Dear Quail, Housing lottery numbers just came out for fall term, and I was not originally planning on living in the house. However, behind excomm members, I have the highest pick in my year (!!) in the house and I am being inundated with requests from people I barely know to be my roommate. The problem is that I am an extreme people pleaser and I am having a hard time rejecting just
Standing tall on Caltech campus, an Engelmann Oak towered over Hameetman Center right outside of the Red Door café exit. Then it fell on March 2. The fallen tree blocked the walkway from the North Houses and Browne Dining Hall to Spalding and Keck. Security soon surrounded the tree and blocked off the area with caution tape. Upon questioning about the fate of the tree, security responded that the arborist would come to cut down the tree, and the walkway was free the next day. To this day, no rep
Multicultural Fashion Show Saturday 4/29 4:30-7pm Beckman Lawn Enjoy a show celebrating a diversity of cultures through clothing, music, performances, and food. This inaugural event will showcase the cultural attire, food, music, and dance unique to the various cultural groups that constitute the Caltech community. The show has a focus on cultural and traditional fashion, with performances with cultural instruments and dance to highlight the talents and diversity of those involved. See and ce
ASCIT Board of Directors Meeting Minutes for April 16, 2023. Taken by Jonathan Booker. Officers Present: Kavya Rajagopalan, Gabi Twombly, Shwetha, Matticus Brown, Rachel Ding, Jonathan Booker Floor: Michael Gutierrez Call to Order: 7:10 Officer’s Reports: President (Kavya) VPSA Meeting on 4-19 We are potentially getting an active advisor. Guutz has been active with the current one. Guutz: A lot of people are discouraged to take the journalism class because it is
This term, 3 new bylaws amendments have been proposed by Board of Directors of the Associated Students of the California Institute of Technology on Sunday, April 9th, 2023. These proposed bylaws cover 3 areas of student life: increasing the current number of Board of Control (BoC) secretaries from 2 to 4, mandating more checks to the California Tech’s finances, and raising student dues paid to ASCIT. The vote was held Friday, April 21st, 2023 and the results have not come out as of the time of w
On Tuesday, April 18th, Caltech held its biannual Student Faculty Conference (SFC), an all-day forum between students and faculty about individual majors, and undergraduate academics as a whole. The conference, one of the few times the Caltech community gets to formally have their complaints heard, was held in person for the first time since 2019. Throughout this past year, the Academics and Research Committee (ARC) planned the event, creating SFC committees composed of students and faculty th
It’s spring, and with the changing of the season comes the fantastic sight of turtles zooming around campus. It can be very amusing to see turtles out as far as the Atheneum or swimming in the Caltech Hall Pond. But why do they do this, and should they be stopped? Is the turtle menace going to take over campus? There are over 99 turtles that call the turtle pond their home. The population is mainly composed of red-eared sliders although there are 1 or 2 softshell turtles as well. There are also
Flashback to 1965. The integrated circuit was already heralding a revolution in computation, empowering Fairchild Semiconductor to become its sole profitable manufacturer in the United States. The 35th anniversary edition of the Electronics magazine contained a piece titled ‘Cramming more components onto integrated circuits.’ It was written by Goordon Moore (PhD ‘54), the then Director of Research and Development at Fairchild Semiconductor, under the helm of this burgeoning industry. It’s in th
Regardless of whether you’re an early bird or a night owl, you have probably noticed a difference or two in the Red Door menu this term. The breakfast menu offers a brand new Blueberry Waffle dish, the Pulled Pork Sandwich was swapped out for a Ham Mozzarella one, and the Corndog has become a new nighttime favorite. What’s up with the sudden change? Are these new items here to stay? “So these are things we are rotating! What we try to do is every term we will bring in something new for everyone
Present: Leo Williams, Aditee Prabhutendolkar, Sophie Elam, Rik Bose, Tomas Wexler, Parul Singh, Andrew Pasco, Emma Isella, Meg Robertson, Randy Ngo Floor: Luna Brooker Call to order: 2:06 pm Reminders Meeting with Vanessa Tues 12-1 Live transcript SE: I met with Joe and he approved the Page room switch thing, but they don’t want to go under 34 Bechtel spots – frosh want the option to pre-opt to prevent anxiety, so they want to keep it at 34. But on Friday I got an email from
The 2023 ASCIT formal was a resounding success. Held at the LA Natural History Museum, their famous dioramas and dinosaur bones set the ambiance. Transportation was comparable to last year’s–not a massive surprise given the venue was directly next to last year’s venue, the California Science Center. Pictures galore were available via multiple photographers present at the venue. Wit