October 17, 2023

New to Pasadena? Here’s some fun one-time and recurring events to check out with your friends! Seasonal events: Knott’s Scary Farm Now - October 31, >$60 Knotts Berry Farm Marking its 50th year in the running, Knott’s Berry Farm turns into a haunting park of themed mazes and attractions, with scare actors and spooky decorations. Pasadena Pumpkin Patch Monday - Friday, 12 pm - 10 pm, $2 entry (best bring cash) 900 N Lake Avenue This little patch is just up on North La

John Darnielle, lead singer for The Mountain Goats Chances are, if you ask around on campus if a person listens to the Mountain Goats, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a “yes.” But at a school with people as unique as Caltech students, you’re bound to find at least a few devoted fans. Last Friday (10.6), The Mountain Goats performed live at the Belasco, with an emotionally raw, down-to-earth, and folk-rock inspired performance. Beginning the show with an audio clip setting the theme for their nex

At the start of 2023, students began to hear rumors of major renovations coming to Braun Athletic Center and Scott Brown Gym. We heard that the distribution of gym equipment would be changing, that the athletic training office would be moving, and circulating most of all, that the locker rooms were to see major renovations. For students and members, athletes and otherwise, this was an exciting change. The locker rooms had been outdated for a long time, both in their facilities and the ideas they

Q I’m a grad student looking for club funding. How do I go about applying for money? -Madeline Hatter A Simple! Just follow this 4-step plan: Create a crap club that sounds interesting but niche enough to discourage participation, allowing you to retain more funds. Propose the most costly items related to your club idea, requesting all of them, and I mean ALL OF THEM! Send in a request to the treasurer of the Associated Students of Caltech (ASCIT, the undergraduate studen

The Caltech Men’s Water Polo and Men’s Soccer teams saw success on Friday, October 13th and Saturday, October 14th – a strong start to the weekend for Caltech athletics. Men’s Water Polo took two wins for the day, beginning with a 16-6 win against Fullerton College at 10:15 AM and racking up 23-5 about an hour later, at 11:30 AM, against Crafton Hills. Eight of their 11 player roster scored in the first game alone, with sophomore Bram Schork (ME ’26, Fleming) racking up a

On Friday, September 29, 2023, the Caltech Graduate Students and Postdocs United (C/GPU) hosted a rally to celebrate reaching a majority of signed union authorization cards. For those unfamiliar or just confused about the process, this was not a vote. Those in charge of the union effort made it clear that according to their recorded numbers, enough graduate students and postdocs currently support moving forward to a vote to force the issue. These same leaders have also been very vocal about the

After arriving at Caltech, one of the first things I noticed about the campus once I finally had time to wander around was that, from what I could tell, this place lacked a consistent architectural style. There’s a mix of Spanish-style architecture like Beckman Institute, more modern-looking buildings like Chen, and silly guys like the Beckman Hall (and also ugly ass ones like Downs-Lauritsen). This mixing of styles continues inside, with some buildings like Bridge keeping their old-fashioned st

A common concern heard among the undergraduates on registration day these past few terms is “there aren’t enough hums!”. Broadly referring to all Humanities and Social Science (HSS) courses offered in a given term by the word ‘hum’, what specifically does the statement mean? That there aren’t enough advanced humanities courses being offered in any given term (i.e. not enough_ total HSS courses)? That there isn’t enough breadth of courses to satisfy their interests (i.e. not enough “interesting

It’s the beginning of term, and the new frosh class are met with their first challenge of the year: attempting to socialize with random upperclass students. Each night for their first week at Caltech they rotate, attending events from all the houses, trying to find the perfect fit for their four years at Caltech. Then comes the cannon fire, and rotation comes to an end. The end of rotation brings every frosh a new housing assignment they have to move into. A very exhausting day follows as frosh

While Caltech is able to house all undergraduate students who wish to live on campus, this is not the case for graduate students. Only G1’s are guaranteed housing from the Housing Office; thereafter, graduates must enter an extremely competitive lottery to live in Caltech-owned apartments. In an effort to provide more housing, Caltech bought an apartment building at 400 S Mentor on May 31, 2023. According to Redfin Real Estate, it was sold to Caltech for $7.5 million and contains 21 rental unit

Tik Tak… Tik Tak, it is almost 1 PM. Lengthy queues of visitors inundated Caltech’s halls, eager to immerse themselves in Caltech’s scientific event “Sci-Fi to Sci-Fact”. The atmosphere in Beckman Auditorium crackled with anticipation as Caltech Science Exchange organized an evening where science seamlessly merged with the silver screen, igniting imaginations and sparking AI-focused conversations. Moderated by Latif Nasser, co-host of Radiolab, this event provided a unique opportunity for its