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Student Activity Fee Policy Committee revises the undergraduate bylaws By James Stephenson Two main issues addressed as a type of arraignment hearing. News Editor by the committee were the Ap- If the Chief Justice feels that the peals Process and the addition appeal has merit, the full UJC Th e Undergraduate House of the Joint Finance Committee will hear the appeal and make of Representatives (UHR) (JFC) policy into the bylaws, recommendations to SGA on committee has fi nished creating making the policy a binding how to move forward regarding proposed amendments to the un- document. the issue. If needed, UHR would dergraduate bylaws. On UHR’s The Appeals process was automatically reconsider a bill ratifi cation of the new bylaws, the revised to allow any member of due to a successful appeal. conference committee looking Student Government (SGA) to “Th is is a new area for us. into the new Student Activity Fee fi le an appeal from any position. Th ere has not been much in- (SAF) Allocation Policy will be Th e appeal will be sent to the Un- teraction between SGA and able to move forward from the dergraduate Judicial Committee UJC before,” said Paul Byrne, gridlock in which it has currently (UJC) and the Chief Justice of been residing. the UJC will look at the appeal See Bylaws, page 6

ammin’ out: Cooper Welch (above, front) and Professor named JoshJ Swisshelm play “Rock Sororities look Pong”, a game designed by IEEE Fellow Swisshelm that combines Pong with Guitar Hero, a into expansion Tech professors Abhijit video game that allows its Chatterjee and Joseph L.A. users to pretend they are on Hughes have been named Fellows stage as a part of a rock band. By Corbin Pon Campus chapters will then by the Institute of Electrical Th e guitar has fi ve buttons Staff Writer have the option to move to and Electronics Engineers on the neck instead of strings consult a National Panhellenic (IEEE), the world’s leading to simplify the playing pro- Th e Collegiate Panhellenic Conference (NPC) delegate to professional association for the cess for the users. Council (CPC) may be growing help advise them on the campus advancement of technology. soon as they recently voted to for- extension. Following this process, Chatterjee, a professor in trutting their stuff : Coo- mally consider bringing another a vote will be held to decide on the School of Electrical and per Welch (left) demos national sorority to Tech’s Greek whether to move forward with Computer Engineering at hisS work to corporate repre- Community. the expansion process. Tech, was recognized for his sentatives during the Com- Th e vote to start expansion If approved, a new commit- contributions to testing analog putational Media Majors exploration was passed Feb. 5. tee will be formed to prepare and mixed signal circuits. Showcase held last Tuesday Th e next step in the process information about Tech and its Hughes, professor and senior in the Student Center Ball- is to create a committee that Greek system for the NPC. Th e associate chair in the School room. Several fi rms were includes one girl from each cur- NPC will then distribute this of Electrical and Computer present to view the students’ rent chapter to look at campus information to the 20 sororities Engineering, was recognized projects. statistics regarding sororities. in the NPC that are not currently for his contributions to By Ben Keyserling / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Th e committee will then present engineering education program their fi ndings to CPC. See Sorority, page 6 development, assessment and accreditation activities. Th e IEEE grade of Fellow Tech wins Library of Excellence award is conferred by the board of directors upon a person with By Corbin Pon award recognizes the staff of a col- an extraordinary record of Staff Writer lege, university, and community accomplishments in any of college library for programs that the IEEE fields of interest. With the opening of the Li- deliver exemplary services and brary East Commons last semes- resources to further the educa- ter, Tech has seen the culmination tional mission of the institution,” Slavery panel of a process that began with the according to the ACRL Award opening of the West Commons press release. discussion Tues. fi ve years ago. T h i s i s With the inte- the fi rst year University of Pennsylvania gration of digi- “I have seen 20 Tech applied, Professor Stephanie McCurry tal technology winning for and members of Tech’s School and a renewed years of change the university of History, Technology and focus on the in the last fi ve library cat- Society faculty will lead a panel studying needs egory. It is the discussion on the Slavery and of students, the years. Never have eighth such Justice Report of the Brown improvements I worked where institution to University Steering Committee. in the library win since the Th e HTS faculty members have not gone something like this ACRL began are Gregory Nobles, Elea- unnoticed by has happened.” p r e s e n t i n g nor Alexander and William the academic the award in Winders. This event is co- communit y Rich Meyer 2000. sponsored by the Tech Honors at large. Th e Director of Libraries “I have seen Program and is open to all. Association of twenty years Th e event will be held Tues- College and of change in day Feb. 20 at 4 p.m. in Press Research Libraries (ACRL) has the last fi ve years. Never have I Room A on the second fl oor awarded the Tech library the worked where something like this of the Student Success Center. 2007 Excellence in Academic has happened. In fact, this award More information can be Libraries Award. has propelled [Tech] to the top, By Ethan Trewhitt / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS found at www.brown.edu/Re- “Sponsored by ACRL and The library has undergone several transformations over the past fi ve years search/Slavery_Justice/docu- Blackwell’s Book Services, the See Library, page 7 which contributed to the ACRL awarding it the Excellence Award for 2007. ments/SlaveryAndJustice.pdf. 2 • Friday, February 16, 2007 • Technique NEWS

Technique Online Voice your opinion! From the files of the GTPD... Last issue’s question received 84 responses. What should the AA do with the Coliseum’s name? Campus Crime They should do more They shouldn’t change research before going any of it. - 27% foward. - 20% that the door was locked when she $300. He stated that he had found Who am I? left at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 6. She returned all of the items missing at 8:15 a.m. to office 120 at 6:40 a.m. the next when he woke up. None of his room- An officer responded to a report of morning to find the copier missing. mates had anything stolen. lost property Jan. 6 at approximately The door which was locked the 5:19 p.m. The victim stated that she night before was still locked when Graduate Student Senate lost her State of Florida Identification she returned. The copier had serial My tummy hurts Card after being on Stamps Field number TVL30052. There were no for approximately two hours. She signs of forced entry. Officers responded to a report of stated that she had noticed that it a sick student Feb. 13. The student had been missing since 3:30 p.m. complained of stomach pains and Dude, where’s my stuff? requested that an ambulance be They should sell the courts It is not known what ID number They should sell it to the was on the card as the student was called. name- 11% An officer received a report of highest bidder. - 39% unable to remember it. A Grady EMS unit arrived and a theft on Feb. 7 at 10:59 a.m. The transported the student to Crawford The vanishing copier victim reported that his Dell Laptop Long Hospital. The Dean of Students By Hillary Lipko / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS (silver in color), his Ipod Nano (white office was notified. On Feb. 7 at 7 a.m. a report of in color), and $15 in cash were stolen How do you feel about sorority expansion? burglary was filed. A color copier from his room between the hours of Tell us at www.nique.net valued at $150 was stolen from the 3 and 8 a.m. The computer is valued This week’s campus crime informa- Housing office. The employee stated at $800 and his Nano is valued at tion written by Vivas Kaul NEWS Technique • Friday, February 16, 2007 • 3

Undergraduate House of Representatives Council House funds organizations By Emily Chambers Contributing Writer Clippings The Undergraduate House of Representatives (UHR) met achach week,week, electedelected membersmembers ofof thethe houseshouses ofof thethe StudentStudent GovernmentGovernment Tuesday. EAssociation (SGA) meet to consider allocation bills and talk about campus Th e fi rst bill brought before the issues. Here are summaries of those meetings. house this week was a joint allocation Graduate Student Senate of funds to the African American Student Union, which passed with 31 votes for, 2 votes against, and no abstentions. Senate fails AASU Th e second bill was funding for the Rugby Football club, presented by Andre Tsyganikov from the orga- and Waterski bills nization. Th e bill was to supply the group with goalposts and pads for By James Stephenson Bills passed both the men’s and women’s Rugby News Editor • Joint Allocation to Safe Space teams. After one amendment to in- clude shipping, the bill passed. Th e Graduate Student Senate met • Joint Allocation to Pride Alliance Th ere was a motion on the fl oor By Jon Drews / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Tuesday. Four bills were passed, two • Joint Allocation to the Muslim to move the appointments to the Representatives say the Pledge of Allegiance before the meeting bills were failed and two bills were undergraduate elections committee Student Association Tuesday. During the meeting, the house passed all of the bill postponed. to the second bill of the night. Th e • Joint Allocation to the Table Tennis Th e fi rst bill brought before the motion passed by unanimous ac- Th e seventh bill of the evening Bills passed Association senate was the joint allocation to the clamation, and the bill passed. was submitted by the Ice Hockey • Joint Allocation to African African American Student Union. Bill failed Th e fourth bill presented was club as a request for funding to American Student Union Th e bill had returned from confer- • Joint Allocation to African funding to the Safe Space organi- attend the National tournament, ence committee since last week, the zation, asking for funding to print an honor the team had earned not • Joint Allocation to Rugby Football American Student Union undergraduates and the graduates training information fro members in only by beating UGA in the past Club passed diff erent versions of the bill. • Joint Allocation to Waterski Club the program. Th e bill was amended season, but by achieving a third Th e bill failed the senate by a vote to $400.50, the rate of printing at the place rank in the Southeast. Th e bill • Appointments to the of 10-15-2. Bill postponed Art Center, and the bill passed. was to cover travel and tournament Undergraduate Elections Th e second bill brought before the • Joint Allocation to Rugby Football Th e fi fth bill brought before the registration fees. Commitee senate was the joint allocation to the Club house was a joint allocation to the Despite controversy over the abil- Rugby Football Club. Th e bill was Pride Alliance for materials for a ity for the team to travel at the same • Joint Allocation to Safe Space • Joint Allocation to Ice Hockey postponed because an organizational large display board. Th e bill was rate as other clubs because of the gear • Joint Allocation to Pride Alliance representative was not present at the amended to withdraw funds from needed, the bill was amended per meeting. senate was the joint allocation to the the Capital Outlay account instead JFC policy to a total of $1,618.40 . • Joint Allocation to the Muslim Th e third bill brought before the Pride Alliance. Th e organization of Prior year, and passed. Th e bill passed unanimously. Student Association senate was the joint allocation to Safe was asking for funds for materials Th e sixth bill was presented by Th e eighth and most debated bill • Joint Allocation to Ice Hockey Space. Th e organization was asking for a large display board. Th e JFC the Muslim Student Association to presented to the house was a $55,000 for funds to print training informa- recommended changing the fund- help fund speakers Amin Tomeh bill to pay for two new boats. Th e • Joint Allocation to Waterski Club tion for members in the program. ing from the Prior Year Account to and Dr. Ali Adibi as part of Muslim team had negotiated a deal with a • Joint Allocation to the Table Tennis Th e Joint Finance Committee (JFC) the Capital Outlay Account. Th e awareness month. Th ere was a brief marina to trade in the boats every Association recommended reducing the bill to bill was amended according to JFC debate on whether or not the bill year, with a guaranteed 90 percent $400.50 to refl ect the Craft Center and passed. should be deemed retroactive. After return towards purchasing the new • Elections Schedule for Spring 2007 rates. Th e bill was amended accord- Th e next bill brought before the Claudia Jones, the vice president boats. • Appointments to Institute ing to the JFC recommendation and senate was the joint allocation to of fi nance announced that the bill Despite the fact that the Gradu- passed the senate. was not to be viewed as retroactive Committees Th e next bill brought before the See GSS, page 4 it passed. See UHR, page 7 • Spring 2007 Election Code

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Applications have been sent to all schools. Applications for nomination by faculty, staff, and students are also available at the office of the Vice President of Student Affairs and have also been sent to Deans and Directors. They must be returned to the Apply for competitive $1,500 salary awards or office of the Vice President of Student Affairs, up to $1000 funding to present your work at a professional conference Smithgall Student Services Building, Room 210, by Thursday, March 1, 2007 One-on-one work with a faculty mentor Opportunities to discover new methods and techniques The ideal candidate would be a person of vision; a driving force to create a business or organization; an inspiration to others to reach their potential; a leader with the ability to anticipate future needs; an optimist about finding solutions; and a man or woman of character who says, Visit http://www.undergradresearch.gatech.edu/funding.php for more information “Why not?” not “why?” and application instructions. 4 • Friday, February 16, 2007 • Technique NEWS

GSS from page 3 AASU creates new annual publication the Muslim Student Association. The organization was asking for By James Stephenson common in schools and universi- for the project so we are not going within the Blueprint, but the lack funds for speakers Amin Tomeh News Editor ties. It will consist of about 150 pages to SGA to seek funding,” Holder of representation of the committees and Dr. Ali Adibi as part of Muslim and consist of student profiles, as said. that make the decisions within the awareness month. The bill passed The black organizations on well as recaps of significant events The books will be sold below cost publications. the senate. campus, headed by the African on campus. to AASU members and at-cost to “There is no one there to voice The next bill to come before the American Student Union (AASU), Support was derived from alumni, non-AASU members. an opinion,” Holder said. senate was the joint allocation to are moving towards creating an an- who were enthusiastic about the “The reason for this is to encour- This is the first year of the revived the Ice Hockey Club. The bill was nual publication to commemorate thought of creating a yearbook. age members of AASU to get a copy yearbook and there is no guarantee postponed because no organizational the events on campus that impacted AASU currently produces a of the book,” Holder said. that the publication will be produced representative was present at the the Black community. This “year- monthly newsletter called the “Hue- According to Holder, the focus according to planned. meeting. book” will be a combination of a man Press.” The organizations will of the yearbook is different. “It will probably happen. If The next bill brought before the yearbook and a thought-book and use the resources from that program “There is a much smaller cir- we can’t produce it exactly as we senate was the joint allocation to bring together historical and current towards the effort to create the culation. We are focusing on the planned, we will produce some year- the Table Tennis Association. The publications. yearbook. major events and major contribu- end record,” Holder said. organization was asking for funds for “Every year, AASU used to “We budgeted the project at less tors within the Black community,” AASU is also open to having their eight competition grade tables and produce the ‘Heritage Unbounded’ than 10 dollars per book. We expect Holder said. publication put into the archives to 16 paddles. The JFC recommended which was a compilation of stories to produce less than 300 copies of The main motivation for creat- maintain a documentation of the reducing the number of tables to 4 and poems submitted by students the book. We did not expect to get ing a yearbook is not the lack of Black community on campus for and the number of paddles to 8 be- to remember the year,” said James much campus support coverage of the Black community future generations. cause the organization was new and Holder, AASU president. The organizations may be work- did not know how many members The yearbook will not follow the ing with the Living History Center would join the organization. The portrait style of yearbook in the future to create an archive bill was amended according to the that is of the publication. JFC and passed the senate. By Jamie Howell / STUDENT PUBLI- The final bill brought before the CATIONS senate was the joint allocation to the Waterski Club. The organization was asking for 55,000 dollars to buy two new boats. The team had negotiated a deal with a marina to trade in the boats every year, with a guaranteed 90 percent return towards purchas- ing the new boats. The organization would then pay the remaining 10 percent out of pocket, therefore not needing to seek funding from SGA for replacement boats. The bill failed by a vote of 12-13. Corrections The article, “Monthly executive forums advise future entrepre-  neurs”, on page 14 of last week’s  issue incorrectly listed the number of people attending the GES forum  as 25 when actual attendance was  close to 100.  sliver  www.nique.net/sliver   MLK would be sad about how  his holiday is celebrated  MLK did not see any color at all, meaning, no Black pride  Talk about yourself in the  slivers. I’m not the guy who writes the  slivers.  dont raise the athletic fee  Will we win away basketball games now that Athletics got   their fee increase?   I hate this school and all that it stands for.  Coming to Tech was the worst   decision of my life....   this school blows up the ass Lazy Janitor-Get off your fat   ass!   my socks have penguins on  them fuzzy!  why is the physics department  so incompetent? my penguins have socks on   them   I swear my roommate eats the   toilet paper! why is digikey always down when   I try to use it?   I swear one more cold shower..   I needs teh digikey keep your EYE, on your Lug-  gage!  Athletics is hemorrhaging 8 mil a year because of Enron style  accounting. Can we trust them See page 5 for more Slivers! NEWS Technique • Friday, February 16, 2007 • 5 WREK Radio BreakingBreaking RCB meets with GPB representative thethe By Craig Tabita rying GPB’s programming was not seeing through another important Assistant News Editor proposed or discussed; all commu- change to the station: broadcasting ubbleubble in high-defi nition (HD), a format B nications centered on the content The Radio Communications and the partnership themselves that allows for improved clarity of lot of things went on outside Board (RCB), the overseer of the benefi ting the station. reception as well as permitting a sta- Athe bubble of Tech in the past WREK student radio station, met In the near future RCB and tion to broadcast multiple channels week. Here are a few important with representatives from Georgia WREK will meet with Public on one signal. events taking place throughout Congressman loses Public Broadcasting (GPB) on Broadcasting of Atlanta (PBA), a “Th e plan is to go HD by the end the nation and the world. Wednesday, Feb. 7, to discuss the separate organization who currently of the summer,” Petrick said. battle to cancer possibility of some degree of coopera- does have a radio presence in the According to Petrick, they will Anna Nicole Smith Rep. Charles Norwood Jr., a tion between the two entities. city with WABE-FM (90.1 MHz) have several diff erent options with found dead in hotel blunt-spoken Georgia Republican No concrete proposals were of- broadcasting classical music and HD. “With another subchannel who sold his dental practice and fered by either side during the meet- NPR news, but who has expressed we can increase our programming Anna Nicole Smith, the 39- ran for Congress at age 52, died year-old former playboy model Tuesday after battling cancer and ing, according to Bradford Petrick, interest in using WREK’s signal drastically; since we broadcast 24 and celebrity, was found lifeless WREK’s general manager, who was hours now, we can double that lung disease, according to Forbes. in a luxury hotel suite Feb. 8. Ac- com. Representing the 10th district in attendance at the meeting. and broadcast another 24 hours of cording to the LATimes.com, she of Georgia, the 65-year-old died at According to Petrick, GPB “The group from programming. We can also run a wasn’t suff ocated, stabbed, shot or his home in Augusta, Georgia. A wants to work with WREK in any 12 hour delay, where the specialty bludgeoned to death. This leaves special election will be held to will way possible to turn WREK-FM GPB basically came shows you hear at night would then natural causes, drug or chemical his vacant congressional seat. (91.1 MHz) into a vehicle for GPB’s be played the next morning and infl uences as the reason for her A feisty, tobacco-chewing programming, which would mostly in and asked what likewise with the classics you hear death. The exact cause of death conservative who railed against consist of content from National WREK wanted from during the day, you could hear them won’t be known until toxicology government bureaucracy, became Public Radio (NPR). at night,” Petrick said. and tissue testing can be done, the fi rst Republican to represent Among its 15 member stations them as far as things Alternatively, the airtime on chief of the Broward County his eastern Georgia district since GPB blankets the vast majority of they can offer us the subchannel could be given to medical examiner’s offi ce, Joshua shortly after the Civil War after the state of Georgia with its radio one of the organizations who have Perper said. defeating democratic incumbent coverage but remains conspicuously and shows they can approached WREK about partner- “We did not see any intact pills Don Johnson in 1994. absent from the Atlanta area. in the stomach ̶ just a little bit of Norwood’s main focus was on run on our station.” ing. Petrick said that GPB would be blood,” he said, attributing that to “Th e RCB wanted to sit down amenable to using the subchannel healthcare. Much of his political Bradford Petrick terminal shock, a natural bodily career was spent pushing for a and talk to GPB and see where they for its content. function that occurs with death. “patients’ bill of rights” to provide stood,” Petrick said. He said that WREK General Manager Listeners can still use their con- It is suspected that she died of consumers better care and greater from the perspective of the WREK ventional radio to listen to stations a drug overdose, because Smith’s ability to sue the insurers. staff , they did not seek out GPB broadcasting in HD but will require son, Daniel, died this past Septem- A man unafraid to even criticize but were willing to at least listen to much the same way as GPB. a new HD radio receiver to access ber from a lethal combination of his own party when he believed whatever ideas they might have. WREK, which has been in opera- the subchannels. methadone and antidepressants. they misstepped, last year Nor- “Th e group from GPB basically tion in its current fully student-run, “Students don’t have HD radios No illegal drugs were found in wood called out his fellow Repub- came in and asked what WREK non-comercial format since 1968, now, but in the next 2 or 3 years car Smith’s suite at the Seminole Hard licans who supported compromise wanted from them, as far as things has for months been the subject of companies will be putting them in Rock Hotel & Casino in nearby Hol- immigration legislation. they can off er us and diff erent shows various, sometimes controversial their cars, and the more high-end lywood, said Seminole Police Chief Recently, immigration had they can run on our station,” Petrick suggestions regarding alterations to vehicles already have HD radios in Charles Tiger. become one of his main issues. He said. According to Petrick, they said the station and its structure by GPB, them,” Petrick said. Perper fielded a barrage of called for 40,000 troops to secure they would prefer to have the drive PBA, and the Athletic Association, According to Petrick, they are media questions after reading a the border and was one of 33 House statement on the initial autopsy times, from 6 a.m. till 9 a.m. and expensive now, but when the market Representatives to vote against last who has suggested taking WREK fi ndings, calmly pointing to indi- year’s Voting Rights Act .President later in the day from 4 p.m. until commercial so that the AA can air comes around and people do start cations that appeared to discredit Bush, in a statement, described 7 p.m., to put their programming varsity sports coverage on it and col- buying them we want to be ahead of rumors in the tabloid press that Norwood as “a good friend and on WREK. lect revenue from advertisements. the curve, the way we were in 1994 Smith committed suicide or suf- a strong, spirited legislator who Petrick said that a monetary Th rough it all, the staff of the when we started doing internet radio focated on her own vomit. always stuck to his principles.” incentive for WREK to start car- station has remained committed to ahead of everyone else.

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sion process. Currently, Tech is on been passed by both houses, the SAF in their own forms. from page 1 step one of a several step process that from page 1 policy will be ratified in SGA. Because the bill was passed in Sorority could take several months. Bylaws The process has taken a year to get different forms, the policy was sent to represented on campus. CPC expansion is not an the undergraduate executive vice- to this point and has gone through conference committee so the gradu- Any of the sororities event that takes place very president. many steps during that time. ates and undergraduates could sort interested in extending often. The last time there was an The second aspect of the revisions Back in February 2006, the first out their differences in the policy their member - expansion was 1989. The to the bylaws was the addition of the discussions were made to possibly and come up with a compromised ship to Tech main reason for the cur- JFC policy to the bylaws. It used overhaul the financial process. solution. will send rent expansion talk has to be that the JFC would make a After the initial talks, a formal- At this point, it was decided that their infor- been the increased num- recommendation to the SGA and ized committed was created to draft both chambers should review their mation bers in sorority recruit- the grads and the undergrads could a proposed revision for the JFC bylaws and amend them as needed to the CPC. ment over the past few years. choose to follow or not to follow the policy. At this point, it was decided to fit with the new policy before the The commit- The CPC recently raised the recommendation arbitrarily. that an entirely new policy would be conference committee continued tee formed quota within sororities from “[By adding the JFC policy to the created and not just amendments to its debates. to forward Tech’s 100 members to 120 members bylaws], it maintains the integrity the existing policy. “People need to understand how information due to the increased demand. of the process. It shows that we are After the new policy was created, hard the representatives have worked to the NPC will be The process of expansion following our own rules and that it was put into bill form and submit- on this. Many have spent several tasked with narrowing down the was brought up last year, we are not making it up as we go ted to both chambers of SGA. Both hours a week towards this process field of candidate sororities to a but was initially turned along,” Byrne said. chambers made their own amend- and their work has been under-ap- set of three finalists. These three down. After the recent The new bylaws will be voted on ments to the bill and passed the bill preciated,” Byrne said. finalists will come to campus and recruitment spike, the Tuesday. If the bylaws are approved make a presentation CPC changed by the UHR, then the conference Student Activity Fee Allocation Policy Timeline about their sorori- its mind and committee looking at the SAF Feb. ‘06: Group of students met to discuss possible overhaul of the ties. A vote will then voted to open policy will be able to move forward SGA financial process. be held to decide the process of in their debates. the finalist from expansion on “The debate over the two forms April ‘06: A more formal committee was established to draft a pro- the top three can- campus. of the bill was postponed until both posed revision policy for JFC policy. This would be a new version of didates. “I am very the grads and the undergrads had a the policy, not just a handful of simple amendments. Once the finalist is decided, excited that chance to go through their bylaws Summer ‘06: The same committee meets regularly (multiple times another vote will be held to either we are look- and make the appropriate changes,” a week) to draft this new version of the policy Byrne said. According to Byrne, the approve the new chapter, ap- ing into this. Early Fall ‘06: JFC policy is proposed to the House and Senate. Both prove but defer the chapter’s The process conference committee will reconvene chambers spend a while discussing the policy changes and all that creation on campus, or to of building something in a week or two and continue their it would entail. Both chambers pass the policy, but in different ver- deny the chapter. “Expan- is one that everyone can debate on the SAF policy. sions. A conference committee is formed to create a compromise sion is a very intense process,” come together “I don’t expect a whole lot of version of the policy to re-submit to both chambers . said Anne Hewitt, the president of over,” Hewitt debate after the bylaws are passed,” the Panhellenic Council.Accord- said. Byrne said. Oct. ‘06: This committee is postponed indefinitely to allow for both ing to Hewitt, some of the After the conference committee sides to go back to their bylaws and make changes that would be necessary before the JFC policy could be finalized. This is when the members of the Greek has finished their debate on the SAF internal committee of the House is formed to create proposals for community do not fully policy, the conference committee amending the bylaws as they pertain to JFC policy understand everything version of the bill will be resubmit- that goes into the expan- ted to both chambers of SGA. The Feb. ‘07: This internal committee submits is final proposal to the chambers will then debate on the House for approval. In the next couple of weeks, the original JFC Flowchart of CPC conference committee version of policy conference committee will reconvene to finalize its proposal, extension process the bill and then bring the bill to an after the House bylaws amendment proposals are considered. up or down vote. Once the bill has NEWS Technique • Friday, February 16, 2007 • 7

electronic resources and web-based stimulation, study points, breakout Library from page 1 services,” said Frances Maloy, chair points and an opportunity to meet of the 2007 Excellence in Academic your friends. Students tell us, ‘I study and our name recognition has gone Libraries Selection Committee and where I’m likely to meet people, who skyward,” said Rich Meyer, Dean Division Leader of Access Services are influential in my life,’” said Crit and Director of Libraries. at Emory University. Stuart, Associate Director of Public “Tangibly, the award is really “[The ACRL award] recognizes Services for the Library. going to help us in recruitment, that Tech’s library has become a According to Meyer, by attempt- attracting bright, innovative and model for the twenty-first century,” ing to comprehend the academic creative thinking people to come said Andy Smith, Vice Provost of life of a student, the library has work here. It identifies us as an in- Academic Affairs. Understanding focused on becoming the engage- novative place, where you can test the role of the twenty-first century ment space for where learning can out your ideas and have colleagues library has been one of the most im- occur. From stationing information who will bounce their feedback to portant questions Meyer and his staff and technology people in the same you,” said Tyler Walters, Associate space to reorganizing their physi- Director for Technology and Re- cal layout, the library believes they source Services. “[The ACRL award] have increased the success rates of The East and West Commons the students. were emphasized in the ACRL award means we are going “We have had between sixty to notice as two areas where the library to continue to be seventy visits from teams from other “made imaginative use of public campuses who are planning addi- space.” Jazzman’s Café, the presen- a destination for tions or changes in their facilities,” tations rooms and the multimedia academic libraries in Meyer said. By Jon Drews / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS center were also areas of interest “[The ACRL award] means The College Democrats passed out condoms highlighted by the ACRL. North America.” we are going to continue to be a romoting safe sex: on Skiles Walkway Valentine’s Day to encourage safe sex. The ACRL also made note of pro- Crit Stuart destination for academic libraries P grams like CeLIBration, held during in North America. It puts us more down to four tables and to include RATS Week, and Tuesday Talks, Associate Director of squarely on their map as a library from page 3 the paddles in the prior year ac- a showcase for faculty research, as Public Services for the that suggests what the future needs UHR count. The bill passed with 30 votes positive efforts by the library to invite Library to be,” Stuart said. ate Student Senate (GSS) had failed in favor. and engage the campus community. The ACRL is a division of the the bill by a slim margin of 12 to 13, The 10th bill brought before the Less obvious from the physical American Library Association, GSS coordinator Brock Wester com- house was the Elections Schedule for renovations in the library were the at the library have been asking. representing 13,000 academic and mented that discussion among the spring 2007, presented by representa- changes that the library made to its “We think ‘library’ is still an research librarians and interested members revealed that “the total vote tive Will Welch. This bill passed. digital services. important word, but we have to find individuals. ACRL is the only in- would have been drastically different The 11th bill presented to the “Students and faculty told library a way to communicate to people that dividual membership organization if the time (for discussion) had not house Tuesday was the Appoint- staff to move swiftly to deliver digital it is more than a place for books,” in North America that develops been limited,” and asked that the ments to the Institute Commit- content in evident and relevant ways. Meyer said. programs, products and services to UHR consider this in their voting. tees, which passed by unanimous Staff responded with SMARTech “We’re very interested in how to meet the unique needs of academic The bill passed. acclamation. and EPAGE to produce, disseminate brand the library. We think a large and research librarians. The ninth bill brought before The 12th bill brought before the and archive research created at Tech aspect of it has to do with commu- Its initiatives enable the higher the house was a joint allocation to house was the approval of the spring and are participating in national nal space, blending academic and education community to understand the newly founded Table Tennis As- 2007 elections code. Representative digital archive initiatives. Tech staff social space. We have to understand the role that academic libraries play sociation. The team was requesting Will Welch presented the bill to also created award winning software what the reality of student life is. in the teaching, learning and research eight competition grade tables and the house during the meeting.The to improve access to and usability of Therefore, we provide refreshment, environments. 16 paddles. The bill was amended bill passed. 8 • Friday, February 16, 2007 • Technique OPINIONSpage 8

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OUR VIEWS CONSENSUS OPINION Binding policies An Undergraduate House of Representatives (UHR) com- mittee has finally finished drafting proposals to amend the UHR bylaws. Although the proposals should not have taken this long to create, the Student Government Association (SGA) is in dire need of updated bylaws; this is a step in the right direction, no matter how late it is. The most important proposal for the student body at large is to write Joint Finance Committee (JFC) policies into the UHR bylaws. Making JFC’s policies binding would prevent UHR from arbitrarily passing and failing bills while ignoring JFC recommendations. Overriding JFC would require a two-thirds vote, which is highly preferable to a simple majority. Since the general idea of SGA’s Student Activity Fee allocations is equity and fairness to all students, it makes sense that any deviation from JFC policy, whether it be to give an organization more or less money than recommended, would require a two-thirds vote. In fact, SGA should have to follow JFC recommendations to fail bills as well so that all groups are given equity.

Having guidelines to follow written in the bylaws will make By Tim van de Vall / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS the policy a binding document and save much of the debate during the SGA meetings as to whether or not to amend the bills to comply with the policy. It is also important that it is still possible to get around JFC policy if an organization has Language education benefits all a legitimate need. Hablas español? Or perhaps par- “In an ideal world, every lez français? According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2005 Community American baby would...learn Exploring expansion Survey, 80.6% of the population over an additional language when While female enrollment has continued to increase at Tech the age of five speaks only English. That’s sad, if you ask me, considering they were still preverbal.” over the last few years, the number of sororities on campus has that a majority of the other 19.4% remained the same. However, several national sororities are are foreign-born. Language is an Kristin Noell looking to redress that matter and are interested in starting important skill in an increasingly Opinions Editor global world, and assuming that the new chapters at Tech, and the Collegiate Panhellinic Council rest of the world will speak English is (CPC) is seriously looking into the possibility of expanding. just plain lazy. After all, only 4.84% school, when students are (hope- multilingual education. Studying a A new sorority would be a great move for the Greek commu- of the world’s people speak English fully) long past the preverbal state language enables children to practice as their first language. of babyhood. High schools usually key skills they will use daily in the nity. Sororities have had to increase each of the current chapter’s In Europe, kids are learning require two years, if that, of language real world—speaking, listening, membership quota significantly in a short period of time, and foreign languages at the same time education to graduate, and students reading and writing. Developing many members feel this prevents them from getting to know as their times tables. In fact, the pursuing a college preparatory degree these skills at a young age could be European Commission has said that are the only students forced to meet key to the future success of these all of their sisters. Additionally, for the past two years a large “upon completing initial training, this requirement. Besides, two years young scholars, the future of our number of girls who participated in rush did not receive a bid. everyone should be proficient in two is hardly enough time to achieve global world. A new sorority could help both of these problems, decreasing Community foreign languages.” At language proficiency. Nor do the advantages stop at the lower secondary level, 93% of EU Imagine my surprise to discover effective communication skills. sorority size while at the same time enabling more girls that students learn English, 33% learn that President Bush, though argu- Research shows that multilingual are interested to receive bids. French and 13% learn German. An ably less than proficient in English, students may do better than their It is important that Tech attract a quality national name if even greater percentage of schoolchil- launched the impressive National peers on standardized tests and dren learn English and German in Security Language Initiative last possess superior math skills. Ap- they decide to expand, to uphold the standards currently held the upper secondary level. So what year. The initiative has three main parently, knowing multiple words by the Greek community. We look forward to further diversi- makes American children exempt goals: to increase the number of for one object causes the speaker fication of Tech’s Greek population. from an equivalent multi-lingual foreign language speakers, to in- to treat the object as a symbol, and education? crease the number and resources of language becomes mathematical. Consensus editorials reflect the majority opinion of the Edito- According to Francois Thibaud, foreign language teachers and, most This mathematical development of who runs the Language Workshop importantly, to begin instruction at the brain seems like a great reason rial Board of the Technique, but not necessarily the opinions for Children in New York, children an earlier age. These goals will require for engineers, computer scientists of individual editors. learn foreign languages best when a lot of money from the budget, a and others—not just liberal arts ma- they are preverbal. “Understanding proposed $114 million for FY 2007, jors—to learn a foreign language. comes long before speaking, and and I’ll believe our government is That being said, it seems like EDITORIAL BOARD speaking before reading and writ- truly supporting this agenda when American engineers, at least the ones Amanda Dugan, Editor-in-Chief ing,” he said. “That’s the way you I see the results. graduating from Tech, are seriously Kyle Thomason,Editor Emeritus Jamie Howell, Photography Editor learn your own language.” Still, it’s a great idea, and though lacking in the language department. Nikhil Joshi, Development Editor Michael Clarke, Sports Editor In an ideal world, every American it may take awhile for this program Although Tech offers courses in Ethan Trewhitt, Online Editor Jenny Zhang, Focus Editor baby would have a bilingual family to take hold, if it does it will mean eight languages—Spanish, French, James Stephenson, News Editor Kristin Noell, Opinions Editor or baby-sitter or perhaps access to a a country of multilingual citizens German, Russian, Korean, Japanese, Matthew Winkler, Managing Editor Lindsay Deal, Entertainment Editor program like Thibaud’s in order to through early language education. Chinese and Arabic—only a few Ivan Hillary Lipko, Advertising Manager learn an additional language when In the long term, it could help the Allen majors require language elec- they were still preverbal. However, government find suitable translators, tives in their degree requirements. Copyright Notice this is not that ideal world, and health workers and to engage with Perhaps this is why the resources Copyright © 2006, Amanda Dugan, Editor-in-Chief, and by the Board of Student Publications. language instruction rarely starts foreign peoples, a skill that the Secre- of Tech’s School of Modern Lan- The Technique is an official publication of the Georgia Tech Board of Student Publications. No part at that age. tary of State’s office calls an “essential guages seem insufficient. Many of of this paper may be reproduced in any manner without written permission from the Editor or from I hate to say it, but the alternative component of U.S. national security the teachers are part-time instructors the Board of Student Publications. The ideas expressed herein are those of the Editor or the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Board of Student Publications, the students, staff for foreign language education is the in the post-9/11 world.” rather than professors, indicating or faculty of the Georgia Institute of Technology or the University System of Georgia. public school system, which rarely There are other personal ad- First copy free. Subsequent copies $1 each. offers language courses before high vantages for those raised with a See Language, page 10 OPINIONS Technique • Friday, February 16, 2007 • 9 Media investigates celebrities, not politics Say it ain’t so! It sounds like rightfully so) for covering stories Brit Brit has been dumped by her “I...probably know more based purely on sound bites and latest beau, Isaac Cohen. K-Fed about [Geraldo’s] past buzzwords without getting to the BUZZ would be celebrating, but he’s meat of a story, celebrity news Around the Campus too busy firing up his Grammy- and present than I know proves to be an exception. prospective music career. about my lab partner.” How else would we know Each time I wrap up my bi- that Julia Roberts has given birth What did you do for weekly trip to Publix, standing in to twins but for the relentless line to add my frozen dinners to Ethan Trewhitt pursuits of People magazine, Valentine’s Day? the checkout conveyor, innumer- Online Editor who were likely stalking around ous tabloids scream in my direc- every nearby hospital for weeks in tion with the latest happenings of advance, waiting for any sign of the Hollywood universe. “Norah I would guess that this in- either by bringing attention to such vital “breaking news.” Jones: I Was Told to Lose Weight fatuation is not the fault of the themselves or by associating What offends me is not the for Movie,” says People magazine, general populace. With such a with other people who do. In fact that celebrities are stalked and “Britney Spears’ On-the-Go huge media machine covering that case, they must realize that for tabloid headlines; nor am I Wardrobe Change.” news of the rich and famous, there is no on/off switch within bothered about being given more Rarely do I fail to chuckle it takes an active effort not to the press. information about the world in at the absurdity of the bold, keep up with the latest status I’ll admit that not all celebrity general. What offends me is how capitalized text, but not because of Brangelina’s relationship. news is worthless. It matters so many man-hours and other the content itself is humorous. When Anna Nicole Smith’s when music artists announce resources are wasted to bring me Instead, I ponder why people death was covered in excruci- a tour schedule, or when a new information like this. lend that sort of “investigative ating detail nonstop this past movie trailer is released. This is For the most part, the articles journalism” any value. weekend, Congress could have information that has the poten- that appear in such tabloids pro- Jenny Rainwater While some people may find declared war on Switzerland tial to affect me directly, whether vide no benefit to humanity ex- Third-year ARCH it fascinating that Lindsay Lohan and we would all be none the it means beginning the search cept to keep curious minds busy, was caught wearing conflicting wiser. for concert tickets or making while much more important “Drunken catcalls at colors while filling up her car, I Sometimes I wonder if movie-watching plans. On the information goes unrecognized can only wonder how there was celebrities deserve the sort of other hand, if Scarlett Johansson and unheard by the masses. other couples.” no other news of greater impor- treatment they get from the starts dating Justin Timberlake, What if the checkout lines tance. Why do people trouble press. Most actors and musi- does that mean I should change displayed headlines like “Bush’s themselves with the intimate cians make an active decision some aspect of my life? Should Korea Plan Is Surprisingly Clin- details of complete strangers? to enter a world that has no I start dressing differently to get tonian,” as Slate.com recently Perhaps they do not consider secrets. They must know to her to notice me? put it? How much more effective such celebrities to be strangers; expect a bit of stalking and Perhaps we lend more cre- would our democracy be if all after watching Geraldo Rivera’s candid photography once they dence to this sort of news because those muckrakers spent their E! True Hollywood Story, I would reach a certain level of fame. It it truly does represent some of time studying policy and trans- probably know more about his seems that the most extensively our media’s best efforts to pro- lating it into terms that we can all past and present than I know covered celebrities actively duce investigative journalism. understand? We would certainly about my lab partner. pursue their place in the news, While many bash the media (and be more educated voters.

OUR VIEWS HOT OR NOT YOUR VIEWS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Delta deserves praise answer would be that Delta is Reid Bond ‒ or ‒ a major economic engine in the Fourth-year ISYE I was disappointed in the state of Georgia and Atlanta while HOT NOT “Breaking the Bubble” coverage also serving as sponsor for Tech. “Spent a quiet night at home of Delta Air Lines (Feb. 2, 2007). Who would fly the Men’s Glee with my wife and son.” Instead of recognizing and high- Club to Hawaii each year? Who lighting Delta’s victory in fight- would fly professors, students ing off a hostile takeover attempt and researchers to 295 cities by US Airways, the Technique in 46 countries? Who would chose to instead report that Delta fly the Jackets football team to cancelled flights in anticipation their bowl game each year? The of winter weather in the Atlanta answer is not AirTran Airways. area. Proactive cancellation of The answer is and should always Library excels Cupid’s day off flights due to forecasting of bad be Delta Air Lines. The library has won the As- Let’s face it: Valentine’s Day weather is a common practice I hope the Technique does a sociation of College and Research at Tech is about as sensible as among all major airlines who better job next time of cover- Libraries’ 2007 Excellence in Mother’s Day at an orphanage. seek to minimize delays and ing major news events outside Academic Libraries Award, and How many people just walked customer service disruption. You of Tech. this was the first year it even ap- right by the College Democrats didn’t even choose to cite Delta plied. We always knew that the handing out free condoms on as your source in the article, Connor Carolan-Tolbert first floor of the library is about Skiles? It’s about time that stu- instead quoting CNN.com. By Third-year Public Policy Chelsea Guyer the coolest thing anyone could dents turned off their computers the way, all affected passengers [email protected] Second-year CE ever expect from any building and stepped away from their Wiis were re-accommodated on other filled with books—coffee and and did a bit of romantic min- flights. Tickets cost too much “Went out with my computers make Tech go ’round, gling. Some romance could be What I would like to have seen after all. Now all the other librar- just what we need to make Tech in that section was a headline As a Tech faculty member wonderful boyfriend.” ies will know the score. just a bit more cheerful. congratulating Delta on victori- and alumnus, I’d like to express ous fighting off a hostile takeover my great disappointment and bid. I’m sure the question would frustration with the recently then be “Why does Tech care what happens to Delta?” My See Letters, page 10

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nation. I was greatly disappointed can’t bring in an extra $2.5 million if ship recipients, $3 billion to Pre-K program even if lottery funds are from page 8 during the 2003 re-seating of the it results in fewer season tickets being programs and more than $1.8 billion not robust. Letters stadium to discover that the faculty sold. I can’t speak for everyone, but to Capital Outlay and Technology HOPE delivers increased divi- announced TECH Fund program. sections had been eliminated. No they’ll be selling four fewer season Grants. This money could be bet- dends to the academic standing of Except for a one-year lapse when my longer could I sit and cheer the Brave tickets in 2007 (unless some sort of ter spent to make sure HOPE is Georgia’s public universities as well twins were born, I’ve been a football and Bold with my co-workers and Fund waiver or special program for adequately funded. as economic benefits to both in-state season ticket holder since 1999. I their families. faculty is implemented). Governor Sonny Perdue has and out-of-state students when they remember well the excitement of that So you can imagine my dismay My wife and I are die-hard, Buzz- proposed amending Georgia’s go out to find a job. Out-of-state first season when Tech averaged more when I opened my mail yesterday flags-on-the-car, stand-and-scream, constitution to specify that lottery students who stay in Georgia to than 44 points a game and won every to discover that the seats that cost don’t-leave-until-the-Tech-Band- revenues are only spent on HOPE work would also like to have children home game (including the 51-48 OT me almost $900 in 2006 will likely plays-“The Horse” fans. But we’ll Scholarships and Pre-K. Senate receive HOPE. win over Georgia). We’ve purchased cost over $1900 in 2007 (including a be cheering the Jackets on TV in Resolution 125 calls for this to be Tech students can actively get four season tickets for each of the mandatory $1000 “donation” to the 2007. Even if I requested relocation accomplished via an amendment to involved in preserving the HOPE past four seasons and love dressing TECH Fund). That’s an increase of to a “NO contribution” zone, there’s Georgia’s constitution. Scholarship. Members of the Student the kids in White and Gold. over 110 percent. Tech can’t afford to no guarantee that I won’t end up in Given recent fee and textbook Lobby Board have created a web form I can appreciate that the athletic give its faculty that sort of raise. the upper North stands. I’d rather increases, the possibility of fur- on www.hopeforstudents.com. department may have ongoing bud- Radakovich is quoted by the AJC take my chances picking up cheaper ther cutbacks to either the HOPE The website allows students to look get problems. (Expanding a football as stating that the TECH Fund is tickets on eBay. textbook or fee allotment would up their state representatives and stadium that rarely sells out was a similar to programs at schools such be detrimental. Lottery revenues senators and provides a forum for bold, optimistic move on the part as Georgia, Auburn, LSU, Tennessee John M. Morris should prioritize HOPE. Excess Lot- students to urge their representatives of Dan Radakovich’s predecessors.) and FSU. With all due respect, that’s BEE ’89, MSEE ’90 tery revenues that are not spent on and senators to support the HOPE It’s a known fact at every college that like saying that my Chevy is similar GTRI Senior Research Engineer HOPE or Pre-K should be put into a amendment. Every student that the football program is the cash cow to a Mercedes or Porsche. Those other [email protected] reserve fund that the state can use to provides feedback will have their that’s expected to fund the less profit- schools sell out humongous stadiums adequately fund HOPE when state comments merged into a letter and able sports on campus, but there is a every year, so their fans are willing Help protect HOPE legislators are expecting shortfalls sent to their legislators via mail. limit to how much I’m able to shell to pay enormous premiums for their in revenues. Having a reserve fund out to support the Jackets. tickets. I’m sure that Radakovich is Since its inception the Georgia will ensure that HOPE can continue Matt Peeples and Sarang Shah I’ve watched the steady rise in painfully aware of how many empty Lottery has raised approximately to pay tuition, not reduce the cur- Student Lobby Board ticket prices and have accepted seats Bobby Dodd Stadium has had $8.8 billion. Of this amount, $3.58 rent fee or textbook allotment, and [email protected] this as standard practice across the in recent years. The TECH Fund billion has gone to HOPE Scholar- enroll new recipients in the HOPE [email protected]

from page 8 classes. It always came fairly easily to disappointed with the instruction I the wrong reasons. could learn so much more. Language me, and I liked that. Looking back, received, though my professors were Even if the classes remained on As for me, I gave up on learning that the department has a shortage of course, I realize that’s probably not at fault. the same elementary level, it would a new language in school. I feel in- of professors that is being addressed because I was taking elementary Though I skipped the 1001 and be easy to fix the repetitiveness of adequate compared to those like my with a temporary solution. On the Spanish and advanced levels of ev- 1002 courses, I spent the 1101 and the classes. In each course, we used roommates, a native Chinese-speaker other hand, the fact that we require erything else, but let’s ignore that 1102 courses reviewing material I a textbook from a different line of and a native Russian-speaker who are so many instructors means that small detail. had learned in my first couple of books, which resulted in an overlap both as fluent in English as I am. I students are taking the classes, and I took Spanish again at Tech years of high school Spanish. Not of grammar and vocabulary from guess that’s the price I pay for being that is an encouraging sign, as is the partially because it was a degree until 2001 did I get into material year to year. American-born. Maybe some day I’ll care put into the recent renovation of requirement and partially because that I learned in my third year of By simply standardizing the learn another language—hopefully Swann as a state-of-the-art language I really wanted to be a proficient high school, and only at the very end textbook used, the Spanish classes through complete immersion—but education facility. Spanish-speaker, since it’s essen- of the semester did I learn anything would be improved infinitely and until then, I’ll keep hoping for a I took Spanish in high school, and tially the second language of the new. Spanish was still the easy A that students, already behind the rest of bilingual or multilingual education I enjoyed it more than most of my United States. However, I was sorely I had expected it to be, but for all the world in language education, for America’s children. pageFOCUS 11 Technique • Friday, February 16, 2007 • 11

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2007 CMF showcases Tech’s best filmmakers ing teams, but it experienced an from amateur to very advanced Teams that entered the compe- explosion of interest this year. filmmakers entered the competi- tition competed in five categories: “This is so exciting. I didn’t tion this year. Best Picture, Best Documentary, think this many people would “I’ve never made a film before. TBS Very Funny Film Award, show up…but the turnout is But if the equip- TCM Classic Short Film Award great,” said Sydney Shaffer, a first- ment and tools and the Freshman Film Award. year Chemical and Biomolecular are free, then The Problem with Words Engineering major. why not? It by Pursuit of Friday took CMF is the largest student- was definitely home the Freshman Film produced film festival in the world. a fun experi- Award. The film denoted A total of 75,000 students have ence,” said participated in the competition Chris Dale, See Films, page 12 since its inception. a first-year Un- Since then, CMF has expanded decided En- to college campuses all over the gineering country, and has since expanded major. over the pond to Scotland and the United Kingdom. In the Atlanta region, UGA, Emory, Georgia State, Tech,

By Julia Bunch / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Spelman, Clark Atlanta and More- Members of the team 1.619 Films accept the CMF Best Picture house participate in the event. Award for their historically themed short movie Fanya Kaplan. Students are given a mere week to script, direct and produce a short By Jonathan Saethang and producing top-notch cinema. film lasting about five minutes. Manu Raghavan Tech added its own awards CMF provides all the equip- Staff Writers show to the list with the Campus ment: an Apple laptop computer, MovieFest (CMF) Finale Thurs- a camera, movie editing software The film industry’s awards sea- day, Feb. 8, 2007. and more. Teams are allowed to son is a time of anticipation, glitz Lights beamed through the sky, use the equipment free of charge and excitement as the best movies emanating from the Ferst Center, thanks to sponsorships from and television shows of the year where hundreds of students lined companies like TBS and Turner receive prestigious awards. up early in order to get good seats Classic Movies (TCM). Finally, The awards are often based on for the ceremony. Complete with judges evaluate the submitted films entertainment value, artistic merit a red carpet and velvet rope, the and 16 are chosen from different and many other factors. event felt just a few steps shy of categories to be showcased to the Coveted awards like the Oscars the Oscars. campus public. or the Golden Globes are goals that Founded in 2000 by a small A variety of students ranging many directors and moviemak- group of Emory students, CMF ers work toward, putting huge has always attracted the odd film By Julia Bunch / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS amounts of time and effort into connoisseur and a few participat- Pictured, Campus MovieFest host. Semi-annual poker tournament draws students By Aileen Li the majority claims to enjoy poker A semifinalist in the Staff Writer because there is some kind of “thrill” semi-annual in the game. poker tour- According to Mark Twain, poker “I like poker because of the n a m e n t is one of the few things that are so personable aspect of it. Poker s t a c k s unpardonably neglected in our coun- is more about how you play his chips, try. However, Twain’s time has long the hand you’ve been dealt consider- since passed and poker is a different rather than the hand itself,” ing his next game now, rising in popularity. said Randall Wilson, a third- move. Hundreds of internet sites offer year Architecture major. By Ben game rooms for poker players. ESPN “I enjoy poker because it is the Keyserling/ STUDENT PUBLICA- has covered numerous poker tourna- most fun card game and fuses luck, TIONS ments across the country, and Ce- skill and trickery together,” said lebrity Poker Showdown has become Andrew Miller, a first-year Electrical almost a staple stop for Hollywood’s Engineering major. gambling best as well as a television “I think poker is all show phenomenon. about faking other Last Thursday, poker lovers on people out. You have campus showed off their skills at to be able to the semi-annual poker tournament make them hosted by the Resident Housing think you Association (RHA) in the newly h a v e furnished and freshly shellacked some- Student Center Ballroom. thing Players squared off against each when other beginning at 6 p.m., several y o u of them settling in for a long and h a v e challenging night of card playing noth- against fellow students. “Poker playing in the past few See Poker, page 13 years has just exploded. We just capitalized on its popularity and have had a very successful series of events over the past several years because of it,” said Tim Gallagher, president of RHA. By Ben Keyserling / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Some Tech students say they play The last players left in the competition pause to check their cards poker because they need to have fun, and study each other’s moves in a tense final tournament round. some say they play for money, but 12 • Friday, February 16, 2007 • Technique FOCUS

Although the topics f or filmin g from page 11 Te ch- sp e c ific movie th at w as very Films were open- ended t h is year, t he TCM well received, w inning the TBS Very Cl as sic Short Fil m Award requi red a Funny Film Aw ard . the imp ortance of words and how c on sideration of theme. Te am s were Th em ed as Wedding Crashers even one word c a n affect t he outcomech alleng e d to pic k a s cene from a me e ts Bo r a t, LC I I te lls the s tory of of an entire lif e . c l assic movie and re c reate it with a two s tudents w ho c r as h lectures at Mi r a cle on Fift h S tr e e t Br i dge by moder n twis t . Te ch and p erf or m r iotous a cts on Bloo dy Bean Br i ga de won the Bes t The w inning fil m was a Japane se- ea ch o ccasion, all the w hile filmin g D o cumentary Aw ard along with themed reinvent ion of the 1968 epic their hijinks . Campus MovieFest Honorees spaghett i we sternO nce Upon a Time a 500 doll ar pr ize . The ton gue -in- One s cene, in w hich a ch ar a cter CMF Best Picture ...... Fanya Kaplan chee k documentary dis cuss e d the in the West, appropriately t itledO nce w alks into a chemis try lecture in a new ly built Fifth Stre e t Br idg e and Up on a Tim e i n t h e E as t. bath robe and br u she s h is teeth u sing its purp o s e on Te ch’s campus . L e c t u r e C r as h e r s I I ( LC I I) w as a the sink near the front of the h all, LCC Film Society Best Documentary ...... Miracle on h a d b oth audiences—the or i gin al Fifth Street Bridge audience in the le cture hall and the audience f or CMF—rollin g on Tech Best Freshman Film ...... Reality the flo or. Evan Wimpey, a third-year M an ag e ment m ajor and one of the TBS Very Funny Film ...... Lecture Crashers II principal cha racters inLC II, sa id t hat he was inspire d by the Hollywo o d TCM Classic Short ...... Once Upon a Time in the East h it We dd ing C r a she rs and decided to sp o of the conce pt of gate -c r as hin g in a context th at w as re lev ant to the revolution ary figure . very impressive in pro duction . Te ch ex p er ience . “The wr iter... and I were ... look- With extr a ordin ary s e ts , great “We were alw ays b ore d in c l ass . in g f or ideas to m ak e a movie. 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“The guy I was playing laid down at 11 p.m., with prizes going to the do. I guess the cards were just on my tournaments, RHA typically hosts Poker from page 11 a flush, and I laid my cards down top 10 players. side,” Miller said. two or three other tournaments too. Everyone at the table sat there The grand prize, a Game Boy Whether it was luck or skill, every year. ing and vice versa,” Miller said. silently for a few moments to put two Advance, went home with Wang, Miller found himself with a seat “We will have our traditional The tournament attracted about and two together. Then the whole and second prize, an MP3 player, in the championship round of the tournaments next year. We are also 130 people. table erupted, ‘No wait, that’s a royal went to Miller. tournament. teaming up with the Women’s Re- “We were very pleased with the flush!’” Wang said. The names of the winners of the “I went into the final table as the source Center and Women’s Aware- turnout,” Gallagher said. Today, Wang is a much improved semi-annual tournament are also dominating chip leader, so I laid low ness Month to host a women’s poker Participants came from various poker player, with several years of engraved on a plaque and put in the for the remaining time and then night in the first week of March. Our backgrounds and levels of poker experience and skill behind him. RHA office. Hsin-Chih doubled up on the last executive board worked very hard to playing, from experts who have His playing merited him first place “It doesn’t feel that special to be hand to beat me,” Miller said. make events happen. I think we are battled in many tournaments to in Thursday’s tournament. a champion because I just went and Because of high demands from all quite pleased with the turnout,” beginners who were just there to The competition ended promptly played poker the same way I always students, aside from the semi-annual Gallagher said. hone their skills. “I took part in the tournament to see where my poker skills were. Considering how I lost, I still have some work to do before I challenge the big-wigs in the casinos, but at least I know that instead of going in blindly,” Wilson said. Poker is played in a multitude of variations, but most follow the same basic pattern of play. A house dealer handles the cards, and for each hand, one or more play- ers is required to make forced bets to create an initial stake for which Pair: A poker hand with two cards Two Pair: Two pairs of cards of the Three of a Kind: Three cards of the players will contest. of the same value. same value. the same value. Between rounds, the players’ hands develop in some way, often by being dealt additional cards or replacing cards previously dealt. LUCK OF At the end of each round, all bets are gathered into the central pot. The player with the best hand according THE DRAW to the poker variant being played Every good card player knows that wins the pot. it takes more than just luck to win Among students, what seems to a hand of poker, but getting dealt be the most popular poker variant is great cards never hurts either. Texas Hold ’Em, which is a kind of Which cards are best? community poker that can theoreti- Take a look at the winning hands, cally be played with 21 people. listed from least (top left) to most Straight: Five sequential cards, Flush: Five same-suited cards, The basic rules are simple enough: valuable (bottom right). regardless of suit. regardless of sequence. each player gets two cards and the rest of the cards are left in the middle as community cards that anybody can use to make the best five cards. The player with the best hand wins. Many players can win with good hands, but stellar hands, especially the coveted and highly valued royal flush, are usually hard to come by. Hsin-Chih Wang, a third-year Economics major, spoke about the lucky royal flush he drew once as a novice poker player. “I had a royal flush way back when I’d been playing poker for only about Four of a Kind: A poker hand of Straight Flush: Five sequential Royal Flush: A straight flush in two months, but I was such a poker four cards of the same value. cards all of the same suit. which the player’s cards are valued newbie back then that I didn’t even from 10 to ace. realize it,” Wang said.

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See page 20 for more Slivers! 14 • Friday, February 16, 2007 • Technique FOCUS Students speak out about presidential race By Giles Santomauro combined in campaign spending, candidates must navigate the tricky Contributing Writer according to the Washington Times. If political waters of primaries and this estimate holds true, it will more caucuses, the two ways that a state PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS Nearly two years remain until than double the combined spending can nominate a party candidate for A few of the early stand out candidates who have offi cially the next presidential inauguration, of the 2000 election. the presidency. fi led with the Federal Election Commission as of Feb. 15. yet popular media outlets have been “As long as the Supreme Court The difference is that while heavily focused on the upcoming continues to support its decision in primaries are a direct election of a Democrat Republican primaries and caucuses. Buckley vs. Valeo that campaign con- state’s delegates to the National Con- John Rudy Candidates themselves are gear- vention held by each party to select Edwards, Giuliani, ing up early to hit the campaign trail, a presidential candidate, caucuses former former strategically mapping out their travel “...if you care about determine those delegates in a comfy senator New plans so they can visit states that who our president town hall setting. Modern town halls of North York City will be key in securing their party’s take the shape of huge, interactive Carolina mayor presidential nomination. is, you should conventions where members of a With seasoned veterans like Hill- given party come together to hear care about the Photo courtesy of John Photo courtesy of ary Clinton and John McCain and speeches and ask questions. Edwards campaign Jason Bedrick the inexperienced but powerfully primaries.” Th e original purpose in using appealing Barack Obama either caucuses was to reduce the number Barack Mitt considering or already contending Daniel Shorr of candidates running, based on the Obama, Romney, for the highest offi ce in the land, the Third-year PSYC assumption that the voters could bet- Illinois former political landscape is heating up in ter familiarize themselves with and freshman Massa- anticipation of the 2008 presiden- diff erentiate between two candidates senator chusetts tial race. tributions are a form of free speech, than contend with many political governor Th e upcoming election draws the best remedy for this problem is faces and platforms. special appeal in that it is the fi rst considerably shortening the lengths However, the current system of Photo courtesy of U.S. Photo courtesy of election since 1924 to have neither of campaigns,” said Richard Barke, caucuses and primaries has faced Congress Mass. Commonwealth an incumbent president nor vice an associate professor in the School some opposition. Critics say that president in the running. of Public Policy. because caucuses and primaries are Also, this race is expected to Of course, in order to win a formed of smaller groups of state the importance of following these into education,” Shorr said. cost the two majority party candi- majority party nomination and party voters that have more extreme primaries and caucuses. Particular issues that Tech stu- dates more than one billion dollars run a campaign in the fi rst place, ideals than average voters, political “Primaries obviously infl uence dents are paying close attention to candidates are often forced to adopt who could potentially be our presi- this primary/caucus season include more extreme positions on critical dent. Th erefore, if you care about lowering federal student loan interest issues like abortion, health care who our president is, you should care rates and fair use of the internet. and foreign policy to cater to these about the primaries,” Shorr said. Joey Kistler, a second-year voters so they can win their party’s Chemical and Biomolecular En- presidential nomination. gineering major, wants candidates “Our process endorses polariza- “They should rotate to adopt raising graduate research tion, discourages those who straddle which states have grants as a platform. party lines and ultimately forces a “Th ey should rotate which states man like John Kerry to go duck their primaries fi rst have their primaries fi rst so that oc- hunting a month before an election,” so...hopefuls have casionally presidential hopefuls have said Andrew Rodrigues, a third-year to weigh in on local Georgia issues Public Policy major. to weigh in on local like keeping the HOPE scholar- Despite the criticisms, primaries Georgia issues...” ship, rather than always trying to and caucuses do not appear to be win in Iowa and New Hampshire,” disappearing anytime soon, and Joey Kistler Kistler said. the fi rst ones of the presidential Th ere are two politicians from season—the Iowa caucus, sched- Second-year CHBE Georgia that are speculated to make uled for next Jan. 14, and the New a run for the White House in 2008. Hampshire primary, scheduled for Shorr said that he would look Former Speaker of the House Newt next Jan. 22—continue to attract for candidates who put education Gingrich has expressed serious inter- heavy political campaigning and as a high priority in his or her est in running for the Republican coverage. platform. Party nomination. Former House Although college students are “You want someone who has Representative Cynthia McKinney By Christopher Gooley / S TUDENT PUBLICATIONS widely perceived to be politically strong support for education at all from Georgia’s fourth district has Students register to vote in the last presidential election. With the apathetic, Daniel Shorr, a third- levels. As students, we would all ben- been rumored to be a candidate for start of the primary season, students will head to the polls again. year Psychology major, spoke about efi t from more money being poured the Green Party nomination.

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STREAK COMES TO HALT THE RACE IS ON After two years of not winning a Students discuss the importance of SPRING BREAK single road game, the Jackets fi nally primaries as well as their thoughts on Page 32 the presidential election. Page 14 A Special Section to the Technique • Friday, February 16, 2007 break the streak. Local options Changes in latitude, provide break changes in attitude alternatives By Evan Zasoski Senior Staff Writer

Th e most popular spring break destinations continue to Stuck in Atlanta over spring break? Of course you are. You’re a broke college kid. be the beach, but other locations are also popular But fear not. We here at the ‘Nique feel your pain and have lovingly crafted for you this list of activities that can keep you busy in Atlanta over the break. March 17 St. Patrick’s Day Parade – Downtown What could possibly say spring break quite By Matthew Winkler are student specials for trips to Hawaii students on break. like a holiday and its ensuing parade practically Managing Editor and southern California, but these trips Two of the most popular skiing dedicated to beer? It’s all the fun of the traditional can be as expensive as traveling out of destinations are Killington, Vt. and spring break locale but for a mere fraction of the Spring break was originally de- the country. Breckenridge, Colo. price. Th ink of all the Killians those savings signed to give students a break during Expect to pay around $1,000 for Th ere is currently a spring break could buy. the fi rst few months of winter to catch roundtrip airfare and hotel accommo- special on www.statravel.com, that Price: Free up on their studies. Now it is seen as dations. If you are looking for a cheap off ers fi ve days of skiing and lodging a small vacation for students to go trip with some enjoyable experiences, for $340. 11th Annual Downtown Dash for Diabetes enjoy activities that cannot be had Las Vegas may be your next logical Breckinridge also has some student If you are looking for some exercise, then this at their respective schools. choice. specials ranging from $370-$380, race might be the ticket. Th e race starts at 9 a.m. Th is spring semester is no dif- which include fi ve days of lodging in Hunt Park located near Georgia State. Th e ferent as students choose more and and four days of skiing. race takes place in the streets surrounding Hunt more exciting places to venture for Popular Spring Break Other major ski destinations are Park. Proceeds benefi t the Diabetes Association the break. Destinations Copper, Colo., Mont Sutton, Quebec of Atlanta Many travel agencies, including and Mt. Snow, Vt. Price: Registration fee of $20 STA travel, off er student packages Acapulco, Mexico Europe is also becoming a popular for spring breakers. destination. While a European break March 20 – March 25 Th e most popular idea is still Breckenridge, Colo. might be the most expensive, it can be Sweet Charity – Fox Th eatre fi nding a beach. In 2006, the most one of the most unique destinations. Th e classic play comes to the Fox with Molly Panama City Beach, Fla. popular spring break destinations London, Paris, Madrid and Amster- Ringwald in the leading role. Check it out. were Acapulco, Cancun and Cabo Killington, Vt. dam are currently the most chosen Price: $19 - $46 San Lucas, respectively. European locations. A seven-day student package for Cancun, Mexico Current student packages on www. March 22 – March 24 any of these particular destinations statravel.com have prices to London Atlanta Ballet: An Evening of New Works and will cost the student around $1,000 London and Paris around $600, which includes American Classics – Ferst Center and includes hotel accommodations roundtrip airfare as well as a hotel. So tied to Tech that you can’t even be bothered as well as airfare. Some other popu- Amsterdam Th e Madrid and Amsterdam specials to leave campus? Well, you’re in luck, because the lar beaches include Costa Rica and lack roundtrip airfare, but do include Atlanta Ballet is coming right to you with some Jamaica. Th ese student packages are lodging from $30 a night. of the fi nest dancing this side of the former Iron in the $400 range. Rooms at local hotels start from as Whether your destination is only a Curtain. Staying in the states, students can low as $18 a night. few hours away or completely across an Price: $15 - $80 visit spring break hot spots such as All these destinations are geared ocean there are many deals that cater Panama City, Daytona or Miami toward the college crowd, so fi nding to the college student. March 22 – March 24 Beach. Hotels in these areas range any form of entertainment will not Check out such websites as www. High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction – High anywhere from $70 a night to nearly be hard. statravel.com, www.studentuniverse. Museum $200 a night. Also gaining popularity are students com, www.travelocity or www. Granted, it’s not quite as proletariat friendly as Th e west coast is also not short of seeking colder weather. Ski trips are ststravel.com to fi nd out more deals the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, but it still involves the spring break experience. Th ere gaining more and more popularity for that fi t into the student budget. drinking, and really, isn’t that what really matters when we’re talking about what to do over spring break? Plus, when else are you going to have the opportunity to wander around the High totally sloshed? Price: $15 ($12 with Student ID) March 23 Wynton Marsalis – Symphony Hall For those of you out there who enjoy a bit of the old jazz music, Wynton Marsalis is one of the biggest names in the business these days. Barring Miles Davis rising from the dead as a trumpet- playing zombie, you’re not gonna do much better than that. Price: $37.80 - $81.00 March 24 Pete Yorn – Earthlink Live Everyone’s favorite indie rock singer/songwriter is coming to town, and you, the lucky few stuck in Atlanta over the break, get to check him out. Price: $25 March 25 ING Georgia Marathon Participate in the inaugural ING Georgia Marathon. All runners receive a medal, a shirt, a commerative poster as well as other free prizes. Race starts at 9 a.m. By Sam Morgan / S TUDENT PUBLICATIONS Price: $95 (Registration due by March 19) 16 • Friday, February 16, 2007 • Technique SPRING BREAK Proper prior planning key to successful spring break ant, a toothbrush, suffi cient socks Some people are traveling close and underwear, and your house or enough to home that the mode of dorm keys. transportation will be driving. If you Failure to have any of these with are driving, be sure to have a full tank you is going to cause a lot of prob- of gas. Also make sure your car is not lems. Use your judgment to fi gure low on fl uids or oil, or is in need of out what else you have to pack, and major repair. Th e last thing you want have it all done the day before you to be doing on break is catching a leave, because rushing around at the ride with a tow truck. last minute is going to cause said If your vacation destination re- judgment to be a little off . quires you to get around with public Hopefully as you walk out the transportation, make sure you pay door you have some attention to idea of where you’re exactly which going and what “Trust me from bus, train or you’ll be doing. plane that Maybe you don’t. experience, Los you are about If not, then you’re Angeles International to board. In not out of luck, 1982 a Th ai although your op- Airport can be a woman went tions are going to be comfortable enough to Malaysia a lot more limited as on a shopping you get closer to the place to snooze...” trip, hopped By Jason Ossey / S TUDENT PUBLICATIONS date of departure. on the wrong Making a last minute fi ll-up on your car is essential before hitting the road for spring break. Also, check- Consider tak- bus to return ing the oil and all other fl uid levels is important to avoid having unexpected car trouble on you trip. ing advantage of AirTran’s X-fares home, and only made it back program that lets travelers between this month after being lost for 25 By Craig Tabita take a good look around your dorm, Some things are essential, though. the ages of 18 and 22 grab a cheap years. Assistant News Editor apartment or house. Go ahead and Your cell phone charger falls into seat on one of their fl ights, with no Finally, when it comes down to turn off anything that might overheat this category. So do, unfortunately, reservation required, if there is an actually enjoying whatever possibili- With spring break only a few and explode, such as your computer whatever textbooks and other school empty seat. ties your destination has to off er, try weeks away, take the time now to be or appliances. materials you’ll need to read and Th e only problem with doing so to spend some time seeing the real aware of everything you will need On a somewhat related note, be re-read because every one of your is that you might fi nd that hotels heart and soul of the place. Tourist to ensure that you will have a fun respectful of your neighbors and professors decided to schedule an aren’t quite so accommodating to traps are abundant and give you a and safe week away and avoid some check that any alarm clocks aren’t exam for the week when you come your last-minute planning. pretty empty feeling after you are headaches down the road. still set to go off in your absence. back. Check your class schedules if If that’s the case, you can shave done with them. After all, spring break is about Th ink carefully about everything you haven’t already, but try to fi nd a day off your expensive stay by It’s an unwritten rule that the relaxing and not having to worry; you will need during your trip, and a balance and see if you can avoid sleeping at the airport in a sleeping best and most fun things to do in a the last thing you want to happen don’t pack anything more than that. both being overly distracted while bag. Trust me from experience, Los city never get well-publicized. Take a during your vacation is to be bogged Heavy bags are a pain to lug around you’re out having fun, and coming Angeles International Airport can chance on fi nding some of them; like down with undue stress. and it gives you more stuff to worry home unprepared. be a comfortable enough place to all other things in this world, a little When it comes time to leave, about keeping track of. 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February 14 - February 28 at: www.housing.gatech.edu SECTION NAME Technique • Friday, February 16, 2007 • 17 Short road trips provide cheap, exciting journeys By Matthew Winkler Cumberland Island Managing Editor (St. Mary’s, Ga,) Driving Time: 5 hours Spring break is a coveted time How to get there: Take I-75 south to any college student. The beach to I-16 to Savannah, then take I-95 is usually the only criteria for a south. spring break destination, but also Reason to go: Cumberland Island a roadtrip can make a break very is part of Georgia’s barrier islands satisfying. Not every student can and part of the Cumberland Island afford to find a party and a beach, National Seashore. The island is very so staying near campus and taking secluded and contains protected a short adventure may be the best forests and beaches. option for some. Only 300 visitors a day are al- These road trips are cheap and lowed on the island. Cumberland can be done alone or in large groups. Island has everything from hiking So, for those who are staying in and swimming to shark tooth hunt- the Atlanta area, there are plenty ing and camping. Also, one can visit of destinations that can satisfy the the 1900 Greyfield Mansion which need to escape. was originally built for a Carnegie Some of these road trips are short heiress. To escape the grind of the and could easily be done in a day urban lifestyle, Cumberland Island while others are meant to keep you is the place to go. for several days. All offer a unique experience while being enjoyable at The Lost Sea the same time. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) Driving Time: 2.5 hours Savannah, Ga How to get there: Take I-75 north Driving Time 4 hours to exit 60 in Tennessee. How to get there: Take I-75 south Reason to go: According to Guinness to I-16, which runs directly to Book of World Records, Sweetwater By Jamie Howell / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Savannah contains the largest underground A road trip to northern Georgia is a great idea for those not travelling far for spring break. In the Blue Reason to go: With a history that lake in the world. Designated as a Ridge Mountains, there is camping, hiking, fishing and sightseeing that can be enjoyed at a low cost. dates back to 1792, Savannah is Registered National Landmark, the north. Athens, Ga. a quick trip to take. one of the most-visited places in cave maintains a constant tempera- Reason to go: Visit the site of Driving Time: Georgia. One can visit landmarks ture of 58 F and is part of a large, One hour America’s first gold rush. When gold How to get there: Take I-85 north, Blue Ridge Mountains that date back to the Revolutionary historic cave system known as the was first discovered in North Georgia and Civil Wars. Craighead Caverns. then take US-29 north. (North Georgia.) in 1828, thousands flocked to the Reason to go: Driving Time Also in abundance are the many So far, roughly 13 acres have been Athens has much : One hour Cherokee land to try to stake their to offer anyone who is looking for How to get there: North on I-75, historic homes, churches, cemeteries mapped out, but the exact size of the claim to the riches years before the and squares as well as a plethora of Lost Sea is still not known. Tours are entertainment during the break. I-85 or GA-400 famous California gold rush. Rolling Stone ranked Athens as the Reason to go: With over a dozen state southern hospitality. given in glass-bottom boats, where The rush was so successful that a If history is not your interest then visitors can see the largest rainbow number one college music scene parks dotted around the northern U.S. branch mint was built in 1838, in America. Every week, plenty of region of the state, the outdoors can St. Patrick’s Day may be. Savannah trout in North America. Tours are and produced over $6 million in has one of the largest St. Patrick’s given every day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. bands perform in the numerous be an exciting detour from the grind gold in its 23 years of operation. clubs and bars that dot the Athens of the semester. All state parks offer Day celebrations in the U.S. St. and the tour only costs $12. The museum is housed inside the Patty’s Day falls on March 17, the landscape. Also while in Athens, camping grounds as well as lodges Lumpkin County Courthouse, the one can visit such weird landmarks for guests to stay. During the day, first Saturday of spring break. There Dahlonega Gold Museum oldest courthouse in Georgia. Inside as the world’s only double-barreled hiking, fishing and sightseeing can will be a parade in the historic dis- (Dahlonega, Ga.) the museum one can see coins, a trict on Saturday morning as well cannon or the tree that owns itself. be enjoyed through one of the most Driving Time gold nugget, some minted coins If you’re looking for some quick scenic regions of the state, while as the famous parties that run well : One hour and tools used during the mining into Sunday. How to get there: Take GA-400 entertainment geared toward the having the benefit of a campfire can operations. college crowd then Athens may be be enjoyed at night.

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Both services are open to all people, regardless of religious affiliation – Student Special! Snacktime Steal! or lack thereof. One large, one-topping One medium, one-topping pizza for only pizza for only $5.99! $4.99! 18 • Friday, February 16, 2007 • Technique SPRING BREAK ATL offers free entertainment Local community service edition of Gone with the Wind, as well as the torch Muhammad Ali options supply fun, used to light the 1996 Olympic flame. Tours are available Tuesday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. rewarding experiences Also of historical and cultural significance is the Martin Luther By Matthew Winkler King, Jr. National Historic Site. Managing Editor Located on Auburn Avenue, one can visit the grave of the famous civil While others decide to take vacations to beaches and mountains rights leader at Ebenezer Church as for spring break, others choose to help those most in need. If you well as King’s birth home. did not get a chance to sign up for the Alternative Spring Break Trip Also located nearby is the historic and feel you don’t have the time to travel and help at the same time, Fire Station No. 6, where a history then there are plenty of community service opportunities that can of the desegregation of the Atlanta be taken advantage of in the Atlanta area during the break. Fire Department can be heard. For those wanting to go further in Atlanta Humane Society to history, the Kennesaw Mountain The Humane Society is great way to help the community, by National Battlefield Park is just a helping animals in the local area. Volunteers must be 18 years old short drive up I-75 north. and can help with things such as assisting staff with animal place- The battlefield is 2,884 acres of ment, handling lost and found calls or assisting in the front office. protected land that marks one of The Humane Society is located at the corner of Howell Mill Road the historic battles of the Atlanta and 10th Street. Further information can be found at www.atlan- campaign led by Union Gen. Wil- tahumane.org or by calling 404-875-5331. liam T. Sherman in the summer of 1864. Atlanta Children’s Shelter The land contains small peaks, Atlanta Children’s Shelter helps provide child development and numerous hiking trails as well as support services for homeless families. Volunteers are needed to read markers indicating important points to children ages 3-5. The project will be conducted on Thursday, on the battlefield. March 22, from 3-4 p.m. If interested, contact Atlanta Children’s A civil war museum and an Shelter at [email protected] or by phone at 404- By Jon Drews / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS 892-3713. Free tours of the State Capitol Building are available Monday through observation deck are also located Friday. The tour gives an inside glimpse of lawmaking in Georgia. on site for visitors. If history is not your interest then Atlanta Community Food Bank Food for Thought By Blake Israel Senate and House of Representatives maybe viewing free art is. The City The Atlanta Community Food Bank helps fight hunger in Atlanta Contributing Writer gallery is also included. Gallery East offers free admission through engaging, educating and empowering the community. The tour concludes at the Georgia into its exhibit of high-quality art Volunteers are needed to help sort and inspect food, beverages and During spring break, if you’re Capitol Museum, which contains produced by local artists. medical supplies that are donated. One can volunteer on Wednesday, not already committed to plans, the Hall of Valor, Georgia’s valuable Since its opening in 1993, the March 21, from 6-8:30 p.m. at the food bank located at 732 Joseph take a moment to take advantage collection of historic battle flags. gallery has displayed art not typi- Lowery Blvd. For more information contact the Atlanta Food Bank of the free activities in and around Just a short distance away from cally seen in the more mainstream, by phone at 404-892-9822. campus. the Capitol is Centennial Olympic commercial galleries. The gallery is One of the more interesting free Park. This park is an excellent place to located at 675 Ponce De Leon Ave, Hands on Atlanta activities is taking a tour of the State go to unwind and relax. The park also and is open Monday through Friday, If you did not quite find the project you are looking for then contact Capitol Building. Tours are free and now has free wireless internet. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hands on Atlanta. This non-profit helps coordinate volunteers for given every Monday through Friday, Tours of the governors’ mansion All these activities are free and over 500 community-based agencies. A wide variety of volunteer 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. are also available for those interested. offer an enjoyable experience to all. projects in the Atlanta area are provided by Hands on Atlanta. For While on tour one can learn the This Greek Revival-style house first Whether your interest is art, history more information contact Hands on Atlanta at 404-979-2800. history of the Capitol as well as the opened in 1968 and contains such or politics, Atlanta can accommodate lawmaking process. A visit to the historical items as a signed first- those that are on a tight budget. www.nique.net ENTERTAINMENTpage 19 Technique • Friday, February 16, 2007 • 19

ON THE ROAD AGAIN... A FULL HOUSE? A list of six possible road trips for those RHA’s seventh annual poker tourna- ENTERTAINMENT procrastinators. A must-read for those ment drew approximately 100 partici- Page 17 Page 11 Technique • Friday, February 16, 2007 without spring break plans. pants last Thursday. Best-selling author Athens’ Tishamingo releases album speaks at SCAD Augusten Burroughs, the New York Times best-selling author The Pointshows what southern rock is all about of Running with Scissors will By Kenneth Baskett the band could do is play a grinding The Marshall Tucker Band had speak Wednesday, Feb. 21, at Senior Staff Writer guitar riff, you could not really call “Can’t You See,” The Allman Broth- Tucker Band. Still, those bands have long been gone, at least in their the Savannah College of Art and them a southern rock band. The ers had “Ramblin’ Man” and Skynyrd Design’s Atlanta campus located Listening to Athens-based band next song, “Are We Rollin?”, makes had “Free Bird”. Now Tishamingo original forms, and Tishamingo is here, recording new music. The band at 1600 Peachtree Street. The Tishamingo’s latest album, The Point it clear that they are, in fact, a true has “Tennessee Mountain Angel,” a event is free and begins at 7:30. is like a history lesson in southern southern rock band. The track has a beautiful, slow-opening ballad that’s is a lot like eating at Taco Bell—sure, rock. They have certainly done their great funky guitar groove reminis- carried by the chorus. About halfway they may have discontinued the homework, touring extensively both cent of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Gimme through the seven minute track Chicken Enchilada Grilled Stuft Celebrate Chinese in the states and in Europe. They Three Steps” along with the requisite the song picks up in true southern Burrito, the best thing even appeared on the Gimme Three guitar solo that anything compared rock form and busts out in a killer on the menu, New Year at Silk Days cruise show alongside Lynyrd to a Skynyrd tune should have. guitar solo. but, they still Skynyrd. The band channeled Joe Walsh, The Point is a great album, but it have t he Sunday marks the beginning of From the moment you hear the both in guitar and vocally, on “Chest is not going to win any fans for the Double the new year according to the first song, you know you have found Fever”, a cover of a song done by genre. Though Tishamingo is good, Decker traditional Chinese Calendar. something special. The driving The Band on Music from Big Pink. maybe even great, they fail to com- T a c o For an interesting new date, or in guitars that Tishamingo ventures into country pare with the likes of Lynyrd Skynyrd, and the case you really screwed up your tear open rock on a couple of tracks, like the the Allman Brothers C h e e s y Valentine’s Day date, try taking the album steel guitar-heavy “Travel On.” The or the G o r d i t a her out Saturday for an evening at make it song is anchored by a pounding bass M a r- Crunch, so it Silk Restaurant. They will feature c l e a r drum on every beat and makes an shall is still worth going. fortune telling, Chinese calligraphy, this is amazing driving song. If you’re dying for some dragon dancing and a special New a rock But, all this aside, new southern rock, like Year’s menu. For reservations or more r e - everyone knows most of the genre’s fans information call 678-705-8888 or cord, that you can- probably are, visit www.silkrestaurant.com. a n d not really be pick this t h e a southern up. b l u e s y rock group Live reptile exhibit vocals and without a poetic lyrics trademark opens at Fernbank have a certain epic jam Gregg All- s o n g . Sixty live animals representing man feel to 26 of the nearly 8000 different them. species of squamates (a diverse But group of legged and legless lizards, if all including snakes) are on exhibit now at Fernbank. The exhibit focuses on the many adaptations of these animals, including projectile tongues, unusual methods of locomotion, deadly venom, and impressive camouflage. Admission is $12 for students, and the museum is open until 10 p.m. Fridays. More information is available at www.fernbank.edu . Metal Slug Anthology released Wii compilation a must for loyal fans By Nathan Garcia of all seven games in the series for of soldiers from the Peregrine Falcons Staff Writer the Nintendo Wii. specialized forces unit and fight At its core, Metal Slug is a familiar against the masses of the Rebellion Despite all of the advancements and easy to play game. Army. in graphics and game play that has One or two players While hopelessly outnumbered, evolved for video can take control of the Pelegrine Falcons forces have a games over the a series wide arsenal of weaponry at their past ten years, disposal that they obtained by there is still some- freeing captured prisoners. thing to be said for Everything from heavy games that are simple machine guns to laser and addictive. cannons is available, but Released almost the true equalizer is the ten years ago for powerful land tank, SNK’s Neo-Geo Metal Slug. console, Metal While the soldiers Slug is one of the can only take one best examples of hit each before buy- a franchise that ing the farm, the never seems to Metal Slug can take get stale. multiple hits before T h e t w o - exploding. d i m e n s i o n a l The Metal Slug dish- side-scrolling, run- es out a powerful Vulcan and-gun action has cannon and cannon shells collected a modest with a kamikaze attack fan base. for especially tight Now SNK By Jamie Howell / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Playmore has released a mas- See Game, page 21 ne of the chefs at downtown’s newest restaurant, Thrive (101 sive compilation OMarietta Street), prepares sushi before the grand opening. 20 • Friday, February 16, 2007 • Technique ENTERTAINMENT

Taking Back Sunday begins North American tour By Abhinav Bhatnagar chart only a week after it’s release. writing and recording, we knew that seem to have harnessed that vi- fans to the issue and how to help. Staff Writer The 157,000 sold copies of the we wanted to make a rock record. tality into a rich, musically filled Rubano states “The main thing album sent it to RIAA gold-certi- The five of us knew what we meant soundtrack.” This record is the we’ve been doing is to try to use our Taking Back Sunday, the rock fied status. to one another and knew what we singular biggest accomplishment website and any opportunities we band whose album Louder Now has The band released their first DVD wanted to accomplish. The sound of of my life,” Rubano said. have available to us to direct people been voted “Album Of The Year” by titled “Louder Now: Part One”. our band has changed,” said drum- The upcoming tour, aside from to the issue. It’s a bit of giving back the prominent Kerrang! Magazine, The band will also be releasing a mer Matt Rubano. including the significantly more to the global community.” will begin 2007 with their tour of second, and possibly a third DVD to Taking Back Sunday is highly rock-influenced record, will feature Fans obviously have much to look North America. follow up live tour coverage. acclaimed for their energetic live older Taking Back Sunday songs. forward to in the upcoming tour, Beginning February 22nd in Louder Now, Taking Back performances. “Since Louder Now came out which, unfortunately, will not be Pennsylvania, the band’s tour will Sunday’s third album, contains In their we’ve played varying amounts of covering Georgia. lead them through many venues an intensity unheard in the band’s new al- songs from all the records. But on And as for new music from they have missed on previous tours, previous albums Where You Want To b u m , this tour we are getting ready to get the band, hopefully fans will hear including an extended foray into Be and Tell All Your Friends. t he y rid of our current live playlist and something in the next year or so. “I Canada. Producer Eric Valentine, who pre- play some things we haven’t played think we’ll probably be going into the Taking Back Sunday came into viously worked with Third Eye Blind in a long time,” Rubano said. studio maybe some point in the end the mainstream in August of last year and Queens of the Stone Age, was a Fans can look forward to songs of 2007, But we would with its third album and first major determining factor in the explosive from the band’s early stages, includ- like to tour on label release sounds of the new album. ing old EPs. L o u d e r L o u d e r The band’s faster, harder paced On their upcoming tour, look Now for Now. new record also contains tradi- to see Taking Back Sunday drawing as long as The tional Taking attention to the prevention of global we possi- a l b u m Back Sun- warming. bly can,” l a n d e d day in the In preparation, the band has R u b a n o Number hit single re-fitted their tour buses with said. Two on “Make- bio-diesel engines, and Billboard’s D a m n - at each v e n u e , Top 200 Sure.” will in- clude “ W h e n stalls we were linking

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In the spirit of fairness and gender so shown and even perhaps win movie making. most innocent comment a source capture a squirrel. equality, I, Two Bits Woman, have something. As usually happens at Tech, I for sexual humor. Now, I dare not tell you the plot usurped the Two Bits Man column. This, of course, is unlikely, but was on a team with A LOT OF A few examples: of our movie, for fear of ruining my Actually, I threatened him with my you keep hoping anyway. GUYS. Me: It’s cold out here. anonymity. eyelash curler and he agreed we could The CMF people move onto the I’m a big fan of boys,*** but an Guy: I bet I could figure out a But, suffice it to say that the whole split it 50/50. next college campus, giving more entire week of being the only source way to keep you warm. thing turned out to be an enjoyable Since the number of men and students the opportunity to waste of estrogen was a bit trying. (I’m sure Me: (Referring to the line of experience. women in the world is roughly equal, a week of their lives and an entire they would people at Subway.) It’s really long. We’re even going to have a party this seemed like a good idea. hour of DV tape. have ap- Guy: That’s what SHE said! for our team, in which we’ll drink Now, for the second week in a It seems to me that pre- Sigh. until our movie seems much better row women can join the world of the majority of Tech I suppose I should simply appreci- than it actually was. (We’re trying sarcastic, vaguely satirical, Dave submissions involve ate the sheer creativity of managing to to make this movie-related. I’m Barry-esque writing too. ninjas, zombies, pirates, make a sex joke out of any possible thinking we should try Marlon And in that vein, I’d like to begin robots, l33t speak or conversational subject. Brandos, Miss Moneypennies, and my subject for this week… Campus squirrels. (Or a combi- In fact, I think this Hollywoods. For those of you of legal MovieFest. nation thereof.)* should be a new game. Give age, I swear these are real drinks.) That’s right, I, Two Bits Woman, We generally have a everyone a list of three words At any rate, CMF is over now participated in Campus MovieFest fun time making these and combine them all in a and I can go back to my normal (CMF, as we kids “in the know” movies and end up with sexual phrase. (Speakers, daily routine of cursing the physics like to call it). hilarious, if slightly boat, Google.**** Ready? gods and hoping that the world will For those of you who aren’t aware, incoherent, results. Go!) end before I have to study for my CMF is an annual event where over The Georgia State But I digress. next exam. a hundred teams of Tech students kids, on the other hand, Movie making can be a source of I wish everyone who participated sign up to make a five-minute movie have a “serious” film much frustration, because you have in CMF good luck, but worse luck in one week. program and make mov- to think about stuff that ordinarily than my team. The kindly CMF folks give you ies in French about the doesn’t matter. *What can I say? I like last year’s a digital camera and a Mac laptop Quebecois. Like how a room that seems “Zobots.” That is, Zombies plus for the week, and send you on your Don’t get me wrong, I perfectly well-lit to you shows up Robots. merry way. like Canadians** as much as pitch-black on a camera. **Barenaked Ladies, anyone? After an exhausting week, you as the next gal, I’ve just never Or how the guy upstairs flushing ***Johnny Depp and Brad Pitt, turn in your movie and attend the had particularly strong feelings about ciated having more girls around, his toilet ruins otherwise perfect mmm…. big CMF bash, where you hope that the type of French they speak. too!) I am consistently amazed at audio. ****I’d Google with him in a boat your movie will be one of the 15 or Anyway, back to my week of the ability of guys to make even the Or how hard it is to actually with music on the speakers.

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18 attempts. Throughout the season, fenses, it would probably be a wash. ball pressure,” said UConn head win situation in order to keep their from page 31 Tech has failed to win when it did But what they did was lock us up and coach, Jim Calhoun. NCAA Tournament hopes alive. UConn not score more than 70 points. The The 52 points scored by the The Jackets hope to further improve down and [Crittenton] sat most of game marked the first time Tech Huskies mark its lowest point total their position to make it to the final the second half, but Mario West accomplished the feat. “We’re a good of the season. 65 with the win on a nationally came in and did a good job. So we “We’re a good defensive team. Going into the game, UConn had televised game. Tech now faces only had confidence that even though The two bad stretches of basketball defensive team. The averaged 73 points. The Huskies have conference opponents for the rest of Javaris had two fouls, we could still we’ve had this season were because two bad stretches lost nine of 13 of its last games after the season. The team finished with play well,” Hewitt said. we didn’t guard. When we defend, winning its first 11 games. a 12-2 non-conference record for The offensive turnaround has we’ve played with the some of the of basketball we’ve “It was a hard-fought game, a the season, losing only to then #5 sparked the team and allowed best teams in the country. We’ve got had this season were defensive struggle. We made some UCLA and Vanderbilt. Crittenton to lead Tech to its third to make sure we’re consistent with mental mistakes in our pressure and Both were played away from straight victory. all our defensive fundamentals,” because we didn’t they capitalized. But we didn’t think Alexander Memorial Coliseum. “After the four game losing streak, Hewitt said. guard.” we could score consistently in a half- The Jackets can now only hope we all came together and talked and The Huskies shot poorly through- court setting. I thought the run in the to return to play at the Georgia we knew what we had to do. I think out the game and finished with second half that Javaris led was more Dome come early April for another everybody just stepped it up,” Crit- a 30.9 shooting percentage. The Paul Hewitt about our defense, our rebounding National Championship shot. Tech tenton said. team finished just 12 of 21 on free Men’s Head Coach and getting in transition to get some next faces Duke at Durham on The Jackets played well in areas throw shots. The Jackets also out- easy baskets,” Hewitt said. Sunday. The Blue Devils were on a where the team has struggled this rebounded the Huskies, grabbing wouldn’t let us run stuff. With identical 15-8 records and four game losing streak before beat- season. The team shot well from the 29 rebounds to UConn’s 21. Then we made incredibly poor 4-6 conference records entering ing Boston College on Wednesday free throw line, making 17 shots on “If you match both interior de- choices and some of that has to be the game, both teams faced a must- night, 78-70.

sliver www.nique.net/sliver THANKS FOR STEALING THE PROLIFE DISPLAY. NO ONE WANTS TO SEE THAT GARBAGE. whats a nice guy gotta do to get a quality woman around here? Dear GT Volleyball team, will you be my Valentine? so there is no way i could make it more obvious that i like you. what are you going to do about it? I’m a disgrace to Asians by being so bad at math... “take a chance to recognize that this could be yours” brittany c is amazing I think I may show up to workdrunk. tech trolley is crazy slow Stay little Valentine, stay! Georgia Tech colors are WHITE & OLD GOLD, there is no black or blue! Makes us look like those Notre Dame bastards! See page 28 for more Slivers! 28 • Friday, February 16, 2007 • Technique SPORTS Jackets knock off Wolfpack The Wolfpack got off to an early 3-0 lead on a three by Shayla Fields. Tech wasn’t able to respond until Chioma Nnamaka was able to sink a jumper to score the Jackets’ first points three minutes into the contest. Going into the game, the Jackets were focused on not allowing Goring to win the game single-handedly for N.C. State “We tried to take away their inside game… We had our full five fronting [Goring’s] face trying to not let her catch or see the ball,” Higgs said. Bridgette Ardossi was the key to this success, as she was able to bang

with Goring inside and didn’t allow By Blake Israel/ STUDENT PUBLICATIONS her easy post positioning. The softball team opened up their season by sweeping Georgia The team’s focus and Ardossi’s Southern over the weekend. The team lost to Troy on Wednesday. stout defence paid off. Goring scored only 4 points in the first half, and Tech led 31-24 at the break. The second half started well for Softball sweeps the Jackets as Higgs’ hot shooting helped the team build a 17-point lead with 14 minutes to go. At the midway point of the second Eagles, loses to Troy half, Ardossi picked up her 3rd foul By Sam Morgan/ STUDENT PUBLICATIONS and was taken out of the game. With By Michael Clarke In the second game, the Jackets The Jackets beat N.C. State at the Coliseum, 69-62. The win snapped Tech’s toughest interior player out, Sports Editor shut out the Eagles 8-0. Tech scored a two game losing streak where both losses came on the road. Goring was able to control the paint 3 unearned runs on four additional without the ability of another Tech Tech opened up the season by Georgia Southern errors. Whitney By Jason Boral lian Goring who scored 20 points, 16 player to battle inside with her. sweeping Georgia Southern. In Humphrey pitched five shutout Contributing Writer of which came in the second half. Head Coach MaChelle Joseph the first game, the Jackets beat the innings to win her first game of However, the real leader of the threw everything the team had, Eagles 7-2. the season. While playing at home on Sun- team was Head Coach Kay Yow, but Goring led State on an 11-0 After trailing 2-0 heading into Shortstop Aileen Morales went day, the Lady Jackets showed their who just weeks ago returned to the run, cutting the lead to two with the bottom of the fifth inning, the 1-for-2 from the plate and scored ability to hang with the ACC’s best. bench after a month of chemotherapy 2:30 left. bats came alive and the Jackets scored two runs for the Jackets. The team has a different mind set to treat breast cancer. While her as- The Jackets switched to a zone six runs in the frame. The Jackets picked up their when they are playing at Alexander sistants took over when it came to defense to try to stop the bleeding. The Eagles did not help their cause first loss of the season as the Troy Memorial Coliseum. yelling at the refs, Yow’s presence “We wanted to force them to as they committed four errors in the Trojans upset the Jackets 4-2 on “We’re really focusing in on could be felt by not only all the play- make some shots outside. They were game that led to the Jackets scoring Wednesday. protecting our home court, we want ers, but all the fans in attendance, getting a lot of shots in the paint and two unearned runs. Tiffany Johnson pitched six score- people to come out and support us,” dressed in pink for Breast Cancer we wanted to keep our defense more Sarah Wood picked up her first less innings, but she surrendered all said Stephanie Higgs. Awareness Day. compact in the paint,” Higgs said. win pitching six solid innings while four runs in the seventh inning to Higgs shooting heated up Sunday On the court, Tech’s defense Coach Joseph’s plan worked and allowing two unearned runs on pick up the loss. afternoon. She led the team with 25 and Higgs’ hot shooting allowed the team brought the lead back up six hits. The Jackets will be playing this points, and shot 75 percent from the team to come out with a 69-62 to seven and never let it go. Right fielder Caitlin Lever was weekend at the Kennesaw State the field. win. Early in the game, it looked as if The team’s next home game will the only Jacket to have multiple hits Softball Invitational before returning North Carolina State was fueled the team would repeat their dreadful be on Monday against Clemson at in the game. Lever went 2-for-4 from home on Tuesday to face Gardner- on the court by 6-foot-7 center Gil- performance against Florida State. 7 p.m. the plate. Webb in a double header.

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Wieters walk off homer gives Tech first win Swept from page 32 However, the Owls responded seventh, the Eagles were able to with two more of their own in distance themselves enough from the fifth to put themselves back the Jackets so that Wally Crancer’s up 7-4. solo home run in the eighth and In the bottom of the seventh, the Danny Payne’s two run home run Jackets loaded the bases for freshman in the ninth were not enough to right fielder Curtis Dupart. rally the Jackets from behind in a He delivered in a big way hitting 9-6 loss. a double into the right field corner to Tech’s preseason All-American clear the bases and give the Jackets Matt Wieters struggled to get hits their first lead of the game at 8-7. and went hitless in nine attempts. For the game, Dupart went 1- “I know that I didn’t get any hits for-3 at the plate, scored once and this weekend, but I hit a few balls drove in four runs. hard and saw [the ball] pretty well Unfortunately, the Owls would so I’m not worried,” said catcher not go away quietly in the ninth. Matt Wieters. With a runner on second base and While Wieters was unable to get Matt Wieters on the hill trying to it going, Jackets centerfielder Danny close the game for Tech, Kennesaw Payne shined against the Eagles. State left fielder Jay Morrow hit a In ten plate appearances, Payne single back up the middle to tie the went four-for-six at the plate with a game at eight and send it to extra home run, four RBI’s, and one stolen innings. base. For the series, Payne had an In the extra frame, Matt shined as Onbase Plus Slugging of 2.133. he shut down all three of the batters Payne also pitched one inning in from the mound in the top half of the relief on Sunday and retired the side inning and finished off the game by with only eight pitches. hitting a three run home run with Payne’s biggest play of the runners on first and second to win weekend came on defense when the game. he snagged a home run away from While Tech has given up 28 runs the Eagles late in Sunday’s losing By Blake Israel/ STUDENT PUBLICATIONS through the first three games this effort. After struggling through most of the first three games of the season and blowing the save in the eighth season, last year’s team gave up 25 “That’s just the way you play the inning against Kennesaw State, Matt Wieters hit a walk off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning. through the first three games and game. Everyone dreams of bringing still made it to the College World back a home run at one point,” cen- By William Bretherton under way against the Kennesaw starter Chris Hicks was knocked out Series. terfielder Danny Payne said. Senior Staff Writer State Owls. before the end of the first inning by The Jackets will play a three game With the win, Georgia Southern When the game finally began, giving up five runs and six hits in just series against Illinois-Chicago this earned its first series sweep of Tech On Tuesday, Tech’s attempt to the Jackets survived 11-8 against the two-thirds of an inning pitched. weekend at Russ Chandler Stadium. since 1996. win their first game of the season Owls in a 10 inning affair that re- Tech responded in the next two First pitch for Friday is scheduled for Coincidentally, 1996 was the was delayed due to rain as they were quired Tech to make a comeback. innings with four runs to close the 4 p.m., and the rest of the start times last time Georgia Southern beat the attempting to get their home opener Early in Tuesday’s game, Tech gap to 5-4. are scheduled at 1 p.m. Jackets in Statesboro. 30 • Friday, February 16, 2007 • Technique SPORTS

run. Stephanie Higgs ended Th ey managed to hit only nine Noles from page 32 Tech’s scoring drought with two out of 38 fi eld goal attempts in free throws. Higgs took control the half. point-blank opportunities the of the game for the Jackets and On the other side, Shante team was not able to capital- scored seven of the team’s 13 Williams scored 11 points in ize on. points during the run. the second half, mostly from Th e Seminoles’ Alicia Glad- “It’s my senior year, so it takes the line. She took advantage of den shined, shooting 75 percent me about two seconds to realize, her ability to beat her defender from the fi eld and scoring 14 ‘Okay, this is it, you only have a off the dribble, and forced Higgs points while adding four steals. couple more games left, you can’t to foul out. Her performance helped Florida waste any time,” Higgs said. With Higgs out and the fi eld State improve to 7-2 in confer- Higgs was helped by sloppy goal shooting at a season low, the ence play. ball handling by the Seminoles. Jackets were never able to recover Early in the game, Tech Florida State turned the ball over and trailed by as much as 17 be- was able to force seven quick nine times during the run. fore the fi nal horn sounded. turnovers and jump out to a 4-2 As the half approached, the Th e woman’s basketball team lead. Th e Seminoles responded Seminoles took advantage of a is now 6-5 in the ACC and will and went on a 13-0 run, while porous Tech defense. Florida fi nish conference play against the Jackets demonstrated the State had four layups on their three teams that have sub .500 defi nition of futility. Tech turned fi nal possessions and headed to conference records. the ball over on fi ve of their next the locker room with a 25-19 Th e Jackets will play against seven possessions. lead. the Clemson Tigers at Alexander By Jamie Howell / S TUDENT PUBLICATIONS Trailing 15-4, it was Tech’s In the second half the Jackets’ Memorial Coliseum on Saturday The women’s basketball team kept their hopes alive of becoming the fi rst turn to go on a 13 point scoring horrendous shooting did them in. at 7 p.m. team to fi nish above .500 in conference play after beating N.C. State 69-62.

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FSU from page 32 Basketball beats UConn at Dome four games. While Tech scored its second-lowest output of the season, By Hahnming Lee all reached double figures. it also limited an ACC opponent to Assistant Sports Editor Morrow anchored Tech’s offense just 57 points, a season low. for much of the first half, scoring 10 Tech had only 11 turnovers and Tech defeated UConn in a points during a 13-2 run. six steals for the night. The Jackets game played at the Georgia Dome, The junior guard bounced back allowed just 22 points in the second 65-52. after failing to score during the NC half and shut down the Seminoles’ In a rematch of the two teams that State game. offense for nearly 16 minutes in met in the 2004 National Cham- During the game, Tech had 18 the second half, allowing only nine pionship game, the two played to points off the bench. D’Andre Bell, points during the span. a different outcome this time, with the sophomore forward, has scored Before the win in Tallahassee, Tech taking the decisive victory. 13 points in his last two games after Tech had not won a road game in “Slowly but surely I think we’re scoring 13 in the first 22 games. nearly two years. The Jackets’ last maturing. We’re really growing “Our freshmen and sophomore in road win came against Miami on Feb. up. Our perim- particular have 26, 2005, a 76-72 road victory. eter again was really stepped The Jackets have also climbed ver y strong, “Slowly but surely, u p . A l a d e back into ACC contention and are and the bench I think we’re Aminu didn’t 5-6 on the season. The win total also helped us,” score today but exceeds Tech’s total wins in ACC said basketball maturing. We’re he made some competition from last year. The Head Coach really growing up. important con- Jackets finished just 4-12 in confer- Paul Hewitt. tributions. And ence play last season. Te c h l e d Our perimeter again of course the The win also gave Tech a season for most of the was very strong.” freshmen are sweep of the Seminoles. Earlier in game, stretching playing very the season, Tech defeated Florida its lead to double well,” Hewitt State 88-80 at Alexander Memo- digits before end- Paul Hewitt said. rial Coliseum. It was Tech’s last ing the first half Men’s Head Coach Crittenton victory before beginning its four with the score at continued his game skid. 33-25. offensive resur- Tech will play its second con- The Jackets extended their lead gence after being limited during the secutive road game in Durham, after Thaddeus Young scored on a Jackets’ four game losing streak. NC against Duke. The Jackets will three point shot that went in at the The star freshman point guard be aiming for their second straight buzzer. struggled early on in the game, accu- road game win and a season sweep Tech never trailed for the rest of mulating two fouls, two turnovers in of Duke. the game and led by as much as 20 just nine minutes into the game. If Tech were to win at Cameron points late into the second half and He picked it up in the second Indoor Stadium this Sunday, Tech UConn never come as close as 10 half, scoring nine straight points to would have only its third season points the rest of the game. extend Tech’s lead. sweep of the Blue Devils. It would Thaddeus Young scored 14 points “In the Memphis game, we were By Jason Ossey/ STUDENT PUBLICATIONS be the first time it has happened to lead the Jackets. Javaris Crittenton, Three years after the Jackets lost in the National Championship since 1996. The only other time Anthony Morrow, and Mario West See UConn, page 27 game, they exacted revenge by defeating the Huskies 65-52. was in 1987. 32 • Friday, February 16, 2007 • Technique pageSPORTS 32

ASSASSINATION WINS FEST NEED HELP MAKING PLANS? A historical fi lm about the assassination of Th e Spring Break Planner provides a SPORTS Lenin was made entirely in Russian. Th e guide to students hoping to make plans Technique • Friday, February 16, 2007 fi lm won Tech’s iMoviefest. Page 11 over spring break. Page 15 Basketball ends road losing streak sports By Hahnming Lee diff erent nights. Assistant Sports Editor “I was trying to execute the of- shortsshorts fense too perfectly [before]. I just Tech ended its long road-losing came out and played my game instead HockeyHockey clubclub playsplays streak with a victory over Florida of trying to be robotic. I try to keep State last Tuesday, 63-57. getting [struggling teammates] for national title While Tech went ahead three touches, but we’ve got to get baskets times during the fi rst half, they so I take it upon myself sometimes,” Th e club hockey team was voted entered the locker room trailing 35- Crittenton told ajc.com. No. 3 in the South Region of the 30. Th e Jackets opened the second Anthony Morrow, Tech’s second American Collegiate Hockey As- half with a 20-7 run that gave Tech leading scorer, struggled from out- sociation. Th e team has accepted a lead it would side the three- an invitation to play in the National never give up. point arc, only Tournament Th e tournament takes Javaris Crit- “I was trying to making one of place in Fort Wayne, Ind. starting tenton scored a execute the offense six shots and on Feb. 28 and lasting through career-high 29 fi nishing on one March 3. points and led too perfectly of 10 shooting. all scorers in the [before]. I just came Morrow was game. Th e fresh- better on the Northern Illinois man scored 11 out and played my free throw line, points during a game.” making fi ve of coach hired as O.C. crucial 13-2 run six shots from in the second the charity line. On Friday, Tech football Head half that gave Javaris Crittenton He fi nished with Coach Chan Gailey announced that Tech the lead for Freshman - Guard eight points. Norhern Illinois off ensive coordina- good. F l o r i d a tor John Bond would join the Tec h Crittenton’s performances dur- State’s Isaiah Swann also scored coaching staff in the same position. ing the four-game winning streak a career high with 23 points. Al Bond will be calling plays next season sharply contrasted his play during Th ornton, the Seminoles’ leading and coaching the quarterbacks. the four-game skid that preceded scorer on the season, was the only Bond has 24 years of coaching it. He scored only 32 points, mak- other player from Florida State to experience with stops at Arkansas, ing only 11 shots on 46 attempts get into double fi gures. Southwest Missouri State, Univer- during the losing streak. In the last As a team, Tech has shown its sity of Texas—El Paso, Delta State, four games, Crittenton scored 89 commitment to defense in the past By Jamie Howell / S TUDENT PUBLICATIONS Illinois State, Army and Northern points on 53 percent shooting and Zach Peacock attempts a shot in the fi rst half. Tech went on to win Illinois. He ran a single back off ense with set career highs in points on two See FSU, page 31 against the Huskies in a game played at the Georgia Dome, 65-52. the Northern Illinois Huskies. Th e off ense saw Garrett Wolfe fi nish fi fth in the NCAA in rushing as a sophomore, second as a junior Jackets struggle against Seminoles and last season he led the nation as a senior. By Jason Boral mance. Th e two teams combined for acterized by turnovers and extensive Tech was led by Jacqua Williams. While the off ensive coordinator Contributing Writer more than 50 turnovers and Tech scoring runs, the Jackets can look to Williams scored 15 points and had with Army, his off ense broke 35 shot just 26 percent from the fi eld. their ineff ectiveness of turning their six steals for the Jackets. As a team, school records. In Friday’s game, the calendar Tech’s off ensive horrors were too opponent’s turnovers into points as the Jackets were able to snag 18 of- In his fi nal two seasons with read Feb. 9th, but it might as well much for the team to overcome as the cause for the loss. Th e Seminoles fensive rebounds, but that number the Illinois State Redbirds, he was have been Friday the 13th. Tech and they lost their second straight game committed 30 of the 51 turnovers, was infl ated due to the number of the off ensive coordinator that had Florida State turned in a horrifi c, on the road 63-52. but Tech was only able to score 11 the two highest scoring outputs in even sometimes terrifying, perfor- Even though the game was char- points off of the turnovers. See Noles, page 30 school history. Bond replaces former Tech of- fensive coordinator Patrick Nix. Nix left to take the off ensive coor- Baseball swept by Georgia Southern dinator position at the University By William Bretherton game as they gave up a combined ofof MMiami.iami. Senior Staff Writer fi ve runs on seven hits in three innings. Th e No. 14 Jackets started their Last Sunday, Tech started out in 2007 campaign this past weekend the lead picking up two runs in the on in Statesboro on a sour note as they fi rst two innings with solid pitching were swept two games in a row by from starter Ryan Turner through deck the Georgia Southern Eagles 11-4 on out the fi rst three innings. Saturday and 9-6 on Sunday. For the Jackets, the tide turned EventEvent DDateate MB @ Duke 2/18 @ 1p.m. Saturday, the quickly in the Jackets started out fourth inning as MB vs. Wake Forest 2/21 @ 7p.m. behind the eight Turner allowed WB vs. Clemson 2/19 @ 7p.m. ball as the Eagles “I know that I two runs which WB vs. Virginia 2/22 @ 7p.m. scored six runs didn’t get any hits tied the game. BB vs. Illinois-Chicago 2/16 @ 4p.m. in the fi rst three Both runs were BB vs. Illinois-Chicago 2/17 @ 1p.m. innings. this weekend, but unearned as the BB vs. Illinois-Chicago 2/18 @ 1p.m. Unlike the I hit a few balls defense made er- BB vs. Georgia St. 2/21 @ 4p.m. game this past hard...so I’m not rors in key spots SB vs. Georgetown* 2/17 @ 2p.m. Tuesday, the Jack- to allow the Eagles SB vs. Miami(OH)* 2/17 @ 6p.m. ets were unable to worried.” to plate the game- SB vs. Evansville* 2/18 @ 4 p.m. pick themselves tying runs. SB vs. Kennesaw St* 2/18 @ 6 p.m. Turner fin- up off the mat. Matt Wieters SB vs. Gardner-Webb 2/20 @ 1p.m. ished with the Starter David SB vs. Gardner-Webb 2/20 @ 3p.m. Duncan was the Junior - Catcher loss, allowing fi ve recipient of most runs on ten hits in WT vs. Auburn 2/17 @ 12 p.m. of the damage as he allowed six 4 and 2/3 innings. MT vs. Georgia St. 2/21 @ 2:30p.m. runs, seven hits and two walks in In the fi fth, Georgia Southern BB- Baseball, SB- Softball, MB- Men’s fi ve innings pitched. put up a four spot to put themselves Basketball, WB- Women’s Basketball, In three innings of relief, the up 6-2. MT- Men’s Tennis, WT- Women’s Tennis By Terry Johnson combination of Jared Hyatt, Michael With a three-run inning in the *in Kennesaw Junior Danny Payne makes a home run saving catch in Saturday’s game Hutts, and Eddie Burns did not For complete schedules, check out against Georgia Southern. The Jackets were swept by the Eagles. improve Tech’s situation late in the See Swept, page 29 www.ramblinwreck.com.