2025/2026 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour Returns to Caltech
Join us on Tuesday, March 3rd for an unforgettable night at the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, brought to you by the Caltech Alpine Club! It’ll be a fun night of inspiring and exhilarating outdoor adventure films.
2026 San Gabriel Valley Food Passport
Time to review a few more restaurants featured in the 2026 SGV Food Passport! Last issue, I reviewed Lee’s Hoagie House and Paris Baguette. This time, I have explored two other places featured in the passport.
A Call for Transparency and Stewardship at 1364 E. Green Street
For over a century, the California Institute of Technology and the community of Pasadena have grown side by side. We are a city that takes immense pride and joy in your mission and success.
A Kiwi Adventure
“I’m going on an adventure,” shouts Bilbo Baggins in the first moments of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, after accepting Gandalf’s request to join the dwarves. A huge Hobbit fan, I’d never given the line much thought.
Caltech Wildlife: Turtles and the Turtle Club
Finally, a column about the turtles! The turtles have been an integral part of the Caltech community, and much of this connection is made by the enthusiastic Caltech students themselves.
Campus Isn’t Safe Enough: A Proposal to Eliminate Liability (and House Culture)
Changes to make the campus safer and more inclusive have been profoundly successful in the past several years. We have come a long way since the days when women were severely outnumbered and every house tradition was a Title IX violation.
CDS Celebrates Black History Month
On February 12, CDS celebrated Black History Month in Browne Dining Hall with a wide-ranging menu featuring soyrizo mac ‘n’ cheese, chicken and sausage gumbo (with a tofu option), BBQ jackfruit riblets, fried okra, jerk chicken and yams, shrimp grits (or tofu), chicken and waffles (with a vegetarian option), banana pudding, and biscuits. Themed décor added to the celebratory atmosphere.
For Parker
yours is the death that cheapens all words and as i write this i scan each one not for beauty but for adequacy not for music
Innovating Through Irritation with Dr. Jordan Shlain
Dr. Jordan Shlain, who presented to the Caltech Longevity Club on January 28, framed his work as a form of moral friction: a refusal, throughout his career, to accept incentives that reward sickness over health. A physician-entrepreneur and civic leader in San Francisco, Shlain has built his companies and philosophy around a single organizing principle: trust.