

so is stems from two things. One is that the IHC interpretation of this rule is always chang·ing year to year. The other thing is that people are afraid to anything so they say nothing.The questions becomes what can and cannot be said. Once again a person's own judgementcomes into play. One should follow these guidelines when talk about any of the 7 under­graduate Houses:

1.Be sure to express that the things being said are simply opinions and how you feel. Usephrases like "In my opinion, ... " and "In my experience, I feel that ... " However, juslsaying these things does not allow you to way what ever you want.

Z,Opinions shOYld not h~ pr~s~nt~d in iI fm::tuiI] milnn~r, E~ilmpl~s an~ "Th~y f\r~ f\ lot 01gay Booty Housers," "All Booty Housers are chain-smoking kleptomaniacs", "Everyonefrom Booty House is a Literature major Heroin addict."

3.The intent of the things said should be used as an informational tool with which the newstudent can come to their own conclusion. It should not be said specifically to scare a newstudent away from a House.

4.It should be clear that when you say something about another House, that you are notamember if that House.

S.Don't be a rumor monger. Be aware that your facts may be wrong.6.Don't lie to the frash in a malicious manner..7.There is a big difference between giving your unprompted opinion to a new student and

the new student asking for your opinion.It is important that a new student get as much information as possible in order to make

the choices. New student's must be given some credit for discerning a highly biased posi;tive or negative opinion. Also if an upperclassman talks bad about another House. he or she

is also representing his or her House in a poor light.6. Aside from the specifically unauthorized acts, Houses may do anything approved by

the IHC in advance ofthe act.We are trying to be flexible with our interpretations and that these rules are not set in

stone. An exception can be (but won't necessarily) made to any rule upon approval of the

IHe. See IlL5.c.7. Information pertaining to the ranking ofeach student and to the order of the picks

may not be made public. All such information in written or electronic form must be de·stroyed immediately following picks. This is self-expanatory.

IV Penalties1. An action which any student thinks is a violation ofthe Rotation rules must be reported

to the IHC Chairman, anlHC-appointed Rotation Supervisor, or to any ofthe House Presi·dents.

2. Alleged violations will be tried by the IHC; a four out of seven vote is sufficient for

conviction.3. Any House or individual who is found to have violated these rules will be penalized by

anyone of the following: a. loss ofdraft choices b. loss ofprivilege to live on campus cprobation d. loss of right to House ranking (i.e., new student will be considered to havechosen all seven Houses equally.) e. any other punishment handed down by the IHC

4. Due to time constraints, no House will lose draft choices after 12:01 am ofthe day ojpicks. Other penalties may still apply.