October 31, 2023

This past week marked the conclusion of one of Caltech’s many traditions: interhouse dodgeball. Interhouse sports have been a Caltech tradition for as long as records can show, dating back to at least the 1950s, if not earlier. And, as the first interhouse sport of the year, interhouse dodgeball is an excellent opportunity to integrate the freshly rotated first year students into this long standing interhouse and intrahouse culture, all of which is accomplished by pitting them against each other

After 20 years, ArroyoFest comes back! “This is for all the people who dream of a better city with safe bikeways, public transit, parks and open spaces, walkable streets and affordable housing and a visible, diverse cultural heritage,” says Marcus Renner, co-organizer of the first ArroyoFest. This past Sunday, thousands in and around the Pasadena area left their cars at home and dusted off their rollerblades, skateboards, and bikes to take the (hopefully not) once in a lifetime chance to

Caltech is known for its rigorous academic environment, but beneath the surface lies a community of student-athletes who defy the odds daily, balancing their passion for their sport with the demands of academic life. One such athlete is Sam Small, a junior BioE major, minoring in Chemistry. His journey provides an enlightening perspective on what it’s like to be a student-athlete at Caltech. Waking up at 6:30 am, Sam’s day begins with a morning lift in the gym from 7 to 8:30 am. Refueling quick

Following the C/GPU majority support rally at Caltech Hall, discussions about grad and postdoc unionization have become increasingly urgent. We are writing to endorse the movement to form a labor union for graduate students and postdocs at Caltech. Our research is diverse, spanning microbiology, environmental science, systems biology, quantum optics, and gravitational physics. Forming a union would empower us to negotiate better working conditions, which in turn will improve our ability to produ

It’s been a month since Rotation ended and I’m finally ready to talk about it again. Damn, that sounds so dramatic. It’s like I’m some celebrity breaking their silence about why the band broke up. Let me start by saying, it’s not that deep. It’s just exhausting (as I’m sure you all are aware). As we all look back on Rotation, I imagine there are common themes and experiences we all can identify with. For many, if not all, of the returning students this was our first exposure to a “covid-free”

A group of graduate students and postdocs at Caltech have begun the process of unionizing. They have collected over 450 union cards, a supermajority of the grad students. While union cards are not a guarantee of a vote in a union election, they are a good predictor. The next step in the process is filing for a union election, where the graduate student body and the postdocs will vote on whether they want to unionize. After the union election, Caltech will have an opportunity to contest the resu

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The Caltech women’s and men’s soccer teams played their final games of the 2023 seasons this past Saturday, October 28th. Both teams played at home, honoring their seniors with their senior day ceremonies and their performances. The women’s team played first, at 11:00 am, against Occidental College. Caltech started the game strong, with a record setting goal by Jennifer Solgaard (EE, ‘25, Lloyd) in the tenth minute. This goal marked Solgaard claiming the Career Goals record for the Caltech wom

Dear graduate students, Following two letters recently published on the Tech, we write to you in our role as Directors of the Graduate Student Council to address concerns about the moderation of the gradstudents@caltech.edu mailing list, which we manage. We intend for the mailing list to be a useful tool for anyone wishing to disseminate information to graduate students. We have no desire to censor any single person or idea. At the same time, for the communication to be effective, a mi

Caltech’s men’s and women’s cross country teams competed in the championship meet for the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) this past Saturday, October 28th. The men’s team competed in a 8K course and the women’s team in a 6K course. The Caltech men’s team placed third in SCIACs, despite their anticipated ranking of fifth. Rohun Agrawal (ACM, ‘25)