The Tech’s Arts section is proud to present the March Art Spotlight, featuring the work of Aelin Hunt, Jen Hu, and Alicia Zhang. The artists were selected by the Arts section editors from a pool of submissions. The Tech is always looking for new art submissions, so if you are interested in submitting your work, please email tech@caltech.edu. Chomgp by Ae
How long have you worked in the Equity and Title IX office? I became Caltech’s Title IX Coordinator and started managing the Equity and Title IX Office in July 2019. We address issues of sexual misconduct, relationship violence, and stalking, as well as unlawful discrimination and harassment based on legally protected characteristics, including sex, gender, gender identi
A new advice column about life, love, classes, and everything in between! Brought to you by the one and only California Tech. Dear Quail, _I recently started seeing someone and it’s going super well! I’m really into him and he seems really into me. The only problem is that our relationship is constantly being mentioned on Fizz, and not in a very flattering way. It’s gotten to th
For almost as long as Caltech had undergraduate students, the institute has guaranteed its students housing on campus for four years. This policy stood until 2021, when the Institute had a record yield rate of 54% of admitted students. This, combined with the numerous students who took a gap year during the 2020-21 school year, meant that there were too many students for the nine resi
2022’s Frosh Camp Counselors attempted rallied in support of getting all incoming frosh orange crewmate plushies from the video game Among Us. The following are real emails sent in support. Studying at Caltech is a lot like crewing a spaceship. You get to work alongside some of the most talented people on Earth, you’re constantly doing science in order to survive, and the environme
*In November 2022, the Caltech Center for Inclusion and Diversity (CCID) welcomed a new Program Coordinator, Meri Makhmuryan, to join the staff. On the second floor of the Center for Student Services, the CCID serves to “provide education, advocacy and allyship to foster an inclusive campus community across individuals from all student, postdoctoral scholar, faculty, and staff groups.” * 
On the first day of winter term, on-campus students woke up to find small glossy flyers outside their doors, advertising an app called “Fizz”. Throughout the day, representatives gave out free donuts outside Hameetman to incentivize students to download the app. The invasion had begun. Fizz is a social media platform designed specifically for college students: you need a university email to create an account, and you can only interact with your university’s feed. So, while Fizz has launched at
It was a simpler time three years ago. On March 3rd, 2020, students submitted their assignments they wrote up on sheets of paper to physical drop boxes, the most interesting thing that happened on campus in the past two weeks was a party put on by the undergrad house we now know as Venerable, and the article with title “Coronavirus Cases Pop Up Across U.S. Over Weekend” wasn’t a bi
Last Friday, on the 24th of February, a group of about 40 Caltech graduate students and postdoctoral researchers delivered a petition signed by over 400 of our colleagues, in support of an international graduate student. Facing unjust retaliatory action from the Institute, the student risks losing th
Page Interhouse: EDC Doppelgänger? Page’s Interhouse Party was held on Saturday, November 19th from 10PM to 2AM in Page courtyard. We interviewed Arya Mevada, the former Page House President, about planning the event and his hopes for the outcome. Q: What was your theme, and how did you bring it to life? A: Our theme was Music Festival, and like most music festivals, we focused on getting a lot of lights and colors and such around the event. We got a lot of inspiration from EDC and had a
Tom Mannion is the Senior Director of Student Activities and Programs at the Office of Residential Experience and the instructor of Caltech’s cooking class. These are two recipes from his collection! Smoked Salmon Tartare Ingredients One side of smoked salmon 1 ½ cups finely chopped shallots 1 cup finely chopped chives EVO to moisten Salt to taste (tbsp?) Creme