Gary Lorden to Retire After 40 Years as a Statistics Professor
June 1st, 2009
His name is synonymous around Caltech with the show "Numb3rs". Undergraduates all know him from Math 2b, the Core probability and statistics course. Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end. Math professor Gary Lorden will retire this su...Groundbreaking Party Brings DJ Earworm to Campus
June 1st, 2009
It is rare to find Britney Spears and the Beatles on the same play list; it is even rarer to find them within the same song, but Caltech students had the opportunity to personally taste such unexpected, heady blends at Mashup Massive, a unique, s...Two More Students Win Fellowships Abroad
June 1st, 2009
Ila Varma and Benji Lin are the latest Caltech students to win fellowships abroad, Varma with a Fulbright to study in the Netherlands and Lin with a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship to study in Norway. Varma, a senior in Ruddock, will begin this...Ditch Day Offers Students a Break from Classes
June 1st, 2009
This Wednesday, most Caltech students were involved in stranger things than usual. Whether it was rescuing Princess Zelda, whacking each other with giant blue balls, or riding around in a shopping cart covered with tiger fur, at least for most stu...Students may see more loans, smaller merit awards
June 1st, 2009
With the recetn decrease in the endowment, many students can expect to see a change in what they are awarded in financial aid for the upcoming year. As part of an effort to make ends meet, the Caltech Financial Aid Office will likely issue st...Friends and family remember Brian Go
June 1st, 2009
Page House president Brian Go passed away on campus on May 17. Brian was a junior double majoring in applied math and computer science, was a TA for CS 2 and CS 38, played ultimate Frisbee, and fenced. Brian has two younger siblings, a brother ...We Need McCain's Spending Freeze
June 1st, 2009
With the rejection of Propositions 1a-1e, some in Sacramento are asking Washington to help with the state's $21 billion deficit. Think of a teenager who maxed out his or her credit card and asks his or her parents for a bail out. The problem is th...Return of a Caltech Tradition Mudeo is good ol' wrestlin'
June 1st, 2009
Mudeo is one of Caltech's oldest traditions. If you look through any of the old Big T's there's usually several pages devoted to photographs of Techers coated head to toe in mud. There are pictures of people wrestling, playing tackle football, w...Niles Pierce Gives Watson Lecture on “programmable chemistry”
June 1st, 2009
Two weeks ago, Niles Pierce delivered the final Watson Lecture of the year titled, "In Pursuit of Programmable Molecule Technologies," which described his method of "programming" polymers like DNA to act in a predictable manner. Pierce, assist...Students and Staff Gather in Performance of Galileo
June 1st, 2009
ver the past two weekends, Theater Arts at Caltech (TACIT) has given six performances of Bertolt Brecht's Life of Galileo. The performances, directed by Brian Brophy, were outside at the Gates Annex Patio. The audience sat in chairs on the grass a...Pixar takes it UP another level
June 1st, 2009
Balloons, light, and fun party favors can bring out the child in all of us. Pixar's "Up" has no shortage of party balloons and may be the first movie to offer them such an enormous amount of screen time. And so there is a little bit of foresh...Broad Cafe, Round 2
June 1st, 2009
Since our first review two years ago, Broad Cafe has been known for serving Mexican food. Before that it was Thai. Now, Broad has undergone another transformation, this time serving up sandwiches, deli style. Walking into Broad during lunch hour, ...
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