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THE CALIFORNIA TECH The Ultimate Tech Sunney Chan Wins Travel Award Run-offs from John Navas, founder and president of Fittings That Fit, Inc., in Alhambra. He has created a similar award at his alma mater, MIT, and at Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana. This year's Navas Award recognizes Dr. Chan for his com- mitment to enhancing the quality of personal and academic life for Caltech students. Dr. Chan served as master of student houses at the Institute from 1980 to 1983 and is currently chairman of an ad hoc faculty committee to review academic requirements for undergraduates. A South Pasadena resident, Dr. Chan was appointed professor of chemical physics in 1968, five years after he joined the Caltech faculty, and was executive officer for chemistry from 1978 to 1980. His research focuses on the struc- ture and function of proteins in the cell that convert the chemical energy in food into biological energy that the body can utilize. by Caltech to educate young scien- tists and engineers. One is the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program, in which Caltech students devise research projects and, sponsored by faculty advisers, carry them out during the summer. This program, established in 1979, has helped hundreds of Caltech students to get a taste of professional-level scien- tific research while still undergraduates. IBM has helped support the SURF program since 1982. The other program aided by the IBM grant will be the Institute's Secondary Schools Science Pro- ject. Under this program, about 300 junior and senior high school students a year take special free classes in science and mathematics at Caltech each summer. The latest IBM funding continues IBM sup- port of the project, which began in 1981. Friday, February 14, 1986 of IBM '·Lavishes $1,000,000 on Tech Gallery. He has taught courses on British art since 1961. The elimination of Ward's and Belloli's positions came to the dismay of most of the HSS division and many others on campus, but all is not lost for the students. The division is recommending a new art history program taught by part- continued on page 6 Hans Hermans knifes through the water with the easy grace that has earned him the nickname "Duck." Caltech's swimming team will compete against Pasadena City College tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. in their last home meet of the season. See sports on page 11. [CNB] - Promising new faculty research ventures and science education for college and high school students will be among the efforts funded by a $1 million grant to the California Institute of Technology from IBM. "This grant helps meet some of the most vital needs of Caltech," said Caltech President Marvin L. Goldberger in announcing the funding. "For example, a portion of the grant will be used to establish the IBM Research Fund to support research initiatives by both new and established faculty. These funds are absolutely necessary if we are to attempt untried research approaches that would not normal- ly be supported by traditional sources." According to Dr. Goldberger, the IBM Research Fund will also be used to bring outstanding young scholars to the Institute as visitors. In addition, the IBM grant will help support two innovative efforts made on Monday, February 3, by Dr. Rochus Vogt, Caltech vice president and provost. The award consists of $4,000 in unrestricted travel funds, which Dr. Chan will use to visit Scandinavia this sum- mer with his family. The Navas Award was established in 1982 through a gift Pasadena, California by Doug Gray Rumor has it that art history at Caltech is about to become a thing of the past because Professor Marty Ward and BaxArt Director Jay Belloli are leaving at the end of this year. According to Humanities Executive Officer Robert Rosenstone, the rumors have some basis in fact, but art history courses will continue to be offered after this year. Dr. Ward was hired in 1981, when the HSS division was plan- ning to build an art history group of three or four professors. Then, when Robbie Vogt became provost in 1983, he announced an institute- wide hiring freeze (i.e. a freeze on the creation of new positions in any division, not on the hiring of new faculty). Dr. Ward was the only professor of art history, and the ad- ministration announced in early 1984 that tenure in art history would no longer be offered. Ward's contract was extended by an extra year, and it expires in June. Also in 1984, President Goldberger decided to close Bax- ter Art Gallery, thereby eliminating Belloli's position as director. His contract was also extended, by a year and a half, and it expires in December. Ward and Belloli are survived by Robert Wark, part-time lecturer and curator of the Huntington Art [CNB] - Sunney I. Chan, pro- fessor of chemical physics and biophysical chemistry at Caltech, has received the 1986 John Navas Foreign Travel Award, which an- nually honors a Caltech faculty member for outstanding dedication to the welfare and education of students. The presentation was The Future Art History single unified field theory. The newest approach, which seems to many physicists to hold hope for success, is one that, like Einstein's general theory of relativity, is in- herently geometrical. A basic tenet of the new theory , known as superstring theory, states that the universe has not just three spatial dimensions, but nine. This may have a science-fiction ring to it, but it is nonetheless a perfectly sensible possibility in the context of a quantum superstring theory. In fact, superstring theory frees physicists from some of the absur- dities that conventional approaches imposed on them. Essentially, the new theory allows them to make fewer arbitrary assumptions when seeking the answers to some basic question. For that reason, and because of avenues it opens up, the new theory has captured the atten- tion of some of the best minds in physics. Extensive experimental studies continued on page 3 ASCIT ELECTION RESULTS ASCIT Vice President Pam Feldman Tech Editor................... . Peter Alfke Director Social Activities Rob Soderberry Athletic Manager Chris Schofield Director Academic Affairs Tylis Chang DOC Secretary Doug Roberts Activities Chairman Kledzik/Rosema/SearcyNogt IHC Chairman John Beck Randy Brown Steve Gomez ASCIT Secretary Kathleen Hayashibara Junko Munakata Upperclass Director-at-Large Rob Fatland Susan Gerhart Eric Scharin Frosh Director-at-Large Rachel Clark Bibi Jentoft-Nielsen Run-off elections will be today for as-yet unsettled offices and to put the proposed ASCIT Bylaws Amendments to a vote. Ballots will be picked up at mid nigh t. Superstrings and a Unified Field Theory Dr. John Schwarz, a professor of theoretical physics pioneered the ap- plication of superstrings to unified field theory. - photo by Kent Noble The following is an abridged version of an article that appeared in the November 1985 issue of Science '85 under the title "Com- pleting Einstein. " by John Schwarz In the second decade of this century, Albert Einstein put for- ward a new theory of gravity that revolutionary in its approach. HIS general theory of relativity described the physics of gravity in terms of geometry: it said that the Earth is attracted to the sun because the mass of the sun distorts, or curves, the local geometry of space. Now our understanding of gravity is again in need of revision. This time the struggle is to in- tegrate gravity with quantum mechanics, the basic theory governing how matter- particular- ly sUbatomic matter- behaves. In- deed, the attempt to revise the theory of gravity is part of an ef- fOrt to unify all of the known fun- .damental forces of nature into a [Volume LXXXVII, Number 17
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THE CALIFORNIA TECHTheUltimate

Tech

Sunney Chan WinsTravel Award

Run-offs

from John Navas, founder andpresident of Fittings That Fit, Inc.,in Alhambra. He has created asimilar award at his alma mater,MIT, and at Culver MilitaryAcademy in Culver, Indiana.

This year's Navas Awardrecognizes Dr. Chan for his com­mitment to enhancing the quality ofpersonal and academic life forCaltech students. Dr. Chan servedas master of student houses at theInstitute from 1980 to 1983 and iscurrently chairman of an ad hocfaculty committee to reviewacademic requirements forundergraduates.

A South Pasadena resident, Dr.Chan was appointed professor ofchemical physics in 1968, fiveyears after he joined the Caltechfaculty, and was executive officerfor chemistry from 1978 to 1980.His research focuses on the struc­ture and function of proteins in thecell that convert the chemicalenergy in food into biologicalenergy that the body can utilize.

by Caltech to educate young scien­tists and engineers. One is theSummer Undergraduate ResearchFellowship (SURF) program, inwhich Caltech students deviseresearch projects and, sponsoredby faculty advisers, carry them outduring the summer. This program,established in 1979, has helpedhundreds of Caltech students to geta taste of professional-level scien­tific research while stillundergraduates. IBM has helpedsupport the SURF program since1982.

The other program aided by theIBM grant will be the Institute'sSecondary Schools Science Pro­ject. Under this program, about300 junior and senior high schoolstudents a year take special freeclasses in science and mathematicsat Caltech each summer. The latestIBM funding continues IBM sup­port of the project, which began in1981.

Friday, February 14, 1986

of

IBM '·Lavishes$1,000,000 on Tech

Gallery. He has taught courses onBritish art since 1961.

The elimination of Ward's andBelloli's positions came to thedismay of most of the HSS divisionand many others on campus, but allis not lost for the students. Thedivision is recommending a new arthistory program taught by part-

continued on page 6

Hans Hermans knifes through the water with the easy grace that hasearned him the nickname "Duck." Caltech's swimming team will competeagainst Pasadena City College tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. in their last homemeet of the season. See sports on page 11.

[CNB] - Promising new facultyresearch ventures and scienceeducation for college and highschool students will be among theefforts funded by a $1 million grantto the California Institute ofTechnology from IBM.

"This grant helps meet some ofthe most vital needs of Caltech,"said Caltech President Marvin L.Goldberger in announcing thefunding. "For example, a portionof the grant will be used to establishthe IBM Research Fund to supportresearch initiatives by both newand established faculty. Thesefunds are absolutely necessary ifwe are to attempt untried researchapproaches that would not normal­ly be supported by traditionalsources." According to Dr.Goldberger, the IBM ResearchFund will also be used to bringoutstanding young scholars to theInstitute as visitors.

In addition, the IBM grant willhelp support two innovative efforts

made on Monday, February 3, byDr. Rochus Vogt, Caltech vicepresident and provost. The awardconsists of $4,000 in unrestrictedtravel funds, which Dr. Chan willuse to visit Scandinavia this sum­mer with his family.

The Navas Award wasestablished in 1982 through a gift

Pasadena, California

by Doug GrayRumor has it that art history at

Caltech is about to become a thingof the past because ProfessorMarty Ward and BaxArt DirectorJay Belloli are leaving at the endof this year. According toHumanities Executive OfficerRobert Rosenstone, the rumorshave some basis in fact, but arthistory courses will continue to beoffered after this year.

Dr. Ward was hired in 1981,when the HSS division was plan­ning to build an art history groupof three or four professors. Then,when Robbie Vogt became provostin 1983, he announced an institute­wide hiring freeze (i.e. a freeze onthe creation of new positions in anydivision, not on the hiring of newfaculty). Dr. Ward was the onlyprofessor of art history, and the ad­ministration announced in early1984 that tenure in art historywould no longer be offered. Ward'scontract was extended by an extrayear, and it expires in June.

Also in 1984, PresidentGoldberger decided to close Bax­ter Art Gallery, thereby eliminatingBelloli's position as director. Hiscontract was also extended, by ayear and a half, and it expires inDecember.

Ward and Belloli are survivedby Robert Wark, part-time lecturerand curator of the Huntington Art

[CNB] - Sunney I. Chan, pro­fessor of chemical physics andbiophysical chemistry at Caltech,has received the 1986 John NavasForeign Travel Award, which an­nually honors a Caltech facultymember for outstanding dedicationto the welfare and education ofstudents. The presentation was

The FutureArt History

single unified field theory. Thenewest approach, which seems tomany physicists to hold hope forsuccess, is one that, like Einstein'sgeneral theory of relativity, is in­herently geometrical.

A basic tenet of the new theory,known as superstring theory, statesthat the universe has not just threespatial dimensions, but nine. Thismay have a science-fiction ring toit, but it is nonetheless a perfectlysensible possibility in the contextof a quantum superstring theory. Infact, superstring theory freesphysicists from some of the absur­dities that conventional approachesimposed on them. Essentially, thenew theory allows them to makefewer arbitrary assumptions whenseeking the answers to some basicquestion. For that reason, andbecause of avenues it opens up, thenew theory has captured the atten­tion of some of the best minds inphysics.

Extensive experimental studiescontinued on page 3

ASCIT ELECTION RESULTSASCIT Vice President Pam FeldmanTech Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter AlfkeDirector Social Activities Rob SoderberryAthletic Manager Chris SchofieldDirector Academic Affairs Tylis ChangDOC Secretary Doug RobertsActivities Chairman Kledzik/Rosema/SearcyNogt

IHC Chairman John BeckRandy BrownSteve Gomez

ASCIT Secretary Kathleen HayashibaraJunko Munakata

Upperclass Director-at-Large Rob FatlandSusan Gerhart

Eric ScharinFrosh Director-at-Large Rachel Clark

Bibi Jentoft-NielsenRun-off elections will be today for as-yet unsettled offices and to put the proposed ASCIT Bylaws

Amendments to a vote. Ballots will be picked up at mid n i g h t.

Superstrings and aUnified Field Theory

Dr. John Schwarz, a professor of theoretical physics pioneered the ap-plication of superstrings to unified field theory. - photo by Kent Noble

The following is an abridgedversion ofan article that appearedin the November 1985 issue ofScience '85 under the title "Com­pleting Einstein. "

by John SchwarzIn the second decade of this

century, Albert Einstein put for­ward a new theory of gravity thatw~s revolutionary in its approach.HIS general theory of relativitydescribed the physics of gravity interms of geometry: it said that theEarth is attracted to the sun becausethe mass of the sun distorts, orcurves, the local geometry ofspace.

Now our understanding ofgravity is again in need of revision.This time the struggle is to in­tegrate gravity with quantummechanics, the basic theorygoverning how matter- particular­ly sUbatomic matter- behaves. In­deed, the attempt to revise thetheory of gravity is part of an ef­fOrt to unify all of the known fun­.damental forces of nature into a

[Volume LXXXVII, Number 17

2 THE CALIFORNIA TECH Friday, February 14, 1986

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Volume LXXXVII • Number 1714 Februrary 1986

PRODUCTIONRobert Horn • Nick Smith

PROOFREADERTheron Stanford

THE CALIFORNIA TECH

- Rosy NimroodyProject Director

Council on Economic Priorities[Readers wishing to respond direct­ly to the CEP or who wish toreceive further information fromthem may contact them at 30 IrvingPlace, New York, NY 10003.Enclose a business-sized, stamped,self-addressed envelope ifyou wanta copy of their newsletter. - Eds.]

EDITORSPaul Gillespie • Peter Ashcroft

ENTERTAINMENT EDITORJohn Fourkas

PHOTO EDITORKent Noble

SPORTS EDITORMichael Keating

REPORTERSJohn Beck • Jim Bell

Nancy Drehwing • Castor FuDoug Gray • David Hull

Ed Zanelli • Marty ZimmermanPHOTOGRAPHERS

Matthias Blume • Teresa GriffieChris Meisl • Rod Van Meter

Min Su Yun • Sing Dng WongTHE INSIDE WORLDBlacker: Jim Bell

Dabney: Mike RobertsFleming: Steve McAdams

Lloyd: Nicole VogtPage: Cynthia LePage

Ricketts: Saxy WorkmanRuddock: Sam Wang

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CIRCULATION MANAGERSSunbo Choi • Paul Gillespie

tagon's spotty record on quality and'cost control, this will ultimatelyhurt U.S. technological growth andcompetitiveness.

More than 2600 facultymembers have already signed apetition calling the Star Wars pro­ject "deeply misguided anddangerous," including Hans Betheof Cornell and Philip Morrison ofMIT. Opposition to the "invasionof academia" by the Pentagon isgrowing nationwide. Students,faculty and the public everywhereshould join in making their viewsheard on this important issue.

Sincerely,

stituency, after military industries,for the SDI research porkbarrel.

What has happened to basicresearch? It is expected to grow on­ly I % this year, while militaryresearch and development is ex­pected to increase 21 %. Thoughclassified research has beenrestricted on most major campusessince the '60's, much of the finalstage SDI research will fall into thisclassified category.

What this means is that univer­sities, traditionally a major sourceof unbiased scientific research, arebecoming more and more depen­dent on the Department ofDefense. The Pentagon is supply­ing more than one half of all federalfunds for mathematics and com­puter sciences, effectively puttingit in charge of those disciplineswhich are key in the developmentof high technology. Given the Pen-

Tbere will be a representative of Student Travel Internationalat the concert to provide information on student trips to Europe.

"UFO Verdict: Examining the Evidence," a slide and lec­ture presentation by Philip Klass. In Baxter Lecture Hall at 2 PM.

Co-sponsored by the Y and the Southern California Skeptics.

The Caltech Y Fly-by

Saturday ... February 15

Sailing Trip! All day-meet outside Winnett at 7:30 AM. Ifyou won the the lottery, don't forget to go.

Sunday ... February 16

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Friday ... February 14

- Robert LangApplied Physics

Enjoy the sounds of the big band era with the Blue Tones.Noon concert on the Quad. Bring a lunch and a sweet heart.

SDI FundingTo the Editors:

Universities looking forresearch funds are finding the Pen­tagon offers "the only game intown". According to a recent reportby the Council on EconomicPriorities, funds ear marked forSDI "innovative" research, award­ed primarily to universities, willquadruple in FY 1986 to $100million. Pentagon funding fordefense projects at universities hasincreased 89% in the last fiveyears. Today, incredibly, this con­stitutes sixteen percent of allfederally funded universityresearch - the same share receivedby universities during the height ofthe Vietnam War.

MIT and its off-campus LincolnLaboratories, for example, in FY1985 received a whopping 59 % ofall its research funds from DoD, atleast one fifth of which went toSDI. Across the nation, some 43other schools have also receivedStar Wars contracts. Such a rapidincrease shows that universitieshave become the next targeted con-

for a third straight year, then howabout dropping it from the catalog?If it's ever taught again, then sure­ly it can be returned. In the mean­time, the department will havedispelled the impression that it isfluffing up its image in the catalogwith a bunch of non-existentcourses.

- F. H. FelbergAssociate Director, lPL

Humanities

recognized that the entire campuswould benefit by greater exposureto the counseling services that wegave the Bruce Kahl interview suchprominence. Our selections ofheadline and photo caption weremade with the objective of dispel­ling any anxiety or stigma througha little levity. If in doing so, wehave offended anyone, weapologize. -Eds.]

To the Editors:Caltech is fortunate enough to

be blessed with one of the finestHumanities departments in the ci­ty of Pasadena. A quick perusal ofthe course catalog reveals such ex­cellent courses as An 101, SelectedTopics in Anthropology; H 159,American Radicalism; Lit 10, Sex­ual Identity in Literature, and Lit140, Twain and James. Surely anystudent would leap at the chance totake one of these courses. Hewould run into one problem,however. They weren't taught thisyear. Nor were they taught lastyear. Or the year before that. Orthe year before that.

In fact, these courses have beenlisted in the catalog for 6 yearswithout ever being taught. Thetypical undergraduate has free runof the Humanities course offeringsfor only 3, years (since froshhumanities ate inflicted upon himhis first year), yet there are cur­rently 21 courses listed in Anthro,History and Lit which have notbeen offered for the past 3 years.Why include them if no one has theopportunity to take them? And whyis this deception peculiar to theHumanities Department? No otherdepartment comes close to thisnumber of "empty" course listings.

If a course will not be offered

Uranus PhotosTo the Editors:

Congratulations on your center­fold spread in the January 31 edi­tion of The California Tech. GavinClaypool and Nick Smith did thebest job I have yet seen in il­lustrating some of the spectacularimages obtained by Voyager 2 ofthe Uranus system and, at the sametime, putting them in an understan­dable context.

-Matthias Blume

[It was never the intention of theeditors to perpetuate the"counselors are for crazy people"myth. It was precisely because we

To the Editors:"Screw Loose? See Dr. Bruce"

certainly has a certain ring to it. Itsounds kind of funny. But is it ap­propriate for the front page of theTech? Is it an appropriate title foran article about the Caltechcounseling service? Is ridiculingthe people you interview a goodidea?

"It makes people read the arti­cle." Sounds like National Enquirerstrategy to me. After all your fuss­ing about cusswords, I'm surprisedthat you support this method of get­ting the readers' attention.

I wrote the article. I gave it adifferent title. I did not caption thepicture.

Letters to the EditorBruce KahlTo the Editors:

I was pleased to be interviewedby Mr. Blume last week and hadlooked forward to his article on theCaltech Counseling Service,especially as it might inform morestudents of our purpose and func­tion. I was very much disap­pointed, then, by the headlinewhich glared over the story. WhatI tried to make clear during theinterview - and what the "ScrewLoose" title negated - is thatbecause an individual seekscounseling does not mean she or heis crazy, as much as that unfor­tunate stereotype still exists. I alsotried to make clear that theCounseling Service is a place forCaltech students to explore,understand, and resolve their prob­lems in the context of a special,confidential, secure relationshipwith the counselor. My hope is thatstudents at Caltech may view theCounseling Service as an importantresource for them in their educa­tions here, a place for self­enrichment through greater self­awareness. My fear is that theheadline may have dauntedstudents who were consideringcounseling for themselves. I hopethat the editors will show more sen­sitivity to their material and theirreadership in the future.

Sincerely,-L. Bruce Kahl, M.D.

Director, Counseling Service

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Sports Day! All day! At the gym and athletic field!

Tuesday ... February 18

"Humanizing Technology." Lecture by author Elinor Lenz,in Winnett Lounge at 8 PM. Refreshments will be served. Co­sponsored by the Y and the OWe.

Wednesday ... February 19

Noon Update. "Buoyancy-Driven Fluid Motions," discus­sion with John List, Professor of Environmental EngineeringScience. Winnett Clubroom #1. Bring a lunch.

Thursday ... February 20

L.A. Philharmonic-Music by Faure, Debussy, and Strauss.At the Music Center, 8 PM. Tickets are $3 each. Sign up in theY by Monday afternoon.

Friday ... February 21

Noon Concert with Mark Levy. Lunchtime on the Quad.

Movies! Movies! Movies!

The Y has discount passes for the Mann and Pacific Theatres.$3 each. Good anytime.

Any questions, comments, or ideas?Come see us in the Y office or call x6163

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3vibrates. By oscillating in a par­ticular way. for instance. a stringwould be an electron. Also, stringscan join or divide - two comingtogether to form one or onedividing into two. This interactionis the origin of the fundamentalforce, the single force from whichgravity, electromagnetism, and thevarious nuclear forces are derived.This basic coupling of stringsreplaces an infinite number ofpossible interactions that could pro­duce forces in previous quantumtheories of gravity.

Thus we may have found aunique mathematically consistentexplanation of all fundamentalphenomena. Not only does the con­cept of strings propose a single par­ticle that can be varied to representall the myriad particles of the sub­nuclear world, but it also proposesa single source for all of the forces.

An important element ofsuperstring theory is a conceptcalled supersymmetry. Supersym­metry first arose in 1971 in the con­text of string theory in works byPierre Ramond, Andre Neveu, andmyself.

The notions of symmetry is oneof the physicist's most useful tools.Mathematical symmetries aresimilar to the everyday similaritieswe notice between common objectsbut on a much more complex andabstract scale. When elements of aset of equations can be inter­changed or altered, and still thewhole collection displays the sameproperties, it is said to have sym­metry. An elementary example ofthis is radial symmetry: the proper­ties of a sphere's surface are notdisrupted by the sphere's rotation.The concept of symmetry is usefulin the development of theorybecause it can be used to point outimportant similarities betweenwidely different things.

Widely differing things mayhave surprising hidden similaritiesbecause observable nature oftendisregards or "breaks" the sym­metries in natural law. For in­stance, the equations for magneticforce treat all directions the same.but the force emanating from an in­dividual magnet alw;ys points insome particular direction. Thus thesymmetry of the equations in notreflected in a physical magnet. Inlike fashion, all the nine spatialdimensions are mathematicallyequivalent - the equations regard­ing them have symmetry - but inthe observable world, three are

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write without stultifying currentcourses.

3. We recommend that in­troductory social sciences be of­fered consistently each term.

Since all students must take 18units of introductory socialsciences, a greater number of of­ferings is an advantage to thestudents. Particularly, courses inpsychology and anthropology arenot offered each term.

4 . We recommend that coursesin psychology and art history beexpanded.

Students express a desire forcourses in these areas, and the cur­rent offerings are rather narrow inscope.

5. We recommend that coursesin the humanities and socialsciences be offered at certain blocktimes.

Students often have scheduleconflicts with courses in HSS. Ablock offering of these coursesought to minimize the schedulingdifficulties.

As the final reports have not yetbeen submitted, students with sug­gestions are encouraged to contactKen Haynes in Page, 578-9971.

by Ken HaynesThe following are the basic

findings of the Humanities andSocial Sciences Student-FacultyCommittee:

1. We recommend that anhonors program in the humanitiesbe adopted.

Students with an interest inhumanities find it difficult toreceive an education that is con­tinuous and structured within thehumanities division, since coursesare now offered with a great dealof flexibility. An honors program,in which participation is optional,which offers a structured educa­tion, and which may require addi­tional courses, can solve some ofthe difficulties in obtaining a well~

rounded education without chang­ing the current flexibility of coursesfor other students.

2. We recommend that awriting program, as an adjunct tocertain courses, be instituted.

Students perceive a need forlearning the mechanics and struc­ture of clear expository prose. Awriting program which involveswork outside of class with trainedteachers of writing can fill the ex­isting need of students to learn to

for this mav be found in the mostbasic prerriise of quantum fieldtheory. In the theory, gravitons.and all other elementary particles.are described as mathematicalpoints. having no dimension what­soever. This could be the source ofthe problem.

In 1974. the late Frenchphysicist Joel Scherk and I pro­posed that elementary particles arenot points but rather are one­dimensional curves called strings.These strings have zero thickness.Their lengths vary depending onthe circumstances, but their typicalvalue is the Planck length, 10 33

centimeters. That's exceedinglysmall: the Planck length is as muchsmaller than the atom as an atomis smaller than the solar system.

Superstring theories are cur­rently enjoying a surge of populari­ty as it becomes increasingly clearthat they can be used to describe allof the fundamental phenomena ofnature. It is apparently impossibleto construct a mathematically con­sistent quantum theory of gravitywithout using strings. Conversely,it seems impossible to construct amathematically consistent theory ofstrings without including gravity .Superstring calculations, eventhough they involve gravity, do notproduce infinities.

Achieving this unity withsuperstring theory requires a fun­damental alteration in the way weview the geometry of the world.For known string theories to beconsistent, six extra dimensionsmust be added to the usual three,making nine dimensions in all. Thebasic idea is that six dimensions areunobserved because they are toosmall. They are curled up into asort of six-dimensional ball that oc­curs at all points in the space-timecontinuum. It is conceivable that allof the nine spatial dimensions mayonce have been equal, but in themoments following the birth of theuniverse, three of them expanded,leaving the remaining onesshriveled in a little ball.

Two kinds of strings may oc­cur. The open string is a curve withfree ends and the closed string isa continuous curve, or loop, withno free ends. The simplest andmost promising theories involveonly closed strings. Strings engagein some interesting behavior. Firstof all, they move, with anoscillating or vibrating motion.Which of the various elementaryparticles a string representsdepends on the manner in which it

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relativity is very beautiful and suc­cessful, it falls apart when one triesto interpret it quantum mechanical­ly. Quantum calculations based onEinstein's gravity theory give "in­finities," answers that are as absurdas the results you get if you try todivide a number by zero. In thelanguage of the mathematician, thecalculations diverge, or moredescriptively, blow up. This ap­parent clash between gravity andquantum mechanics is the mostsevere obstacle that has arisen in at­tempts to construct a unified fieldtheory. We have found unifyingprinciples that apply to all the otherforces. Only gravity, the forcedescribed by Newton and Einstein,is still a holdout. A likely reason

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THE CALIfORNIA TECHmore - the weak nuclear force andthe strong nuclear force, andpossibly others- that are lessfamiliar because they occur only atnuclear or subnuclear levels. Eachof these various forces is carried byspecific gauge particles. When thesun lights the Earth, the energy istransmitted from the one celestialbody to the other by photons, thegauge particle of elec­tromagnetism. And when the Earthattracts the moon, the two ex­change gravitons, the gauge parti­cle for gravity.

Thus, in the context of quantummechanics, Einstein's theory can beviewed as the theory of a specificelementary particle, the graviton.But although his general theory of

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Stringsfrom page 1have revealed a large number ofparticles that seem to be elemen­tary. meaning that they are notmade up of anything else. Accord­ing to quantum mechanics. themain role of one group of theseparticles, the gauge particles, is totransmit forces between other par­ticles. Thus particles and forces aredeeply interconnected, and anunderstanding of one is tantamountto an understanding of the other.

Gravity and electromagnetismare the most evident forces ineveryday experience. But there are

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fascinating implications. Each E!identifies a separate symmetrygroup. One group gives rise to allknown particles and forces; the se·cond EH gives particles and forcesthat are hidden from observation.It is difficult to be very specificabout the properties of the resultingparticles and forces at this time.But if the pattern turned out to bethe same for both of the Esgroups, there would be some amus­ing consequences. All observableelementary particles would beduplicated by invisiblecounterparts - "shadow matter."Invisible planets, stars, and galax­ies made of shadow matter wouldexist. The only way in whichshadow matter could be detectedwould be through its gravitationalpull, odd effects on the movementof stars or the bending of light pass­ing close to an invisible galaxy.Astrophysicists have long knownthat several types of invisible"darkmatter" must occur in the cosmosto account for various observedproperties of galaxies. Matterassociated with the second E8could be one of its importantconstituents.

The theory of superstrings isabout to enter the period of experi­ment and confirmation. Scientistsare hard at work trying to verifythe effects the theory predicts.Some things will be almost im­possible to test. For example, theexistence of the six extra dimen­sions could be demonstrated by ex­periments in which particle colli­sions at high energies produce new

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closed strings with the SO(32)symmetry and gave evidence thatit is free from anomalies and in­finities. A few months later, twonew superstring theories containingonly closed strings, one withEsxEs symmetry and a second ex­ample with SO(32) symmetry,were formulated by David Gross,Jeffrey Harvey, Emil Martinec,and Ryan Rohm at PrincetonUniversity. These developmentshave created great excitement inthe theoretical physics community.For the first time, it has beendemonstrated that requiring a con­sistent unification with gravity canresolve many of the ambiguitiesthat have plagued quantum fieldtheory. Not only are the twoallowable symmetry groups deter­mined, but so is the complete spec­trum of elementary particles, alltheir interactions, and even thedimensionality of space and time.

A great deal of work is still re­quired to relate superstring theoriesto phenomena observed in thelaboratory. However, largely dueto numerous insights of EdwardWitten at Princeton University, thephenomenology of superstrings isprogressing rapidly. The pro­spects, especially for the EsxEstheory, appear extremely bright. Acrucial step is to deduce a detailedgeometric description of the sixcompact dimensions. This effort ispushing at the frontiers ofmathematics and is resulting in alevel of communication betweenphysicists and mathematicians un­precedented in recent times.

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terms are combined, theycounteract each other in a delicatepattern of cancellations. In super­symmetric string theories­superstring theories - thesecancellations apparently ensure thatwell-defined finite results are ob­tained from the calculations.

In August 1984, Michael Greenof Queen Mary College, Universi­ty of London and I climaxed an in­tense and exhilarating five-yearcollaboration by discovering thatsupersymmetric theories in nine­dimensional space can circumventcertain quantum-mechanical incon­sistencies called anomalies.However, this circumvention onlyworks with two particular versionsof the theory. These versions arenamed for their "symmetrygroups," the specific kind of sym­metry that an individual theoryobeys. The two particular sym­metry groups that word forsuperstring theory are designated inmathematical lingo, SO(32) andEsxEs.

These symmetries are all en­compassing: All knownelementary-particle symmetriescan be contained in either one ofthem. We presented a superstringtheory containing both open and

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Richard Lawson requested$600 to publish the Totem, theCaltech undergraduate literarymagazine. He hopes to print up 800volumes of about 50 pages each.He was allotted $200, and told toreturn if he could not raise suffi-

Arrangements are going wellfor Sports Day, Sunday February16. That's the day after tomorrow!About 100 alumni are expected toshow up. A lot of wild events areplanned, and everyone should havea good time. So come on out andjoin the fun!

Everyone agreed that theathletic department needs to getnew flags for flag football. The oldones were condemned as bogus bya unanimous vote of the IHC. TheIHC will ask Warren Emery to buysome new ones for us.

neatly. Instead, it is necessary topostulate the existence of new par­ticles to serve as partners for eachknown particle. The hypotheticalfermionic partners of the gaugeparticles are given the generalname of gauginos, with morespecific names for specific cases.For example, the partner of thephoton is called the photino. Thebosonic partners or quarks and lep­tons are generically called squarksand sleptons. The partner of theelectron is called the selectron. (Iam proud to say that I am notresponsible for this slanguage.)The gravitino is the supersymmetrypartner of the graviton, the gaugeparticle that carries gravity.

The experimental search forthese conjectural supersymmetryparticles is being vigorously pur­sued. But meanwhile, supersym­metry is already proving useful tothe theorists. Understanding thatthe graviton has a partner was amajor step in advancing ourunderstanding of superstringtheories.

Certain calculations involvingbosons and fermions used to pro­duce infinities. Supersymmetry en­sures that this does not occur. In­stead, when bosonic and fermionic

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An unheard-of 22 people werein attendance at this week's IHCmeeting, presumably to see thefireworks expected in the Page­Fleming RF controversy and thePage-Dabney Discobolus con­troversy. They were on the wholedisappointed, though, aseverything was resolved calmlyand without incident.

Several persons present ex­pressed interest in what was goingto happen between Page and Flem­ing. They had to settle, however,for the knowledge that the entirematter had been resolved in privateby the new and old housepresidents in cooperation with theMOSH.

Several members of DabneyHouse were present to argue theircase in protest of their DiscobolusCross-Country race against Pagelast Sunday. They presented theirclaim that Page did not have a fullteam present at noon, and that theyhad not provided timers. Page triedto plead its case by claiming thatthey should have been allowed aIS-minute grace period. The IHCupheld Dabney's protest by a voteof 5-1, with Fleming abstaining.Dabney maintains possession of theDiscobolus trophy and will hostLloyd in volleyball this weekend.

Chris Brennen and StanBorodinsky presented a list ofpotential rooms to be built in theSouth Complex Basement duringthe upcoming rehabilitation proj­ect. They asked everyone in atten­dance to help rate the ideas on a 1to 3 basis to get an idea ofpriorities. Rated high were musicpractice rooms, an art room, a darkroom, a place for an automatic­teller machine, a bike shop, spacefor a copy machine, more laundryspace, and a Coffeehouse.

from page 3much larger than the other six. Thesame is true for forces, all of whichare equally powerful at extremelyhigh energy levels or temperaturesbut display enormous differencesunder ordinary circumstances.

Supersymmetry is a symmetryunder which the two major classesof subatomic particles can bemathematically interchanged.These two classes are know as fer­mions and bosons. Fermions in­clude the particles known as quarksand leptons. (The electron is an ex­ample of a lepton, whereas the pro­ton is made out of three quarks.)The other class, the bosons, in­cludes gauge particles and is dif­ferentiated from fermions by a pro­perty physicists call spin.

According to supersymmetry,each boson and fermion shouldhave a partner among the oppositeclass of subatomic particles. Whichfermion gets paired with whichboson? The obvious first guess isfor the gauge particles to be thesupersymmetry partners of thequarks and leptons. But that doesnot work; they do not pair up so

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to understand the structure of spaceand time at the tiniest distances andto know the reason for the ex­istence of a very wide range of fun­damental lengths ranging from thePlank length to the radius of the

from page 4kinds of particles with very specificproperties. Unfortunately, smalldimensions, like small particles,must be investigated in machinesthat employ enormous amounts ofenergy. The extra dimensions areprobably so small that the energyrequired to explore them is farbeyond what will be available to usin the foreseeable future.

But other things can be provedor disproved. The search for part­ners for each fermion and boson,as predicted by supersymmetry, isproceeding full blast. There arereasons for believing that theirmasses could be observed in ex­isting or soon to be completed pro­ton colliders. Hints of such par­ticles in recent experiments are tan­talizing. The confirmation ofsupersymmetry would be one ofthe most important discoveries inthe history of modern physics.

Physicists have long had thedream of someday being able tounderstand mass and other proper­ties of elementary particles fromfirst principles. They are anxious

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team of three people. The firstthree events will be bike-riding,swimming, and beer drinking.Each team member will do one ofthese events. The final event of thepolyathlon will be a four-leggedrace with all three team members.

Approximately 100 alumni areexpected to participate as well asmany students and faculty. ChrisBrennen, Master of StudentHouses, stressed the fact that thereis no need to sign up in advance,and that an informal atmospherewill prevail.

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Preparations continue for the1986 Sports Day, which will beheld Sunday, the February 16. Thefestivities are sponsored by theMaster's office, and will begin at10:30 with soccer, tennis, andvolleyball. Following a free lunchat noon on the l~n north of thegym, activities will resume withsoftball at 1:00, and basketball,swimming, and ultimate frisbee at1:30. The day will conclude witha tug-of-war at 2:30, and a

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It is not clear how much of thisprogram will actually be instituted,but it is reasonable to expect someofferings next year. In FredericWong's article, "Baxter Art Closes"(California Tech, 9/21/84), Dr.Goldberger is quoted as saying thatBelloli's and Ward's eliminationsdid not signify a reduction in "ourdedication to art education." Weshall see.

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-AI FansomeBlacker: After three weeks in the Dungeons of Spinor, that evil musterof rotation, I awoke to find Naomi soothing my parched lips- withlife giving water that is. Now back, via the unknown cave, I reportthat which was not naught of late. Yes, there was that titanic clash.Two houses strong and lean- and a yellow ball far stronger than each.Yet, when the clock struck 12, the Big Black Bug felled a crushing

blow. Coming soon to a theatre near you- The Final Victory.And once again it is time for the changing of the guard. Nolan goes

back to the ocean from which he was spawned. Congratulations Nancy,the jacket is yours. And don't forget young Scott. Drink long and wellmy son.

But then came the greatest peril known to man. BROOMBALL!Yes, the terror of Spinor now seemed no more than a child's top. Manymaniacal moles maurauding and molesting move mighty mole men andmisses, but mostly, merrily making magnificent maneuvers modify­ing motion of the broomball.

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Fleming: The Page House Story: Once upon a time, Rambo movedinto Page House and got himself a following of half-witted soldiersof fortune, which endeared him much to the rest of the Boys. Thenhe got them all syndicated and began with the moronic maneuvers cam­pus wide, winning respect and admiration at every turn.

The Fleming House Story: Once upon a time, Chaz moved intoFleming ...

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-JRuddock: The original Inside World is back, and bigger and betterthan ever! What's happening in the house? Inquiring Techers want toknow. Are house elections open or closed? Who will be the new houseBOC rep? How long has Mark Vagins been awake? What is the secretrelationship between Ed and Vito? These and many other questionswon't be answered, so there.

In the news: Fred aced (?) his Chemlb midterm after not goingto class all term - what a blaze. Last Friday was a party night. Ruddsfinally showered Spaz for his birthday; everyone had his own specialway of celebrating. Some watched a dirty movie, but the people blockedinto Dancin's room mayor may not have had the most fun. No onetalked, but Cynthia was smiling when she came out. Hot buttered Bet­sy was good, too, don't you think, Craig?

Alley Four Flap Week quietly tucked itself in without a spilt drop.Taney says, "Be a man, not a sap; skip the band, use the flap." Baffled?Ask him about it, coming soon to a john near you.

It's been a hot throbbing election week, but the best is yet to come.Everyone show up in the dining room tonight for pizza, beer, and impo­tent house offices- ice cream comes afterward. Underclassmen shouldmake a special point of being there- you'll need as many as you canget if you want to come close to showering Dough-boy. Good luck­you'll need it. Vote in ASCIT runoffs too, but let's be careful out there.

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rehearsing, she soon found that thecreative energy of the dancers wasgood for building collective ideas.As Liz put it, "It's been very ex­citing for me to collaborate withpeople whose lives evolve in ascientific community ... Peoplehave been very receptive to myideas; my ideas have all fallen onfertile ground." Liz again stressesthe analogy between artist andscientist: "There is a commonground ... a basic intelligence tyingus together."

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dance separately and then fit it backinto the music, paring off or addingon when necessary. Not choreo­graphing note for note- "mickey­mousing it" as she calls it - , allowseach dance to be conceived andlearned as a whole on its own andencourages participation of thedancers in the choreography.

The participation of the dancershas been the key in Liz's choreo­graphy. Although she initiallywanted to have all of the dancesplanned before she actually started

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In creating the dances forKismet Liz said that she listenedcarefully to the music but did notchoreograph the dances measure bymeasure. Rather, she created each

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Kismet contain a full or partialchorus and Liz felt it important toparticipate in the blocking processin order to keep the "mass move­ment" interesting and thematic. "Ifelt my role was mixed with block­ing large scenes; I wanted to helppaint the overall picture."

A good example of the overallpicture that Liz hopes to achieve inKismet is in the Harem scene inwhich Liz plays with counterpointin the dancing in order to create "asense of busyness with unity."Various groups of dancers are in-

Liz Oberstein, a modern dance instructor at Caltech, directs Tacit's mostrecent production- Kismet.

A recent article appearing in theLos Angeles Times compared fiftyof the world's great scientists to ar­tists. The analogy was based on thepremise that both artists and scien­tists begin by visualizing a formthat has not previously existed andthen creating that form to fill thevoid.

Liz Oberstein, who teachesmodern dance here at Caltech, hasfound proof of this analogy in herstudents and particularly in work­ing with the Caltech-1PL com­munity as choreographer forTACIT's production of Kismet.

When Liz was asked to work onthe choreography for Kismet, shewas excited about the opportunity.She was already familiar with themusic and knew that the elementscontained in the music and imagerycomplemented her background andinterests in modern dance.

Kismet offers unique oppor­tunities for the choreographer andthe dancer as several characters arecompletely developed through themedium of dance. The charactersof the Ababu princesses, threeAmazonian maidens brought in towed the Caliph, for example, areentirely developed through theirathletic, war-like dances. TheAbabus dance their statements andthe atypical musical imagery thataccompanies them allows them tostress their strength and humor.Two other minor characters,Zubidiah of Damascus and Samarisof Bangalor, are also fullydeveloped through dance.Zubidiah, a seductive contender tothe Caliph's hand, and Samaris, aprincess of Bangladesh, have onedance each in which to state theirprupose and build the character thatthey wish to project to the au­dience. Liz said that these solosdeveloped quickly, drawing prin­cipally off of the skills of the in­dividual dancers as they createdtheir characters.

Another opportunity thatKismet offered the choreographerwas involvement in blocking thescenes. Many. of the scenes in

Science, Art, Kismet

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in dealing with organized crime,and the politics of police depart­ments, where a polite hack is moresuccessful than an abrasive super­cop. Still, the whole thing is puttogether well, and sustains a highlevel of suspense throughout.

The moral of FIX: never get aspecial effects man mad. Go see it.

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The earth will stand still tomorrow when the Southern California Skep­tics present "The UFO Verdict: Examining the Evidence." See announce­ment on last page.

masks. A pity, because the othereffects were good, especially whenRollie created one effect that hecouldn't tell from the real thing.

FIX uses a few standard plotlines, questioning the morality ofprotecting a bad guy who changessides, the safety of giving theJustice Department carte blanche

up in a bizarre web of plots,murders, and "murders", one inwhich Rollie is considered a looseend to be tied up. Permanently. Alot of other good actors and ac­tresses make appearances, but theymight as well be scenery comparedto Brown, Dennehy and Adams.

Robert Megginson and GregoryFleeman turned in a script withremarkably few plot holes, andthose few are explainable. Thevisual effects and photographywere well done, making almostevery special effect convincing.The only flaw here is that, just likein the old Mission: Impossibleepisodes, they faked a couple ofscenes that involved full facial

killing in a public restaurant. Thewhole thing is being done to pro­tect a mobster who has turnedgovernment witness. Well, themoney's right, and a few qualmsover the circumstances are easilyovercome by Rollie. What could gowrong? A lot, and FIX becomes anexciting adventure movie, alongwith providing more ideas for greatRF's than Real Genius.

Brian Dennehy (the alien leaderfrom Cocoon) plays a tough,unstoppable police detective whofinds himself in a baffling case.Mason Adams (he played Charlieon Lou Grant) is the JusticeDepartment chief who pulls thestrings. RoBie finds himself caught

You'll Love the FIXby Nick Smith

FIXOrion PicturesDirected by Robert Mandel

If you want somebody killed,you hire a professional killer,right? Well, who do you hire if youwant to convince people you'vekilled someone, without actuallydoing it? You hire the best moviespecial effects technician you canfind, according to the premise ofFIX.

Bryan Brown plays RollieTyler, a wizard at creating fakescenes of mayhem in horrormovies. He's approached by theJustice Department to stage a fake

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Campus Career FairThursday, February 20

I.C. Design Engineers should plan on meeting with our representatives at the Career Fair on campusThursday, February 20 to find out about our exciting plans and the opportunities they can mean for you.Not only are we adding I.C. Design Engineers to the staff of our Silicon Valley headquarters, but we haveopportunities available for: Product Engineers, Hardware Engineers, Test Engineers and Software Engineersas well as for Process Engineers at our state-of-the-art Class 10 wafer fabrication facility in Nampa, Idaho.

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Real Genius ScreeningDirector Martha Coolidge and

other people affiliated with thefilming of Real Genius will attenda screening of the movie at USCand hope lots of Techers will at­tend. The screening will be Tues­day, February 18 at 9:30 p.m. inNorris Cinema Theatre. DKA, theorganization responsible for thescreening, has given permission forTechers to take over the projectionbooth. Bring popcorn and bringyour bunny slippers!

Admission is $2.50 but will bewaived for people who bring work­ing lasers. If you are able to com­ply with this provision, please con­tact Astrid Golomb on Tuesday at(213) 743-6797, or Bruce Tiemannin Ricketts House.

Conile Cascino, a documentaryfilm about the poverty in Palermo,Sicily, and its relationship to theMafia there, will be shown in Bax­ter Lecture Hall Thursday,February 20. The movie will beginat 7:30, and is being presented inconnection with Professor RobertRosenstone's history class indocumentary film making. Theclass is being taught in cooperationwith Melon Lecturer, JillGodmilow.

This film was originally madein 1961 for an "NBC White Paper," Thief!- Brandon Mymudes steals second base for Caltech in the Beavers' 11-6 victory over PCBBC on Tuesday afternoon.but was never released by the net­work due to its politically sensitivenature. The director of the film,Bob Young will make a personalappearance.

Young has won numerousawards for his film work, includingthe Peabody Award for the filmsSit-in and Angola: Journey to aWar. Other films include Nothingbut a Man and the well-knownprison documentary Short Eyes.

For more information callx6624 at the Public RelationsOffice.

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friday, February 14, 1986 THE CALIFORNIA TECH 11

Towers- Center Brett Bush finds himself in trouble in the game vs. Oxy.

Caltech HockeyFall to CSUF

Ice Wars- George Yates, captain of the Caltech Hockey Clu~ is held backby a Cal State Fullerton opponent and his stick in Tuesday evening's match.

by Marty Zimmerman period, however, Caltech's luck ranTuesday night the Beavers put out as Fullerton scored four goals

out a strong effort but were never- in under two minutes, two of thesetheless defeated by Cal State goals coming only 15 secondsFullerton, the top team in the apart. The final score was 11-0.league. Though the team was very Peter finished the match withphysical, the hitting was clean and 51 saves - an incredible numberthere were only two penalties in the reflecting both his skill in the netgame - none by Caltech. and the poor work of the Caltech

The game was never really skaters in their own zone.close, but the score was nearly Next week's match against theeven for awhile. This was thanks UCLA Bruins is the final regularmostly to the fine play of goalie season game of the year. ThisPeter Dowd, who had a magnifi- should prove to be a good gamecent game. During the first period because the Bruins are not one ofFullerton had 21 shots on goal, and the top teams in the division.Peter stopped 20 of these. Thanks go out to all of the fans who

Midway through the second came out this week.

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12 THE CALIFORNIA TECH Friday, February 14, 1986

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Uranus EncounterNo, this announcement isn't

late.Mr. Michael Urban will present

a lecture entitled "Uranus En­counter" at 7 pm on Saturday,February 22 in the Von KarmanAuditorium at IPL.

Mr. Urban is leader of the Ad­vanced Software DevelopmentGroup for the Voyager Project atIPL. He will talk about theVoyager Project with emphasis onthe preliminary results of theUranus Encounter.

The lecture is one of many ac­tivities sponsored by the Organiza­tion for the Advancement of SpaceIndustrialization and Settlement(OASIS). The organization is anon-profit educational group whichpromotes space development.

The public is invited; there isno admission charge. For more in­formation about this lecture orother OASIS activities call F.Wiley Li vermont at (818)700-8382.

Memorial Math TalkDr. Ivan Niven, Professor of

Mathematics at the University ofOregon, will deliver the LeonidasAlaoglu Memorial Lecture onTuesday, February 18 at 4:15 pmin 22 Gates. The lecture will be on"A Problem of Ulam on ihe BinarySearch Algorithm." Niven, whoseprimary research has been in thearea of number theory, is theauthor of seventy papers and sevenbooks, including co-authoring aclassical number-theory text withHerbert S. Zuckerman. Niven isalso the immediate past presidentof the Mathematical Association ofAmerica.

The Leonidas AlaogluMemorial Lecture was establishedby friends and family of the lateLeonidas Alaoglu in recognition ofhis great talents, his distinguishedcontributions to mathematics, andhis long friendship with Caltech.The Institute is privileged to honorhis memory with a lecture eachyear by an outstandingmathematician.

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Scholarships for BlindThe National Federation of the

Blind Scholarship Committee is of­fering scholarships for blindstudents who excell in their field ofstudy and who have financial need.For further information please con­tact the Financial Aid Office,Room 10 Parsons-Gates. Applica­tion deadline: March 31, 1986.

O'er Junge TorlessAll are invited to a showing of

Der Junge Torless in Baxter Lec­ture Hall on February 17 at 7: 30pm. Based on a novel by RobertMusil, young T6rless is brought upin a boarding school and sees howhis fellow schoolmates sadistical­ly torture a classmate of his. Thefilm is played mainly by unknownactors and was a multi-prizewinner.

Coin AuctionA coin auction will highlight

the February 19 meeting of theCaltech-1PL Numismatic Society.Included in the sale are examplesof old American coinage no longerin circulation from cents to silverdollars. Often there are items of in­terest for the collector of foreigncoins. Bargains are available tothose prepared to engage inenergetic bidding to enhance theircollections. All Caltech-1PL per­sonnel and their families arewelcome to attend meetings heldthe third Wednesday of each monthat 7:30 pm in room 168 of theChurch Laboratory Building.

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phony Orchestra will be perform­ing its second concert program ofthe 1985-86 school year on Tues­day, February 18 and Wednesday,February 19 at Thome Hall, on theOccidental campus, and GarlandTheatre, on the Polytechnic SchoolCampus (on the corner of Cornelland Wilson Ave.). The concertswill be at 8:00 pm and will featureguitarist Darryl Denning in theGuitar Concerto by Vivaldi, aswell as the Orchestra, under thedirection of Dr. Allen RobertGross, in Symphony no. 35 byMozart and Billy the Kid by AaronCopland. The concert is free andopen to the public. For more infor­mation, please call (213)259-2785.

Squash Racquets ClubAll those interested in playing

squash ata recreational and/orcompetitive level, please contacteither Leo Merken (440-9092) orSalim Khan (304-0719, MarksHouse). Currently, due to theunavailability of courts at Caltechwe would have to use the exhor­bitantly priced facilities of thePasadena YMCA. If enough peo­ple are interested, however, thereis a very good chance of getting theclub subsidized by Caltech.

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Career DayThe Annual Caltech Career

Day will be Thursday, February 20in the Winnett Student Center.Open House hours will be from 11am through 3:30 pm. During thistime over 30 organizations willhave representatives who areready, willing and eager to talkwith students of ALL levels aboutall kinds of career and employmentquestions. Come and gather infor­mation on employment re­quirements, current company proj­ects or summer hire policies andprograms or put on your three­piece suit and pursue serious inter­view opportunities. For more in­formation or to see the list oforganizations, come down to theCDC, 08 Parsons-Gates.

See KismetTickets for Kismet are on sale

now at the Caltech ticket office.They are $5.00 for students, $7.50for staff and faculty. Performancesare Fri. Feb. 21 and 28, Sat. Feb.22 and March 1, and Sun. Feb. 23at 8 pm, and Sat. and Sun. March1 and 2 at 2 pm. Seating is reserv­ed and they're going fast, so buyyour tickets now.

Methods in MathThe second talk of the

"Methods in Mathematics" is"Polya's Method of CountingHydrocarbons" by Dr. PhilHanlon. This method is a power­ful method for counting certainkinds of graphs. The talk will begiven at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, Feb.18 in 151 Sloan. Refreshments willbe served after the talk.

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Enterprise ForumThe Caltech/MIT Enterprise

Forum will be held on Tuesday,Feb. 18 at 7:00 pm in Baxter Hall.Thomas Tisone, President ofNouvas Manufacturing Tech­nology Company of Santa Ana,will present his business plan to apanel of technical, financial andmarketing experts. Nouvas wasfounded in 1982 to manufactureand market assembly and testequipment, work stations and com­ponents into the factory automationmarket. Free to Caltech studetnswith ID.

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vanced alien civilizations or ofsloppy journalism? Who's coveringup more facts and fallacies, thePentagon or the New York Times?Are aliens really investigatingmilitary bases and the best fishingspots? Find out tomorrow in afascinating lecture in Baxter Lec­ture Hall.

Phillip Klass, senior editor ofAviation Week and SpaceTechnology and an internationallyrecognized authority on the subjectof UFOs, will discuss "The UFOVerdict: Examining the Evidence."The lecture will take place in Bax­ter Lecture Hall on Saturday, Feb.15 at 2:00 pm. Free and open to thepublic. The lecture is sponsored bythe Southern California Skepticsand the Caltech Y.

Phillip Klass is the author ofUFOs: The Public Deceived (TheLos Angeles Times called it "Afascinating and detailed analysis")and UFOs Explained as well ashundreds of articles concerningUFOs.

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