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The Technique The South’s Liveliest College Newspaper Georgia Institute of Technology Vol. 95, Issue No. 5 Friday, August 14 2009. Awesome Student Center events for students Programs Council planned by www.fun.gatech.edu students! Options Sampler - 8/18-20, Skiles Walkway 11am-1pm Comedy Show: John Oliver w/ special guest, Seth Myers - 8/21, Ferst Center, 7pm GT Night @ Six Flags - 9/25, 6pm-12am Poetry Slam: Dynamic Duo - 10/20, Midtown Stage (Student Center Commons), 11am-12:30pm Comedy Show: Hard N’ Phirm - 11/20, Student Center Ballroom, 8pm www.homecoming.gatech.edu Magic Show2009 - 10/8, Student Center Ballroom, 7:30pm Carnival - 10/10, Skiles Walkway, Afternoon Chalking Contest - 10/11, Skiles Walkway, ends 6:00pm Clown Olympics - 10/12, Burger Bowl, 2pm Tech Trivia - 10/12, Junior’s, 6pm One Night Only (Talent Show) - 10/13, Ferst Cen- ter, 8:30pm Can-Tortion Can Building Contest - 10/14, Skiles Walkway, 9am-4pm Photo Scavenger Hunt - 10/15, starts 6pm Greatest Show on Earth! (Concert) - 10/16, Burg- Want to learn: salsa dancing? French? to er Bowl, 8:30pm paint? windsurfing? guitar? Mr. Georgia Tech and Ms. Georgia Tech An- Classes are fun, affordable, and on campus! nouncment - 10/17, HC game, halftime For a course listing and registration dates, Participant registration deadline is Friday, 9/18, at 4:30 in Student Center Room 359 visit our website. FRESHMAN SURVIVAL GUIDE Technique • August 14, 2009 • 3 Welcome from the Technique! Technique: 98 years in the making The ‘Nique, We have chronicled everything By Emily Chambers dent leader and ask them to help are your chance to do so. Try as we call our- from the first appearance of Editor-in-Chief you decide the best way for you to these new things with a friend, go selves, had its George P. Burdell on Tech’s navigate Tech. to them with your roommate or humble begin- rosters in 1920 to the peaceful, Welcome to Tech. The next Remember though, that all of go to them alone. nings on Nov. non-court-ordered desegrega- few days, weeks and maybe even these things are your choices. Just All of the opportunities that 17, 1911. Ap- tion of the Institute in 1961. months, will be hectic, stressful, like you chose to come here rather Tech offers, be it studying abroad, confusing and hopefully thrill- than go to any other university, doing research or participating in parently, we And of course, we have kept up ing. While running from your you will choose how well you will the co-op program, going Greek, were just faithful coverage of Tech sport- dorm to the student center you do here academically, socially and joining SGA or even just work- as preoccu- ing events, including the 222-0 will be attacked on Skiles. In your ultimately mentally. If you take ing through a long and difficult pied back then as we are whopper of a football victory introductory classes you will be charge of the next four years of class, move you one step closer to now with our football rivalry (the largest margin of victory bombarded by knowledge and ac- your life, Tech will give you back the real world, that world that you against UGA —our first issue in history) over Cumberland costed by your advisors. In your four years of intense education are one step closer to living in now revolved around an upcom- College in 1916. dorm your PL and CA will post matched with unending out-of- that you are here. ing game against our old foe Today, we publish biweekly activities and at some point you the-lab opportunities. This school is an amazing op- (a game that we won, inciden- during the summer and weekly will do homework. It will be your Many of you have always been portunity, and I congratulate you tally), and featured an article during the fall and spring, with job to prioritize, to pick and chose the top of your class, and the ex- on being smart enough to get in by legendary coach John Heis- the exception of “Dead Week,” whether or not to attend class, get perience of struggling will be new. and wise enough to come here. man. finals week and Spring Break. a job, go Greek or if you should Let me go ahead and tell you, We hope that this issue helps you At the time, we were only Around 30 students keep our ask out that cute guy or girl in everyone will struggle in a class. navigate your first few weeks here Tech’s second student newspa- paper run- your 8 a.m. class. Ask for help. It will save you hours at Tech, and maybe even the years per (The Georgia Tech beat us to ning, and of Tech is full of resources to help of strife and frustration and will to come. We try to include all of the title of “first student news- course, we you choose wisely, and we have most likely save your GPA as well. the information you might have paper”), but since The Georgia always wel- listed many of them here in our Feel free to refer to our article on forgotten since FASET, plus some Tech merged with our publi- come new issue, from student health services academic success for more point- that they might not have told you. cation in 1916, and it was our w r i t e r s , editor@ to tutoring options all the way ers (pg 6). Many of you will never Feel free to email me at name that survived, we like to photogra- down to social clubs for those of have been in SGA, climbed a nique.net if you have any ques- pride ourselves on being Tech’s phers and you brave enough to go out and mountain, written for the paper or tions about surviving as a fresh- meet new people. Email your ad- gone to a Holi festival. This year man, the Technique or Tech in longest-running student paper. editors. visor, you TA, your PL or a stu- and the next three or four more, general. IN This guide : You don’t need Find out how best to cheer on the GPS to find your Jackets, and what annoying fan habits way around you should avoid. page 15 Swim in the Campanile. Watch the sunset c a m p u s . from the top of Mason. Pull an all-nighter. Eat Navigate Tech ramen five times a week. Build a wreck for with our handy Homecoming. Get lost on Peachtree. Check map. out all the 99 things you should (or probably pages 8-9 will) do before you graduate. page 14 WELCOME TOTHE NEIGHBORHOOD! Hi. We’re Grace Midtown, a nearby church study the Bible, worship God, and share our with a passion for God and this community. lives with one another. We love the city of At the core, we’re a family of people from Atlanta and believe God has big plans for this diverse backgrounds who have embraced area! We’re right down the street from the Tech Jesus Christ and His amazing offer of rescue campus and we’d love to have you join us! and relationship. Every Sunday we gather to For more info go to www.grace-midtown.com. Sunday Services @ 10:30 am, 6:45 pm, and 8:15 pm • 1095 State Street (up the road from Papa John’s) Bring this coupon on any Sunday evening in August or September 2009 for a FREE FOOD ALERT! free meal at 6:00 pm in the 3 Dollar Café, located downstairs at Grace Midtown. 4 • August 14, 2009 • Technique FRESHMAN SURVIVAL GUIDE OWTO: use campus resources HBy Allyn Woodward of financial aid, the process and For information on study groups sume, job and in- Staff Writer requirements. Just don’t forget contact Jarrad Reddick at jred- terview workshops dates to turn in any important [email protected]. Phone: along with the It’s freshman year and the start information. In addition, the Bur- 404-894-3959. Website: omed. Majors Fair (No- of your next four, five or more sar’s website has a great calendar gatech.edu. vember 3, Student years at Tech. It’s the first semes- to keep students aware of pending Success Programs offers tutor- Center Ballroom) ter of your attempts to “get out” payment dates. It also includes ing such as One-to-One Tutor- and the Career Fair and after a relaxing and hopefully billing and tuition information. ing and Peer Led Undergraduate (September 14-15, exciting summer. With all the in- Financial Aid - Phone: 404-894- Study (PLUS). One-to-One tutor- CRC). Other events formation swirling around, it is 4160. Website: finaid.gatech. ing offers one-hour sessions with and services offered hard to keep all the information edu. Bursar Office - Phone: 404- students. PLUS is led by students included posting re- in one place. 894-4681. Website: bursar.gat- who have completed difficult sumes, searching for First, the most important is ech.edu. classes. These leaders attend the jobs, offering events classes. Though scheduling was Now for spending money, you class with the students and meet and service. Students completed at FASET, you might have the BuzzCard. To review or during the week. These two pro- can create and their not have all the information about manage BuzzCard accounts or grams can definitely reinforce dif- own account and post your classes or teachers. Thank questions, students should use the ficult concepts in Computer Sci- resumes, search and ap- goodness for Student Govern- contact information listed on the ence or Calculus.