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tee is considering one such long­term solution - the idea of an eighthhouse. It sees two possibilities:either turning Marks and Brauninto a combined house, or buildinga new complex, possibly at the cur­rent site of Winnett Student Center.

An eighth house would help al­leviate much of the strain faced bystudents and administration, whileproviding more on-campushousing.

Still, many problems and con­cerns need to be addressed beforethe idea can become a reality. Theaddition of a house would affectstudent government, rotation, andother house-related activities.Another concern is the possibilitythat no one would be willing tomove to the new house.

The housing problem will takea long time to solve. Bob Oliver,Master of Students Houses, notes,"We're a long way away from aneighth student house ... If there islittle enthusiasm, it's probably notlikely to happen."

we just grab from grad housing.That's not a solution."

Although the housing officehelps to place the graduate stu­dents, Linda Chappel of the hous­ing office contends, "Thereremains a basic policy differencebetween undergraduates and gradu­ates." Most notably, undergradu­ates are guaranteed housing whilegraduates are not.

The acquisition of graduatehousing by undergraduates is onlya temporary solution to the hous­ing problem. As enrollment in­creases and more students aredisplaced, the Institute is lookingfor a more thorough resolution tothe problem.

Graduate Housing TakeoverTo help alleviate this inadequa­

cy, Caltech has turned to the gradu­ate houses. Marks House,previously a graduate dorm, ispresently housing 31 undergradu­ates. Braun, too, is in the processof being converted to undergradu­ate living-holding 15 undergrads.Additionally, 8 students are beingtemporarily housed in Catalina I,another graduate facility.

According to David Lipin,Chairman of the Student-FacultyHousing Committee, if the numberof undergraduates continues to in­crease as expected (approximately15 people per year), while theBeckman Institute takes away 20spaces, a distinct housing problemwill exist next year. Even if the restof Braun is filled by undergradu­ates, that would still leave about 6displaced students. Lipin states, "Ifwe don't acquire some other places,it will be a lot tighter this year thanit was last year."

Lipin noted several otherproblems that the Student-FacultyCommittee would like to address.With limited on-campus space,houses must force students to moveoff-campus to make room for in­coming freshmen.

To complicate the situation, theMaster's Office does not have afixed system for assigning off­campus spaces. One example ofthis is that even if a group of peo­ple wish to live off-campustogether, they are not guaranteedto get into the same house. Lipinbelieves the Master's Office shouldbe more flexible.

Another problem exists in thedisplacement of graduate studentsfor undergraduate housing. SaysSusan Berkley, assistant to theMaster, "Whenever we're facedwith a housing situation problem,

Jim Burleigh (left) and Sam Weaver discuss pressing issues at the Presidential Debat~ Sunday. A transcript of their statementsbegins on page 2.

According to Clayton, the earthconstantly undergoes a cooling pro­cess which causes cool spots togradually sink lower. Clayton com­pares this process with "a metal ballsinking in molasses," causing asuction-like effect which drawsmaterials from the surface down.Conversely, the hot spots tend torise to the surface. Significantvariations of the earth's composi·tion due to these processes requiremillions of years. However, thecool spot in the vicinity of SantaBarbara, which extends around twohundred fifty kilometers down,may have the potential to anchorthe Los Angeles area in place whilethe region immediately north con­tinues to be pushed west slowly.

Clayton's presentation also in­cluded a picture of the deep trenchin the Pacific just east of Japanwhere the Pacific and Asian platescollide, computer approximationsof gravity variations around theearth, a number of cross-sectionsof the earth through various loca­tions, including Pasadena, anddiagrams created from data show­ing coagulations of hot spots inCalifornia, continental Europe, andJapan, places where earthquakesare most frequent.

by Chandra TuckerThe housing situation at Caltech

is under strain because of thedifference between the number ofstudents needing housing and thenumber of Institute-owned spacesavailable.

In the past five or six years, thetotal number of undergraduates hasbeen rising at a rate of about 10-15students per year. At the sametime, the number of on-campusspaces has decreased (11 lostsince 1982) due to the building ofcomputer rooms, the conversion ofdoubles to singles, and theremodeling of the south houses.

Off-campus, the new BeckmanInstitute has taken away 20 spaces,bringing about similar results: anunsatisfactory loss in undergradu­ate housing.

While losing 33-41 off-campusspaces since 1982, the Institute hasgained 103-106 other spaces in thesame period. Yet an increase in thenumber of undergraduates, due inlarge part to more freshman andsuper-seniors, has diminished theimpact of this gain.

Caltech Faces Housing Shortage

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much the same way a CAT scan(computer-aided tomography) ex­amines the interior of the humanhead. CAT scan employs X-rays,shooting them through the subjectfrom various angles. From the pat­tern of X-ray propagation, variouscross-sections of the subject can betransformed by a computer intocolor images representing densityvariations. Abnormalities are pin­pointed by the intersection of X­rays coming in at different angles.

Since X-rays are inappropriatefor probing deep into the Earth'srocky core, seismic waves are us­ed instead. These waves travelthrough the earth in curved paths,bouncing back up at various depthstoward the surface only to reboundback. The speeds of these wavesdecrease with temperature but in­crease with density, allowingaround three thousand monitoringstations around the earth to locatehot spots and cool spots within theearth. In the Los Angeles areaalone, there are approximately twohundred of these stations, all ofwhich are used to locate andanalyze earthquakes and reporttheir findings to Caltech, whichruns these stations jointly with theUnited States Geological Service.

discussion with three preparedquestions: which clubs should be •funded, what to do with the moneyleft over from the last ASCITBOD, and what was the one thinghe or she wanted to accomplish aspresident.

On the question of which clubsshould be funded, the candidates allexpressed interest in setting upsome sort of guidelines for clubfunding.

The money question brought alittle more controversy. Thu, Sam,and Jeff all'mentioned the need fora new vehicle. Bibi suggested themoney be spent on campus eventsand equipment such as a videocamera. Jim felt that a inter­campus party should be givenpriority.

The final "organized question"gave each of the candidates achance to state his or her priorities.Jim said he would like to get peo­ple out and become more involve.Jeff cited a need to improve on stu­dent faculty relations. Improvingstud,ent morale was a high priorityfor Thu. In her response, Bibi ex­pressed her desire to publish anagenda prior to ASCIT meetings.Sam wanted to hear someone saythat "ASCIT does something."

The floor was then opened upto questions from the studio au­dience. Tony Wittry, after alengthy dissertation that could bestbe titled "Our right to party is be­ing repressed!," opened up thequestioning by asking the potentialpresidents about the party security

.situation.Richard Reid, Director of

Academic Affairs, b~ought up thequestion of each candidates in­volvement with the new TQFRsince this will be one of the pro­blems facing the new president.

Following the question andanswer section with the audience,the candidates were allowed tomake a closing statement.

Clayton explained thattomographs are slice-picturesshowing a cross-section of theearth's interior, depictinganomalies under the earth's crust in

by Quoc PhamSouthern California is actually

being held back by a geothermal"anchor," while areas north of San­ta Barbara are being pushed out in­to the Pacific Ocean, according toDr. Robert W. Clayton, AssociateProfessor of ExplorationGeophysics at Caltech. The areabeing pushed out to sea may extendas far back as Nevada.

This speculation is the result ofa number of tomographs made ofthe earth's interior immediatelynorth of the Los Angeles area. Thissurprising assertion is a direct con­sequence of data gathered througha special technique used by Claytonand his colleagues around theworld to identify anomalies deepwithin the earth. Explanation ofthis technique and discussion ofselected data constituted most ofClayton's lecture, "Diagnosting theEarth's Interior," fourth in theThomas C. Watson Lecture Series,at Beckman Auditorium Jan. 27,1988.

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ASCIT Presidential Mud-Wrestling

Debate-a-Mania Iby Stephen Lew

In response to the heavy can­didate turn out for the office ofASCIT President, ASCIT schedul­ed the first annual presidentialdebate "DEBATE-A-MANIA I."

Although the debate wasscheduled on short notice (the Fri­day before), extensive advertisingand free pizza led to a respectableturnout of about 120 people. Withcurrent president Jeff Tekanic andvice-president Doug Robertsmoderating, the debate turned outto be both entertaining andinformative.

The debate started with open­ing remarks by the five candidates:Bibi Jentoft-Nilsen, Thu Le, JimBurleigh, Sam Weaver, and JeffFlint.

In her opening statement, BibiJentoft-Nilsen revealed her plan forthe presidency: "making life easierfor students who have problems."

Following was Thu Le whoportrayed herself as a hard-worker,willing to get the job done. Shespoke briefly on the issues and herexperience on the Frosh Admis­sions committee and as ASCITtreasurer.

In his opening statement, can­didate Jim Burleigh basicallyoutlined his party platform forcampus social activity. He thentalked about some of his ideas suchas Faculty Rotation, researchdiscussions, and the Mentorprogram.

Sam Weaver gave the longeststatement outlining many of hisproposals for the presidency suchas the budget and TQFR. He gavea outline of his qualifications andhis desire to "revitalize ASCIT."

Although the other candidatesaddressed specific proposals, JeffFlint decided to address the leader­ship aspect of being president in hisopening statement.

After the opening statements,Doug and Jeff then started the

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places.The fourth thing is how well or­

ganized their request for money is,how much they're willing to revealto you about how much money theyspend, where they spend it, andwhere it all comes from. This oftenleads you to take a club much moreseriously, and that's one of thethings to look for.

The fifth thing is how well es­tablished the club is. New clubsclearly don't get as much moneyper ASCIT member, usually, aswell established clubs do becauseonce again, you can tell that yourmoney is going to be put to use be­cause it has been for years.

So, in short, I think that theclubs that should be funded are theones that meet these criterion thebest. I don't think you should takeother things into consideration likeif the club is ethnic oriented or ifit's oriented towards physics stu­dents or math students. The basic

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Sincerely,Joe Beckenbach

Senior

These two were acquaintancesof mine, and I had no idea whatprovoked their argument. From theindications of the two, I gatheredthat several of the offending peo­ple knew, more than a little, bothof them and their situation as well.

To set the record straight forthe gossip networks in the under­graduate houses, neither of the twowere high school students (one anundergrad, the other connected toCaltech by a club). Even had thetwo been high school students dis­turbing the peace, I feel there wasno excuse for the uncommunicativeand counterproductive behavior Isaw that night. Neither person wasamused at the treatment hereceived, nor did it help them de­fuse an emotionally overloaded sit­uation.

In summary, a bad scene madeworse by too many total coal-heartsand too few people with (un)com­mon decency.

by Rich ArrietaDuring the scuba class outing

last Sunday at Laguna Beach, ClintDodd put his life-saving skills towork. While swimming 200 yardsoff the coast of Crescent Bay, oneof Clint's students spotted Spike, asmall terrier, on Seal rock, a largerock occupied by birds and sealions. The dog had fallen over­board the day before and swam tothe rock when its master's ship ex­periencedengine trouble. Clintclimbed on the rock to retrieveSpike and then swam back to shorewhile keeping the dog above water.Spike is now back home with hismaster.

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into account. Ifa club comes to youasking for money, you want toknow how many people from AS­CIT who are paying their dues aregoing to be getting them back byfunding this club.

The second criterion are duescollected by the clubs that are ask­ing for money. If the club is col­lecting dues from its members, a)they will have a bigger base towork from, and b) their clearlyserious about doing whatever theirclub gets together to do. So thatway you know your money is be­ing put to use somehow, as op­posed to giving it to some clubwhich may just have one party ortwo parties and not actually puttingthe money towards whatever theirsupposed activity is.

The third criterion is theamount of other funding theseclubs are getting from other placeslike the Dean's, the Master'sOffice, the GSC and other outsideareas. If they're pursuing some­place else but ASCIT you can feelgood about giving them somemoney because you know thatyou're not the only one supportingthem, and that their going out andgetting other funding from other

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and arguing could have picked abetter location to settle their differ­ences; however, the method usedfor discouraging their discussionleft very much to be desired.

Several Techers I did not recog­nize, probably frosh, interruptedthis spat after some time with waterballoons and catcalls from the se­cond story balcony. Shortly there­after, when one of the two walkedaway to cool down his anger, theother was harassed by someonewielding lit paper torches. The twosoon moved to a basement roomthankfully unmolested by thosewho came down, out of their way,to insult the two.

Honestly, now. Though the in­cident is minor on the scale of whathappens in everyone's lives, thesetwo deserved more respect thanthey received. I am surprised thatbefore me, no one (who may haveknown the two and their situationfar better than I) had the sense topolitely suggest that they find amore suitable battleground andmove to it.

I thought that was a little latenotice. Say I'd decided to go out oftown on Friday afternoon to go ski­ing or something. I think this ex­emplifies some of the things I'd liketo change about the way ASCITruns. When a good idea like this issomewhere to be found, you shouldthink about it beforehand, ahead oftime. Everybody knew when thepresidential elections were going tobe, and if we had all sat down asthe BOD and talked about it, weprobably could have come up withthis and publicized it a little bitmore, and let people plan ahead forit. As is was, I think this was agreat idea, and is going to set thetone for future presidential races.This is just the kind of thing thatI think I could change if I wereelected president.

The budget meeting is anotherone, if you read my statement. Ithink a lot of times, the ASCIT hasgone into the budget meetingwithout a proper plan as to howthey're going to give out theirmoney to clubs, and that'ssomething I would change.

The TQFR has to be address­ed, and it has to be addressed in acouple of ways. It has to be plann­ed, and that's being worked onright now. And it has to bepresented to the faculty board. AndI think that I'd be able to do thatpretty well, because I've dealt withthe faculty in my previous posi­tions. I'll come to those in a second.Question 1:

What guidelines should be fol­lowed in determining what types ofclubs ASCITshouldfund, and whatdegree of funding should theyreceive?Sam: In my statement in the Tech,I talked about this shortly. I saidthat there should be some criteriaestablished before we went into thebudget meeting, and I'll tell youwhat some of those are.

The first criterion clearly is thenumber of members of ASCIT ineach club. You have to take that

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pOSition when they are publiclyopposed.

The incident at M-J House andother unpublicized incidentsaround Caltech are often shruggedoff as "insignicant" or "not worthopposing." But it is usefulto recallthat racist movements, which havehad murderous effects over the past200 years in Europe, the Americas,and Africa, always begin with ap­parently "small" incidents ("insig­nificant" except to victims!). Hencethis leaflet.

Sincerely,Sally McGill, Rebecca Cline,

R.D. Koulpillar, Jiyu Feng,Jim Cline, Lauren Western

To the Editors:Last Tuesday evening in the

South Houses there was an argu­ment just outside the GarbageCourt doors. All the people in­volved shall remain nameless.Granted, the two who were talking

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houses. I'd like to see this expand­ed, to arrange some sort of systemfor faculty members interested inrotating through the houses, to getthem to more houses and meetmore people, and that way we candiscuss more with them and solvesome of the problems that we dohave right there.

Also, it's been suggestedbefore, and something I'd like tocontinue, are talks about researchpossibilities. If we were to collectdifferent people from various op­tions that need people to doresearch for them, and have themgive a five minute speech before agroup like this, all of you would beexposed to the various researchpossibilities. Then afterwards, wecould have a reception of somesort, mingle with them, and youcould talk about many differentones, and get various ideas aboutdifferent research possibilities.

And finally, there's anotherproject that I've come across. TheAlumni Committee has a plan thatthey call the Mentor Program. Itwould work similar to our facultyadvisors, except this would be anadvisor, an alumni, who wouldwork one-on-one with individualstudents. You could go out to din­ner, discuss what actually is goingon in the real world out there, whatclasses would help you when yougo beyond Caltech, and so on.These are some of the possibilitiesthat I'd like to consider in mypresidency, and I feel that I coulddo the job very, very well. Thankyou.Sam Weaver: Hello. I'd like tosay something real quick about thisdebate. I think that this debate is afine idea, and I think that in manyways it exemplifies what I considersome of the problems in ASCIThave been in the past couple ofyears. This debate is a good idea,and the best of intentions were putinto setting this up. However, Ireceived my letter telling me of thisdebate Friday night at dinner, and

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To the Editors:Anti-Semitic slogans were re­

cently scrawled on the walls of thebathroom on the third floor ofMosher-Jorgensen House. The lo­cation of the bathroom seems to in­dicate that a resident or member ofthe Caltech community wasresponsible. The one Jewish resi­dent of M-J, who also lived on thethird floor, has moved out. Whenthe racist graffiti was discovered,it was erased, but the residents ofM-J decided to take no further ac­tion at that time than to try to getthe house together for a Christmasparty.

We do not agree that this is thebest way to handle such an inci­dent. We know that, historically,racism has been too deadly to beoverlooked, and that racists canonly be forced to reconsider their

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The following is a heavily con­densed version of the first annualASCIT presidential debate whichoccurred on Sunday Jan. 24 [seerelated article pg. 1]. Due to spaceconstraints, only the statements ofJim Burleigh and Sam Weaver areincluded. These statements wereedited for clarity and brevity­never the less, we believe this to berepresentative oftheir actual state­ments -the editors.Opening remarks:Jim Burleigh: During the pastcouple of years, I've worked withmany of the people in the differenthouses, and many of the differentpeople in administrative positionsand faculty, and I've seen somethings that bother me a little bit thatI'd like to change.

One of the biggest things thatI've seen is a bit of apathy in thesocial half of our life here. Werealize that if we turn apathetictowards our work we won't be asprepared as other people in the realworld. We can't neglect the otherhalf of our existence here at Techeither. I think we need to get outand see if we can arrange somevarious interactions with otherschools. I think Occidental's beenbeaten to death a little bit, but wecan move over to the Pomona Col­leges, excluding Harvey Who overthere. I've got some more plansthere, but theyll probably come upa little later.

The TQFR's been beaten todeath; my statement on that is inthe Tech, if anybody's really in­terested in that one. But a lot offaculty have had problems with theoriginal.

I'd like to see student-facultyrelations improve a bit. The facul­ty members I've talked to have real­ly been impressed; they've becomevery interested in the various

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Kasayuki Mori gave anastonishing performance as the no­ble man's wife. In the fourflashback sequences, she displayedfour entirely different personalitiesas seen by the narrators. Her eyesalone tell more of the story than allthe lines could ever hope to do.

Rashomon will be shown thisSaturday in the Baxter Lecture Hallat 7:00 and 9:30 pm.

I greatly enjoyed Good Morn­ing, Vietnam. Robin Williams is athis best in this movie and kept mein stitches throughout. While themovie revolves around Williams infront of the radio microphone, thesupporting cast was outstanding,too. I strongly recommend GoodMorning, Vietnam. Go see it,tonight.

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survival, of morality and reality,and of faith and cynicism arepresented with piercing executionsso characteristic of the mastercraftsman in modern cinema.While the main story in the filmwas interesting in its own right, theprologue and epilogue, in whichthe story of the samurai and the oldwoman is acted out with differentcharacters, is something one cannot easily forget.

about the Army, his jokes and in­teractions with the regular armyaround the station make the clichesworth hearing.

The problems of war and thedifferences between societies pro­vide a good contrast to the constantjokes coming from Robin Wil­liams. It works well to keep onefrom thinking that this is merelyWilliams doing a stand-up routine.

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Taken alone, the plot is at bestan interesting detective story.Kurosawa, however, drew fromanother short story by Akutagawa(titled "Rashomon") to create adisturbing undertone for the film.

Built in the twelfth century,Rashomon is the largest gate in thecity of Kyoto. By the fourteenthcentury, the time that the story tookplace, the half-fallen gate hadbecome a dump for unburied cor­pses. The gate, so often associatedwith the glory of the ancientcapital, had now become a symbolof the city's decline.

In the short story, Akutagawaextends this symbolism to thedecline of morality as he describesa samurai catching an old womansneaking around the gate at nightand cutting the hair of corpses inorder to make wigs for sale. Aftera bitter argument with the womanabout greed and guilt, the disillu­sioned samurai becomes convinc­ed that there is no longer moralityin this world, and robs the oldwoman of what little she has.

Kurosawa ended the film on amore optimistic note. Never­theless, the question of greed and

by David PhillipsIn Good Morning} Vietnam,

Robin Williams plays an Air Forcedisc jockey transferred to Vietnam.He brings humor and rock musicto an otherwise dry and "FrankSinatra" filled Armed Forces radiostation. He is, of course, attackedby the commander of the radio sta­tion who does not take kindly to hismusic or sense of humor.

While the movie is principallya comedy, the story developsaround his friendship with a Viet­namese kid whose sister he is in­terested in. We see the interactionbetween the two societies as Wil­liams takes the boy to a bar whereAmerican soldiers drink and theboy treats Williams to a meal froma Vietnamese street vendor. Wil­liams even gets to teach a Viet­namese family how to playbaseball.

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this: the top executives at DaieiFilm were puzzled when a Frenchdelegation requested them to enterAkira Kurosawa's Rashomon intothe 1951 Venice Film Festival.How, they supposedly asked, couldforeigners understand, much lessjudge, a Japanese film made forJapanese audiences? Besides, whyRashomon? The film was confus­ing enough that interpreters had tobe brought in after each screeningto explain to the audience what theyhad just seen.

The film was eventuallyentered. It won the Grand Prize atthe Festival. Kurosawa becamefamous. And Japanese Cinema wasintroduced to the western world.

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in this week's Cinematech. Winner of theGrand Prix in the 1951 Venice FilmFestival, the movie tells the. story of amurder and a rape through the conflictingtestimonies of the characters involved. Thescreening will be Saturday, Jan. 30 at 7 and9: 30 pm in the Baxter Lecture Hall. Admis­sion charge will be $1.50 per person.

Chess ClubDon't be misled by the little t; we are

meeting in Clubroom A, which is in thebasement under Fleming House. The timeis still Monday at 7:30 pm. Come on by andtake out your frustrations on someone else'sking. For more information contact Malt at356-9208.

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Second Term Film SeriesIn conjunction with H-131: History

Through Film, Professor Robert Rosenstonewill be screening a series of excellentfeature-length films at 7:30 pm on Wednes­day evenings in Baxter Lecture Hall. Thesescreenings are open to members of theCaltech community. There is no admissioncharge. The film for February 3 will be TheKilling Floor (USA-1986), made forAmerican Playhouse.

Printronix is also a company with an entrepre­neurial spirit and a vast regard for high achievers.We are seeking people with BSEE, MSEE, MSCS,MSMS, or Ph.D. in Material Sciences who canhelp us achieve new heights in printer systemstechnology.Are you interested in creative freedom and therewards that go with it? Then see your CampusPlacement Office to arrange an interview. Orsend your resume to; Manager of Employment,Printronix, 17500 Cartwright Road, Dept. C-031,Irvine, CA 92714. An equal opportunity employer.

Employment At The Red DoorWorkstudy positions are available at the

Red Door Cafe for .Tuesday, Thursday andFriday afternoons. Hours are 2 to 6. Salaryis $6.00 to start. Please come by and leaveyour name on sign-up sheets if you areinterested.

Here On The G.I. Bill?Are you a recently discharged Army

veteran who's returned to college and usingthe Army College Fund or the New GI Bill?If so, we'd like to share your Army and col­lege experiences with high school seniorsthinking about their futures. Please contactus at: Headquarters, U.S. Army RecruitingCommand, Public Affairs Office, FortSheridan, IL 60037-6020.

Moonlight and MusicThe Caltech Y is sponsoring a trip to the

Pasadena Symphony's production of Romeoet Juliette, Berlioz's masterpiece for or­chestra, chorus and soloists. The perfor­mance will be Saturday, Jan. 30 at 8:30 pm,so contact The Caltech Y right now forinformation.

Wanna Ski?The Ski Club/Team plans to hold several

weekend outings to Mammoth, June, SierraSummit and Goldmine ski resorts. If you areinterested in skiing, either for fun or com­petitively, contact Christina Garden at356-9322 or come to a Ski Team meeting(to be announced).

FRI DAY 29 JAN UARY 1 988

Fly To Mars, VicariouslyThe Division of Geological and

Planetary Sciences is building a camera thatwill fly on the Mars Observer mission in1992. Right now, we have a lot of work todo. We are looking for part time student helpfor various types of tasks-wire wrapping,software, radiation test data analysis, andother stuff. The hours can be flexible, butmost of the work needs to be done at ouroff campus site (a couple of miles west ofcampus). Ifyou have any intrest, please callMike Ravine or Tom Soulanille at the MarsObserver Camera Project office, 796-4266.

Fiddling for Water BuffaloNoted science fiction/fantasy author

Somtow Sucharitkul will talk about hiswritings (which include the acclaimed "TheDarkling Wind") and autograph any of hisbooks at 8 pm on 4 February in room 22Gates. All are welcome. The talk is broughtto you by the Cal tech Y andS.P.E.C.T.R.E.

First Aid TrainingFirst-aid certification will be offered at

the Health Center. This eight hour coursewill be taught in two 4-hour sessions on con­secutive Wednesdays. The first sessions willbe held on Wednesday, February 10 from6:00 to 10:00 pm. Please register by call­ing the Health Center, x6393, by Friday,February 5.

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When you work at Printronix, you'll know.

Cambridge BuskersMichael Copley and Dag Ingram, other­

wise known as the Cambridge Buskers, willspoof everything from Mozart to ScottJoplin, using an accordion and 20 other windinstruments. Admission:$17.50-15.00-12.50. CIT Faculty and staffTECHTIX (half-price tickets) and CITstudnet rush tickets at $6.00 each go on saletoday from noon to 4:30 pm in the CaltechTicket Office. Call x4652 for information.

Singing ValentineLove unrequited?Wrongs to be righted?Advisor feel slighted?We're out of sighted!

Send 'em a singing valentine to express yourfeelings. Caltech Sweet Ads (Women'sBarbershop Quartet). $5 students. $10 facul­ty & staff. Call Mary Ann at 577-8462 mor­nings, Feb. 1-5 and Feb. 8-11. Valentinesdelivered Friday, Feb. 12.

Free Chamber ConcertCaltech students will present another in

their winter series of chamber music con­certs on Saturday, January 30 at 8:00 pmin Ramo Auditorium. Admission is free anda reception will follow the concert. Studentsfrom PA 31 will play music for flute quartet,oboes and English hom, recorder quartet,brass quintet, string trio, and Beethoven'sSeptet in E-Flat.

by Eric FungNancy Matthews, Student Ac­

tivities Coordinator, has begunpreparation to bring college Bowlto Caltech. College Bowl is a gameshow-like competition demandinggeneral knowledge and quickresponses.

The game is much like any ofthe standard game shows, but doesnot include those exotic prizes. Amediator will ask a toss-up ques­tion, which could pertain toanything from sports to history togeography and so forth. The firstperson to hit the buzzer will.answer. If he answers correctly,his team will get a bonus question,which it must answer within aspecified time. Ifhe answers incor­rectly, the opposing team is allow­ed to respond.

All Caltech students areeligible to participate in intramuralcompetition. From the pool of con­testants, the advisor (who has notbeen selected yet) will select thevarsity team. To be eligible for thisteam, one must be taking at least18 units each term and must beregistered during the term of thecompetition. There will be eightplayers on the varsity team.

The varsity team will competein competitions against otherschools, leading up to the RegionalChampionship Tournament, andpossibly even the NationalChampionships.

If all this sounds appealing toyou, come to the organizationalmeeting Tues., Feb. 2 in 13 SAC,or contact Nancy Matthews,x2935, 64 SAC.

What's College Bowl?College Bowl, the varsity sport of the

mind, has a long and illustrious history onTV, radio and on college campuses. Col­lege Bowl has provided the arena for thefastest minds in school to demonstrate theirgreat skills under the fire of varsity com­petition (while entertaining many others).The game features two teams of four playerscompeting to score points on toss-up andbonus questions. The questions cover a widevariety of topics including: literature,science, history, current events, religion,philosophy, art, mythology, music, drama,sports and movies.

An organizational meeting will be heldon Tuesday, Feb. 2 at noon in Rm. 13,SAC. Any grad or undergrad students in­terested in playing on a team should dropby this meeting or contact Nancy Matthews,x2935, Rm. 64 SAC. Basicall we have a lotof options: hold interhouse tournaments orteam competitions on campus, work towardparticipating in a regional competition andmaybe even make it to the nationals (whichincidentally would be aired on Disney Chan­nel and conveniently taped in Florida).

College BowlAwaits StudentParticipation

SURF's up!!Applications for SURF-'88 (Summer

Undergraduate Research Fellowships) arecurrently available in Room 3, Dabney Hall.We have a notebook with a few projects for'88 listed for undergrads to review.

Application deadline is 5 PM Monday,March 7.

Announcements for What Goes Onshould be submitted on an announcementform available in the SAC copy/mail room(Room 37) or on a plain piece of paper.Please indicate the date(s) you want theannouncement to run. Send an­nouncements to 25-58, or put them underthe door of Room 40A of the SAC.Announcements must be received by theTuesday prior to publication.

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Hong Kong Student Assn.On Wednesday, Feb. 3 there will be an

organizational meeting for all those involvedor interested in the Hong Kong StudentAssociation. The group will meet at 8 pmin Rm. 13, SAC. Contat Thu Pham at x4675or Chris Koh at x6897 for more info.

Big T Color Photos Due NOW!As the Big T editors are fond of warn­

ing, if you don't tum in color photos now,Fleming House will get the whole color sec­tion. Senior photos are due the first weekof third term. CLUBS: please notify theeditors if you want a spread in the yearbook.

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The Inside WorldBlacker: - cute story-

"Much happened to the children of Blacker Hovse that week, both withinher proud gates and beyond. Within her gates, amidst the wreckage and des­truction visited upon her by the god of fire, Mhikaulee, and his disciples, molesgathered together in their hall of feasting to decide who would lead them inreality and in spirit. In reality, they chose as their president Ken Andrews andas their secretary, keeper of holy records, Clifton Kiser. The sacred relics ofBlacker and the Power that they contain were graciously passed on by Bibientoft-Nilsen, Amazonian ruler of Blacker ere the coming of Ken. Moles set­

tled themselves in for a long time of peace and prosperity.But little did they know of the Black Time to come. You see, Tim Hoch­

berg believed he could train young Cliff in the ways of the office of secretary,but he failed, and Cliff became more and more possessed by the dark side ofthe Office. He used his power for evil and became KISOR, Evil Master ofEndless Nominations, and endless dinners were visited upon the unsuspectingmoles ...."

From which came suggestions many and wonderful, too numerous to in­clude here in complete form. Suffice it to say that tables were pounded, mudwas slung, and -OR was the suffix of the day.

Retired Blacker Pres. Bibi J-N was recently seen with Gary Hart, raisinguestions as to her "moral qualifications" for ASCIT president.

On a related note, new Blacker Pres. Ken Andrews was recently seen withuanita Hart, raising questions as to HIS moral suitability.

Peter Ashcroft was nominated for "the last person to be responsible for theoral integrity of Blacker Hovse", while Mark Huie was found wandering the

aIls, singing "M-I-C K-E-Y M-O-V-S-E".One frosh allowed himself to be taken to personally inspect every bathing

acility in Blacker.Flemish ambassador Biswell found Blacker's floors unsatisfactory and

roceeded to do for Pub's chairs what he had done for Fleming's water pipes,hat is to say, destroyed them.redictions:

Ken Andrews will use BTE to take over the world, only to find outthat it is the physical manifestation of a demon-being from the 8th dimen­sion and was just using him all along.

Cliff Kiser will be killed by a falling stack of nominations.Earl Taylor will lose his cool and kill the waiting staff. He will then

have a single.James Daniel is found dead in his room the morning after he plays

his synthesizer very loud.Samantha Seaward joins a convent after an inspirational message from

God.The Blacker Hovse Mormons become a majority and soon there is man­

datory chapel for everyone.Tom Fiola, despite diligent rescue attempts, is lost in the tunnels

forever.Scott McCauley will eventually lead a double life as firefighter and

arsonist.Mack Rhinelander gets his own show opposite from Johnny Carson.

The two never speak again.Rob Padula explodes on the way to class. The cause is never discovered.The four remaining unhanded frosh are captured, bound, and shipped

air freight to Supply Depot 1\ 182, Hell's Navel, Alaska with only a canopener, nail file, and four coffeehouse shakes. They survive months ofgrueling hiking across the frozen tundra before finally making it to An­chorage, from which they are deported to Mexico as illegal immigrants.

rosh in Physics Ib notice:As the instructor goes faster and faster, the class seems to drag on longer

d longer, all while conveying less meaning. There is a point where the Phinneyadius (measured in units of understanding), shrinks to zero, exposing a naked

singularity of glaring confusion. A course can be plotted around this singular­ity that will bring the student back to the same point in both thought and com­

rehension, demonstrating that one really can pick up nothing from sitting inlass for an hour. Also, as viewed from the outside world, a student's stay

at Caltech is about four years, give or take. From the internal frame, the timeappears to be about eternity.Dabney!: Cold and misty morning,I heard a warning borne in the air...

Benji Mouse, recent resident of Alley Seven, has been caught and now re­sides *in* the Lazzaro Snake Farm. Bye Bye Benji.

Erich the Wonder Frosh has set a quota of 5 Moosefishes per day. (Don'task me; I only write the stuff.)

The Orange War was brought to a satisfactory conclusion--our superiortechnology overwhelmed the paltry efforts of the opposition. Yep, we reallyshowed them Page Boys what's what. Tomorrow: PCC.

Bill the Cat, House Attitude. (not to be confused with Bill the Snake, HouseVeep), turned tail and refused to be interviewed. (The Veep, on the other hand,gave us a fine interview. You can see it on CBS with Dan Rather.)

In honor of Music Appreciation Week, Rus will not be playing his ukuleleat dinner. A request that Oscar fIll in with Spanish Christmas Carols and bellydancing was vetoed.

Escalation continues in the Alley One-Alley Seven Pet Battle. As a counter­offensive to the mongoose, Mike "Moosesnake" Lazzaro has been shoppingfor a 20-foot anaconda.

Back to the adventure: Arizona Bloomer, in his search for the Vprez Book,tracked it to a room in Alley Seven. Undeterred by the locked door and bi­zarre sounds from within, he crawled through the hyperspace access panel tothe proper room. He removed the panel. His sidekick, Allinois, nudged him.

"Rizzie. Why does the floor ... move?"Arizona dropped a torch through the open panel."Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?"

On a serious note, whoever has been putting dead fish in the hot tub pleaserefrain from doing so. Dead fish are to be placed in the box marked "dead

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Michael Copley and Dag Ingramuse an accordian and 20 other windinstruments to spoof music from Bachto Scott Joplin.

Friday, January 29, 1988 I 8 pmBeckman AuditoriumTickets: $17.50-15.00-12.50CIT Students: $8.75-7.50-6.25;Rush Tickets (Day of Show): $6.00

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4. Eric S. has gotten a price ona Carvin PA system. It will have12 channel mixing, perhapsmonitors. The price has beenestablished at $4908, but willnegotiate to get more stuff. DougR. suggests getting some mikes.He also suggests having the Direc­tor for Social Activities in chargeof it. All this stuff passes.

5. Thu L. presents a written ac­count of the budget, which in­dicates ASCIT has quite a bit ofmoney, and more coming in fromthe second term check. She alsosays that ASCIT was fined by theIRS $400 because of the actions ofthelittle t's business manager of1986-1987. She wants to warn thenext BOD. Lastly, BOC will lookinto the matter of the commissionand salary that the businessmanager received.

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business manager for little t, ask­ed for $500 to be placed in an "in­terim" fund. It is necessary sincethe little t needs some funds beforeits ad money comes in. Motion toestablish the fund passes.

2. Eric H. has found out thereis a "plethora" of different dinnersthey can have at installations at theAth. After general discussion, it isdecided that prime rib will be themain dish. Chris H. was able to getpermission to have ethanol pro­ducts at the dinner.

3. Jeff T. brings up the matterof his "Tekanic Dinners." He thinksASCIT could spend about $500 perhouse (making $3500 in total).Discussion centers around thevalidity of spending money for this

mediately, and not be saved untilthe team is losing [as the Flems al­ways seem to do-this IHC observer].

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From Party- Central- Caltech:Leaders of the Caltech Student Body decide to take over theWestern World, starting with Disneyland and Coors Brewery

ASCIT and IHC MinutesIHC Minutes WPM 27 Jan 1988.

1. Sam welcomes the newmembers of the IHC: Ken An­drews of Blacker, Danny Rintoulof Dabney, and Betsy Andrews ofRuddock.

2. Sam suggests changing theresponsibility for getting refs in in­terhouse sports. This may alleviateproblems in obtaining the requiredofficials. No one, however, ap­pears interested on the IHe.

3. Fleming lodges a protestagainst a game against Ruddock.Ruddock failed to provide a thirdref for the first half of a footballgame. This "significantly" alteredthe outcome of the game, accord­ing to the Flems. The IHC doesn'tbuy it, so the game stands.

In a related note, Brian says thatthe IHC should be consistent in itsjudgements- either be strict or belax, but not both. Dave say that inkeeping with the spirit of the rules,the protests should be lodged im-

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from 5ish." dead and dying Darbs (ala Ph98) are to be placed in the hot tub.

The word of the day is "wrestling,- Nolo and MClos,ejis:h

Results are just in from election central. The new ofabney House is Danny Rintoul. In his inaugural address he stated that the

Irst person to yell "Stand during dinner announcements will get asonal introduction to Matt Enforcer. Remember the glom bustersrotation?

In a surprising come from behind victory Al beat Rahul, Ami, and Maneeshfor the contested title of House Indian. After seeing this fine example of equalopportunity elections, Ray "Wack Phil" Sidney commented,"He's cute, butsooooo haole". (pronounced howlee) "As a former editor of the California Techennifer should prove to be a most qualified secretary," said Kevin "Ten Per­

cent" Nelson. He went on to add,"This houselist will be a welcome relief fromhe samples of boorish, adolescent humor we have seen in the past." In a slightlyifferent vein, anonymous sources said,"Atsui! She's got nice legs." When askedow well they thought prez and secretary could work together the responseas," I really don't know. It hasn't been done since Sonny and Cher."

The election of House Pretty Pair was marred by accusations of fraud. "Thisives a whole new to the expression stuffing the ballot box," said Daveood, the new social An ever vigilant guardian of the public's right to

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(four out of five frosh originally· tested couldn't do the original version,so we had to make it easier.)

Well, tonight marks the last night of nominations, although the inside worldwas due too soon to have any interesting or important information on that.However, perhaps, now's my chance to get up on soap box, and sneak in a few cam­paign slogans. For instance, If elected Nahhhh I'll make you wait and see.

ASCIT presidential runoffs are today. Get out and vote RED, Fleming,for the candidate's choice. Inside sources have leaked the following condensed previewof his acceptance speech. Thrust, parry, Wakk!

Vote EARLY, Vote OFTEN!-JDWaka Woolstar

Lloyd: Excitement builds as elections approach-(monotone) don't forget torun all you continuing inmates. Remember Superpool 22, sponsored by Giezen,Inc. in association with the Lloyd Inside World approaches rapidly. Enter ear­ly and often. Make sure to attach your humorous (or poignant-we have emo­tions,too) comments and anecdotes relating to the Superbowl (by any stretchof the imagination). These will be used as tie-breakers if need be. All submis­sions become property of Lloyd Inside World. Our campus bastion of sportscreativity (witness Alley Frisbee, Kickball, Alley Soccer, Wiffle Ball, etc.)was recently blessed with perhaps the greatest sensation of all, a new maniafor the 90's, the truly exciting, truly inspired game of Gieze-ball.

In light of this breakthrough development it is interesting to ponder the fu­ture of the game and possible alternatives:

Dig-ball-A mysterious and spooky game involving yo-yos, combinationlocks,and the anomalous behavior favored by mild-mannered master of the bi­zarre, Craig Sosin.

Able-ball-An ugly, degenerate form of Gieze-ball where Larry Ahle'swhims rule instead of the actual action on the floor.

Jeit-ball-Played with an air guitar and protective denim gear, Jeit-ball isfun for the whole family and certainly does not reflect any insecurity surroundinga sagging macho image.

Rose-ball- Does not actually require a ball as this just detracts from thebrutal, human projectile action. Two-wheeled vehicles add speed and excite­ment.

Ugh-ball,Nax-ball-Sports designed for mighty women, taller than trees.Lim-ball- This grand, majestic test of the human spirit is only for.the truly

brave,impeevious, godlike selves such as would be ready to be courageouslychallenging it.

Capillary-ball- Gruesome version of Gieze-ball in which razor-wieldingcompetitors skate on a thin film of human blood.

Space-ball-A commercialization of a very bad movie.Gass-ball-Players are forced to dodge high-speed frisbees during live play.

Knocking John's glasses off scores a "Super Gass" worth two points.Paul-ball-Only to be played by swarthy, hirsute, cartilaginous genetic ac­

cidents.Joe-ball-Sounds like "Joe Hall."Hill-ball- An almost impossible version of Gieze-ball played on a slick

75 degree slope. Enthusiasm undiminished, Sean Hillyard plants himself atthe bottom and inflicts solid hits on those who lose their balance.

Gimme da-ball- May only be played with Pope Wiltse. Pope must shoot,Pope must score, Pope's team wins or it's a do-over.

Aaahhh-ball-Players must not sweat, breathe or accelerate abruptly. Strictweight minimization must be observed.

Yeh-ball-Attention focuses on post-game celebration featuring wine, wom­en, & song.

Funk-ball-Stalwart competitors blast around a polished lead sphere, andenthralled spectators cheer "Moose!" on scores.

Sho-ball- Traditional Japo-Bavarian winter contest. Participants roll down­hill, accumulating a protective icy sheath, colliding at the bottom to battle andvie for position on goal.

Earl-ball- A ballet of titanic masses where gravitational effects dominateplay.

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- The King of Spin and Dark Foot.Ricketts!: Frame House News

Katryn Short on Cash-Eating Nutritious FoodKatryn was seen scouring the kitchen in search ofjunk food Thursday. For

the past four days she has been forced to eat properly. However, she declinedour offer to go shopping at Ralphs, citing a lack of funds. "Oh well, tomor­row's payday," she declared.

Meera Seen Emerging From ShowerMeera S. has been living in the Frame House since October. However,

she is not often seen, unless she is being visited by one of her friends: Josh,Satomi or Randy. She seems to do very little cooking. Yesterday, we wereall surprised to see a short female leaving the bathroom with a towel on herhead-in the early afternoon. Witnesses believe that it is indeed Meera, andthat she wanted to shower up before returning all those phone calls.

Brett Receives Letter From FianceeBrett's anxiety was relieved Thursday when he found a letter in his mail­

box from Carla Currin, his wife-to-be. The letter was alleged to contain theaddress where Miss Currin will be living for the next couple of months, aswell as many private sentiments. It is also suspected that she is trying to reachhim by telephone. "Now I can send her letters!" Brett exclaimed.

Steve Still Hanging Around At MealtimesLack Of Refrigeration To Blame

Steve is still keeping his food at the Frame House, including a deliciouspecan pie. "I'll have the food out soon," he told reporters. He has receiveda refrigerator, and scrubbed the freezer. However, the main body of the refriger­ator is still unsanitary. The cleaning process is expected be completed thisweekend.Ricketts2: And the winner is... Yes, The First Monthly Ricketts Hovse WinMary "Kitt" Hodsdsdsden for Forty-Eight Hours Raffle was a resounding suc­cess. The [mal odds of winning were 1 in 104. We are pleased to announceth~t the winner, after buying up over 100 raffle tickets, is (a drum roll, please)B1 Charles Budney "14It, Ptcsidcnl of the Caiifvlnia Institute of 'fcchnology.Br-:-iBudney's enthusiasm and loose purse strings are appreciated by every­one concerned with the raffle. Br-:- Budney" must claim his prize within thenext 24 hours from room 21 in Ricketts Hovse. All proceeds from this rafflewill be donated to the American Ricketts Hovse Inside World Writers' Col­lege Fund (ARHIWWCF).

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se as being too literary, too derivative ofErnest Hemingway? If so, have we got acontest for you. Harry's Bar & AmericanGrill announces its eleventh annual Interna­tional Imitation Hemingway Competition.

What is Imitation Hemingway? It iswriting. It is writing like Ernest Hem­ingway. It is parody. It is funny. The bestentries will be very funny.

The whole point is to write one page ofany type of prose in the styIe of Ernest Hem­ingway, and to mention Harry's Bar &American Grill (nicely). It must sound likeHemingway, read like Hemingway, and itmust be funny.

The prizes are simple: fame, immortali­ty, and dinner for two at Harry's Bar &American Grill in Florence, Italy - plus theplane fare there and back for two. Closingdate for the contest is February 15, 1988.Send entries to the "local" Harry's: Harry'sBar & American Grill, 2020 Avenue of theStars, Century City, CA 90067. Winner willbe announced in April, 1988.

Big Band Swing CabaretThe first annual Big Band Swing Cabaret

will be presented at the Pasadena Conven­tion Center, 300 E. Green St., on Saturday,Feb. 27 from 7 pm to 2 am and on Sunday,Feb. 28 from 3 to 10 pm.

The old fashioned cabaret will featurethree bands each day where people can "setand watch or cut a rug" according to HarryWashington, spokesman for the bash.

General admission is $35 each day,reserved seats $50 each day. Both tickets in­clude a buffet and there will be a no-hostbar.

For information, call the PasadenaCenter at (818) 793-2122.

Arizona Honors AcademyThe University of Arizona, Arizona

State, and Northern Arizona University haveorganized a special summer session entitl­ed "Seeking National Security in an InsecureWorld." Selected students will have the op­portunity to spend three weeks in an excitingseminar with faculty from all three Arizonauniversities, nationally and internationallydistinguished experts, and exceptionalundergraduate students from throughout theUnited States. Only 30 students will beselected.

The 1988 Academic session will be heldfrom Saturday, June 11 through Friday, JulyI, 1988 at Northern Arizona Universitylocated in Flagstaff. Applicants must beundergraduate students who have completedthe equivalent of 27 semester hours with aminimum cumulative grade point averageof 3.5.

Completed applications are due byMarch 1,1988. If you are interested in ap­plying you should come to the Deans' Of­fice, 102 Parsons-Gates.

Summer Research At UCLAThere are 14 summer research positions

open at UCLA in biological and biomedicalsciences, physical sciences and engineeringdesigned to provide experience and en­couragement to undergraduates con­templating research careers. The programlasts from June 20-August 26, 1988 (10weeks). It is open to all college sophomoresand juniors. U. S. citizenship or permanentresident status is required. There is a stipendof $150 per week. Limited travel funds forsome out-of-state applicants may beavailable. Housing is not provided.

Selected members of the UCLA facultywill accept students into their laboratoriesunder a program hosted by the UCLALaboratory of Biomedical and Environmen­tal Sciences, a U.S Department of Energy­funded facility. Students have the opportuni­ty to experience on-going scientific research.In the past, research fields have includedbiology, biochemistry, chemistry, engineer­ing, environmental sciences, molecularbiology, nuclear medicine, public health,physics, etc. The program also includesweekly group discussions and seminars onapplicable research-related topics.

Interested students are invited to writefor applications to: Mr. Robert Stoddard,UCLA Laboratory of Biomedical and En­vironmental Sciences, 900 Veteran Ave.,Los Angeles, CA 90024-1786. The deadlinefor receipt of completed applications isMarch 21, 1988.

Poetry ContestThe Coastal Classic Poetry Contest is of­

fering $1000 in cash prizes to new poets andprofessionals who enter this distinguishedcompetition. Besides the prestigious $500Grand Prize, there is a $250 First Prize, a$100 Second Prize, and 3 Third Prizes of$50 each. All poems will be considered forpublication in the 1988 American Anthologyof Contemporary Poetry. Winners will benotified by May 1, 1988.

Each poet may enter one poem, 20 linesor less, on any subject, written in any style.Poem and poet's name and address must betyped or printed one one side of a sheet oftyping paper. Poet should keep a copy sinceentry can't be returned. There is no entryfee for this contest.

Entries should be mailed by February15, 1988 to: Coastal Classic Poetry COn­test, Great Lakes Poetry Press, P.O. Box56703, Harwood Heights, IL 60656.

Rock Salt Company?Rob Bowers and the Rock Salt Company

will be in Ramo Auditorium this Sunday,Jan. 31 at 10 am, 2 pm and 5 pm, presen­ting "A Song For Us All," a sing-alongmusical revue with stories about ourAmerican heritage. This 60-70 minute pro­gram is designed especially for children.Admission: $8.00 for adults, $5.00 forchildren. Call x4652 for more information.

Marinaid?Marin Educational Foundation is offer­

ing grants to Marin County residents whowill be pursuing an undergraduate degreeon at least a half-time basis as of September,1988. The deadline to apply is April 1,1988. For further information please con­tact the Financial Aid Office, 515 S. Wilson.

Financial Aid PacketsALL RETURNING STUDENTS:

Financial Aid packets for 1988-89 weremailed to your campus address the week ofJanuary 5. If you did not receive that packetor if you need additional documents contactthe Financial Aid Office, 515 S. Wilson, orcall x6280.

Money in a Rush?Undergraduate women in engineering

who have a GPA of 3.5 or better arewelcome to apply for SWE national scholar­ships ranging in amount from $500 to$2000.

This is your last chance; applicationsmust be postmarked by February 1st-thisMonday. Go by the Financial Aid Office(today) and get a copy of the form. Goodluck!

Buscaglia To SpeakBest selling author, Leo Buscaglia will

lecture on 'The Subtle Art of Living WithLove", sponsored by Five Acres onFebruary 9 at 8 pm at the Pasadena CivicAuditorium, 300 E. Green St.

Buscaglia is a well known author andUSC professor famous for his standing­room-only class, LOVE IA. His latest book,Seven Stories ofChristmLls Love, was chosenby the Book of the Month Club as an alter­nate selection.

Tickets can be purchased at the PasadenaCivic Box Office for $12.50, $15, $20 and$35 with student and senior rush ticketsavailable the night of the lecture.

For information call the PasadenaAuditorium at (818) 449-7360 or BillieYoungblood and (818) 798-6793 or (213)681-4827.

Folk Dance WorkshopThe Pasadena Dance Co-op will offer a

special dance workshop with international­ly known Armenian dance specialist TomBozigian on Friday, February 5 from 9 to11 pm. The Co-op will meet in ThroopMemorial Church at the corner of LosRobles and Del Mar at 7:45 for recreationaldance. All interested community membersare invited. A donation of $3;00 will be re­quested for this special event. Please wearsoft-soled shoes.

Company Information MeetingsUNISYS luncheon for EE, CS and Math

majors: Monday, February 1, 11:30 am to1:00 pm in Winnett Lounge.

INTEL Corporation: Tuesday, February2, 4:00-6:00 pm in Winnett Lounge.

TANDEM Corporation: Thursday,February 4, 1988 from 6:00-8:00 pm inWinnett Lounge.

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A company called TRW. Here's the story.

The U.S. Air Force asked us to build a ground-basedelectro-optical surveillance system that could identifyan object the size of a soccer ball from 22,300 miles inspace. We did it, utilizing 3 telescopes and a large com­puter system. Then they asked us to build four more.Quite an achievement, but it's just one example ofTRW's impact on the future.

TRW offers you the freedom to move among a widevariety of opportunities in microelectronics, highenergy lasers, large software systems, communica­tions, and scientific spacecraft. If you're majoring inengineering, computer science, math, or physics, andwant to be with a company that's driving technologyinto the next century, it's not too soon to talk. Tomor­row is taking shape at a company called TRW.

If you are unable to see us on campus, please sendyour resume to: TRW, College Relations, E2/4OOO,One Space Park, Redondo Beach, CA 90278.

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Who Do You CallWhen You Want ToIdentifyASoccerBall From 22,300 MilesIn Space?

Superbowl SundayHave you made plans where you're go­

ing to watch the big game yet? If not, you'rein luck. The SAC TV Room has beenreserved and the coffeehouse will be opento keep you happy during this big event.Come enjoy the full coffeehouse menu, in­cluding burgers, pizza, shakes and awonderful array of desserts. (Watch for ournewest additions ... blueberry cheesecakeand carrot cake!) The Coffeehouse will beopen Superbowl Sunday (Jan. 31) from noonto 7 pm in addition to the regular 7 pm to1 am weekend hours. We're hoping to havean additional TV in the coffeehouse to viewthe Superbowl on as well, so come checkit out!

Last Call For Letter JacketsIf you want to order a letter jacket, see

Brad Scott in Blacker, Room 6, before Jan.31.

An Orphanage In Need, Part IIOn Saturday, Feb. 6th, from 8:00-9:30

pm, there will be a meeting regarding plansfor a group from Caltech going to Mexicoto help the orphanage, "El Rancho Milagro,"during spring break. The meeting will beheld in Clubroom A (Rm. 13, SAC).

The meeting will discuss travel ar­rangements, goals for the trip, and suppliesneeded. We will be sleeping in tents andspend the day repairing the kids' dorms.

If you would like to go and help, and/ordonate supplies (clothing, money, etc.) tothe orphanage (or for the trip itself), pleasecontact Geoff Pilling, 1-59, or phone (818)578-9346.

In any case, if you are interested in sup­porting the trip in any way, please come tothe meeting on Saturday, Feb. 6.

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Table Tennis TournamentInterested in playing some competitive

table tennis? If so, then you're in luckbecause the Caltech Chinese StudentAssociation is sponsoring a campus-widetable tennis tournament. There will betrophies and great prizes given to the win­ners; first prize will be a sports store giftcertificate worth $60.00! For those whomight not win, they are still eligible toreceive random prizes just for participating!Great deal, eh? This tournament is open toeverybody on campus (undergrads, grads,etc.), so sign up NOW. Check The Y or anyof the undergraduate houses for sign-upsheets. Registration deadline is today, Jan.29th. Registration fees are as follows: Freefor CCSA members, $2.00 for non­members. Contact Lingyun Lu (x4744) orEd Koo (x3776) for further details.

C.M.R.S. MeetingThe Caltech Medieval/Renaissance

Society is holding a meeting this Sunday,Jan. 31 at 3 pm in the Y Lounge, WinnettCenter. We will be having our annual elec­tion of officers, followed by a costume sew­ing workshop. As usual, we'll have potluckmunchies. For more information, call DougBloomer, X6830.

L.A. Philharmonic TicketsThe Caltech Y has tickets for the follow­

ing dates: 5 February (Stravinsky, Mozart,Beethoven); 19 February (Haydn, Britten);18 March (Haydn, Shostakovich); 15 April(Lutoslawski, Mozart, Brahms). For moreinformation, like how to make use of thesetickets, contact the Y Office, upstairs inWinnett.

The Basketball Beavers battled it out last Friday in their game against Claremont-Mudd. Huck Seed goes for the long shot as BradScott watches from the side.

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the Caltech team vowed to showtheir respect to Bill Gustafson, thepummeled player, by humiliatingOccidental in the next game againstthe Tigers. Sorry Bill, but theclosest we came to humiliating Oxywas a thundering dunk by afreshman who has never even metyou, Bill Swanson.

Other than Swanson's dunk, thehighlights for Caltech were few, ifat all existent. The team did playa respectable first half, but thereare no words in the Englishlanguage to describe the beating in­flicted on the Beavers in the secondhalf. This beating led to the finalscore of 62-25. Thanks again, Lin­da.

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and defense kept Caltech in thegame.

One would guess that talk ofrevenge against Occidental wasresponsible for the largest roadcrowd Tuesday for a Caltechleague game yet this season(Thanks Linda). The revenge, forthose of you who don't remember,was desired for an incident whichcaused Caltech's basketball seasonto end twelve minutes too early lastseason.

With twelve minutes remainingin last year's season finale, a minorskirmish broke out between an Oxyplayer and a Caltech player. Thisminor skirmish became a bench­clearing brawl when the Occiden­tal coach struck an uninvolvedCaltech player in the face. Oc­cidental was forced to forfeit thegame after their coach was ejected.Their coach was told that he pro­bably shouldn't hit any moreplayers.

That day, the underclassmen on

FRI DAY 29 JAN UARY 1988

Defeat Bids Adieu to Zanelli

Make sure to attendthe next Caltech ice hockey gameSunday night at 11:15 p.m.against Cal State Northridge atPickwick Ice Arena in Burbank.

The Friday-the-22nd massacrewas followed by a Wednesdaynight walloping as the Beaversagain thoroughly outplayed USC attheir home ice in Pasadena. Thebeavers stomped on USC 4-2.

Team members expressed op­timism about the team's upcomingseason. "I think we're doing betterthis year-we're more organized,"noted defense Elaine Lindelef.Valentine further commented,"Realistically, we have a chance totake second place."

Come see Caltech play theBonkers on Sunday, Jan. 31 at11:00 at the North Field.

and into the goal, giving Caltech a1-0 lead.

As women's soccer is a clubsport, Caltech does not play otherschools, but instead plays in aleague consisting of women of allages in Southern California. SaidValentine, "It's basically a recrea­tional league ... it's a good placefor Caltech, as their emphasis is notcompetitive soccer, but just to havea good time."

Caltech dominated the gameallowing USC only seven shots ongoal to their 32. The only penaltyof the game, due to the lack ofreferees, was a two minute minortallied by Jim Bower for high stick­ing.

a half periods of brilliant hockey,highlighted by Martine Brouillette'sfour goals and superb action byTed Kanterdjieff.

by Air BallCaltech's basketball team con­

tinues in its slump as it droppedleague games to rivals Claremont­Mudd and Occidental. TheClaremont-Mudd game Fridaymarked the final appearance ofRich Zanelli at Caltech's ScottBrown Gymnasium.

The Caltech team hoped to giveRich a resounding farewell in theguise of a strong Caltech victory.Early in the second half, such afarewell looked likely. In the end,however, Claremont pulled out a48-41 victory. Caltech's defensewas strong throughout the game,but its offense staggered at times inboth halves.

At the beginning of the secondhalf, however, Caltech's offenseand defense were both excellent asthey quickly erased Claremont'shalftime lead of seven points. Atthis point, the whole Caltech team,except Jason Karceski, becamecold, and Claremont slowly pull­ed away. Jason, by the way, scoredtwelve of his team's points high inthe second as his excellent offense

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Hockey Ambushes USCby Crush Urr Mann

The Caltech pucksters hit theice last Friday night in front of arecord crowd of around fiftyspirited fans. The fans were treatedto a game well worth the ticketprice as the Beavers mauled USC11-1.

The game started off on a badnote as USC scored the first goalone minute into the contest.Caltech followed this with two and

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Engelhard (left) and Tracey Ollick of the Caltech Women's soccer club run to main­tainpossession of the ball in their strong fight against the Spinoffs in the first game of

by Shin GardIn ninety intense minutes last

Sunday, the Caltech women's soc­cer team proved to be a stable andsolid competitor. In their first gameof the season, they took a loss of1-3 against the Spinoffs, a "well­seasoned" team in the league.

The game began with the otherteam's offense taking control andputting pressure on Caltech'sdefense. As the game progressed,however, Caltech began to exert itsown pressure on the offensive. AsBecky Valentine, the team's coach,said, "It was the first time thateveryone had worked together.Under those conditions, they per­formed admirably."

The highlight of the game oc­curred when Zhaoping Li, left half­back passed the ball in front of theopponent's goal, bouncing off amember of the Spinoffs' defense

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Techers have inched Oxy out forthe third place finish, much to theembarrassment of the Tigers. Thisyear Occidental has recruited astrong crew of freshmen, inclUdingthe brother of Caltech water poloplayer Mark Holdsworth. So comeout and cheer on the underdogs!

time the team met Colorado Col­lege on Thursday, and will face itsconference for Occidental onSaturday at 11:00 am at Oxy. Thatmeet will be important to Caltech,holding onto its third place positionin the S.C.LA.C. conference.

For the past two years, the

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Once again, the fine Ricketts Hovse social team bridged the gap betweenalums and students. The Alumni Bridge Tournament and BBQ spanned theentirety of Saturday afternoon. Few people who attended only the BBQ couldmagine how well the bridge tourney went. The winning bridge [insert yourbwn funny comment about snail snot here].

Stephen Farris (who you probably remember as the runner-up for hovsewirgin two years ago (he lost it to Heidi (we should all be so lucky (some peo­ple are (but, unfortunately ... (and now, back to your regularly scheduled sen­ence)))))) has recently been revealed as a dope raping, gun kicking, child

running, dog smoking arms dealer in Central America. As an employee of~e Nicaraguan government, he has traded to all the major Contra forces sophisti-ated weapons systems, including mace, rat poison, deflated four-square balls,~nd videotapes of The Katok Ma2b Lectures, in return for 30 tons of BC f~od,

en cases of strawberry Emotion Lotion, and, if we're lucky, half of the Rlck­tts Hovse social team. This story broke when the National Enquirer revealed

~teve's torrid love affair with Fawn Hall (he still has the scars from the paper~hredder). Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega claimed to know nothing about~e deal, saying "Farris? Isn't that a ride at an amusement park?"

The Big Maroon Machine rolls on. The Scurve ultimate team squashed theiRed Blotch in Monday night's game. Ricketts most effectiv~ weapon seemedo be the sinuous limbs of Sexy Legs Wu, which left distracted, but delighted,

IPhlegms in their wake. The game's final score remains a mystery, as the~corekeeper was washed away when the sprinklers came on.

Other Naughty Bits: Lisa G. is quite upset that her tangerine Emotion Lo­ion does not work on Dan as well as Laura's kumquat Joy Jelly. Mark P. has~omplained that he just can't get excited anymore. Perhaps Lisa F. should bor­ow some Joy Jelly from Laura. A certain baby-blue clad Syrian-Scott seemso have caught the eye of a certain hovse officer. She not only leaves sugges­ive messages on his answering machine, but also announces to the entire hovsehat she considers him as cute as a baby's bottom. Rich prefers a minty flavor

over the fruity tastes mentioned above.- The LiZ' Cook-Man and the Great Neck Strangler

!Ruddock: Hello, we are Spuds and the ultimate guy. Today's opener is 'fop~en Flems or Social Diseases.

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Good morning, campers, a lot has happened in Ruddock lately. We'll tell~ou about it while the new Veep and new President work closely together to~nite their power. .

First, we had an election, and here is the new Ruddock Royal FamIly:

President: Betsy AndrewsVice-President: Milton TinkoffSecretary: Brain PattersonTreasurer: Paul BonefantSocial Team: Dave Carta, Mitch Leoscher,and Annetta PapadopolousAthletic Team: Ahmed Abd Allah, Kleber Camacho,and Mike FreemanLibrarian: Ted Mlynar

Second, we royally kicked Fleming's in disco football! Even so, we're plan­ning to protest the fact that the Flems didn't protest the first half (before which/there was no score) and protested the second half (when they were losing).IWhat a FINE display of sportsmanship, Flems.

Second, we played Broom Ball with the Page boys on Saturday night. Whydid Jamal keep hitting Larry Flint? Could it be that Jamal's found a new in­fatuation? Sorry, Cameron. Also, does Eric Scharin know which house he'sin or has he sucked down one too many happy bags?

The ping pong tournament continues. Will Cheng, Hungse, or Greg emergeas the winner? Why hasn't Yayoi moved in with Jeanette? It must be that sheprefers the privacy (as does Meaten). Is Diana the CCF mother or a RomanCatholic? Stay tuned for the answers to these and other questions in forthcom­ing episodes.

Quote of the week: Amy says, ".. .just 'cause you can't have kids LEd]"(Yes, but can Marty?)

Rumor of the week: Joe loves whitefish; he used to love yellowtail, butnow he loves whitefish.

This beautifully executed dive did not win the swim meet for the Caltech girls Sat.,but did help capture the Coed Crown.

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drop in the WOO-yard freestyle,Izumi Yayoi (lOa free time of1: 10.29) and Katryn Wiese (2001M of 3: 13 .18). Betina Pavri sur­prised everyone with a big drop inthe 50 yard freestyle to 38.45.

The final results of Caltech 36,Redlands 118 were just goodenough to capture the CoedCrown, Caltech 160, Redlands146.

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The winners included ChrisEdgington (100 free, 100 breast),David Geraghty (50 free), Ben Fin­ley (100 LM.), Barry Stipe (100fly), Robert Young (lM diving)and Brian Hayes (1000 free and100 back). The final score wasCaltech 124, Redlands 28.

The women's team also battledthe Redlands Bulldogs but not tothe same results. Being outnum­bered and a little slower, the Tech­ers put some spirited races togetherled by Margi Pollack's 32-second

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by S. P. LashLast Saturday's swimmers ho­

vered above the water on num­bered platforms as the starter criedout, "Take your marks." BANG!!Then the Caltech men's swim teamlet Redlands have it.

Brian Hayes started things offdestroying the competition in theWOO-yard freestyle, swimming thesecond fastest 1000 in Caltech his­tory, with a time of 10:43.84. Ofthe meet's twelve events theBeavers captured ten first places.

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and give it to the house for a recep­tion beforehand, encouraging moreof the dinners. And then each timethe faculty member is over, youhave the extra money for the recep­tions and you say, "this is ASCIT,ASCIT is working for me."

Ifyou're involved with anothercampus, and something sponsoredby ASCIT, you will leave thinking"this is what ASCIT has done forme." and then you11 know whatASCIT is doing for the party.Question 9, Frank Vasquez:

How do you feel aboutrepresenting the student body ofCaltech?Sam: I think I've got a fair trackrecord as far as representing myconstitutents. In Ricketts House wehad a problem with therenovation - they were going tocurtail some of our activities whichthe administraion thought was des­tructive. I talked with student af­fairs, vice president and some otherpeople, and it became apparent thatI was going to have to talk to peo­ple above that, so I ended up talk­ing to some of the vicepresidents - Dave Morrisroe andJim Mingus. I've got experiencetalking to them and I've workedwith Nancy Carlton.Jim: I feel very comfortablespeaking in front of people,whether it's the small committee,five or six people, or you're talk­ing about 200 frosh at frosh camp,it doesn't matter. Either way I canpresent a very good image ofCaltech/ASCIT populace.Closing Remarks:Sam: Well, my main idea is totake ASCIT and revitalize it.Towards that end I have given youa list of things I hope toaccomplish.

I disagree with some of thethings that some of the candidateshave said and if the debate hadgone on longer or if we had a stan­dard debate you could think aboutif what we said was true. You cantell the differences if you thinkabout what was said and I think it'svery important that everyone doesget out and vote, because if youdon't, then you have no right tobitcnabout how ASCIT doesn't doanything because you didn't doanything in the first place. I thinkI can do a good job so vote for me.Jim: We've all expressed differentopinions here, but it's not the mostimportant thing for the president togo along with his specific goals. Hehas his own specific talents andcrusades that he'd like see takencare of.

On the other part, it's also thepresidents responsibility to get theopinions and get the experience ofother people to work on other pro­jects as well. Not simply just oneperson doing his specific ideas, itis everybody. It is all these ideascombined of the whole studentbody. He may collect all thevarious gifts and knowledge of thevarious people of the BOD.

I will do the best of my abilityand, of course, I feel I am the bestof the candidates here. I appreciate

our support.

who throw the party and are at theparty are responsible for it-not theother people who are not involvedwith it. And I think we should havemore of a cause-reaction type of apolicy, rather than a blanket effectfor everybody where one smallsection did wrong.Question 6, Gaby Cornejo:

[To Jim] Given the experienceof the other candidates in studentgovernment, what is your past ex­perience with student government?Jim: My past experience with stu­dent government has been mainlywithin my house where I've beenon the social team, and I've donethat for two years. I think I knowthe people around campus, that isthe master, the vice presidents, I'vetalked with these people on variousoccasions ~bout things that havehad to be done to get various par­ties and things approved, the partypolicy, discuss these problems withthem and, of course, the IHC-youcan find me there, arguing for this,that and the other.Question 7:

Is there anything that you aregoing to do that is more direct, thatwill affect me, someone generallyapathetic (e.g. a phone system inthe student houses)?Sam: Well, you know my state­ment in the Tech was too damnlong anyway and I had to cut it andsome of the stuff that I left out, thatI had written previously, wereideas that touch on this and onstudent-faculty relations. One ofthem is: we have the annual sportsday which seems to go pretty welland I'd like to have a brainstorm­ing session with the BOD aboutideas which are parallel to sportsday, which involve closer to stu­dent houses, the faculty and the stu­dents. One of them is studentfaculty rotation and that's got itsgood points and its bad points, butif not that, then something whichdoes tend to involve people more.

I think there is a lot of moneyto be had out there, at parties, andget the faculty and students in­volved and that would more direct­ly involve, and these ideas aresomething like on the weekend.

Basically I would like to spendtime brainstorming on the ideas. Idon't have any specific ones beyondadditional parties that involvefaculty and students but I wouldlike to spend time brainstorming itand I recognize this as a problembecause there are a lot of studentswho are in exactly the situation youdescribed and that's why I put theline in my letter about that.Jim: When I was preparing for thedebate here, I was asking from var­ious people what would you like tosee changed about ASCIT, this,that or the other. They said, "Well,what does ASCIT do?" So if moremoney is spent from ASCIT on theindividual student, when the in­dividual student can see it, he go­ing to say, "Hey, this is ASCIT,ASCIT is doing more for me, thisis what ASCIT is."

Then an outlay I see put in thereis faculty members coming to din­ners,}>ossibly we can take, sa $50

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ASCIT does something. Part of thething that I have seen while I'vebeen here is people that have goneto the BOD meetings have comeaway from the meetings with thefeeling that nothing gets accom­plished at the BOD meetings. Iwould like someone to come to meand say, "Gee, something gets doneat those things" and to give ussomething to do.

There are a number of things,they've all been mentioned-I'll saythem quickly: the TQFR, the con­cerns that were raised at the studentfaculty conference, making surethat the research opportunitieshandbook gets out, making surethat the TQFR is out on time.Those are the things that I wouldlike to see done.Question 4, Tony Wittry:

Our right to party is beingrepressed. I'd like to know whateach ofthe candidates intends to doabout this.Sam: Well, I've tried to talk to thevice president of student affairsabout this-and I have once or twicebefore. The party policy first cameup as a result of the first Interhousewhen I was president of Rickettshouse and when the party policycame out I had a meeting with thedeans about it, along with all of theother presidents, and we sat downand talked about it and we raisedour objections then.

Last interhouse, including theone the party policy was from, Italked to Jim Morgan about it anda lot of things got cleared up. Wewere told what he was going to do,like when the music was going tostop and all this kind of stuff andI will continue to do this if electedpresident. That's a direct answer toyour question.Jim: I've talked to many, manypeople about this, some thatlistened and many who didn't wantto, on various problems on partiesand things. I think one thing thatI would like to see implemented,I proposed it once before and Iwould like to pursue it a little bitfurther, is have the cause-reactiontype of policy on things.

We've had arguments aboutthis: how it causes this, and howit affects everybody. What I'd liketo see is a party policy that hasrules along these lines: if one househas a party and something goeswrong, they specifically, one houseor club, they specifically should bebanned from that place, they spe­cifically should be banned to havesecurity guards at their parties, andthey should not be allowed to havealcohol anymore.

These types of things, eachspecific group, I think, the people

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money that they are going to need.Various clubs will need moremoney than one club that has alarge amount of people in it, butdoesn't use the same amount ofmoney. And I think it is necessaryto have a disproportionate distribu­tion of this money.

Those my opinions on how todistribute it.Question 2:

What do you think should bedone with the $15,000 surplus AS­CIT has?Sam: The van that we alreadyhave is definitely going to stay be­cause there is a fund set up forreplacing the present van when itdies so the idea of getting anothervan is good. I think that what weshould look at is another vehicle.I am not convinced yet that a vanthe best possible second vehicle,and so one of the first things I willdo after the budget meeting whenwe have a surplus is have a BODdiscussion on whether it should infact be a van or something else. ButI'll have to agree that another ve­hicle would be a welcome additionto student access.Jim: I do first off agree with thePA system, everyone seems toagree with that, then after settingaside a certain amount of moneyfor that, what I'd like to see is aregular meetings to decide on apackage of money to be spenttowards an inter-campus party ofsorts. What I'd like to see is to takethat and set it aside and, in conjunc­tion with various social teams ofeach of the various houses, and theESC chairman.Question 3:

What is the one thing that youwould most like to accomplish inyour term as ASCIT president?Jim: As I mentioned in my open­ing statement, and I touched in thelast one, I think that the biggestproblems that I see right now is, asI mentioned, is in apathy in our so­ciallife here. I think we should getpeople out, get them more involvedand that means getting a little moremoney to social events, gettingmore people from other campuses,get it all together and get it all in­teracting.

Getting more people out tomore of our sporting events, a lit­tle more money into various activi­ties at our athletic events. And getpeople out and get them with eachother and people from other cam­puses in a non-academic environ­ment. It's very important to me tokeep that side of life here.Sam: Well, the one thing if! wereelected president that I would wantto accomplish is to hear someonesay before I got out of office is that

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Debate, cont.from page 2criterion are all listed here, and youcould go by a set of guidelines likethese to decide who should befunded.Jim: I think the most importantthings to consider for any budgetmeeting and considering the re­quests for money from variousclubs. From my previous trekaround campus begging and bor­rowing money from, I believe it isevery possible source, I knowwhere the money is available. Iknow which people these clubs canget it from, and I think one of thefirst things, one of the more impor­tant things, is to redirect these peo­ple to other possible sources; andthat would be one of my primarygoals.

Then, and considering the var­ious reasons to give money tothem, I think one of the most im­portant things to look at, for the ex­isting clubs, is their past trackrecord. For instance, this yearseveral of the clubs came asked formoney and haven't even claimed ityet. That doesn't seem like toogreat a need there; and you shouldtake things like that into consider­ation the next year when people areasking for money.

And the clubs that are activeand have a very good track recordwith participation and activities,they're the ones that deserve themoney. And I think that should bedecided among the BOD membersand shifted a little bit as to the moreactive and the more reasonableclubs.

And then when once you decid­ed you can't you look at also as thenumber of people in the club butwith the when deciding money thispast year, because the number ofpeople in the club isn't really go­ing to determine the amount of