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October 22, 2024

Issue 28 of 2078

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News

In the heart of Pasadena, nestled between the evergreen-dotted hills and the sprawling cityscape, stands a campus symbolizing human ingenuity and environmental harmony: Caltech. Remarkably, what was once a patchwork of open chaparral and agricultural land has transformed into a living laboratory where science meets sustainability. Today, Caltech’s carefully designed landscape reflects this transformation, with tree-lined avenues such as San Pasqual Walk as living symbols of this balance between

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Column

We’re at Caltech. Of course there will be people saying that without sacrificing sleep, you can’t get enough time to do your sets, your research, your socializing. But what came first – the advice or the lifestyle? That is to say, did people start staying up later, then realize because the people around them were staying up, it was impossible to do anything in the mornings, so they started staying up later too, and the vicious cycle perpetuated? Or is it truly that impossible to maintain a healt

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Opinion

For the astute eyes on campus, you may have noticed something different about Caltech Hall, specifically the bridge across the pond. But for those who may not know, the bridge going across Caltech Hall Pond has been completely covered in gold leaf, or so it seems. That is because this golden glimmer upon the bridge is actually an art installation called This Moment in Time by Lisa Albuquerque, and it is one piece of an art exhibition hosted by the Caltech Library, _Crossing Over: Art and Scie

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Culture

“Blended Worlds: Experiments In Interplanetary Imagination,” an exhibit at the Brand Library & Art Center in Glendale, seeks to elucidate the universe through collaborative works by artists and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists and engineers. The exhibit features a series of interdisciplinary works that challenge visitors to reflect on how deeper connections with nature can cultivate a renewed sense of wonder and curiosity about Earth and the universe.  “The magic of art is that it e

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News

On October 6th there was a fire in one of the labs in Keck. According to Shayna McKinney, Chief Communications officer for Caltech, “The exact cause of the fire is still under investigation, but the source is believed to have been a piece of equipment in one area that malfunctioned.” Sources have told the Tech that the equipment was believed to be a soldering iron. The fire activated the sprinkles which “worked as designed and activated to put the fire out in the space where it originated.” The

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