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y;aume LXXXII Pasadena, Cali fo rn ia; Friday, January 9, 1981 Number 12

STU ABDICATES

After leading a long and productive career as Tech editor-in-chief. Stuan Goodnick dillppcared. Here. he enjoys one o f his excesses.

Presenting: Saturn

by Robert Hill The Voyager I encounter The panel discussion had

with Saturn was probably THE been edited from the original Stience event of 1980. World tapes made in Beckman Press coverage and interest was Auditorium last November. It !he biggest for any space event consists of presentation by the IlCept fo r the first moon lan- four panelists on what the ding back in 1969. The Saturn encounter means to Planetary Science community them. To this writer. Dr. Mur­will be recovering from their ray's ta lk , which cou ld perhaps week of surprises for years to be titled "Voyager : The Begin­tome. "Smog" on Tit an, the ning of the Limit s tq Human spokes within the rings, the Endeavor?" was eas il y the most braided F ri ng, the turbulence stimulating. of Saturn's atmosphere and the This program is, of course, incredible detail within the brought to you by your friend­rings success full y . imaged by Iy Caltech Y. the Voyager inst ruments are

Editor-in-Chief Disappears; Last Seen Tuesday Night

by Roger Fong T rac,Y FUfulani

Ed Suranyi Stuart E. Goodnick, the

current editor of The Califor­nia Tech, abdicated his post under mysterious circumstances Wednesday. Citing "personal reasons",which may include physical abuse and a low GPA, Goodnick declined to comment further on his abdicat ion.

His intercourse with the Tech began inauspiciously on October 26, 1979 with his arti­cle "Coleman Chamber Opens '79 Season" which appear~d on page four. However. his (our de force occured the following week in the column, "Festering

Wound" which garnered much fame, if not di sgust.

In his term-long career as a writer. he developed his writing style in numerous a rticles, in­cluding a review of the poet Clayton Eshleman.

But throughout this time, he was clandestinely pl ott ing to become editor. He was often seen working with then-editors Dave Younge and Alan Loh , learning the "fuckwads" of ed itorship.

It ca me to pass in the general elections of 1980 that Goodnick and two co ­conspirators, Oliver Graves and D avid Durham, a.k.a.Grover, were elected to

Rose Prank Bowl By Lee Sunderlin

~our Cal tech stuaems at- ' O'Neil and Martin carried tempted another daring prank the equipment out to the field . m the early morning of They saw a flashlight which December 31. Unfortunately, they thought was Juanito's they were a little too daring, okay signal, but it was and the dignity of the Rose suspiciously on the wrong side Bowl remained unviolated for of the field. The light ap­another year. proached, and ·the two hid in a

The plot involved an at- dugout. The light came up to tempt to bury a box on one them, and they were arrested side of the playing field. At by two security guards (who halftime, a balloon saying were from Pasadena City Col­"Caltech" with a streamer say- lege). Juanito, meanwhile, was ing "Beavers" would be releas- hiding ten feet away. ed before millions of viewers. As O 'Neil and Martin were The re lease was to be con troll- confessing to the police, the ed by a wire leading into the two others took the equipment stands. and tried to leave. The missing

After careful surveillance of stuff was noticed; polics soon the site, the assault team felt cordoned off the stadium and they were prepared . Charlie caught Villanueva and Ennis. O'Neil , Steve Martin, Juanito Later , Kost ka and Weeks Villanueva, and Joel Ennis, were stopped in a van , ques­dressed in black and equipped tioned, and then released. The with walkie-talkies, slipped fo ur prisoners were booked over two fences between police and spent three hours in jail. patrols . Dan Kost ka and Ralph Their hearing on charges of Weeks stayed outside to watch trespassing will be on January fo r guards. The four inside 14 at the Pasadena Courthouse men slipped under a gate and sometime after 8:30 am; spec-into the stadium. tators are invited.

the editorship, using Goodnick's deft maneuver of having Alan Loh write their campaign statement.

Goodnick was well known fo r his ebullient editorials con­cerni ng a plethora of topics from the mundane, such as JPL conferences , to the bizzare (and incomprehensible) praise of the Horizontal Pillar.

Towards the end of his term, Goodnick initiated his "Great Consolidation". He began to draw greater prest ige and power for himsel r. Durham was demoted 10 "Staff Liason",while Graves was pigeonholed to "Head Photographer"; la ter, he was exiled to San Francisco. Also, Good nick became enrapt ured in the mystical; incense (among other intriguing substances) was often oxidizing in his room, and even his editorials grew more esoteric. His curtain call article was the old standby, the second "Festering Wound" and foretold of his coming downfall.

Goodnick disappeared the night of January 6, 1981. Ac­cording to a highly placed source, he was last seen Tues­day night, meandering out from his room, leaving behind a trail of wit, whimsy and wor­managing editors.

Beckman Quakes

UJ • • • :n:y r urutam with the Caltech News Bureau

"We are almost certainly not overdue for a repeat of the great 1857 earthquake, but that anticipated event may be so close that we can ill afford to just some of the phenomena

that will cause rewr iting of textbook s on the ringed planet.

Dr. Bruce Murray will give a presentation entitled "Satu rn and the Mind of Man" (Ramo Auditorium , 8: 00 p.m., Tues­day, J anuary 13). Dr. Murray ,is P rofessor of Planetary Science, and Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory which operates the two Voyager mis­siOlls for NASA. Dr . Murray's presentation will be in two parts-the showing of edited videOtape of a panel discussion (with Dr. Murray, Carl Sagan, Ray Bradbury . and Philli p Morrison) followed by a slidc presentation in which some of the highlights from the flyby will be illustrated (and, of COurse, explained!).

Kudos from TQFR neglect serious preparations fo r it ," declared Dr. Kerry Sieh, assistant professor o f geology at Ca ltech, in his Wat so n Lec­ture Wednesday night.

by Charlie O'Neal Thanks go 10 everyone who

returned thei r TQFR question­naires. As a student effort to in crease the qua li ty of teaching, the ASCIT Educa­tional Poli cies Committee (E PC) is going to process the fi rst term 's survey results right away in a limited edition of the TQFR. This first term edition will only be distributed to the professors of (" '- 00;: '\ urveyed, the division cha lrli . .. .~ a few other co ncerned members of the faculty . We a re hoping

that professors, getting im­mediate feedback from their first term courses, will be ab le 10 make any needed ad­justments as they continue to teach second or third term.

Although for many classes the response rate was great, a full 90 courses won 't be includ­ed in this TQFR because less than fi ve surveys were ret urn­ed. Twenty-one of these courses need only. o ne more ret urned survey before they can be included and another 25 courses need on ly two addi-

Although the exam ples were tional responses each (see _ sometimes confusi ng a nd once below). I realize that some of he even had to skip a n entire these courses had less than five section, Dr. Sieh 's message was undergrads in them but if one clear: we need to prepare now of yours had 5 or more and for possible future shock s. you want the prof to see the He bega n with a short survey resu lts TURN IN history o f the large earth-YOUR SURVEYor !let some quakes in Ca liforn ia, such as one who hasn't to turn 111 the 1906 San Franci sco a nd the theirs. 1857 Fort Tejon temblors, and

For sure, your house pres i- showed how an "average recur-dent and The resa in Winnett rence interval" - the time lapse

CONTiNUEd CONTiNUEd

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I~'II?'AI~~I~I ASCITsca •. ~ .•• plays

al ive as cinema strip cOlllique. a two- hour ext ravaga nza with heroes, villai ns . stra nge races , exotic land s, gorgeo u s cost um ery - every th ing th e au thor / arti st can draw, and which few film s can afford.

parody , so that the bala nce between d isbe lief and entertain­ment is not strained too fa r.

Whether accident a ll y or deliberately, the fo rthcoming ASC IT Bv- Laws Elect io n co n­tains a sn'ea ky way o f di luting the va lu e of rour vote in ASC IT elections to co me. There fore. first. we ca ll lIpon the ASC IT BO D and Elections C hai rman , in the interest of a fair a nd hones! election, 10 provide a ballot for this elec­tion thai breaks the changes down inlO three separate vOles . o ne fo r each Article 10 be changed. This will be a small exira "effort 10 pa y. since (we be lieve) the three Articles do not deserve an eq ual chance of passage.

FI(lsh Ciord()lI . SIClrri ng Sam J . )\)1IC", Mclod\' Ander<ion. Omelia i\1\n i. .\hl\ Von S'\,do\\ , and To pol. Produced b~ Dina Dc 1 aurel1lii~ . Dirt'ct cd by M i l- \.' I-I od!:!~· " . S<.:re ... ·nplay by Lorcil/o Semple. J r.. adaptation hy Mk-ha cl Allin; ba~cd on chara cters L"rcalcd by Alex Ra ym(,lIld. A Ulliver~al relen <ie . Running li me: 1 JO fT1inule~. Rated PG.

Flash Gordon is a romp. T he 1930s comic st rip has come

There are threat s, dar ing . escapes, t reachery, lo ve , temp­tation, scheming; all light ly seasoned with humor and se lf·

The film bill s it se l f as an "adventure-fantasy," a nd this is a fa ir assessment. There is little science 10 concern the viewer here, but there are no blatant impossib ilities either. Admit­ted ly, the film does o pen with a view of a tota ll y unclo uded Earth, an image se ld o m used nowadays - p ictures from space having shown that seeing con­tinent s is the exception, not th e ru le . But for the most part we' re in terra incognita, and if the ru les of our uni verse can't app ly, per h ap s we're III

another.

The cha nge to Article I V is a simple a nd beneficial o ne, as far as we can te ll. It may pre­ven t the kind of screw-ups that occurred last yea r, when the outgoing treasurer had the book s and the incom ing treasure r had the auth o rjt y, thus guarant eeing that neither could o r would get things done fo r · several weeks . It docs, however, leave two Treasurers in o ffi ce at the same time, which may cause confu sio n. Thus, we don 't put mu ch energy behind our YES vote o n the stated cha nge to Article I V.

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The special effects are primarily fant ast ic in na tu re, rather than in the ha rdware vogue that start ed with Star Wars. (Exam pie : hundreds of H aw kmen hovering, wa iting to attack an a irship.) T he enti re film is a visual trea t , wit h bri g h t, out s pok e n co lo rs everywhere: in the sky, in the palace, in the costumes.

The story is simple a nd c lassic: the planet Mongo is a true 'wanderer ', domici le of Ming the Merci less , Emperor of the U ni verse. Decadent beyond imagination, he has set the Moon o n a coll ision course wi th Earth . W hy? He's bored.

Dr. H ans Zarkov, a scien­tis t whose theories have receiv­ed unfavorable response fro m h is co lleagues , attempts to pre­vent the di saster by going to Mo ngo. Flash Gordon and Dale A rden , who have j ust

on page 7 continued

THE CAL TECH V .

The changes to Article X IV will increase the sa laries of the editors of the California Tech, the lillie I, and the Teaching Qualily Feedback Reporl, in that o rder. While it was nice of ASC IT to think o f us, it would have been nicer to do a ll of the needed changes in that article all at once, and there are some purely business changes that need to be made in Article X IV , Section Sa. We recom­mend a YES vote, bu t ask that somebody from ASC IT check with us about the p roblems wit h the Business Ma nager part of Sa .

Now comes the biggie : A rt i­cle V Ill. Electio ns a nd Pro­ced ures. T his section is so full o f p roblems tha t we actua lly plead with a ll o f you o ut there to vote NO as fi rml y as possi­ble, so it can be rewritten cor­rect ly.

• .•.. fly-by

Tuesd ay, January 13: SAT U RN UPDATE. A discussion of the Voyager I mission wi th Dr. Bruce Murray, di rector of JPL. T he presenta tio n will incl ude an edited video tape of the "Satu rn and the Mi nd of Man" panel discus­sion with Dr. Bruce M urray, Ray Bradbury, a nd Carl Sagan. Dr. Murray wi ll a lso be showing slides of recent transm issions from Voyager 1 which were not avai lable for the panel d iscussion . 8 P.M. in Ramo Aud itorium.

Wednesday, January 14: UPDATE NOON D ISCUSS ION. Dr. Ned Munger spea king o n the question: " Is There H o pe for South Africa?" At noon in C lu broom One , upstairs Winnett. Bring your lunch .

Satu rday, January 17: SAN D IEGO ZOO TRIP . Sign u p in the Y between Monday and Wednesd ay (Jan. 12- 14). The cost per person: $4 .00 for transportation; $3.75 ent rance fee; and money for meals and miscellaneous.

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Sunday, January 18: TRIP TO EVITA . 20 tickets are available for the 7:30 P.M. per fo rmance at the Shubert Theater. The cost per ticket is $ 12.50, which includes transportation . The tickets will be dist ribu ted by lottery, wi th the sign-up fo r the lottery lasting from Mo nday to Wednesday (Jan. 12- 14). Winners' names will be posted and they must come by the Y office to pay for their tickets by noon , Friday, Janua ry 16.

Problem I : The ex of vot ing time 10 24 seems like a great idea but fai ls th e crucia l test ing all improvement. 24-hour voting o n night mean s th at there will be one house ment made about II Starting Mo nd a\' run n lllg through would improve voter Fu rt her. 24-hour voti ng. mated as a mean s to red uce inrIuence of house po litics ASCIT elections (by red the p ress ure of people arou nd watch ing your ballot being fi lled in) . lends itself more to direct a nd deceit. sin ce the wi ll be unattended 111 0st lime. And don't give us stuff about how 'nobody do that under the' system' . There have been tio n irregularit ies befo re , this would j ust mak e easier , a nd more open to . o ne 's warped idea of a n RF.

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TItE . Body Sltop i Mlil[j][j]lillil[j]lillillil[j]lillillillillil~lil[j][j]~[j] Have you ever been silting a movie theater , church, a

t:~;i~~h.~~a:"d etc., and suddenly an attack of hic-

I'm sure a lmost everyone answer this question with a YES! This experience can

embarrassment and discomfort to the is usually a benign

are caused by contractions of the

, the muscle which the chest from the

••• Dallllltn. The normally IlitIOOth function of this muscle

important role in the ire8thi'l~ process, but when ir­

goes into spasms. As d iaphrag m moves

If~~~;~ar~ the victim inhales the glottis (the

and surrounding at the base o f the

involuntarily snaps shut the throat. It is this

action that causes the <p,:a,,:a "hie".

llrcllmlrlly an aftack of hic­will last from 5-10

I:~~;:~ during which time will offer his/ her pet

the happening, one usually works. I'd

to mention that no _Ime,"t may be necessary for

to end ; sometimes all needed is to have the

attention distracted. an attack of

will go on for hours, in case medical treatment be sought.

A great variety of irritants Irigger an attack of hic­rapid eating or drinking,

particularly of highly spiced foods or of alcohol, gulping li­quids that are too hot or cold, excessive smoking, fatigue, or hearty laughter after a big meal, just to mention a few.

Now you're saying to yourself, "ok, so what can I do to get rid of th is nagging 'hic'?" Thumping the victim on the back is a time-honored method of treatment. Other home remedies include holding you r breath , breathing deeply, holding your tongue out so the glott is cannot close, and exhal­ing and inhaling into a paper bag. Taking steady sips of water breaks the spasmodic rhythm for some people, and others can be shocked out of their reflex by being shouted at or start led. The aim of all home remedies is to reduce the irritation to the diaphragm and to interrupt the rhythmic spasms.

If hiccups have not subsid­ed within one hour, medical help should be consulted. For­tunately, most cases of hiccups do not call for drastic interven­tion. All you need is to be sur­rounded by a circle of friends that will undoubtedly recom­mend one of 300 or more home remedies, which have at one time or another proved effec­tive in curing hiccups .

Do you have a famed cure? I f so , let us know! Any ques­lions, arguments , fact s, new in­fo, etc., you might have about anything, fee l free to write me.

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to a minimum area , IS re-.1iI1il1il1il1il1il1il ~ III ~ ~ lillil ~ Iilllllillil Iillil ~ lilll arranging the wood when he is

It 's Saturday evening. As hustled away by two of the shadows grow longer in the sized fire. The crowd mills Pasadena's finest. Subsequently streets of Pasadena, an uneasy about , _ chanting arcane spells thts safety-minded indi vidual is rumor flees from person to w hi ch resound off the a candidate for a felony arson person , evoking mixed reac- .surrounding buildings. charge . Another individual in lion s : excitement , des ire , No, it's not the work of the keeping with the spi ri t of' the pyromania . . . Small groups or PLO or any equiva lent terrorist event, holds a beer, till a keen­individuals scurry to and fro; group. (Pasadena P.D., can eyed , sharp-nosed officer spots seedy-looking characters park you hear me out there?) No, this flagrant violation of civil obscurely loaded cars in dark it's nOt an attempt to get into codes and drags the seco nd of­a lleys ; whi le not far away , a Guinness for the world's la rgest fender away . (No one seems to gathering crowd seems to be mar shma ll ow roas t / traffic reca ll seeing the beer actually marching in protest of some obstruction. (Sorry, folks.) bemg consumed; it is entirely unstated issue, by repeatedly And no, it's not the People poss ible that the a lleged of­crossing the intersection which Resisting . Installation of Coal- fender brought it aJong just for is slowly bulging due to the Burning Steam Plants company's sake .) enormous amount of cheerfu l demonstrating their latest The PFD arrives a nd has a souls present. slogan-UBurn trees , not few words with the PPD.

A crack bark s out in the dinosaurs. " (I hope they There ·ensues a valiant struggle night and suddenly the entire freeze.) It 's THE LEADING as one fireman singlehandedl y mob dashes to the north, feet EDGE telling the whole world takes on a horrendously large pounding ground ; random peo- that, once again, our football pile of burning pallettes . In the pie are bathed in the white team has vanquished its op- heat of the action (sorry!) the glare of a circling chopper; the ponents (from Si mi Valley, I hose seems to slip in his hands frenzied crowd re-convenes in- do believe) and relegated them CONTiNUEd side the relative safety of a few to the dusty sales beneath our ON PAGE ~ hasti ly-erected traffic bar-ricades, and for a moment nothing h appen s . (EVERYONE BLEW IT -the signal was supposed to be a whist le ... cjh) Then a car screams up, pallettes fly out a door , t he car screams off as if seeking refuge from the Chicago '20s gangs; gasoline splashes over the crude pile, and a road flare is nonchalant­ly tossed into the work s, to produce a satisfying flare-up which levels off into a medium-

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Ad Hoc Committee Studies Institute Core Curriculum

By Bill Goddard The major question about An Ad Hoc Commirtee is in the core curricullu m is whet her

the midst of examining the In- it is servi ng its function of pro­sti tute's Core Curric~ l um. This viding the basic .ed ucation in Committee (known as the science, technology, a nd the AH CCC and pronounced as if humanities that is expected of a lecturer were clearing his Caltec h . If dee med ap­throat) was appointed by the propriate, the Committee will Chairman o f the Faculty, consider changes in the re­David Goodstein, a nd asked to quirements. However, more determine whether any changes likely they will consider nar­should be made in the core cu r- rower questions. such as: riculum. The core cu rriculum I) Is the workload in the consists of the courses involved core cur riculum consis tent wi th in satisfying Institute re- the assigned units? quirements. This incl udes Ma 2) Are the subjects covered I , Ma 2, C h I (or its replace- so as to be useful to the non­ment, Ch 2), Ch 3, Ph I , Ph 2 specialist? (or its replacement, Ph 12), 3) Could the courses be bet-fre s hm a n laborato rie s, ter coordinated? freshma n humanities, Ec/ SS 4) Are the cou rses out-I I , and PE. In addition, it ef- dated? fectively includes the other 5) Do they ignore new, im-courses used to satisfy portant areas of science and Hum / SS req ui rement s (it technology? perhaps should a lso include 6) Is the teaching quality AMa 95). (by pro fessors a nd teaching "-"-.....;...;,,:------

Robert Kelly, Past Poet-in-Residence, Reads in Judy Library

Robert Kelly, the poet and essayist, will read from his work s on Thursday, January 15 , at 8:00pm in the Judy Memorial Library in Baxter.

Mr. Kelly has just been awarded the 1980 Los Angeles Book Pri ze for Poetry fo r his most recent volume, Kill the Messenger Who Brings Bad News (B lack Sparrow Press, 1979).

"Kill the Messenger reveals an ex traordinary alertness to the dimensionality of words relative to sou nd , association a nd eruditio n," wrote poer Clayton Esh leman in the Los Angeles Times. Kelly "draws int o bold relief the fi gure of the mortal a ll of us in our

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si ngleness are." "The Loom," a long poem

regarded as one of the poet's most important works, was composed in 1971 -72 while Mr. Kell y was writer-in-residence at Caltech. He has published for­ty volumes, among them Flesh Dream Book ( 197 1), Th e Mill of Particulars (1 973), Kal; Yuga (1970) , The Convections (1978), the essays called /n Time (1971), a nd the long poem about Ameri ca ca lled "The Common Shore" ( 1969). To be published in 198 1 are "Spirit ual Exerci ses" and "Erin Tant ra America ," called "an examinatio n of Iri sh-America n excuses." Mr. Kelly currently lives in upstate New York a nd teaches writing at Bard Col­lege.

This reading is open to the public, and adm ission is free. For more information, phone 356-4652.

assista nt s) adequate? The AHCCC wi ll also be concerned wi th establishing a system that will automatically spot a nd correct problems with the core curriculum in the futur e. The present experiments with om­budsmen in the core courses are part of this program.

Students. and faculty with constructive suggest ions on these matters should feel free to communicate with any members of the AHCCC.

Student members: Charl ie O'Neil , Nick Gross, a nd Jon Quackenbush:

Facult y members : Bill Goddard (Chairman), Tom Apostol, Bob Bates, John Bercaw, Albert Hudspeth, Bill J ohnson , George Rossman, and Tom Tombrello.

The best suggestion agreed to by the Committee will earn its earlies t proponent a free lunch at either the Greasy or at the Burger Continental.

Seminar Today On Owning Your Own Company

By Grace Mah Ever want to own your own

company? Some of you o ut there may be thinking about it in a few years, if not now. Well , if you are considering it, the Committee on Relations wit h I n du s try and the Mechanica l E nginee rin g Department ha ve a seminar / discussion for you o n Friday, Janua ry 9 (that's today!) at 1:00pm in 2 10 Thomas, to be called "E n­trepreneu ri a l Developme nt." Mr. H . E . Wagner and Dr. S. S. Leavitt, president and vice­pres id ent respect ive ly of Teknekron, Inc., wi ll speak of their company's interest ing ac­tivit ies: helping to organize new high technology com­panies . The two representatives will be available for info rmal discussion, and anyone wit h in ­terests in entrepreneurship is invited to come.

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Excomm Suggests Change

To ASCIT Election Method K)' Ed Lambert

As is typical of an election year, many people begin to find fa ult with 'va rious aspect s of the election process a nd sug­gest a lternat ives. The ASCIT Executive Committee has COll­

sidered the problems that ASC IT has been ha vi ng with it s elect ions over the past several years a nd is offering to the student body several cha nges to the ASCIT By­Laws. These changes wou ld subst itute the present req uired majority· system of voting with what is known as "approva l vOl ing".

Briefly stated , approval vot ing allows the voter to cast a vote for every candidate on the ballot who meets with hi s approval. The winner in any elect ion, th erefore, is th e can­dida te who has received the mos t approval votes. While at first this might sound absurd, a close exam inat ion will show that this system is superior to the cu rrent one a nd solves the ills wh ich have plagued recent ASC IT elections.

Befo re discu ss ing th is system further, let's first ad­dress the difficulties that ASCIT has had wit h it s elec­tions. A system of majority voting works great when there are two candidates for an of­fice. This, however , is often not the case, as 3 or 4 people will often sign up for key of­fices. As a resul t, a majorit y may not be reac hed after the initial election . Therefore, a runoff election IS requi red which often digresses to two or three runoffs. Problems ar ise when runoff elections a re not well publicized and student in­diffe rence strikes, causi ng the number of votes cast to fall drast icall y. By the time a third runoff occurs, o nly a few dozen votes may be cast (unless it's a pa rticu lar ly heated race). Capricious 'no' voti ng can a lso muddy the situation further.

Approval vOling, on the ot her hand , requ ires only a plurality of approval votes. Therefo're a lmost all races will be decided in the first election when student interest and in­fluence is greatest. A runoff elect ion would be requ ired only in the rare instance of a tie in votes or in the case of a plurality of 'no' votes. You can see how a major deficiency in the present system can be solv­ed.

In addition, approval vot ing proves to be a more equitable manner in which to determine a win ner in a race with 3 or more people. Under this system, it is never in a per­son's best interest to not vote fo r his fir st choice and vote for a less preferred candid ate 'in order to second-guess vot ing strategies of other people. Such

a process can arise under the present system as evidenced by the recent Presidential election. John And erson's cha nces \Ve re severely damaged by the at­titude of a "vote for Anderson is a vote for Reagan ," etc.

The rat ional person will vo te for all people who he feels are acceptable. To vote for a ny more would support those peo­ple whom he doesn't endorse, whereas to vote fo r fewer can. didates wou ld with hold suppOrt from possibl y acceptable com­promise candidates. Thus, the will of the electorate is better felt and a 3 o r 4-way race is decided on a more equitab le basis.

The suggested changes in­corporate approval vot ing into ASC IT e lectio n s. T hese cha nges, however, still allow for the cast ing of a 'no ' VOle if the voter fee ls none of the can­didates are acceptable. Slight variations are made in the se lection of the office of Direc­tor at Large because of the re­quiremenr that at least one Director must be a freshman. Essent ia lly, in this case, the voter will vote for all people whom he endorses. I f he doesn 't consider anyone accep­table, he instead casts a "no for all candidates" vote. ' If in the in stance he finds acceptable upperclassmen and no accep­table freshmen he may instead vote for those upperclassmen he li kes and "no for all freshmen candidates." For any fres hman to receive the automatic freshman slot for Director-aI-Large he must have more approval votes than (he total number of " no" votes. Thus an eq ui tab le manner in electi ng so meone to [he pecul iar office ca n be reached.

The additional By-Law changes raise the salaries of the Ed it ors of the California Tech and the Big T commensurate with inflation over the past five o r so years . In addition , the T reasurer remains an offi cer of the corporati on until he's , fini shed the corporation books of the fi scal year he was in of­fi ce . This way he won't ru n off and leave the job to the next sucker to get elected.

Th ese proposals are presented after much careful discussion by the ASCIT Ex­Comm and a lot of work by Andy Gellman . We suggest you read ' the By-Law changes carefully and discuss their merits and drawbacks among yourselves. If you have any questi ons just ask a n Excomm member (there's one in each house if they can remember who th ey are). A special elec­t ion wi ll be held on M onday, January 19, in order to end orse these cha nges.

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Proposed ASCIT Bylaws Revisions

lUl'nC:LE IV. OffiCERS 5. Office of the

Replace th ird llenten"e with , " He shall remain

of the co rporation the beginning of the new year. He shall have the

""'norati,ot book s aud it ed by of that year. ·'

"=1~~,~~,~V~~III~I;'J ELECTIONS IA RES 2. All nomi nated

landid"tes shall be listed o n the and sha ll be voted upon

dections. Election day sha ll the second Monday follow­the closing of nominations .

day for run-off elec­necessary, shall occur

Wednesday of the sa me

3. Ballo ting shall from 8:00pm o f the

" ~:~~:gi?; the elect io n day, d in Sect ion 2., shall

place in Win nett Center in each o f the undergrad­houses . Each voter must an official register at the of. voting before submit­ballot. Absentee ba llots

allowed in the ca se of who expects to be ab­the day of an electi on.

I'Jlllent"e ballo ts must be filed the Elect ion C ha irm an no than noon of the day

p'~in~ the elect ion day. All be cast in secret.

~;:~::,,,~4"i( ~OnIY members of , ' may vote for

officers. A correctly for t he elect io n of a n

be eit her one of

Writ ing the word "no" lilllifylng that none of the t=~ls meets with the voter's

5. For all offices those of Director at

voter may cast a approval for as many

Jcu~(lat,es as the voter wi shes cast one vote o f "no".

date receiving the lIn*lest num ber of votes of ap­

win the election that this number is

than the total number "'no" votes. Section 6. A voter may cast

one "no" vote for the of­of Director at Large. The may vote either "no for

.:;:~~~~a:~~~~~ or "no for all p ca ndidates" . A voter a vote of " no for a ll

freshman can didates" may nevertheless cast votes of ap­proval for upperclass can­didates.

a) A necessary co ndition for freshmen to be elected is that they receive a greater number of approval votes than the total number of "no" votes . The corresponding cond iti on for upperclassmen is that they recei ve a greater number of votes of approval than the number of "no for a ll can­didates" votes.

b) The freshma n receiv­ing the greatest number of ap­proval votes and meeting the above cond ition sha ll be elected. Of the remaining can­didates the one receiving the greatest number of app roval votes and meeting the above condition shall a lso be elected.

c) I f an upperclassma n but no freshman is elected then the nominations for Director at Large in the subsequent elec­t ion shall be open to freshmen only.

ARTICLE XIV. PUBLICATIONS

Section 5. a) Repl ace seco nd

. sentence with , "The Editor(s) will receive a sa lary of $500 for each term's work payable a t the end of each term."

c) R e pl ace s eco nd sentence with, "The Editor will receive a salary of two hundred dollars ($200) with a possible bonus of one hu ndred dolla rs ($100) ."

d) Replace the second sentence with, "The Ed itor will receive a salary of two hund red dollars ($200) with a possible bonus of o ne hundred dollars ($100)."

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Commentary on Changes

FROM TWO

Problem 2: The Excomm is t rying to sneak one past the voters, in the form of 'Ap­prova l Voting'. Approva l vot ing IS a t-errible system whose main ach ievement is "to a ll ow the third best . candidate to win any contested election . More seri ous1y,. the value o f a ny single voter's vote " IS

di lu ted , since the voters submit different numbers of votes for each office, and for different reasons. The 'Approval Voting' system looks very good on paper, s ince i t wo uld , th eore ti cally, redu ce the

a lways win! And judging from Mr. Lambert's remarks about J ohn Anderson (see Lambert's art ic le in this issue) this was the Excomm's intention. The whole point is that an election where the voter states which can­didates he accept s, rather than prefers. will lead to the most acceptab le mediocrity.

As it happens, the Election Procedures change seems (0

ha ve been written to prevent low-voter-tu rnou t runoffs. This could more easily have been done by a d iffe rent change, as fo llows: ma ke the elect ion on TUESDA Y, rather than Mon­day, to increase the chance that House a nn oun cement s and o ther mea ns o f communica­tions will remind peop le of the elect ion. If the 24-hour balloting is necessary, begin it on Monday night. Make the runoff election, if any, on FRI­DA Y, gi ving tim e to announce it in this very paper. improving turnout. If the runoff must be 24-hour. run it from sometime on Friday until that same time on Sat urday. The main reason why people don't vote in runoff elections is that they don't know that there is a runoff under the current system.

All in a ll , the changes in Article VIII are a very bad thing, and we ask you to vote NO !

- Nick Smith

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FROM TltREE

just a little .. . oh my gosh, about !/, of the people standing a round seem to have suddenly gotten damp around the edges. Tch tch.

Of course , using the modern , technology developed at Caltech, the remnants of the bon fire a re zapped into nothingness ; brute force wins again as the pallettes, some st ill smoking, are hauled away to re-appear in the Ricketts pot.

It would appear that the PPD rotates its personnel at least once each year , probably more frequent ly; none of the offi cers there seemed to have any experience in dealing wit h t he situat ion, and in genera l \""ere less polite than someone inured to the experience would be (e.g., last year's fires). Another possibilily: since this is the rirst eve nt this year, a show of s trength / aggres ­sion/ inflexibilit y mighi sway the fros h to shu n further such pyrotechnics in the event that OUf team were to win agai n. ( I quote one police o fficer : "You bastards don' t know brains from common sense. If my house were on fire rrom one of these stunts. I'd come over to your campus and draw blood. ") Don't believe it , guys . We a ll know that the PPD is reall y, deep down underneath, a reasonable bunch of fo lk s ' and they regard Our pranks with tolerant amu sement ; an y di splays of temper are purely to save face before the rest of the world . Right?

- the realist

number of runoff elections drastically. However, by ma k­ing all results p lurality rat her tha n majority decisions, and by giving no .weight to the order of preferen ce of candidates if a voter votes for more than one candidate for an office, what will happen is that the winner will often be the one who is the least objecti onable to the largest minorit y. And what it does to the election of the Director-at-Large is a horror to behold . More im portant ly, it reduces the value of a 'No' vote, since it will be nearly im­possible for enough ' No o n all candidate' vo tes to be cast to outweigh the 'vote for my third o r fourth preference' votes for some Henry Kumquat. All of this has the net resu lt of mak­ing the ASC IT elect ion a con­test in making yourself widely kn ow n and as unobjectionable a s possible on a given Sunday evening. so that you wi ll be a candidate that everyone in­cludes as an acceptable (note tha t we never said 'preferred') candidate in a n election where you don't even need a majority of the votes cast! In any elec-

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Our Noble Leader Now that Ronnie Raygun is

officially destined to become "Our Noble Leader" it would be well to brace for the pleasure of his term in office. Certainly Ronnie's scintillating wit and great charisma will lend credence to every word he utters, as will the battery of tape recorders he will have planted all over the White House. The fabulous sense of timing that made him such a famous actor will no doubt serve him well when deal ing with the Ayatollah and other non-english speaking people. It will certainly be a sight to make patriotic eyes wet when our boys go marching bravely off to a land of sand dunes to save fifty people claimed to be "spies". What a ridiculous idea. Why, I'm sure those honest Americans would never have been involved in anything as nasty as political subterfuge . Tnat's what the commies do . But it's good to know we' ll be fighting another heroic Trojan War. This time it'll be fifty faces that launch a thousand missiles, but what the hell, it's the thought that counts. Of course I'm disappointed that I won't be able to go myself. I'm just a little too old, but oh,

my year old brother Won't it be thrilling to defend America from those vicious heathens.

Ronnie's gonoa do us another big favor as well: get rid of abortion. We all know that it 's a cTrme against God and Man, and it'll save us so much money to slap. Just think of it. All those new babies ready to get out there and work! Yes it'll be wonder­ful alright. Now I suppose there may be a glut of chi ldren for eighteen or so years, but that shouldn't dismay us any.Anyway, even if we do

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I'm sure there are lots of good, honest folks who might modest ly propose solutions to the problem.

Even better yet, I think we can look for Ronnie to put a lid on those goddamn radicals who stir up American youth and pollute their minds with dangerous drugs. It'll be such a pleasure not to worry about my children at night - knowing that they went to bed saying their prayers. How marvelous it'll be to see smiling "young people" having a good time and going home by I I as they

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By P. G. Hepzibah The Cal tech Beavers opened

the 1981 portion of the basket­ball season by dropping a 97 - 64 decision to Southern Cali fornia College. The Beavers appeared to still be suffering from New Year's day hangovers as they committed 27 turnovers in the first half thus allowing SCC to take ~ 58 -27 halftime lead. The game turned out to be a repeat of the game last December where the varsity played a good second half only to lose 91 -62.

. Frank laneczek scored 18 POints to lead all Tech scorers and Bob Golden scored 14 points, a ll in the second half. Gary Tornquist, laneczek and Mike Pearson each had six re­bounds. The Beavers are nol'.

3 -4 and will open league pia) tomorrow a t Occidental.

The junior varsity squad suffered a similar fate, losi ng 109-57. The l Vs were within eight points in the second half, and appeared to be taking con­trol of the momentum of the game when the aggressiveness of the SCC players wore down the Tech defense. SCC scored 18 straight points and the game was history. 6'7" freshman Stewart Peeb les scored 14 points in his debut, and Scott Gordon came off the bench to score 18 points to lead the baby Beavers. The lV team is winless in three tries, but things are looking better since the previous two defeats were by 88 points (113-25) to this same Southern Cal team and by 70 points to L.A. Baptist.

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"People get the kind of government they deserve"

- Thoreau.

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FROM between "events" - could figured. After a brief troduction to plate theory, he commenced spirited address on his in the area; the Wallace a rea near Bakersfield, Pallett C reek area Pa lmdale-Lancaster. In each these a reas, Dr. Sieh O"'d"a!~ massive amounts of pose and interpret layers o f sediment, Surprisi Iy, he found that earthq could be disti nguished even thei r magnitudes and proximate dates establlish,ed from his data, and that were conOicting rp(''''rer,re tervals between his two i The Wallace C reek esti show a range from 150 to years in the recu rrence i if thi s is believed then the big event should not Occur at least another few However, the Pallett estimates show a shOrter of 125 to 225 years of lull; are just reaching the end of current imerval, if the I estimate is used.

He concluded by the tenuousness of these renee estimates, while phasizing the need for earthquake planning now. Dr. Sieh said, "earthquakes no t adhere to the intervals actJy; they make individual pointment s."

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from two dropped in, become his unwill ­ing assistant s.

For th e most pan. tile ac­torS were able to play th eir roles s traight, accepting the course of events a s perfec tl y teaSona bl e, or at least accep­table as a nightmare. T he occa ­sional lapses seem to be CO I1 -

caltrated earl y on. The cast is a mixture of the

and old: Sam J. Jones and Anderson fil l the hero

hO"ni",o roles as Flash and Topo l plays Dr. Zarkov: Von Sydow is Ming the

Jones_ as Flash. isn't going to let a little thing like inex ­perience keep him from saving die world (h is previous occupa­tion was quarterback for the New Y ork Jets). Anderson bandies Dale's dam se l-in­distress sceneS well enough, but is more impressive when she's taking maHers into her own

Jones' first film role (here's future trivia question) was

of Bo Derek 's husband in Melody Anderson has'

several TV movies and guest roles to her credit, including

of Presley's high-school rllftethlCart in Elvis: The Movie .

Dr. Zarkov begins the film IS a wide-eyed fanati c. who at­.empts to force his ass istant to alIer 'his (probably untested ) spaceship at gunpoint. But liter, having escaped from one of Ming's deadly plans, he ex­claims "You can't conquer the human spi rit!" Although other­wise enjoyable , Topol wasn't able to bridge this gap in cbaracter for me.

Ming the Merciless is llIIgIlificent. Max Von Sydow jIrojects the aura of decadence, omnipotence, and sovereignty that must surround the

of the Universe. Omella Muti, as Ming's lascivious daughter, is sure to raise a few temperatures in -the audience. .

Topol , the Tel-A viv-born actor, is known the world over for his per(ormance of Tevye in the fi lm version of Fiddler on the R pof: he also played the tide role in the American Film Institute's Calileo. The Seventh Seal, The Exorcist, Hawaii, and the ro le of Christ in The Greatest Story Ever Told are some of the high points in M ax Von Sydow's distinguished eareer. Ornella Muti has been acting nearly half her 25 yeas; accompanying her elder sister to a film audition in 1969. she Won the role herself!

. The story contain !:> a few COntem porary references, but since mOst of the action tak es place on Mongo and its m oons, this plays no important rol e. I f You prefer to believe it takes place in the 1930s . you ma y.

. Flash Gordon is good ent er· tainme nt, a pleasa71l holiday pre s en t f r om Din a Dc Laurenti is .

- Cavin Claypool

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The A venal Inn; 808 Skyline Boulevard in A venal; (209) 386-9979; reservations not re­quired.

Restaurant Review very good as well , especially the one we didn't have to pay for. We sett led our bill for a not icab l y sm a Ii amou nt, around $15 for four very hungry and fair ly large diners.

The Avenal I nn is blessed with a very advantageous loca­ti o n, first and forem?st because ii'S o n Avenal's prin­cipal avenue. And it also has the good fortune to share that street wit h only o ne other restaurant , where t he sign doesn't adverli se any kind a sc lf·rc s peclin g wh it e man would volunt a ri ly st ick in hi s facc. Jus t tacos , burritos, stuff like that. But Ollr pa rty on this partic ular Avenal excursion was 75 "70 white (87.5 "70 by Eic ho rn's s tandards), so we e lec ted for t he unassuming white frame ho use across the street. Parking should be no problem , s ince th ere' s a big va· cant lot behind the I nn besides the three or four c urb spaces . The 1940's " Coca-Cola hi ts the spot" s ign in the window reassured us that we had made the right decision and, pulling open the screen door, we made o ur entrance .

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Small tables line two walls of the I nn, with a grill counter on the third and the kit chen,

bathrooms, and a vague fac­simile of a salad bar-it made Food Service's look good - ­sharing the fourth. Our hostess (she just wai ted the tables, but I couldn't shake the fee ling that she owned at least half the operation) was conge ni a l, to the point of givi ng us a free 18·oz. glass of soda w he n s.he spaced -out our order. A ll this hospi talit y made up fo r the icy glances that the res t o f the dine rs. a stute enough {O figure out that we weren't local s, were shooting o ur way.

As our hostess d isappeared int o the kitchen , we took stock o f the restaurant. The pain­line.s a round us, alt ho ugh they probab ly wou ldn't have made the H unti ngton , wou ldn 't have made the Baxter, and they were p leasa nt enough conversation pieces whi le we waited. One in particu lar, of a cowboy silting on a bed with his boots off , wa s g re a t fodd er for

metaphysics and mindfucks, and kept us entertained for quite a w hile wit h so me of it s deeper implications. The win. do\'v' view cSf the burrito bar and the street outside left a lit ­tle to be desired, but it added nicely to the total effect of th e In n.

Jus t as we were dec iding tha t A venal (accent on t he firs t sylla ble, st ranger. if vou please) wasn't so bad after 'all , the food ca me. My chili cheese­burger was pretty greasy, but it was fair en o ugh, somewhat better tha n the Shaker's and a real steal at $1.50. The tacos were, without an y doubt, the worst I've ever had in my life , but the fi lli ng seemed alrig ht: if the shells had been fresher-­read 'edib le' - I think they would have been pretty good. Gordo, St uart, and Mikey all said they got "pretty reasonable" food, if som ewhat fat- laden. Th e drinks were all

The sa nit ary faci lit ies (bathrooms for the unpreten ­tiolls) were less e mot ionally sati sf ying than the rest of the In n, w ith a great view o f the vaca nt lot ment ioned ea rlier and a 30\!·second wait for hot water. But I must say I liked the A vena l Inn as a whole. It had pretty dece nt food , very decent prices , dO\vn·ho me Mid· die American hos pitality , a nd t hat dis tincti ve je l1e .<;ois quoi you someh ow just can't get in metro politan Los Angeles .

I think it had something to do with the 50·gallon dru m out back . ;;' -full o f polvun ­saturates. In an y event, it was a lunch well taken, and as we pi led back into the aging a ut o that had brought us to the Gateway to Coa li nga and sped o ff down ROll te 33 towards Pasadena and Tech, we all ag reed t hat a good A venal run has a T ommy's run beat, hands down.

- David Younge

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IMPORTANT BY-LAWS ELECTION!

On Monday, January 19, there will be an ASCIT Special E lection for the purpose of voting on some By-Laws changes. PLEASE cast your vote in this elect ion . If possi­ble, also rcad the editorial and article in this issue. as well as the text of the changes. This election could well affect the value of your future votes and the safety of your ASCIT dues .

Hillel Shabbat On Friday, J anuary 16th a t

6:30, the Caltech HiliellJewi sh Community invites yo ur presence for Shabbat singing and pot- luck dinner at the Y·Lounge. RSVP Carol (356-9344) or Stuart (792 - 6342) .

Cm-FEEHOUSE The Coffeehouse will be

opening for this term tomor­row night , January 10.

The Ya nks Are Com ing! The Americans are invading

Britain and the Germans don ' t lik e il. Corne to the naval miniatures game to find out more. Saturday, January 10 at 7:30 pm in Dabney Hall. Newcomers welcome. Spon­sored by the Caltech GaOlers .

Baxter Art Fil ms Next Tuesday, January 13 ,

there will be a free showing of th ree films in the Baxter Art Gallery. Showt ime is 8pm, and the three film s are: "Jasper Johns: Decoy;" "Magritle: False Mirror;" and "Duane Michaels (1939-1997)." These are short films on the named artists. They last a IOtakof one hour. Sponsored by the Friends of the Baxter Art Gallery.

Ec \la Sections Both sections of Ec 11 a will

meet at 1:00 on Fridays this term. Students with last names beginning with A oH are in Carl Lydick 's section, which meets in the Baxter Lecture Hall. All others meet with Josh Foreman in 201 Booth.

Model United Nations There will be a meeting of

the Caltech Model United Na­tions C lub at 10:00pm, Wednesday, January 14 in Clubroom I, Winnett Center. This year we are representing Niger, and the conference will be in Eugene, Oregon during spring break. If you are in­terested in joining the club this year, it is necessa ry that you come to the meeting, or con~ tact Eric Korevaar (209 Page) ahead of time. Anyone is welcome.

OWC Meets There will be a general

meeting of the Organization for Women at Caltech (OWC) on Tuesday, January 20, at noon in Clubroom I of Win­nett Center.

Yuill Visits Winnell There will be an Open·

Audience Di scuss io n On Women with Helen Yuill. sta r of "The Belle of Am herst" , Fri ­day, January 16 at 8:00pm in Winnett Center Lounge.-

Compan}' Semina rs The following three companies will be on campus to present general information regarding co mpany background , in­terests. a nd job opportun ities:

Weyerhause r Company, Monday, January 19, 5-6 :30 pm, 153 Noyes;

Hughes Aircraft Company, Tuesday, January 20, 4-6 pm, 153 Noyes;

TR W Qefense and Space Systems, Wednesday, January 21, 4-5 pm. 153 Noyes.

For further information please consult the Placement Office, Room 8, Dabney Hall.

No Comment The Air Force Academy is

sponsoring a conference March 10-14 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This year's topic is "Mexican~American Relations", Any student who is interested in attending should contact David Wales or Chris Wood in the Dean's office.

Are You Well Armed ? Do you have any o ld

bayonets, swords, muskets or o ther weapons? The Caltech Musical is producing Can­didethis winter and needs lots of weapons to make lo ts of corpSeS wit h . No borrowed weapons will be used in com­bat, and all are covered by the Musical's insurance, If you wa nt to lend us somet hing, call Flo ra at x6259 from 9am to 5pm .

Are You Musical? The Cahech Musica l for

198 1, Candide, wi ll be presented on February 27 and 28, and March I . We need an orchestra! Orchestra tryout s will be held on Saturday, January 10, from 2 to 4 pm, in Beckman Auditorium Base­ment. Please come at that time if you are interested; or, if the time is inconvenient, please call the Drama Offi ce at x6259. Parts needed for this year's or­chestra are: Violin (doubling Viola), Cello , String Bass , two B flat Trumpets. Trombone, Piano (doubling Ce leste), R.M.1. (electric piano). Reed I (Piccolo, Flute, B fl at C larinet , Alto Recorder), Reed II (B flat Clarinet, B flat Bass Cla rinet, B flat Soprano Saxophone), Reed III (Flute, Oboe, Bas­soon, B flat Clarinet) , and Per­cussion (Drum Set, Wood Block, Cowbell, Triangle, Tambourine, Castanet s, Sh ip's Bell, C himes, Orchestra Bells, Pedal Timpani, and Gong). If you have any questions, drop by the Drama Office, in 2 Win­nell Center, or call ext. 6259.

Rehearsal Pianist Needed If you play the piano, we

need to borrow you, at least sometimes. The mu sical needs rehearsal pianists - iots of them. If you are interested , please call Flora Boyer at ext. 6259, or come by the Drama Office, 2 Winnett Center, to look at the score . There is a lot of singing in this show, which means that the chorus and soloists need LOTS of rehear­sals. So please help us out'

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GOG Moves The new meeting place for

the Gay Discussion Group is Room 218 Baxter. First meeting of second term is tonight at 7:30 pm .

Zoo Trip The Caltech Y wi ll sponsor

a trip to the San Diego Zoo on Saturday , Janua ry 17. The Y will provide transportation for $4.00. Also plan on spendi ng $3.75 for entrance fee: about $1.00 for each of the va riou s maj or attractions within the Zoo; and buying two meals. Sign-up for ihe 24 places on the bus will last from Monday, January 12 through Wednes­day , Jan uary 14, with a lottery if necessary.

Don" Keep Your Distance! The Caltech Y presents

Evila, (or tickets thereto). We have 20 tickets to see this marvelous show, winner of 7 Tony Awards, at the Shubert Theater on Sunday, Jan. 18 at 7:30 pm. The cost of this ex­travagan za is a mere $ 12.50, which includes transportation. The tickets will be distributed by lottery, with the sign-up lasting from Monday , Jan . 12 through Wed nesday, Jan. 14. Winners will be posted and must come by the Y Office to pay for their tickets by noon Friday. Unclaimed tick ets will be given to people 0 11 the waiting list.

Up (CNB) -I BM has awarded California I n s titute Technology a grant of million to be used as support for the I Caltech President Marvin Goldberger has The contribut ion. to be over five yea rs. represen ts unrestricted gift to Caltcch.

"We are ext remelv preciative o f IBM 's cOllti confid ence in Ca ltech." Dr. Goldberger. "For over decades, I BM has suppOrt 10 Calt ech , and result has been a mutu ally duct ive relationship of highest order.

Unrestricted funds are greatest need, " he said. basic grant s provid·e the for l ibrar y acqui sit i sophisticated laborat o ry ment, improvement of facil ities. ahd sa laries for ty and staff.

"S uch fund s for support are essential if is to continue to cond I

increasing ly complex nne ,,';; of a modern research lln i . in rhe face of continu irH! . lion and higher utilit y -it is to continue to pro,·jde learning and laborat ory lunit ies; and if it is to an atmosphere of ;n, pll,>r'" vita lit y that is worthy of its dent body and faculty'-· Dr. Goldberger.

Is There Hope F South Africa?

"Is There Hope for South Africa?" will be the question addressed by Dr. Ned Munger this Wednesday, January 14, as part of The Caltech Y's UPDATE Noon Discussion Series. The Y's UPDATE series gives Caltech students, facu lty, and staff a chance to learn about research being done here on campus. Wednesday at noon in Winnett Clubroom I, you'll find professors talking about topics ranging from b lack holes to French literature. The discussions are

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informal and fun. Bring lunch.

Dr. Munger's talk on Africa starts off this UPDATE series. years, Dr. Munger to know many of the tors on the political Africa. His friend s , politicians, reformers , academ ics. Dr. M understands the issues Africa as few Americans Wednesday's talk should vide valuable insights into increasingly volatile regi on.

-Mike

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