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...railroad track were ruined; 231 highway bridges and 40 earth dams were damaged. So many underground pipes were twisted and broken that Tangshan's water supply system was disrupted for several months. Some of the mines were flooded, and thousands of workers were trapped in the shafts. Caltech's George W, Housner, a specialist in quakeproof engineering who headed the American group, termed the Tangshan event "the greatest earthquake disaster in the history of mankind." Despite their tremendous losses, the Chinese have faced the task of reconstruction with stoic determination. Today much of the city's industry...
...restrictions from two decades ago. Usernames are limited to eight characters and can contain only letters and numbers. Certain departments, such as mathematics or astronomy and astrophysics, give their faculty and staff departmental e-mails in addition to their FAS addresses, which allows for more username flexibility.Both MIT and Caltech allow students to create their own e-mail aliases, but Kroll said Harvard may be hesitant to allow this much student freedom as it could result in unprofessional “.edu” addresses.Yet many students have not faced the inconvenience of a mixed e-mail address of numbers...
...DeBergalis and Rahn, changing Cambridge’s political equation was only the beginning. Shortly after the election, Rahn left his doctoral program at Caltech and joined forces with his old friend to bring reformist progressivism to a larger audience. The two created ActBlue, a venture that represents a cutting-edge—and most importantly, democratic—approach to politics and fundraising...
...Caltech basketball players are the real deal [March 10]. So what if they can't win? When they graduate, they will be able to say that they earned their degrees honestly. They not only will know what theoretical physics is but will also be able to spell it. Laurie Viscusi LOUDONVILLE...
There are signs of improvement, if not a quantum leap. Four years ago, the team lost by an average of 60 points, dropping games with scores like 108-16 and 127-32. This season Caltech lost by 29 points per game, took two league opponents into overtime and, for the second consecutive year, won a nonleague game (the team bounced Gallaudet in December). "We've had two straight winning seasons," brags Haussler, before correcting himself. "O.K., two seasons with a win." He laughs. "The paradigm is just different around here...