Whether you’re having a bonfire at the beach, or camping in the woods, s’mores season is officially here, and with it, a playlist to absolutely scorch your ‘mallows to.

Last April, Theater Arts at Caltech (TACIT) staged the part one beta version of Earth Data: The Musical, an original musical inspired by real-life research at JPL…

A brief, abridged recapitulation of the events of this academic year, in very rough chronological order. Enjoy!

As your friendly neighborhood former Dabney Athman, I would like to give you a nice example workout. And guess what? Today is leg day!

In an email to faculty on January 30, 2024, President Rosenbaum wrote that, “Two questions that have arisen in recent campus conversations concern the value of standardized testing, and the appropriate role of extracurricular activities, in admissions decisions”…

On May 25, Homage to Nature was unveiled at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens…

Voting. It is every citizen’s right, or in this case every Caltech undergraduate’s right.

Caltech and JPL are enmeshed financially, politically, and scientifically with Raytheon Technologies, a major weapons manufacturer which sells large amounts of weapons to the Israeli Defence Force.

The Tech is not simply a broadcaster of all opinions that happen to come from Caltech students. All opinions are not created equal, and they should not be treated as such.

Caltech isn’t particularly accustomed to non-academic drama; just take a look at this edition’s front page. Mellow Drama, however, is a Caltech quintet, setting out to prove that we could all do with just a little bit of rock and roll lighting up our music scene.

Pasadena, CA (AP) - The world is on the brink of an unprecedented cataclysmic event known as “Ditch Day,” set to occur tomorrow.

Los Angeles native singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams released “Risk” on May 1, over a year since she last had new music.

From top to bottom, left to right: “Sunset Road” by Audrey Wong, “Cliffside Forest” by Juan Luchsinger, “GDBG” by Sophie Gershaft, Albert Huang, and Toby Thomassen, and “Galaxy” by Sylvia Wang.

Be a part of the full production this fall!

…or Blinterhouse 2024: Gravity Falls.

On Monday, April 29th, there were two on campus demonstrations for Palestine.

On April 26th, an email from President Rosenbaum and Provost Tirrell announced an update to Caltech’s Free Speech and Expression Policy in response to ongoing protests over Gaza occurring in many campuses nationwide, including our neighboring UCLA.

Constantly shit talking OSE lowers morale more than OSE ever could.

You can still enjoy the trains today in Griffith or on the Disneyland Railroad in the theme parks!

In the field of Neurotechnology, there is a lot of work being done to use brain machine interfaces to help people with motor disabilities regain lost abilities. When reading Professor Andersen’s papers as a high schooler, I remember thinking: this is the kind of research that can help a lot of people.

Election results are here!

In the previous issue of the Tech, we published a private letter that ~150 professors wrote to President Rosenbaum…

The frustration with the overuse and misapplication of the term “quantum” in contemporary media . . . is palpable.

I guess I should start with a formal apology. I tried. I really did! But despite my best efforts to not cave into the demons telling me to go down the EDM/techno/house rabbit hole, here we are.