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THE CALIFORNIA TECH V OLUME X C IX, N UMBER 7 P ASADENA, C ALIFORNIA -Billion--dollar Getty museum to

feature paintings in natural light BY D AISY JAMES

On Dece mber 16 (two days after the end of fina ls), The Getl y Center wi 11 open to the public. Thi s mi ll io n­square foot fac ility wi ll house a museum and several Ge tly foun dati o ns to support the fine arts. It has been under construc tion for years. and has a total price of approx i­mately on~ billion dollars.

The first view of the Cen­ter gives one immediate and powerfu l impre ss io n : t hi s place has a lot of mo ney. Set on a 110 acre campus in the San ta M o ni c a mountains. with a view tha t woul d be breathtaki ng if it wasn' t for the smog. it is a huge co n­s!ruction of glass, marble, and stone. The entire thing is per­fectly whit e (one wonders how we ll th at wi ll las t in th is environment) and extremely modem . From the park ing lot you take a tram (pulled by cables on the tracks, as fa r as I could te ll ) up to the main buildin gs . T he su rrou nding area is all landscaped in na­tive Ca lifornian plants, and

r-------------------------------------------, '

The /lew Getty Complex has a beautiful ocean view ... on a clear day.

done well enough for it to take a while for you to reali ze that it is landscaping. On th e g round s things are more elaborate, with a garden des igned by the a rt ist Robert Irwin tha t will feature a completely man-made stream, as well as severa l imag inati ve fountains.

In the new museum a ll of the paint ings are displayed on the second fl oor of a sectioned buildin g surrounding a court­yard. They are arranged in chro­nolog ica l o rd e r an d can be viewed in natural light, as there

are spec ia l lo uve rs on th e skylights that adju st through the day to let only the right amount in, so that the picrures are not destroyed . The collec­ti on itself is impressive, wi th picrures by Rembrandt , Van G og h, Cezanne and Ha ls, among othe rs. There will be temporary and traveling ex­hibiti ons as well as the pe r­manent collection on display. In add iti on to the painti ngs an d furnirure there is also a large permanent co llection of photography.

A bit of h istory The Gett y Center has

grown out of the Getty Trust, money left by J. Pau l Getty to di splay and expand his art collection. Because of stipu­lations in hi s will, all of the art in the gallery is European and painted before the twen­tieth century. Also, due to hi s personal tastes there is an in­ordinately large coll ection of ant iquities and French furni­rure. All of these have, up ti ll now, been displayed in the Getty Villa in Malibu, now closed for renovations .

Not j ust a museum W hile it is best known

for it s museum, the complex a lso house s The Getty Re­search Institute, The Getty Conservat ion In sti tu te, The Getty Information Institute, T he Getty Edu cation Inst i-

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FRIDAY, O CTOBER 3 1, 1997

In search of the blue flash Pumpkin Drop Experiment to occur at midnight, on the west side of Millikan

BY AUTUMN LoolJEN

As pa rt o f th e a nnu a l Pumpkin Drop Experim ent, a

do zen LN, -coo led pumpkins will fall nine stories to the earth

from Mill i kan roof at

midnight tonight. This experim ent,

o rganized eac h year by Dabney House , is not

who lly limited to pumpkins . In the past , it has inc lu ded

Tw in kies and other food prod ­uc ts, and pumpkin drop o rga­

n izers pro mise surpri ses th is year, as well.

Rum o r has it th a t if th e pu m pk in s have been su ffi -

What: Dabney House's annual Pumpkin Drop When: Halloween (tonight) at midnight Where: west side of Mi ll ikan Library

cientl y cooled. they will emit a

b lue flash upon impact. This flas h has been attributed to a

qu antum m ec h anica l effect kn o wn as tri bo luminescence,

which occurs during the b reak­ing of c rys tal bonds. Much the sam e effect is seen in Wint-O­G reen® Li fe Savers®; how­

ever, because of the ir manufac­

turin g process, the Li fe Sav ­

e rs® do no t need to be cooled

to produce a fl ash . The b lue fl ash is usually

see n once every four or five

years. It was last seen in 1988 by D abney H o use p res id ent

Willi am Flick and other partic i­

p ants. Flick to ld The Tech that year, " It certa inly surprised the

hell ou t of me; I didn ' t expect

SEE PUMPKIN 01'0 PAGE 6

ASCIT Movie cancelled BY JOE C ARROLL

The ASCIT Movies regrets to an­nounce that thi s week's movie, The Shining , has been canceled. After a steadily building series of projector malfunctions (if you' ve seen a movie this year, you 've expe rienced at least a couple), something fm all y broke that we couldn' t fi x. A very non-standard sound excite r bu lb burned ou t, and a week long search of pro­jector supply houses, knowledge-

able alumni and Cal tech contacts has fai led to uncover a replace­ment. We have a couple of leads, but noth ing that would p,m out by tonight. If the projec tors cannot be fixed, we can ask our suppli­ers to ship 16mrn prints instead, so the movies should resume soon one way or the other. Thank you for your patience, and if you re­ally want to see The Shining, let me know and you can borrow the ree ls to look at.

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Letters to the Ed itor ................ 2 The Outside World ................... 3 (HC Minutes ............................ 3 ASCIT Minutes ........................ 4 Dean's Corner .......................... 5 Comics ................................... . 11

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2 October 31, 1997 OPINIONS The California Tee

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Develop a good credit rating now

Vote yes on Measure Y next Tuesday and help

Pasadena schools

Dear Editors, On Tuesday, November 4th,

Pasadena school district voters will have a chance to approve a $240 mil­lion bond issue to rehabilitate the school district 's very old physical plant.

For over a decade, Califomia's per student funding has been near the low­est of all 50 states.

Our district has had to delay for many years the maintenance and up­grading that was sorely needed , in or­der to use inadequate funds directly for classroom teaching.

Now the needs are truly enormous and action must be taken.

The quality of our schools is im­portant to all of us at Caltech, whether we have chi ldren in them or not, since they strongly impact the reputation and economic strength of Pasadena, and they impact the lives of over 20,000 children in our community.

1. Repairs are essential for safety. In some schools, plumbing, electrical wiring, roofs, and restrooms have had not received adequate attention for 35 years.

2, Science and technology up­grades are needed if the district is to have laboratories and computer infra­structure appropriate for today's needs.

The Pasadena K-6 science pro­gram, developed in partnership with the Caltech precollege Science Initia­tive, is now intemationally known, and is supported by the NSF for dissemi­nation to other districts across the state and nation .

Reform at the next level, in grades 7 -10, is now under way, with a plan to emphasize student investigations and the use of computers.

The laboratories to make thi s pos­sible for all children si mply do not ex ist, but they will if the bond issue is passed.

3, State funds will be available to supplement the bond issue if it passes, funds we all are paying for but will not share in unless we support our own bond issue.

4, A comfortable well cared for environment enhances student learn­ing, while a poor one, in buildings sorely in need of rehabilitation, de­means the students and the teachers, and suggests a low value for educa­tion.

I hope all of you will conscien­tiously vote Yes on Measure Y on Tuesday, November 4th , and that those who want to do more will help in the get-out-the-vote campaign, by calling George van Alstine at 797-8970.

JERRY PINE

PROF, OF BIOPHYSICS

Co-DIRECTOR, CALTECH

PRECOLLEGE RELATIONS SCIENCE

INITIATIVE

BY SAMSON TIMONER

USA TODAY';' "Tale to teens: Be­

ware of plastic," suggests undergradu­

ates do not have the fi-

Conversely, you could be turned do

simply because you have no credit car and therefore no credit hi story to repo

While thi s s ituation is not the norm,'

does happe n.

nancial di scipline to use

credit cards wisely.

Noting the dangers of

owning a credit card,

newspape rs routinely

print that college stu­

dents should not have

'" rental Finally and most i

portantl y, you may ne

to buy car to get you

work. Having a goo credit history will alio

you to take out a loan at

much lower interest ral

one.

While the danger is

real , the conclusion is

agencies will almost always

check your credit history." Sin ce having a goo

credit history is so usef

after college , having

during coll ege may make not necessarily accurate. Whe n you un- cred it card

derstand the enOrmous benefits that can

result from having a credit card, you

will find getting one can be worth

while.

The biggest benefit from owning a

credit card is the ability to develop a

good credit rating. Having a good

credit record wi ll be immensely useful

after you enter the job market. For ex­

ample, you may need a whole new

wardrobe just to come to work . Yet,

you may not get a check until you have

worked a month. Having access to

credit during the time before you get

your first paycheck will be essential.

Also, when you go to rent an apart­

ment after college, rental agencies will

almost always check your credit his­

tory before they agree to let you rent.

This approval process can be easy and

quick if you have a good credit history.

sense to you. Still, the warning abo

the dangers of plastic should be take

seriously. Not paying your bilis on til1ll

wil l give you a poor credit rating, mak1· ing your life miserable when comp

nies , rental offices, and banks sta

checking your credit history.

If you can't pay your bi II in full ev

ery month , you will end up giving a I of money to the credit card companie

The credit card interest rates are aroun

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Judy replies, " I don't want to be IHC chair .... Then I'd have to be on ASCIT."

The Disco challenge this week is Dabney vs. Page in women's boxing. Time traveling gnomes report that Page will win on Sunday.

Geoff (Dabney) asks about the $3500 from Tom "The Man" Mannion . Some houses used some of it for damage, but the tidy houses received the full $3500.

Meeting closes, then adjoms.

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GETTY: New museum to open December 16 CONTINUED FRO!\I PA GE 1

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fonnation Institute, The Getty Education Institute, The Getty Leadership Institute and the Getty Grant program, all dedi­cated to the Fine Arts.

The Getty Research Insti­tute for the History of Art and Humanities has been set up to explore questions about culture through these media. To thi s end they maintain a large (750,00 volume) scholarly library and occasionally publish works and translations along these lines. Related to this is the Conserva­tion Institute, which focuses on projects to preserve monuments, artifacts and archaeological sites, sometimes to the extent of

I reburying the latte r after they have been observed and ana­lyzed. Their work has included an ancient Indian settlement in New Mexico , several fifth and sixth century Buddhist temples near Datong, China and the hominid footprint s in Laetoh, Tanzania.

The rest of the Institutes are more concerned with education.

Naturally, the Education Insti­tute is: its focus is on improving arts education in the sc hool s, trough grants, politicking, and

... a garden designed by the

artist Robert Irwin ... will

feature a completely man­made stream ...

conferences. They also are do­ing research as to what is the best way for art appreciation to be taught so that the students aren't bored sick. Together with this is the Information Institute, which is focusing on getting educa­tional art sites on the web and otherwise in electronic form and to try to bring young people to it. There is also an emphasis on using electronic techniques to restore or recreate ancient and damaged artworks. The Leader-

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ZVWARAH, LIBYA - President Nelson Mandela of South Af­rica bestowed hi s country's highest award on Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi for hi s support of the fight against apart heid . Nonetheless, he urged Libya to support the United Nations . Libya has been under a U.N. arms and air embargo since it refused to hand over two suspects for an international trial.

was found that Muslim-led Bosnian Government Army was severely outgunned by the Serbian forces.

WASHINGTON, D,C. - As the Chinese Pres ident , Jiang Zemin's visit continues. President Clinton and Presi­dent Zemin se ttled man y commercial agreements, but st ill disag reed on human ri ghts issues. Jiang Zemin defended what he described as China's historic preference for order over personal free­dom.

NEW YORK - The D ow Jones plummeted 554 points on Mo nday after a si mil ar crash in Hong Kong set off the world's markets for great losses. To prevent further losses for the worst drop this decade, the stock market was forced to close early. Over the next few days, however, the stock markets rebounded signifi cantly.

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Boogie Nights Paul Thomas Anderson' s Boogie Nights is

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The Ice Storm This new film from director Ang Lee (Sellse

and Sensibility, Eat Drink Mall Woman ) is per­haps the best picture of the year to date. Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, and Sigourney Weaver play Connecticut subu rbanites in 1973 experimenting wi th the new freedoms of the Sexual Revolution , but in doing so neglecting their true feelings , bet­ter judgement, and duties as parents. It 's that last part that is the crux of the film, as the children

(most notably Christina Ricci and Elijah Wood) get lost amid changes both from adolescence and within society. Ang Lee has a way of making very complete movies, gracefully combining serious drama with black comedy; the photography is breathtaking and the screenplay is tight, intelli­gent, and original. Look for this to be a major contender at the Oscars in Spring.

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Unsurpri singly, the lame new format brought in scores of angry letters, and within a week they proudly announced that "Groove is back" and switched back to the old format- sort of. You see, by the time the Groove came back most of the old OJs had been fired and the station had jetti­soned much of what had made 103.1 special. Gone was most of the trip-hop, trance, and live OJ mixes, and suddenly "The Groove" meant al­most nothing but mindless house music and disco flashbacks/rehashes. What had once been on the cutting edge was now a kind of low-rent Power 106. Oh well, there' s always public radio .

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Minutes of the ASCIT BoD Meeting, 27 October 1997

Present (at some point): BoD. Brandon VandeBrak e, Bre tt Tolman-Halbert, Autumn Looijen , Dev i Thota , Maria Satterwhite, Ryan Clancey

(This week Itchy = Mike W. and Scratchy = Mike A.) Meeting opens at 22; I O.

Alex Ihler won the election

for VP/BoC Chair. Welcome to hell , mofo.

Dealing With Guests

Brandon - In the last elec­

tion , the voting for the bylaw change was so close that ambi ­guity in the bylaws about how to deal with error made it impos­sible to determine whether the measure passed. The Excomm Secretary extraordinaire informs us that the Excomm decided not to decide about the problem and thinks we should just hold the election again. Great. It is de­cided that the next election bal­lot (for the newly vacated office ofBoC Secretary) will also carry a bylaw proposal that clears up this problem. Brandon point s out that the Excomm has several other bylaw change proposals. Kohl and Scratchy are going to put them together for cons ider­ation by the BoD.

Devi - Picks up the check for

the ASME. Immediately con­tract s cholera .

Ryan - Handsome and engag'

ing . A neo-Grec ian figure of male beauty. A living Guess jeans add. A guy who can cook up some mean cheese sticks. He deli vers the food for the meet­ing and jets off leav ing a musky odor of des ire in his wake .

Autumn - Brings by some

cop ies of th e UCS B school newspape r to show that other campus papers have similar can· tent/ad rati os. The BoD spends about five minutes looking al ads for strippers and Budweiser. Scratchy considers transferring. Autumn feels that tying such a ratio to the ed itors' salaries can only lead to reduced total in· come forthe Tech and make lay· out headaches for the editors. The BoD agree s , c iting the Honor Code as a reason to trust the editors to maintain the integ­rity of the paper. Lori suggests that the Tech could offer more financial incenti ve to potential writers to increase the volume of submissions .

[Kohl - ''I'll be back in five

minutes. " He splits.]

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obviously an accomplished writer and makes no major mi s­steps, although the mother ends up coming across as a bit too cruel at times (insisting that the children give their Christmas money, th eir on ly present , to hel ping th e i r grand mother). Th e prose does not exac tl y sparkl e, but it doesn't drag ei­(her and there is no fee ling of the writer showing off. Overall , a strong book.

Mrs, Pollifax. Innocent Tourist by Dorothy Gilman (()({)({)({)({)

She is an elderly widow who, on discovering that she didn't have much left to li ve for, de­cided to join the CIA (The Un­expected Mrs . Pollifas ). By one of those coincidences she got a job as a courier and began her new career. The last severa l books, and thi s one, ha ve not originated with ass ignments, but rather with old fri ends or Ubiquitous coincidences. That is a fairly poor plot device, but one that you can forgiv e Gilman for, since none of her stories are really believable. There is too much belief in mystici sm, too many moral ab­solutes for this to be enjoyable without a healthy suspension of disbelief.

Books about g irl s who want to be ballerinas must be a staple for the I 0-14 range. They tend to the inspiring, with the young heroine overcoming great odds to become a star. Ribbons isn ' t quite like that.

The girl, Robin , does have the requisite extraordinary talent and love for the art but the ac­tual dancing takes a back seat to a story which is really about family life. Robin is forced to give up dancing lessons be­cause her mother needs the money to bring their grand­mother over from Hong Kong. Robin is resentful , especially because the grandmother is not a very sympathetic character. Naturally, they work out their differences, but the book ends on a slightly less hopeful note than you would expect; not ev­erything is left perfect.

As far as style goes, Yep is

I shouldn't like these books so much. They 're completely mindless, relying on insane co­incidences and a silly world view. Still , I can read one in an aflemoon, at a rate of about four times as fast as I can do any of my Hum reading. They're light, engaging books that get your attention and hold onto it.

I'm us ing the plural be­cause this is the latest in a long series starring Mrs. Pollifax.

There are a lot of spy nov­els on the market , and most of them are pretty much alike. What sets thi s apart from them is not so much the unusual pro­tagonist but rather Gilman 's ability as a writer. She does not pile on the adjectives or drown the story in suspense but tells it in a charming, clear fashion.

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it to flash." The flash was d scribed as "an extrem ely brig spot of blue light. centered tl actly on the pumpkin and abo five feet in diameter."

In hopes of producing other blue flash, Dabney Ho President Geoff Matters, Soci' Vice President Monty Fowlk and other Darbs have kept t pumpkins submerged in L (provided by the Deans ' Of tie for several days .

"!t 's a delicate experimen' and we've had difficulty gelti a blue flash the last few years said Matters. "I don't thi nk t pumpkins were cooled Ion! enough, and their hulls were t thick . This year, though , you' better bring your sunglasses.

A relatively new part oft tradition is chanting, "Thra Rich next'" Rich is Rich Zitol an undergraduate who was ve involved with the pumpki drop. The year after he grad ated, Darbs threw a pumpki headed dummy off the roof' re sponse to the chant. T dummy foo led at least 0

graduate student, na Dabney's RA.

"I th ought it was a perso ' said Byron Philhour. Philh hints that he will not be atten ing this year's Pumpki n Oro'

The Pumpkin Drop was the first of Dabney 's pump , experi ments. Several years fore the pumpkin drop beg Darbs used a vacuum pump ' evacuate the inner chambers several pumpkins, an d th plugged the hole w it h gu, The result? Most pumpk' were either too heavy or t fragile, but several of them tually floated.

SAMSO CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2

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Tech poll. We think. • Actuall y, they don't look like results at all. It looks like someone just picked some polls at random and typed the answers in. I mean , you'd think that will all the people say-ing that JJ LaBelle would be doing that Nobel thing , she would 've gotten a

• menti on in the cat- • egory. So we'll just call these "preliminary results" and give you the full results next week. We promise. Cross our fingers, er, hearts.

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Food Thai best: Prez Thai , Rice nood les wI onions worst:Sasoned ci lantro balls

Chinese best: Dim Sum worst: Dim Sum

Food service entree best: chinese, anything at Avery, spaghetti worst: thai, hamsters

Food service ice

cream flavor best: sweet worst: sour

Coffeehouse shake best: edible worst: putrid

Hamburger best: MeDon aids, Wendy's worst: Burger King (2)

Italian best: Pasta worst: Pizza

Mexican best: Quesadillae worst: Chimichangas

, l>izza best: Fraedo's, Anchovies Worst: Pineapple

Sandwiches best: Subway, Dagwood worst: Prison

Caffeinated beverage best: Pepsi, Cream Soda, coffee black Worst: Mountain Dew, coffee White

Shopping Best music store: Tower, Needle in a Haystack Best used clothing store : Good­Will, Aardvark's

POLL RESULTS October 31, 1997 7 Entertainment Local band best: Snotty Scotty & Hankies, Stinging Mosquito

Best use for the cheesy

Flubber mouse pad

curerntly in Tech OUT box

Toilet best: women ' s loun ge in Gates , L.D . in Rickett s worst : non existantl st flo or sloan, Jorgensen

Comic you would most like to prize fo r po ll ; make it disappear

worst : Stale Urine (2) Caltech see in the Tech Dilben in order. Dilben Movie theater

best: AMC worst: ASCIT Mov ies

Best way to flick Textbook Games best: Tommy

Radio station best: KROQ, 96. , KAOS worst: KPWR, KRTH , KUNT

Most sleep-inducing class- worst : Mechanical Universe

Best hair color (and person it room

Romantic composer 070 Moore, 22 Gates (2) was on) best: Wagner, Beethoven worst: Wagner, Hayden

Superhero

Professor most likely to pop the Nobel action

Rainbow, Josh

House T-shirt best: Ruddock , Mode rn Art Symposium (Blacker). Ricketts best : Spawn, Dean Jean Paul Re vel, Sand­

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Class . worst: Blacker, Fleming Jersey (2)

worst: Steel best: Ge I , of 97 worst: Chern 3a, of 99

Best excuse for not graduating in 4 years Spaz Tech feature

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On-campus building (archi- "I wasn't here."

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TV show best: Babylon 5 (2), South Park worst: Babylon 5

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salaries are set in a simple per flat payment that is an increase over the last schedule. This pay increase reflects the increased workload among the editors now that the Tech handl es its own digital image processing.

The BoD votes 8-0-0 to ap­

prove.

Brett - Is way too sexy for the

IHe.

Officer Reports

Baldeep -Is making progress

on the web based used book market idea. Right now security is a major design issue. Also busy flaking on the UROH. The BoD mayor may not be eating soon in a house near you.

Kiran - Is thinking about

maybe doing something. Kohl

thinks that he should design a logo for ASCIT. If anybody 's got any bright ideas then send em to Kiran . Any seniors inter­ested in being their house's se­nior representative should con­tact our beloved Senior Class Treasurer/Secretary - Kiran Shekar (kshekar@cco).

[Kohl returns, looking signifi­

cantly more relaxed.]

Adrienne -The ASCIT Hal­

loween party is still Saturday, Nov. I at 21 :00. There will be stuff. The jazz/wi ne/cheese thing at the Red Door has been moved to Friday, November 7. Kohl sets Adrienne to work or­ganizing a list of all registered parties for the year so that the bartending can get sorted out ahead of time.

Itchy - Is going to an ARC meeting in 45 minutes. If you have any opinions about having fro sh on grades third term or about the core then mail Itchy (westover@cco). There is some sort of JPL Halloween event at

Disneyland thi s Friday.

Lori - The schedule is set for

the Dean's visits to the houses. Lori talked with Rich Fagen about the sad state of the com­puting clusters in the student houses.

John - The BoD may have to

hire someone to prepare thi s year's taxes . Our bookkeeper mayor may not be trained in the appropriate tax codes sometime soon. The cost will be about $500. Kohl wants John to de­velop a form that we can distrib­ute to potential donors to the (non-profit) ASCIT cause.

Scratchy -There will be an­

other election as soon as pos­sible. We need to fill the BoC Secretary position and consider some bylaw changes. Nomina­tions for the former are thi s week. Scratchy can't seem to get in touch with Rich Fagen to talk about a new computer for ASCIT. Maybe I'll just eat worms.

[For some reason, Kohl chose

this moment to swear in Scratchy and Alex as ASCIT Directors.]

Alex -Badgers Scratchy about

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.;:;. T he Coleman Chamber Concert Se­rie s is featuring the Ysaye Qua rtet with J anos S tarker, cello , in Beckman Auditorium at 3:30 pm on November 2nd . A limited number of free ti ckets are avai lable for Calteeh students.

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;~;. "Gamma Ray Bursts : Dying C ries from the Deep Universe" wi ll be d is­cussed by Professor Shrinivas Kulkarni o n November 5th at 8 pm in Beckman Aud itorium, as part of the Earnest C. Watson Caltech Le~ture Series. Ad­mission is free .

~;:. There will be a special screeni ng of Flammen im Paradies , di rec ted by Markus Imhoof. o n November 5 in Baxter Lecture Hall at 8 pm. There will be an introduction, and a discussion afterward , with the director in atten­dance . Admission is free.

~~:-Einslein in his C ultura l Context wi ll be pn::sented by Dr. Gera ld Ho lcon, Professor of Physics and Hist ry o f Sci­ence, EM at Harvard University on No­

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The Disti nguished Speaker Ser ies of Southern California is moving inlO its seL'OnJ season. The events will be held at the Pasadena Ci vic Auditorium on eight different dates, at 8 pm. On No­vember 6th . Ann Ri chard~. the 45th governor of Texas. will be the first speaker, followed by Tommy Lasorda on December 11 th. Colin Powell o n January 21 sl, 1998, Do minick Dunne on February 26th. Elizabeth Do le on March 12th , Jean-Michae! Cousteau on Apri l 8th. and Maya Ange lou on May 13th and June 10th. For more infor­mation , contact (800) 508-930 I .

Knott's Scary Fann is celebrati ng "25 Years v f Fears" on weekends, 7 pm until 2 am between October 3rd and November 1 st, with rides, s hows, mazes , and themed "scare lones." Advance ticket purchases are recom­mended, as evenings frequently se l! ou t. For more informat ion . cal! (7 14) 220-5200, or visit thei r web page at hTtp://www.hallo lVeellhawll.com .

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C hateaubriand Fellowship Progr am , 1998-9, for graduate students in science and engineering, interested in working in French uni versity. For more info r­matio n, w ri te th T he Embassy of France, Offi ce for Science and Tech­nology, Chateaubriand Fello wship Pro­g ram, 4 101 Reservoir Road , NW. Washington, DC 20007-2176, or see thei r web page at http:// www.chateaubriand.amb-washfr. Ap­plications are due Decembe r, 1, 1997.

~~~ The National Science Foundat ion (NSF), in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Ag­ricultural Researc h Service (ARS ), we lcomes appl icat io ns to the 1998 Summer Programs in J a p a n a nd Korea, All qualified graduate students in science and engineering, including the biomedical. agricultural. and soc ial sciences. are urged to apply. The post ­mark deadline for applications is De­cember I , 1997. For mOre info nnation on the Summer Programs, includ ing el igibilit y requirements , program de­script ions, and application materials , access the NSFrrokyo Homepage at hI tp :l/www.twics .coml-flsfrokyo/ summer98.Iuml.

The Josephine d e Karman Fellow· ship Trust is pleased to annou nce the availab il ity of ten fellowships in the amount of $7.000 for 1998-99. All studies must be carried out withi n the United States and expended wi thi n the United States . Fellowships are open to students entering thei r senio r under~

grad uate year and graduate students entering the tennina l year o f a Ph.D.

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) program in Fall 1998. For application information wri te to: Fe llowship Com· millce, AHention: J udy McLain, Sec­retary, Josephine de Karman Fellow­ship Trust. P.O. Box. 3389, San Dimas,

CA 91773, or visit the Financia! Aid Office. App l ications mUst be po st~

marked no later than January ] }, '998.

The American Society of Na" a l En~ gineers is offering $2,000 undergradu­ate scho larships and $3,000 g rad uate scho larsh ips fo r (he academic yea r 1998-99 to student s who are inte rested in naval eng ineering. App li cant s must be U.S. Citizens, must demonstrate a gen uine interes t in a career in naval engineering. and must be applying for either the ir last year as an undergradu ~

ate or co-op undergraduate program, or one year of graduate study leading to a des ignated degree at an acc redited co!­lege or university. The deadline to sub­mit applicalions is Fcburary 15 , 1998.

G r ad uate Fellowship fo r \Vo m en and Minorities in the Physical Sci~ ences , the National Physical Sdcn~e s

Consortium offe rs awards to graduat­ing senio rs who are female or a mem­ber ora minorilY group fo r Ph.D. level study in Astronomy. Chemistry. Com­puter Science, Geology, Mate rial Sci­ence, Mathematica l Sciences, Phys ics and subdiSCiplines of these fields. E­mail npsc@nmsu.eduoreall (800)952-4118 to request an applicat ion which is provided in diskette format.

The AsianlPacitic American Associa­tion for Advancement, Inc. (4A ) is ac­cepling app lications for their 4A San Francisco Bay Area Scholarship Pro­gram. 4A wi!! be selecting (hree re­cipients who will each receive a $ \ ,000 schOlarsh ip. Eligible students must be AsianIPacific, V. S. Cilizens or perma­ne nt residen ts, and must be enrolled fu ll -time as undergraduate or graduate student. s Applicatns will be evaluated based o n their scholastic disc ipline , personal achievement, and communi ty involvement. AT&T, Lucent Technolo~

g ies, and NCR employees and their children are ineligible 10 app ly. Appli­cations are duc April IS, 1998 .

The Sunkyong Group of Korea and Leade rShape Inc. are sponscring the "Glo bal Leaders of Tom orrow" es­say contest. Entrants musl be under­graduate or graduate students althe time their entries are submi tted . Essays may be written from o ne of four perspec­tives: Business . GovemmentlLAw, Sci· enee. o r M ed ia/Commun ications . Three winners will be selected in each of these four categories. First pri ze ( 1

pe r category) is $2,500 plus a one week Irip to Korea. Second prize (I per cat­egory) is $500 plus one week al a LeaderS hape training prog ram . Third prize (! per category) is $500. The deal ine for entries is April IS , 1998.

The ACILSeholarship Alliance is of­fering scho larsh ips for students major­ing in the physica l sciences: physics , chemistry, engineering, geology, biol­ogy, or environmenta l science, Awards are based on academic performance, career goals , leadership, and financial

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need , ,md arc Iypically S 1.000-$2.000. To apply you must be a junior or se­nior in ulldergraduate study, or a gradu­ate studen t. Applications and all sup­porti ng documents are d ue April 15, 1998.

The A m erican W o m en 's C lub in Sweden wi 11 be awarding a trave l gram for study and research in Sweden. To qualify you must be a woman, age 18 o r over and 311 American cit izen. You must also be accepted for a period of swdy or resc<Jrch al a Swedish educa­ti o nal instit ut io n or agency and show evidence of fi nancial need . T he com· pleted application and all support ing documents must be received by April

15,1998.

The Jewish Vocational Serv ice is ac­cepting app li cations for scho larshi ps from the J e\\.;sh Community Schol· a rship Fund. The scholarships are de­signed to provide financial assistance to Jewish student s who are legal resi­dcnls of Los Angeles County, attend­ing college On a fu ll -time basis . Ap­plicants must have a 2.5 minimum G .P.A .. mll st be a sophomore or higher by September 1997 , and must be able to documen t s igni ficant fi nancial need. The deadline for submission of (om­plcted applications is April 15, 1998.

The American Eleclropla te r s and Surfa('(' Finishers SOCie ty is offeri ng scholarshi ps to unde rgraduare juni ors and seniors and graduate students \\ ho arc infert'steJ in ('arecr!) in the electro­plating and surface finishing ind ustry. Undergraduates must be fuB-tim c and must be majoring in metallurgy. mel· al!urgical engineering. materials ~c i ­

encc or engineeri ng, chemistry, chemi· ca l engineering, o r environmenta l en· gineering. Applications must be sub­mitted by April 15. 1998

The Jewish Family and Child ren', Ser vices offe rs financia l support for Jewish individuals and their fam dles. Indi vidua ls may app ly for up to $5.000. Special s(.: ho larships are availab le for stud y in Israel. To be eligib!e, students must have financ ial need , have at least a 3 .0 GPA, and be res idents of San Franci sco, the Peni nsula, M ar in or Sonoma counties, o r the Bay Area. There are no deadlines-applicat ions arc accepted throughout the year and arc avail able in the Financial Aid Of· fice.

Graduating seniors ... vith at least a 3.6 GPA shollid consider applying forthc C hurchill Fello wships which provide a year of grad uate study at ChurchiU Co llege. Cambridge University. Stu· dents are ab le to earn a degree. cer· ti ficate o r diploma during their tenurt al Cl1nbridgc. Applieanls can <:omt from any area o f engineering , m'lIh· ematics, physical, or nat ural sciences. The award covers tuition, fees and J

living a!lo wancc. A Irave! gran! is als( availab le (0 cover airfare to Eng land. Appl icant s must submit a two to fo Ul page essay. For more information contact the Fel lowships Office.

Note that Of! allihe fellowshi ps IiJW

above yOIl ClUJ ge t help ~ .... ith yO/lr es' says or clariflcatioll of questions fro", th e Fe flowships Office. For info, please con ta c t La uren Stolpe r al lauren_stolper@starbase l .calteeh.edu To make all appointment, call x2 150.