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Postage rates may keep go- course, with a big peak duringing up, but when it comes to the winter months."natural beauty and scientific Libbrecht attributes the site'swonder, one particular issue of popularity to its discussion ofstamps is going to be hard to some very accessible science.lick. "Snowflake patterns are well
Beginning next October, known, the snowflakes fallthe U.S. Postal Service will right out of the sky, and youissue a set of four commemo- don't necessarily need a scirative stamps featuring im- ence background to appreciateages of snowflakes furnished the science how theseby that hotbed of snowflake ice structures form. It's an esresearch, the California Insti- pecially good introduction totute of Technology. The holi- science for younger kids," heday snowflakes stamp set will says.display photographs taken Libbrecht began his researchby Caltech physics professor by growing synthetic snowKenneth Libbrecht. flakes in his lab, where they
For several years Libbrecht can be created and studied unhas been investigating the ba- der well-controlled conditions.sic physics of how patterns are Precision micro-photographycreated during crystal growth was necessary for this work,and other simple physical pro- and over several years Libbrecesses. He has delved particu- cht developed some speciallady deeply into a case study ized techniques for capturingof the formation of snowflakes. images of snow crystals. StartHis research is aimed at better ing in 200I, he expanded hisunderstanding how structures range to photographing natuarise in material systems, but ral snowflakes as wen. "A fewit is also visuany compelling years ago I mounted my microand, from the start, has been a scope in a suitcase, so I nowhit with the public. can take it out into the field,"
"My snowflake website, says Libbrecht. "Sometimes Iwww.snowcrystals.com. is arrange trips to visit colleaguesgetting about two hits in the frozen and othera year," says "of times I extended ski
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Jimmy World atCaltech - This Ain't NoKaraoke Contest
It is beyond me how wegot Jimmy Eat World to playhere. "What is a hot bandlike them doing at a schoollike ours?" is just one of themany questions answered inthis interview. I can't believeI got the chance to meet andinterview one of my favoritebands of all time: Dreamy!
In the hours before theirconcert, a bunch of students,myself included, were treated to a IS-minute meetand-greet with Jim, Rick,Tom, .and Zach in WinnettLounge, all possible thanksto Dima. They were all super nice, even when I wasall star struck and stuff. Ihad compiled a lot of questions over the previous twoweeks, and I couldn't decide whether I wanted aninterview centered on music, or funny stuff, or stuffthat gauged how nerdy andTecher-like they were, soI put in a few of the best. Igot a lot of good responses,including the shocking storythat explains the title of thisarticle. Please enjoy.
We couldn't get an officialinterview where I sat downand talked to them all atonce, so I had to ask each ofthem separately.
Encounters with ZachLind (drums)
CK: So you guys play videogames? I heard you playalot of Battlefield 1942.
ZL: We do, yeah we playthat. We playa lot of videogames.
CK: How many hours doyou guys spend playing?
ZL: Well, we probablydon't playas much as theaverage geek in college,but like we probably play alot for how old we are, youknow.
CK: Laughs. Oh, I don'tthink it's age related...
ZL: Yeah, I don't know.CK: Uhmm so... Inter
view gets sort of awkwardhere. What's your eyesight?
ZL: I have really goodeyesight, whatever that is.
CK: Hey, that's good. Soyou're a straight A student,right?
ZL: No, I was never astraight A student. ..
CK: Whatever, it's cool;none of us are, either. Timeto ask new questions... Soyou're playing in Australiaafter a few more shows in
states. How many timeshave you guys toured there?
ZL: This is our 3rd timegoing to Australia. It's really cool.
CK: I know you guys hadfun touring in Japan, because the crowds get prettycrazy, but how does Australia compare?
ZL: Uhh, it's a lot like theStates I guess. Japan andAustralia are really differentthough; you can't comparethose two.
CK: Cool, well good luckwith tonight's show andgood luck with your tour inAustralia.
ZL: Thanks.
Conversations with JimAdkins (lead guitar/ leadvox)
CK: So what's the lasttechno gadget you boughtfor yourself?
JA: Uhmm... hmm... latest techno gadget. .. Thinks.
CK: I'm just trying tomeasure your nerdiness incomparison with the stereotypical Tech student.Like uhh... you know, 'howmany hours of video gamesto you playa day?', 'what'syour eyesight?' , blah blah.
JA: Uhmmm... latesttechno gadget I bought was ... atube distortion pedal by a~ompany called· MetasonlCS.
CK: Yeah, I don't have anyidea about what he's talkingabout. .. Okay, sounds cool.
JA: Yeah?CK: Yeah...JA: It's kind cool, like
they make stuff out of tubesthat were never designed foraudio... stuff.
CK: Sound engineering,that's awesome. How's itdifferent from the other distortion pedals that you havealready?
JA: It's ... uhh it's got areally high output, so yougotta be careful, 'cause youcould actually break stuffthat you use it with.
CK: Wow, that's cool!Wow, I sound stupid... oh,I think I'll have to ask youmore questions later, 'causeI'm sort of holding the lineup. Is it okay if I come backlater?
JA: Yeah sure.--To be continued. (Not
really.)--
Adventures with Tom Linton (guitar/ backup vox)
CK: So I'm trying tocompare you with the ste-
reotypical geek at Caltech,and I just wanted to knowwhat your favorite science
school was.TL: Uhmm. .. probably
biology.CK: Oh really? That's
cool, I just changed majorsfrom Bio to Mech E-uhhmechanical engineering.
TL: Cool.CK: I also have some
other questions, this is unrelated, but what's the worstyou've ever screwed someone over?
------ Insert awkwardness-
TL: Uhhh, What's theworse I've ever screwedsomeone? Uhh...
CK: I'm realizing that thiswas probably a mistake toask. You don't have to answer that if you don't wantto.
TL: Uhmm.. .I'm trying tothink. Thinks for a while...
CK: That r--meansyou'rea good person, really.
TL: Yeah,I don't thinkI've ever really donethat. Laughs.
CK: That'sreally good.I'm glad youcan't answerthat question.
TL: Yeah,I've neverscrewed anyone over.
CK: Hey,that's good;it's a loadedquestion, really. Ummwhat about,what invention did youwish you hadthought of?
TL: Thewheel.
CK: Thewheel?That's a copout answer.
TL: What?Laughing.That's agood invention ...
CK: Al-right, alright,it's a goodinvention. SoI heard youguys are likehuge BonJovi fans,
and you go to karaoke andsing, so what's your favoritekaraoke song to sing?
TL: Yeah, it was Jim'sbirthday a month ago, andwe went to a karaoke bar inChicago. And uhhh, well,we've gone to karaoke barsbefore, and when we getthere no one really wantsto go up and sing. So whatI did was that I went up andpicked all these random andreally bad songs, like UglyKid Joe, and I don't know,whatever songs ... -
CK: --like the "Cat's Cradle" cover?
TL: Yeah, yeah, just so thatpeople have to go up thereand Zach went up - Zach'sthe Bon Jovi fan - and hedid, "Dead or Alive."
CK: Nice, nice. Hey wait,so like, you guys go out tokaraoke, but no one wants tosing? That's kind of weird.
TL: Yeah, well people get
nervous, you know?CK: Yeah, but why do you
get nervous though? Youguys are on stage a wholebunch. But in front of eachother, is it like, 'oooh shy'?
TL: Haha, you know what?Actually, about the time wewere recording Futures,Jim went over to a karaokebar that was right across thestreet from our hotel. And Iguess they had, "The Middle" on the karaoke menu.There was also a contestthat night, and Jim sang [hissong] "The Middle"--but helost! Laughs.
CK: Oh noooo... that'sterrible. That soo ... weird.
TL: True story, but kindafunny.
CK: That's a good story.Hey so, I heard you likeplaying videogames, yeah?
TL: Yes, I just got the Xbox Live.
CK: So how do you like
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Overall, I'm pretty happythat Caltech gave thisprivate concert and I hopethat they can do more in thefuture. Thank you to JimmyEat World for giving us anawesome concert, and thankyou to ASCIT and everyoneinvolved for the wonderfuljob they did. I had a greattime, and I'm sure that thisopinion IS shared amongmost all of the students whoattended.
RV: Thanks so much forthe concert. Here's your dinner. By the way, the reporterforgot to ask you a very important question.
Manager: Sorry, no way.It's too late.
RV: But it's only one question.
RB: Where is she?RV: Oh well, I was just
going to ask you for her.RB: Okay, what's the
question?Manager: No way, you
can't ask them. It's alreadyover.
RB: But what's the question?
RV: Why did you chooseto play at Caltech? Why didyou agree to play here?
RB: Ooh, that's a hardquestion... Well, it soundedlike it could be a fun concert.
RV: Did you have fun?RB: Yeah, it was awe
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member of the ASCIT socialteam, Rocky Velez, help.With a little persistence, shegot the chance to ask RickBurch (bass) the final question right before the bandleft.
remedy that later.Soon after meet and
greet ended, their openingband from San Diego, TheJade Shader, took stage.They were well received bythe crowd, with their songsabout pirates and EmergenC antics. The Jade Shaderhad been on tour with themin the past, but they weren'tslated to follow JEW on thenext leg of the tour to Australia with Green Day andMy Chemical Romance.With the end of The JadeShader's set, the crowd waswarmed up for when JimmyEat World took stage.
Having seen them play livea total of three times, twicein high school and once hereat Tech, the concert five lastSaturdays ago was worldsbetter than the other times.This time, I got to interviewthem too, but still the judgment stands. I'd say thatthe concert venue makesa huge difference; the firsttwo times I saw them playin a sports arena setting,and I had sucky nosebleedlawn seats. I felt like I wasat a lame sporting event thatcosted me too much to sittoo far away. A nice intimateconcert on the lawn was easily the best to which I'vebeen. They played all theirsingles off of Bleed American and Futures and a fewof the lesser-known songs,including one they only typically play in concert. The setincluded an encore as well,which was nice.
At the end of the concert,I was still bummed aboutnot getting to completemy interview, especiallybecause I didn't ask themthat last question. I practically begged everyone whoI thought could help me getbackstage again with verylittle success. However, Idid get lucky when I asked a
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CK: Yeah, it's cool.-- Enter band manager.-CK: Hey, I'm from the
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Manager: No, we gotta getready.
CK: Yeah right, you havean opening band first.C'mon, you have three minutes, gimme some slack...
-- Manager proceeds toshoo me toward the door. --
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What's your favoritegame?
TL: I like Gun; I alsoRed Dead Revolver. On Xbox Live, I like Call ofDuty2 and I like Madden. We'resolid, big videogame guys.
CK: I know you spend alot of time making your Adventures, and I just want toknow how many hours youspend on it. They're reallywell done, I have to say. Especially that French one...that has no English... I likethat one quite a bit. (Tom,his bandmates, and his buddies like to film short movies about funny stuff, andtitle them A World ofAdventure. The shorts are postedfor fans to download off oftheir website on the AudioVideo page.)
TL: Laughs. You knowwhat? As far as the actinggoes, it's pretty much doneall in one take. But the guy
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Lest thinks thatLibbrecht his life as aphysicist to snowflakes, heis also involved in the LaserInterferometer GravitationalWavean NSF-funded thatseeks to confirm existenceof waves from
cosmic sources such ascolliding black holes.
In LIGO, Libbrecht hasof professional company; infact, the field was essentiallyfounded by Albertwho first predicted the existence of gravitational wavesas a consequence of generalrelativity. Kip Thome and RonDrever at Caltech, along withRai Weiss at MIT, were instrumental in initiating theproject in the 1980s.
But in snowflake research,Libbrecht is pretty much aone-man show. And he saysthere's something about theexclusivity that he likes.
"It suits some of my hermitlike tendencies," commentsLibbrecht. "As Daniel Booneonce said, if you can smellthe smoke of another person'sfire, then it's time to move on.My research on snow crystalgrowth is the one thing I dothat simply wouldn't get doneotherwise."
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great distances are larger thanwhat we can easily grow in thelab." So where does one findreally nice snowflakes? Cer-tainly not in whereCaltech is located, Lib-brecht says that certain snowy
are better than others.snowflakes chosen for the
stalnps were inUp
per Peninsula Michigan,and in Libbrecht's favoritespot-Cochrane, Northem Ontario. "Northem Ontariovides some really ex(~enent
specimens to photograph,"says Libbrecht. "The temperature is cold, but not too cold,and the weather brings lightsnow frequently.
"Fairbanks sometimes offerssome unusual crystal types,because it's so cold. Warmerclimates, for example, in NewYork State and the vicinity,tend to produce less spectacular crystals." As for the nittygritty of snowflake research,probably the question Libbrecht is asked the most is whether the old story about no twosnowflakes being exactly alikeis really true.
"The answer is basically yes,because there is such an incredibly large number of possible ways to make a complexsnowflake," he says. "In manycases, there are very clear differences between snow crystals, but of course there aremany similar crystals as well.In the lab we often producevery simple, hexagonal crystals, and these all look verysimilar."
Libbrecht can grow manydifferent snowflake forms atwill in his lab, but says thereare still many subtle mysteriesin crystal growth that are ofinterest to physicists who aretrying to understand and control the formation of variousmaterials. A real-world application of research on crystalsis the growth of semiconductors for our electronic gadgets. These semiconductors
vacations with my family. Themost part these daysis getting this complex-look-
instrument airportsecurity."
Libbrecht's camera rig is es-sentially a with acamera attached. entireapparatus was built on campus and designed SP(~Cljjc2lHy
for snowflake"Snowflakes are madewhich is mostly completely
so lighting is an important consideration in thiswhole business," he says. "Iuse different types of colored lights shining throughthe crystals, so the ice structures act like complex lensesto refract the light in differentways. The better the lighting,the more interesting is the finalphotograph." The structuresof snowflakes are ephemeral,so speed is needed to get goodphotographs. Within minutesafter falling, a snowflake willbegin to degrade as its sharperfeatures evaporate away. Thecomplex structures are createdas the crystals grow, and whenthey stop growing, the crystals soon become rounded andmore blocky in appearance."When photographing in thefield, I first let the crystals fallonto a piece of cardboard,"says Libbrecht. "Then I findone I like, pick it up using asmall paintbrush, and place iton a microscope slide. I thenput it under the microscope,adjust the focus and lighting,and take the shot. You need tosearch through a lot of snowflakes to find the most beautifulspecimens." Libbrecht findsthat observing natural snowflakes in the field is an important part of his research, andnicely complements his laboratory work. "I've learned agreat deal about crystal growthby studying ice, and have gotten many insights from looking at natural crystals. Natureprovides a wonderful varietyof snow crystal types to lookat, and the crystals that fall
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