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The CALIFORNIA . THE CALIFORNIA TECH

Volume LXXX

Beavers Net Losses

t'est nous tous Fnday, February 9, 1979

Health Center Staff

Encourages Students

by Robert Tajima Most always, the particular The struggle that we call life problem for which a student by Edward J. Stevie can oftentimes be painful. The seeks help is alleviated, allowing Though supported by the rock of toil that we push up ,!nd :TI0re general ones to be tackled. Caltech Marching Band, whose up can sometimes grow out of Although last year, 75 members again asserted their proportion and slide down undergraduates sought. the independence with respect to crushing our toes-if not more. It services of the six Health Center ¢tch, the basketball team was seems that for undergraduates at counselors, both Dr. Drezner and unable to capture a victory in Caltech, problems can very easily Dr. Fass felt that Techers are last week's action. Their first grow insurmountable. Believe me, reluctant to come to them for defeat was at the hands of I've been through four years at help. They said that students archrival Whittier, 82-54, and Tech. I've seen people with lots wait until their lives fall apart was followed by a crushing loss of problems. On the everyday (like during finals) to seek to Redlands, 81-45. level, students have difficulties counseling. They would much The Beavers came out fighting : with handing in their assignments rather have Techers come in against the heavily favored ~ on time, approaching their when their problems are still Whittier squad, last year's NAIA ~ professors for help, talking to the relatively small-before they blow District III Champions, and made '< opposite sex, etc. At the very up. This would involve people aclose game of it in the opening t:l bleakest, three of my fellow seeing therapy as "prevel1tativc· half. Guard Peter Edwards paced medicine". Dr. Fass commented ~ classmates. committed suicide. the scientists with clutch baseline that suicide is a response to a lot ~ Caltech ain't no pie in the sky; jumpers, while forward Greg g and it ain't no prune in the of problems piling up and Blaisdell thwarted all scoring becoming too difficult to deal ~ moon,' either. efforts by Poet All-American .. One of the best ways to deal with. Dr. Drezner added that it's forward Mikhail Brown. The -Harlan Ellison to visit Baxter; story below with your problems is to ask for too bad that some people resort cagers closed the gap to within 6 help. Oftentimes, asking a person to suicide to alleviate extreme points early in the second half, without even having for help is the same thing as pain but Whittier's awesome fastbreak resolve their helping yourself, especially if· a ttempted to fmally subdued them. that person is qualified to do so. situation thorugh alternatives In Saturday's home game It's good to seek advice from such as therapy. against the Redlands B\llldogs the The stigma associated with your friends, but if they are absence of guards Bart Croes and experiencing similar difficulties, seeking counseling isn't that Charles Curatalo proved to be an by Mike Nelson then you just might compound much of a problem at traditional insurmountable handicap for our each other's problems. A safe bet Ii beral arts colleges where hoopsters. Facing an aggressive The C31tech Y is presenting Star Trek, Outer Limits, and for help is the Institute students are more full·court press the Caltech "An Evening with Harlan even The Flying Nun. Today he psychologists. They have people·oriented and are used to backcourt committed a proxysm Ellison" at 8 pm, Monday, will tell you that he has given up something very valuable to talking about personal problems. of turnovers, and the team found February 12, 1979. The program writing for "the evil medium" offer-an outside viewpoint Dr. Fass pointed out that in her itself down by 23 points at the will be in Baxter Lecture Hall. even though the money was grown out of years of experience experiment with counseling at half. Floor shooting of 18% was . with people. Harlan Ellison has gained a good, the Claremont Colleges, people all the Beavers could muster. I went over across California were much less hesitant at using reputation for being one of On Monday night you'll not Following coach Hudson today's top authors in the world only see Harlan Ellison the Blvd. to the Health Center to the schools' mental health Scott's inspirational half·time of fantasy writing. He's also one writer, editor, and script-writer, talk to the Institute services. Interestingly enough, at harangue our heroes 'tame out of the most outspoken. The New you'll also witness Ellison the psychologists, Rob .Drezner and the Harvey Mudd campus-a like a new team. Ernie Lewis, Yorker calls him "the chief performer, He's more than just a Barbara Fass, about Caltech col1ege with a science and playing aggressive defense and prophet of the New Wave in ' speaker; he can be a story·teller, undergraduates and Health technology emphasis much like crashing the offensive boards, science fiction" and after reading a preacher, or a clown. His Center counseling services. hey Caltech-students have the same spearheaded a comeback by the a few of his works you can see manner on stage has been seemed to be genuinely stigma associated with therapy as theoreticians. The exhaustive why. Stories like "A Boy and His described as acidic, insightful, concerned with establishing a they do here. Why? Dr. Drezner effort, however, was too late and Dog", "I Have No Mouth and I loud, funny, and obnoxious all at better rapport with students. replied, "Psychotherapy is not in the end the opposing Must Scream", and "'Repent, once. Ellison loves uproarious They found their work rewarding quantifiable. It's a whole blackguards handed· Tech a Harlequin,' said the audiences and firmly believes ("finding out how people tick"), different philosophy." ,36-point beating. Ticktockman" are both powerful that MIT undergraduates make and they've had a pretty good Both Dr. Fass and Dr. Drezner Continued and unforgetable. Ellison's up the best audience in the success rate at helping students on Page 11 writing has made him one of Continued on Page 11. feel better about themselves. Get a Job! science ficiton's most (Sha na na na ...) award-winning authors. Legend.g I . The following is a brief list of has it that the stack of Ellison's ~ lUmmer jobs available. throughout awards is taller than he is. the USA. Many programs have But Ellison is more than a-< early deadline dates-BE SURE writer. Indeed, many claim that » TO START SUMMER JOB he made his most significant,J:l HUNTING EARLVl contributions to science fiction ~ If you are interested in when he edited the now-famous 6: 'IUmmer employment, stop by anthologies Dangerous Visions the Placement Office in room 8, and Again, Dangerous Visions. In Dabney Hall. these collections Ellison brought American Electric Power together some of the best works !ervice Corp. of authors who, like Ellison Cold· Spring Harbor himself, had gone beyond the Laboratory (Deadline: March 15, limits of what is usually labeled 1979). science fiction. Dangerous Environme n tal I n tern Visions helped push the New Programs. Wave of science fiction into Federal Jobs. prominence. It also symbolizes Lawrence Berkeley Ellison's efforts to smash the Laboratory, Energy and stereotypes forced upon science invironmental Division (March 1, fiction writers (bug.eyed 1979). monsters, Buck Rogers, and the National Radio Astronomy,. like). lbservatory (March 15, 1979). Ellison's endeavors also spread Procter & Gamble. to the world of television. Even Solar Energy Research if you haven't read any of his rrstitute (February 15, 1979). book~ you probably have Yale University (February 12, watched a few of the television 979). [You'd better hurry on programs which he's written. Off and running for Interhouse Track; more sports on page pat one, guys and gals!] Ellison has written scripts for

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Friday, February 9, 1979

THE' CALIFORNIA TECH

Thuncan

Debut Well, the Tech has changed hands yet again, this time coming to two lowly ~reshmen wh~s~ .past pub?s~ng experience has been limIted to graffItI m the MIlhkan bathrooms. Whatever disadvantages this inexperience may bode, it brings with it the advantage that we're open-minded-perhaps more so than those of you who have been around here long enough to know what's going on! Suggestions for possible format or emphasis changes are welcome; for those who don't feel like walking all the way to WinnqU, I'm in Dabney 32 and John's in Dabney 391. However, if we don't get any input, we'll assume you don't care and follow through with our own insane designs. The results could be disastrous. So don't say we didn't warn you. -David C. Younge •

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