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Page Hovse kicked off Interhouse season with a full-throttle throwback to the year 2000—back when the world braced for computer doom and dial-up tones counted as much.

Tom Mannion (left) and the much-beloved Davey (right).

On a late September morning, a caravan of first-year students and faculty packed into SUVs and drove about 30 miles down Highway 101, windows down, the smell of salty ocean air rushing through the cars.

At the heart of Caltech’s accessibility initiatives are Jocelyn Vargas and Chris Barragan, who work side by side at the Center for Student Success. I sat down with them last week to discuss how they help ensure access and equity for all members of the community.

Who’s the smartest creature on the Caltech campus? You might think of a brilliant classmate who is always on top of everything, or a witty professor known for sharp remarks during your torturing candidacy exams. But at the pinnacle of the non-human world are a group of birds you might easily mistake for shadows—members of the corvid family: American crows and common ravens.

To the new students at Caltech: welcome! And to returning readers of the Tech: you may have seen my occasional obscure (and sometimes nerdy) coverage of animal lives on campus.

This fall, Caltech introduced its pilot Integrated Core curriculum, a new approach to the first-year experience designed by faculty members collaborating across all five divisions.

The email pops up on my screen: of course, today is FoodFest! Who knows what surprises Tom Mannion—the mastermind of it all—has planned for us.

ASCIT 2025 Spring Elections: Candidate Statements

Since before the Institute bore its present name, athletics has played a vital role in the Caltech experience as a means of supporting students’ overall health and wellbeing.