TECHNIQUE “The South’s Liveliest College Newspaper” ONLINE http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/technique Serving Georgia Tech since 1911 • Volume 88, Issue 5 • 72 pages 2 • Friday, August 23, 2002 • Technique NEWS

Introduction In recent history the Technique Technique Credo has started to produce this feature- What is the Technique? length newspaper nicknamed the By Jody Shaw and other reviews in addition to This paper is the voice of the student body and the servant of its ‘Freshman Issue.’ The issue is com- Editor-in-Chief guides for students. The Sports sec- interests. It is the champion of all causes that will contribute to the posed of six sections appearing in five tion covers Tech’s varsity, club and development of the institution in numbers, influence, and charac- separately folded papers. The sections The Technique is Georgia Tech’s intramural sports teams. ter. in order of appearance are News, official student newspaper. Found- Each section has an editor who It has been named the Technique, a name that expresses the Opinions, Freshman Survival Guide, ed in 1911, the Technique has been is responsible for its content, lay- purpose and nature of the school and paper as well, perhaps, as it can Focus, Entertainment and Sports. For published weekly since then, except out, and administration. be expressed in a word. For although we desire inspiration with general Technique information, email for a short period of time when it The Technique has a general staff school spirit, and a wealth of life and feeling for every student, yet we Jody Shaw, Editor-in-Chief, at was published twice a week. meeting every Tuesday night at 7:00 desire also the aim of our work and study should not be forgotten. [email protected] or visit The Technique consists of five p.m. in room 137 of the Student That, with each succeeding issue, the name should become associat- the website at www.nique.net. section, each of which covers a dif- Services building. The meeting is ed with the richest experiences of our college life, with our most The news section covers all areas of ferent area of news. The news sec- open to people interested in writing intense efforts, and happiest accomplishments—this is the hope of the Georgia Tech campus—from ad- tion, which starts on the front page, or taking pictures for the newspa- the editors. ministrative and student government covers issues prompted by events per and to those already involved. For the Technique desires intensely to serve; to express for us our decisions to student organization news and people in the Georgia Tech Additionally, section editors often wishes and needs; to increase our school spirit; encourage us in and community events. Though the community. Administrative and fac- meet with their staffs to assign and disappointment; congratulate us in success. It desires to make more Technique cannot always be the most ulty decisions of note or the suc- collect stories. On Wednesday nights, efficient the management of student enterprises by offering a means timely form of news because of its cesses and failures of student the editorial staff is on deadline to of communication between the directors and the workers. It will weekly deadline, it seeks to provide organizations appear in the news edit stories and design the layout obviate many meetings that are now necessary and make more the most accurate information possi- section. for the following Friday’s paper. effective those that are held ble. Inside this section you will find The opinions section is a forum Students interested in writing or It wishes to bring the alumni in closer contact with college like news geared particularly for freshmen, for letters to the editor from stu- taking pictures for the Technique and college enterprise; to bring more quickly and solidly their as well as some of the standard news dents, faculty and staff members should attend a general staff meet- support to our efforts; to make them feel themselves more intimate- offerings. and alumni; staff editorials, full- ing or email the editor-in-chief for ly a part of the school. For information about the news length opinion pieces written by more information. Applications for In a word, the Technique desires to serve as a timesaver, a section, email its editor, Tony Kluem- members of the Technique editorial editorial board and senior staff writ- conserver of energy and spirit, a power behind every college move- per, at [email protected]. board and the consensus opinion, ing positions are available each spring, ment. Cover photo the official position of the paper on and preference is generally given to campus issues. To compose the con- individuals who have extensive ex- Reprinted from the Technique, Vol. 1, No. 1, Nov. 17, 1911 The cover photo of each section in sensus editorial, the members of the perience with the paper. this newspaper relates to community editorial board meet for approxi- here at Georgia Tech—the techno- mately one hour on Wednesday Editor-in-Chief Jody Shaw [email protected] logical community of the 21st centu- night, discuss the issues in the news Managing Editor Derek Haynes [email protected] ry. This photo was taken on September section and attempt to form an opin- 14, 2000, at a ceremony reflecting on ion. The Opinions Editor then ar- News Editor Tony Kluemper [email protected] the September 11 tragedies. Nearly ticulates this argument in the Opinions Editor Sara Cames [email protected] 10,000 members of the Tech commu- consensus column. Focus Editor Jennifer Schur [email protected] nity attended the event, the largest Focus is a magazine-style sec- Entertainment Editor Julia Trapold [email protected] on-campus gathering for a non-ath- tion that provides feature-length sto- Sports Editor Katie Neal [email protected] letic event. In a moving ceremony, the ries about Tech ideas, issues and Tech community shared together, cried individuals. The entertainment sec- Photography Editor Scott Meulneers [email protected] together and bonded together. tion includes features about Tech- Online Editor Karl Guertin [email protected] The photograph was taken by Robert and Atlanta-based entertainment Advertising Manager Paul Horton [email protected] Hill. offerings, as well as music, movie NEWS Technique • Friday, August 23, 2002 • 3 Library renovations complete Campus Progress Hightower demolition begins By Sriram Narasimhan new facility to one day be placed some of the concepts that we Senior Staff Writer alongside the current library. The had in the book.” Thus was $40 million building, currently spawned the ten-month joint Tech students may soon find endorsed by the Board of Re- project between OIT and the themselves wanting to spend gents yet still awaiting funding, library to build not only a new more time studying in the li- would constitute the convergence facility where students could have brary instead of in their dorms, of a number of academic ele- more readily available technol- with the renovations recently ments, including the traditional ogy for academic purposes, but completed on the first floor of library resources, Office of In- also an experiment where new the building. formation Technology (OIT) ideas could be thrown out, test- The renovations to the Geor- computer support, tutoring, ed and verified. The virtual “guin- gia Tech Library West Com- freshmen support services, and ea pigs” would be the computer mons (LWC) that took place users. for the duration of the summer The project managers and semester were completed and OIT staffers behind this under- unveiled to the public this past “We have seen a taking, however, felt that it was Sunday, much to the delight of tremendous growth important to move beyond mere- studious readers and technophiles ly sending out electronic ques- alike. in collaborative tionnaires to students on the The new LWC features sev- work, and we need computers once they log on to eral new additions to facilitate their accounts, and move to “all work in various arenas. The most to provide help for kinds of formal and informal apparent of the changes include that collaboration measures,” according to Crit Stu- a slew of new computers, the art, the library’s Associate Di- funds for which were donated to take place in the rector for Public Services. by a GT alumnus. Ranging from library.” “We are taking advantage of such systems such as the Apple all kinds of experts at Tech from Richard Meyer iMac featuring the new OS X every angle,” said Stuart. Proba- Library Director Jaguar operating system to Dell bly the biggest change in respect Pentium 4 systems, the machines to the service that students will are equipped with LCD moni- be receiving this year is an inte- tors. laboratories for science and math- grated one-point stop for all ques- On the physical side, the floor ematics courses. But this project tions related to both information is now elevated at certain points would still be a few years away services and technology-related and the layout is structured in before realization. issues. such a way to give students easy “We thought it would be a “One of our goals is to mesh access to computer terminals. good idea if we could do some- library services and OIT’s ser- The idea behind the renova- thing sooner as a test bed for a vices. We have people working tions can be traced as far back as better job at the [future] Learn- with Human Resources to cre- By Charles Frey / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS two to three years ago, when a ing Center,” said Richard Mey- ate a new position that will com- After standing on Tech’s campus for over 50 years, the demolition of the team of campus leaders visual- er, Academic Dean for the library. bine library-related and technical Hightower building began earlier this summer. The building was demolished ized the prospect of an Integrat- “This is an entity whose time in accordance with Tech’s Master Plan. See related story, pg. 6. ed Learning Resource Center, a has come. We needed to test See Library, page 15 Block seating Resnet unviels Weis resigns as parking head deadline today By Madhu Adiga The Parking Department re- also led to more efficient en- new improvements Senior News Staff lied on paper-based registration forcement, resulting in a reduc- Any groups wishing to ac- By Andrew Howard up until 1998, and many older tion in violation revenue over quire block seating for all home Contributing Writer After serving as the Director students have memories of wait- the past year. Now 85 percent football games this season should of Parking for Georgia Tech for ing in line at the office for as of parking violations are resolved check out the instructions for Most students, at least those on east nearly three years, Rod Weis an- long as nine hours at a time (In- within six months, as opposed applying at www.ramblin campus, may no longer fear a slow connec- nounced his resignation, effec- stitute Communications and to the previous rate of 26 per- wreck.com. tion. Georgia Tech’s east campus network tive as of August 16, 2002. He Public Affairs). Now registra- cent (ICPA). The Athletic Association has has been renovated to allow for faster and will be taking up a job at the end tion is handled completely on- Weis, though, is remembered changed the process for orga- more efficient internet usage. of this month at Texas A&M line, eliminating the lines and as much for his friendly and per- nizing and distributing block “With the strong support of President University as its Director of Park- the paperwork. sonable attitude as for his effi- seating tickets this year. The Wayne Clough, Sr. VP for Administration ing. He cited a better chance for This year, students were able ciency. “He was a joy to work webpage gives detailed instruc- and Finance Robert K. Thompson and Pro- advancement and his family’s to choose up to six lots to regis- with, and it is going to be very tions concerning how to estab- vost Jean-Lou A. Chameau, this jointly- desire to move to a smaller town ter for instead of the previous hard to lose him, both as a col- lish a group block. funded $1.1 million project will upgrade as key reasons for his decision to three. Also Parking put out a league and as a friend. Not just Block lists are due today and network access in several areas that impact transfer to Texas A&M. wait list projection chart, indi- to me, but to most everyone he should be submitted by email to students, the Student Center and student During his three years at Tech, cating what groups received per- worked with,” said Peter Lange, [email protected]. housing” (Institute Communications and Weis contributed much to mak- mits by lot number over the past Acting Assistant Director of Park- Public Affairs). ing parking registration more year, so that students could more ing. Many felt that Weis con- HP chief to lead Currently the east campus network has streamlined, evaluating how the effectively choose what lots they tributed a personal been renovated. West campus is scheduled office operated and helping it were likely to get. Tech program See Weis, page 5 to be completed mid-October. The chang- shift to a web-based system. The computer-based system Dr. Richard A. DeMillo was es involve switching out hundred of hubs named the director of the Geor- and routers with more efficient switches. gia Tech Information Security “These switches allow for a better man- Center earlier this month. DeMil- agement of the thousands of connections OIT revamps Tech email system lo comes from Hewlett-Pack- across campus as well as allow us to impose By Andrew Howard additional 50 megabytes of stor- pus email was handled through ard where he served as the limits on uploads, so that the network is Contributing Writer age space for all 28,000 students, two separate servers, Prism, for company’s first chief technolo- not over saturated,” said Resident Techni- faculty, and staff. on campus, and Spectrum, for gy officer. cal Assistant Jonathon Bartlett. The office of Information off campus. As of early August, This marks a return to Tech Changes also include the expansion of technology recently merged these servers were combined, but for DeMillo who taught here Georgia Tech’s wireless network, adminis- Georgia Tech’s primary two “This is a new they will retain their old names. until 1987. trated by the Office of Information Tech- email servers, Spectrum and Students across campus where nology, to the student center. Future plans Prism. system with modern warned that the two servers would will allow for wireless connection through- “This is a new system with tools, expanded be down for a couple days be- Org budgets due out the entire bookstore/student center plaza. modern tools, expanded storage tween semesters while the merger All telephone and cable service will also space, and many new features storage space and took place. to SGA Sept 6 be routed through the resent office to allow which should allow us to pro- new features.” “I noticed a few problems The budget requests for Stu- a central customer service station. vide a modern electronic mail with the merge,” said junior Matt dent Organizations are due to “Questions about any service and sup- system to the student, staff, and John Bryson Benedict, “but overall, from a the SGA Vice President of Fi- port are now handled in one place,” said faculty,”siad John Bryson, Aca- OIT Support Manager student’s standpoint, the down- nance by September 6. Anyone Mike Black, Director of Housing. demic Support Manager in Op- time really didn’t effect me.” wishing to submit a budget re- Caller ID and second-phone jacks will erations and Engineering for All accounts that were setup quest must fill out an applica- also be added to all residence halls free of OIT. “There where a lot of requests to forward had the forwards au- tion online at www.http:// Changes include the addition for the virus scanning,” said Bry- tomatically converted over to the cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/sga and See Resnet, page 13 of virus scanning for all incom- son. submit it to the VP of Finance ing and outgoing email and an Prior to this semester, on cam- See Spectrum, page 15 by the due date. 4 • Friday, August 23, 2002 • Technique NEWS Technique Online Voice Your Opinion! From the archives... Last issue’s poll garnered 150 responses to the question: “What's Atlanta's biggest problem? ” The Nique’s top stories from: years ago: August 21, 1992—Tech library director Miriam 10 Drake announced that even with a $150,000 budget increase, the library continues to be underfunded. The Yellow Jackets were set to begin their 100th year of play under new head coach Bill Lewis after finishing 8-5 in 1991.

years ago: August 27, 1982—Fire spread through 20 the D.P. Savant building causing an estimated $100,000 in smoke and water damage. A voyuer was arrested in the Tech library after a female student noticed the suspicious character.

years ago: August 18, 1972—The 30 School of Information and Com- puter Science, the largest graduate program at Tech, announced the introduction of a new undergradu- ate degree. Members of the Glenn Image by Ian Clark / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS council voted to overrule the Hous- This week’s poll is about Tech parking. In what areas do you think ing policy prohibiting the use of al- a new parking director should focus on improving? Tell us what you cohol. The revised policy allowed think at www.cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/technique. students to drink in the building. NEWS Technique • Friday, August 23, 2002 • 5

Breaking Regents approve tuition increase By Javier Fernandez daily basis” said University System charged to Georgia residents. Uni- Contributing Writer Chancellor Thomas C. Meredith versity System of Georgia research the Bubble in a Board of Regents news release. universities may request increases [Editor’s Note: This article is re- Tuition for in-state students at in out-of-state tuition rates based www.bubble.nique.net printed, with minor modifications, the four research universities, in- on the tuition levels of peer or bench- from the June 28 issue of the Tech- cluding Georgia Tech, will receive mark institutions.” nique.] an increase of six percent, the great- The Board passed a plan last year A lot of things went on outside of the bubble of Georgia Tech this est change it has seen in recent years. to raise out-of-state tuition by $500 week. Visit www.bubble.nique.net to find links to complete arti- Late last spring semester, the Uni- Out-of-state students will see an even every semester over the 2002 and cles about the stories below and other important issues. versity System of Georgia announced 2003 academic years. In addition an increase in tuition for the 2003 to the original six percent increase, Sources speculate Al Qaeda located in Iraq academic year. The change will af- out-of-state tuition next year will According to U.S. intelligence sources Wednesday, a number of fect all 34 University System insti- “There is no plan to be an extra $1,000 higher, a total al Qaeda members have taken refuge in Iraq. Speculation has begun tutions. bump out-of-state increase of $1,632 over the year. that this new development may proved another reason for the Bush Tuition usually increases every Georgia Tech’s out-of-state tuition administration to attack the nation. Sources have long cited Iraq as year to keep up with inflation. The tuition again like the has seen jumps of 15 percent and a haven for al Qaeda fighters who fled Afghanistan, however these University System has made efforts last two years.” 14 percent the last two years. sources were unaware of number and senior rank of many of the in the past to keep yearly increases “There is no plan to bump out- many who may be hiding within Iraq. consistently below the national av- Bob McMath of-state tuition again like the last erage. This year, though, the state Vice Provost two years,” said Vice Provost for Former Enron executive pleads guilty has reduced the University System’s Undergraduate Studies and Academ- budget and cut back allocations for ic Affairs Bob McMath. Former Enron official Michael Kopper pled guilty to wire fraud Major Repair and Rehabilitation. greater increase. Still, some students feel the tu- and money laundering in a Houston courtroom earlier this week. “These back-to-back major losses This past year, the Board of Re- ition increase might be a problem. The collapse of the Enron Corporation cost the corporations' share- of operational funds and of monies gents approved a two-year plan to “I believe raising tuition by that holders millions of dollars. In court, Kopper fingered his former needed to maintain quality facili- increase out-of-state tuition at state much will be a deterrent for pro- boss, chief financial officer Andrew Fastow, as the main mastermind ties have been a ‘double whammy’ institutions. The University System’s spective out-of-state students,” said behind the Enron scheme. Kopper could face up to 10 years in for the University System. Losing policy states, “Out-of-state tuition Matt Hand, a computer engineer- prison under federal sentencing guidelines, however due to cooper- such large amounts of funding has at all University System institutions ing major from Maryland. ation with prosecutors he is likely to receive a less stiff penalty. had an extensive impact on our ability shall be established at a rate that is at to run our universities well on a least four times the tuition rate See Tuition page 14 Clinton may join ranks of Oprah, Springer Informed sources reported Wednesday that officials from CBS ing Assistant Director until a per- ing Office will notify faculty, staff, are in talks with representatives for former President Bill Clinton. Weis from page 3 manent replacement for Weis has and students who receive permit The one-time commander-in-chief may be hosting his own talk been found. violations through an automatic show in the near future. Reports show that since mid-July Clinton customer-service-oriented attitude “In the interim, we’re fine. The email. Those who receive permit has talked to both NBC and CBS about the possibility for which he to the Parking Office that will be new parking policies for this year violations will now be able to view would earn an estimated $50 million a year. Sources close to Clin- sorely missed. will still be carried out,” said Lange. their citations and resolve them on- ton say that the former president is only considering the offers and “We are all very sad to see Rod In addition, “the department will line using a credit card. keeping his offers open. leave. He accomplished a great deal continue forward with all plans for Although the job opening has during his three years at Georgia new construction, improved cus- not officially been posted, a search Barr, McKinney lose House seats in primary Tech, not the least of which was the tomer service and an expanded trans- for a replacement for Weis will take development a customer service at- portation system to serve Technology place in the coming weeks. “A search U.S. Representatives from Georgia Cynthia McKinney and Bob titude, a fine staff and a strong man- Square,” said Meyers. committee with student represen- Barr both lost their respective House seats in primaries earlier this agement team. He will be missed,” Parking is planning on building tation has been appointed, a profes- week. Sources said that a large factor in the defeat of both incum- said Rosalind Meyers, Associate Vice- two new parking decks at Technol- sional search firm has been retained bents was the high turnout of crossover voters. Georgia is one of President of Auxiliary Services. ogy Square on fifth street and as and a national search has begun. only a handful of states where it is not necessary to register with a Though Weis has resigned, Weis part of SAC II. Also in future plans We expect to attract highly quali- particular party when voting in primaries. Most agree that Repub- left behind a competent staff and is the building of a 600-space deck fied candidates for this very impor- lican and Democratic voters crossed party lines in order to oust the improvements in parking he for the new Klaus Advanced Com- tant job,” said Meyers. McKinney and Barr respectively in races that were both deadlocked helped develop will still be in place. puting Building to be built in the in polls leading up to the primary. Allen Corry will serve as Acting Di- where the Health Center now stands. For general parking information visit rector and Lange will serve as Act- Also, starting this fall, the Park- www.parking.gatech.edu. 6 • Friday, August 23, 2002 • Technique NEWS

Hightower demolition Fall Rush 2002 Freshman explore the Greek community to take two months By Tony Kluemper to be approved by the Governor News Editor since it is a state owned build- ing.” Although numerous Tech Leroy pointed out that even construction projects have been once everyone agreed that the moving toward completion over demolition of the building was the summer, one of the most the best idea for Tech’s future, recent projects on campus pushed the process was far from com- forward is the demolition of the plete. “In order to get all of the historic Hightower building. historic groups in agreement we Hightower was built in 1949 had to agree to document the as the home of the School of building through the guidelines Textile Engineering. The build- set up by the HABS (Historic ing has been American empty for Building Sur- nearly two vey),” said Le- years and was “It took about three roy. The slated to be de- weeks to discard of process Tech By Scott Meuleners / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS molished dur- had to take to ing the spring the hazardous document the Freshmen and upperclassmen who of 2001, how- material building in- sought to become involved in the ever due to a cluded very Greek community at Georgia Tech number of set- appropriately.” specific in- attended numerous fraternity and backs the pro- structions in- sorority rush events over the past Ronald Leroy week. The events included sorority cess could not GT Facilities cluding be pushed for- photograph- bid day, an annual event where ward until this ing the build- newly selected sisters of each of the summer. ing both inside six national sororities on campus According to project man- and out to document the specif- (above) must run to their respective ager Ronald Leroy, the process ics of the Hightower building houses, while numerous students of getting the demolition ap- for historic purposes. watch from the sidelines cheering proved took longer than some In addition, once the plan to them on along the way. Fraternity may have expected. Furthermore, demolish the building was an- rush, which lacks such an event, because Hightower was built over nounced to the public, a single continued until Thursday night. Vari- 50 years ago it classified as a concern was expressed against ous fraternities on campus held building of historic significance. the proposal due to the build- cookouts and parties all through “First of all because of the build- ings historic significance. The the week in order to attract quality ing’s age we had to make sure concern then had to be addressed rushees. Members of one fraternity that we had approval to demol- and decided upon by the Board on campus serve up hamburgers to ish the building,” said Leroy. the those rushing on Tuesday night. By Rob Hill / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS “Ultimately the demolition had See Demo, page 14 NEWS Technique • Friday, August 23, 2002 • 7

CS investigation leads to changes Everything you ever wanted to know about By Andrew Howard Contributing Writer the incoming freshman class of 2002

[Editor’s Note: This article is - Over 2200 freshman students enrolled for fall classes this week reprinted, with minor modifi- cations, from the June 14 issue of the Technique.] - Average high school GPA is a 3.8

With the investigations of the - Average SAT is a 1343 with 7 being perfect 1600s 186 students accused of fall aca- demic misconduct in Comput- er Science 1321 and 1322 - 107 National Merit Finalists (UMF) complete in early, students in the class now take part in a total- - As well as 16 National Achievement Finalists (UAF) ly different type of learning en- vironment. During the summer semes- - Average age of the freshman class is 17.64 ter, students were allowed to ap- propriately collaborate with their - Most popular female first name is Jennifer (20) peers on all programming as- signments; however, exams will be the major assessment of knowl- By Chris Gooley/ STUDENT PUBLICATIONS - Most popular male first name is Michael (53) edge and determination of the The results of the academic misconduct review prompted an evaluation of the current CS curriculum. Students in the introduc- students’ grades. - Most popular last name for male (11) and female (6) is Smith In the wake of the unusually tory CS classes are now allowed to collaborate on some projects. high volume of academic mis- conduct charges for one semes- College of Computing follow- work to quizzes and exams.” -1025 high schools represented by the incoming class ter, the Institute formed two task ing the investigation this May “These two courses will now forces to review the two intro- with findings and recommen- allow collaboration with attri- ductory courses in which the stu- dations for the course. Many of bution on homework assign- - Forty-five states and Puerto Rico are represented dents were enrolled and the the recommendations went into ments, a subtle but important academic misconduct process. effect immediately. change from previous years. The - No freshmen from Montana, North and South Dakota, The Task Force on Introduc- The report addressed many fun- new policy, which went into ef- Nebraska, or Wyoming tory Computer Science Courses damental questions including: fect for the summer semester, consisted of a group of Georgia • Should there be more than allows students to work cooper- Tech professionals: Chair Jim one introductory computer sci- atively on homework assign- - Top five foreign countries represented are India (47), Foley, Kurt Eiselt, Richard Le- ence course? ments, as long as they credit the Korea (19), China (16), Canada (11), Taiwan (8) Blanc, Mark Guzdial, and Ash- • Should there be an accelerat- external sources used. Those win Ram from the College of ed section of CS 1321 for stu- external sources may include, but Computing and Bob McMath, dents with some prior are not limited to, other stu- - Most popular majors: UEC (433), CS (273), and AE (226) the Georgia Tech Vice Provost programming experience? dents, teaching assistants, text- for Undergraduate Studies. • What are the best ways to books, websites, etc.” - 85 freshmen who have multiple legacies “The committee took input access programming ability? “The changes seem appro- from the primary teachers of the • Are workloads for these cours- priate. By making the test more courses, Bill Leahy and David es too heavy? difficult and allowing students - 427 have least one legacy. Smith, as well the faculty at large. • Should the “limited collabo- to work together, the course is [They] wanted as many facts and ration policy on programming now more like what it is in the - 8 sets of twins in the class. as much input as they could find. assignments” policy be modi- real world. Hopefully, students President Clough was also con- fied? who are not computer savvy can stantly kept up-to-date,” ex- According to Institute Com- learn much more,” said sopho- - As for the age-old question, this year’s freshman class is 72 plained Karen Boyd, Senior munications and Public Affairs, more Patrick Phelan. percent male- making the class, you guessed it, 28 percent Associate Dean of Students. “The most notable policy change female. A final report was submitted from the task force is shifting See CS, page 12 to President Clough and the the assessment focus from home- 8 • Friday, August 23, 2002 • Technique NEWS Who Represents You? Below is a list of elected and appointed undergraduate representatives. Contact them with your concerns.

Executive Officers Major Representatives PRESIDENT Tiffany Massey EXECUTIVE VP Nate Watson AE: Keith Becker EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT Carmen Jackson ARC/BC/ID: Nekia Strong VP CAMPUS AFFAIRS Mike Harris Holland Worsham NRE: Ryan Lorio VP FINANCE Chris Webb Kyle Ranson PHYSICS: Scott Fletcher VP ADMIN. AFFAIRS Eric Clopper BIOLOGY: Brad Bolton PSY: Anttonette Geddis SECRETARY CE/ENVE: Michael O’Rourke TREASURER CHE: Bryan Shaw PUBP Michael Handelman SGT AT ARMS CHEM: Hevil Shah CS: Bryan Billings STAC: Katie Grant Adam Bernstein TEXT: Joey Woodall Victor Galis AA: Class Representatives Brandon Oglesby CO OP: Claire Conner EAS: Allison Lehman MEMBER-AT-LARGE: ECON: Mike Roberts More information: SENIOR: President Lindsey Mazza ECE: Irene Chow Carmen Jackson John Parsons For more information on getting Stephen Popick Bill Asher involved in the Undergraduate House John Englehardt Tim Cailloux of Representatives or the Undergrad- JUNIOR: President Katie Rhode HTS: Tiffany Turner uate Student Government or on con- Han Chang IE: Jakarra Jones tacting your representatives, visit the Chris Rankine Michael Lehman SGA homepage at: sga.gatech.edu. Adrienne Hairston Matt Ridley You can also contact your repre- Dae Kim INTA: Amanda Pardo sentative by email or telephone. Or SOPHOMORE: President Normer Adams MATE/MATS: Glenn Matthews you can attend an SGA meeting, Tues- Alex Michaud days, 7 p.m. in Student Services Room Amy Phuong MATH: Jim Ogilvie 117. Eman Kirbah ME: Joshua Alexander If you are interested in a position as Christina Baccay Thomas Corresha a representative for a department with- FRESHMAN: President Vickie Cherry Johnathan Morris out one, please contact the SGA of- Brandon Clifford MGT/MSCI: Jamie Vistola fice. Chris Lafferty Randi Truelove Ford Burgher Ben Lawder Danny Puckett NEWS Technique • Friday, August 23, 2002 • 9 And You? Below is a list of elected and appointed graduate student officers. Contact them with questions. Executive Officers PRESIDENT Alan Michaels EXECUTIVE VP Doug DesCamps VP FINANCE Cleon Davis COORDINATING OFFICER Jennifer Matthews TREASURER SECRETARY Beth Carey

More information: By Scott Meuleners/ STUDENT PUBLICATIONS For more information on getting involved in the The executive officers of the Undergraduate Student Government Association (above) are Vice President of Graduate Student Senate or the Graduate Student Campus Affairs Mike Harris, Executive Vice President Nate Watson, President Tiffany Massey, and Vice Government or on contacting your representatives, President of Administrative Affairs Eric Clopper. The Undergraduate House meets in Room 117 of the Student visit the SGA homepage at: sga.gatech.edu. Services building on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. The meetings are open to the public. The House did not meet this Tuesday. Undergraduate House Committee Chairs Administrative Affairs: Course Critique Shetu Shah Naveen Dittakavi Elections Parina Shah Governmental & External Katy Jo Schroer Alan Bakowski Information Technology Chris Donovan Internal Development Michael Handelman Public Relations Eleanor Baccay Campus Affairs: Academic Affairs Johnathan Morris Athletic and Rec. Services Will Monk Campus Services Vickie Cherry Community Affairs Wyatt Busbee Parking, Transp. & Facil. Brad Bolton Planning & Development Javier Fernandez By Rob Hill STUDENT PUBLICATIONS The executive officers of the Graduate Student Government Association (above) include President Alan These committee chairs have yet to be approved by Michaels and Executive Vice President Doug DesCamps. The other executive officers of the Graduate Senate the House. The Undergraduate House will vote on were unavailable for the photo. Meetings of the Graduate Student Senate take place each Tuesday at 11:00 the approval of these appointees next Tuesday. a.m. in room 117 of the Student Services Building. Graduate Student Senate meetings are always open to the public. This week the Senate met on Tuesday, but failed to reach quorum, and decided to adjourn. 10 • Friday, August 23, 2002 • Technique NEWS

Freshman 2002 New kids on the block

By Rob Hill / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS By Rob Hill/ STUDENT PUBLICATIONS A number of freshman moved into their dorms on Thursday and Friday of last week While many freshman spent their first week of college rushing (above), others enjoyed (above) and then checked out the Greek scene (below) later that same weekend. the recreational facilities (below) available at the Student Center NightLight event.

By Rob Hill / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS By Rob Hill / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS NEWS Technique • Friday, August 23, 2002 • 11

Program looks to attract new leaders Greek Expansion Phi Mu begins new house By Andrew Howard more organizations, like idence Life Dan Morrison, As- Contributing Writer M.O.V.E., that we work with, sistant Director for the Fresh- the better impact on the stu- man Experience Program Bob [Editor’s Note: This article is dent.” Morton, Student Center repre- reprinted, with minor modifi- Funded by a $50,000 grant sentatives and many other pro- cations, from the May 31 issue from the Auxiliary Services’ fessionals, meets once a month of the Technique.] Buzzfunds account, the Emerg- with Powers to discuss the ing Leaders program is an effort progress of the program. In a continuing effort to es- to support President Wayne “I would have loved to par- tablish new leaders on Tech’s Clough’s leadership initiative. ticipate in such a program if I campus, Auxiliary Services will had the opportunity,” said soph- offer 75 freshman the opportu- omore Aron Giles. nity to enroll in an Emerging “We want students “When I came to Tech, I had Leaders program. no idea what types of leadership “This program is geared to- that are going to programs this campus had to wards students who are not yet be genuinely offer.” leaders but are looking to get Interested students may fill involved,” said Residence Life interested and want out an online application, which Coordinator Laura Powers, pro- to learn ” includes an essay and a phone gram director. “It will be anoth- interview. If more than 75 ap- er alternative to Freshman Laura Powers ply, there may be a waiting list. Council and the Freshman Ac- Emerging Leaders director “A $40 fee is necessary to partic- tivities Board.” ipate,” explained Powers, “but Enrolled students will attend that is only to ensure commit- bi-weekly seminars for a year led “The Buzzfunds have been ment to the program. We want by alumni as well as leaders from tied up for the last couple years, students that are going to be the surrounding community. but when they opened up, [Vice genuinely interested and want “Our goal is to help Georgia President of Auxiliary Services] to learn.” Tech freshmen have the ability Rosalind Meyers divided the “One of the most necessary to succeed in a leadership role at money between the Impact qualities of a leader is knowl- Georgia Tech and beyond,” said Scholarship and the Emerging edge, this program can provide By Rob Hill / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Powers. “We will provide a va- Leaders program,” Powers said. this knowledge,” said Residence Phi Mu sister Brooke Novak prepares for the arrival of a group of rushees riety of opportunities as well steps An advisory board, consist- Hall Association President Ryan in front of the site of Phi Mu’s future house to be completed by fall 2003. to build networking skills. The ing of Associate Director of Res- Spanier. 12 • Friday, August 23, 2002 • Technique NEWS

1321 course this summer. It also manager. According to the CS task formed to review the academic mis- stronger and better university.” CS from page 7 plans to offer several different in- force report, “the goal is for the TAs conduct process; it made several rec- The Dean of the Students’ of- troductory computer science courses and their instructor to form a “team” ommendations. fice is now hiring three new em- “The [collaboration] change gen- that are not necessarily major spe- that will take on an enhanced sense “The [academic misconduct] in- ployees to aid in the review process. erated a great deal of discussion,” cific in the future. The committee of ownership of and responsibility cident has caused the Georgia Tech All students are now shown a video said James Foley, Associate Dean of also made the recommendation to for the educations of the students.” community to look closely at the explaining the review process prior the College of Computing and chair “The collaboration issue was dis- to meeting with the Dean. of the Task Forces. “There are local cussed a lot. Our goal is not to allow “The University of Virginia had arguments for both approaches and cheating,” said Robert McMath, Vice a similar situation during May of both are in use around the country. “The committee was Provost for Undergraduate Stud- “Changes were last year. They still had 70 cases But we ultimately felt that learning ies. “Our goal is to allow students to definitely needed ... pending after a year. Every [Geor- would improve by using the home- not formed purely work and learn together. We have gia Tech] student was offered a fair work to teach and quizzes and ex- because of the never and will never allow plagia- but I am not really review and we were able to review ams for the bulk of our assessment. rism. If a student receives any kind sure that these all the cases fairly efficiently. My Such an approach is consistent with academic misconduct of help from another student, that job is to hold every student account- Georgia Tech’s overall approach to cases in the fall.” students needs to be given credit.” changes will able and as the Dean of Students I collaborative learning.” “Changes were definitely need- adequately solve the am committed to providing the best “The committee was not formed Karen Boyd ed in both classes, but I am not educational environment for our stu- purely because of the academic mis- Sen. Assoc. Dean of Students really sure that these changes will problem.” dents,” said Boyd. conduct cases in the fall. The rec- adequately solve the problem. Tech Puja Shah “The most significant statistic ommendation to allow collaboration has a high standard of education Sophomore in all of this is that more than 1,500 has been in the works for a very long take into account other program- and by changing the class, the chal- students did their work as assigned time. The cases were just one of the ming languages for CS 1321. lenge has been greatly diminished,” for those two classes without any many issues that formed this com- “Teaching assistants will be re- said sophomore Puja Shah. accusations of plagiarism,” said Bob mittee,” explained Boyd. quired to attend weekly status and President Wayne Clough and way we teach and the way we hold Harty, ICPA Executive Director. Tests now comprise 48 percent training meetings. This semester, Provost Jean-Lou Chameau were each other accountable for our ac- “It’s also significant that 83 per- of a student’s average in CS 1322, CS 1321 will use a model in which actively involved in the process of tions,” said McMath. “Because of cent of those involved accepted their versus 33 percent last spring. The TAs will report directly to the in- forming the committee and its di- the serious and thoughtful efforts sanction(s) without question. That College of Computing will offered structor for their given section in- rection, but were not involved in of many people, I believe that we speaks highly of the process used to an accelerated version of the CS stead of reporting to a central TA discussion. A second committee also are coming out of this experience a identify cheating.” NEWS Technique • Friday, August 23, 2002 • 13

Meyers . (RTAs) who can diagnose technol- Resnet from page 3 “I think the changes are great. I ogy problems and either make the was on west campus last year in a repair or refer the problem to an- Board of Regents approves charge to the residents. With the freshman dorm and had some real other agency. Because RTAs are stu- addition of caller ID to all numbers problems with the connection some dents who live on campus, this new Tech degree programs starting with 206, all outgoing call- nights. So far no problems [this support is also provided on nights er ID messages will read “GA TECH year], I hope it stays this way,” said and weekends. By Sean Caulfield versity, and the Medical College of HOUSING.” sophomore Johnny Lu. During campus move-in in Au- Contributing Writer Georgia. “The timing is right,” said Ro- “The use of the campus network gust, Resnet staffs over 20 tempo- The move by the Board of Re- salind Meyers, Associate Vice Pres- has evolved over the past several rary RTAs, in addition to the 20 [Editor’s Note: This article is re- gents will create a new unit, the ident of Auxiliary Services, in the years to include the use of more full-time RTAs, to help students printed, with minor modifications, School of Applied Physiology, un- press release. online coursework, streaming vid- with their computer, telephone, and from the July 12 issue of the Tech- der the College of Sciences. “While Georgia Tech was one eo and other high bandwidth appli- cable setup. nique.] Initially expecting enrollments of the first schools in the country to cations,” said John Mullin, associate “The only major problem on cam- of 10 to 15 within the first three connect all of its residents to the vice president of the Office of In- pus right now,” said Bartlett, “is the Following recommendations years, the school will offer a Master internet, the explosion of internet formation Technology. abuse of port-to-port programs such from President Wayne Clough, The of Science in Prosthetics and Orthot- use for academic and recreational “The new architecture and equip- as Morpheous and Kazaa. Most stu- Board of Regents recently approved ics. One of the first of such pro- purposes in recent years has left some ment supports much higher band- dents don’t even know they are al- changes in the organizational struc- grams in the country, the program students without access to sufficient widths before contention becomes lowing other people to upload data ture of Georgia will offer hands- bandwidth.” an issue. In addition, the network is from them while the program runs Tech. on instruction “Now, with this upgrade, if stu- designed to more fairly allocate the in the background. If everyone would The changes including at least dents are downloading large amounts existing Internet bandwidth.” turn those ports off, which is really include the es- 27 semester of data, other students trying to gain This Resnet office is staffed by easy to do, it would make it a lot “The widely tablishment of a hours of clinical access should not be affected,” said Residence Technology Advisors better for everyone else.” School of Ap- recognized...MBA instruction. plied Physiology, designation will be Also adding two new added at this lat- graduate pro- beneficial to both est Board of Re- grams, and the DuPree students and gents meeting renaming of the was another Master of Sci- alumni.” graduate pro- ence in Manage- Terry Blum gram, a Masters ment to a Dean of Dupree College in Industrial De- Masters of Busi- sign. The Insti- ness Administra- tute’s tion. recommenda- Ten years ago, during the reor- tions stem from increases in this ganization of the College of Scienc- particular job market and the need es, the Department of Heath and for advanced specialization in this Performance Systems became a dis- area. The program will initially en- tinct unit within that college. Since roll 20 students, followed by 40 for that time, its faculty has slowly moved two semesters thereafter, for the 48- toward turning the department into hour program. a degree granting school. Finally, citing recommendations Since 1997, the department has from industry hiring executives and added three new faculty members, the consensus of the management acquired administrative and research student body, the Board voted to laboratory space in the Weber Space change of name of the Master of By Peter Jenson / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Science and Technology building, Science in Management to a Mas- Over the summer RESNET completed substantial improvements in the speed and service provided to students and collaborated with researchers on campus. One of these services is helping freshman to get set up on the Tech network for the first time. at Emory, UGA, Georgia State Uni- See Degree, page 15 14 • Friday, August 23, 2002 • Technique NEWS

ning of the semester. are trying to work with the land- Tuition from page 5 Demo from page 6 “I’ve always thought of the build- scaping and trees that now exist in ing as somewhat of an eyesore in the order to provide more natural light of Regents before plans for the dem- center of campus,” said Patten. “I to the space.” olition could progress. was glad to see that they had finally However plans for this space for- Once all the appropriate steps started demolition.” merly occupied by Hightower are for approval had been taken, con- The demolition process should far from complete. This space is struction crews finally arrived in early continue for another two months. part of the Yellow Jacket Park envi- June to begin the demolition pro- “The projected completion date of sioned in Tech’s Master Plan as a cess. According to Leroy, there was the demolition is October 15 at this green space in the center of campus a great deal of hazardous material point,” said Leroy. At that point that will eventually edge the Un- within the building, which had to they will work on a small landscap- dergraduate Learning Center, which be properly removed off before any ing of the area by adding a new is set to be built next to the library as noticeable demolition could begin. irrigation system in order to plant part of the Master Plan. “It took about three weeks to dis- grass in the spring. The new light- Dates for when further construc- card of the hazardous material ap- ing around the campanile will be tion in the area is set to begin has propriately,” said Leroy. continued in the area over the months not been finalized according to Le- Earlier this month, construction after demolition is completed. roy. Therefore, until further work crews began to actually demolish Leroy explained that no new begins the area will remain an open, large sections of the building and shrubs or trees would be planted in grassy area for students to enjoy. make noticeable changes to the build- the area. “Right now we are trying Many students plan to do just By Shelley Hoyal / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS ing. Junior Kyle Patten was sur- to create a new green space in the that. “I really like the idea of pro- With the tuition increase approved by the University System of Georgia, prised to see the changes when he center of campus without adding viding more open green space in in-state students at Tech face a six percent increase in tuition and out-of- returned to campus at the begin- many new trees,” said Leroy. “We the center of campus,” said Patten. state students face an increase of almost 15 percent.

“Those students add diversity costs, and balancing against the se- to our student body,” said Meredith ries of budget cutbacks that were Glass, an Industrial Engineering mandated by the state.” major. This increase is still relatively low Will Carpenter, a mechanical and below the national average. Stu- engineering major from Virginia, dents at the University of Wiscon- believes these changes should be sin and the University of California better publicized. “We should re- at Berkeley will pay 8 percent more ceive better and earlier notice, in for the coming year. Tuition will case we have to look for another job increase by 19 percent at the Uni- or find some other way to pay that versity of Iowa, and by 21 percent at much more money.” the University of North Carolina at According to McMath, the only Chapel Hill. Marie Mons, the Di- costs that Georgia Tech can con- rector of Financial Planning and trol are the mandatory student fees, Services, suggests that students start via recommendations from a com- planning early and fill out an appli- mittee of students and faculty. These cation through the Financial Plan- fees increased by less than one per- ning and Services Office. cent from last year. “We play matchmaker here,” said The tuition increases from the Mons, “we try to match students state were “responding to the need with available funds. I can’t guaran- to maintain the quality of the Uni- tee you’ll receive aid if you apply, By Scott Meuleners / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS versity System’s academic programs, but I can guarantee you won’t get it Students watch as crews continue on demolition on the Hightower building. The building, which once housed faculty instruction and personnel if you don’t.” the School of Textile Engineering, is being demolished to establish more green space in the center of campus. NEWS Technique • Friday, August 23, 2002 • 15

define a good solid job description, needs by putting assistants at their to share personal thoughts about Spectrum from page 3 Library from page 3z people will step up to the plate to fingertips,” said Gilmer. the direction towards the services provide that kind of service and new But don’t expect all of these chang- should go. OIT had concerns about were skills,” said Tony Gilmer, Project skills,” said Stuart. es to remain static. Many aspects of Additionally, the library is ac- emailed two weeks in advance and Advisor for the LWC area directly “We know that there are very the new LWC, from the computers tively seeking professors and experts warned about the merger. from the Educational Technologies capable people and we’re hoping to even the seating arrangements, in anthropology, for an insight into Every user will also automatical- department of OIT. that they will step up to the plate. will be monitored and repositioned the students’ culture. Professors in ly be registered for the use of web- “It would be a new breed of po- Right now, we just can’t find that according to students’ needs in or- the industrial design major of the mail, unlike other semesters where sition,” said Gilmer. many people who have that.” der to search for the best possible College of Architecture are also con- students were required to signup Gilmer is currently the only full- Students and faculty who stop combination through experimen- tributing advice regarding the phys- for the service separately. time staffer from OIT working di- by the commons area will also no- tation. ical layout of the LWC as well as the There was also an addition of 50 rectly in the library to oversee the tice that full-time staffers are strate- “We may change the configura- best possible arrangement for stu- megabytes of storage space for ev- LWC technical management, but gically embedded in workstations tions around. We have seen a tre- dents to collaborate in privacy. ery user, raising the maximum stor- predicts that he will be the first of throughout the LWC, allowing those Students will have a range of age space to 100 megabytes. many from OIT to work in the in need of assistance to easily find choices for when they work on an “It will be great to have the extra library. He hopes that the future help without having to leave the assignment or project. Inspired by storage space. I do not know of any staffers will have experience in all area and travel to the periphery, as “The LWC creates an the iMovieFest competition held school that has that kind of storage aspects of technical and bibliographic required in the past. instant study space last year for budding film directors for its students. I could practically services in order to assist students in “The LWC creates an instant and their iMacs, the LWC will give store all my books for this semester all possible areas. study space and makes them some- and makes them students a greater opportunity to online if I wanted to. Crazy,” said “We’ve seen rising stars. If we how appropriate to their particular somehow appropriate pursue their production goals. sophomore Jeff Holmes. The computers, however, were Future plans call for the imple- to their particular not without their initial kinks. Some mentation of spam handling to re- needs by putting of the Apple machines sporadically move unwanted solicitation email. lost their internet connections this “We hope to block the major assistants at their week, and OIT officials noticed that spam servers or the remote black fingertips.” students were still having some trou- hole lists. It won’t be 100 percent, ble activating their Prism accounts but it will certainly cut down on it,” Tony Gilmer and printing documents. said Bryson. OIT Project Coordinator The standard hours for the li- As far as other future plans, Bry- brary will not change. It is open at son commented, “It is really going all times from Sunday noon until to be a matter of prioritizing the Friday at 6:00 p.m., and again on needs of all the users. The basic mendous growth in collaborative Saturday from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. infrastructure is in place.” work, and we need to provide help However, it is only open to Tech for that collaboration to take place students and faculty. in the library,” said Meyer. “We In its sixth day of operation, the will collect that data and assess the LWC is only just beginning to offer Degree from page13 information.” the kind of advice that will be cru- An increase in collaborative work cial in building an entire Integrated ters of Business Administration. in the library also prompted the Learning facility. But the prospects Though the switch is purely nom- library directors to seek outside the are very high, indeed. inal, graduating students will find mainstream source of help from OIT. “It is much too early to know that the name recognition of a MBA A number of co-op students are ac- what this collaborative adventure will aid in finding and securing em- tively wearing two hats to assist in will tell us. We are still coming out ployment. the collaborative effort: as a staffer of the project mode and into the “The widely recognized and high- and as a student, in order to provide real-life mode,” said Stuart. ly respected MBA designation will both perspectives. “The way we are managing be- be beneficial to both DuPree stu- Anonymous records of search hind the scenes is that we are de- dents and alumni,” said Terry Blum, queries made by students will be taching from the fifty people who Dean of the Dupree College of captured to give a sense of what began this project and moving into Management. “Most importantly, students are seeking from the dif- an operational structure. There are it will increase their value in the ferent workstations. On the plate as tons of lessons to be learned.” marketplace.” By Charles Frey / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS well is the initiative to organize fo- The program maintains Tech’s Students work on the newly installed workstations in the west wing of the cus groups where students will meet For more information, check online distinct technological flavor. library. The changes were finally unveiled this past Sunday. with the library staffers themselves at www.library.gatech.edu. 16 • Friday, August 23, 2002 • Technique OPINIONSpage 16

OPINIONS Quote of the week: “The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can- Technique • Friday, August 23, 2002 not read them.” – Mark Twain OUR VIEWS Consensus Opinion Weis leaves parking After three years and numerous improvements, Rod Weis left the Georgia Tech Department of Parking and Transpor- tation to work at Texas A & M as their parking director. Weis will be missed especially because of his innovation in leading a department that was acknowledged as the source of some of the biggest student problems at Tech. Weis’ improvements included reforming the Stinger shut- tle system to include additional buses, more useful routes, and a guarantee of a Stinger bus every five to ten minutes. Weis also started a system of increased parking enforcement. The greatest modernization that Weiss introduced was the Editorial Board: online parking registration system that has prevented the long waits that used to be associated with getting a parking permit. Jody Shaw, Editor-in-Chief Beyond the registration, the system now allows people on the Derek Haynes, Managing Editor waiting list to see how many people are in front of them on the Tony Klumper, News Editor list and for what lot they should expect to get a permit. Sara Cames, Opinions Editor Despite all of these additions, there are still many areas that Jennifer Schur, Focus Editor Julia Trapold, Entertainment Editor Parking can improve on. First, the Stingerette system is long Katie Neal, Sports Editor overdue for some refinement. Stingerettes should run 24 Scott Meuleners, Photography Editor hours a day to facilitate the safe travel of students, many of Paul Horton, Advertising Manager Karl Guertin, Online Editor whom are out long past the 2 a.m. limit of the current system. The Stinger system, despite all of its additions, still needs to run on a more systemized schedule. Each stop should have a CHRIS GOOLEY listing of exact times that Stingers can be expected to arrive. Parking also needs to take steps to reach out to off-campus, private vendors to form partnerships that can provide Tech Hinkel’s column beneficial to Tech Thank you for Jen Hinkel’s Techs described the 5th Street Project as Bill Todd, IM ’71 students who cannot get on-campus parking with other op- and the City column this year in the Tech “crossing the river.” The Down- [email protected] tions. All of these are improvements that the new Director of Technique, especially the column in town Connector has been a physi- Parking could take on in the upcoming year. the April 19 issue summarizing the cal barrier to the community for The Technique is accepting applica- relationship between the two. Hinkel many years, and now it is bridged. tions for columnists for the fall semes- raised some interesting and impor- Dr. Clough has provided great ter. In order to apply to be a columnist tant issues with creativity and clari- leadership in reaching out to Atlan- for the Technique, please send ideas CS allows collaboration ty. Well done. ta and will continue to do so in the for the theme of your column, a writ- The relationship between the future. ing sample, and how often you would The College of Computing’s decision to revise its policy on Georgia Tech community and the Hinkel’s column has been very like to write (ie., once a month, once collaboration in introductory computer science is a step in the community of Atlanta will gain even positive and helpful in providing an every two weeks, etc.). Previous expe- more attention when the Technol- insightful and critical look from the rience with the Technique is helpful right direction. While no one can deny that every student is ogy Square project opens at 5th Street student perspective at the symbiot- but not necessary. For examples of a responsible for his or her own actions, this revision of policy and West Peachtree Street. ic relationship between Georgia Tech previously-run column, please refer to demonstrates to students that the administration is concerned When I recently introduced Pres- and Atlanta. Jen Hinkel’s “Techs and the City” ident Clough to speak on the project Keep up the good work, and best column in last fall and spring’s edi- about the quality of Tech’s learning environment. to the Rotary Club of Atlanta, I of luck in the future! tions of the Technique. Troublesome is the fact that the committee that designed the changes did not include even one student. The revision of the policy surrounding the introductory CS classes is an issue in which students should have a voice, especially in light of recent events. Allowing collaboration, in and of itself, seems to be a good solution to many of the problems that the CS courses have faced in the past. Learning together is essential to grasping concepts that are alien to many students. The in- creased emphasis on tests may also lead to students having a better grasp of concepts rather than struggling to get code done for a homework assignment. Beyond allowing collaboration, there are many other po- tential changes that should be considered by the CoC. First and foremost, the department should encourage more collab- oration between professors and the TAs. Students would greatly benefit from such improved interactions because it would allow their TAs to be more effective. The department should also consider changing the course to a three-day-a- week course worth four hours of credit. This change would allow students to earn an amount of credit commensurate to the amount of time they must spend to make a satisfactory grade in the course. Consensus editorials reflect the majority opinion of the Editorial Board of the Technique, but not necessarily the By Matt Norris / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS opinions of individual editors. OPINIONS Technique • Friday, August 23, 2002 • 17 TECHNIQUE Institute defines ‘technological community’ “The South’s Liveliest College “We can remember that we are issue, just two short years ago, as a Newspaper” Established in 1911 we—an assemblage of people, na- freshman member of the Technique tionalities, ethnicities, religions, ide- “Here we are building the editorial board. ologies—a society unique in the It’s amazing how drastic your Editor-in-Chief technological community of the Jody Robert Shaw history of the world.” Ivan Allen view of something can change in College Associate Dean Richard twenty-first century...one that is just a few short years. Early in my • • • Barke articulated these thoughts to totally unique.” Tech career, I remained unimpressed an assembly of Tech students on with the community in which I ex- Jody Shaw Managing Editor September 14 of last year. When I isted; I saw the tall impressive trees Derek Haynes close my eyes, I can recreate the Editor-in-Chief but failed to see the thriving forest News exact moment in mind—a moment that now strikes me on a daily basis. Tony Kleumper, Editor during which I felt as though I were Though the Tech community radi- Madhu Adgia, Senior Staff Writer Sriram Narasimhan, Senior Staff Writer an integral member in an amazing discuss issues over chicken fingers Engineering Program, students can cally differs from high school and, Javier Fernandez unit. It was a moment when I truly at Junior’s and prefer the student obtain a Tech engineering degree indeed, most other institutions of Opinions felt the bond of community that newspaper in its paper form. without stepping foot in Atlanta. higher learning, its citizens are not Sara Cames, Editor exists at this Institute. The Tech community is inno- Other students can study at Tech’s oblivious or apathetic. If anything Focus Two years ago, in his annual State vative and imaginative. The entire campus in Metz, France or on one they are the opposite. Everything Jennifer Schur, Editor of the Institute address, President community constantly engages in a of its many study abroad programs that will be of major importance in Kimberly Rieck, Senior Staff Writer Joshua Cuneo, Jennifer Lee, Wayne Clough said we are building process of problem solving—look- across the globe. the next fifty years, whether its in- Shan Pesaru, Narendhra Seshadri the “technological university of the ing for a better, faster or simpler Tech stands out from other uni- formation security, national securi- Entertainment twenty-first century.” solutions. We see this innovation in versities that may challenge it for ty, or something only the most Julia Trapold, Editor Though I agree with the Presi- the research produced by faculty the title of “technological universi- innovative biologist can even imag- Lauren Bell, Sara Cames, Nicole Chalk, Joshua Cuneo, dent’s articulation of the Institute’s and students alike, across the aca- ty of the twenty-first century” be- ine, it is happening here at Tech. Joseph Jeong, Joey Katzen, future, I would suggest an addition. demic spectrum—from chemical en- cause of these components that come We will define the future of the Jon Kaye, Vivian Vakili Here at Georgia Tech, we are also gineering to international economics. together to create the unique char- world. We are already starting by Sports building the technological commu- We also see it in student affairs and acter of our community. We are a defining community. Katie Neal, Editor Al Prozygocki, Senior Staff Writer nity of the twenty-first century, one auxiliary services. We are all trying community that interacts together, I hope all of this year’s incoming John Parsons, Senior Staff Writer that, like Dr. Barke’s vision of Amer- to do whatever it is we do a little bit innovates together, imagines together freshmen can see the amazing com- Kimberly Rieck, Senior Staff Writer ican society, is extremely unique. better and a little bit more creative- and includes others. We celebrate munity I failed to completely un- Production The Tech community is inter- ly; in a sense, this makes every mem- together when we triumph—wheth- derstand during my first year. This Paul Horton, Adversting Mgr. active. We communicate with each ber of the community, no matter er in athletics or the classroom. We freshman issue of the Technique at- Photography other and with the world outside what his or her position or field of also support each other and reflect tempts to paint a portrait of the Scott Meuleners, Editor Robert Hill, Summer Editor our brick walls using cutting edge study, an engineer. together during difficult times, like vibrant community you will call June Zhang, Darkroom Mgr. methods that match the cutting edge The Tech community is inclu- the one last September when I heard home for the next few years, the Ian Clark, Assistant Editor Rob Hill, Charles Frey, technological issues and develop- sive. We see this facet of the univer- Dr. Barke’s words. true character of which cannot be Shelley Hoyal, Katie Oliff, ments we often describe. This idea sity now more than ever, as the “Never before have I been around fully captured in print. I invite you Daniel Uhlig materializes itself throughout the Institute’s student body continues so many intelligent, diverse, and to discover the community around Online community. Everyone has a gt-num- to diversify. We also maintain a cam- creative people who seem to be si- you. Go ahead and plant your roots Karl Guertin, Editor ber and AIM. Though we use tech- pus that is no longer bounded by multaneously apathetic to the com- for a while; maybe it will take you Associate Editor nology as an aid in interaction, we North Avenue and Tenth Street; it munity and world around them.” I less time to notice the beauty of the Daniel Uhlig also temper its use in other ways. extends around in the world. wrote those words in this publica- other trees and the collective origi- Board of Student We still sit around the campanile, Through the Georgia Tech Regional tion for the September 22, 2000 nality of the whole. Publications Dr. Carole E. Moore, Chair RoseMary Wells, Publications Mgr. Billiee Pendleton-Parker, Advisor

With new attractions, city may never sleep Advertising and Accounting Nancy Bowen, Business Mgr. Marcus Kwok, Accounts Mgr. I’ll look to my left and see ham- Tech campus mean one of two things: Donna Sammander, Advertising Mgr. merhead sharks. To my right will “Atlanta needed a before-and- more places to work and more plac- be an artificial coral reef and an after picture series during the es to fool around. While traffic con- • • • assortment of tropical fish. gestion will increase, mass When I leave the building, I’ll Olympic years. That time has transportation alternatives will be Copyright Notice see an area bustling with out-of- built around the Tech campus. Copyright © 2002, Jody Shaw, Editor-in- come again.” Chief, and by the Board of Student town visitors. I’ll see shops and plenty Atlanta is moving forward even Publications. The Technique is an official of restaurants. Derek Haynes in a state of economic decline. In a publication of the Georgia Tech Board of Student Publications. No part of this Later, I’ll jump in my car—or Managing Editor city that has been built by business, paper may be reproduced in any manner maybe a train—and head to Atlan- it seems only fitting that the down- without written permission from the Editor or from the Board of Student ta’s city-within-a-city. There I’ll see town development will be built by Publications. The ideas expressed herein Atlanta business leaders at no cost are those of the Editor or the individual parks, more restaurants and a mov- munity; they mean more things to and at Atlantic Station will contin- authors and do not necessarily reflect the ie theater. Most of all, I’ll see an area do on the weekends and more plac- ue to help to bring Atlanta closer to taxpayers. Many aquariums have views of the Board of Student Publications, the students, staff, or faculty of Atlanta where I can walk around es to go to unwind. They also create together. struggled in the past because they of Georgia Tech, or the University System for hours without having to worry excitement; something many of us The major cog missing from this were saddled with debt and needed of Georgia. about getting hit by an out of con- need in our lives following days of puzzle is transportation. These new to sacrifice exciting exhibits to pay trol Hummer. lectures. Atlanta will only move up developments mean more cars and back loans. Advertising Information Information and rate cards can be found Atlanta needed a before-and-af- in “quality of life” ratings in com- more pollution to city that has plenty The Atlanta aquarium won’t have on our World Wide Web site at ter picture series during the Olym- parison to other major cities, an already. However, these develop- to face those problems as Home www.cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/technique/. The deadline for reserving ad space and pic years. That time has come again. area where Atlanta is already hold- ments will force Atlanta to further Depot co-founder Bernard Marcus submitting ad copy is noon on Friday, one Last week, the Marcus Founda- ing its own. develop the basic Marta transporta- will pay for the aquarium construc- week prior to publication. There are no exceptions to this policy. For rate tion and Coca-Cola announced plans We’ll also see the snowball effect tion system. Look for a light rail tion expected to be over $200 mil- information, call our offices at (404) 894- to build an aquarium north of Cen- in regards to jobs; Atlanta has al- system to debut and for Marta to lion. Marcus promises that the 2830, Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Advertising space cannot be tennial Park on nine acres of land ready proven in the past that people start branching out from the simple aquarium, expected to hold over 5 reserved over the phone. TheTechnique that Coke owns. The aquarium will will move to the city when jobs are cross layout that currently exists. million gallons of water, will be one office is located in room 137 of the Student Services Building, 353 Ferst be adjacent to the new World of available. Atlanta gained over a mil- Another area that will undergo a of the world’s best. Douglas Daft, Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0290. Coca-cola museum. lion people in the 90’s and the ur- major change is real estate. If I had who will head the construction of Questions regarding advertising billing should be directed to Marcus Kwok at Both of the facilities are expect- ban developments taking place now some cash, one of the first things I the bigger and better World of Coke (404) 894-9187, or RoseMary Wells at ed to open in 2005. The Children’s will continue to draw more people. would do would be to buy a condo museum, promises that the aquari- (404) 894-2830. Museum of Atlanta, slated for a 2003 While the downtown developments around Centennial Park or a home um will not out do the museum. As opening in the Museum Tower east will mainly bring in tourists, Atlan- near Atlantic Station. One of At- for Atlantic Station, it’s already be Letter Submission Policy The Technique welcome all letters to the of Centennial Park will add anoth- tic Station will bring in a large vari- lanta’s biggest assets, its low cost of praised as one of the best urban editor and will print letters on a timely er dimension to Atlanta’s “museum ety of businesses. living, will begin to shrink away as developments. and space-available basis. Letters should be hand-delivered, mailed to Georgia Tech district.” These developments will Last year Peter Jennings went on these developments are built. At- As business leaders, these men Campus Mail Code 0290, or emailed to join Atlantic Station, which is be- a tour of several major cities. 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If you don’t have a car in Atlanta, ues to grow, it will continue to words and should be submitted by 8 a.m. think there is a solution to this prob- Wednesday in order to be printed in the Atlanta is slowly pushing it’s way you can’t move around easily. Now, lem, I’m sure Atlanta will mandate produce generous philanthropists following Friday’s issue. Any letters not meeting these criteria or not considered by up for recognition, and the addi- convention visitors at the Georgia that a percentage of apartment units in the mod of Marcus, his fellow the Editorial Board of the Technique to be tion of both of these developments World Congress Center and other be for families whose incomes falls Home Depot Founder Arthur Blank, of valid intent will not be printed. Editors reserves the right to edit for style, content, to the south’s most vibrant city will major downtown hotels won’t mind below the average. This will be im- and their predecessors like Coca- and length. Only one submission per be the first large steps Atlanta takes bringing their families along to visit plemented in Atlantic Station. Cola CEO Robert Woodruff. The person will be printed each term. to becoming a true 24-hour city. the museums. Best of all, they won’t The Tech student population will benefits it will reap from these gen- These developments are filled ever have to jump in a car. The only benefit from this construction. erous individuals will drive the At- Online [email protected] with positives for the Tech com- developments around Centennial Businesses that move around the lanta’s future. www.cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/technique/ 18 • Friday, August 23, 2002 • Technique OPINIONS Buzz Around the

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Question of the week “What is the biggest problem facing Nathan Zick Brandon Swafford Dinesh Mantri Heidi Hysell Atlanta?” IE Junior CS Freshman CompE Sophomore CS Senior “People are too busy.” “Construction.” “Tech’s policy against “Athens has a wireless Feature and Photos by domestic partner network, and we Scott Meuleners and Katie Oliff benefits.” don’t.” OPINIONS Technique • Friday, August 23, 2002 • 19 President Massey encourages students to get involved while at Tech Welcome! My name is Tiffany in the campus community during the House of Representatives or par- Massey, and I am the Undergradu- your freshmen year to maximize your ticipate in an Executive or Institute ate Student Body President of Geor- Tech experience. Wide Committee, we encourage you gia Institute of Technology. As you can see, our Institution is to get involved where your interests I would like to take this oppor- undergoing a tremendous amount lead you. tunity to express how excited we are of change. Students are encouraged We are here to serve “you”- the welcome you into the Tech com- to embrace and participate in these students, and we welcome any ques- munity. We are proud to have the exciting changes that are occurring tions or comments that you may most qualified freshmen class in and transforming our institution into have. Please do not hesitate to con- Tech’s history. the “technological institution of the tact us, we would love to hear from The Student Government is ex- future.” you. cited about serving you over this The Student Government Asso- The Student Government Of- upcoming year and will be working ciation provides the opportunity for fice is located in room 131 of the on number of initiatives, for exam- students to lead as an agent of change Student Services Building. Please ple, forums for students to express helping Georgia Tech reach its full come by and see us soon! their views on campus issues, free potential. usage of the Ferst Center for all There are many different oppor- Tiffany Massey By Daniel Uhlig / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS student organizational performances, tunities to get involved in Student Undergraduate President President Tiffany Massey campaigns in last Spring’s SGA elections. and web based overloads. Government. Whether you choose Student Government Association Massey ran against two opponents and managed to avoid a run-off. We encourage you to get involved to run for a legislative position in [email protected] Friday, October 5, 2001

FOCUS Freshman Issue 2002 FOCUS Technique • Friday, August 23, 2002 • 3 Ferst wall of fame preserves arts history The Robert Ferst Center for the Arts brings renowned programs and performers to enrich the Tech community. In addition to leaving memories, these visitors have left more permanent marks on the Ferst facility itself. By Narendhra Seshadri tems. One area of particular inter- The tradition of signing names the dressing room walls would be a saw this, they were inspired to do Contributing Writer est is the signature wall hidden back- on the wall started out during the neat idea for our other rental clients some real nice artwork on top of stage that is signed primarily by artists. second season and was conceived to see what name brand talent we just signatures on the wall. Many students at Georgia Tech While many artists have per- by the operations manager at the bring in but also for the other artists One noteworthy figure on the have a rather vague idea about some formed at the Center, there have Center, Brian Rehkopf. to see. I thought it would contrib- wall is the Revelation Promise Hope of the events that go on at the Rob- also been a variety of stage shows, “When I started working here ute to the industry’s perception that feature, which has signatures and ert Ferst Center for the Arts, popu- musicals and other theatrical en- when the building opened, I did the Ferst Center is a premier pro- flags from children all over the world. larly known as the Ferst Center. deavors enacted by several well not realize the scope of world re- ducing facility.” Another important work on the Located in the heart of campus, the known agencies including the At- nowned talent the Ferst Center would It was a local company, howev- wall is the Olympics logo with the 1,200 seat auditorium was original- lanta Ballet, Ballethnic, Atlanta Lyric be bringing in,” said Rehkopf. er, that started what has become an signatures of Bill and Hilary Clin- ly planned as a spectacular show- Theatre Company, the Acting Com- Little did he realize that this would artwork contest. Jomandi, the in- ton, created during the 1996 Games. case for the presentation of concerts, pany, the Trocks, Rockapella, become a symbolic location and serve novative company, drew a beauti- “One of the most touching fea- dances, musicals, lectures, film and Jomanda Productions, Momix and as a historic recollection place for ful design for their production of tures is when artists return and ex- theater. The Ferst Center offers quite BET, all of whom marked their spot seasonal artists. "Black Nativity" on the hallway wall. pand upon an extensive variety of programs on the famous signature wall. “I thought having the artists sign When other groups came in and their previous signatures and build through its seasonal shows that pro- up a little corner on the wall,” said vide enriching opportunities for both Rehkopf. the Georgia Tech and the Atlanta Brian Frey, the Ferst Center’s community. In addition to provid- technical director, agreed that when ing arts exposure to Tech students, recurring artists come back to sign the Center also boasts an interest- the wall it is often a touching mo- ing tradition. ment. The Ferst Center opened its doors “They remember our crew, our on April 13, 1992 with the inten- services and the wall,” said Frey. tion of serving as a premier arts ven- One important entry on the wall ue in Atlanta. The opening show, is based on “A Time to Dance”— with world-reknowned pianist An- an original and touching musical dre Watts, was very successful. by an upcoming local Atlanta Jazz This set a precedent, as the Cen- artist, Francine Reid. The entry was ter has consequently opened its doors painted by Genevieve Meza, the head for the past ten years to several world- of wardrobe. The musical was sup- class performers who became regu- posed to have premiered on Sep- lars for annual shows. Some of the tember 11, 2001 but due to the many performers include Itzhak Per- tragic events that unfolded that day lman, Adam Sandler, Yo Yo Ma, it was postponed and premiered at Brett Butler, Wynton Marsalis and a later date. Marcel Marceau. Other notable “The show was a feel good musi- events at the Center include the cal and one that will never be taken 1992 Vice-Presidential Debate and off this wall,” said Frey. “It is very the Secretaries of Defense Round- special and will always remain in table as well as a tribute from former [our] hearts.” U.S. president Bill Clinton during “It is great now to hear other the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. artists seeing their friends’ and com- Some of the many notable fea- rades’ signatures who have been tures of the center include the prosce- By Robert Hill / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS through the facility or their own nium stage, orchestra pit and The wall of fame hidden backstage in the Ferst Center is decorated with signatures and artwork created by many theatrical lighting and sound sys- of the artists who have graced the theater’s stage. The wall signing started soon after the Center opened. See Tradition, page 5 Inside Focus Jackets impressed with width of world Bone repairs Tech profs expose fuzzy accounting By Jen Schur yet another program explored of tourism and dollarization on grow at Tech Focus Editor the European continent and En- Cuban economic and political By Shan Pesaru gland in-depth. This article high- structures. Jimmy Carter, former Take a look at the efforts Contributing Writer As the summer draws to a lights and chronicles this mere president and perhaps one of of Dr. Robert Goldberg, winding close, the responsibili- sampling of the options avail- Georgia Tech’s most famous whose research involves new Recently two Tech professors have been ties of Tech call its students who able. alumni, was visiting the tiny is- skeletal repair technology. in the spotlight for their book titled The have traveled far and away back For the first time in Tech Goldberg’s efforts have won Financial Numbers Game: Detecting Cre- to life in America. This was ap- history, a group of 23 students See Abroad, page 10 him national acclaim and ative Accounting Practices. The book comes proximately the twenty-fifth year obtained permission to could lead to a future with- in a timely fashion with recent press about the Office of International Edu- travel to Cuba. out casts. See page 8. the Enron and WorldCom scandals and cation (OIE) has sponsored its The group other companies still being investigated myriad of study abroad programs; explored for involvement in what is now called “agres- 3,354 Georgia Tech students the ef- Student earns sive accounting”. have participated since 1993. The fects Charles W. Mulford and Eugene E. just the past three semesters, 783 Goldwater Comiskey are both accounting professors students on more than 50 dif- A profile of Tech’s latest at the DuPree College of Management. ferent programs have represent- Goldwater Scholar, Michael Both men have doctorates in Accounting ed the Institute abroad. Lubarski. A Biology senior and are Certified Public Accountants. Mul- OIE offers several methods who was born in Russia, read ford earned his doctorate at Florida State for traveling outside the coun- why Lubarski first came to University while Comiskey earned his at try, including Tech’s satellite Tech and find out what in- Michigan State University. campus in Metz, France, the spired him to push for aca- This was not the first time that Mul- International Co-op, Study demic greatness. See page 5. ford and Comiskey wrote a book together. Abroad, Work Abroad and In 1996 they co-authored a book titled Exchange programs; the Financial Warnings and in 2000 they wrote Study Abroad program op- State and Tech Guide to Financial Reporting and Analysis. tion is one of the most popu- rule on fake IDs Mulford and Comiskey's most recent lar ways students chose to earn endeavour highlights special problem ar- Tech credits while seeing the Recent additions to Geor- eas in the accounting practices of compa- world. gia state law aim to punish nies. The purpose of the book is to help This past summer, numer- users of any type of falsified people that read financial statements to ous trips were available. One document, and Tech has avoid being misled by financial results that such program took its virgin upped its penalities for such have been altered by creative accounting voyage into foreign waters led activity. For information practices. Creative accounting practices are by Dr. Kirk Bowman; another about the modifications and sometimes referred to by other titles such program visited the heart of Eu- the impact they could have rope for the fourth time under on your social life, turn in- See Predict, page 4 the direction of Dr. Vicki Birch- side. See page 7. field and Dr. Adam Stulberg; 4 • Friday, August 23, 2002 • Technique FOCUS

Introduction of this practice occurs when a com- current income to avoid higher tax- just fine with companies cooking The Focus section debuted one year Account from page 3 pany includes shipments to its own es, as oil companies did in the 1970s. the books a little. ago and filled a void in reporting that warehouse as part of its revenues. The big push towards ending That may seem true, but “our had always been present at the Tech- as aggressive accounting, fraudulent Related party sales refers to a finan- the creative accounting practices system of capitalism requires accu- nique. Focus serves as a magazine- financial reporting, income smooth- cial link or other relationship be- really started in 1998 when former rate financial information for the style section that covers Tech issues, ing and earnings management. tween the company and the chairman of the Securities and Ex- efficient allocation of resources...you ideas and individuals. It is a great Companies that employ creative customer. Lastly, abuses of revenue change Commision (SEC), Arthur need good information and trust in example of proactive, feature-based accounting practices mainly do so recognition under leasing transac- Levitt, declared war on the num- the information we receive,” Mul- journalism; writers seek out these cre- to make their earnings seem more tions can occur when a company bers game which the SEC referred ford said. “We would see a much ative feature stories. For more infor- appealing to investors than they ac- overstates the amount of up-front to as “abusive earnings management.” greater loss in our financial report- mation contact Focus Editor Jen Schur tually are. Mulford and Comiskey's revenue on sales-type leases. Mulford and Comiskey used much ing system [if the government let at [email protected]. new book highlights some of the There are many reasons why com- of the work done by the SEC to aggressive accounting continue to methods and tricks that companies panies may choose to engage in cre- write their latest book. occur]." Cover photo use to attract and retain investors. ative accounting practices. The In fact, they studied some of the So what can investors expect of The cover photo of each section in Five specific problem areas addressed potential rewards for playing the nearly 1,500 Accounting and Au- the economy in the coming months? this newspaper relates to community in the book include channel stuff- financial numbers game are grow- diting Enforcement Releases (AAER) “If we can avoid what is often here at Georgia Tech—the techno- ing, side letters, bill-and-hold, re- ing; this type of fraud has been around of the SEC that dealt with compa- referred to as a double-dip reces- logical community of the 21st centu- lated party sales and lease revenue. for many years. The general idea is nies using creative accounting prac- sion and get the economy growing ry. Tech’s community is no longer Channel stuffing is when a com- that investors will seek out compa- tices. in a healthy fashion with continued bounded by North Avenue and Tenth pany ships inordinate amounts of nies that show high earning power The future for companies using improvements in productivity, Wall Street, but rather it extends across the inventory while possibly offering and that have earnings that are less aggessive accounting is not yet clear Street will be fine,” predicts Mul- globe. Tech has regional partnerships large discounts to encourage over- volatile. Creative at this time, but it is certain that ford. across the state, it maintains a cam- buying. Side letters are special pro- accounting practices can help com- “companies that attracted with false “Investors should stay the course pus in Metz, France and its students visions offered to customers outside panies report higher earnings to at- numbers will have to be restruc- while maintaining a properly diver- study across the globe. More than ever normal channels such as provisions tract investors. Another reason a tured and that may include bank- sified and balanced portfolio of eq- Tech ideas and individuals are affec- for non-payment and unlimited re- company might use aggresive ac- ruptcy,” Mulford said. uities and fixed-income securities tiong the entire world. Scott Meulen- turn privileges. Bill-and-hold is the counting is to boost stock bonuses Right now, with the government's while not neglecting proper insur- ers, Photography Editor, shot this Tech term used to describe when a selling received by managers. Furthermore, big emphasis on ending aggressive ance against whatever unexpected student from the top of the Eiffel Tower company holds merchandise to ac- a company might even use creative accounting, it may seem to inves- events life might throw their way,” in Paris, France. commodate a customer. An abuse accounting practices to lower their tors that the economy was doing Mulford advised. FOCUS Technique • Friday, August 23, 2002 • 5

Tradition from page 3 FFaces A at Georgia C E Tech S - Profile on Michael Lubarsky - By Kimberly Rieck has tried not to overstudy for his of the chloride channel pore and Senior Staff Writer classes but study just enough to how the chloride channel helps maintain his GPA, which is still a control fluid secretion in the lung. A native of Russia, Michael Lubar- perfect 4.0 as he enters his senior McCarty’s group aims to help sky emigrated to Israel when he was year. identify and develop new therapies 10. His family then became Israeli He won the Howard Hughes for cystic fibrosis patients. citizens and lived in Israel until Internship after his sophomore year. After he completed his internship, Michael finished high school. His The internship is funded by the Lubarsky decided to continue to father, Eugene Lubarsky, is an Aero- Howard Hughes Medical Institute pursue research during the school space engineer who then took a re- and directed by the Georgia Tech year so he found a position with Dr. search job in Georgia Tech’s AE School of Biology. Students spend Sheldon May. Lubarsky worked department. His father’s decision up to ten weeks from mid-May to with May to create biodegradable was the impetus for Michael’s deci- August carrying out research with a plastics using bacteria, which would By Matthew Bryan / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS sion to attend Tech as a biology faculty mentor and graduate students. allow everyday products to The Robert Ferst Center for the Arts, located in the center of Tech’s major. The program also includes research decompose instead of taking up space campus, is home to two new art galleries just within its entrance doors. Michael was surprised he earned presentations, discussions and social in unsightly landfills for hundreds faculty honors during his first activities in Atlanta. It includes of years. [signatures] from years past spark- ence for its students and the local semester at Tech; he expected to students from other schools besides Lubarsky quickly realized that ing a memory of their last perfor- community. earn a “B” in English! “I didn’t Georgia Tech. he needed to find scholarships to mance here. There is now so much As the Ferst Center continues expect to get [an “A” in English]. I Lubarsky worked with Dr. Nael help defray the expenses of college. interest in being part of the wall on its mission to supplement and was really surprised and afterwards McCarty to complete the internship. “I wasn’t getting Hope so my dad that we have had to limit it to our compliment the Institute’s goals, I didn’t want to mess it up. Once I Their research focused on the suggested that I look for scholarships. season shows only. Sadly, after 9 its adminstrators seem dedicated to got a 4.0, I knew I had to keep it,” molecular physiology of cystic years we are run- developing said Lubarsky. Since then, Lubarsky fibrosis, the functional architecture See Faces, page 7 ning out of strong, produc- room. At some “There is now so tive links with point we will local and inter- have to make much interest in being national artistic, room for our cur- part of the wall that corporate, cul- rent season art- tural and educa- ists.” we have had to limit tional The Ferst it.” communities. Center is con- The signature stantly growing; Brian Frey wall embodies art galleries have Ferst Center Technical Director this goal. been added in the In ad- entrance to the dition to the theater, greatly enhancing the Cen- unique wall- ter. With the addition of the Rich- signing tradition, the Ferst Center ards and Westbrook Galleries, the stands out for a number of other Robert Ferst Center has transformed reasons. Frey noted that the audito- into a more diverse and cultural rium is extremely versitile. center for not only performing arts “No theatre with our seating ca- but also visual arts. The galleries pacity has so many capabilities be- feature several local artists’ exhibits. cause it is so flexible and provides The center illustrates Georgia such a great enriching experience,” Tech’s dedication to balancing its said Frey. educational experience by provid- Photo courtesy Institute Communications and Public Affairs ing more facilities featuring aspects For the Ferst’s schedule of events, Michael Lubarsky completes an experiment with bacteria in his quest for his undergraduate degree in biology. of a traditional liberal arts experi- www.ferstcenter.gatech.edu/ Lubarsky won a Goldwater Scholarship this year for his work. 6 • Friday, August 23, 2002 • Technique FOCUS Smog strangles city as Tech profs combat the problem

By Jennifer Lee then, there have been 21 Orange Contributing Writer alerts, 7 Red or unhealthy alerts and even 1 Purple or very unhealthy [Editor’s note: This article is re- alert. printed, with modifications, from Sensitivity to smog varies from the May 31 issue of the Technique.] person to person. Elise Beckeiser, an aerospace engineering major who While summer didn’t officially recently returnedfrom out of town, begin till June 21, smog season be- comments, “I got back from Colo- gan March 1. Smog season doesn’t rado on Sunday, and as soon as I mean that smog is a problem all the stepped off the plane, I noticed the time.␣ Instead, it signifies a period haze and the smell.”␣ where the status of smog levels in For native Atlantans, smog is Atlanta is monitored and made nothing new. Ken Cheng, a bio- known to residents. However, it is medical engineering major who is still an issue to be aware of.␣ living on campus this summer, says The primary component of smog she doesn’t really notice the smog. is ozone, which is formed as a by- “I guess we’re used to it,” said Cheng. By Shelley Hoyal / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS product of two other air pollutants, Dr. Jim St. John, an Earth and Hazy Atlanta skies have become the norm as we move through the peak of the smog season this month. Students nitrogen oxides and volatile organ- Atmospheric Sciences professor who should be aware of possible health risks and ways in which they can aid in the reduction of smog levels. ic compounds, which in turn come is also a member of the Partnership from vehicle emissions, industrial for a Smog-Free Georgia, says that tate and inflame the passages that doors instead of outside; or, if you to work, have increased. plants, and other sources. the worst smog usually happens from carry air from the mouth and nose have to exercise outside, the morn- “When you take everything into From May 1 to September 30 a mid- to late July through mid-Au- to the lungs. Scientific tests have ing or late evening hours are the best account, the statistics are still more team of forecasters, as part of The gust. The reason, he explains, is be- demonstrated the negative effect times. or less the same,” said St. John. He Clean Air Campaign, issues Smog cause during these months the air of ozone on humans. Statistics show And even if the smog does not says old advice still holds: save ener- Alerts on days when the ozone level above Atlanta stagnates; unlike other that people report more respirato- noticeably bother you, minimizing gy by turning off lights, and drive is expected to exceed federal limits. months, there are no large air cur- ry symptoms, use more respiratory exposure is probably a good idea less. He strongly feels that some- Smog alerts fall into color-coded rents to push the air through Geor- medications, make more emergen- anyway, because, as St. John cau- thing bigger needs to change: “We categories, based on an Air Quality gia. cy room visits and are hospitalized tions, “we don’t really know any- need to get away from burning fos- Index, which is a measure of ozone “It’s a little like not flushing a more during these months. thing about the long-term effects.” sil fuels.␣ The way we’re treating the levels. The Green category (AQI 0 toilet,” said St. John. People who are vulnerable to Lastly, is there anything students problem now does not really make to 50) signifies the cleanest air, fol- The heat also plays a part be- smog, such as those with asthma, can do to the help the problem?␣ sense,” said St. John. lowed by the Yellow (AQI 51 to cause it allows the reactions that are advised to check the smog alert The Clean Air Campaign’s website Right now, the EPA passes 3-4 100), Orange (the category at which create smog to take place more eas- on a regular basis. Even people www.cleanaircampaign.com claims year initiatives. St. John asserts that point a smog alert is issued because ily. Also, in hotter weather, there is without asthma can be bothered that conditions have improved in 3-4 year initiatives is not enough the AQI has exceeded 100, mean- more demand for energy, which caus- by smog present at moderate levels the past few years. Atlanta is exceed- time. ing the air is unhealthy for sensitive es power plants to produce more so pay attention to your own ing the smog limit less times each “Atlanta is never going to meet groups), Red (unhealthy) and the pollution. symptoms and act accordingly. St. year, due to cleaner cars and stricter standards. What we need is a 50- worst category, Purple (very un- So what exactly should students John advises students to just use regulations on industry, auto man- year plan,” said St. John. healthy). be aware of? Ground-level ozone is their common sense when it comes ufacturers and on us. Other factors, At the beginning of May, ozone harmful to one’s health. When in- to smog. For example, take advan- such as population and the distance For more information on daily Smog levels were in the Green level. Since haled, ground-level ozone can irri- tage of the SAC and exercise in- the average person commutes to get Alert s, www.air.dnr.state.ga.us/psg/ FOCUS Technique • Friday, August 23, 2002 • 7 Chem researchers utilize State, Tech wrestle with fake ID issue turing false identification is a level four offense. Sanctions for a level “shared” computing four offense include a fine, alcohol education class, possible suspension, By Jennifer Lee computer in the chemistry depart- and service hours. Contributing Writer ment is an IBM machine, called an Mac’s Beer & Wine/Midtown SP2, that has 72 375-MHz proces- Liquor (Mac’s) is one of the busi- Recently, a lot of attention has sors and a total of 47 GB RAM and nesses that additionally strives to been given to Internet sites like 756 GB temporary disk storage. follow guidelines derived by the SETI@home and Folding@home, However, its power lies in the con- Georgia Alcohol Dealer’s Associa- setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu and nectivity between processors. tion (GADA). The GADA is an folding.stanford.edu that are part Dr. Rigoberto Hernandez, a organization of around 500 stores of a phenomenon known as “dis- chemistry professor, works with that work with the State Depart- tributed computing.” Researchers Sherrill and uses the supercomput- ment of Revenue to define guide- needing a lot of computing power er. “The whole game is figuring out lines for operating businesses such can now employ anyone with a com- how to write code for computer as Mac’s. Furthermore, businesses puter and an Internet connection: problems that will take advantage like Mac’s depend on this kind of all the user has to do is download of that performance. If I ran 72 jobs strength in numbers to stay in busi- some software, such as a screensav- that are independent of each other ness because others also depend on er, that will run while his computer for an hour on the supercomputer, his livelihood. “I want all my sales is idle. I could have accomplished the job to be legal sales,” said Mac. With Georgia Tech being at the by using one processor for 72 hours,” Many Tech students are currently forefront of all things technologi- said Hernandez. employed at Mac’s as well as at sim- cal, one wonders if there is any ini- But with more complex prob- By Daniel Uhlig / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS ilar establishments near campus. tiative here to jump on the distributed lems that require simultaneous com- Junkman’s Daughter, a clothing store in Atlanta’s Virginia-Highlands Having students as employees has computing bandwagon. munication between processors, neighborhood, keeps a collection of all confiscated fake IDs on display. its benefits because they are the “next Well, not really. However, Tech “supercomputers become really use- best thing” to fake ID detection is doing its own kind of “shared ful, because I couldn’t have run it By Shantan Pesaru false documents is also deemed a technology. computing,” in a sense. by just putting it on one comput- Contributing Writer misdemeanor under the new law. A Mac’s and other businesses part “Even though we’re using our er,” said Hernandez. second offense for making or dis- of the GADA are not out to get own hardware, we are in agreements In contrast, distributed comput- [Editor’s note: This article is re- tributing false documents is con- students in trouble—they under- with other universities and govern- ing problems, such as the @home printed, with modifications, from sidered a felony punishable by fines stand that students sometimes make ment laboratories to share comput- endeavors, are all “embarrassingly the June 28 issue of the Technique.] as well as imprisonment for a mini- poor choices, especially in college, ers,” said Dr. David Sherrill, a parallel,” meaning that they require mum of one year. and want to make confiscation of a physical and theoretical chemistry little communication between com- According to a survey over 38 One of the most popular and fake ID as simple as possible. The professor. puters to process information. percent of US teenagers aged 16-20 ubiquitous forms of identity theft idea is that it us up to each business This collaboration involves us- “Does this mean that they are have used a fake identification card or forgery near college campuses is to determine their method for deal- ing other national laboratories’ even boring? No, of course not,” said at least once. New regulations by fake IDs. For underage college stu- ing with fake IDs. Most businesses more powerful computers to run Hernandez. “If you can figure out the state of Georgia and Georgia dents, fake IDs are most often used do not want to call the police and simulations, as well as other labs how to reconstruct a problem that, Tech will make life more difficult for illegally purchasing alcohol. Col- prefer that you hand them the ID donating computer time to run tests. at first sight, doesn’t look parallel, for those students. lege-area businesses are well aware and simply walk away. “As with any “So it’s more like we’re sharing in a framework that is parallel, then Components of state legislation, of this situation as well as the tech- law, it’s not to get people in trouble blocks of time on our supercom- you’ve advanced the field, because passed in May, mainly deal with nology that allows fake IDs to look but instead to protect them,” said puters, as opposed to the kind of what was once unsolvable is now identity-theft and append current more real than ever. For these busi- Sergeant Barone of the GTPD Crime sharing where a lot of students are solvable—with computing machin- Georgia law that says it is illegal to nesses to knowingly accept fake IDs Prevention Department. donating a lot of CPU time,” Sher- ery.” manufacture and sell false docu- is illegal and puts them at serious The fake ID legislation is dam- rill explains. But for more complicated prob- ments. Recent add-ons to the law risk of losing their business licenses. aging to the economy as well as The kind of computing that takes lems, a supercomputer is often nec- aim to punish those using any type Georgia Tech has also increased possible profits for businesses. Ac- place also depends on what kind of essary. of falsified document. its penalities for fake IDs and crimes cording to the Manager of a local simulation that is being run. “The “In principle, we want to work Specifically, the law makes pos- perpetuated with false idenification. bar, business dropped by 40 per- kind of simulations I run are based towards parallelizing code. But we session of false documents a misde- The Dean of Students has a five- cent in only two weeks after the bar on quantum mechanics, and they don’t always get there, so that’s when meanor or a felony based on certain level model for dealing with alco- started carding. would not work if they just ran for a we run 72 processors at the same criteria. hol, other substance, and false “From a business point of view, few minutes on someone’s Pentium time.” He adds, “When we have Misrepresenting a non-state au- identification/forged documents we don’t want underage people be- or PC. They require a lot of memo- something like a supercomputer, thorized document, such as an em- sanctions. cause they don’t have money to ry and a lot of disk storage, and there are different levels in which ployee ID, will be seen as a Possession of a fake ID is a level spend” said the manager. The man- can’t be broken up into little piec- we scientists can approach it. The misdemeanor while misrepresent- two offense that frequently results ager also mentioned that nearly half es,” says Sherrill. way you interact with the computer ing an official state authorized doc- in a $200 fine, alcohol education his business is probably fake IDs That is where the supercomput- paves the way for other scientists.” ument, such as a driver’s license, class, and probation among other and is “completely uncontrollable,” ers and other computing resources will be seen as a felony. A first time actions that the Dean of Students because fake IDs look more real at Tech come in handy. The super- See Chemistry, page 8 offense for making or distributing may take. Producing and manufac- than ever.

from page 5 Faces Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at I liked the Goldwater scholarship the California Institute of because it was only merit-based,” Technology this coming summer. said Lubarsky. He had been rejected At JPL he will study bacteria that previously for other non-merit based live in extreme environments, scholarships. environments like those that would The well- be found on the respected Barry International M. Goldwater Space Station or Scholarship and along the edges Excellence in “Tech’s Lubarsky was of volcanoes. Education a part of the talented Foundation was Lubarsky plans established in group of winners of to apply to 1986 to honor the prestigious medical school, former Arizona after which he Senator Barry M. Goldwater would like to Goldwater. The Scholarship.” become a foundation research designed the physician and $7,500 study infectious scholarship to encourage oustanding diseases. “I really like working with students to pursue careers in people, not just doing research. Being mathematics, engineering and a doctor is the best way I can natural sciences. contribute to society,” said Lubarsky. This year, the foundation handed He also plans to apply for U.S. out scholarships to some 309 students citizenship when he becomes eligible out of the 1,155 who applied. Tech’s in two years. “The thing I like about Lubarsky was a part of this talented the United States is if you work group of winners of the prestigious hard enough, you’ll get what you award. want. In other places it’s not Lubarsky plans to intern at the necessarily like that.” 8 • Friday, August 23, 2002 • Technique FOCUS Campus Research Review Chemistry from page 7

The supercomputer is also shared Biomedical professor looks to a future without casts with students and other departments recent bioreactor system to gather on campus. Hernandez says, “We data to perfect the biomechanical have made it available to other groups side of the research. on campus—all they have to do is As for the scaffolding, “We have ask for time on it, and we give them demonstrated that microCT can be time on it so that they can do their used to nondestructively image the own research projects.” internal architecture of 3D scaffolds, “It’s all over the map as far as use quantify new bone formation with- goes,” said Sherrill, who cites phys- in tissue-engineered constructs in ics, chemical engineering, materi- vitro and in vivo, and even measure als science, electrical and computer the formation of blood vessels fol- engineering, and even civil engi- lowing an injury,” Goldberg said. neering as departments that have So are the days of signing casts made use of the supercomputer. over? Not just yet. There are also many efforts to “Our research is still in the pre- combine and connect computing clinical testing stage,” said Gold- resources at Georgia Tech. The In- berg, “[But] our hope is that the teractive High Performance Com- new advances in our laboratory will puting Laboratory (IHPCL) is a be further developed into products university-wide cluster computing for clinical use by our industry part- project whose focus is on sharing, ners in the next 5-10 years, depend- displaying and visualizing scientific ing on the application… advances content and insights, in addition to involving stem cells or genetic engi- sharing computing power. neering techniques are likely still Dr. Karsten Schwan, a professor By Robert Hill / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS several years away. The clinical re- in the College of Computing and Dr. Robert Goldberg examines the subject of his latest research, a piece of polylactic acid polymer scaffold for alization of engineering other tis- the director of the IHPCL, said, filling bone defects. Such technology may make it possible to rebuild bone without the use of casts. sues such as cartilage or vital organs “We are seeking funds from the Na- such as the heart, pancreas, or liver tional Science Foundation to up- By Joshua Cuneo important role in our work since “We recently collaborated with is even further down the road.” grade campus networking to permit Contributing Writer the function of musculoskeletal tis- a local company called BioAmide However, the early forerunners multiple campus supercomputers to sues typically includes the ability to to develop a porous polymer scaf- of Goldberg’s vision of tissue re- interact [with the IHPCL] to form The development of new skele- withstand physical forces and de- fold with a novel oriented micro- generation are already or close to a large, campus-wide high perfor- tal repair technology is currently formations in the body.” structure and strength similar to being in practice. “Tissue-engineered mance machine.” Schwan notes that underway thanks to the efforts of Essentially Goldberg and his as- bone,” Goldberg said. Furthermore, skin has already received FDA ap- there are several existing campus Dr. Robert Goldberg with the Geor- sociates have proposed the injec- many of his recent studies have sug- proval and is being used to treat computers that can participate, in- gia Tech-Emory Center for the En- tion of a hybrid of biodegradable gested that the application of me- burn victims and patients with dia- cluding the IBM SP machines in gineering of Living Tissues (GTEC). plastic and living cells to aid in bone chanical stress helps the damaged betic ulcers. Some methods for en- Physics and Chemistry, and cluster His current project: to develop bio- growth and repair. The injected tissue heal with greater efficiency, gineering bone repair have been machines in Aerospace Engineer- logical substitutes and biomechan- material hardens within a week, elim- another important aspect of his re- approved already such as certain syn- ing and Electrical and Computer ical procedures that may repair inating the need for bone grafting search. He’s based these conclu- thetic scaffold materials and others Engineering. skeletal damage and degeneration or, more commonly, casts. Some of sions in part from “a hydraulic bone are nearing approval such as the use “Now is a fun time to be a theo- with far better results than current the cells included in the mixture chamber implant model that allows of isolated growth factors that stim- retical chemist,” said Sherrill mus- metal and plastic implants. What serve to encourage the surrounding us to study the interactions between ulate bone repair.” es, praising the technological does this technology mean? Perhaps cells to grow into new bone, and controlled mechanical stimuli and advancements in computing resourc- a future without casts. some may be stem cells derived from tissue repair.” You can read more about Dr. Gold- es. “It’s important to remember that “Our general approach involves adults, capable of transforming into Advances in modern technolo- berg’s research at his web site at it’s always two things that are im- combining living cells with porous bone growth cells for patients de- gy may be credited for aiding Gold- www.me.gatech.edu/me/people/ proving. It’s not just that comput- biomaterial scaffolds to create tis- void of them. berg in his endeavors. For instance, academic.faculty/ ers are getting faster—the way we sue-engineered constructs for im- Since earning his doctorate in his team uses “image-based finite Guldberg_Robert.html and on a re- use computers is getting better; the plantation into defects in vivo,” 1995 and arriving at Georgia Tech element modeling”—a three-dimen- cent CNN article at www.cnn.com/ algorithms and models are getting Goldberg said in a recent interview. in 1996, Goldberg has made signif- sional computer imaging of the bone 2001/HEALTH/01/15/ better. And both of those combined “Biomechanics [also] plays an icant progress in his field of research. at the cellular level—and a more growing.bone/index.html. are really what’s exciting.” FOCUS Technique • Friday, August 23, 2002 • 9 Tech Up Close This photo is an “up close” view of some- thing on Tech’s cam- pus. Do you know what it is?

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from the people. Many participants were even lucky enough to meet the Oxford, England to complete their across the Atlantic, the Brussels sum- Abroad from page 1 were thrilled to be among the small former president, who stopped to studies. Wes Reynolds, a fourth year mer program brought another 23 number of Americans allowed to pose for a picture with the yellow CS major, took advantage of one of students with a variety of majors to land 90 miles south of Florida at the legally travel to Cuba with the chance jackets when they caught his atten- the great opportunities studying Europe for two classes, one to ex- same time. While Carter followed to witness the island as it is today, tion by singing “Ramblin’ Wreck.” abroad offers—the ability to study amine the workings of the Europe- an agenda designed to explore rela- given the rapid political, economic A hemisphere away from Cuba, subjects outside his major not typi- an Union and the other to evaluate tions between the United States and and cultural transitions constantly another popular study abroad ad- cally available on campus—by tak- the changing landscape of transat- the communist country, Tech’s stu- taking place. venture was taking place, the elev- ing an eclectic mix of art history, lantic relations and security issues. dents followed an academic sched- A small group of the students en-week Oxford study abroad history of musical composers, e-com- Past participants laud one of the ule filled with program. The pro- merce and the history of medieval unique aspects of the program, the opportunities to under- gram is unique in England. homestay. Students live with Bel- stand Cuban culture first that each of three Another Oxford program par- gian families during their studies, hand, groups of students ticipant remembers the many quirks which “allows for a higher level of begin their travels of European culture she discovered interaction with the people of the in different loca- simply by being abroad, a senti- country and a deeper immersion tions throughout ment echoed by almost every stu- into European culture,” participants Europe and meet dent who travels beyond our borders. boast. Free time for weekend treks halfway through Food was a lesson in and of itself, around Europe as well as the foun- the program in what with fees for ketchup and Coke dation of the seminar classes, near- that was different in taste and pack- daily site visits to evolving political aging; a charge for toilet use added institutions, completed the six-week to the differences. One student re- Brussels summer program. members how she and a group of Another well-earned lesson friends overcame their language bar- learned by one student who was a rier in Munich, Germany by em- part of the Brussels program was phatically making techno backbeat the importance of his passport— noises and gyrating their lower bodies the fourth year INTA major was in order to ask a local for the loca- refused entry into the Czech Re- tion of the closest dance club. Being public from Germany when the able to overcome such challenges, train’s ticket checker found him acclimating to world differences and without this crucial piece of identi- having increased self-confi- fication. Although the setback merely dence are some of the bene- resulted in extra time to explore fits students who study Germany, the experience is a per- abroad gain. The Oxford fect example of the kinds of life- Program is just one more lessons not learned in the classroom opportunity afforded to that are to be gained from studying Tech students as an en- abroad. riching way to explore This incident also exemplifies the the world. uniqueness of America’s security sit- Also taking place uation in the wake of reforms due FOCUS Technique • Friday, August 23, 2002 • 11 to 9/11. Although America has inspection before boarding his plane. obvious lessons learned in cultural changed in reaction to the events of Heightened security was preva- differences and lifesyle, studying 9/11 by increasing airport security lent in American political institu- abroad is also an amazing lesson in and immigration law enforcement, tion stations abroad. The U.S. how the rest of the world views this most Tech students who traveled Embassy building in France is sur- country and its leaders. abroad did not notice any apprecia- rounded by armed guards both out- “The best part about the trip is ble differences in security around side and inside the embassy’s knowing that I’m now a worldwide the world. The dominant method wrought-iron fence. Increased Amer- person. I see the world as being a of transportation for students in the ican security was one of the furthest much smaller place now. I know Brussels program was the widely- things from the minds of study my education from Tech is much accessible and cheaply available train abroad students. Instead, students more well-rounded now than it ever system that traverses Europe; secu- focused on classes, museums, build- would have been if I hadn’t gone on rity for this sys- ing international the (Oxford study abroad) trip,” tem was virtually memories and said Reynolds. non-existent (ex- the many bene- The experiences and cherished cpet for acciden- “The best part about fits they were memories Reynolds praises are ech- tal breaches of the trip is knowing gaining from oed by participants of the many other political bor- traveling. study abroad programs available. ders), yet none of that I’m now a Aside Tech classes can be taken in Argen- the students were worldwide person. I from offering tina, Barcelona, Costa Rica, China, fearful that ter- the chance to Australia, Italy and Kenya, just to rorism would af- see the world as compare politi- name a few. Even better, students fect their travels. being a smaller place. cal reactions to can take part in study abroad pro- Reynolds no- world events grams throughout the year, not just ticed that he was I know my education from the per- in summer. able to freely from Tech is more spective of the Some of the best memories to be walk through se- rest of the world garnered from a study abroad expe- curity with his well-rounded now.” outside of the rience are those that happen acci- laptop still in its Wes Reynolds United States, dentally and without forethought. bag in Europe- CS Major studying abroad Meeting a world-reknowned peace- an airports, un- is also an excel- maker, being thrown into the Ger- like the United lent way to earn many countryside from a train bound States where an edge in the for another country and overcom- computers must be taken out of competitve job market. ing the language barrier to get to a their cases and placed through se- Getting a meaningful interna- German dance club, all made possi- curity screening checks. Cuban study tional experience is one way to pre- ble by studying abroad. abroad program participants mere- pare for entering the work force with ly noted hyped-up security in re- skills in collaborating or working For more information about how you turning to the States from the Cancun with foreign teams or working as can study abroad, contact the Office By Scott Meuleners / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS International Airport; one student part of a multi-cultural or multi- of International Education at The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France is just one famous international landmark even had to remove his shoes for national team. Beyond even these www.oie.gatech.edu. most students who visited Europe during a study abroad made sure to see. ENTERTAINMENT Freshman Issue 2002 ENTERTAINMENT Technique • Friday, August 23, 2002 • 3 Campus housing provides various entertainment outlets Even if you are stranded on campus, there are both indoor and outdoor activities available to Tech students By Joshua Cuneo terparts near the dining halls. much fun. Fortunately, that’s where Contributing Writer For the more athletically inclined the dorm’s Peer Leaders step in. students, both campuses feature “Part of a PL’s goals is to develop Sophomore Narendhra Seshadri basketball and sand volleyball courts, community within the section as missed one thing about his dorm and West Campus also sports a great well as encourage larger communi- room this summer. “Ethernet. Eth- green field for any activity. Further- ty-building programs,” Lucero ex- ernet. Ethernet!” he exclaimed. “It more, bicycle racks abound. plained. allowed me to communicate much But students aren’t required to There are also plenty of social faster with my friends.” make their own fun. “[Peer Lead- functions in and around the dorms That’s just one of the many en- ers] and other housing staff often without the Peer Leader as chaper- tertaining benefits students will find plan out activities to go do various one. Many students cluster around of on-campus housing this year. Aside things around Atlanta to let the fresh- residential hotspots such as the West from an optimal 10 megabyte-per- men experience the city, like go to a Side Market and Under the Couch. second Ethernet connection (Res- Braves game or the High Muse- Friday night and semester-end bar- Net), the residential package deal becues are common, and students also includes a local phone line and who remain on campus over the full cable connection in every room weekend lead their own group ac- (Georgia Tech Cable Network). “[Peer Leaders] often tivities. For more sociable activities, ev- plan out activities “If [we stayed on campus], it was ery floor of Tech’s dorm buildings usually card games or a movie or comes equipped with a complete ...around Atlanta to let grabbing a bite to eat,” said Se- kitchen (sans a refrigerator and freez- the freshman shadri. er) and a comfortable study lounge, But should students worry about sometimes accessorized with a tele- experience the city.” the alcohol and cigarettes that these vision set where students can share Stephanie Lucero student gatherings might attract? a favorite show or film. Former Peer Leader “[Alcohol’s] not widespread in The widespread availability of the actual dorms because the alco- televised entertainment means that hol policies are enforced fairly well,” students won’t have to worry about said Lucero. “There didn’t seem to missing their favorite show. Sopho- um,” said Stephanie Lucero, a former be too many people who smoked.” more Larry Lindsey enjoyed “watch- Peer Leader and current employee Nevertheless, some students still ing movies and episodes of Smallville. for the Department of Housing. Oth- prefer to venture beyond their resi- I think that’s pretty much it for all er activities include dinner outings, dential boundaries and seek alter- the things I did in the dorms. Al- sporting events and midnight break- native forms of entertainment around though,” he added, “had there been fast during finals. “I think that it the rest of campus or in Atlanta. By Robert Hill / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS a pool table in my dorm, I would helps new students adjust socially,” “I mean, personally, I try not to Three students work on an iMovie for a contest in the freshmen dorms have enjoyed that, too.” Lucero said. spend too much time in the dorms during spring semester. Such activities occur often in campus housing. Some of the buildings do come Social adjustment is an essential anyhow,” Lindsey remarked. “I get equipped with other public facili- ingredient for students, especially stir crazy.” away from the dorms most of the [was] a VCR in the TV lounge.” ties such as a pool table, weight room incoming freshmen. With students Seshadri, for instance, prefers the day anyway. and vending machines for the resi- away from the watchful gaze of their Student Athletic Complex to the Yet despite the wide variety of Information about the facilities in dents’ amusement. These are gen- parents for the first time, they have in-dorm gyms. Why? “[It’s] more entertainment available outside the each undergraduate dorm is avail- erally located in the ground floor, to rely on each other to make their spread out,” he explained, “and it dorm rooms, television and the in- able at www.housing.gatech.edu/as- accompanying a larger study lounge college experience endurable and has a pool.” ternet continue to thrive as the most signments/ for bigger groups. For warmer weath- entertaining. The number of on- Some students may find them- popular pastimes. undergraduate_reshalls.cfm. Infor- er, both East and West campus have campus—and especially in-dorm— selves doing such things out of ne- “I’d say most of the freshmen mation about the programs sponsored miniature courtyards outside the activities for students are limited, cessity. The limited meal plan girls watched TV/movies/surfed,” by the Department of Housing and buildings—complete with barbecue so if students don’t make friends, may force students to eat out over Lucero recalled. “I think most girls the multimedia facilities is available grills and benches—with larger coun- they may very likely not have as the weekends, and some may be thought it would be nice if there at www.housing.gatech.edu/reslife. Autopilot Off performs positive punk music at the Warped Tour By Vivian Vakili and other general symptoms of anx- colors, metal chains and other such four crazy punk rockers to show up, ing the name “Cooter,” the band Contributing Writer ious neuroses. tools of the punk fan trade, I finally entirely too ready to massacre my decided to change their name to Having made my way through found the press room. suburban college-going self. How- reflect one of their songs, a song When given the opportunity to the HiFi Buys Amphitheater fair- To my left was Atlanta radio sta- ever, what I was presented with 20 called “Autopilot Off.” After this interview a band so popular that grounds in nearly 100 degree weather, tion 99X, conducting on-air inter- minutes later was anything but in- name change, things seemed to mi- they are invited to play in the 2002 and then having successfully weaved views of such punk bands as timidating. It was Chris Johnson, raculously take off. Warped Tour, the normal person through all of the tour buses back- Quarashi. I took a seat and waited vocalist and guitar player of Auto- What are the band’s musical in- would have a normal reaction— stage and through all of the punk for the band I was to interview, pilot Off, and an avid Muppet fan. fluences? A variety of bands such as that of sweaty palms, racing heart fans sporting various artificial hair Autopilot Off, to arrive. I expected Chris was sent as a representa- NoFX, Bad Religion, Hotwater tive for the band, so I attempted to Music and Snapcase were noted by ask questions that would encom- Chris as having influenced the band. pass the viewpoints of the entire Chris also cited Green Day’s Billy band, not just his. When asked what Joe, as well as Billy Joel, and said all message the band meant for their music in between the two had served music to convey, Chris responded as his own inspiration as well. that they wished to convey the con- Autopilot Off consists of Rub ventional “punk music” message, Kucharek on bass, Chris “Hous- some sort of rebellion against con- ton” Hughes on guitar, Chris vention. Johnson on vocals and guitar and So what differentiates their band Phil Robinson on drums. Not only from other bands featured in the are they bandmates, but Chris de- Warped Tour? “Our songs are hope- scribed each of his band members ful, positive,” said Chris. Instead of as close friends who are all endear- raging violently against authority ing in their own respect. They are and cussing to get their message also proud to all still live at home, across, they instead prefer to sing of where the food is free and the neigh- the positive and to play a show that borhood pizza is their favorite. does not necessarily warrant an R- Where can you next have the rated audience. opportunity to catch this Orange As for their musical style, Chris County, New York band that just said that it may sound a bit pop- finished touring with Sum 41’s “Sum like, but when incorporated with Like it Loud” tour? Chris said you their lyrics, it conveys a sort of “un- can find them at the Masquerade derground pop.” What was the point sometime between September and at which the band realized they had November. You can also check out made it big? Chris said this turning their self-titled album, “Autopilot By Justin Scurti / ISLAND DEF JAM MUSIC GROUP point was synonymous with the Off,” and prepare for some melodic Autopilot Off, from New York, consists of Chris “Houston” Hughes (Guitar), Phil Robinson (Drums), Chris Johnson changing of the band’s name. punk delivered by some absolutely (Vocals/Guitar), and Rob Kucharek (Bass). They describe their sound as “hopeful and positive” punk music. After having been sued for hav- darling punk rockers. 4 • Friday, August 23, 2002 • Technique ENTERTAINMENT

Introduction The Entertainment section serves a void—fun. It seeks to do exactly Atlanta offers many options for movie lovers what its title would suggest by provid- By Joseph Jeong eat and is very near Virginia High- ing readers written entertainment, Contributing Writer lands, a nice place to hang out be- while also exposing readers to many fore the movie starts. other forms of fun on Tech campus, in You have arrived at Tech and the city of Atlanta and in theaters and would like to go catch a movie after UA Lenox Square 6 music stores. For information, email a tough week of classes. But where 3393 Peachtree Road North East its editor, Julia Trapold, at do you go? We’ve solved that prob- Atlanta, GA 30326 [email protected]. lem for you by listing some of the 404-233-0338 theaters close to campus and listing Another United Artist movie the- Cover photo their amenities as well as their short- ater that doesn’t have much going The cover photo of each section in comings. for it aside from location and acces- this newspaper relates to community sibility. Located in the basement of here at Georgia Tech—the techno- UA Midtown Cinemas Lenox Mall next to the Food Court, logical community of the 21st centu- 931 Monroe Drive North East its location is its best attribute. It is ry. Though a tough academic Atlanta, GA 30308 also within walking distance of the institution, Tech also plays home to 404-872-6100 Lenox MARTA Station. Due to some creative and imaginative students who This is probably the closest movie legal reasons explained to me once know like to have fun; indeed it is the theater to the Tech campus, but but since forgotten, a lot of popular imaginations of engineers like those at there is a very good reason why it’s movies are shown at this theater Tech that conceive creations like the not very popular with Tech stu- instead of the much nicer AMC one on this cover. Though clearly a dents—it’s not very good, some- Phipps theater located nearby. form of entertainment, the roller coaster thing that can be said of most if not Hence, this theater might be the also represents the imagination and all United Artist movie theaters only choice for freshmen without creativity that can be found on a ride around Atlanta. It doesn’t really have cars for a lot of movies. If you’re not through the Tech community. Robert By Robert Hill / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS state of the art facilities, but it’s catching too late a movie, you can Hill took this photo of the Superman Regal Hollywood 24, off Shallowford Road, is one of the many movie theaters pretty hard to beat its location. It is coaster at Six Flags over Georgia. around Atlanta. It offers stadium seating and reduced prices to students. surrounded by plenty of places to See Theaters, page 5 ENTERTAINMENT Technique • Friday, August 23, 2002 • 5 Technique Crossword: Tecumseh Curse

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Theaters from page 4 expect from a major movie chain. 404-816-4262 Chamblee, GA 30341 Driving out and then coming back Shopping is also available to movie- The furthest movie theater on this 770-936-5737 can be somewhat of a pain because get some shopping done before your goers but only for those with fatter list, it is located a good 25 minutes One of the newest players around of it being located on an access road. movie. wallets than most. south of the Tech campus, but it is town in the movie theater business, Making the recent switch from Pepsi well worth the drive. A behemoth it didn’t make a subtle impression to Coca-Cola products at the con- AMC Phipps AMC Parkway Pointe of a movie theater, this place has when it opened up. Regal Holly- cession stands gets it bonus points 3500 Peachtree Rd N.E. 3101 Cobb Parkway Ste 201 four major screens that can handle wood 24 is a can’t-miss eyesore along in my book. Atlanta, GA 30326 Atlanta, GA 30339 even the biggest of movie releases. Interstate 85, with a huge, bright 404-816-4262 770-937-0078 As far as movie theater facilities go, purple neon building declaring its United Artist Tara This is another movie theater pop- Formerly a General Cinemas the- they don’t get any better than this. presence to its neighbors. Aside from 2345 Cheshire Bridge Road N.E. ular with those without cars, since ater, this theater was recently bought If you need tickets to the next in- the beyond-tacky architectural de- Atlanta, GA 30324 it is also within walking distance of out by AMC and is now the newest stallment of the Star Wars chroni- sign, this really is a nice theater. 404-634-6288 the Lenox MARTA station. Like AMC theater around town. One of cles or Lord of the Rings, don’t sweat Blessed with state of the art facilities This is considered the “art” theater UA Lenox Square, it is located right the newer theaters, it is equipped it. AMC Southlake probably has it and 24 screens, it has risen to the around town. Looking for the latest next to a food court, but the simi- with up-to-date equipment and is because it will most likely be show- top of movie theaters around At- David Lynch movie or the latest larities end there. It is a much nicer overall one of the nicest theaters ing on all four major screens while lanta. Like Phipps, you can also oc- foreign movie with an unpronounce- theater located at the very top of around. An additional bonus is the it is sold out at Parkway Pointe or casionally find more obscure, artsy able name? You’ll find it here. Not Phipps Plaza and much more pop- Borders Bookstore located right next Regal Hollywood 24. If it was just a movies playing at this theater, pro- the newest theater in town, but no ular than its UA neighbor. Unfor- door, making it very easy to kill little closer, this would be the most viding a nice surprise. It was also one really watches the movies shown tunately, it doesn’t always show some time before the start of a movie. popular movie theater without a one of the major participants in the at Tara for their awesome special of the most popular movies. How- doubt. recent Atlanta Film Festival. Per- effects or the ultra-realistic audio. It ever, it does make up for it by occa- AMC Southlake haps the theater’s only flaw is that is a quaint place that has its own sionally showing more obscure 7065 Mount Zion Circle Regal Cinemas Hollywood 24 there aren’t many places around it unique charm, and definitely a place movies that you wouldn’t normally Morrow, GA 30260 3265 NE Expressway Access Rd to kill time or go grab a bite easily. worth checking out at least once. ENTERTAINMENT Technique • Friday, August 23, 2002 • 7 No car? Nearby Midtown eats can fit the stingiest budget By Joey Katzen or more at this dimly lit bistro with Staff Writer a perfect first-date ambience, Bara- onda affords half of its menu to true New freshmen at Georgia Tech Italian-style thin-crust pizzas that often lament their inability to con- start at $8. From the simplest Pizza quer the city at by car. With the Margherita to the more complicat- constant development of our neigh- ed Pizza Salmone (with salmon, bors to the east, students can reach a onions, and capers), a penny-pinch- culturally rich Midtown Atlanta by ing student can dine on a college foot. With fifteen theaters, the city’s staple (pizza) in an expensive-look- largest park, and several museums, ing restaurant, and without paying many visit the area for entertain- too much. For people over 21, the ment. With the neighborhood’s in- wine list is exceptional. One could creasing bustle, dozens of restaurants spend an entire night sitting at its have popped up on the two-mile sidewalk tables, talking, eating, and strip, capable of stretching (or shrink- eyeing the theatergoers hopping out ing) their patrons’ wallets. of cabs at the fabulous Fox on the The following restaurants rep- next block. resent a heavily opinionated list of eateries within walking distance of Noodle Tech that this author has been known Peachtree between 7th and 8th to frequent for their accessibility, $8-$10 with Buzz Card scrumptious tastes, and reasonable Known to Atlantans for years through prices. The price ranges listed indi- such long-term establishments as By Robert Hill / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS cate the cheapest reasonable dinner Doc Chey’s, noodle-house cuisine The Flying Biscuit, a longtime East Atlanta favorite, recently opened a restaurant at the corner of Piedmont meal one could buy at the restau- is now just blocks away. For noodle Avenue and 10th Avenue. They offer breakfast all day, as well as sandwiches, salad, soups, and entrees. rant (though lunch meals, smaller virgins, this type of restaurant serves orders, or expensive tastes could a mostly Asian-fusion style of food Front Page News wraps. Located adjacent to Pied- Orange and Scarlett’s obviously shift the pricing.) in which eaters receive large bowls Crescent between 12th and 13th mont Park, the 15-minute wait for Juniper between 5th and 6th of noodles in a sweet, salty, or spicy www.newsyoucanswallow.com a Sunday brunch turns into a great www.orangeandscarletts.com The Vortex sauce, and an optional choice of $8-$10 time for a quick walk through the $3-$10 Peachtree between 7th and 8th meat. Though it takes much of its An unbelievable first impression park and people-watching. Beyond How many quick food types can www.thevortexbarandgrill.com inspiration from the Orient, Noo- greets passers-by as they peek through the always-available breakfast courses, they stuff into a single restaurant $8-$10 dle’s menu also selects from the the iron fence into Front Page News. sandwiches, meat loaf, salad, and without coming off like a sketchy Promoting itself as an “idiot-free Polynesian, Caribbean, and Cajun The Cajun- and Creole-themed res- soups round out the menu. KFC-Taco Bell-Pizza Hut combo zone,” the Vortex prides itself on its heritages to flesh out its offerings. taurant with the cryptic name that shop? The confusingly named O&S hamburgers and other comfort foods These high-carb, quickly filling meals no one understands is more known Willy’s Mexicana Grill (named for the color and the mis- that have won it both numerous come with a 10 percent discount to for its front patio than the food Piedmont at 13th tress of Tara) melds a juice bar with local awards as well as the hearts of students who show their Buzz Cards. served on it. Though the restaurant www.willysmexicanagrill.com a smoothie joint with a bagel shop patrons. Belying its hodgepodge surely has an indoor seating area, $5-$6 with a cappuccino bar with a home- décor of license plates, signed cen- Charlie G’s 11th Street Pub this author has only sat outside where At Willy’s sixth Atlanta location on made ice creamery. It gives visitors terfolds, and highway signs, the West Peachtree at 11th the dim lighting and incredible tree the edge of Piedmont Park, patrons is a number of good reasons to stop Vortex’s location in newly trendy www.charlie-gs.com canopy provide an outdoor experi- queue up to order their tacos and by at any time of day, from break- Midtown assures this wannabe bik- $7-$8 ence comparable only to a cozy din- burritos and watch the progress of fast until after midnight. The only er bar of a yuppie, if not always chic, This restaurant space at the street- ing room or courtyard in New their Mexican construction, assem- place in the area that serves Yankee- dinner clientele. At lunch, though, front level of an old hospital-turned- Orleans or Savannah. In addition bly-line style. From the many meat styled bagels and lox does it for un- it serves a combination of construc- Marriott Inn used to be the Vortex to the delights of the Delta, chicken choices to the myriad of available der $5 and also makes a great cup of tion workers and businessmen es- before it moved to its new location sandwiches and other inexpensive toppings, Willy’s bridges the gap coffee and an ever-changing assort- caping their Dilbertland routines. on Peachtree Street. Now this burger sandwiches are available. between the cuisine of Taco Bell ment of ice creams and delicious If it’s not too hot, check out their joint with a distinctly urban feel and the antics of Subway, while ca- crepes. If you stop in, tell them the new outdoor seating! serves up quesadillas and steaks in The Flying Biscuit tering to a slightly more upscale kid with the jack russell sent you. addition to the standard-fare sand- Piedmont at 10th crowd. Every meal comes with chips, Baraonda wiches. Much less yuppiefied than www.flyingbiscuit.com though salsa or queso can cost up to For more information on restaurants Peachtree at 3rd its other eatery brethren, Charlie $6-$8 $4 more. (Word of advice: if you in the area, check out the online list- www.baraondaatlanta.com G’s hole-in-the-wall feel can be a This trendy variation on a southern don’t like a lot on your tacos, get the ings and reviews at $8-$10 great, inexpensive break from the breakfast café meshes raspberry- kids tacos, which cost less and still atlanta.citysearch.com or While one could easily spend $25 rigors of Tech life. topped orange French toast and tofu give you meat, lettuce, and cheese.) walksideways.com. Tech offers variety of dining options for students living on campus By Lauren Bell ers and chicken fillets. Juice and Junior’s Grill Contributing Writer soda machines as well as an ice cream On east campus across from the machine and dessert bar are present French Building, the Bradley Build- If you are anything like I was the in both halls. Breakfast is also of- ing houses Junior’s Grill. Started in first week of school, then your big- fered every morning. 1948 as Pilgrim’s, the restaurant gest concern is what you are going Now, I know that this all sounds was renamed in 1958 keeping its to eat. great and wonderful but the real motto “Prices students can afford.” After RATS week is over and all question is whether or not it is actu- Junior’s is open for breakfast and the free food you have been hoard- ally good. Sure, it’s no gourmet meal lunch. It’s great to check out just ing has vanished, where can you go but the food tastes great and is good for tradition’s sake. on campus to get some grub? For- quality for the price that you’re pay- tunately for you, Georgia Tech has ing. The hours of service fit your West Side Diner already thought of that. Here’s the busy schedule and the atmosphere At some point in your college rundown of places on Tech’s cam- is pleasant, with Brittain being newly career you will be awake studying at pus to grab a bite. renovated. My advice to you is to be 2:30 a.m. Hopefully you will be creative. There is so much variety at studying somewhere on or near west Dining Halls every meal that you could basically campus so you can stumble over to There are two dining halls on make whatever you are craving. the all-night diner. West Side is lo- campus, Brittain and Woodruff, lo- cated across from the corner of cated on east and west campus, re- Student Center Food Court Woodruff dorms and Eighth Street spectively. Both halls offer buffet-style The Food Court is located on apartments. meals with many variations in the the second floor of the Student Cen- They serve great made-to-order menu. The specials of the day in- ter. The restaurants include Ferst burgers, Philly cheese steaks, milk- clude more than one main dish (any- Place, a salad/soup/pasta bar; Chef’s shakes, and more. They take cash where from lasagna to roast beef) Line, traditional fare with daily spe- and Buzz Cards, which is perfect along with ample sides and vegeta- cials; Chilly Beans, yogurt and because everyone knows that Buzz bles. smoothies; Far East Fusion, Orien- Card “money” isn’t actually real, The dining halls also offer per- tal food; Mexi-Fest, Mexican cui- especially at 2:30 a.m. manent fixtures such as a vegetarian sine; and a deli. The food court also bar; homemade pizzas; sandwich, houses a Burger King and the first Tech also has plenty of coffee salad, and cereal stations; a made- Chick-Fil-A on a college campus. stands, snack bars, random free food, By Robert Hill / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS to-order bar (with items such as The Student Center also has the and vending machines. So eat up, Junior’s Grill is one of the many places to dine on campus. It has been a omelets, smoothies, fried rice, etc.); only Pizza Hut in the world that study hard, and you can go ahead campus tradition since it opened, despite different names and locations. and a grill, which includes fries, burg- serves Coca-Cola products. and blame the freshmen 15 on me. 8 •• Friday,Friday, AugustAugust 23,23, 20022002 •• TechniqueTechnique ENTERTAINMENTCOMICS

Dave Barry Non Sequitur by Wiley Water everywhere; not a drop to drink (for free) Gatorade is now making water. I know this because in rivers, water falling from the sky, water in your home I saw a Gatorade commercial that asks the intriguing plumbing system, water escaping from your home plumbing question: “What if Gatorade made water?” system causing your ceiling to collapse when you're away (Intriguing answer: Gatorade will charge you a dol- on vacation, water just EVERYWHERE. lar for a small bottle of it.) What the bottled-water companies do is get some of The commercial features the usual cast of hyperac- this water, put it in bottles, give it a brand name, sell it to tive Gatorade people, who have to constantly ingest consumers, then smack themselves in their corporate massive quantities of fluids, or they shrivel up like dead foreheads and say, “We can't BELIEVE we're getting toads on hot asphalt. Gatorade people dehydrate rapid- away with this! Do you think they'd buy air? How about ly because they are fanatically dedicated to exercise, and dirt?” as a result, perspiration-wise, they are human fire hy- Incredible as it may seem, there was a time, years ago, drants. when people right here in America actually drank the Even when they stand still, sweat gushes from their water that came out of their taps. Back then, if you had every pore, so that within seconds they're surrounded tried to “brand” water and sell it, people would have by an expanding puddle of their own bodily secretions. laughed and squirted you with garden hoses. People are constantly slipping and falling around them, Today, of course, thanks to the educational efforts of but the Gatorade people don't notice. That's how ded- the bottled-water industry, we consumers are terrified of icated they are. our tap water, because we know that it contains some of The Gatorade peo- the most deadly sub- ple are similar to the stances known to man: Nike-commercial peo- chemicals. To cite one ple, another group of example: Bottled-water- fierce, focused, grunt- industry researchers re- ing competitors who Back then, if you had cently issued an give a minimum of 175 alarming report stating percent and would not tried to “brand” water that virtually every sam- hesitate to elbow their and sell it, people ple of tap water they test- own grandmother in the ed contained large teeth if she stood be- would have laughed quantities of hydrogen, tween them and their and squirted you with which is a type of atom objective (usually, a believed to have caused ball). The message of garden hoses. the Hindenburg dirigi- these commercials is that ble disaster. Nike people are winners, “We're not saying because they have heart, that people who drink willpower, and the one tap water will explode “intangible” asset that all true champions possess: se- in massive fireballs,” assured the researchers. “We're just verely overpriced sneakers. saying they should avoid open flames.” Here's an intriguing question: What if a Gatorade This is why millions of consumers now prefer bottled man married a Nike woman? THAT would be a com- water, which—we know this, because we have seen it petitive wedding. The happy couple would race each with our own eyes, in commercials—bubbles up from other down the aisle, the bride gaining a momentary pristine underground mountain springs, and thus does advantage by jamming her bridal bouquet into the not contain any impurities, unless of course you count groom's eye, then the groom countering by stomping worm droppings. on her bridal train, snapping her head back like a Pez I mean, let's face it, underground is where worms live, dispenser, while the guests cheered and jumped up and and very few worm species wear diapers. Also, your down in their sweat puddles. At the reception, every- mountains are frequented by your mountain goats, which body would eat a wedding cake made entirely out of drink from the springs, and if you know anything about Power Bars, and take turns bench-pressing members of goats, you know they drool. “He drools like a goat” is a the band. Blood would be shed during the limbo com- common mountain expression. petition. But big deal, bottled-water consumers! Ingesting goat But getting back to my point: Gatorade is now saliva and worm poop (which is very low in fat) is a small making water. It joins the rapidly growing list of com- price to pay for the security of knowing you are drinking panies, including Coke, Pepsi and (any day now) Yoo- water that is backed by the highest scientific quality of Hoo, getting into the highly profitable, multi-billion-dollar marketing campaign, right? So let's raise our glasses of business of making water. brand-name water in a toast to health and fitness! OK, Of course, when I say that these companies “make” you Gatorade people, please put your arms back down. water, what I mean is that they “do not make” water. There's no need to actually MAKE water, because there's Copyright © 2002, The Miami Herald already water all over the planet—water in lakes, water Distributed by the Tribune Media Service

The Sliver Box What is The Sliver Box? The Sliver box is space set aside for you, the reader. Though www.nique.net/sliver censored for excessively lude or direct references to proper names, the Sliver box is designed to be the free voice of the Who's the white, whiny bitch that's sex machine reader. Please use this space for your enjoyment, but be to none of the chicks? Paul! You're damn right. cautious of others feelings. Enjoy. I wish I were an Oscar Mayer wiener. No, really, I do. talk nerdy to me baby!! if you'd give up a diamond for a cubic zirconia, How to post in Sliver that's your problem...and your loss! First, go to the website www.nique.net/sliver (nique.com is The day U[sic]GA will return to national college for another kind of fun). football prominence will be the day that real Cal- Second, post your random saying, quote, or “g-rated” (ok, culus becomes easy and fun for INTA majors.. maybe pg-13) one-liner joke. Only in an Atlantan club will a guy ask for my Third, enjoy your comment in the next issue. phone number before he gets my name. When I visited Chicago last week, I missed the Atlantan motorcycle crowd that chills on North and Spring. Want a free ad? MN- I will miss being your roomie for next year! CM Normally the Technique provides this advertising space I'm "Hooked on a feeling" that I love David Has- free of charge to a student organization. For informa- selhoff tion on how your organization can reserve this space, By "Atlantan club" do you mean a "club in Atlan- contact Jody Shaw, Editor-in-Chief, at ta" or a "club that is like a club in Atlanta"? Because [email protected]. if you mean the latter, then it's just "Atlanta club." Gimp. ENTERTAINMENTCOMICS TechniqueTechnique •• Friday,Friday, AugustAugust 23,23, 20022002 •• 9

Non Sequitur by Wiley DILBERT ® by Scott Adams 10 • Friday, August 23, 2002 • Technique ENTERTAINMENT ...10101010101010101010101010101010101010101...... Two Bits After five years at Ma Tech, I’ve awestruck with watching all of the an authentic Tech gal, and she of- two kinds of women: those who are made aware of the cruel myth de- become somewhat of an expert on young women dressed for Buck- fers one piece of advice to young dating someone and those who are signed by single guys at Tech…Yes, the place. Maybe that’s why they head. Never before have I seen such lasses at Tech: Don’t date fresh- not. I can’t really speak for the gals it is the so called TBS of which I give me a weekly column in the a slew of overdressed microdudettes. man guys. Of course, a lot has who aren’t dating someone, but the speak. I realize that Georgia Tech is Technique. Either that or I know Whoever told you that Georgia Tech changed since she was a freshman. women who are dating someone across the street from Turner, but I something good about the Editor. was at the forefront of style was Back then, freshman guys actually prove that regardless of major, all speak of something far worse than a At any rate, I’ve been charged with probably cracked out or just some- guys at Tech have a little Industrial cable channel that still shows CHiPs. the task of welcoming the incom- one who thinks that shorts are okay Engineering in their spirit. Of course, I speak of the dreaded urban myth ing freshmen and offering useful for a three-hundred-dollar dinner. I don’t necessarily believe this, but I started by rejected freshman guys, advice to help you along your way. My suggestion to you is that you “At Georgia Tech, think that I should share with you a Tech Bitch Syndrome. Well, guess what. You’re not get- simplify your life and toss on an warning from a fellow Tech guy. As I am a progressive TwoBits ting any advice this time, at least Engineers Bookstore T-shirt and a there are two kinds of Supposedly, every gal involved Man, I think that it’s up to your not the vast majority of you. That’s pair of jeans and head out to class. women: those who with a guy at Tech has at least three class to do something about this because I have chosen to dedicate Once you’ve been to Charlotte male friends who really want some- nasty rumor. So, the next time you this edition of TwoBits to freshmen Russe enough times to fit into your are dating someone thing more out of that friendship shoot down a guy and he calls you a women. Guys, I’m sorry, but you’re freshman Chemistry class, it’s time and those who are and are waiting in line. Of course, bitch, slap him cross-eyed. Then, it just gonna have to check the ‘Nique to think about how you socialize. this queuing aspect of dating is where won’t be a rumor anymore. archives and grab last year’s Fresh- Sure, you could organize a colossal not.” the ISyE spirit comes through. If You may be young now, but just man Issue if you really want to know wireless LAN party to play the lat- the gal’s relationship ever ends, the give it five years, and you, too, can how to be a stud at Georgia Tech. est virtual bloodbath game, but that line of guys will swoop in to catch be as negative as your friendly neigh- Besides, who’s better to advise young one’s usually left for the guys, so used wires at their LAN parties, her on the rebound. The TwoBits borhood TwoBits Man. So, go my women than a cynical man? you can always consider dating in and she would never consider a guy Man isn’t negative enough to actu- young friends, fail a class or two, My first issue deals with style. Atlanta. that passé. ally believe this, but this sort of knowl- and enjoy the unique social climate While working at a FASET table to Being a guy, I lack the where- Thinking of dating? That brings edge could save you from throngs of at Georgia Tech. Until next week, rope impressionable youth into Stu- withal to tell you how to date a guy up another point about dating at freshman geek boys. this is the TwoBits Man and I’m dent Publications, I was absolutely at Tech, so I asked my friend Emily, Tech. At Georgia Tech, there are Next, I feel that you need to be not a freshman anymore. ENTERTAINMENT Technique • Friday, August 23, 2002 • 11 City hosts hidden jewels of cultural offerings Dirty Vegas mixes

By Sara Cames visit their website at pop and techno, Opinions Editor www.atlantasymphony.org. Atlanta Ballet: Despite a few with good results We all know that it’s only name changes, the Atlanta Bal- possible to study for so many let is the oldest continuously By Nicole Chalk hours per day. When your left operating dance company in the Contributing Writer brain screams for rest and your country. From the beginning, right brain is in the mood for the Ballet’s roots have been firmly Album: Dirty Vegas some exercise, pay a visit to one grounded in the community and Label: Parlophone of the following places. the company has played a vital Rating: tttt out of 5 High Museum of Art: The role in the Atlanta’s cultural re- High was founded in 1905 as vitalization. For more informa- What is the formula for creating a hit song the Atlanta Art Association, and tion, visit their website at these days? Providing the backing track for a today it is the city’s only major www.atlantaballet.com. major car commercial is a good place to start. art museum. Its permanent col- Atlanta Opera: The Atlanta Just ask Dirty Vegas. lection is noted for significant Opera presents opera produc- Since the band’s debut single “Days Go By” holdings of 19th and 20th cen- tions of the highest standard while was picked up for a Mitsubishi ad campaign, tury American art, a critically educating the community about radio stations across America have been putting acclaimed collection of decora- the art form and encouraging the single into rotation. Add to the package an tive arts, and a burgeoning col- its growth with various services award-nominated music video featuring a break- lection of American folk art. and programs. For more infor- dancing businessman and you have a single Current and upcoming shows mation, visit destined for success. But what about the rest of include “Over the Line: The Art www.atlantaopera.org. the album? Can Dirty Vegas live up to the hype and Life of Jacob Lawrence” Alliance Theatre: The Alli- By Rob Hill / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS surrounding the first single? through September 8 and “The ance Theatre Company is one The High Museum, Atlanta’s only art museum, has an extensive That question bears asking and in fact plagued Mystique of Rene Magritte” from of the south’s premiere profes- regular collection as well as visiting exhibits throughout the year. the members of Dirty Vegas for some time. September 7 to December 1. sional resident theatres, and plays Paul Harris, a DJ; Steve Smith, a percussionist For more information, visit to more than 330,000 patrons ry performances, participate in and has since become a Nation- with a love for singer-songwriters; and Ben www.high.org. each season. As a division of the puppet-making workshops, and al Historic Landmark. The ar- Harris, an aspiring rock guitarist, came togeth- Atlanta Symphony Orches- Woodruff Arts Center, the the- tour the Center’s interactive ex- chitecture alone merits a visit, er through their mutual love for the London tra: The ASO is currently cele- atre and its variety of shows is hibit. The Center also hosts an and tours are actually available house music scene. brating its 56th season and is always convenient to Tech. For annual fall festival, String Fling, on some weekdays. Used pri- The three began dabbling in the studio to- one of the youngest American more information, visit featuring a day of family-ori- marily as a movie theater until gether and created “Days Go By,” a techno orchestras to achieve prominence www.alliancetheatre.org. ented fun. For more informa- the 1970s, the Fox Theatre now romp that they thought had little potential in the past quarter-century after Center for Puppetry Arts: tion, visit www.puppet.org. plays host to a wide variety of beyond the underground scene. But when the debuting in 1945 as the Atlanta Located nearby on West Peacht- Fox Theatre: You absolute- shows each year. For more in- single started receiving radio attention in the Youth Symphony. ree Street, the Center for Pup- ly cannot live in Atlanta with- formation, visit their website at UK and Parlophone signed them to an album The group has a large variety petry Arts was created in 1977 out visiting the Fabulous Fox at www.foxtheatre.org. contract, the three knew they would have to of concert series and engagements and is one of the largest organi- least once. The building—orig- So there you have it—enough come up with more tunes quickly. Not to men- and usually plays at the Woo- zations in the country dedicat- inally the Yaarab Temple Shrine opportunities for cultural im- tion a band name. Both feats were accomplished, druff Arts Center, only a few ed to the art. The Center is a Mosque—was designed in the mersion to last you through fall and the result is the self-titled Dirty Vegas. short blocks away from the Tech place where adults as well as kids late 1920’s as the headquarters semester and beyond. There truly campus. For more information, can enjoy professional puppet- for the Shriner’s organization is something for everyone. See Vegas, page 13 ENTERTAINMENT Technique • Friday, August 23, 2002 • 13

Go By.” “I Should Know” is an Vegas from page 11 infectious tune with a strong hook and the remix-ready quality that The Live List: As evidenced in the “Days Go makes hit singles. In “7AM” the Music for the start of By” video, Dirty Vegas can turn out listener encounters deliciously com- school... a danceable tune. However, the al- fortable rhymes set to a catchy dance bum also encompasses a diverse set beat. ECHO LOUNGE 9/20 Jimmy Smith Group 9/27 Cigar Store Indians/Ian Webber of influences beyond techno. There Dirty Vegas is not all radio-ready 551 Flat Shoals Rd. 9/21 Josh Joplin Group 9/28 Jay Bennett & Edward Birch is a strong sense that the writing is pop, however. There is also a darker (404) 681-3600 9/24 Tuck & Patti guitar-based, a point that is empha- side to the album. The crowning www.echostatic.com/echolounge 9/25 Clinic CHASTAIN PARK AMPHITHEATRE sized by the inclusion on the album glory of the album is the track “Simple 8/23 Flathead Mike & the Mercurys 9/26 Jerry Jeff Walker (404) 233-2227 8/24 Murray Attaway & Redeemers 9/27 Chucho Valdes Quartet www.atlantaconcerts.com/ of the acoustic version of “Days Go Things Part 2,” an introspective ex- 8/25 Weakerthans 9/28 Buddy and Julie Miller chastain.asp By.” This stripped-down folk bal- cursion examining loss in a manner 8/26 King Kong 8/27 Gipsy Kings lad highlights the band’s understand- that is simple but not trite, melan- 8/28 David Dondero SMITH’S OLDE BAR 9/13 The Beach Boys ing of song structure. choly but not whiny. 8/29 Red Square/Slow Earth 1580 Piedmont Ave. 9/20 Olivia Newton John The majority of the album is The band tips its hat to Pink 8/30 Kelly Hogan/Pardner (404) 875-1522 made up of similarly well-crafted Floyd by lifting the chorus from 8/31 Myssouri/Shamgod www.smithsoldebar.com HI-FI BUYS AMPHITHEATRE folk tunes that have been skillfully “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2” 9/6 Mira/The Close/Glory Fountain 8/24 Hot August Knights 2002 Lakewood eased into a techno setting. The and placing it reverently over their 9/7 The New Bomb Turks/Demons 8/25 Daniel Hutchens/Of Bloodkin (404) 443-5090 exception, “All or Nothing,” seems own backing track. The result re- 9/12 The Undercats 8/26 A Few Degress/Hashbrown www.hob.com/venues/concerts/ 9/13 The Forty Fives 8/27 Neo hifibuys to have been forced into the techno tains the intimate familiarity many 9/14 The Frames/The Waxwings 8/28 Tishamingo/Papa Mali 8/31 Sprite Liquid Mix Tour mold. It might have been better people feel for the original Floyd 9/18 Bitch and Animal/The Butchies 8/29 Johnny Prophet/Enos 9/1 Goo Goo Dolls/Third Eye Blind suited to an acoustic style, as the piece while shading it with a deeply 9/19 Maserati/Paper Lions 8/30 Dash Rip Rock/Bobby Bare Jr. 9/4 Anger Management Tour end result seems somewhat unnat- haunting undercurrent. Floyd fans 9/21 Wire/Oxes 8/31 The Goodies/Scrappy Hamilton 9/6 Toby Keith ural. For the most part, however, may find themselves rediscovering 9/23 Girls Against Boys/Radio 4 9/1 Gran Torino 9/14 John Mayer/Guster Vegas does a masterful job of fusing the complexity of the original piece 9/26 Bright Eyes/M. Ward 9/2 Yates Dew/The Jeff Weaver Band 9/15 Triple Shot of Rock singer-songwriter elegance with the when they hear “Simple Things.” 9/27 Pere Ubu 9/3 David Ryan Harris 9/20 The Allman Brothers Band slick polish of dance club techno. Dirty Vegas has managed to work 9/28 Chameleons UK 9/4 Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey 10/14 Aerosmith The sound of Dirty Vegas is ex- a wealth of influences into some- 9/5 Garrison Field/Dyllan Young 10/18 Incubus ROXY THEATRE 9/6 My Morning Jacket/Trancesarc ceptionally pleasing to the ear. The thing unique and beautiful, elevat- 3110 Roswell Rd. 9/7 Kinchafoonee Cowboys COTTON CLUB vocals are soulful in the manner of ing techno to a level beyond dance (404) 233-7699 9/8 Rhett McAllister/Todd Wells 152 Luckie St. David Gray, yet have a lush, whis- music. Strip away the hype surround- www.atlantaconcerts.com/roxy.asp 9/9 The Fairburns/Roman Candle (404) 688-1193 pering veneer. Folksy guitars are ing “Days Go By,” and you have a 8/23 Star Watch 2002 9/10 Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers www.atlantaconcerts.com/ embedded in the pieces, lending the techno album with mass appeal and 9/6 First Friday 9/11 Club Delf cottonclub.asp music a feeling of familiarity, even solid musicianship. The radio sin- 9/19 Gilberto Santa Rosa 9/12 NRBQ/Blue Jays 8/28 Particle in the midst of the otherworldly gles are there waiting to happen. 9/21 Bo Diddley with Debbie Hastings 9/14 Plankroad Chaingang 9/1 Money Mark electronic effects. The band even Meaningful album-oriented pieces 9/16 Modern Marriage 9/9 Local H manages to sneak in some electric VARIETY PLAYHOUSE 9/17 Open Mic Night 9/12 Suicide Machines augment the work. The product is 1099 Euclid Ave. 9/18 Heather Lutrell and Friends 9/13 Phix guitar riffs, some of which are rem- both marketable and artistically (404) 521-1786 9/19 Victoria Williams & Mark Olson 9/19 Lake Trout iniscent of David Gilmore of Pink impressive. In an industry of fleet- www.variety-playhouse.com 9/20 Robert Walter’s 20th Congress 9/21 Bluestring Floyd. By including elements of rock, ing stardom and one-hit-wonders, 8/30 Flatlanders 9/21 Tift Merritt/David Baerwald 9/23 Doves folk, soul, and countless other genres, will the band outlast the “Days Go 9/5 Victor Wooten 9/22 Chris Duarte 9/24 Snapcase the band has created something far By” fervor? Given a well-timed sec- 9/12 Joe Sample 9/23 The Southern Lights more human and accessible than ond single, Dirty Vegas may stand a 9/13 Jupiter/Coyote 9/24 Edwin McCain your average techno album. fighting chance. And if things do 9/18 Grant Lee Phillips/Kristin Hersh 9/25 Edwin McCain For more concert listings, you can Several tracks on Dirty Vegas have not work out, there are always car 9/19 Savoy Brown/Wishbone Ash 9/26 Garaj Mahal also visit www.pollstar.com. the same sort of pop appeal as “Days commercials to fall back on. ENTERTAINMENT Technique • Friday, August 23, 2002 • 15 Local Restaurants When you need a break from on-campus dining, here’s a partial listing of nearby places to grab something different. Prices: $ ($1-5), $$ ($5-10), $$$ ($10-20), $$$$ ($20+). Restaurants grouped by neighborhood.

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Within Walking Distance Varsity $ Fast food; famous “Naked Dogs” and “rings” (404)881-1706 61 North Avenue Rocky Mountain Pizza $$ Good pizza; cheap beer; trivia nights (404)876-8600 1005 Hemphill Avenue City Cafe Diner $$ Extensive menu; open 24/7; great desserts (404)653-0040 10th and Hemphilll Avenues

Howell Mill and Kroger Area El Amigo Mexican Restaurant $$ Cheap Mexican; great margaritas (404)351-7656 1715 Howell Mill Road Mama Nikki’s $$ Formerly Mellow Mushroom; great calzones and pizza (404)350-0501 1715 Howell Mill Road Fellini’s $$ Pizza; calzones; beer (404)352-0799 1991 Howell Mill Road

Virginia Highlands Apres Diem $$ Artsy establishment; formerly Cafe Diem (404)872-3333 931 Monroe Drive Doc Chey’s $$ Yummy noodles; Asian style fare (404)888-0777 1424 North Highland Avenue Taco Mac $$ Local bar; pub fare; great beer selection; great wings (404)873-6529 1006 North Highland Avenue

Poncey Highlands Eats $ Pasta and jerk chicken; very filling and very good (404)888-9149 600 Ponce de Leon Avenue Tortillas $ Tex-Mex burritos (404)892-0193 774 Ponce de Leon Avenue Jake’s $ The BEST ice cream in town (it’s HOMEMADE) (404)523-1830 676 North Highland Avenue

Piedmont at Monroe Ru San’s $$ Inexpensive sushi and Japanese cuisine (404)875-7042 1529 Piedmont Road Agnes and Muriel’s $$ All-American diner; Mom’s cooking (404)885-1000 1514 Monroe Drive Raging Burrito $$ Fresh ingredients; good food (404)885-9922 1529 Piedmont Avenue

Midtown Front Page News $$ Cajun inspired menu; newspaper theme (404)897-3500 1104 Cresent Avenue Einstein’s $$$ Great desserts (404)876-7925 1077 Juniper Street

Up Peachtree Fratelli Di Napoli Ristorante $$$ Wonderful Italian with large helpings (404)351-1533 2101 Tula Street Shipfeifer on Peachtree $$ Greek cuisine (404)875-1106 1814 Peachtree Road Café Intermezzo $$ Great coffee and desserts; European atmosphere (404)355-0411 1845 Peachtree Road

Buckhead Atlanta Fish Market $$$ Voted best seafood in Atlanta; waits are long (404)262-3615 265 Pharr Road NE Nava $$$ Clever menu and great presentations (404)240-1984 3060 Peachtree Road

Cheesecake Factory $$$ Wonderful cheesecake and food to die for (404)816-2555 3024 Peachtree Road

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SPORTS Freshman Issue 2002 2 • Friday, August 23, 2002 • Technique SPORTS

Introduction The Sports section provides in-depth reporting on all of Georgia Tech’s varsity The year in sports: Tech teams triumph sports, as well coverage of club and intramural athletic events. The sec- By Katie Neal the past at Georgia Tech.” tion strives to objectively report on Sports Editor Five players were named to all- Tech sports, while providing a fun ACC team and sophomore pitcher edge mannerIt also seeks to provide its This past year was a stellar time Kyle Bakker was named to all-Amer- coverage in a unique format, one that for the Georgia Tech sports teams. ica. Freshmen Eric Patterson and provides the features, insights, and With three teams capturing ACC Jeremy Slayden were both selected analysis of a sports magazine. For more titles and 15 teams of 17 going on for the Freshman all-America team. information about the sports section, to post-season play, the squads nev- Tech’s Men’s Golf Team had email its editor, Katie Neal, at er looked so good. Sixty-three ath- golden swings right along with the [email protected]. letes earned all-ACC honors, setting baseball team. Coach Bruce Hep- a new school record for Tech. pler was named as both the ACC Cover photo Men’s baseball was one of the and the National Coach of the Year, The cover photo of each section in greater delights for sports fans this as he led his team to compete and this newspaper relates to community past year. The team finished as fifth place second in the NCAA Nation- here at Georgia Tech—the techno- in the college polls by both Baseball al Championships. . The team round- logical community of the 21st centu- Weekly and Collegiate Baseball mag- ed out the year setting a new school ry. Athletics provide an opportunity azines, which was the highest the record for winning seven tourna- for the community to come togeth- team has been ranked since coming ments, including both the ACC tour- er—united by the tradition and pride in at number two in 1994. nament and the NCAA East of the Tech’s white and gold. Tech’s “Everybody contributed on out Regionals. Junior Troy Matteson athletics serves as a great example of team and on our staff,” Coach Hall became the first Tech golfer to cap- community; after all, either we all said of the season. “This team has ture the NCAA Individual Cham- win, or we all lose. Robert Hill took won more games than any other pionship trophy. By Daniel Uhlig / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS this photo of Tech’s baseball team cel- team at Georgia Tech. If you look Tech’s women’s softball team also Tech’s women’s softball team ended the season ranked No. 18 in the ebrating a win that brought it a game in the Georgia Tech yearbook, you’ll nation, making its first appearance in the USA Today/NFCA Division I closer to the College World Series. see there was some good teams in See Triumph, page 8 Top 25. The team won the ACC championship for the school’s first time. SPORTS Technique • Friday, August 23, 2002 • 3 by the For the love of the game numbers Many of Tech’s less prominent sports are making big marks

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Time run by Tech star Amandi Rhett in the 100 meters in San Antonio, Texas at the 2002 Powerade NA- CAC Under-25 Track & Field Championships. Rhett took first place medals in both the 100 meters and with the 4 x 100 relay team. 8

The number of days from this is- sue’s publication date until Tech’s season opener. The Yellow Jackets will face off against Vanderbilt on Aug. 31 at 6 pm in their first game in the newly renovated Bobby Dodd Stadium. 6

Number of incoming freshman that By Scott Meuleners / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS signed with Georgia Tech Wom- Georgia Tech’s women’s volleyball team shows true sportsmanship by congratulating their competitors after another Tech victory. Tech’s team is en’s Basketball. This year’s group is predicted as third in the ACC for this upcoming season by the preseason coaches poll, finishing just behind the teams from North Carolina and Duke. regarded as the top class in school history. Mallorie Winn, Kasha Terry, By Kimberly Rieck twelfth in the nation. The team has court advantage. Games. He met the Finland na- Ashley Guerrant, Megan Harpring, Senior Staff Writer four freshmen that will be making Men’s Swimming tional team coach at the 1996 Olym- April Johnson, and Jessica Williams an impact right away. They are set- Under coach Seth Baron, the pics. round out the freshman players for Last year Tech had exciting ter Lindsey Laband, outside hitters men’s swimming team broke sever- Another set of teammates are also this coming year. matches, immense challenges and Blair Moon and Jennifer Randall al school records, made history at joining the team—Brian Browning record finishes in several sports, not and middle blocker Nicole Pierce. the ACC championship, and also at and Jacob Wilson of Kingwood, just in football or basketball, but Shymansky said this year’s class the NCAA championships. The team Texas. With more sprinters, the re- cross country, swimming and vol- not only has great volleyball skills finished second at the conference lay competitions in the 200 yard leyball. This fall the Yellow Jackets but is also more athletic than previ- championship, the highest finish for events will also have more depth are ready for action as fall sports ous classes have been. Tech ever. and speed to them. 6’1’’ kick into gear. Here’s a preview of Tech has another goal this year: At the NCAA tournament, the Last year the team was lacking what fans can expect from some of breaking the attendance record in team placed No. 27 in the nation, depth in the sprinting and diving The average height for the Georgia their favorite sports besides foot- the NCAA for volleyball. Tradition- up two spots from the previous fin- events. The new recruits will help Tech’s Women’s Basketball fresh- ball: ally volleyball games at O’Keefe gym- ish of No. 29. Former team captain remedy the situation. Kettunen, man class. Prep all-American Kasha nasium have loud, boisterous and David Laitala was the school’s first Cohen and Eric Quillen, a fresh- Terry reaches up to 6’4’’, and four Women’s Volleyball animated crowds that rival any in ACC champion and Shilo Ayalon man from Sangus, California, are of her fellow teammates stand above The team made it into the NCAA the ACC. The team generally aver- had a record-breaking No. 8th place expected to contribute right away the six foot mark. Ashley Guerrant tournament for the second straight ages several hundred students per in the spring events. Matthew Ander- stands at 6’3”, April Johnson at 6’2’’ year. They lost to Louisville in the game. son from Twinsburg, Ohio will help and Jessica Williams at 6’1’’. first round by a score of 3-2. In the Shymansky credits the home earn points in the diving events along ACC, the team tied for third place. crowd advantage for the team’s suc- “I really see our with junior All-ACC Paul McCarty. This year the team is looking to cess. Georgia Tech ranks 13th in women’s side moving Edward Roberts, a junior trans- be the underdog champion in the the nation for attendance figures fer diver from the University of the ACC. Under new head coach Bond and is number one in the ACC. up at the conference South, will return to his native Geor- Shymansky, the squad hopes to prove “Our crowd is awesome. I al- championships and I gia to compete in the diving events. 63 the pollsters who ranked the team a ways say that you can bring anyone “We’re really excited about our third in the 2002 ACC preseason into our gym and we have a chance think we will continue diving program taking off under coach’s poll wrong. to beat them [because of our crowd],” to take people to the John Ames,” said Baron. Number of Tech student-athletes “Our goals are to contend for said Shymansky. The team also has strong senior who earned all-Atlantic Coast Con- the ACC title, return to the NCAA The volleyball squad played well NCAA leadership in swimmers Ayalon, ference accolades this past year in tournament and advance further in in preseason matches. The team had championships.” James Salazar, Tomonori Tsuji, Josh sports. This set a new school record the tournament than we did last only one loss to Pepperdine. Hersko and Robbie Foster. for all-ACC athletes. year,” said Shymansky. “We had a great spring train- Seth Baron “It’s one of the strongest senior He added that when the team ing,” said Shymansky. Head Swimming Coach classes that any team has had in the was a preseason number one last This year’s schedule is one of the conference over the past three years. year, there was added pressure. This hardest and most competitive the We’re excited about having the guys year he said the ranking gives them team has ever had. The team will finish in the 1,600 yard freestyle. on the program for a year. We know the opportunity to be the “hunter” face Northern Iowa, Michigan State A strong new recruiting class and they’re really going to take us to 42,000 and takes the pressure off the team. and Kansas State, teams who are several returning letter winners re- what I believe will be our best sea- Several factors will work in the sure to be in the top 25. The team place the leaving seniors. Baron re- son at Georgia Tech yet,” said Bar- Jackets’ favor this season. The team will also play Louisville on Sept. 6, a cruited Yonatan Cohen and Ofir on. The seating capacity for Bobby Dodd is returning eight letter winners in- rematch of last year’s matching dur- Sorias, teammates of Ayalon from However, the men face their Stadium at Grant Field for the 2002 cluding 2001 ACC Rookie of the ing the NCAA tournament. Shy- Hof Hasharon H.S. Cohen and So- toughest schedule ever this season. campaign. The stadium is project- Year Lauren Sauer, who at 6’4’’ inches mansky said the team is hungry to rias are on the Israeli junior nation- The team has meets against non- ed to hold 55,000 after the two-year is a very physically dominating player, come back and get revenge. al team. Ayalon is on the national conference opponents Alabama, expansion project is completed fol- Alexandra Preiss, Kele Eveland, the At the end of the season, the team. In addition, Baron recruited Georgia, University of Cincinnati, lowing next season. 2000 ACC Rookie of the Year and team looks forward to hosting the Teemu Kettunen from Finland. and Purdue—all strong teams. In Lynnette Moster. ACC championships. Shymansky Baron made international recruit- addition, the team will face more The incoming freshman class has feels the team has a good shot at the ing contacts when he coached the an immense vault of talent and ranks title this year because of the home U.S. team at last year’s Maccabiah See Love of Sports, page 4 4 • Friday, August 23, 2002 • Technique SPORTS

Love of Sports from page 3

recruits have connections to other Tech concentrates on both. broke Drosky’s school record in the swimmers at Tech. Elizabeth Fos- Out of the top seven runners last mile over the summer. ter is Robbie Foster’s sister. Meghan year, four are returning-- Amy Dock, A deciding factor will be the ability DeVinney swam with Cara DeVinny Katie Griffin, Neta Ezer, and Me- of the walk-ons to step up to the on the same swim team in Phoenix, tivier. Dock suffered an injury that challenge and have a breakthrough Arizona. Previous siblings included kept her out of competition last year. season. Drosky said there are a hand- Jorge and Eduardo Oliver on the Drosky said Ezer had a great track ful of kids who have been in the men’s team. The other new recruits season. program since they were freshman are Laura Heiser, Ashley Kracke, Unfortunately Metivier had sur- who need to have a breakthrough Laurissa Prystaj, and Kathleen Wood. gery during the summer on her knee. season. “They are going to come in and all Metivier’s status is still uncertain; a While the women’s team has 12 have very key instrumental roles in decision won’t be made about her to 15 runners, the men’s side has 15 our program,” said Baron. until four or five weeks into the to 20. Drosky estimates that 75 per- The men’s and women’s teams season. cent of the men’s team is comprised will continue to train together and “As of right now I’m planning of walk-ons, compared to 50 per- most of their meets are dual meets. on her running but we still have to centon the women’s side. The women will swim against North wait and see,” said Drosky. The returnees who will play an Florida, while the men will not, and However, Drosky feels there is important role this year include the women will not swim against the potential to improve on last year’s Mahoney, Kyle Rabbit, Neil Mc- Georgia. record finishes with the new recruits Donagh and Joe Poliseo. Mahoney The team’s closest competitors and returnees. Jenny Lentz is also will not run in the beginning of the Richard Bedell / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS in the conference are Duke and NC expected to make a contribution season because he runs track till mid Sophomore standout Renee Metivier, along with Beth Mallory, was State. The most challenging meets after performing well in the half July and needs recovery time. Most named to the ACC’s 50th Anniversary Women’s Cross Country Team. will be against Alabama, Clemson mile last year. of the runners only run in four or and North Carolina during the reg- New recruits include Carly Mat- five meets. ACC opponents than ever—all op- had wonderful seasons last year and ular season. thews, Carla Yuribe and Kathryn The men have to face dominat- ponents except Virginia. The sea- will be instrumental in the success “I really see our women’s side Spoth. Drosky expects to get two or ing cross country powerhouses such son begins Oct. 25 against Emory of the future of the program. moving up at the conference cham- three walk-ons as well. as NC State, Wake Forest and Vir- at Emory. DeVinny went to the NCAA cham- pionships and I think we will con- “Our conference for women’s ginia this year. The men will also pionships and competed in three tinue to take people to the NCAA cross country is outstanding. The run against Georgia, Florida State, Women’s Swimming events. championships,” said Baron. few teams that beat us last year are Florida and Tennessee. On the women’s side, the team The incoming freshman class will in the top ten in the country,” said Tech will also host the ACC had a record breaking inaugural sea- help the team immediately at com- Women’s Cross Country Drosky. championships this year. Unlike son. At the ACC championships, petititon. Last year the women did The women’s cross country team The team will have its work cut other sports, the regular season record the team broke 19 school records. not fill the maximum capacity of finished 26th at the NCAA cham- out for them as it faces tough ACC has no effect on post season play, so Most of the swimmers posted life- swimmers that can swim each event. pionships, the best finish ever for opponents and Georgia in its first the most important date for the team time best times at each meet. Last Baron said there is now more the team under Coach Alan Drosky, meet on Sept.14. is November 2, which is the ACC season the women surprised many versatility to the roster. He added a former Tech runner standout. championships in south Dekalb when they had three swimmers-- that the women are at a very good The ACC is a tough conference Men’s Cross Country county. Cara DeVinny. Anna Saum, and place in their second year and at a for cross country because NC State On the men’s side, the team fin- “The last time we hosted the Lisa Hancock—post NCAA-B qual- higher level than originally antici- and Wake Forest are cross country ished number six on the conference ACC championships both of our ifying marks. pated. powerhouses and do not focus on level and fourth at the regionals. teams finished third so we’re very DeVinny, Saum and Hancock Like the men’s team, two of the their track and field programs, while All-American Brendan Mahoney excited about this year,” said Drosky. SPORTS Technique • Friday, August 23, 2002 • 5

SAC undergoes a new facelift GEORGIA TECH FOOTBALL STUDENT TICKET DISTRIBUTION SCHEDULE

Game Game Date Distribution Vanderbilt Aug. 31 Aug. 26-30* Brigham Young Sept. 21 Sept. 16-20* Wake Forest Oct. 5 Sept. 30 - Oct. 4* Virginia Oct. 26 Oct. 21-25* Florida State Nov. 9 Nov. 4-8* Duke Nov. 16 Nov. 11-15* *While tickets last

Tickets will be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis at the By Daniel Uhlig / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS GTAA Ticket Office from 7 a.m.-4 p.m. on each Monday listed, Both the Student Athletic Center and Roe Stamps Field are currently undergoing a renovation process. The turf and from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. the remainder of the week as needed until field is projected to be finished in time leagues to start fall intramural sports at a slightly later date than usual. tickets are gone. Each student may bring up to four Buzz Cards, including those of co-op students, when picking up tickets. Guest By Al Przygocki spring with soccer. Softball will re- and other fall marching band re- passes will be available on a game-by-game basis for all games except Senior Staff Writer main in the spring. hearsals, since they have been able Virginia and FSU. Guest passes are $10 per game and are available Also, there will be less use of to count on SAC Fields in the past. during normal distribution. On July 15, SAC fields were closed white stripes as to minimize the The whole process began three for resurfacing. The ten-week pro- amount of seams where rips could years ago when Director of Facili- STUDENT GATE INFORMATION cess will result in a vastly improved occur. The fields will be marked for ties and Operations for Campus Rec- For the 2002 football season, Georgia Tech students, the Ramblin’ surface that should last for at least football, softball will continue to reation, Kirk McQueen, noticed Reck Club and flash card section will occupy the south end zone eight years. use the corners of the fields, and small rips and tears in the surface. Sections 132, 133, 134 and 135 in the new portion of the renovated The old turf was falling apart at soccer will have its additional stripes The entire turf system was in- Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field. the seams. Where the green turf marked in paint which will only last stalled after the Olympics in a $3.1 met with a white stripe, there were for three months. million project that was completed Students with seats in Sections 132, 133, 134 and 135 should access seams that were being badly stressed. West campus residents will be by 1st Turf. That company is no the stadium through the newly numbered Gate 10 at the corner of In many cases, this resulted in holes, only slightly impacted. There will longer in business, but after a lengthy Techwood Drive and North Avenue. Students will be directed rip, and tears in the surface that was be approximately four parking spaces legal process, the manufacturer of down a stairway to a field level concourse from which they can access made for dangerous situations. lost to service vehicles until Sep- the carpet itself, Mohawk, and Geor- the seating bowl through three vomitories in the new south end zone There will be only a minimal tember 30. The resurfacing will be gia Tech came to an agreement in front of the Wardlaw Building. The Georgia Tech Marching impact on the majority of students. accomplished by a series of forklifts whereby Mohawk would honor its Band will occupy half of section 135 and all of section 136. Intramurals for the summer semes- carting the huge rolls of carpet into warranty for the proportion of us- ter were already completed, and the the appropriate locations and then age deemed to be unused. More Tech students will occupy the new north end zone lower bowl fall slate will be pushed back to early workerswill install the surface. There Mohawk no longer competes in and mid-bowl. Students with tickets in Sections 118 and 119 October. Never fear, intramural play- should be no dirt or noise pollu- the synthetic turf business as it ap- should enter the stadium through the newly numbered Gate 8, ers, flag football will still be going tion. plies to entire fields. They selected which is located at the northeast end of the stadium on Techwood strong, but just a little later than Joggers will have to find a new the world leader in synthetic turf Drive (the former white stairway). normal. place to run, and students will be fields, Dutch company Edelgrass, There is also discussion to move forced to walk around the construc- to handle the carpet replacement. Students with tickets in Sections 115, 116 and 117 should enter soccer from the fall to the spring to tion site instead of cutting through through Gate 4 at the northwest corner of the stadium on Bobby create a better balance of usage be- as is customary. The Band was forced See extra SAC coverage online: Dodd Way. tween the fall with football and the to find a new place for Band Camp www.campusrecreation.gatech.edu. 6 • Friday, August 23, 2002 • Technique SPORTS 2002 Georgia Tech Football: Vanderbuilt UGA Connecticut Clemson Brigham Young UN

Coaches Spotlight: Bill O’Brien Quarterbacks Spotlight: Damarius Bilbo Running Backs Tech introduces a team of new faces A three-way battle was narrowed to With Joe Burns gone, Tech has been this season, with the addition of first- two when Andy Hall announced searching for an outstanding running year Head Coach Chan Gailey after during spring practice that he would back to fill the position. There are the departure of George O’Leary. transfer. The competition between several healthy candidates, and Bill O’Brien has remained as Tennessee-transfer A.J. Suggs and hopefully one of them is Jermaine offensive coordinator as well as redshirt freshman Damarius Bilbo is Hatch, who has been recovering from

Assistant Head Coach. close, but the starting position is most a torn ACL, which in most cases takes ○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○ likely go to Suggs. Coach Gailey has more than a year to fully recover from, Spotlight: Chan Gailey stated that he will likely use a two- which means Hatch wouldn’t be able quarterback system at times, but will to contribute significantly until 2003. announce a starter before the opener Hollings and Ford will hopefully be against Vandy. able to carry the load. If not, get ready for some four hour games, as the Spotlight: A J Suggs Jackets will be forced to rely solely on the aerial attack.

Spotlight: Tony Hollings O'Brien kept Tech near the top of the Bilbo is expected to share duties with four major team offensive statistics Suggs, but probably won’t be the during the 2001 season. O'Brien starter. He played in the win over showed his skills in helping lead Navy last year, with a six-yard Tech to the Seattle Bowl victory over touchdown run, rushing three times Stanford. The Jackets tallied over for 23 yards, and had his only pass 400 yards of total offense in intercepted. He received a medical averaging almost 6 yards per play. redshirt in 2001 for a recurring thumb injury and had surgery on the ulnar Coming in from last season as the With two relatively experienced quarterbacks still here, the loss of collateral ligament following last offensive coordinator of the Miami season, but he is currently healthy. Dolphins, Chan Gailey leads the senior George Godsey and the transfer of Andy Hall shouldn’t be Bilbo showed the flashes of brilliance current ACC coaches in professional in spring practice that made him a experience, having14 seasons of too big of an impact. After taking over for Ralph Friedgen and highly touted recruit, but he still makes professional level coaching and 26 an occasional mistake, which would total seasons of coaching. Gailey’s remaining after O’Leary’s departure, Suggs has played consistently O’Brien has the staying power and enough during spring practice to probably improve with game game plan encompasses evolving experience.

Tech’s game into a focused running the insight to help the Jacket’s to a probably edge Bilbo out for the ○○○○○○○○○○○○○ and passing strategy. Gailey asked successful season. starting position and has more prior ○○○○ Converted safety Tony Hollings has Bill O'Brien to stay on, and with his game experience than Bilbo as well. emerged as the starter heading into

The Coaches: ○○○○○○ own experience, Tech should be set ○○○○○○○○○○○ Suggs started four games for the the season. After two seasons as with offensive strategies and skill. His Vols, including a heartbreaking loss safety, his transition to offense has style of football has been critiqued Jon Tenuta - Defensive Coordinator to Florida in which his backs and been a successful one. Hollings has as being too focused on running, but Glenn Spencer - Defensive Line receivers repeatedly failed him in the seen most of his action on special Gailey says he is coming around to Joe D'Alessandris - Offensive Line redzone. He completed 18 passes teams, but has emerged as Tech’s the idea of a passing game. With his Brick Haley - Linebackers for 189 yards and two touchdowns top tailback. Becoming Tech’s go-to professional experience, offensive Curtis Modkins - Defensive Backs in Tech’s spring game. Suggs sat out running back shouldn’t faze him. knowledge, and an innate ability at Patrick Nix - Running Backs/Recruiting in the 2001 season because of While the 5-10 Junior lacks height, recruiting, Gailey is the perfect Coordinator NCAA rules, but has two seasons of he has good size and strength and choice to push Tech football into a Tommy Raye - Special Teams eligibilty remaining. Look for Suggs just might fill the spotlight for Tech’s

successful future. Tommie Robinson - Wide Receivers to hold the job until Bilbo is ready. needed running back.

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DATE OPPONENT TIME

8/31 Vanderbilt 6 pm

9/07 @Connecticut 12 p.m.

9/14 @Clemson 12 p.m.

9/21 Brigham Young 3:30 p.m.

9/28 @North Carolina␣ TBA

10/5 Wake Forest TBA

10/17 Maryland 7:45 p.m.

10/26 Virginia TBA

11/02 @NC State TBA

11/09 Florida State TBA

11/16 Duke TBA

11/30 @Georgia TBA ␣ SPORTS Technique • Friday, August 23, 2002 • 7 : New Year, New Direction NC Wake Forest NC State MarylandDuke Virginia FSU

Wide Receiver/Tight End Offensive Line Defensive Line Linebackers Defensive Backs Once again, the receiving corps will All-ACC tackle Nat Dorsey leads a Any discussion here has to begin with New defensive coordinator Jon Senior safety Jeremy Muyres anchors be the strength of the offense, even group that should be solid from the ACC sack leader Greg Gathers. His Tenuta has to be excited with the the Tech secondary once again, but with Kelly Campbell gone. Kerry start despite some changes. All of the partner in crime, Nick Rogers, is gone, defensive linebackers he has inherited should have more help than usual. Watkins, Will Glover, and Jonathan projected starters except right tackle but he should still have a great year from the past year. Senior Recardo Marvious Hester can be considered a Smith are all back after solid 2001 Kyle Wallace have plenty of game and is listed as a preseason All- Wimbush will likely lead the team in solid cover corner, which leaves only campaigns. Nate Curry will have little experience already. With most of the American in just about every tackles for the third time and finish his one cornerback spot as a question pressure to bounce back too quickly line the same and no change in the publication that prints such a list. Both career having started every game in mark heading into the season. Cory from his torn knee ligament, especially offensive scheme, since Bill O’Brien defensive tackles, Gary Johnson and all four years he was here. Daryl Smith Collins is back at the other safety spot. with Levon Thomas also on the depth stayed, the line should be on the same Alfred Malone, are also returning was effective last year, even when chart. Even if an injury disaster were to page from the opening kickoff. They starters and are expected to be solid wearing a brace on his right elbow, so Spotlight: Jeremy Muyres strike, freshmen Xavier McGuire and all have the necessary size and skills performers. The only slight question is one can only imagine what he can do LeKeldrick Bridges would likely be to effective as well, although that is an whether Gathers will have a solid now that he appears healthy. Keyaron able to step right in. There is room for understatement of Dorsey’s abilities. opposite bookend. Fox rounds out the starters and should concern at tight end, however, with no contribute another solid year. Depth is clear replacement for Russell Matvay Spotlight: Nat Dorsey Spotlight: Greg Gathers not an issue either as Ather Brown and apparent. Tabugbo Anyansi could both fill in nicely. Spotlight: Kerry Watkins Spotlight: Recardo Wimbush

Rated among the nation’s top 10 safeties, Muyres has started 33 straight games and has 197 career tackles. He is a first-team all-ACC Gath- selection and was Tech’s third-leading As a first-team All-ACC freshman and ers has made almost every poll as tackler for 2001 with 85 tackles. a first-team All-American, the now- both a preseason first-team All- Muyres is Tech’s active leader with sophomore Dorsey is the largest American and a preseason all- seven career interceptions and has As the receiver who has caught more player for Tech who is definitely going conference selection. He has been been named Tech’s Most Outstanding touchdown passes (17) than any to have a big impact this year. Dorsey called the nation’s top defensive This fall will be his fouth season as a Defensive Back the past two years. He other, except former teammate other was the first true freshman to be lineman and is tabbed for both the starter, so nothing to worry about from came close to breaking the Tech than Kelly Campbell, Watkins is going named first-team all-ACC since Rotary Lombardi Award and the this linebacker. He is Tech’s active record for tackles by a defensive back to be the key player in any passing Clemson linebackerAnthony Simmons Bronko Nagurski Defensive Player of leader in career tackles with 281 to in 1999 with 18 against Wake Forest, game Tech plans to run. Watkins in1995 and was one of only two true the Year Award. He is Georgia Tech’s date, putting him 15th in Tech history. so this being his senior year, he has ranks eight in Tech history in career freshmen linemen in the nation to career leader in quarterback sacks He has led the Jackets in tackles two one last chance at it. receptions and ninth in receiving make first-team all-conference last (30) and tackles for loss (56), also of the last three seasons while finishing yards. Watkins has been an influential season. He has been put on the ranking sixth in ACC history in career second in 200. Wimbush has been Spotlight: Marvious Hester player for the last three years, and preseason watch list for the 2002 sacks, also having 187 career tackles. named Tech’s Outstanding Linebacker with his seniority and experience, he Outland Trophy- which goes to the top He started every game last season for the last three years, so all he has to should be a big team leader for the interior lineman in college football and, if he stays injury free, the do is repeat his past performances Jackets this season. His best game in each season. He has been tabbed as Louisiana native will start every game and the defense line will be strong. 2001 was against Virginia, with nine the No. 8 tackle in the nation, and is this season. This senior defensive end receptions for 161 yards. He leads expected to be the big man on the O- is one of the nation’s top pass rushers Spotlight: Daryl Smith the team in yards per catch (16.4) Line for Tech. and you can bet that his performance and touchdown receptions (5), so at Tech for the last three years will hopefully, Watkins can continue his Spotlight: Hugh Reilley carry over into this season. magic through this next season. Spotlight: Gary Johnson Spotlight: Jonathan Smith

A preseason first-team all-ACC pick by The Sporting News, this senior cornerback has finally come into his own. Starting every game last season, he led the Jackets in 12 pass breakups and is second for Tech in career Smith’s return from an elbow injury last interceptions. It has taken him these year is key to the stance of the Tech fours years to fully develop, but the After defense. He is a preseason all-ACC outcome is a significant plus for Tech’s playing right guard last fall, Reilly second-team selection by The Sporting defense. Hester earned honorable made the move the season to center. News and was named to Sports mention all-ACC recognition last year, He started his career as a defensive This returning defensive tackle was Illustrated’s All-Bowl Team for his and this looks to be the year for him to As Tech’s top returnee at lineman, but moved to offense in the Tech’s most consistent interior performance in the Seattle Bowl. He show what he can do. receiver, with 53 catches for 590 spring of 2000. Reilley was named defensive lineman this past fall. He was an integral part of the defense yards last fall, Smith is once again the Most Improved Player for 2001 started every game and made 48 last year, as well as being Tech’s top Special Teams expected to be Tech’s big-play and played almost every snap for tackles last season. Although he is not tackler for the 2000 season. Smith has Kicker Luke Manget has made 131 performer. He ranks 18th in Tech every game last season. He has been as imposing of a figure as his 155 tackles, seven sacks, 17 tackles consecutive extra points and could history for career receptions and has a chosen as a preseason first-team all- teammate Gathers, Johnson is well- for loss, and two interceptions in less break the NCAA record of 161 this total of 60 catches for 670 yards. ACC selection by The Sporting News, equipped enough to hold his own. He than two full season. With a healthy year. He is a solid field goal kicker Smith (nicknamed Freddie) has so this season’s expectations for him is a senior with good game experi- elbow on his side, Smith should be and could be All-American with an progressively improved over his last are high, but Reilley has good football ence and will be critical to the able to upgrade his performance to excellent year. Punter Dan Dyke is two years here and, with the way genes-- his father played for Bear defensive line. He is a consistent and full charge. back and should average well over things are going, should be a force for Bryant at Alabama. reliable defender who has also 40 yards per punt. Kelly Rhino will be this season and next. played fullback and linebacker in his raising pulses again with his punt career. returns and will likely break the Tech career record for punt return yardage held by his dad. Freshman I-Perfection Football Feature: John Parsons, Senior Staff Writer Harris will get a shot at returning Katie Neal, Sports Editor kickoffs. See Preview, page 9 8 • Friday, August 23, 2002 • Technique SPORTS

Triumph from page 2 had a few impressive firsts in their title, upsetting the nine-time de- season. They won their first-ever fending champion North Caroli- ACC championship and took a trip na. The championship was held at to the NCAA Championships for UNC, making it even sweeter. the first time in Georgia Tech his- Renee Metivier earned four all- tory. Setting a school record for 52 America honors this past season, wins in the season, the team’s per- also helping the cross-country team formance kept getting better and to its most successful season ever. better as the season went on. Coach The team won the NCAA South Kate Madden was named the ACC Regional championship and finished Coach of the Year, with shortstop at No. 26 in the NCAA’s. Tara Knudsen earning all-ACC and The men’s indoor track team all-America accolades. Pitcher Jes- also racked up trophies this past sica Sallinger was named the ACC season. Coach Drosky and Glover Rookie of the Year and catcher Lind- Hinsdale received ACC Coach of say Wood earned all-ACC honors. the Year for indoor track. Runner Tech’s women’s volleyball team Brendon Mahoney and javelin also headed to the NCAA Champi- thrower Chris Sinotte were named onships this year for their second as all-Americans, with Mahoney also straight appearance. Maja Pachale being named the ACC’s Outstand- was named the ACC Player of the- ing Performer for indoor track. Year and Lauren Sauer earned the Tech football received its fifth ACC Rookie of the Year award. straight bowl bid with an invitation Both the men’s and women’s track to the Seattle Bowl where they faced By Daniel Uhlig / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS team competed successfully this year Stanford. The Seattle Bowl win sealed Women’s tennis player Jaime Wong became the first Yellow Jacket to compete in the NCAA Women’s Singles as well. The women’s track team the deal for Tech, making Tech the Championship. She fell to Lauren Kalvaria, from Stanford, at the first round in Palo Alto, California. won their first-ever ACC indoor nation’s winningest bowl team with a 20-10 record. Eight Jackets were named to the all-ACC team. The women’s basketball team was invited to post-season play for their third consecutive year. Four players made the all-ACC team, the most in Georgia Tech history. Tech’s men’s basketball team received quite a few awards as well, which were the results of a talented freshman class. Freshman Ed Nelson was named the ACC Rookie of the Year along with teammate B.J. Elder, made the ACC All-Freshman team. Senior Tony Atkins earned an all-ACC award as well. “One of the things that I have learned this year is to really try to stay away from looking towards of the season,” Head Coach Paul Hewitt said. “At the beginning of the year I would always say that my goal was to get to the NCAA tournament- and I think that goes without say- ing. This year has really taught me to focus what’s going on at the mo- ment, don’t hurry up and get to the end of the season.” Tech’s men’s and women’s ten- nis teams both advanced to the NCAA tournament, which result- ed in women’s tennis player Jaime Wong becoming the first player in Tech history to go to the NCAA Individual Championships. The women’s Head Coach Bryan Shel- ton was named the ACC Coach of the Year and helped the team to its highest ranking in school history, finishing at No. 18 in the nation. “This was a fun season and I think it was a great season for our program,” said Shelton. “I think when we look back in 10 years or so, we will say that this was the team that really got our program over the hump. Our team and our program is certainly ready to advance to the round of 16 and we know what it's like to be in this situation. It was a great season and I know those play- ers that are leaving will be success- ful in whatever they do and we are very excited to have the players that we have coming back for next year.” The men’s swimming team fin- ished strong, earning a second place finish in the ACC tournament. Five swimmers made all-ACC awards and Shilo Ayalon earned a all-America award once again. The women’s swim team’s beginning season was con- sidered a successful one, with fresh- man Cara DeVinny qualifying for the NCAA Championships. Overall, the year in sports looked great for Georgia Tech. This past season was one of the highest record- breaking seasons in school history. SPORTS Technique • Friday, August 23, 2002 • 9

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Spotlight: Luke Manget Gailey’s road leads to home After departing his home state over 30 years ago, Coach Ranked as first-team all-ACC by every publication known to man, Manget’s senior year looks to be his golden Chan Gailey year. Breaking the ACC record last year with 131 consecutive extra points without a miss, his aim is deadly and his foot is essential for Tech’s finds his way special teams performance. Consid- ered the nations’s No. 1 placekicker, Manget ranks second in school history back and his with 42 career field goals, behind Sisson’s record of 60 three-pointers. This is his year to break that record place here at and he should have the opportunity to do so.

Spotlight: Kelley Rhino Tech.

By John Parsons Senior Staff Writer

Chan Gailey begins his inaugu- Photo Courtesy Georgia Tech Sports Information ral season at the helm of Georgia After fourteen years of coaching in the NFL with teams such as the Denver Broncos, Birmingham Fire, Pittsburgh Tech’s football program on August Steelers, Dallas Cowboys, and the Miami Dolphins, Coach Chan Gailey looks forward to coming to Tech. 31, when the Jackets host Vander- bilt. Gailey, a Georgia native, will like myself get a chance to come to “I think you’re going to see a come around to this passing game,” be coaching at the college level for an Institute like this?” said Gailey. mixture of Pittsburgh, Miami and Gailey said. the first time since leaving Samford Dave Braine, the Director of Dallas in our offense, not just Georgia Gailey is one of the most experi- after the 1993 season to become the Athletics for Georgia Tech, agrees Tech” said Offensive Coordinator enced coaches in college football that Gailey is the man for the job. today. He is the current active lead- “Chan Gailey is the right fit for er in ACC football for professional Georgia Tech at this time. Besides experience, having 14 years in the all the great qualities he possesses pro level. Once again, this is another senior “He will have success as a football coach, he’s an even “The school could not Dave Wannstedt, coach of the expected to have his golden year this better human being,” Braine said. Miami Dolphins, said that Gailey season. The highly heralded Rhino is at Georgia Tech, and have picked a finer the third generation of football greats “I believe his soft-spoken manner is certain to be a positive addition to to play at Tech. In the past three I will be pulling for will remind people a great deal of person for the head Tech football. seasons at Tech, Rhino has proven his the legendary Bobby Dodd.” “I’m sure he will do a great job in worth and made his own name in Tech him.” Gailey did not begin working coaching position.” continuing the long tradition of suc- history. He is the smallest player on Emmitt Smith at Tech full time however, until he Dave Wannstedt cess the school’s football program Tech’s team, but undoubtedly the Running Back for the Dallas finished the season with the Dol- Head Coach for the Miami has enjoyed. I also know he is an crowd favorite. A first-team all-ACC Cowboys phins. The Dolphins were elimi- Dolphins outstanding coach who has been a punt returner, he set both the Tech and nated 20-3 by the Baltimore Ravens. winner on both the college and pro the ACC season record with 515 punt return yards in 2001. He ranks third in “I have mixed emotions,” Gailey levels. I’m confident he will be a Tech history in career punt returns and said upon arriving in Atlanta. “But positive influence on the student- 17th in ACC history. Last season Rhino wide receivers coach for the Pitts- that’s the quickest I’ve ever gotten Bill O’Brien. athletes he will coach there, and the broke his father’ s record of punt burgh Steelers. over a loss.” Gailey admits that he has often school could not have picked a finer return yardage in a season. Look for He was the head coach for the The extra few weeks spent as a focused mainly on the running game. person for the head coaching posi- the little man to make the big plays this Dallas Cowboys for two years, where coach for the Dolphins left a gap in “When I grew up, it was run the tion.” year for Tech’s special teams. he compiled an 18-14 record and Tech’s recruiting efforts, as Gailey ball, stop the ball, play great special For supplemental coverage online see: two playoff berths. His most recent was only able to fly to Atlanta on teams. I still have deeply embedded For extra Gailey coverage online: www.ramblingwreck.com position was as offensive coordina- Fridays to meet potential recruits. in me that idea. But I’m about to www.ramblingwreck.com tor for the Miami Dophins, where “There was a lapse in there that he managed to piece together a re- sometimes you can’t overcome.” GT Football spectable offense with no stars at Gailey said of the recruiting gap. any skill positions. “There has been a great response History Lesson: Gailey has been able to attain a thus far from the guys that we have 4 1,000-yard rushing completion in maintained contact and remained seven of his eight years of coaching involved with.” National Titles or working as the offensive coordi- Fortunately, Tech did not need nator in the NFL. His former play- a large recruiting class this year. 15 er, Emmitt Smith of the Dallas The Jackets were able to land sev- Cowboys, said of Gailey, “Chan eral solid recruits anyway. The new Conference Crowns Gailey is a very good football coach. freshman class is a combination of He is also an outstanding person. five Georgians, three players from From a football perspective, he knows Texas, two from Ohio, two from 20 how to move the chains and control Florida, one from Louisiana, one Bowl Victories the tempo of a football game. He from Mississippi and one from New knows how to score points and he York. knows how to win. Away from the “There’s not a lot of quantity in 47 field, he is a great person—about a this signing class,” said Gailey. “But First-Team solid a man as you are going to there certainly is a lot of quality.” meet. He will have success at Geor- As for the upcoming season, All-Americans gia Tech, and I will be pulling for Gailey will be purely a head coach him.” for the first time in his career. In all 609 Gailey was pleased to be coming of his previous head coaching jobs, to Tech when introduced last De- he served as the offensive coordi- Photo Courtesy Georgia Tech Sports Information All-Time Victories cember. nator as well. This does not mean Gailey has had the Yellow Jackets squad practicing in full pads for almost “How many times does a guy that he won’t influence the offense. two weeks now and is happy with the way his defense is shaping up. SPORTS Technique • Friday, August 23, 2002 • 11 The Aussie heads home Tech’s seven-footer leaves the U.S. for extra playing experience and a little bit of home The Boomers, similar to the Unit- but he also came back a rested play- ed States’s “Dream Team,” com- er,” said Hewitt, in an earlier inter- peted throughout Australia and took view. “He had been playing almost a tour to China that Schenscher was 12 straight months without a break. able to take part in. Having that time off gave him a “This team has a great mix of chance to rest his body and mind. youth and experience,” said Boomers He’s come back a better player.” Head Coach Brian Goorjian. “We Hopefully, this summer in Aus- have more experienced players like tralia and China won’t tire him out, Maher and Ronaldson as well as but instead mold Schenscher into some exciting young talent like the experienced center that Tech Schenscher. It was a great opportu- needs. nity to gain experience for the young- “I envision him being one of the er players during our trip to China best centers in the ACC, certainly and to continue to evolve the new one of the best offensive centers,” systems and team culture that we’ve predicted Hewitt. “As he gets stronger been developing here at camp.” and bigger, he’ll be one of the better Schenscher, one of the youngest defensive centers too.” members on the Boomer’s squad, Currently one of the tallest play- will be a returning sophomore for ers in the ACC, perhaps even all of Tech basketball this fall. He has the NCAA, Schenscher’s future at had international playing experience Tech looks positive. He will be re- Photo Courtesy Barbara Schenscher while in high school at Lake Gin- turning to the United States in time A returning sophomore for Tech, ninderra in Hope Forest, South for fall classes. Schenscher averaged 5.7 points Australia. He was a previous mem- “He’s got a tremendous work and 3.6 rebounds against the ACC. ber of Australia’s national team, the ethic,” Hewitt said. “That’s a cliche only high-schooler to ever do so, as you hear a lot about players, but if well as the Australian under-22 team. you talk to anyone on campus from By Katie Neal This past year Schenscher was the academic advisor to the nutri- Sports Editor sidelined with a broken left foot, tionist, to the strength coach, you’ll forcing him to miss 12 games in the be hard pressed to find a more ded- Men’s basketball center Luke middle of the season. His presence icated, hard-working student-ath- Schenscher took a trip home to Aus- was missed, as Tech had no other lete on our campus.” tralia this summer, though he did player taller than 6’8” on the court. not remain there for long. The sev- Head Coach Paul Hewitt said For Boomer coverage online see: en-foot center spent the summer the injury might have actually helped www.basketball.net.au and for more By Daniel Uhlig / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS on the Boomers squad, which is the Schenscher. Tech basketball information visit Schenscher started five of the first six games before being sidelined with Australian men’s basketball team. “He came back a smarter player, www.ramblinwreck.com. a broken foot, but returned to earn ACC Rookie of the Week for Feb. 4. Friday, October 5, 2001

FRESHMAN SURVIVAL GUIDE Freshman Issue 2002 2 • Friday, August 23, 2002 • Technique FRESHMAN SURVIVAL GUIDE

Introduction Every year, the Technique staff Music tradition alive today Your Fight Song Cheat Sheet toils countless hours on the Freshman Survival Guide. This guide is our way of providing helpful information and advice for incoming freshmen. Ramblin’ Wreck We hope it will also be a useful refer- I’m a Ramblin’ Wreck From Georgia Tech and a hell of an ence for returning students, parents, engineer. alumni and visitors. Inside you’ll find A helluva, helluva, helluva, helluva, hell of an engineer. some informative articles, a few histo- Like all the jolly good fellows, I drink my whiskey clear, ry lessons, the much anticipated “99 things to do before you graduate” and I’m a Ramblin’ Wreck from Georgia Tech and a hell of an more. For even more information about engineer. Tech history, traditions and survival tools, see our sister publication, T- Oh, if I had a daughter, sir, I’d dress her in White and Gold. book, at cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/tbook. If you have questions or comments And put her on the campus to cheer the brave and bold. about the Freshman Survival Guide And if I had a son, sir, I’ll tell you what he’d do, email Jody Shaw, Editor-in-Chief, at By Chris Carr / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS He would yell “TO HELL WITH GEORGIA” like his [email protected]. David Loeffel, Pat Mathieu, Davin Benavides and David Bottoms painted their chests for a Halloween football game during the fall of 1997. daddy used to␣ do. Cover photo By Jody Shaw righted by Frank Roman. Although I wish I had a barrel of rum and sugar three thousand pounds, The cover photo of each section in Editor-in-Chief Roman owns the songs’ copyrights, this newspaper relates to community he cannot be credited with the sto- A college bell to put it in, and a clapper to stir it round. here at Georgia Tech—the techno- Music serves as a large part of the ried lyrics nor the famous melodies. I’d drink to all the good fellows who come from far and near, logical community of the 21st centu- tradition on any college campus, Tech’s student body as a whole has I’m a ramblin, gamblin’ hell of an engineer. Hey! ry. Like any community, we are diverse and Georgia Tech is no exception. been credited with the words. and inclusive, though this was not As an incoming freshman, it’s im- The 1908 Blue Print first con- always the case. The two women fea- portant to know the words to Tech’s tained the words to “Ramblin’ tured on the front of this section, Eliz- fight songs not only so that you can Wreck.” Since its turn-of-the cen- Up With the White & Gold abeth Herndon and Diane Michel, cheer the Yellow Jackets to victory tury beginning, the song, set to the Oh, well, it’s... were the first two female students to during football games, but also for tune of “The Sons of the Gam- Up with the White and Gold, down with the red and black, enter the Georgia Institute of Tech- Tech alumni events for the rest of boliers,” has gained much notori- nology. They started their first semes- your life. ety over the years. Georgia Tech is out for a victory. ter here at the Institute exactly fifty During football games, each time Georgia Tech’s beloved fight song years ago, in the fall of 1952. As Tech the Yellow Jackets score a touch- gained unprecedented internation- We’ll drop our battle axe on Georgia’s head marks this anniversary, the Tech- down, the band immediately strikes al exposure during Richard Nix- When we meet her our team is sure to beat her. nique hopes we will recognize the up either “Up With the White and on’s 1958 Vice-Presidential visit to value of diversity in our community. Gold” or “Ramblin’ Wreck.” In fact, Moscow, Russia. The photo was taken by Atlanta often the former leads into the lat- In an attempt to break the Cold Down on the farm there will be no sound Journal-Constitution photographer ter. The band plays these songs at War ice, Nixon and Soviet premier ’Till our Bow-wows rip through the air. John Doe and the Technique was other emotional points throughout Nikita Krushchev sang the only song granted permission republish it as a the football games, and it does the that the two leaders both knew: courtesy of the AJC Photography Ar- same at basketball games and other “Ramblin’ Wreck.” A Secret Ser- When the battle is over, Georgia’s team will be found chives. Jody Thompson and the Geor- athletic events. vice agent captured the historical With the Yellow Jackets swarming ’round. gia Tech Archives provided the image. Both of these songs were copy- event on film. FRESHMAN SURVIVAL GUIDE Friday, August 23, 2002 • Technique • 3 Tech students change majors frequently Incoming freshmen may want to wait before engraving their class rings. Change occurs often. By Jay Owen those three years. tend to stay as engineers. The liber- Contributing Writer Also included in Gardner’s sta- al arts and social science majors tend tistics was an analysis of those 2,254 to switch away from those programs It has been said around campus major changes. They were performed more frequently, most often into that the average Tech student changes by only 1,907 students, the extra management. These stats are a part majors 2.5 times. While this esti- 300 changes are students who switch of the final puzzle piece in changing mate seems reasonable to most Tech their majors twice. The net result of majors. This piece is the frequency students, statistics for each group of it is that students who change their that a certain major is shifted out of entering students compiled by on- majors once have an 18 percent or into. campus researchers show a more chance of changing them again. Lesley Hamm tracks these sta- detailed picture of the issue. The estimate of 2.5 changes per tistics. For the cohorts of 1993 Sandi Bramblett from the Of- student seems too high according through 1995, the most common fice of Institutional Research and to these statistics. However, if one origin of students who changed their Planning tracks major changes. Her looks at others, it is possible to see majors was chemical engineering, office groups students into yearly where this idea might have come with 278 switches. Next was elec- cohorts. According to Bramblett, a from. For an example, of the stu- trical engineering with 211, then cohort consists of “students who dents who were admitted to Geor- mechanical engineering with 187. entered in the respective summer or gia Tech in the Ivan Allen College At first glance this may seem in con- fall terms, but were full time the in the 1994 cohort, only 26 percent flict with the high return rate for cohort year fall term.” Put simply, a graduated with a degree from IAC. the College of Engineering, but re- cohort is the fall’s incoming fresh- However this does not show the member that a switch from civil to man class. Bramblett and her staff complete picture. Only 61 percent chemical engineering would not be use these divisions of data to ana- of the students originally admitted reflected in that 59 percent because lyze major changes. into the Ivan Allen College actually it is still engineering. Denise Gardner, another staff graduated from IAC, making 26 The top majors switched to are, member of the Office of Institu- percent a much higher percentage by far, industrial engineering with tional Research and Planning, com- of the class. On the high end of the 458 over the three year span, and piled a set of statistics about the scale is the College of Engineering, management with 436. The next cohorts for 1993, 1994and 1995. where 59 percent of students who most frequent is computers science, Of a total of 6,106 students admit- enter in Engineering graduate with with 165. ted in these 3 cohorts, there were some type of engineering degree, What all these numbers go to 2,254 major changes, rounding to this out of 71 percent that graduate show is that switching majors is, for By Robert Hill / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS approximately 37 percent of each in six years. many students, a part of life here at Changing your major can be as easy as one, two, three. Start by class. There was never more than a These figures seem to show that obtaining a pink form from the Registrar’s Office in Tech Tower. 2 percent deviation from this in students who come in as engineers See Majors, page 6 Getting involved Students maintain Tech’s mechanical mascot By Jody Shaw tute until 1961 when Dean Dull rumble seat are striped old gold Company for maintenance on can be easy, fun Editor-in-Chief saw a 1930 Ford Model A Sports and white. The gear lever is em- the Ramblin’ Wreck came to Coupe outside his apartment blazoned with a Tech “T.” an end. The famous Ramblin’ Wreck By Jody Shaw building on Peachtree Street. The The Wreck has been restored The immediate result has automobile was purchased by Editor-in-Chief Model A, owned by Captain Ted several times through the years, been that the Ramblin’ Reck the Dean of Students, Jim Dull, Johnson, Chief Pilot for Delta although currently the financial, Club, and the Wreck drivers in Entering freshmen will find it easy to in 1961. However, origins of Airlines, had been partially re- labor, and material responsibili- particular, have been required become involved in Georgia Tech’s over the “Ramblin’ Wreck” as a nick- stored as a car for his son. After ties for the care and maintenance to become the mechanics as well 300 student organizations. In fact some name for Tech graduates has a much pleading, and some out- of the car are assumed by the as the chauffeurs and caretak- students may find the myriad of choices so history almost as old as the In- right begging, Dean Dull was Ramblin’ Reck Club. ers to a pampered and some- able to obtain the present Wreck Each year, the club appoints times finicky 71-year-old Ford. overwhelming that they will be unsure where stitute. for $1,000.vEver since, the a member to the honorary po- Regular maintenance of the to begin. While there are as many different The earliest reference of a stories of jumping into student involve- Wreck has acted as an icon for sition of Ramblin’ Wreck driv- Wreck requires much time and Ramblin’ Wreck in Tech folk- the Institute. er for the Wreck's appearances sweat equity, not including any ment as there are students at Tech, the lore comes, of course, from the descriptions seem to fall into a few general The Wreck was not always at football games and other of the emergency maintenance world-famous “Ramblin’ Wreck” the beautiful old gold and white events. The position of Ramb- services that the vehicle can re- categories. fight song. The author and date The first type of student is the one who that it is today. The original col- lin’ Wreck driver has, however, quire from time to time. of the Tech fight song date back or was tan and black. Today, the become more than just an hon- The Ramblin’ Wreck con- already knows exactly what he wants to do as far as the 1890s. and jumps right in and makes an immedi- Ramblin’ Wreck’s body has a orary title. tinues to grace the campus to- The tune was certainly in ex- metallic old gold finish and white During the last several years, day because of the commitment ate impact. This student comes to the first istence by 1908, when it was Technique meeting and a week later pro- fenders. The upholstery in the the Reck Club’s longstanding printed in the first Blueprint year- driver’s compartment and the relationship with Ford Motor See Wreck, page 6 duces his or her first story at a level suitable book. The title of “Ramblin’ for publication. The danger with this strat- Wreck” was first applied to mo- egy is that he is also likely to join two torized vehicles in the early years orthree other organizations in an equally of this century in South Ameri- short amount of time and find himself quickly ca. Tech engineers employed in stressed and buried under a mountain of projects in the jungle found them- school work. If properly balanced, howev- selves without a form of auto- er, this technique can allow both the stu- motive transportation. dent and the organizations to reap the most The engineers, taking spare mutual benefits. tractor and automotive parts, con- The second type of student may know structed machines that only sur- that he wants to get involved, but he may vived because of the ingenuity not have a particular passion or or idea that and creative engineering of the he wants to pursue right away. This type of men who made them. Because student will probably be more drawn to these vehicles were as remark- organizations that are socially oriented, such able as they were haphazard and as Greek organizations, or organizations eccentric, the other workers be- targeted specifically to freshmen, such as gan to refer to them as the Ram- Freshman Council, Freshman Activities blin’ Wrecks of Georgia Tech. Board, and others. The freshman groups in Most notable of the early particular can allow a first-year student to Ramblin’ Wrecks was a 1914 acquire a broad view of campus and assess Ford owned by Floyd Field, Dean where his skills can make the biggest im- of Men at Tech in the 1920s. pact and provide the most benefit to the More often than not, these ve- Tech community. hicles were the personal proper- The third type of student will probably ty of students, alumni or faculty members. By Daniel Uhlig / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS See Involve, page 6 None of the Wrecks ever act- Students maintain the Ramblin’ Wreck, one of Georgia Tech’s official symbols, in an on-campus ed as the sole icon of the Insti- garage. Though it is a beautiful old car, freshmen should avoid touching it until after the UGA game. FRESHMAN SURVIVAL GUIDE Friday, August 23, 2002 • Technique • 5 You certainly won’t find these in Webster’s… The essential Tech terms dictionary, from your favorite newspaper A Coca-Cola ing across from the library. The first letter of the alphabet. It Obey the word of the man. Use this allegedly appears on grade reports. building to locate the Student Cen- Drop Day We’ll believe it when we see it. ter, which houses the only Pizza The Friday in the middle of the Hut in the country that serves Coca- semester that marks the last day to Acronyms Cola, anywhere on campus. drop a class. Less than ten percent Used for everything on campus. of your grade will have been earned Examples include buildings (IBB, Coed by this date, making it a guessing MRDC), majors (INTA, ME) and A female college student first ad- game as to whether to keep the organizations (ASCE, SGA). mitted to Tech 50 years ago. Al- class. There are always lots of par- though more sightings are reported ties going on that night. Brittain Beach each year, females still make up less The patch of grass in the east cam- than 30 percent of the student body. Drownproofing pus quad where freshmen tradition- A P.E. class previously required of ally throw frisbees and sun bathe in College of Computing Building all Tech graduates. The goal of the summer and spring. The Tool Shed. Think really hard class was to allow you to survive about your favorite CS major and indefinitely in water through a vari- Photo courtesy Georgia Tech Archives Bursar’s Office you’ll understand. Alternative defi- ety of techniques. These students tie each other up in preparation for the infamous The place where you take your mon- nitions: EE Annex, Chem Annex. drownproofing course during the 1960s (see definition at left). ey, or your parents’ money, or the E-mag government’s money... Complaining PHYS 2122 (under the quarter sys- Frosted Orange. See The “V”, later says. Something all Tech students are tem), considered one of the most in this section. Buzz Card expected to do well. Good exam- difficult and/or confusing classes at Howey Student ID. Don’t leave home with- ples can be found on newsgroups Tech. The saying used to go, “E- Gates The Physics building on the corner out it. and in Technique letters to the edi- Mag, Re-Mag, Three-Mag, Man- The best thing to happen in park- of Ferst and Atlanta where many tor. agement.” ing, ever. Please do not break them. freshman classes are held. Caffeine Sleep in a bottle, cup or other non- Crosswalks Faculty Honors Good Word, The IC Auditorium bed form. See sleep. Pedestrian danger zones. A 4.0? Keep dreaming. “To hell with Georgia!” a.k.a. Tennenbaum Auditorium, lo- cated in Instructional Center next Capital Campaign Dead Week Flag Building Hill, The to Management & ISyE. President Clough’s fundraising drive This is the week before finals dur- a.k.a. Student Services Building. The area between the Administra- that concluded in spring of 2001. It ing which you are not supposed to Houses the Dean of Students, SGA, tion Building and the Library. Also Junior’s raised $712 million for the Insti- have any assignments due. Technique and other organizations. used as a general term for members Campus diner where Tommy serves tute, including funds for much of of the administration. See Tech up some of the world’s greatest chick- the current campus construction. Dean’s List Flush Letters Tower. en fingers. Only takes a 3.0…sounds easy, Letters of rejection from prospec- Chem annex doesn’t it? Just wait. tive employers. Three or four will Honor Code Late Fees One-fourth of the College of Com- sometimes get you a free meal. Says you’re supposed to squeal on Fees that apply in addition to regu- puting’s building. D.M. Smith cheaters. And profs are supposed to History and Social Sciences build- F.O. provide word. Yep, that’s what is See Dictionary, page 8 6 • Friday, August 23, 2002 • Technique FRESHMAN SURVIVAL GUIDE

George P. Burdell legend over 80 years old Involve from page 3 Majors from page 3 By Jody Shaw choose to avoid involvement ini- Tech. Almost four out of every ten Editor-in-Chief tially—a perfectly valid choice for a students who enter the Institute will first-semester freshman. This stu- switch at some point in their aca- A number of Tech students from dent will probably choice to con- demic career. The process is very the 1920s claim to be the father of centrate on his academic studies. simple, involving the completion George P. Burdell, born sometime He may also pursue employment of one form. Your current advisor in the 1920s. The best candidate either on- or off-campus. He may approves the form, and then the for paternity, however, is William choose to spend time growing his advisor for your new major approves. Edgar “Ed” Smith. social relationships, either among Smith, as he related in a 1977 his new friends or his old. Whatever For more information about switch- Atlanta Constitution article, was in- the motivation, the “wait and see” ing majors, contact the registrars of- advertently issued two applications approach is often the best route for fice in the Tech Tower, where they for admission in 1927. Rather than incoming freshmen seeking to ad- are happy to help you out. discard or return the extra form, just to the college lifestyle. Smith took the opportunity to play Choosing how to become in- a little prank. He filled in his own volved in campus life here at Geor- File Photo / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Wreck from page 3 application and began to fill in the Buzz gets his Blueprint portrait made as the legendary George P. Burdell, gia Tech will be one of the most other with the name of George P. a nonexistent student who managed to attend Tech for years. immediate decisions you will face and generosity of Tech students. Burdell. as an incoming freshmen. The best This generosity allows the whole Burdell continued his education, his classes throughout his own Tech lighted Tech community. “George” advice I’ve heard is that it is impor- Georgia Tech family to continue to often with class work submitted by career, and in 1930, George’s edu- so valued his Tech education that tant not to be afraid to make mis- enjoy one of the most beautiful, Smith and other co-conspirators. cation climaxed with his being con- other students adopted George P. takes or try new things. Though I lasting, and distinctive icons of the Smith would submit duplicates of ferred with a Bachelor of Science. Burdell and he received his master’s am clearly biased on this issue, I can Institute and our shared history. his assignments to professors, alter- Not long after George’s “gradu- degree as well. say that the best relationships I have ing the handwriting and material ation,” the tale of Ed’s mischief was But George’s loyalties extended developed at Tech have been with More information about the Wreck sufficiently to fool the graders. Smith revealed to a red-faced Tech ad- the people with whom I live, work, and the Reck Club can be found on- was able to enroll George into all of ministration and an otherwise de- See Burdell, page 9 and play. line at cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/reck. FRESHMAN SURVIVAL GUIDE Friday, August 23, 2002 • Technique • 7 Who are these people? Some names and faces on campus

Dr. G. Wayne Clough Dr. Jean-Lou Chameau Dr. Bob McMath Jo McIver Dr. Lee Wilcox President Provost Vice Provost for Registrar Vice President of Academic Affairs Student Affairs

Gail DiSabatino Karen Boyd Stephanie Ray Danielle McDonald Buck Cooke Dean of Students Senior Associate Dean Associate Dean, Student Organizations Greek Affairs Advisor of Students Director of Diversity Advisor Issues and Programs

Rosalind Meyers Mike Black Dan Morrison Rich Steele Sally Hammock Associate Vice President Director of Housing Asst. Director of Hous- Director, Student Cen- Associate Director, Stu- for Auxiliary Services ing for Residence Life ter dent Center

Yvette Upton Cindy Smith Dave Braine Chan Gailey Paul Hewitt Women’s Resource Director, Student Director of Athletics Head Football Coach Head Basketball Coach Center Coordinator Health Center

Billiee Pendleton-Parker Tommy Klemis S. Gordon Moore Jr. James Pete Daniel Crook Assistant Director, Junior’s Grill Director, OMED Director, BuzzCard Chief Justice, Under- CETL Center graduate Judiciary Cab- inet ? Tiffany Massey Nate Watson Jody Shaw Buzz George P. Burdell Undergraduate Stu- Undergraduate SGA Editor-in-Chief, School Mascot Most famous Tech Stu- dent Body President Vice-President Technique dent. Ever. 8 • Friday, August 23, 2002 • Technique FRESHMAN SURVIVAL GUIDE

Olympics Any Freshman. Recruit At Tech, or Tech Dictionary from page 5 Hosted by Atlanta during summer Recently Acquired Tech Students. Shaft (2) of 1996. Tech served as the Olym- It originates from Tech’s strong mil- The large metal campanile foun- lar semester fees if your payment is enough to paint the basketball court. pic Village. itary roots. tain outside the student center. late. Better take out another loan to pay these off. Midnight Madness OSCAR Road Trip [sic] Starting the Sunday before finals Online Student Computer Assist- Something every college student A phrase, used often in journalism, Lines, The and continuing every night during ed Registration; it’s how you get should do. All you need is some meaning “intentionally so written.” The atrocity of parking registration finals week, students gather at mid- classes, view your grades, pay your clean underwear, a toothbrush, and According to Webster’s Dictionary, 1998. We’re surprised a riot didn’t night in the public areas around the bills and, eventually, check your grad- oh yeah, a car with gas. it is used after a word or passage to break out. No longer occur thanks dormitories or simply lean out their uation status. indicate that it is intended exactly to online parking registration. windows on East Campus for the SAC as printed or to indicate that it ex- age-old tradition. Promptly at mid- Orange Student Athletic Complex. A place actly reproduces an original—espe- M.I.T. night, students scream and yell to Thanks to construction, it has be- to exercise and forget about differ- cially when the passage appears to Georgia Tech, North Campus relieve the stress of their strenuous come an unofficial Tech color. ential equations for a while. contain a mistake. Example: Uni- finals preparations. versity [sic] of Georgia. Ma Tech Parking Permit Semester conversion The cherished name used by stu- North Avenue Trade School Once just a hunting license before A big hassle that occurred before Sixth-Year Senior dents and alumni as the personifi- Nickname for Tech former Parking Director Rod Weis, the 1999 school year. Resulted in Every fraternity has one; Someone cation of Georgia Tech. but most freshmen still can leave lots of graduation appeals last year. who has already been here longer Office of Information this word out of their vocabularies. than the recommended schedule, MARTA Technology (OIT) Sex but is still striving to get out. This Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Au- The campus computer office; has Quarter Oh, wait… person has funny stories. thority—since freshmen don’t have the nicest labs on campus. A relic of the past. Alumni, faculty, cars, this is your way around Atlan- staff, and really old students will Shaft (1) Sleep ta, unless you can sucker an upper- O’Keefe probably remember. Tech used to Any examination or class (not nec- We at the Technique are glad to be classman into driving. This is where the volleyball team be on the quarter system until it was essarily longer than it is wide) which able to define this for you. Although plays. It is next to the Coliseum. See forced to switch to semesters. inflicts mental anguish due to be- we haven’t experienced it first hand McDonald’s athletic coeds. ing unnecessarily difficult and/or (and neither will you), we hear it The fine company that was nice RAT impossible to pass. has something to do with shutting the eyes and entering a catatonic state for several hours on a nightly basis. See caffeine.

Sliver A comment, quip, inside joke or one-liner that runs in the Technique’s Sliver Box. Contribute one at www.nique.net/sliver.

Square Root Club The elite club that only admits mem- bers who meet this stringent crite- ria: The square root of your GPA is greater than your GPA. Get it? Heh heh.

Staff The professor at Tech who teaches most of the lower-level classes, but never receives any credit. Why isn’t he in the course evaluation?

Stinger, Stingerette Campus vans and buses. They aren’t on a strict schedule so budget extra time if you want to make it to class. An hour should be enough.

Stop signs Disregarded by most drivers. If you see somebody entering a crosswalk, you’re not supposed to stop, but speed up instead.

Technique “The South’s Liveliest College News- paper.” Serves as an excellent dis- traction during Friday afternoon lecture.

Thrillerdome The basketball arena. See Mc- Donald’s.

“V,” The Varsity drive-in located on North Avenue. At least get a fried pie and an F.O. Also known as “The Greasy V.”

Whistle, The The steam whistle that blows to signal class changes at five minutes before each hour. It also blows when- ever Tech wins a home football game, and at each spring’s “When the Whistle Blows” remembrance cer- emony.

Whistle, The The Georgia Tech faculty and staff newspaper published by Institute Communications and Public Affairs.

Word Old tests and notes to help you study for tests. FRESHMAN SURVIVAL GUIDE Friday, August 23, 2002 • Technique • 9

Burdell from page 6 Public transportation provides alternatives beyond Tech. During WWII, George P. Burdell served his coun- Commentary A Commuter’s Perspective try in uniform. He first served at By Josh Cuneo cell phone around to make contact Harvard University, where he was Contributing Writer easier. enrolled both as a student and a Despite these challenges, I’ve nev- member of a Navy officers’ train- I think that commuting is one of er wavered from my decision to com- ing school. Later during World War the most significant decisions any mute for a variety of reasons: II, George changed his branch of student at Tech can make. As a First, residence is the most ex- service and enlisted into the Eighth commuter, I’ve discovered both con- pensive investment that a student Air Force. Here he led a more visi- siderable benefits and disadvantag- will ever make on campus. While I ble career with a longer paper trail. es which make my daily lifestyle quite was able to cover all of my academic His name first showed up in air- different from my on-campus peers. expenses and miscellaneous fees (in- craft in North Africa and later in First, I spend a fair amount of cluding transportation) with schol- Europe; a flight officer, who hap- time commuting from my house to arships, I didn’t have enough pened to also be a Tech alumnus, the campus. My best record is one additional funds to support cam- was reviewing the flight roster for a hour fifteen minutes, barring traffic pus residence without delving into formation of B-17s and spotted the and delayed MARTA trains and either my own or my parents’ sav- name of George P. Burdell. The walking to campus from North Av- ings. Living at home has saved my officer went through the records of enue station instead of riding the family thousands of dollars within his crews, and discovered that only Stinger from Midtown. My worst the past year alone, and I’ve had the one other flier was a Tech alum- record is two hours, and, mind you, financial resources to engage in more nus. The prankster was caught, kill- that’s only one direction. entertaining activities. As a bonus, ing George’s flying career. Of course, if I used a car and since I’ve always had plenty of money Through the fifties and sixties, avoided morning and evening rush in my account, I’ve thankfully avoid- George returned to Tech to con- hours, I could cut that time in half, ed being stereotyped as another tribute frequent letters to the At- but I’m an environmentalist nut and “poor, broke college student.” lanta papers as well as the Technique a cheapskate, so I take MARTA be- Second, I didn’t have to make and the satirical magazine Yellow cause it’s better for the atmosphere— the psychological readjustment to Jacket. By this time the administra- no air pollution, and driving only as moving away from home. I needed tion assumed George had finally far as the Indian Creek station—my to adapt to college one step at a graduated. Never one to fit peo- departure point—requires fewer trips time, and I knew that the academic ple’s expectations, George returned to the gas station every month. readjustments would be taxing Image Courtesy Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority to the Tech class rolls with the ad- Second, commuting inhibits the enough without burdening my life MARTA can prove to be a valuable asset for on-campus students in vent of the first automated regis- activity in my social life. The Fresh- with domestic complications. I’m addition to commuters. For more information on things to do that are tration system. men Experience provides a commu- thankful I did, since I was able to accessible via public transportation, read the entertainment section. In the spring quarter of 1969, nity bonding experience since most maintain high grades both semes- the first quarter that Tech's regis- of the residents are away from home ters. Furthermore, I have a study when the rest of the family is out. I and sort through the day’s events tration was fully automated, George for the first time and are unsure about area in my basement larger than have a DSL connection that’s never from a distance. If I were living on was registered for every class that the present scenario. Thus, they can most of the freshmen dorms. When slowed because of overuse; 24-hour, campus, I’d still be immersed in an was offered on campus. In the spring form quick friendships and a vast I do move away, I’ll be well accus- free access to every form of multi- academic environment at the end quarters of 1975 and 1986, although social network because they all share tomed to Tech’s academic struc- media entertainment common in of the day, so I’d never have the the system had been revamped in the same difficulties. Such friend- ture, so I’ll be able to devote more today’s society; and a peaceful si- luxury of “getting away from it all.” order to eliminate the prank from ships may last for the rest of their time and energy to psychological lence that’s only prevalent in the So I think there’s a balanced scale being repeated, he enrolled again college experience. I, on the other concerns. campus library. I’m not ready to on the subject of commuting. It’s for similarly ambitious schedules. hand, find it greatly challenging to Third, the facilities and services trade in my comfortable bed and up to you, the prospective com- As students and alumni devise form and preserve friendships. To at home are more private, higher carpet for a stiffer mattress and a muter, to consider which aspects of new, creative ways to keep George give a statistical example, my AOL quality, and far cheaper than their thinner rug. college are most important. For P. Burdell alive in the future, a Instant Messenger boasts a buddy campus counterparts. I get a home- Fourth, I think it’s psychologi- me, in the end, it all boiled down to cherished part of Tech history and list of a mere 25 people—including cooked meal every evening, my par- cally comforting to escape from the the simple fact that academics were— culture will continue to survive. myself—only half of whom attend ents are kind enough to do my stressful academic environment on and still are—my first and foremost George P. Burdell will continue to Georgia Tech, whereas on-campus laundry, I have three clean bath- a routine basis. I love the scholastic priority, and I was prepared to make grant anyone in the Tech commu- residents often sport lists that num- rooms which I only have to share and intellectual challenges that Tech whatever sacrifices were necessary nity that discovers him a good laugh ber into the hundreds, and when with three other people, and I often provides, but by the evening, when to avoid any sort of scholastic catas- and a story to tell. they’re not logged on, they tote a have free reign of the whole house I’ve had enough, I can return home trophe. But then, that’s just me. FRESHMAN SURVIVAL GUIDE Friday, August 23, 2002 • Technique • 11 The Technique proudly presents...

1. Go to the beach. Any one will do. 2. Ride the elevator to the top of the Westin Peachtree Plaza Ho- tel. It rotates. 3. Eat at Junior’s (and wonder things why Tommy isn’t in charge of all campus dining). 4. Buy a class ring (the year can be changed). 5. Drop a class. 6. Go to the top of the Mason Civil Engineering Building and to do watch the sun set or rise. 7. Obtain a RAT cap and wear it. 8. Swim in the fountain (either the Library or the Shaft—both count). 9. Stand in line. 10. Visit the Career Services office before you (before your senior year). 11. Pull an all-nighter (as if you have a choice!). 12. Blow off homework for a date. 13. Blow off homework for an all- weekend Trading Spaces mara- graduate thon. 14. Trip over one of the many chains guarding campus greenery. Then get up and yell at it. 15. Read at least one Technique from cover to cover. 16. Wander aimlessly around cam- library. 49. Successfully appeal a parking Tech Tower (A.: Absolutely 84. Visit your friend in the Archi- pus after being shafted by your9933. Light sparklers in your on-cam- ticket. Nothing). torture building. Take a care latest exam. pus apartment to celebrate New 50. Shack. 68. Go to Savannah for St. Patrick’s package of Vivarin and Surge. 17. Warn tour groups away from Year’s. 51. Order a fishbowl from Lulu’s Day. 85. Get your picture made with Tech by screaming about “The 34. Run in the Freshman Cake (of course, in your junior or 69. 69 the Rambin’ Wreck. Horror! The Horror!” Race. Senator Sam Nunn did, senior year, when you’re 21). 70. Ask a professor to join you for 86. Eat too many “Naked Dogs” 18. Complain about auxiliary ser- and look what it did for his 52. Join SGA. lunch. from the “V.” vices. Take your pick from career! 53. Quit SGA. 71. Ask a professor to join you for 87. Express every opinion you’ve parking, housing, etc. 35. Sneak a large metal beer-dis- 54. Wish you were home (not too happy hour. ever had (relevancy not re- 19. Meet the waitress at Waffle tributing object into your dorm. much in your freshman year, it 72. Take the yellow envelopes from quired) on every newsgroup. House at 4:30 a.m. Pass out after it’s empty. looks bad!) your old parking tickets, put a 88. Discover that your roommate 20. Count her teeth and play the 36. Figure out why differential 55. Streak during Midnight Mad- slip of paper in there that says, is not nearly as obnoxious now Waffle House song. equations are important things ness. (Watch out for GT Po- “Gotcha!” Put them on all the that he / she has Word. 21. Fall asleep on your computer to know. lice!) parking enforcement mini- 89. Think about transferring to keyboarddddddddddddddddd. 37. Vote in a national election in 56. Go to every Tech home game trucks. UGA or Emory. 22. Go to a fraternity rush party the Georgia Tech precinct. during one football season. 73. Have a conversation with the 90. Wake up. It was only a bad and claim to be from Enu, Alas- 38. Put on weight. 57. Road trip to at least one away Dean Griffin statue until some- dream. See #89. ka. 39. Work out at SAC (See #38). game. While there, try to have one notices. Then stare back 91. Relax in the green space on 23. Work for the Technique. 40. Be in the Blueprint (somewhere, the public address announcer like he or she is the weird one. campus. One at a time, please. 24. Climb one of the magnolia trees anywhere). page George P. Burdell. 74. Learn the words to “Up with 92. Tour CNN Studios and visit near the campanile. 41. Eat ice cream every night for 58. Take the Stinger to SAC. the White and Gold.” Centennial Olympic Park (they 25. During senior year, show up one week at a different locale 59. Decide not to go to SAC when 75. Break up with, then make up are both within walking dis- for your last lab, final or class (Jake’s, J. Ripples, Scarlett’s, the Stinger fails to promptly with your boyfriend or girl- tance). completely sauced. Just don’t etc.) arrive. friend. 93. Allow your computer to serve blame the consequences on us. 42. Imagine that your roommate 60. Drink “Hunch Punch.” 76. Sleep on your, or your hall- as a virus distribution center. 26. Dance. Dance often. Dance is getting paid to ruin your life. 61. Take aspirin and reconsider #60. mate’s, floor by accident. Then let a ResNet worker come wildly. Ignore the laughter. 43. Imagine that your profs are get- 62. Find someone who remembers 77. Learn the stories of Sideways and clean your entire hard drive. 27. Send President Clough an ting paid to ruin your life (they Techwood Dorm (at least it the dog. 94. Go “Hot Browning” at the email. Extra points if he replies are). wasn’t sinking). 78. Go cow-tipping. See # 65 Dwarf House. in the same day (he’s usually 44. Give Roz Meyers, or another 63. Have a long conversation on a 79. Watch a student walk into a 95. Get a degree. pretty fast). administrator of your choice, a bench on Skiles Walkway. tree, back-up, say “excuse me,” 96. Get lost while driving in At- 28. Call your parents and beg for big hug. 64. Ask someone the date, then without ever looking up. lanta and curse the myriad of money. 45. Go to Lenox Square and wear realize you’re three days behind. 80. Go more than 72 hours with- roads with “Peachtree” in their 29. Call Financial Aid and beg for out your credit cards. 65. Go to Athens. This is a No out showering. names. money. 46. Eat raman noodles five times Brain Zone. Plan to stay the 81. Take a final. Then go and 97. Make friends, or visit old ones, 30. Go to church and pray for mon- in one week. night. change your major. from Georgia State or Emory. ey. 47. Wait ten minutes for the Stinger 66. Sit on the library fountain, dan- 82. Grow facial hair. (Guys only, 98. Play trivia at Rocky Mountain 31. Help build a wreck for Home- when it would only take five to gle your feet in the water, and please.) Pizza. Or anywhere, for that coming. Personal vehicles do walk to class. wave at all your friends as they 83. Discover why the lights are al- matter. not count. 48. Get some condoms. Use when walk by. ways on in the Archi-torture 99. Concoct, but don’t enact, a plan 32. Pick up a guy or girl in the appropriate (guys and gals). 67. Figure out what’s at the top of building. to steal a ‘T’ off Tech Tower. 12 • Friday, August 23, 2002 • Technique FRESHMAN SURVIVAL GUIDE