T echnique The South’s Liveliest College Newspaper Director Kevin Smith's "Cop Out" cops out on quality 4 13 Friday, March 5, 2010 • Volume 95, Issue 26 • nique.net Cinematic Ofense Institute, students respond to budget cuts NEWS BRIEFS Bunger Henry under- goes safety issues he Bunger-Henry building recently experienced a spate of safety incidents that prompted the involvement of Environmental Health and Safety, the Georgia Tech Police Department, and At- lanta Fire department. According to reports, a researcher inadver- tently spilled hydroluoric acid on his hand on Feb. 22, prompting a visit to the hospital. On Feb. 26, another researcher in the same building set of an alarm when reacting two chemicals in large quantities under a fume hood. Emergency teams secured the building for over two hours in or- der to mitigate the situation. On March 1, a chemical spill in the building prompted another alarm. Instrument Competi- tion gathers musicians Musician inventors from around the world participated in the second annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition at Tech to win $10,000 in cash prizes. he winning instrument for 2009 was a “silent drum” that used shapes and shadows to com- pute and control sound. GTL celebrates 20th anniversary CoC dean inal ists named, deliver inal presentat ions Photo by Basheer Tome/ Student Publications Dr. Deborah H. Crawford speaks to CoC students and faculty at the second of her inalist presentations for Dean of the CoC. Photo by Kelvin Kuo/ Student Publications This year marks the 20th anniversary of Georgia Tech Lorraine, Tech’s irst international campus. GTL is located in the Technopole region of Metz, France. The foreign campus ofers a variety of undergraduate and graduate programs throughout the entire year. Vijai Narayanan Assistant News Editor Coby Lu Contributing Writer Matt Schrichte Staf Writer 2010 marks the 20-year anniversary of the Georgia Tech Lorraine (GTL) satellite cam- pus in Metz, France. GTL is Tech’s irst inter- national campus. “We will be doing a series of events throughout the year to celebrate the 20th anniversary, and we’ll be doing more or less quarterly events,” said John Schuman, GTL marketing communications manager. During the 1980s, the Lorraine region of France was looking for research agencies and engineering universities in Europe and the Americas to drive innovation. Tech took up the ofer to participate and established the campus in 1990. he kickof event of GTL’s 20th anniver- sary celebration was GTL night with prizes and giveaways at Feb. 26, women’s basketball game against UNC at home. “We invited Georgia Tech students, fac- ulty, corporate partners to basically come celebrate 20 years of innovation, research, See GTL, page 5 he three inalists for the vacant dean of the College of Computing (CoC) position were named and began visiting campus last week to present their visions for the college as well as their pre- vious research experiences. he three inalists are Dr. Deborah H. Crawford, Dr. Andrew A. Chien and Dr. Zvi Galil. he inalists were selected by a committee made up of faculty members, campus administrators and students. As the chief aca- demic and administrative oicer of the CoC, the new dean of the will be in charge of providing the overall strategic direction of the college with speciic attention on deining a new generation of com- putation science through the col- lege’s existing structures. Dr. Deborah H. Crawford was the irst of the inalists to visit campus when she arrived on Feb. 24. She is currently a deputy assis- tant director at the National Sci- ence Foundation (NSF). Accord- ing to her Curriculum Vitae (CV) she is “responsible for the day‐to‐ day operations of the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), with an annual operating budget of over $600 million and a sci- ence, engineering and administra- tive team of approximately 100.” “here’s tremendous oppor- tunity for collaboration with the other colleges at Georgia Tech,” Crawford said in her lecture on her vision for the college. In her lecture, she pondered and discussed diferent aspects of undergraduate education in com- puting at Tech as well as the com- puting education given to Tech undergraduates as a whole. he second candidate to vis- it campus was Dr. Andrew A. Chien, who presently is the vice president of Intel Labs and direc- tor of Future Technologies Re- search for Intel Corporation. “I’m also here because you guys have got a great opportunity to re- ally shape the future of comput- ing,” Chien said during his vision On Saturday, Feb. 27, the In- stitute submitted its proposal to the University System of Georgia (USG) to help close a $385 mil- lion budget shortfall for the fol- lowing iscal year. As a result, Tech will be forced to reconcile approximately $38 million worth of reductions. Among the pro- posed plans to achieve this goal include workforce reductions, op- erational cuts for the library, and travel budget cuts. “his plan was meant to be [a] worst case scenario -- should there be no tax increases and no tuition increases next year and a $38 mil- lion cut to Tech’s budget. Seeing as how tuition has increased every year for a long time, I do not see how this year would be diferent,” said Alina Staskevicius, the under- graduate SGA president. According to the proposal, nearly $35 million of the cuts would come from workforce re- ductions. A total of 331 full time positions would have to be elimi- nated, including 52 faculty posi- tions. A total of 120 part-time po- sitions would also be eliminated, including 40 instructional posi- tions. he proposed cuts could result in a reduction of course oferings by 540 sections, increasing the student to faculty ratio to its high- est level in history at 24 to 1. he report states that the pro- posed changes will result in a lon- ger time to degree for students, adversely afecting four, ive and six year graduation rates. he re- port also suggested that the Insti- tute could reduce admissions by 20 percent to meet the budget shortfall. However, this was con- irmed not to be the case. “We oicially got word yes- terday that they weren’t going to do that. he freshman class will be the same as the last four years. hey put it on the table, and once they realized what kind of inan- cial impact that would have, es- pecially on housing, they decided not to,” said Rick Clark, the direc- tor for undergraduate admissions. In addition to reductions for academics and instruction, the report estimates a $60-100 mil- lion decline in research expendi- tures due to the increased course load on faculty. Furthermore, a 10 percent decrease in non-spon- sored funding for graduate stu- dents would reduce the number of teaching assistants by 120 per semester. he report also details how cuts to Tech’s budget would afect Georgia’s economy. For ex- ample, a 10 percent reduction in the services of the Procurement Assistance Center would impact the state by $66 million. he plan also calls for the re- duction of the library budget by $700,000, potentially leading to the reduction in library hours by 42 percent, including late night See CoC, page 3 See Budget, page 3
he Bunger-Henry building recently experienced a spate of safety incidents that prompted the involvement of Environmental Health and Safety, the Georgia Tech Police Department, and At-lanta Fire department. According to reports, a researcher inadver-tently spilled hydroluoric acid on his hand on Feb. 22, prompting a visit to the hospital. On Feb. 26, another researcher in the same building set of an alarm when reacting two chemicals in large quantities under a fume hood. Emergency teams secured the building for over two hours in or-der to mitigate the situation. On March 1, a chemical spill in the building prompted another alarm.
Instrument Competi-tion gathers musicians
Musician inventors from around the world participated in the second annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition at Tech to win $10,000 in cash prizes.
he winning instrument for 2009 was a “silent drum” that used shapes and shadows to com-pute and control sound.
GTL celebrates 20th anniversary
CoC dean inalists named, deliver inal presentations
Photo by Basheer Tome/ Student Publications
Dr. Deborah H. Crawford speaks to CoC students and faculty at
the second of her inalist presentations for Dean of the CoC.
Photo by Kelvin Kuo/ Student Publications
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Georgia Tech Lorraine, Tech’s irst international campus. GTL is located in the Technopole
region of Metz, France. The foreign campus ofers a variety of undergraduate and graduate programs throughout the entire year.
Vijai NarayananAssistant News Editor
Coby LuContributing Writer
Matt SchrichteStaf Writer
2010 marks the 20-year anniversary of the Georgia Tech Lorraine (GTL) satellite cam-pus in Metz, France. GTL is Tech’s irst inter-national campus.
“We will be doing a series of events throughout the year to celebrate the 20th
anniversary, and we’ll be doing more or less quarterly events,” said John Schuman, GTL marketing communications manager.
During the 1980s, the Lorraine region of France was looking for research agencies and engineering universities in Europe and the Americas to drive innovation. Tech took up the ofer to participate and established the campus in 1990.
he kickof event of GTL’s 20th anniver-sary celebration was GTL night with prizes and giveaways at Feb. 26, women’s basketball game against UNC at home.
“We invited Georgia Tech students, fac-ulty, corporate partners to basically come celebrate 20 years of innovation, research,
See GTL, page 5
he three inalists for the vacant dean of the College of Computing (CoC) position were named and began visiting campus last week to present their visions for the college as well as their pre-vious research experiences. he three inalists are Dr. Deborah H. Crawford, Dr. Andrew A. Chien and Dr. Zvi Galil.
he inalists were selected by a committee made up of faculty members, campus administrators and students. As the chief aca-demic and administrative oicer of the CoC, the new dean of the will be in charge of providing the overall strategic direction of the
college with speciic attention on deining a new generation of com-putation science through the col-lege’s existing structures.
Dr. Deborah H. Crawford was the irst of the inalists to visit campus when she arrived on Feb. 24. She is currently a deputy assis-tant director at the National Sci-ence Foundation (NSF). Accord-ing to her Curriculum Vitae (CV) she is “responsible for the day‐to‐day operations of the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), with an annual operating budget of over $600 million and a sci-ence, engineering and administra-tive team of approximately 100.”
“here’s tremendous oppor-tunity for collaboration with the
other colleges at Georgia Tech,” Crawford said in her lecture on her vision for the college.
In her lecture, she pondered and discussed diferent aspects of undergraduate education in com-puting at Tech as well as the com-puting education given to Tech undergraduates as a whole.
he second candidate to vis-it campus was Dr. Andrew A. Chien, who presently is the vice president of Intel Labs and direc-tor of Future Technologies Re-search for Intel Corporation.
“I’m also here because you guys have got a great opportunity to re-ally shape the future of comput-ing,” Chien said during his vision
On Saturday, Feb. 27, the In-stitute submitted its proposal to the University System of Georgia (USG) to help close a $385 mil-lion budget shortfall for the fol-lowing iscal year. As a result, Tech will be forced to reconcile approximately $38 million worth of reductions. Among the pro-posed plans to achieve this goal include workforce reductions, op-erational cuts for the library, and travel budget cuts.
“his plan was meant to be [a]
worst case scenario -- should there be no tax increases and no tuition increases next year and a $38 mil-lion cut to Tech’s budget. Seeing as how tuition has increased every year for a long time, I do not see how this year would be diferent,” said Alina Staskevicius, the under-graduate SGA president.
According to the proposal, nearly $35 million of the cuts would come from workforce re-ductions. A total of 331 full time positions would have to be elimi-nated, including 52 faculty posi-tions. A total of 120 part-time po-sitions would also be eliminated,
including 40 instructional posi-tions.
he proposed cuts could result in a reduction of course oferings by 540 sections, increasing the student to faculty ratio to its high-est level in history at 24 to 1.
he report states that the pro-posed changes will result in a lon-ger time to degree for students, adversely afecting four, ive and six year graduation rates. he re-port also suggested that the Insti-tute could reduce admissions by 20 percent to meet the budget shortfall. However, this was con-irmed not to be the case.
“We oicially got word yes-terday that they weren’t going to do that. he freshman class will be the same as the last four years. hey put it on the table, and once they realized what kind of inan-cial impact that would have, es-pecially on housing, they decided not to,” said Rick Clark, the direc-tor for undergraduate admissions.
In addition to reductions for academics and instruction, the report estimates a $60-100 mil-lion decline in research expendi-tures due to the increased course load on faculty. Furthermore, a 10 percent decrease in non-spon-
sored funding for graduate stu-dents would reduce the number of teaching assistants by 120 per semester. he report also details how cuts to Tech’s budget would afect Georgia’s economy. For ex-ample, a 10 percent reduction in the services of the Procurement Assistance Center would impact the state by $66 million.
he plan also calls for the re-duction of the library budget by $700,000, potentially leading to the reduction in library hours by 42 percent, including late night
See CoC, page 3
See Budget, page 3
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Campus Crime
Who Started the Fire?
On the afternoon of Feb. 22, a water scrubber in the Petit Mi-croelectronics Research Center exploded in a service room. he ire triggered the ire alarm and the toxic gas alarm and the build-ing was evacuated. A staf mem-ber was doing the regular routine of emitting gas from the machines when the explosion occurred. Af-ter initially contacting the City of Atlanta Fire Department, the call was cancelled after the ire was put out. here were no injuries. he estimated cost of the water scrubber was around $15,000.00.
You’re Married?!
An employee contacted the po-lice to report a woman who was stalking him. he two had been engaged in a sexual relationship until the employee found out the woman was married. He at-tempted to break of the relation-ship, but the women continued to attempt to make contact with the man. She eventually came onto campus, smelling of alcohol, at-tempting to talk to the employee. She was kicked of and later was going to be issued a criminal tres-pass warning, but could not be contacted.
Playing the Blues
On Feb. 23, GTPD arrived at the Barnes and Noble in Tech Square after receiving a complaint of a possible theft. he subject was holding a harmonica when oicers approached. After a search of the area, the oicer found an opened harmonica packaging on the shelf. he suspect was arrested.
Missing Person
Police were contacted by a concerned parent. he parent had not heard back from his/her child from in more than four days. he two had kept in regular contact through email. he parent had contacted the student’s doctor and an administrator in the student’s department; none had any in-formation or clues on the where-abouts of the student. he student lives of-campus.
Technique • March 5, 2010 • 3 NEWS
A lot of things went on outside the bubble of Tech
in the past week. Here are a few important events taking place throughout the nation and the world.
Breaking theubble
Massive earthquake strikes Chile
A massive earthquake hit the South American nation of Chile on Feb. 28, killing 723 people and injuring many more. he quake measured 8.8 on the Richter scale, making it one of the largest in recent history. It also triggered a tsunami in the Paciic Ocean that reached as far as Tokyo and caused alarm in several islands including Ha-waii and New Zealand. Chile is known for having frequent and forceful earthquakes, because of its location at the intersection of the Nazca and South American plates. Since 1973, Chile has ex-perienced 13 earthquakes with a magnitude of 7.0 or greater.
NY Governor quits re-election bid New York Governor David Paterson announced his decision
to quit his bid for re-election amid an ethics scandal, including allegations that he inappropriately secured tickets for himself and his aides to games at New York City’s Yankee Stadium. Unlike his predecessor, Paterson has vowed to retain his position as governor and serve out the remainder of his term.
Russian Olympic boss steps down from post
Leonid Tyagachyov, the head of Russia’s Olympic Committee has decided to resign following the worst ever performance by the nation at the Winter Games. Russia inished 11th overall, clinching three gold medals and only ifteen medals overall. Ath-letes complained that the money allocated for their training was often tied up in bureaucracy. President Dmitry Medvedev called for the resignation of of-icials in charge of preparing its athletes for the Olympics im-mediately following the closing ceremonies on March 1. Russia is scheduled to host the 2014 Olympics in the resort city of Sochi, Russia.
BCouncil ClippingsThis week in Student Government
Each Tuesday, elected members of the two houses of the Student Government Association, the Undergraduate House of Representatives (UHR) and the Graduate Student Senate (GSS), convene to consider allocation bills and discuss issues facing campus. Here is a summary of those two meetings.
By Vijai Narayanan, Assistant News Editorhis edition of Council Clip-
pings covers the UHR and GSS meetings from March 2, 2010.
INNOVATE 2010SGA considered a bill put for-
ward by a student group to fund a trip to the 2010 INNOVATE conference. he conference is an international academic gathering for undergraduate and graduate engineering, science and business students. Attendees will explore the relationship between technol-ogy, globalization and leadership in Asia. his year ive graduate and nine undergraduate students will attend the conference in Tai-pei and Ho Chi Minh City. he bill requested funding for the con-ference fee and travel expenses, to-taling approximately $2,200. he bill passed UHR 42-2-0 and GSS 22-0-1.
Christian Campus FellowshipChristian Campus Fellowship
(CCF) sought funding from SGA to fund an alternative service trip to Haiti during spring break. he organization requested funding for travel and translators for the duration of the trip, totaling ap-proximately $1146. CCF was ap-proached by the Haitian Christian Mission (HCM) to participate
in a service project over spring break. Due to the damage caused by the earthquake in Haiti, HCM requested students from CCF to travel to Haiti and help them per-form a boundary survey of their new campus, create a database for their medical records and create a video to show Tech students about relief work in Haiti.
According to an organizational representative for CCF, the site would eventually house a church, K-12 school, university, OB/GYN and the headquarters for HCM. According to JFC policy, SGA is not allowed to fund religious ac-tivities pursued by any organiza-tion. GSS sided with the JFC rec-ommendations, and failed the bill 3-16-4. A debate ensued in UHR about whether the organization was involved in proselytizing by performing service for a Christian organization like HCM.
hose in favor of the bill ar-gued that the bill only requested funding for travel and transla-tors, and did not mean that CCF would be proselytizing. Some stated that not funding the bill would be discriminating against CCF. hose against the bill ar-gued that while CCF itself may
not have been involved in prosely-tizing, the organization for which the funds would enable them to volunteer for Christian missions. UHR waived JFC policy and passed it 31-10-2, however the bill failed to meet the enactment ratio.
Wushu ClubRepresentatives considered
a bill to allocate funding to the Wushu Club, an organization practicing the art of Wushu mar-tial arts. he organization re-quested funding for ten members to attend a national competition in Ore. he bill totaled $2200 and passed GSS unanimously, with UHR passing it 43-1-0.
TrailblazersGT Trailblazers requested
funding for two spring break trips, one to the Paciic Crest Trails near San Diego and the other to Smokey Mountain Na-tional Park in Tennessee. he bill requested funding for airfare to San Diego and driving expenses to the Smokey Mountain Na-tional Park. he funding amount was initially $3955.60, but was amended to $1079.00 following a drop in the quantity of attendees. he bill passed GSS 19-4-0 and UHR 40-1-3.
lecture. He also recognized the CoC for its exceptional work and mused about how to take a pro-gram from being exceptional to being one of the top programs in the nation and the world.
“If you’re going to actually beat [the top schools], you’ve got
to ind… diferent opportunities that they’re not chasing. You have to change the landscape,” Chien said.
Dr. Zvi Galil, the third inal-ist candidate, is currently a pro-fessor of computer science and the former president of Tel Aviv University. Galil’s campus visit began March 4, and could not be
covered at the time of publication. He will present his lecture on re-search March 5 at 11:00 am in the Klaus building. A live webcast of the presentation can be viewed at www.provost.gatech.edu/feed-back/coc/lecture.html.
he videos, CVs, and biog-raphies of all of the inalists are available at the above website.
and weekend hours. It would also result in the reduction of student and permanent staf.
Students are planning to host a state-wide student rally against the scale of USG reductions at the Capitol on March 15. As well, USG students have organized an
online petition against budget cuts, which as of Wednesday had received 25,626 signatures.
“Really, we [SGA] are plan-ning it to be an organized day of lobbying, and we have contacted multiple Senators and Repre-sentatives at this point and have meetings scheduled with them for the 15th,” Staskevicius said.
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Technique • March 5, 2010 • 5 NEWS
UN Information Center director speaks on campus
he Tech chapter of the Roos-evelt Institute, a national student-run policy organization, kicked of the irst of a planned series of lectures by hosting Will Davis, Director of the United Nations (UN) Information Center in Washington, D.C.
Co-hosted with the Georgia Tech Student Foundation and Di-versity programs, the event took place on hursday, Feb. 25 and was a part of the hink Interna-tional Series. he event featured topics ranging from the UN secu-rity council to nuclear prolifera-tion.
“Our goal for this event is to help raise awareness in our leaders, such as you students at Tech. Lack of awareness is what sometimes lead to sufering around the world so I want you as student leaders to take this [awareness] from the event and multiply this awareness around the world,” Agarwal said before turning the loor to associ-ate vice-president of Communica-tions and Marketing Jim Fetig to intrdoduce the speaker.
“I spent 28 years in the US military around the world. I’ve
traveled to 26 diferent countries. I’ve been involved in humanitar-ian operations as well as others. I ended my career as the spokes-person for the national Security Council where I worked with Mr. Davis, so our paths have crossed,” Fetig said.
Davis then took the podium and began his lecture with an ini-tial focus on the US and China. However, the emphasis shifted onto the afairs of the UN, its strengths and weaknesses and the roles of its constituent nations.
“he problems faced in an ever globalizing world are no longer the kind where you can bomb or buy your way out of,” Davis said. “You are going to be engineers and studying the technical aspect of things so you can understand problems are just not going to be solved without fundamental co-operation.”
After Davis delivered his open-ing remarks, Fetig steered the lec-ture into the aforementioned dis-cussion points and the UN’s role in them all. A question and an-swer session was held afterwards with the audience including top-ics on how students can ind em-ployment with the UN amongst others.
“he UN makes it incredibly hard to get a job at the United Nations. We get applications in the thousands for entry level po-sitions. he issues we’re grappling with require real skills,” Davis said, “We need engineers to build sanitation systems, we need medi-cal oicers, we need agricultural specialists…Get a practical de-gree, get yourself experience, learn another language, join the Peace Corps. Even if you can’t get in right away, work for a non-govern-mental organization that is in the orbit of the UN mission.”
he event ended on a more in-formal note with students speak-ing with the UN director fol-lowing the question and answer session.
In addition to Davis, the Roos-evelt Institute and its members plan on bringing more promi-ment speakers to campus for en-gagements; however, all of these future events are still in the plan-ning stages.
“We started planning last se-mester around Sept. and Oct. and we’re planning a series of lectures like this. his is the irst one,” said Preety Bhardwaj, Marketing Di-rector of the Institute. “We haven’t talked about the second one yet.”
Photo by Kelvin Kuo/ Student Publications
DIrector of the United Nations Information Will Davis speaks at
the irst Think International lecture series at the Success Center.
Zimu YangStaf Writer
GTL from page 1
and international education as we continue to work together to build towards the next 20 years of Georgia Tech Lorraine,” Schuman said.
he next event will be in June in Metz. Tech and the preeminent European research agency Centre National De La Recherche Scien-tiique (CNRS) are expected to sign a four-year contract for the GT-CNRS international mixed unit International research Labo-ratory.
“We are also working closely with French authorities on a large-scale project called the La Fayette Institute – a new building, clean room and research equipment- for innovation and technology trans-fer in the area of optoelectronics in cooperation with the Nano-technology Research Center and the Enterprise Innovation Insti-tute,” said Yves Berthelot, GTL president.
his event will also mark In-stitute President G.P. “Bud” Pe-terson’s irst visit to the GTL campus where he will sign the
letter of intent with the Lorraine region on the La Fayette project, a joint collaboration between the Nanotechnology Research Center and the Enterprise Innovation In-stitute that will provide resources and research in nanotechnology.
In addition to Peterson’s visit, Tech will be partnering with the French Consulate to co-host a two-week event, here in Atlanta, called “France Atlanta Together Towards Innovation.”
“It will basically be a two-week conference in conjunction with the Atlanta Chamber of Com-
merce, the French Consulate, uni-versity partners, where they will be doing, in conjunction with the conference, somewhat of a Taste of France, kind of along the lines of a Taste of Atlanta experience where they will be having local chefs and restaurants of French heritage or French restaurants par-ticipate in this event where they will be making local cuisine and so forth for everyone to partake in,” said Schuman.
In the next 20 years GTL looks to continue growing and further-ing research, technology transfer
and innovation. It also looks to continue to become a well-round-ed, full-ledged campus with fully integrated activities for under-graduate and graduate students in research and international educa-tion.
“Many consider GTL as the model of what a U.S. technologi-cal research university presence in Europe should be,” Berthelot said, “We have created a node at the heart of Europe where Geor-gia Tech is plugged into a network of excellence in education and R&D.”
As Tech students, you face dai-ly routines loaded with demand-ing classes and labs, organization meetings and activities, and the business of simply living life on your own. It’s easy to overlook the impact that Tech’s countless, generous donors have had on your lives—and the campus—for more than a century. It takes specially itted lenses to view it, and the prism of time to fully appreciate it.
When you visited Tech for the irst time for an information ses-sion and campus tour, you prob-ably started out at the Bill Moore Student Success Center. he late Bill Moore, a 1938 Industrial Management graduate, left an in-delible imprint on his alma mater, providing support that resulted in the construction of the Student Success Center, which houses the oices of Undergraduate Admis-sion, Scholarships and Financial Aid and Career Services. Similar support provided funding for the Bill Moore Tennis Center, and his family is continuing his legacy with support for women’s tennis scholarships.
If you start your day at the Student Center Commons, you have E. Roe Stamps IV—a 1967 Industrial Engineering bach-elor’s graduate and 1972 master’s graduate—and his wife, Penny, to thank. he same couple who have established the highly laud-ed Stamps Leadership Scholars initiative within the President’s Scholarship Program. he same couple who made possible Stamps Fields for student recreation. And the same Stamps who honored his father with the naming of the Stu-dent Health Center.
he Christopher W. Klaus Advanced Computing Building, dedicated in 2006, is in recogni-tion of an astonishing gift from a member of the Class of 1996 at the age of 25. His gift, coupled with support from the State of Georgia, built and equipped the 400,000-square-foot building, and serves students and faculty from both the College of Com-puting and the School of Electri-cal and Computer Engineering. he list goes on.
Hundreds of permanently en-dowed scholarships support thou-sands of deserving undergradu-ate students—whether based on academic merit, athletic talent, or demonstrated inancial need. Graduate students as well beneit from scores of graduate fellow-ships. Literally one student in ive receives support from a scholar-ship or fellowship.
Faculty also beneit tremen-dously from philanthropy. Tech
received its irst gift through the will of a deceased donor in 1910, from Julius L. Brown. In estab-lishing the Julius L. Brown Pro-fessorship, Brown stated that only the income from his gift should be used each year, and the princi-pal should remain untouched: “I wish it [the principal] to be kept intact so as to do all the good that this fund will do, for I believe the Georgia School of Technology is worth all the Georgia colleges combined.”
Today, there are multiple Brown Professors including the 2007 recipient of the National Medal of Science, Mustafa El-Sayed. One full-time professor in eight holds a named professorship or chair.
Next time you’re walking on he Hill, look down and you’ll see the landscaping provided by reunion classes who have come before you. Look up at the Tech Tower and you’ll see that the building honors Lettie Pate Evans, Tech’s largest donor whose legacy continues to provide the Institute signiicant funding every year in perpetuity.
A walk around the corner will bring you to the Chapin Building, modest and historic…but if you look carefully over the doorway, you will discover the irst use of the building – the Joseph Brown Whitehead Inirmary – named for Mrs. Evans’ irst husband, who was one of the very irst to imagine that Coca-Cola could be sold in a bottle. And the Carnegie Build-ing. No, it’s not named after the eponymous deli in New York—it bears the name of its donor, An-drew Carnegie, who provided the funding for it as the Institute’s irst library. Philanthropy is alive and well today on your campus, linking the generations each to each.
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OUR VIEWS CONSENSUS OPINION
Weathering the stormTech makes necessary cuts, students must also be rational
While the budget cut will have dramatic efects on Tech, the administration’s apparent decision to attempt to keep the cuts localized should help minimize longer efects. Other universities in the state are closing academic departments, eliminating majors and damaging the very core of their institutes. Tech’s administration seems to have found a way, for the most part, to keep all essentials aloat by taking a downsizing approach as opposed to an elimination approach. Hopefully, this decision will allow these changes to far more reversible than the alternative.
his is not to say that the cuts should be taken lightly or disregarded; the situation is serious. Losing over 400 staf and faculty could potentially greatly hinder the operations of the institute and will severely impact members of the Tech community.
It is important though that the Institute attempts to harness all the
resources available to it to mitigate the negative efects of the cuts. On campus, Tech must put to use its innovative spirit to make sure all operations are as eicient as possible by streamlining operations and cutting pork throughout the institute. Of campus, Tech should reach out to friends of the institute during this time of need. While it is naïve to believe that many friends of the institute are not similar in positions, such potential opportunities should be completely written of with out consideration.
It is also important that student be mindful and understanding of the situation, yet active in the ongoing process. Students must ensure their voices are heard and understood and not swept away in the budget chaos. But being realistic is also paramount to weathering the storm. he budget cuts are imminent, and students need to realize this. Tech is adapting to this situation, and students must as well.
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Technique • March 5, 2010 • 7 OPINIONS
Debt is not a good thing. With debt, it is harder to buy a house, take a career risk or even get married. Debt con-strains everything, and it is becoming overly popular. In the middle of an economic breakdown state governments are trying to save their skin by refocusing that same problem, debt, onto the students that at-tend state institutions.
To quote EducationNews.org, American students are “drowning in debt”.
his situation isn’t that odd, if you think about it. College tuition and fees are in-creasing every year, faster than both inlation and growth in family income. Assuming that people will still want to go to college, to educate themselves and increase their career op-portunities, the only logical way to pay for it is loans. he only illogical part is that the administrators, legislators and executives authorizing it have not given a second thought to pulling 18 to 24 year-olds in to share in the debt crisis.
Since 1996 to 2008 the av-erage student’s debt total has almost doubled. Look back farther and you ind classes full of students who actually graduated debt free. hese col-legians were able to enroll, complete their course-load and graduate on time without signing onto a loan that would amount to almost half, and in some horriic cases, more than
their starting salary. hese graduates then went on to start companies, become teachers or even become members of the state government.
he unfortunate break that happened, was when those in the decision making positions began to apply policies that they themselves did not sufer through, to dole out tuition rates that they knew the aver-age student could not pay.
he members of the Ga. Legislator advocating in-creased tuition hikes are part of that problematic genera-tion, the generation that grew up, went to school, graduated and started their lives without any debt, or at least without much. Yes, there is a problem with over-consumption now, too many people in college use credit cards on expenses they don’t need, but there is a fun-damental diference in what is considered acceptable to ask of a 22 year-old student.
Tuition policies are being set by people who have not ex-perienced nor will they be sub-jected to student debt. hey
come from a generation where it was acceptable to graduate high school and apply for a job in sales or marketing, without a college degree, where people became paralegals or medical assistants by simply starting work at a law school or doctor’s oice and working their way up. hat is not this generation. here are degrees and second-ary degrees needed to enter ields that previously did not require a college education.
If Ga. legislators want to serve their constituents, it is the students they have to think about. hey must think about the likelihood that the policies they make will not instantly cause thousands of students to enroll in diferent schools, nor cause parents to suddenly start saving thousands of dol-alrs more each year for colelge funds. All it will do is funnel more money into loan pro-grams as the currently enrolled students of this state apply to revise their inancial futures, all in part of an unforgiving system that raises student’s expectations of earning po-
tential without changing the education that those student’s receive.
Members of the workforce wonder why it is that college students feel entitled to any-thing coming out of college. Perhaps it is because they have worked so hard for four to 10 years, taken out thousands, sometimes hundreds of thou-sands of dollars in loans, all in the hopes that they will make it rich, only to be told they are not qualiied to do any-thing beyond a starting posi-tion, that the state is in a hir-ing freeze or that their dream company is going under due to the credit crunch.
Student debt is not a solu-tion to any budget crunch. It is just delaying the problem for a few years, creating a group of people who are too young to be well represented in gov-ernment and too desperate to receive the much-needed edu-cation that they are ighting for. his debt cannot be dis-charged through bankruptcy, nor reinanced, and there is no other way to get through a four-year research institute, unless you are one of the lucky ones with rich parents or a good scholarship.
If the University System of Ga. wants to serve students and educate the people of Ga., they must do so at a reason-able price, or else they are only educating them today on ways to work of debt tomorrow.
Student debt will hinder future goals“If Ga. legislators want to
serve their constituents, it
is the students they have to
think about.”
Emily ChamberEditor-in-Chief
Nadia WilfSecond-year ChBE
“I probably would pay... I wouldn’t be willing to
transfer.”
Divya NagarkarFourth-year ChBE
“It would cost me less to go to Vanderbilt than Tech, so I’d be less likely to go to
Tech”
Zach Al-NasserFirst-year ECE
“I would be willing to pay it... and I’m an out-of-state
student”
Christine HangFirst-year NRE
“I would still go here, but I would not be happy.”
Would you pay up to $40,000 a year to go to
Tech?
BUZZAround Campus
It has been apparent recent-ly that the game of football in the NFL is changing. With the upcoming season looking to be uncapped, more complex defenses, a new breed of ath-letes and many teams relying heavily on their passing games, there is no question that the league has changed signii-cantly in the past decade and will continue to change. Of all the positions on the ield, the running backs have and will be shown the least amount of mercy in this ever changing game.
he days of longevity in stars like Emmitt Smith, Larry Csonka and Jim Brown are over. he speed of the game has increased and the defen-sive players are bigger and hit harder. he running backs take a beating, taking the most hits of any player game-in and game-out. hey get hurt more frequently nowa-days, and plenty of talent in a team’s depth chart allow for them to be replaced quite easily. In fact, most teams are implementing a two or three back system so they do not have to rely on one back car-rying the entirety of the loads. Common examples of this can be seen in Dallas’s triple threat in Marion Barber, Felix Jones and Tashard Choice as well as New Orleans’s depth of Reggie Bush, Pierre homas and Mike Bell.
Superstars do emerge in the league still, but it is both
unfortunate and inevitable that they will be short-lived. Shaun Alexander was atop the most valued running backs in the mid-2000s, but after a few seasons got cut, had a short stint with the Redskins and now cannot ind a job. He hit his prime in his mid-20s and was cut by the age of 30.
Age has not been as much of a factor in determining “how much fuel is left in the tank” though. It has been seen that player “mileage”, or amount of time he has played, is the most important factor in determining how good of a running back a player still is. A perfect example of this can be seen in Ricky Williams who is approaching 33-years-old and is still taking a great amount of the load successfully in Mi-ami’s backield. Williams has sat out a few seasons due to substance-abuse reasons and has also missed a signiicant amount of game-time due to injury.
hough some may be ex-cited about Chris Johnson and Adrian Peterson, they will
soon share the same fates as the forgotten previous stars of Jamal Lewis, Tiki Barber, Co-rey Dillon, Priest Holmes, and the more recent LaDainian Tomlinson and Larry John-son. History will repeat itself in today’s game of football. Unlike other positions such as quarterback, who can have long storied careers, there will be no Brett Favres in the half-back position.
his brings us to the cur-rent state of the league, with the looming non-salary cap season. In a non-capped sea-son, several disadvantages can be seen in investing heavy money on once-great or un-certain running backs. Teams will spit money out to players they know will produce, not only for the current season but even down the road for several years to come.
For many players it is easier to see how they will perform. Jef Garcia has jumped around to a few teams and seen a bit of success, as well as Ty Law has at cornerback. Law has been around the league, and
although he is up there in age, each team that picks him up knows they are getting a de-cent cornerback that is sui-cient enough if they are in dire need of one.
With the amount of depth at running back and several great free agents, it will be un-likely that a team will invest big money in such risky players at that position. Instead, smart teams will attempt to ill their other needs and be more will-ing to spend their new excess of cash to do so.
here are several decent backs that are free agents, in Tomlinson, homas Jones, Brian Westbrook, Chester Taylor, Kevin Faulk and Willie Parker, but it will still be a risk investing in any one of them. I agree that most of these play-ers will be picked up at some point, but probably not at the price one might expect in an uncapped year.
With the growing talent seen in the league now, and even more so in years to come, it will be harder and harder for running backs to compete at such a high successful level. Defensive players will be even nastier in years to come and will be able to be drafted more efectively due to advances in scouting. Halfbacks’ years of success could drop from the current 5 or 6 to even less than that. While running backs will always have their place on the ield, fewer and fewer will be categorized as legendary.
Running backs will lose most next season“Unlike other positions, such
as quarterback,... there will be
no Brett Favres in the halfback
position.”
Steven CappettaAdvertising Manager
Photos by Eric Mansield
8 • March 5, 2010 • Technique OPINIONS
Upcoming elections a chance for students to contribute to campus
I do not often get the chance to sit in on meetings of the UHR, and in many ways my knowledge of what the body does is similar to that of other students: they sit down for two hours, discuss or-ganizations’ spending bills, vote, and then go home. However, while preparing to present a bill that would amend the way elec-tions are run last week, I sat in on the discussion of the resolution that would eventually express the undergraduate student body’s dis-approval of HB 615, the conceal and carry bill.
I saw the House acting as it ideally should. Representatives were truly deliberating, weighing the arguments of both sides of the debate, and appealing to the data which showed the student body’s opinion. Each time a representa-tive got up to speak, he or she ze-roed in on one question: What do our constituents want?
I could not help but smile through this, despite the gravity of the debate, because I could see each was doing the job for which he or she was elected one year ago. hey were not acting as students; they were acting as the collective will of their constituencies. hat is SGA at its inest.
In less than a month, on March 28, campaigning will begin for representatives and executive can-didates. Signs will seemingly pop up out of nowhere, chapter and hall council meetings will hear candidates explain their positions and eventually the voters will go to the polls. Everything is ready, except for two key ingredients: the voters and the candidates.
Both come from the student body, and each group is equally important. Once campaigns be-gin, voters become the center of
attention. It is their job to evalu-ate the candidates. hey must re-member that the people they elect to oice will be spending several million dollars of students’ money and advocating for them; their choices should not be capricious.
hose who are eventually elect-ed will get the chance to inluence the way this campus grows and changes in a way few previous representatives have. he budget crisis in the state is already threat-ening to cause sweeping changes to the way we live and learn, and representatives are our strongest voices during this time. President Peterson’s administration is still in its infancy, and representatives will need to continue to let him know what students think. he strategic planning process, which will soon be complete, will also only be able to be implemented with input from SGA
Beyond the representative seats, two other oices are up for election. he Executive Vice President leads the Undergradu-ate House of Representatives. he Executive Vice President makes sure everything runs smoothly, and will be responsible for setting the tone of meetings, and also as-sisting the second executive candi-date, the President.
he Undergraduate Student Body President is perhaps the most visible of all 16,000 under-
graduates at Tech. He or she is our voice, our chief advocate to the administration, the Board of Regents, and the General Assem-bly. he candidates for this oice will be running the most elabo-rate campaigns, but also the most substantive. Each deserves careful scrutiny from voters, fellow candi-dates and the Technique.
I say all of this, not as a de-scription of who makes up SGA or what to expect after Spring Break, but as prelude to the following re-quest to the student body: over the next month take an active inter-est in the future of this Institute. If you want to make a diference on campus, run for oice. If you want to serve your major or your class, run for oice. If you want to inluence what happens over the next year at Tech, run for oice. Applications are up at sga.gatech.edu/elections, and are due March 28 in the SGA oice.
If you choose not to run for of-ice, fulill your duty as a member of the campus community and vote in SGA elections from April 9 - April 14. Pay attention during the campaigns, and make your choices carefully.
he student government at Tech only works because it is run by students who have the voices of thousands of their fellow students at their backs. his spring, decide to make one of those voices yours.
OUR VIEWS HOT OR NOT
A tale of twentyGeorgia Tech Lorraine cel-
ebrating its twentieth anniver-sary is a proud milestone for campus, since GTL was the Institute’s irst international campus. GTL speaks volumes about Tech’s commitment to creating an international perspective for all students at the Institute. Tech’s desire to truly be an internationally re-nowned institute is made evi-dent by GTL.
HOT– or –NOT“Those who are eventually
elected will get the chance to
inluence the way this campus grows and changes.”
Michael DonohueSGA Vice President of Elections
B-Ball bluesTech’s men’s basketball
team picked up its eighth loss in conference at Clemson. he seemingly endless downward spiral of the Jackets this season has left Tech as a bubble team for the NCAA Tournament. he Jackets will probably need a win against Virginia Tech on Saturday to clinch a tour-nament berth, and give Tech some momentum going into the ACC Tournament.
hree big inalistsAfter nearly two years of
waiting, three inalists have been named for the CoC Deanship. Regardless of the apparent lack of haste in the search process, all three candi-dates are exceptional choices, and the candidates’ impressive resumes reenforces the promi-nence of the CoC and the In-stitute as a whole in the eyes of professional across the nation and the globe.
Blunder-Henryhe string of accidents, er-
rors and malfunctions in the Bunger-Henry Building over the past week could put the best anti-Murphy’s Law argu-ers down. Hopefully, the re-searcher in the Hydroluoric Acid accident will be able to return to the lab as soon as possible, and hopefully other researchers will be more vigi-lant in the future and not ill up the crime reports section.
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I’m a Juliet--where’s my Romeo?I’m caught in a rad bromance.to the guy who helped me when i fell up the stairs: hanks for not laughing (aloud) :)Dear Alcohol, You win. Regards.what the hell?! stop inviting the tool to our events!Ravenger SIT!Subway downstairs and the old sandwich place upstairs? What a great idea!Procrastinate. Because if the world ends tomorrow, you won’t have to do itPsycho swimmerlaptop girl in psy2210 - if only i had enough ‘cahones’ to say hello.....Rag and bone!!!C-c-c-cinnamon lipsLook at me long enough that I can at least smile at your beauti-ful face!Where are all the sexy female kernel hackers?.he russian probstat prof is actually clever and funny.xkcd? Are those tar lags?Simplify for i: 9x - 7i > 3(3x-7u)I look forward to reading the sliver to see what all the hopeless romantics are up toProud our student government is ighting for uscute red head running in the freezing cold, I’ll warm you up.crew girls are the reason i go to morning PToh no! the power went out! the electrical pipes must have burstoh, yes. a coke would be delightful!guys like what, what, whatthe man your man could smell like guy makes my day...everyday.who peed on the couch?Penne + Rigatoni + Pot of Boiling Water = Intercourse NoodlesTreat me like a girl or treat me like a guy... just pick one!!Conversation hearts can’t summarize anything.If you get a signiicant other, who will I snuggle with?
While diversity may just be a fashionable buzzword for marketing campaigns, an institu-tion like Tech—as a whole—actually takes the word to action from the administrative to the individual student level.
“From a collegiate standpoint the world was evolving from ‘airmative action’ to ‘diversity’ when I was at Tech, so it was this new termi-nology that had no real deinition to it besides the very pure and simpliied gender, race and religion categories,” Erikka Mallett, president of the Black Alumni Organization, said, “Tech has broadened its scope on how it looks at diversity, and it has created more opportunities in how to address it. [Tech] has really tried to put it out there and make the discussion of it more acces-sible.”
Admissions Director Rick Clark described Tech’s at-large deinition of diversity as “scho-lastic, academic, ethnic and geographic diver-sity.” his description derives from former Tech President G. Wyane Clough’s time in oice, during which the Oice of Diversity Programs was created.
Diversity initiatives are a growing consid-eration in both public and private institutions’ policies abroad. With Institute President G.P.. “Bud” Peterson’s announcement of major or-ganizational changes just after the University System of Georgia budget cuts last year, Tech is placing a higher priority on actions and recogni-tion of its goals in diversity.
Coinciding with the growing visibility of multi-ethnicity, public higher education insti-tutions like Tech now include multiracial op-tions on applications.
he 2009 freshman class were the irst to have the option to check multiple boxes under race on their applications, and 72 of the 2650 freshmen enrolled did. Minority applications and admissions so far this year have generally increased this year, including those identiied as multi-ethnic.
Recently, Tech has stepped up recruitment eforts by specializing communication and events via more casual means like the Admis-sions Department’s Facebook page.
“On a daily basis we are able to put content out there and see what people are interested in,” Clark said, “If someone likes or comments on [something we have posted], then we can get good feedback from something that really reso-nates with them.”
Alumni—like the Women Alumni Network, Black Alumni Organization and Georgia Tech Alumni Association — are also highly active re-cruiters, targeting that particular group’s demo-graphic. Despite these eforts, scholarships and grants are doing more of the talking for where the student ultimately decides on. his prompts a more intense efort on the part of other forms of recruitment, like alumni organizations.
“here are a lot of African American stu-dents being accepted, but many are making the decision to go to other schools,” Mallett said, “Students can participate in a poll about why they opted for a diferent school, and the major-ity of the responses have to do with scholarship ofers. It’s from the standpoint of inancial need, but that there’s more scholarship money avail-able from the other school.”
Mallett and other alumni with the Black Alumni Organization are in contact with the
See Diverse, page 11
WAM!MARCH BEGINS
WOMEN’S AWARENESS
MONTH
By Nancy Thanki Contributing Writer
Women’s Awareness Month (WAM) kicked of on Monday, March 1 and marks the beginning of a series of events throughout the month that celebrate women.
During the month of March, WAM sponsors student-led events that, according to the WAM web-site, www.womenscenter.gatech.edu, are aimed at the, “recognition of women’s achievements and con-cerns by bringing the role models to campus and addressing issues in our community and society at large.”
“[WAM is an] important en-deavor that shows an opportunity for women to get together to try and address issues and raise awareness to women’s issues in general,” said Colleen Riggle, the director of the Women’s Resource Center.
he kickof event on March 1
included guest speaker Heather Maggs, from Girls Fight Back, an organization that is devoted to teaching self-defense to women and giving them the ability to protect themselves.
On March 6, WAM is organiz-ing the Women’s Day of Service where women can come together to give back to the Atlanta commu-nity. here are a total of ten diferent volunteer projects ofered, examples include making lunch for a shelter program in the Salvation Army, cleaning and maintaining Chastain Park and organizing books at the Buckhead Library.
“Women’s Day of Service is a day where female students, faculty, and staf from all across the Geor-gia Tech campus come together to foster growth in the Atlanta area through volunteering. he event’s aims are twofold in the sense that we are not only working to form
camaraderie but also we are work-ing towards causes we believe in and are making a lasting impact. We are volunteering with 10 diferent orga-nizations and have almost 100 vol-unteers this year,” said Piyasa Paul, second-year Mgt and Women’s Day of Service chair.
he play, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When he Rainbow Is Enuf, will be performed at the Ferst Center for the Arts on at 7 p.m. on March 7.
he play is being presented in conjunction with the Oice of Di-versity Programs and addresses many diicult aspects of life that African American women face in life in America.
WAM’s signature event, Take Back the Night, will take place March 9 at the Campanile. Take Back the Night aims to educate and
See WAM, page 11
Illustration by Vivian Fan/ Student Publications
10 • March 5, 2010 • Technique FOCUS
Students collaborate, work to protect Tech workersChris RussellOnline Editor
On Feb. 25, the Worker Stu-dent Alliance held a panel discus-sion on workers’ rights and ways to forward the progressive move-ment on campus and in Atlanta.
he panel consisted of ive At-lanta-area students and a Sodexo employee, and approximately 35 people attended.
Tech students were represented on the panel by Martin Gantt, ifth-year BIO and founder of the WSA at Tech, and WSA member Evan Schwartz.
Gantt said, “We wanted to put this panel on to talk about what a lot of diferent people are doing. We wanted to make the case for a [public service announcement] and let students know what that means.”
One of the panelists, Nicholas Foster, represented the employees of Sodexo. Outlining the goals of many Sodexo employees and why he attended the panel, Foster said, “We want respect, we want better beneits for our workers--many of us are below the poverty line--and we just want to be heard. We want better pay, the average sal-ary is $8.27 and that can’t get you much of anything today. [Lastly,] we want a better insurance plan that we can actually aford.”
As Foster sees it, despite So-dexo’s success at a corporate level, they have been unwilling to in-crease employee beneits or wages, despite having the ability to do so.
According to Foster, several Sodexo employees recently at-tended a shareholders’ conference and suggested expanding employ-ee compensation and beneits, but their suggestions were dismissed across the board.
he panel wasn’t limited to
Tech students and staf, however. Helen Cobbes, a student at Agnes Scott who is working on a living-wage program, participated as well.
Describing her program and the Progressive movement, Cobbes said, “We’re trying to build a student group to support [workers]. I see our work as very exciting because it’s something that hasn’t really happened in At-lanta before.”
Cobbes is optimistic about programs like hers, and believes that an “alliance between schools” will play an important role in is-sues like workers’ rights.
Tehereh Aghdasifar, a member of the Progressive Students’ As-sociation at GSU, seconded these views. Aghdasifar said, “Basically what we want is a coalition be-tween workers, students, and stu-dent and organizations.”
he panel was in consensus that the brunt of the economy’s efects are being borne more by those who make less. hey raised the point that it’s unfair that the people who had no hand in the economy’s demise are bear-ing more of the brunt than those who’s decisions directly brought it about.
When discussing why the movement isn’t larger than it is, the general consensus, both from the panel and from the audience, was that it was more a matter of perception than one of substance.
Schwartz and Gantt agreed that while they feel the numbers support their points very well, the Progressive movement has dif-iculty putting a human face on them and, as a result, loses a large number of supporters they would otherwise be able to claim.
According to Gantt, the orga-nization plans on working with
other left-leaning organizations on campus to help spread its mes-sage. Gantt said, “We’re collabo-rating with [College Democrats and Students Organizing for Sus-tainability] on this event and on the [fee hikes] rally next week. We think there’s a lot of overlap in building the progressive student movement.”
WSA has gained the support of the College Democrats. Kristofer Carta, the President of the Col-lege Democrats at Tech, said, “We’re totally in support of WSA’s actions to represent workers on campus, who seem to continually be stepped on in their attempts to organize and be fairly repre-sented.”
WSA is currently working with the Student Involvement Oice to conirm student membership and become an oicial student orga-nization. he group has chosen Anne Pollock, Assistant Professor of Science, Technology and Cul-ture, as their faculty advisor.
“I met one of the organizers of the Student Worker Alliance at a community meeting in At-lanta about community safety. We were introduced by a mutual acquaintance, and Martin told me about what they were trying to do at Tech,” Pollock said, “I was involved in social justice activism when I was a graduate student at MIT—during the height of the current Iraq war—and I believe
Photo by Jarrett Skov/Student Publications
The Worker Student Alliance formed at Tech to improve workers’ rights on campus . The recent layof
of unionized bus drivers was part of the catalyst to form the group, which spans multiple campuses. that student-led campus activism is really important.”
Until Tech’s WSA is chartered, actions are largely being funded by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, with whom the for-mer Tech bus drivers were aili-ated.
WSA has taken part in a panel on Haiti, a campaign against union busting and labor and bud-get protests.
heir most recent action was a fee hike rally and speak-out on March 4, at the Campanile; ac-tions are advertised via liers. he WSA holds general body meet-ings in the Student Center’s Pine Room every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
Technique • March 5, 2010 • 11 FOCUS
bring awareness to the Tech com-munity about sexual violence and the night features a remembrance candle light vigil for victims of sexual assault.
During the vigil, victims are invited to share their stories and provide information on resources for women that have experienced sexual assault.
“Sexual violence is a crime that efects everyone and yet, it is still the most under reported crime in the US. Sexual assault victims are our brothers, sisters, fathers, daughters, mothers, sons, and friends. Rape is considered a ‘crime of silence’ and it is my per-sonal mission for this to change. I hope that by hosting Take Back the Night annually, that no one will ever be afraid to tell their story on Tech’s campus....,” said Kelsey Tucker third-year Psych and Take Back the Night event chair.
Another historically popu-lar WAM event is the Red Dress Fashion Show. his year, the event will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Student Center Ballroom. he fashion show features Tech women modeling red dresses and
WAM from page 9
Oice of Minority Education and African American recruitment counselor Chris Briggs to coordi-nate eforts at attracting their par-ticular demographic. hey have also started their own initiatives, like recruiting at Atlanta metro area mega-churches of 3000-7000 members to make a more immedi-ate impact, which has been well-received so far.
“We have a lot of things to be proud about, particularly things related to diversity and under-represented minorities,” Peterson said, “We’re the largest producer of African American engineers, and Hispanic engineers in the country, and that’s something of which we can all be very proud.”
Seven fraternities and sorori-ties with the Multicultural Greek Council have a speciic ethnic in-terest, more directed to social ef-forts in diversity and unity across the campus. hese houses are open to all students, though each has an emphasis on Latin, South Asian and East Asian communi-ties.
“I notice how minorities form groups at Tech and within those groups they formed a really strong connection,” Sho Kitamura, irst-year CE, said, “I think it’s some-thing really special.”
Diversity is still an efort on the student end, as well. Organi-zations like Women in Engineer-ing and Georgia Tech Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers are organizations that more of-ten actively incorporate other students. For example, Women in Engineering has a mentoring program—recently opened to male students as well—that pairs a irst or second year student with a third or fourth year student, re-spectively, as an academic tutor and personal mentor.
While ethnic and gender groups are at the forefront of most diversity campaigns nationwide,
socioeconomic background is also a target demographic that Tech’s G. Wayne Clough Promise Pro-gram seeks to assist. he Promise Fund is available to Georgia resi-dents with a family income of less than $33,300, designed to pick up inancial support where the HOPE funds can leave of. hese funds are personally customized to the student in need.
In an open letter to the Tech community last November, In-stitute President G.P. “Bud” Pe-terson’s irst step towards reor-ganization was expanding and elevating the duties of the lead diversity oicer.
he current interim vice pro-vost for academic diversity, Dr. Gilda Barabino, has indicated
beneits the American Heart As-sociation. he event focuses on informing people about cardiac care, which is especially impor-tant to women because it is their leading cause of death.
“Heart disease is the number one killer of women in the Unit-ed States and hopefully through events like the Red Dress Fashion Show, we can spread awareness so women can begin to take as many precautionary steps as pos-sible and ight back against heart disease,” said Sarah Walker, third-year PubP and chair of the Red Dress Fashion Show.
WAM and the School of His-tory, Science and Technology are working together to bring the WAM keynote speaker, Mab Segrest, to the Clary heatre on March 18. Segrest is a feminist writer and activist.
WAM will wrap up it’s the month of events with a presenta-tion entitled, “Multicultural Di-versity.” According to the WAM website the event focuses on, “Exploring the Relativity of ‘Nor-mal’…. Just like race and gender are a critical part of understand-ing the multicultural world we live, disability is equally signii-cant.”
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that she would step down to her position when the new position is illed. he Institute Diversity Search Committee, fully orga-nized in early Feb., has started a national search for an individual to serve as the Vice President for Institute Diversity.
hese changes at Tech are just a local example of a national move-ment toward the composite qual-ity of ethnicity. Starting last year, all public schools’ applications are required to allow options for mul-tiple races, and the 2000 Census was the irst national Census to al-lowing multiple selections of race or a “some other race” option as a catch-all box for those who don’t completely agree with the usual given options.
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Photo by Ben Keyserling/ Student Publications
Students participate in a candle light vigil to honor victims of
sexual violence at Take Back the Night during 2009’s WAM events.
Data courtesy of Rick Clark/ Georgia Tech Admissions
March 5 R&B performers Chrisette Michelle and Laura Izibor sing their souls out at the Tabernacle for Michelle’s Epiphany Tour. Grammy Award winning vocalist Michelle will be showcasing her Epiphany al-bum and cycling through the hits of “Blame it on Me,” “Epiphany” and “What You Do.” However, opening act for the concert Izibor frames the rhythm and blues mood with sets from Let the Truth Be Told, her debut album. Charges are only $26, and the performance is a must-see for fans of recent R&B and Soul music. Pre-concert en-try may be purchased at www.tabernacleatl.com.
Well, after last week’s double nomination of Ga-briel Iglesias and Lewis Black for the City Scene, Tech students can get another dose of comedy from a small screen star. So in Atlanta will be he, the hilarious Scot and host of CBS’ Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Mr. Craig Ferguson live at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. Again, tickets at this venue are quite pricey from $32.50 to $52.50 but each slip is an I.O.U for hours of amusement. he ticket price is well worth a night of great laughs. Fortunately, Ferguson will not thunder on
Winner of the Gilmore Artist Award, Kirill Gerstein arrives March 11 at Atlanta Symphony Hall to amaze patrons with his digital skills through March 13. Begin-ning the evening with Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2, the night transitions to the story of an inanimately awakened puppet, titular character in Igor Stravinsky’s composi-tions from the ballet Petrushka. he piece projects a great emotional potency as Petrushka dances through his in-ner turmoil of his new-found life. With such a moving piece, Gerstein should have no problems striking a chord in the audience with every move of his ingers. his is not a performance to be missed. Performances begin at 8 p.m. and tickets range from $20 - $75. Tickets may be purchased and more information is provided at www.atlantasymphony.org.
By Kenneth PhillipsSenior Staf Writer
Orchestra sure to captivate with Stravinsky
Tabernacle hosts Chrisette Michelle with Izibor
More Comics at Cobb Energy Performing Arts
Photo by Chris Gooley/ Student Publications
Local illusionist Mick Stone will be performing on campus at the Instruction Center (IC) Auditorium on March 3. A seasoned performer, Stone is known for his shows in colleges, theatres and companies around the country. He’s acts, including poking out his eyeballs, letting an audience member pulling his inger of and impaling his hand with a metal spike, are a perfect blend of horror, humor and grotesque that is sure to amuse. his particular show, called “WTF?! he Magic Show that Doesn’t Suck,” (WTF standing for “What hrilling Fun”) will start at 8 p.m. on the night of the show with ticket price of $5 for students and $10 for everyone else.
Illusionist Mick Stone performs tonight in IC
By Robert SolomonContributing Writer
When I told a friend of mine that I was going to be reviewing Cop Out this week, he leaned over in a conspiratorial whisper and said, “You know, that’s not really Kevin’s movie.”
While true that compared to previous ilms Kevin Smith has directed, this is the irst one in which he has not also written the screenplay. here has not been any mention of the director of Clerks and Mallrats in any of the advertising because this ilm is nothing like any of his other ilms. In fact, this ilm hardly resembles anything entertaining.
he basic plot of this ilm is that one half of a buddy cop team (Bruce Willis) loses a very valuable baseball card, and he and his partner (Tracy Morgan) get into mischief as they look across the city trying to ind it. I could tell you more about the plot, but it hardly mat-ters. Films like this live and die on the chemistry be-tween their leads, not the story.
Unfortunately, there is nearly zero chemistry be-tween Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan. Having Bruce Willis as a detective ofers ample opportunity for par-ody considering his action movie past, but that oppor-tunity is largely squandered. Willis looks perpetually amused throughout the ilm, as if to say, “I can’t be-lieve I’m getting paid to goof of on a movie set.” hat makes two of us.
Meanwhile, Tracy Morgan is swinging for the fences on every pitch, going for the comic jugular with every over-emotive mugging for the camera. Occasion-ally, this style works, particularly when it comes of as an extension to Morgan’s over-enthusiastic character. I
can’t imagine another actor getting away with the line “I love you like a fat kid loves cake!” he rest of the time, I could feel my teeth ground together in irritation.
Seann William Scott shows up in the ilm as well. You remember Stiler from the American Pie series, right? He’s not bad, but he’s not really good, either.his is the norm in this ilm. In fact, there is no shortage of decent comic actors in this movie, yet not a single one of them are sig-niicantly funny. he whole tone of the ilm isn’t suspense-ful, action-packed or funny. It is none of the things we hoped for when we walked in to this ilm. So who shall we blame?
Let’s blame someone who clearly phoned this one in, because there is not a single inspired moment in this mov-ie. here was a time when Smith refused to direct he Green Hornet because he didn’t think he would be able to handle a ilm with action sequences and should have stuck with that.
Even if Smith didn’t write the script, this is still his movie. Sadly, he makes the Farrelly Brothers (Dumb and Dumber) look like auteur by comparison. Hopefully Smith brings a little more enthusiasm to his next project, because this movie sufers the standard Spring malaise of being boring, and there is no greater crime for a comedy movie than this.
I’ll give this movie an extra half of a star for Tracy Morgan, who despite his excesses was the only person in this movie to illicit a genuine laugh from me (or anyone else in the audience for that matter.) Anyone who man-ages this in a ilm like Cop Out deserves a modicum of respect. But don’t let this faint praise steer you towards the theatre, save your pennies and watch he Last Boy Scout (a buddy cop ilm starring Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans that is actually funny) instead.
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Cop Out
GENRE: Action/Comedy
STARRING: Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan
DIRECTOR: Kevin Smith
RATING: R
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By Chris ErnstStaf Writer
he Crazies is a remake of the eponymous 1973 movie, directed and with a screenplay by George Romero who executively pro-duced this recent iteration. Timo-thy Olyphant and Radha Mitchell star as the main couple, supported by actor Joe Anderson.
he ilm is about the contain-ment of a small town in which its citizens “get sick.” his is not a very original story. It is one that has been used and reused many times. Despite this, the ilmmak-ers recognize the potential prob-lem and use it to their advantage.
Aside from the initial suspen-sion of disbelief that such a disease exists, the rest of the movie is ac-tually quite realistic. he people who are sick to not have any su-perhuman strength, there are no futuristic weapons and no magical way out. he characters work for what they have and do not get any supernatural assistance.
here is hardly any time given in the movie to explain what is going on. he exposition is very minimal. his works so well be-cause the audience is already fa-miliar with this archetypal story. Everyone has seen or at lest heard about a movie like this. he audi-ence already knows what is going
on, so there is no need for the ilm to waste time telling the audience what it already knows.
So although the story itself is not original, the way it is present-ed is interesting. One would ex-pect the movie to revolve around a band of people trying to escape to a particular place, or survive until a particular time. However, he Crazies takes a diferent approach.
here is not a clear place to escape to throughout the movie. he characters are confused and try diferent things just because it might help, whatever that may mean at any particular time. he characters reach for solutions as to what to do, which is much more realistic than other similar mov-ies, which have clear goals and obstacles.
None of the actors in the ilm are very high-proile. hey do not have any immediate star power, so they do not bring any baggage with their faces onscreen. his is very efective because when the audience sees them onscreen, they see the characters they are por-traying, not the actors and their most recent rehab visits.
he actors come of as people, not stars, which further enhances the small-town, homey feel of the ilm. he Crazies eschews readily recognizable faces to maintain the suspension of disbelief, much like the movie, S1m0ne.
here is not much visual style in this ilm and that is not neces-sarily a bad thing. In a movie like 300, the (perhaps excess) style kept the movie away from the au-dience. It was never really engross-ing because it was so unreal. he Crazies, however, does not hide behind anything, like an overt stylization.
It is normal people doing things that normal people can do. No one has any particularly amaz-
ing talents or skills. he char-acters’ actions onscreen are very believable and real, with very few exceptions.
he movie has plenty of scares, and several intensely nerve-rack-ing scenes. hey are all well done and do not rely too much on old, cliché methods. Most of the methods to scare are very similar though, which is to be expected. he infected people seem to be the common source.
he more personal moments
in which one character is at risk are punctuated by many scenes of a growing sense of general chaos, each of which is less scary per se, but still evoke quite a visceral re-action.
In addition to the crazies at-tacking and the general chaos, danger is never very far away and can strike at any time, keeping the audience and the main characters at a constant state of fear.
he Crazies is not really a zom-bie movie because there are no
dead people moving. But this is about as close as it can get. his movie has only the suspension of disbelief that there exists such a sickness, an easy concession to make.
he characters act like nor-mal people and come of as nor-mal people because they are not too dramatic. he Crazies ofers plenty of scares and good ones at that. his is a fun, escapist movie with more to ofer than the aver-age zombie lick.
Crazies engrosses with newcomers, simplistic styleFILM
The Crazies
GENRE: Suspense/Thriller
STARRING: Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell
DIRECTOR: Breck Eisner
RATING: R
RELEASED: Feb. 26, 2010
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NAE: are you gay guys or girls? hat’s a lot of Gaga.NBC F’ed Olympic coverage big time!Tech: Where boys debate the FairTax on the wall of the bathroom stall next to Pizza Hut.Social Psychology girl, what’s up with the boyfriend??77% increase in tuition or a 1% reduction in salaries...hmmm...heartbreak warfare :(Beaker and Cookie Monster. Om nom nom nom.I’m pretty sure I’m failing my irst class. Should I get a W or try and go for it?Tuition hikes? LETS RIOT LIKE THEY DID AT UCLA!!i want to write my paper!can’t get cofee ‘cause of hula-hooping hipstersFind out his name. Please.go kartssssssswalk walk fashion baby.I will light myself on ire and run through a meth labI HAVE AD...oh look at that...HellEEEEEEEWWWwwwwwwww -Mrs. DoubtireOn the eighth day, God created Saturn, and he liked it, so he put a ring on it.Best creeping location on campus = Tin DrumWhy was there a real-life southern proper dog in last weeks nique?he boiling groundwater between MARC and MRDC is evi-dence of how eing HOT MEs are.....YEAH!You look good, you look ine, I really wanna make you mine!i’m going through cough drops faster than comedy central goes through original seriesOn the issue of renaming the hair cuttery in the student center: Buzz Cuts. Obviously.you probably have no chance with that redhead girl in NASPulled over. No license. Not my car. No ticket. What????Abacus I love you!... maybe someday I’ll tell youvietnamese girls are SO hotfree generic meds? i’m there!!
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stage until March 14, so good little boys and girls can have all of their assignments wrapped in a bow by then. www.cob-benergycentre.com is a font of information on how to procure tickets and a look at what will be featured this month.
Allure of Auto-mobile at High
With the departure of the Da Vinci exhibit at the High Museum, the terrible void is to be illed March 21 with the up-coming and exciting exhibition he Allure of the Automobile.
his exhibition highlights the artistic and astoundingly beautiful engineering of golden age motorcars.
For avid fans of elegant As-ton Martins or the exquisite Porches of the mid-1900s, this is the inest opportunity these fantasies have received to be publicly featured.
he exhibit includes 18 of the most masterful designs to ever be produced from the 1957 Jaguar XKSS to the ex-travagant form of the 1937 Bu-gatti and each justly deserves its classiication as a work of art.
Tickets, including access to all museum galleries, are only $15, with a student I.D., and are additionally reduced by 50% after 4 p.m. on hursdays. here is a strict “no touching” policy, but I know the visuals are enough to make this exhib-it a great deal.
he Allure of the Automo-bile will be open March 21 un-til June 20 and more informa-tion about the event is available at www.high.org.
By Nirav BhatiaContributing Writer
he Super Saturday Open Mic Night at Under he Couch (UTC) on the weekend of Feb. 27 certainly disproved the claim that Tech students did not have any other talents besides science and math.
he event attracted a good number of performers to dem-onstrate their musical abilities as songwriters and singers.
For a relatively small stage and venue with the prevailing dulcet
sounds, the lighting was mostly subtle. hanks to the advanced sound system of UTC, the acous-tic levels matched the sound pref-erence of each solo artist or band, rendering them an optimal per-forming experience.
he show mostly comprised of some mellow acoustic guitar tunes, with the exception of bands like All Your Base who got things loud and rocking. Some perform-ers, such as Zack and Joseph, ex-hibited exceptional talent by play-ing their instruments in a way to alter their sound quality and cre-
ate an ambient mood that comple-mented the lyrics.
Most of the audience members were, in fact, none other than per-formers waiting for their chance at the stage. he event could have deinitely employed a better pro-motion strategy to attract more audiences seeking entertainment.
he crowd wasn’t as excited or energetic as expected, which again might be attributed to the low-key nature of the songs that were played. Despite the more prevalent soothing sounds, the perform-ers displayed exemplary talent.
he complex playing techniques deinitely raised the bar on what might be expected in the musical department of tech school.
Nevertheless, the event wasn’t as exciting as one might expect from a music venue on a Saturday night. More student attendance certainly help to vamp up the en-ergy level of UTC, and the per-formers would no doubt appreci-ate the support.
hat being said, I would rec-ommend UTC to anyone looking for a fun (and free) place to go on a weekend.
UTC’s Open Mic Night attracts talent
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16 • March 5, 2010 • Technique ENTERTAINMENT
By Yameen HuqStaf Writer
his Feb. 9 saw the sequel to the hit irst-person shooter (FPS), BioShock. A game that soars after its predecessor broke the ceiling, BioShock 2 delivers in every area and recreates the haunting atmo-sphere that lead to the success of the irst.
he game’s plot is unusual in that it’s actually good. he previous game featured a mix-ture of philosophy and mys-tery that can still be found in this installment. Set eight years after the events of the previous game, Rapture (the city you originally played in) is now under the control of an evil psychiatrist, bent on us-ing its helpless denizens for her own agenda.
While it might sound sim-ple enough, it actually creates the opportunity for interest-ing dialogue relating to the virtues and vices of selish-ness.
he gameplay itself is fu-
Bioshock 2 succeeds with storyVIDEO GAMES
BioShock 2
CONSOLES: XBox 360, PlayStation 3, PC
GENRE: First-Person Shooter
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rious yet eerie with the player controlling a cyborg known as “Big Daddy.” he Big Daddy in question is one that seeks to ind its “Little Sister,” a mutant girl that forms a symbiotic relation-ship with him, and escape from the city. he Big Daddy is able to use certain powers such as us-ing Plasmids, a sort of biologi-cal upgrade. he combination of special powers and high-tech guns make for a highly creative killing experience.
Contrasting with the irst game, BioShock 2 features a new type of enemy known as “Big Sisters.” Highly agile and swift cyborg assassins, these are among the dangerous enemies you’ll face in the game.
Similar to the irst game, this one also features ability to do good and evil. You can either save the innocent Little Sisters or kill them for your personal gain. In doing so, one gains ac-cess to several diferent endings with varying levels of satisfac-tion.
Graphically, the game man-ages to craft a highly eerie and almost malignant atmosphere that uses lights and shadows to heighten the desolate location the story takes place in. Add to that a creepy haunting sound track and one has an occasion-ally terrifying miasma.
he multiplayer mode of the game has the players playing the citizens of devastated city in frantic combat. While cer-
tainly entertaining and adding to the replay value, it pales in comparison to the visceral at-mosphere created by the single player mode.
Ultimately, the gameplay and atmosphere is this game’s selling point. In a time where every shooter is zombie infes-tations or alien invasions, this game stands out by creating a unique story about the dan-gers of pure capitalism and science without regard for hu-man rights. At the same time, the game’s unique mix of guns and Plasmids (pseudo-magical powers) create innovative and refreshing gameplay.
he only downside is that while diferent from its pre-decessor, it fails to be a whole new game and thus may be seen as more of an expansion rather than a stand-alone title. It picks up right where the pre-vious game left of, which may leave some newer players con-fused Also, as intriguing as the narrative is, its philosophical points are never made as im-portant as it was in the previous game.
Overall, BioShock 2 manages to be both innovative and in-teresting in a challenging time for games. It is guaranteed fun for anyone who likes periods of sneaking around punctuated with frantic ireights. Its mix of style and substance make this one of the few titles to really ap-peal to a multitude of audiences.
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THEME CROSSWORD: REJUVENATIONBy Robert ZimmermanUnited Features Syndicate
ACROSS1. Abbr. in grammar5. Hogsheads10. Gush15. he sound of the surf19. Alaskan island20. In agreement: 2 wds.21. Norse gods and goddesses22. Black23. Something positive24. Notepaper inish25. Hang26. Network signal27. Start of a quip by Dean Martin: 3 wds.30. Part 2 of quip: 2 wds.32. “-- -- a kick out of you”33. Somersault34. Cervine creature35. Be able to spare38. Hold dear40. Vindictive44. Copy of a kind45. -- cuisine
46. Adopted47. Sch. in Big Easy48. Trust49. “-- Doone”50. Handrail for dancers51. Kind of searching52. Fish sometimes pickled53. Prehistoric habitations54. Merely implied55. Spiral56. Warehousing58. Rooms for rent59. Impassioned60. Part 3 of quip: 5 wds.64. -- -cornered65. Journeys by ox wagon66. Exploding “pineapple”69. Revenue70. Derisive remarks71. Is foolhardy enough73. Grassland74. Strate or Slaughter75. Legal right76. Broadcasted
DOWN1. Cartogram2. Legendary Hun3. Knock for a loop4. Softly padded5. Summoned6. Inclined upward7. PlayStation maker8. Recognized9. Lady of Spain10. Seat of a kind11. Risk12. Serv. branch13. -- tide
14. Monograph15. Place ofering safety16. Mind17. Digits18. Player on a ield28. Frightful one29. Muddy sediment31. Turnstile34. Recreation35. Lots of land36. Group of vehicles37. Proceed in step with others: 2 wds.38. Reduce
39. Operates40. Loud cry41. Store employee42. Source of excessive proit43. Respite45. Mean dwelling46. Succulent plants49. Beer50. Arched handles51. Luster53. Estaminets54. Walrus features55. Oenophile’s interest
57. Ceremonies58. Trapshooting59. Got along61. Disinclined to work62. Electron’s path63. Heron64. Wood and canvas vessel67. Kind of natural religion68. Alleviates69. Germ 70. Earn before expenses71. Fashion name
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77. Parts of a snowmobile78. Age79. Jack --80. Place for a muzzle81. Della the singer82. Make clean, in a way84. Enrapture85. “A Farewell -- --”86. American inventor87. Sch. subj.88. Fizzle89. Part 4 of quip91. End of the quip: 3 wds.96. Noted wine region97. Titan with a burden99. Advantage100. Kind of crime102. 50/50103. Too thin104. Sierra --105. Chinese gelatin106. Sawbucks107. Goes at a snail’s pace108. Word in a forecast109. Encore!
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CROSSWORD SOLUTION FROM PAGE 17
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Technique • March 5, 2010 • 21 SPORTS
Sophomore second baseman Jacob Esch hit an RBI double in the seventh inning to retake the lead, but Xavier tied the game again the eighth with one run of of three diferent Tech pitchers.
Burnette doubled in the bot-tom of the eighth inning and Leonida drove him in with a sin-gle to give Tech the lead going into the ninth.
Junior pitcher Kevin Jacob came in to close out the game and gave up a leadof single to start the inning. Two more Musketeers would get on base and just when it looked like Tech would blow the lead, Jacob got a huge strikeout for the irst out in the inning.
With the bases still loaded, Xavier left ielder Bobby Freking hit a liner back up the middle that hit of Jacob’s leg and bounced to Dietrich. he shortstop ired the ball to second for one out and Esch threw it to irst for a game-ending double play.
“We were lucky to win. I don’t think we played very well [and] I don’t think we pitched [well] enough,” Hall said.
On Saturday, Feb. 27, junior
right-hander Brandon Cumpton took the mound for the Jackets as they took on Xavier in the second game of the series. Cumpton shut down the Musketeers allowing only one hit in seven shutout in-nings.
Tech also used a huge day of-fensively en route to a 15-0 win. Tech had 15 hits in the game com-pared to the Musketeers’ two, and ive of those hits were home runs.
Skole was the irst Jacket to hit a homer in the game, and it came in the third inning. It was only a solo homer but it gave the Jackets a commanding 4-0 lead. Skole inished the day 3-for-4.
Junior centerielder Jef Row-land hit another home run for Tech in the bottom of the ifth to make it 5-0. It was his second homer of the season.
Tech was already in control of the game thanks to their ofensive output and Cumpton’s work on the mound, but they still tacked on 10 runs in the sixth inning. Di-etrich and Esch both hit two-run homers in the inning to fuel the big inning.
“Jacob [Esch] is a good player and is playing real well. I thought he made a couple of real nice plays
defensively today. I’m happy for him; he had to sit and watch a lot last year and is getting a chance to play now and is taking advantage of it,” said Hall courtesy of ram-blinwreck.com.
Photo by Caleb Phillips / Student Publications
Tony Plagman swings during a game at Russ Chandler Stadium.
Plagman hit .300 for the weekend and had a homer on Sunday.
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Senior second baseman Jason Garofalo added a home run later in the game and freshmen pitch-ers Luke Bard and Clay Dalton did not allow Xavier to score in the inal two innings giving Tech
a comfortable win.After losing the irst two games
of the series, Xavier handed Tech their irst loss of the season 7-6.
Tech looked like they were in control of the game early when Plagman hit a two-run homer to right-center, but Xavier answered in the second inning with an RBI ground-rule double by Phil Bauer.
Garofalo extended his hot streak by singling to left ield in the bottom of the third to score Dietrich from third base. Garofa-lo later scored a run in the ifth in-ning to give the Jackets a 4-2 lead.
Tech’s starting pitcher sopho-more Jed Bradley allowed Xavier to get the bases loaded with no outs to start the sixth inning. Hall elected to pull Bradley and dive into his bullpen, but Xavier scored four runs on four hits of of four diferent Tech pitchers.
Leonida hit a homer for the Jackets in the seventh inning, cut-ting Xavier’s lead to one, but Tech was never able to re-gain the lead.
Tech was scheduled to host Western Carolina on Tuesday, March 2, but the game was post-poned due to bad weather. As of Wednesday, March 3, no make up game has been announced.
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Men’s Tennis beats Georgia State, Women’s falls against top-10 foes
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Kevin King lines up for a return at the Bill Moore Tennis Center.
King and Juan Spir won in doubles play as Tech swept the match.
By Alex Mitchell and Nishant Prasadh
Assistant Sports Editor / Sports Editor
he Tech men’s tennis team hosted in-state rival Georgia State on Saturday, Feb. 27 and took down the Panthers 7-0. Mean-while, the women’s tennis team traveled to the Midwest to play a pair of top-10 opponents; the No. 14 Jackets fell 4-3 against No. 7 Notre Dame and 6-1 at No. 2 Northwestern.
In men’s play, the Jackets had little trouble taking down the vis-iting Panthers.
Tech swept all three doubles matches including an 8-1 victory by the team of sophomore Kevin King and freshman Juan Spir.
In singles, King played from
the number one position and won a rare 1-2 match as his opponent Calvin Kemp retired after only three games.
Juniors Eliot Potvin and Miguel Muguruza needed three sets each to defeat their opponents but their wins gave the Jackets a 4-0 lead. With only seven possible points, Tech’s lead meant that they had secured the victory over the Panthers.
Tech’s bottom three players still played well and won their matches. Junior Dean O’Brien won his match 6-4, 6-0, and freshmen Magin Ortiga and Spir defeated their opponents to give the Jackets a 7-0 sweep.
he women’s team irst faced Notre Dame, looking to pick up their second straight win over the
Fighting Irish. Tech upset then-No. 4 Notre Dame 4-3 at home on March 14, 2009.
Tech won the irst-light dou-bles match as sophomore Irina Falconi and junior Sasha Krupina edged Notre Dame’s Kristy Frill-ing and Kristen Rafael 8-7. he Irish won the other two doubles matches though, taking the point.
he irst singles match to in-ish saw No. 1 Falconi cruise to a 6-0, 6-2 win over No. 23 Frill-ing to even the score. Tech senior Amanda McDowell and sopho-more Hillary Davis dropped their matches in straight sets, though, and the Irish took a 3-1 lead.
Sophomore Viet Ha Ngo kept Tech in the match with a third-light 6-4, 6-4 victory over Chris-tine McGaigan, but sophomore Lynn Blau’s loss on court ive secured Notre Dame’s victory. Krupina’s win over Shannon Mat-thews meant that Tech picked up wins in the top three singles lights but lost the match as a whole.
Against Northwestern, doubles play followed a similar pattern. Falconi and Krupina picked up an 8-6 victory over Elena Chernya-kova and Samantha Murray, but the Wildcats won the other two matches to take the point.
he Jackets had less luck in singles play than they did against Notre Dame. Falconi was the only Tech player to win her match, de-feating No. 12 Maria Mosolova 6-4, 6-4 on court one. Krupina, Ngo, Blau and Kilborn each lost in straight sets, while McDow-ell was forced to retire midway through the second set.
he men’s team faces UNC-Wilmington at home on Sunday, March 7. he women’s team re-turns to action at home on Satur-day, March 6 against North Texas.
Booker, putting the Tigers in front 20-19.
he Jackets responded, though, building a 28-22 lead with 6:58 remaining. Again they were un-able to maintain the diferential, and the Tigers hit some key three-pointers to tie the score at 32 with 4:32 left in the half.
he teams continued to ight for the advantage, tying three more times in the remaining min-utes, but Clemson guard Andre Young hit a long three as time ex-pired to thrust the Tigers on top 44-41 headed into halftime.
Clemson continued to shoot well from beyond the arc, and their ofensive attack proved too much for the Jackets in the sec-ond. he Tigers opened the peri-od with eight straight points, and by the 14:45 mark they had gone ahead 66-48.
Although they were able to cut into the lead several times, Tech was not able to bring themselves back within single-digits, and Clemson maintained control of the game to seal the 91-80 win.
Both teams shot well, but the Jackets were unable to overcome the Tigers’ 44 percent mark on three-point shooting. Entering Tuesday’s game, Tech was No. 2 in the nation in opponent ield goal percentage, allowing oppos-ing teams to hit just 37.5 percent of their shots, but the Tigers took advantage of their open three-point attempts.
he Jackets had four players in double-igures on the night, led by Rice with 17 points.
“Clemson just had a really great shooting night tonight,” Hewitt said after the game, cour-tesy of ramblinwreck.com.
Tech heads home this week-end for their inal game before the ACC tournament to face Vir-ginia Tech. he Jackets will look to break even in ACC play as they host the 22-7 Hokies.
seniors, forward Brigitte Ardossi and center Tifany Blackmon.
Ardossi was a solid forward for Tech for three years before emerg-ing as a star this season. Her 15.8 points per game ranks fourth in the ACC and her 7.5 rebounds per game puts her at ninth in the con-ference.
Blackmon has seen her minutes decline over the past two seasons, but in 2006-07 and 2007-08 she was a key reserve in Tech’s front-court. She recorded a combined 30 blocks over those two seasons.
Both players were in the start-ing lineup on Friday. It marked Blackmon’s irst career start.
he game itself was a back-and-forth afair that saw 10 ties and 17 lead changes. Tech pulled out to a 19-10 lead with just over eight minutes to go in the irst half and led 27-24 at halftime.
he second half was a tense battle in which neither team led by more than four until the end. Ultimately, Ardossi’s 18 points and junior guard Alex Montgom-ery’s 20 points and 15 rebounds led Tech to the 64-57 victory.
“We made history tonight...22 wins in the regular season, that’s never been done before [at Tech]. A irst round bye in the ACC Tournament, never been done be-fore,” said Head Coach MaChelle Joseph.
Sunday’s regular-season inale did not go so well for Tech. he Jackets committed 26 turnovers–including 18 in the irst half, when they scored just 16 points.
Ardossi’s 18 points and 11 re-bounds was not enough, as Tech shot just 32.7 percent from the ield in the 51-45 loss.
“I’m just very proud of our team and what we’ve accom-plished over these last four years. I can’t...think that this is the end because it’s not. We still have...the ACC Tournament and the NCAA Tournament,” Ardossi said.
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Softball wins four at NFCA Leadof ClassicBy Alex Mitchell
Assistant Sports Editor
On Feb 26-28, No. 11 Tech softball traveled to Columbus, Ga. for the NFCA Leadof Classic. Tech won four out of ive games in the tournament, falling 2-0 against Nebraska but also defeat-ing No. 18 Louisiana-Lafayette.
Against Central Florida on Fri-day, junior pitcher Kristen Adkins threw a one hit shutout to defeat UCF 1-0. Adkins needed only 65 pitches to shut down UCF and win her third game of the season.
he only run in the game came of the bat of redshirt senior sec-ond baseman Jen Yee in the third inning. Yee hit a solo home run to centerield, her sixth of the season.
In their second game of the day Tech took on Nebraska, and their ofense did worse than they did against UCF.
he teams were involved in a pitchers dual for the irst six in-nings. Freshman pitcher Hope Rush only allowed ive hits through the irst six innings while striking out four. Nebraska’s Rob-in Mackin shut down the Jackets by only allowing three hits.
Nebraska won the game in the top of the seventh when Rush walked two batters and allowed an RBI single and a sac ly.
Tech inally found their ofense on Saturday against Arkansas, re-bounding with an 11-2 win.
Tech hit ive home runs in the game to defeat the Razorbacks in only ive innings. Yee went 3-for-3 in the game, hitting two two-run homers. Sophomore shortstop Kelsi Weseman also had a three-run home run in the bottom of the third inning batting from the leadof spot. Sophomore leftield-er Kate Kuzma added a two-run homer in the inning to give Tech a commanding 9-0 lead.
Adkins hit a home run later in
Men’s Swimming takes 5th at ACC Championshipshe men’s swimming team in-
ished ifth at the ACC Champi-onships in Chapel Hill, N.C. last weekend from Feb. 24-27.
Senior Gal Nevo led the way for the Jackets, winning the 200-IM and the 400-IM while setting an ACC record in the 200-ly with a time of 1:43.43.
Sophomore Nigel Plummer and junior Sullivan Lynch both placed in the top ive in the 50-free. Freshman Eric Chiu took ifth in the 100-ly, and Tech’s teams in the 400-medley relay and the 400-free relay each in-ished in ifth place.
Tech will now begin preparing for the NCAA Championships in Columbus, Ohio on March 25-27.
Hockey wins two against Emory to close out seasonTech’s ice hockey team inished
its season with a pair of wins over Emory on Feb. 26-27. Tech won 10-5 on Friday night and 8-2 on Saturday night to inish the year 10-16 overall.
Sophomore center Ben Gartner was the star on Friday, recording a hat trick as the Jackets notched a season-high 10 goals and picked up the victory.
Saturday’s game was Senior night, and lone senior Steven Putz scored a breakaway goal late as Tech cruised in the season inale. Junior winger Jeremy Spafard added two goals and an assist.
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Photo by Jarrett Skov / Student Publications
Jessica Weaver receives a throw at the plate during a game at Mewborn Field. The Jackets won four
out of ive games in the weekend tournament, including a victory over No. 18 Louisiana-Lafayette.
the game and pitched well, allow-ing one earned run and struck out ive in ive innings.
On Sunday, Tech faced No. 18 Louisiana-Lafayette in a battle of ranked teams.
Rush pitched well again and only gave up one run on six base hits. She went 2-4 from the plate including two RBI in route to a 7-1 Tech win.
Rush’s only blemish came in the second inning when the Ca-juns used two inield singles and a stolen base to score one run.
Tech scored their irst runs of the game in the third inning when they loaded the bases with two outs. Yee hit a grounder to the ULL shortstop. Her throw went wide of second base for an error and it allowed two Tech runners
to score. A Rush RBI single made it 3-0 in favor of the Jackets.
In the sixth inning, Yee hit a two-run homer that plated We-seman and then Yee got another RBI in the seventh to give Tech a commanding lead.
In their last game of the Clas-sic, Tech needed eight innings to beat Iowa 9-8.
Rush pitched both games on Sunday and against Iowa she had three strikeouts and only two of the eight runs were earned.
Tech started the game of slop-pily with four errors through the irst three innings of the game and Iowa led 5-0.
he Jackets managed to get two runners into scoring position with no outs to start the fourth inning, and junior irst baseman
Kristine Priebe hit a sac-ly to put the Jackets on the scoreboard. Kuzma then bunted home a run, and freshman designated player Caitlin Jordan added an RBI sin-gle to pull the Jackets within two.
he two teams traded runs for the remainder of the game until the Jackets inally took the lead in the eighth inning thanks to a two-run double by Weseman.
In the bottom half of the frame, Iowa got a quick single and Tech committed its sixth error of the game putting the Hawkeyes within one run, but they couldn’t get the tying run.
Yee’s performance earned her a third consecutive ACC Player of the Week award. She hit .545 with six homers and a 1.364 slugging percentage last week.
The softball team headed to Colum-bus, Ga. for the 2010 NFCA Leadof
Classic, winning four of ive games423
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Baseball wins two of three vs. Xavier
By Alex MitchellAssistant Sports Editor
In their second weekend series of the season, the Jackets welcomed the Xavier Musketeers to Russ Chandler Stadium. Tech was undefeated coming into the series, but were only able to win two of the three games against Xavier.
Junior right-hander Deck McGuire took the mound on Friday, Feb. 26 and pitched well in only his second start of the season. hrough the irst three in-nings, McGuire only allowed two sin-gles and had two strikeouts, including a three-pitch strikeout to end the irst inning.
McGuire ran into trouble in the top of the fourth inning when he walked
Drew Schmidt to lead of the inning. Ben homas then delivered a double to give the Musketeers two runners in scoring position with only one out. A ground out scored Schmidt from third, but McGuire was able to avoid a huge inning by getting another ground out to end the inning.
Junior shortstop Derek Dietrich led of the bottom of the fourth inning with a single. Xavier pitcher Nate Mutsch then hit senior irst baseman Tony Plag-man with a pitch giving the Jackets two runners on base with no outs.
Junior right ielder Chase Burnette singled to left, scoring Dietrich. Sopho-more third baseman Matt Skole then hit a sac-ly to score Plagman from third. Mutsch then hit another Jacket, junior
W-Basketball splits last two
conference games
Men’s Basketball takes down BC, fades late at Clemson
Photo by Caleb Phillips / Student Publications
Brandon Cumpton pitches from the mound in Saturday’s game at Russ Chandler Stadium. Cumpton shut down
Xavier’s lineup in his start, pitching seven shutout innings and allowing just one hit while striking out four batters.
By Nishant PrasadhSports Editor
A split of its last two games of the season was enough to earn Tech’s women’s basketball team a irst-round bye in the ACC Tournament. Tech took down North Carolina 64-57 on Friday, Feb. 26 on Senior Night but fell in the regular-season inale against N.C. State 54-46 on Sunday, Feb. 28.
he Jackets inished the regular season 19-9 overall, with an 8-6 mark against ACC opponents. hey have earned the No. 4 seed in the conference tournament and will play either Wake Forest or Miami in the second round on Friday, March 5.
he Feb. 26 game served as Tech’s Senior Night, and before tip-of the Jackets honored their two
By Kyle ConarroStaf Writer
A week after losing to Maryland on a buzzer-beating three, the Jackets took the court at Alexander Memorial Coli-seum this past Saturday, Feb. 27 to face Boston College. Tech shot 52 percent from the loor and went 11-for-12 from the free throw line on their way to a 73-68 win. hree days later, the Jack-ets headed up to South Carolina to face Clemson, this time losing 91-80.
he loss puts Tech at 7-8 in the ACC and 19-10 overall with one game left.
Against Boston College, the Jack-ets looked polished. A three-pointer by sophomore guard Iman Shumpert gave Tech a 3-0 lead to start the game, and they never looked back. Despite shoot-ing 50 percent from ield goal range, the Eagles were unable to mount a consis-tent enough attack to take the lead from the Jackets.
By the 9:24 mark, the Jackets had built a 10-point advantage, going up 24-14 on a jumper by senior forward Zach-ary Peacock. BC cut the lead to three on a three-pointer from forward Joe Trapani, but Peacock and Shumpert hit consecutive layups to give Tech a seven-
point edge heading into the break.Another Shumpert layup followed
by a jumper by freshman forward Glen Rice, Jr. put the Jackets ahead by 11 to open the second. From there, Tech maintained their lead for the majority of the period.
Eagles’ guard Reggie Jackson hit a three with 10 minutes to play to pull his team within 9, but a dunk by freshman forward Derrick Favors and a three-pointer from Shumpert quickly dashed the Boston College comeback, putting Tech up 59-45 with 8:28 remaining.
he Eagles came within single-digits three more times over the next eight minutes, but each time the Jackets re-sponded to maintain their comfortable advantage.
Although BC hit three consecutive shots in the last 14 seconds of play, they were unable to top the Jackets in time, giving Tech the 73-68 win.
Shumpert was Tech’s top scorer on the day, shooting 10-for-16 and notch-ing 24 points. He also led the Jackets in the turnover column, though, with six in the game.
“When he’s good, he’s really good,” said Tech head coach Paul Hewitt. “Obviously the six turnovers, I think at
least four of those turnovers should’ve been shot attempts by him...[but] you’d rather have a guy who wants to get his teammates involved than a guy who is taking bad shots.”
Another positive sign was the Jack-ets’ quality efort from the free throw line. hree of the four players who got to the stripe hit 100 percent of their shots, and the team’s 91.7 percent for the game was their best all season.
“It was a good win, and now we just got to get ready to play against Clem-son,” Hewitt said after the game.
In the Clemson game, Tech’s road woes continued. hey stayed close in the irst half, but the Tigers were able to pull away in the second, rallying behind the noisy crowd present for their inal home game of the season.
he teams battled for the edge early in the irst, swapping leads three times in just over ive minutes of play. A jumper by Favors at the 11:06 mark gave Tech a ive-point advantage, but they were unable to pull away.
Clemson stole the lead back just one minute later behind back-to-back buckets by brothers Devin and Trevor Photo by Adebola Adedire / Student Publications
Iman Shumpert drives to the basket in Saturday’s
game. Shumpert had 24 points in the win over BC.
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catcher Cole Leonida, and junior des-ignated hitter homas Nichols doubled to deep center ield scoring Leonida and giving the Jackets a 3-1 lead.
McGuire tight roped out of a huge inning again in the sixth. homas hit a sacriice ly ball after two singles to score one run for Xavier, and Ryan Bel-lamy added another RBI single to tie the game. Xavier had a chance to take the lead with runners on base but McGuire managed to get a full count strikeout to end the inning.
“[McGuire] pitched out of trouble today. I wouldn’t say he had his best day, but he kept us in the game and did his job,” said Head Coach Danny Hall.
