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Glee Club goes to Hawaii Construction projects saw By Melissa Cataldo visioned something he could take kind of exploded,” Ake said. Senior Staff Writer in a different direction...rather than “[The Glee Club] represented completion over break classical music, we do Green Day, extremely well,” said During the first week of the the Beatles, Cream…just a wide Jerry Ulrich, Director of Choral semester, 21 members of the Glee variety of music,” said Colin Ake, Activities and Glee Club director. Club were in Honolulu perform- “This is another star in the crown By John Maddux Contributing Writer ing as Ensemble-in-Residence for of Tech’s oldest student organization the Fourth Annual Hawaii Inter- “Rather than and a wonderful way to inaugurate national Conference of Arts and classical music, [the our centennial celebration. The Glee The construction that has enveloped our Humanities. Club’s successful appearance at this campus continued over the break and some Impromptu performances on Glee Club does] arts and humanities conference projects actually saw light at the beginning the trip included steel drum vocal Green Day, the is further evidence that Georgia of this semester. A few important ones: percussions, popular music and Tech excels in many...arenas,” even a coconut bra and grass skirt. Beatles, Cream...just Ulrich said. Student Center They were invited to perform for a wide variety of Over the past year, Glee Club The ongoing renovation of the Student more than 1500 people representing has been making itself more visible Center had recently seen the finishing of 700 academic institutions from 40 music.” on and off campus. the first floor including the area under the nations. They are available to President stairs that houses Pizza Hut. Founded in 1906, Glee Club Clough for special events and they The new, more modern look seems to Colin Ake be appreciated by the student body. The is Tech’s oldest student organiza- Glee Club President perform at of Architecture tion, and it has had a colorful past, (COA) events, since the Music De- major student complaint at the time was including an appearance on the Ed partment is part of the COA. the temporary unavailability of the ATM Sullivan show. Glee Club President and second-year They have even performed at machines. “In the 80s and early 90s, it Management major. Hartsfield International Airport as Other minor changes like the movement kind of died off. Dr. Jerry Ulrich “When Dr. Ulrich came we had of the courtesy phone have gone unnoticed by the student population. “I didn’t even came three years ago, and he…en- 13 people, now we have 55 or 60. It’s See Glee, page 12 know there was a courtesy phone,” said David Berta, a third-year Polymer and Fiber Engineering major. “I don’t see why we need one, that’s what our cell phones are for.” Larger additions like the 61-inch flat panel TV which is now mounted on the wall next to Pizza Hut were much more easily noticed as many students were crowded around watching it. The completion of the first floor ties to- gether with the modern look of the commons area next to it and with the plans to renovate all three floors of the student center.

Jazzman’s Cafe Jazzman’s Cafe, located on the first floor of the library’s east wing, welcomed students for the first time at the beginning of the semester. The new dining option, open from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. daily, serves up Seattle’s Best Coffee, pastries, smoothies and sand- wiches to its patrons. Students welcomed the addition of a food

By James Holder / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS outlet in the library. “Well, it’s not Star- Cody Schafer, an ECE research technician, performs a traditional hula dance to accompany the singing of bucks,” said Jenifer Vandagriff, a first-year the Men’s Glee Club who attended the Hawaii International Conference for the Arts and Humanities. Science, Technology and Culture major. “It’s nice to have in the library, but it has room for improvement. The coffee is pretty

Campus MovieFest take “Five” See Jazzman, page 13 By Haining Yu Of course the size of the crew needed character named “Good” who...went Opinions Editor depends heavily on the type of film around. “Each year the theme gets being made. dumber and dumber,” Rykaczewski In anticipation of the fifth an- In the CMF, each team of stu- said. The theme for CMF’s fifth an- niversary of Campus MovieFest dents is given a handheld camcorder, niversary is “Five.” (CMF), the ’Nique sat down with a laptop and free rein to mold their New to this year’s festival, CMF two movie-mak- now offers ing teams to get a three prize glimpse of Tech “Each year the theme [for c ate gor ie s students at their the Campus MovieFest] gets that students creative best. can compete The first team we dumber and dumber.” in: documen- interviewed, Spin- tary, drama naker Productions, Konrad Rykaczewski and comedy. is a relatively veteran ME graduate student To take team now in their advantage of fourth year of movie the new prize making. categories, While officially the teams are re- creative juices into a five-minute Spinnaker Productions is produc- quired to have seven team members, movie about anything. ing a documentary on the use, or this team is really made up of four There is a theme each year for lack therefore of public transporta- By Marcel Williams, Eric Chang and Amanda Thomas / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS core members: Ed Phelps, Konrad the movies, but while some movies tion in titled “Just Say No The best place to buy high-priced coffee and food, Rykaczewski, Matt Widlansky and are closely tied to the theme, for to Public Transit.” The idea for the listen to jazz music and sit in a building full of books, Jason Ho. most, the connection to the theme documentary came from a picture Jazzmans’s Cafe, opened during the first week of the According to Rykaczewski, it’s is often a stretch. Last year’s theme of Five Points Rykaczewski saw in semester in the library. better to have a small team because was “Good goes around.” One of the work can be done more effectively. movies submitted featured a main See iMovie, page 15 12 • Friday, January 20, 2006 • Technique FOCUS

from page 11 front. AirTran donated tickets to the what we really wanted to do was take in off the street. They’d just walk outdoor bar and pool as well. Glee west coast…a lot of the other money it in a different direction because I up and listen….tons of people with Moon said these impromptu part of their sponsorship agreement came from private donations,” said think a lot of kids our age become cameras,” Ake said. outdoor pool performances were his with AirTran. Evan Moon, a fourth-year Manage- disenchanted with choral music.... Chris File, Development Officer favorite because, “We represented “We coordinated three events ment major. We want to bring people back into Georgia Tech to these people [at at the airport, and a local news singing for fun,” Ake said. the hotel]…and that was what was channel came to film us,” Ake said The club’s performances at the “...what we really so fun.” after performing in front of 5000 “What separates us conference seem to have been a “What separates us from other to 7000 AirTran employees at a huge success. wanted to do was groups is that we’re based on spon- company Christmas party in an from other groups is “The organizers said it was the take it in a different taneity. We’re based on ‘Let’s try aircraft hangar. that we’re based on most successful conference yet, a this,’” he said. “[People at the airport] loved us. lot due to having an engaging group direction because The Glee Club was proud to It’s really a stress reliever...You’re spontaneity. We’re there….It was a catalyst to other I think a lot of kids represent Tech. Moon said, “We had traveling for the holidays, stressed based on ‘Let’s try people,” Ake said. enough time to go out and check out out…and we had a banjo…we had Other performing groups at the our age become what was around, but the main focus all kinds of fun stuff we were do- this.’” conference were inspired to think disenchanted with was to go out and represent Tech. ing,” he said. about ways they could wander Any time we sang, we told them who Glee Club also performed a sold Evan Moon through an audience in small groups choral music...” we were. We handed out a business out show Dec. 5 at the Student Fourth-year MGT major the way the Glee Club did; confer- card and our ending song is always a Center Theater. ence attendees were even talking Colin Ake Georgia Tech medley which includes Because of their partnership with about how to do informal wandering Glee Club President Ramblin’ Wreck.” AirTran and their recent hard work, “We wanted to…show them Shakespeare performances. The Glee Club is presenting its the Glee Club was able to make our unusual style of choral music. The Glee Club gave multiple Centennial Celebration concert on the trip to perform at the Hawaii We just…moved around the room performances in Hawaii that were at the COA organized a special con- Mon., April 3, at Atlanta’s famed International Conference of Arts and sung and talked to people,” outside the conference. “We were cert for Tech Alumni in the area. Spivey Hall. and Humanities. Ake said. waiting for the bus at the hotel lobby, The Glee Club was introduced For more information about the The club worked hard to raise do- “Glee clubs have traditionally and we started singing….The lobby’s to the General Manager of their Glee club visit their website at www. nations for the trip. “We paid $150 up been khaki pants, blue blazer…and got no door so people were coming hotel and had two gigs singing at the cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/chorale/

sliver www.nique.net/sliver Oh yeah, and the probation has nothing to do with them being stupid, it was a technical error from the AA so you said they’re bad in lots of ways....what else other than sex and cheese? yuk. does anybody know why the Mason 2nd floor women’s bathroom smells like moldy cough syrup? cmon colts, 13-0 baby. i mean which would you rather do: have sex 3 times in one night or work on that project that is due friday??? its 27 degrees outside and the f- ing a/c is on in the center street laundry room, what the f--?? what exactly is the purpose of “Silver”? hi mom where are all the hot girls ...... in UGA! Why do men in the student center insist on pissing on the toilet seat? got notpron.com? FEEEEEEEEEEEEEED Merry CHRISTMAS, all you darn dirty liberals The chief export of Chuck Nor- ris is pain Congress can chew bubble gum and legislate at the same time. I am a Zombie during Dead Week. Chuck Norris doesn’t sleep, he waits whoever is scraping the Ts off of everything, you deserve to die... slowly... slowly slowly slowly I hate losing. Why does Tech suck? $4.99 is a ludacris amount of money for an unlimited amount of pizza. I love Nicki and I’m not afraid to say it FREE throws...they’re called that for a reason I don’t understand...almost beat MSU...but then blown out by U[sic]GA magic you’re a dick and i’ve had it with your dickitry - tank We lost to UGA in Basketball? :( $4.99 is a ludacris amount of money for an unlimited amount of pizza. See Page 20 for more Slivers FOCUS Technique • Friday, January 20, 2006 • 13

from page 11 Some students would like to building were more structural than “Because of the asbestos above the building. Jazzman see the hours continue even later, aesthetic. the ceiling, our maintenance men As for more student-oriented good, though,” she said. however. There used to be leaks that re- had to stop going up to maintain improvements that are planned for “This is my first visit...and I’ll “When you’re studying at night quired the fourth floor to have buck- the mix boxes which maintain the the building, Beck said that another be back many times,” said William it’s a good idea to get some caffeine,” ets placed in the halls to collect the temperature,” Beck said. campaign for more money to update Gruendler, a Facilities employee. said Saswat Anand, a graduate stu- water coming through the roof. The ECE had to get trained spe- the building is a possibility for next “The food is fresh [and] deli- dent in Computer Science. “The leaks persisted for quite cialist to go clear out all the asbestos year. “The last capital campaign was cious,” he said. some time but they were repaired six around the mix boxes and then install around the time of the Olympics,” According to Michael Malone, Van Leer months ago and there have been no a plastic shield to prevent any more Beck said. a supervisor at the cafe, Jazzman’s The Van Leer building has been leaks since,” said Harry Beck, Direc- from entering the area. “The money would be used to has seen most of its traffic in the criticized about its lack of aesthetic tor of Operations for the ECE. It was only after this that main- totally renovate the Fish Bowl. The mornings, though he believes night appeal before, but is there any plans Another problem that was a major tenance was able to be done on Ivan Allen workspace company demand may pick up as the semester to update its look? The last round concern for the ECE was the heating the mix boxes, accounting for the is working on a design to totally progresses. of improvements for the Van Leer and cooling system. return to normal temperatures in renovate the study area.”

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The Flying Karamazov Brothers Life: A Guide for the Perplexed Friday, January 27 8 p.m. “a souffle(of) vaudeville and com- media dell’arte, infused with music, salted with politics and served in a spirit of pure weirdness.” –San Diego Union-Tribune

ATLANTA The Flying Karamazov Brothers (comedians, PREMIERE musicians, jugglers, and men about town) have concocted a new Monty Python-esque show described as a romp through the stages of life, guaranteed to thrill and delight.

ATLANTA PREMIERE Julio Bocca & Ballet Argentino Bocca Tango Saturday, February 11 8 p.m. “Tango like you’ve never seen it before.” –Newsday Julio Bocca, star of classical and contempo- rary dance, presents a highly entertaining, passionate evening of traditional and modern tango with live singers and musicians. Note: This performance contains partial nudity.

Aquila Theatre Company Hamlet Sunday, February 12 5 p.m. “Aquila’s productions are beautifully spoken, dramatically revealing and making friday lectures more interesting more lectures friday making crystalline in effect.” –The New Yorker The incomparably creative Aquila Theatre Company performs Shakespeare’s Hamlet, a compelling tale of familial discord, ambition, and revenge that has enthralled audiences for 400 years. technique technique Student Tickets $10 Sponsored by Valid BuzzCard required for I.D.

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the added chance of being featured Sarah Kuhns, a freshman math- from page 11 on the History Channel. ematics major, formed a group with iMovie The movie-making process is one six of her friends. the book Atlanta Then and Now that full of unexpected suprises, both “I knew that it would be a lot of showed a bustling street scene filled good and bad. fun to make a movie with my friends. with pedestrians and cables cars. Last year Rykaczewski’s team’s I think that Campus Movie Fest is a “[The problem of public trans- laptop crashed three hours before great idea because there are a lot of portation] has bothered me since the turn-in deadline, and this year students with interesting ideas that coming to Tech,” he said. The film equipment problems delayed the wouldn’t have the means to make a focuses on Atlantans’ reliance on team for two days. movie otherwise,” Kuhns said. personal cars and their attitudes For future teams looking to As a first-year CMF partici- towards the public transportation make a movie, Rykaczewski has the pant, Kuhns said that experience system in place now. following advice: get started early. is definitely not a requirement to “It’s a really cool thing this year,” His lesson learned from previous participate. Rykaczewski said, referring to the years of movie-making is that you The camera and software is easy prize categories. Movies submitted always have to plan for the “what to use and no prior film editing to the documentary category have if” situations. work is necessary to successfully make a movie. However, a little knowledge of film techniques is always helpful, as Kuhns found out. “I have had prior experience with iMovie as well as making movies. During my senior year in high school, a few of my friends and I made a movie for a school-wide contest.” Film manipulation was done with the use of a Mac laptop and Apple’s iMovie program. The program is fairly popular among amateur digital By Jason Ossey / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS movie makers. Robert Schlein, an Aerospace Engineering major and a participant “I like that iMovie is easily ac- in this year’s Campus MovieFest, is the cameraman for his team. cessible to the public. iMovie is easy to use with no prior experience thing to look is a lengthy process. I filming was the weather; the rain and with editing software. Also, it is not would say that editing this time was wind did not help much. Another nearly as pricey as most other editing more of a hassle because there was problem came up when the computer software,” Kuhns said. something screwy with our computer decided to freeze and corrupt the According to Kuhns, the most and it liked to freeze.” clips,” she said. time-consuming part of the process is As with Spinnaker Productions, “The only thing I might change Photo courtesy of Konrad Rykaczewski editing, which “usually takes awhile Kuhns’ team had unexpected prob- would be the time of year the com- Edward Phelps, a Biomedical Engineering major, films on location for a because rendering the film once you lems during production. petition is held or the length of time scene in his team’s iMovie entry in this year’s Campus MovieFest. finally decide how you want every- “One of the big problems with given to complete the movie.”

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