Michael Gutierrez

Background According to a recent estimate, more than 250 students at Caltech receive some form of disability accommodation – academic, housing, dietary, or otherwise. The job of granting, bookkeeping, and administering these accommodations used to be handled by the Deans’ Office until the Caltech Accessibility Services for Students (CASS) office was established c. Summer 2018. Its former director, Marc Lazar, worked there from November 2018 through December 2022 before giving his 30 days’

Since the very first day I stepped foot on campus for winter term, I knew Fizz was going to be nothing but trouble. No worthwhile product has ever been advertised with colorful cardstock flyers delivered to doorsteps. They were already trying way too hard, even before the offers of $15 and free Krispy Kreme donuts if you re-shared their ads on Instagram. I felt invaded — ca

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One of the best things about Caltech is the autonomy that students are afforded. It’s no exaggeration to say life as we know it would not be possible without the Honor Code. We often take this implicit trust between students, faculty, and staff, for granted. But as in any relationship, this trust can start to degrade over time if it is not reassessed and reaffirmed. By many accounts, the past few years have been a rough patch – owing in large part to the pandemic, among several other factors.