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Friday, March 1, 2002 Flying club crashes! UHR Are your “Hands Clean?” TECHNIQUE refuses to allow club to Alanis Morissette’s new release “The South’s Liveliest College Newspaper” retain nonstudent officers. is climbing the charts. ONLINE http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/technique NEWS page 3 ENTERTAINMENT page 15 Serving Georgia Tech since 1911 • Volume 87, Issue 25 • 24 pages Opinions␣ 4 · Focus␣ 11 · Entertainment␣ 15 · Comics␣ 20 · Sports␣ 24 Fifth Annual WLC Defying Definition Get tax advice Giddens named March 13 GT Edge and the Student new COE Dean Government Association will sponsor a free session on tax By Jody Shaw its interdisciplinary approach to information for Tech students News Editor education and research, are a after spring break. The ques- unique combination in higher tion and answer session will After an extensive national education. There is really no limit take place Wednesday, March search for a new Dean of the to what we can accomplish, and 13 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in College of Engineering, Tech I look forward to the opportu- room 117 of the Student Ser- decided to hire one of its own. nity to continue Tech’s success.” vices Building. Don Giddens, Chair of the Wal- Giddens received all three of lace Coulter School of Biomed- his degrees, including his Ph.D. ical Engineering, a joint program in aerothermodynamics, from SGA deadline between Tech and Emory Uni- Tech, and he joined the Tech versity, was named the new En- faculty in 1968. Giddens served now March 11 gineering Dean in an as a faculty member and admin- announcement by Institute Pres- istrator for almost 25 years be- The deadline for applica- ident Wayne Clough earlier this fore leaving to serve as the Dean tions to run for the upcom- week. of the Whiting School of Engi- By Robert Hill / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS ing undergraduate Student “I am pleased that Don Gid- neering at Johns Hopkins Uni- Listeners enjoy a dynamic speaker at the Women’s Leadership Conference Government elections has dens has ac- versity from last weekend. The two-day long event drew a number of faculty and students. been extended to Monday, cepted this 1992-1997. March 11. position, and I “There is no limit to He returned am confident to Tech chair that he is the what we can the joint bio- right person to accomplish, I look medical de- New initiative set to ‘integrate’ Tech continue the forward to the partment in By Eleanor Baccay the barriers that exist between gradu- Community Affairs Committee is that remarkable 1997. Contributing Writer ate and undergraduate students and a great leader must know more about progress that opportunity to Though his members of different organizations the people in his or her community in the College of continue Tech’s training is in The SGA Community Affairs on campus. order to be a more effective leader on Engineering aerospace en- Committee hopes to take diversity The founders of Operation Inte- campus and later on in the work force,” has made in the success.” gineering, issues to a new level with a program gration also hope to bring awareness said freshman Davene Wright, one of last decade,” Giddens has called Operation Integration. Opera- to breaking down the barriers between the founders of Operation Integration. Don Giddens said Clough. been a pioneer tion Integration is a diversity aware- Greeks and non-Greeks on campus. According to the Community Affairs Entering Engineering Dean Giddens in the field of ness conference that will be held from The Community Affairs Committee Committee, those who attend the con- will start his biomedical March 15-16 at the Centennial Place members noticed how different groups ference will have an advantage when new job on engineering. YMCA. Admission to the conference on campus do not often interact with applying for leadership positions on July 1, after he receives approval He pioneered research in the area is free, and those in attendance will each other. By creating the Opera- campus and elsewhere because they from the Board of Regents of of fluid dynamics in human ar- receive a free t-shirt as well as meals. A tion Integration program, the Com- took the initiative to try to understand the University System of Geor- terial disease. shuttle will be provided between Tech munity Affairs Committee wanted to and learn more about others. gia. Narl Davidson has served as Giddens beat out two other and the YMCA during the confer- help students learn more about other The conference will include several the Interim Dean of the College candidates in the selection pro- ence. students different from themselves and round table discussions about the def- since June, when former Dean cess to earn the Dean’s post. Members on the SGA Communi- help them realize what kind of condi- initions of diversity as well as what it is Jean Lou Chameau accepted the David Auston, a retired academic ty Affairs committee felt that the issue tions others face in society because of like to experience racism, stereotypes, position of provost. who formerly served as Presi- of diversity on campus was becoming their differences. and discrimination. Other discussions “I am very pleased and hon- dent of Case Western Reserve a growing concern that needed to be Another aim of Operation Inte- will also take place regarding gender ored to have been selected as the University, and Kent Fuchs, addressed. They also felt that the di- gration is to equip Tech students with issues and the diversity that takes place next Dean of Engineering at Chair of the School of Electrical versity issue did not only include ra- knowledge about diversity in order to in organizations on campus and else- Georgia Tech,” said Giddens. and Computer Engineering at cial stereotypes, but also prejudiced improve their stance as leaders of the where. There will be a lot of interac- “Georgia Tech’s strong en- Purdue University, were the other perceptions about gender, homosex- next generation. gineering programs, as well as two finalists. uality, religious affiliations and even “One particular philosophy of the See OI, page 3 Tech and the Legislature: Budget cuts may affect Institute By Daniel Amick are a significant part of our funds,” programs and to prevent an increase of Psychology can move in. This Senior Staff Writer said Harris. “Make no mistake, there’s in the student-to-faculty ratio. means that the $31.8 million for going to be a significant impact on “We don’t want to lose any of the ACTB cannot be used effective- As a unit of the University Sys- our budget and our operations here our faculty or other instructors,” he ly without money for the Coon build- tem of Georgia, the actions of the at Georgia Tech.” said. ing. Georgia General Assembly, which Georgia Tech received $159 mil- The state reductions will not have President Wayne Clough, along convenes each year from January lion from the state this year. The direct adverse effects on Tech’s cap- with Harris and a group of grass through March, have a profound proposed reductions translate into ital budget, which funds on-cam- roots supporters, are now pushing impact on Georgia Tech. This year, a $5 million decrease in allocations pus construction projects. For key General Assembly members for the Institute could soon see a 2.5 this year and double that amount example, the governor’s supplemen- the additional funding. One such percent reduction in state funding, next year. tal budget includes $31.8 million member is Tech’s “go-to man” in according to Andrew Harris, Tech’s “[The cuts are] going to mean for Tech’s future Advanced Com- Director of Government Relations. that a lot of our departments…both puting and Technology Building See Budget, page 3 Next year, state funding cuts could academic and non-academic, are (ACTB). Problems related to the reach as high as five percent. going to have to tighten their belt[s] budget crunch still lie ahead, how- The reductions come in response a bit,” said Harris. Most of the re- ever. to Georgia’s current economic re- ductions will come from Tech’s op- While funding the ACTB, Bar- cession. Georgia Governor Roy Bar- erating budget. The Institute will nes’s budget left out $4 million for nes proposed funding cuts to all look for potential savings via re- the renovation of the John Sayler state agencies, including the Uni- duced travel expenses along with Coon Building. Unfortunately, these versity System of Georgia, in his reduced or delayed equipment pur- two projects are interdependent. In 2002 supplemental budget. The chases. Costs for things like elec- order to construct the ACTB, the General Assembly is likely to ap- tricity and water will also be old NROTC building that now prove the proposed cuts. minimized wherever possible. houses the School of Psychology Although state funds are not Every effort, said Harris, is be- must be torn down. The Coon Build- Tech’s only source of funding, “they ing taken to shield Tech’s academic ing must be renovated so the School ALISA HAWKINS 2 • Friday, March 1, 2002 • Technique NEWS Technique Online Voice Your Opinion! From the archives... 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