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Here are a few meetings from Feb. 17, 2009. ciety of America (IDSA) chapter lowest fee. !ree speakers request- important events taking place Microsoft permits throughout the nation and the at Tech requested funds to attend ed $500 and Mubarak requested world. disabling IE in new Progress and Service Award the IDSA Southern Distruct Con- $1,000, for a total of $2,500. !e SGA Academic A#airs ference in New Orleans. !e goal of Fifth Annual Is- Windows Committee requested funding to !ey requested $2,693 for con- lam Awareness Series is to inform Earth dodges asteroid CNET News reported on establish the Georgia Tech Stu- ference fees, trip reimbursement, and allow people to ask questions impact Wednesday that in the latest build dent Government Progress and their exhibit and promotional about Islam. release of Microsoft’s upcoming service award. !ey asked for banners. !e GSS said that they were According to the Associated operating system Windows 7 gives $3,218 for the award’s stipend, an At the conference, students concerned about the series’ grow- Press, NASA’s Jet Propulsion the users an option to turn o# ad in the Technique and crystal pa- will show o# an exhibit comprised ing cost over the years and re- Laboratory in Pasadena, CA various components of Windows. per weights. of the collective work from Tech minded the UHR that the SGA reported on Monday that a very Included in this list of features is !e award is intended to rec- Industrial Deisgn program. Stu- should be viewpoint neutral. !ey large asteroid just flew only the option to turn o# Internet ognize students who have made a dents also use the conference to also stated that none of the speak- 48,800 miles away from Earth. Explorer 8. !e software giant positive impact on the Tech com- share ideas with students from ers intended to prostelitize. !is distance is only about twice is not commenting on this new munity. Any undergraduate stu- other schools. Over 50 students !e GSS passed the bill 15-3-2 as high as the orbit of some addition to Windows 7, but many dent with good academic standing are expected to drive to New Or- and the UHR passed the bill 34- telecommunication satellites and people are speculating that this is is eligible. leans to attend the conference. 1-0. only about a "fth of the distance in response to the recent EU latest In order to be considered, the !e amount of money for pro- to the Moon. objection to the inclusion of a student must complete an appli- motional banners was reduced to Megamod Policy The asteroid measured browser with an operating system. cation and complete an interview $36 by both the UHR and GSS. !e SGA passed a new Me- between 69 and 154 feet in The EU had recently filed with the SGA Academic A#airs !e bill passed GSS 18-0-1 and gamod policy that will govern diameter, which is about the Committee. !ree undergraduate the passed the UHR 34-1-0. how campus-wide emails will be anew anti-trust complaint with size of the one that leveled more Microsoft over the bundling students will be chosen to receive sent out by the O$ce of the Dean than 800 square miles of Siberia the award. Islam Awareness Series of Students. !e new policy will of IE with Windows. !is is a about a century ago. While similar anti-trust violation that !e authors of the bill asked to !e Muslim Student Associa- send a weekly digest email to all astronomers are surprised by the change the language of the lan- tion requested funds to pay the students on Mondays. Chartered US regulators raised back in 1996. close encounter, it was nowhere Microsoft recently commented guage to state that the award win- honorariums for four speakers student organizations and In- near the close call that occurred ner would receive a $1,000 stipend invited to speak during the Islam stitute departments are eligible that the EU might try to force in 2004 when a meteoroid came Microsoft to allow PC buyers to and not a $1,000 scholarship. Awareness Series. to submit announcements. Stu- within 4,000 miles of Earth. 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Six male students came up exposed to both safe and danger- !e Hack Week event culmi- Along with the survivor stories, and read “Spittin Nails” by Rus ous intensities of light… !e eye Tech’s student hacking com- nated with the 24-hour hacking several sexual violence prevention Funk, a poem about the feeling can no longer see the world as it munity aims once again to take competition, in which student supporters spoke. Ian Mayberry, of helplessness and anger a man once did.” the lead in the Yahoo! Univer- teams are given twenty-four hours crime prevention o$cer in the feels when a loved one is sexually !e night concluded with sity Hack Day event hosted by to design and build some form of GTPD, spoke on ways to keep assaulted. a candle-lighting ceremony in the Georgia Tech Association for “hack,” be it a web applications or safe and to help prevent sexual Rome Lester, a therapist at the honor of all the victims of sexual Computing Machinery (ACM). some form of computer controlled assault. He urged students to be Georgia Tech Counseling Center, violence. A few people lit candles, !is is the second year Yahoo! web-cam blimp, which was cre- especially careful at parties where was the last speaker of the night. and then they then passed the Hack Day hosted at Tech. ated at one of the international they do not know all the attendees She not only told students about %ame on to the rest of the audi- In last year’s competition, Tech Hack Days last year. and to always try to go places in the many avenues of support stu- ence as the G.I.F.T.E.D gospel had twenty entries for the hack- !e term “hack” is used in groups. dents could "nd if they were sexu- choir sang “!is Little Light of ing competition, while no other its original de"nition meaning a Ricky Livingston, the sexual al assault victims, but also she also Mine.” school made it into the double clever or innovative solution to a assault/violence prevention co- talked about the strength of the “I think that everyone went digits. However, this year, Carn- problem, or an otherwise unique ordinator in the Department of victims that she sees and counsels. away with a little more under- egie-Mellon had 28 entries, and modi"cation or invention. Health Promotion, talked about “Over the years, I have been standing of why this issue is o Tech hopes to over take that num- !e Hack Day event is not the importance in engaging men incredibly touched and moved important after hearing the sto- ber again. focused on the widely misun- in sexual violence awareness. by the mostly women, some men ries of the survivors,” said Nicole “We’ve been bested [this year],” derstood popular connotation of “Most of the men [on campus] who have told me about the after !omas, co-chair for Women’s said Chris Sladky, president of hacking related to illegal modi"- aren’t the problem. Most men are e#ects of being assaulted... I have Awareness Month. “Take Back ACM. “Let’s make this year’s cation or computer system intru- supporting this issue and help- never seen such strength as in the Night is such an eye-opening event even better than last year’s sion. ing out the best they can… Since some of those people,” Lester said. event every year.” and take back our position square- Tech has a reputation to defend ly on top.” in this year’s hack competition. !e Hack Day week runs Last year, current ACM vice presi- this year from Tuesday, Mar. 3 dent Roger Pincombe’s team won through today, which includes a the national University Hack Day variety of events centering around competition last year. di#erent areas of computing and !e winning hack called Di- web development. alPrice allowed the user to call Various speakers will give talks a phone number and inter the and demonstrations on various numbers found on a bar code to programming languages, appli- get "nd the range of prices for the cation programming interfaces product in the user’s immediate (APIs) and also various Yahoo!- area. developed technologies. !ere are prizes for the win- !is year’s Hack Week was ning teams from each school, kicked on on Tuesday with a which have been generously up- launch event in the Klaus build- dated from last year’s prizes. Each ing that included a presentation member from the top team from from Yahoo!’s UK Web Evangelist Tech gets a PlayStation 3, plus Chris Heilmann, who helped run other Yahoo! schwag and goodies. last year’s event as well as other !e launch event on Tuesday Hack Week events around the was packed, over-"lling an entire globe. auditorium in the Klaus building. Heilmann gave a brief history “[!is year’s event] is shap- of Yahoo!’s culture and the forma- ing up to be an even better Hack 1IPUP
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sliver www.nique.net omg SNOW! i made snow man :D why so cold??? is it spring break yet?? maybe tech girls dont care how they dress (sometimes) and still expect attention because even when they dress up and look good no guys every say anything or act like they exist i am starting to think that all tech guys are gay please dont leave GLOBS of hair stuck to the shower walls...are you balding or something? rinse your toothpaste DOWN THE SINK...it is NASTY that you leave it sitting there to catch hair and other bacteria i <3 silver app :D there is no need to wear rhinestones to a nine am class...kthanx spring break = SSI babyyy why is tech supposed to be so “green” yet the professors dont al- low laptops in certain classes so you must print out all 48 pages of notes for 1 section??? plus I want to play wow during class why does UGA get a snow day and we don’t? I feel like we work harder and deserve one more!

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OUR VIEWS CONSENSUS OPINION YOUR VIEWS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Controversial apparel Serve Tech through Unfair labor practice allegations threaten Russell, Tech student government Recent allegations of unfair labor prac- indeed guilty of the accusations, it should With elections packets to run be on the Executive Board, or for SGA o%ce due next !ursday, you can join one of the commit- tices against Russell Athletic, which pro- acknowledge the truth and amend its I urge the undergraduate com- tees at any time throughout the vides the apparel for Tech’s athletic teams, practices as swiftly as possible. Russell is munity to consider serving their year. By serving in these roles, not have led a number of universities to end not the "rst high-pro"le apparel company fellow students through SGA only will you directly a$ect cam- next year. As Georgia Tech stu- pus events and policies, but you their licensing agreements with the com- to come under public scrutiny for labor dents, we are privileged to enjoy will learn more about your fellow pany. Tech, on the other hand, provided rights violations. When Nike experienced a tremendous amount of respect students, your Institute and your a weak statement that mirrored the com- a similar scandal, it addressed the claims from administrators and our Stu- own abilities. SGA is made stron- dent Government Association is ger by drawing from the unique pany’s faint response to the controversy. and made far-reaching and highly visible accordingly entrusted with great and diverse talents of our com- If proven true, the charges that Russell changes to its production model. responsibilities. munity, and for every one of you closed down a Honduras factory largely as Further, there has been no statement Did you know that members who volunteers their abilities, our of SGA advocate for student con- student body is more empowered. a result of the formation of a labor union from Tech condoning these practices, con- cerns to campus administrators If serving in government is not do not just have the potential to hurt Rus- trasting the many other universities who on a daily basis? !at we have your style, you still have the op- sell’s reputation (which has already taken a have spoken out. Also contrasting with members on every Institute Wide portunity to have an impact with Committee? Or that our student your vote. Campaigning and vot- hit following cancelled contracts with 18 other campuses around the nation, Tech legislature controls the complete ing will take place after Spring universities, including Duke, Michigan students have remained almost conspicu- allocation—all $4.2 million—of Break, and I hope every reader and the University of Miami). Being on ously quiet on the subject. By staying si- our Student Activity Fee? !ese will take the time to make an are just a few of the ways students informed choice for their elected the other end of what a Russell executive lent, how will Tech be capable of “positive- have an in#uence on the happen- representatives. termed the company’s “premier relation- ly in#uencing the company’s compliance ings on our campus. Finally, the SGA O%ce is open every day, and you are always wel- ship,” Tech has a responsibility to demand e$orts,” as Director of Athletics Dan Ra- You can have a tremendous impact through Student Govern- come to stop by and talk to us that the company publically investigate dakovich said in a statement? ment, and we need capable and about a position you're interested the reasons that led to the closing of the We understand that Russell, as a long- hard-working students to step up in or any concerns that you have. and take on these leadership roles. We have had an amazing team Honduras factory rather than hide behind time, local partner, remains the most eco- SGA is currently accepting can- of students working for you this a brief statement. !e reputation of the nomically viable option for the Institute’s didate applications for the Class year, and I hope that you will Institute is also at stake as major publica- needs. However, given the negative public- and Major Representative seats, join with us in making next year's and for the positions of Student SGA even stronger! tions like the AJC, New York Times and ity being showered on the company, this Body President and Executive USA Today cover the story. may be a good time to rethink how the Vice President. Kaitlyn Frazier !e evidence suggesting improper busi- company treats its workers abroad, as well Immediately after the campus- Executive Vice President, Stu- dent Government Association ness practices is strong. If the company is as its business partners back home. wide elections, you can apply to

!e Consensus Opinion re"ects the majority opinion of the Editorial Board of the Technique, but not necessarily the opinions of individual editors. Obama’s proposal for ‘national service’ treads on individual rights Technique Editorial Board By C onnor Mendenhall cent and rising, why should gov- Craig Tabita, Editor-in-Chief Arizona Daily Wildcat (U-Wire) ernment pay unskilled youngsters Jenny Zhang Morgan, Managing Editor in#ated wages to do jobs that Emily Chambers, Outreach Editor Siwan Liu, Design Editor During his presidential cam- plenty of hard-up workers would Vivian Fan, Layout Editor Reem Mansoura, Focus Editor paign, then-Sen. Obama exhorted be willing to take at $10 or even Naihobe Gonzalez, Opinions Editor Corbin Pon, News Editor Americans to commit themselves $6.75 an hour? Sure, the plan Matt Ho$man, Sports Editor Jonathan Saethang, Development Editor to public service. National service, is technically a tax credit—but Blake Israel, Online Editor Michael Schneider, Photography Editor he declared, “will be a central since most students pay well un- cause of my presidency.” To this der $4,000 in federal taxes, they Hahnming Lee, Advertising Manager Daniel Spiller, Entertainment Editor end, his policy platform suggests would receive government checks. a huge increase in government- !e $10 billion needed will have sponsored volunteer programs. to come from somewhere. Under the Obama administra- Second, it could have harm- EDITORIAL CARTOON BY CRAIG TABITA tion, the federal government will ful unintended consequences. not just sponsor the Peace Corps Big, broad increases in student and AmeriCorps, but expand aid drive tuition in#ation, which or create a passel of new corps, might make college more expen- including “Classroom Corps,” sive. Considering the last few “Health Corps” and “Clean Ener- years of tuition increases, it should gy Corps.”Don’t worry: he didn’t be no surprise if [presidents and forget to include college students. regents] try to claim their share. Under Obama’s plan, every [stu- Finally, Americans already serve dent] who completes 100 hours of and contribute to their communi- community service will be able to ties. Each year, Americans donate claim a $4,000 tax credit. over $300 billion to charity and For most students, Obama’s spend 8 billion hours volunteering o$er will be hard to refuse. After in churches, schools, and nonprof- all, where else can you earn $40 its. We are far and away the most per hour for picking up trash or generous nation in the world— sorting canned food? !is wage is we just happen to prefer private double what most graduates will philanthropy to volunteerism by earn once they leave college, so presidential "at. only the very wealthiest students As much as I’d love to get out will be able to turn it down with- of paying taxes, Obama’s national out paying a hefty opportunity service refund is one credit I won’t cost. What’s not to like? claim come April. !e nation that For one thing, there are com- I serve by paying taxes and obey- mon sense objections to national ing the law is a collection of free service. First, it’s bad "scal policy. men, not a master to obey—even With unemployment at 6.5 per- at $40 an hour. OPINIONS Technique t
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t 9 Grand Old Party desperate for new ideas To say the Republican Par- “The Party needs to say adieu lywood for political advice. ! # ty lacks strong leadership is to to the gimmicks of nominating I do not believe the Repub- " # say that Je!rey Dahmer had an lican Party should want the !"#$%&'()*'+,-.$/ image problem. Rarely in the a female vice president simply CMAs to become its yearly well-scripted world of Ameri- gathering event. #ere are too can politics do we get a chance because she’s a woman...” many braches in pop culture to see a “rising-star” for a ma- for Republicans, or Democrats jor political party go in front Matt Ho!man for that matter, to appeal to. What are your Spring of the nation and look like a Sports Editor #e GOP needs to get back to kindergarten teacher with a basics, crafting a well-honed Break plans? lobotomy. message outlining basic con- Louisiana Governor Bobby leadership catastrophe over the a problem the new chairman servative values. Jindal was not given the easiest past couple weeks. Michael can tackle head-on. He must #e Party needs to say job last Tuesday night. He was Steele, the new Chairman change the culture of the party adieu to the gimmicks of nom- supposed to give a speech fol- of the Republican National from one that treats the words inating a female vice president lowing President Obama’s de Committee, decided the "rst of Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck simply because she is a woman, facto "rst State of the Union step in rebuilding the party and Boortz like they are the or putting out a young Gover- Address, keeping in mind that was to get into an inches con- four gospels, to a party that nor from Louisiana to give the the president has an approval test with Rush Limbaugh. develops a message that reso- GOP response simply because rating of over 60 percent. But To quote the always-el- nates with the people across he is young and of a darker Jindal’s Elmo-esque perfor- oquent Keyshawn Johnson, America. complexion. While I agree mance left quite a lot to be “#e one thing you never Conservative values are still that Republicans cannot sur- desired. He rede"ned what it want to do is get into a pissing alive and well in the United vive by being the party of old, means to suck at reading from match with a skunk.” Chair- States, and as long as Sena- white men, they will also die Courtney Price a teleprompter, and all the man Steele might want to lis- tor Charles Schumer wants to if they do not put out a legiti- First-year BIO while looked shortsighted and ten to such profound words say that the American people mate alternative. bu!oonish. of wisdom because he cannot really care about tiny, porky When 16 years ago, Clin- “I’m going up to Maine, and Now, Jindal may be able beat Rush in theses sort of amendments, Republicans ton tried to do many things to rebound from this debacle, confrontations. will still have a very receptive Obama is now doing, he and we’ll go skiing and snow- similar to Bill Clinton after his Limbaugh is a jackass, but audience. But the new leaders the Democrats were handed boarding.” 1988 Keynote Speech at the he is good at being one. #e of the party must "nd a way to one of the worst midterm loss- DNC Convention. But this feeble minded people who lis- make this message meaning- es ever. Why? Newt Gingrich guy needs to loosen up a lit- ten to him love him so much ful to a new generation and and Dick Armey were able to tle. According to 60 Minutes, that Steele would only look like rebuild bridges with older gen- unite Republicans with their Jindal does not drink, smoke an idiot for trying to step into erations. Contract with America. or use curse words, which the ring with the hypocritical I admire Steele’s idea of Could John Boehner and sounds noble in its inten- radio star who loves to scream brining the Republican mes- Eric Cantor unite the party tions—but there is something the term “elitist liberal” into sage to “urban-suburban hip- from the House to have at least to be said for a politician who his literally gold microphone. hop settings.” But I just do not a respectable showing in the will have a few, go on stage But Steele is right that think it will work. Republi- midterms? Maybe, but right and call his opponent di!erent Limbaugh is a problem for cans need not worry about be- now the only way for those anatomical parts. the Republican Party. He is a ing the cool party, or the party to leave the world of political Jindal was certainly not the very divisive character whom of celebrities, because in all obscurity would be for them to only prominent member of the the vast majority of Americans honestly I doubt the majority streak across the Capitol Ro- GOP to get caught up in the "nd objectionable. #is is not of the electorate listens to Hol- tunda. Adam West First-year AE “I’m backpacking the Overachieving one’s way to college stress Georgia portion of the AT.” Overachieving leads to loss “I realized...that it was ganization better. And that of self.… kind of motivation was a result Does that even make sense? those spontaneous midnight of passion. When I think back to my excursions to Taco Bell that Although it took me a few senior year of high school, years to realize, the time I’ve I remember how incredibly kept me sane...” spent since I simpli"ed my packed and hectic my daily life has changed tremendous- schedule seemed to be. From Reem Mansoura ly. Never did I catch myself studying for AP exams to Focus Editor scheduling time to talk to a squeezing in time to clean my best friend or to have dinner room, my life was one giant with roommates. I wasn’t con- to-do list. I was constantly ex- extracurricular activities. of sleep. While catching up stantly rescheduling my life to hausted. To say the least, I was In some strange way, I en- with a friend of mine, I asked "t everything in. I realized, an overachiever, and I wanted joyed being busy. I enjoyed the basic question of how life sooner rather than latter, that out. I anxiously waited for running around from class to was treating her. “Stressfully,” it was those spontaneous mid- Mathias Rost those lazy college days where meeting to group project to she said. “I’m always busy. night excursions to Taco Bell classes didn’t start until noon dinner to homework to bed. Busy with things I have no that kept me sane and made First-year MGT and teachers didn’t breathe I felt as if I were becoming passion for.” #is seemed like me realize how and with whom down my back about one un- more e$cient with my time an oddly deep thing to say I liked to spend my time. “I’m going camping on excused absence from class. management skills and spent while waiting for the Stinger, Before joining any orga- Huntington Island.” So I came to Tech my fresh- less time stalking friends on but it stuck in my mind. It nization or agreeing to take men year with the expectation Facebook. Unfortunately, the made me reevaluate the way I on any role, I’ve begun to ask that I would try new things, Facebook stalking continued, was spending my time. myself a few simple questions: particularly a more laid-back but my time management #e only thing I ever re- Why am I doing this? Is this version of myself. I was de- skills improved. ally knew how to do was over- how I want to spend my time? termined not to repeat the My roommates and friends achieve. I was good at jug- Am I willing to put in enough same mistakes I made in high always wondered what I was gling various activities and at time to make this organiza- school. Overachieving, while up to or where I was o! to time management, but in my tion better? If I am unable to it helped me get into college, next. “When do you have time quest to become involved and answer any of these questions, was something I wanted to to breathe?” they asked. “Do try new things, I lost sight of I take it as a sign to step back take a break from. you ever sleep?” I was in col- some of the simpler things in and reevaluate my time and I failed. Miserably. lege, I didn’t need to sleep. life. If my mother were reading priorities. Like most college students, Every once in a while I would this, she would be doing one College is just one more I was most interested in "tting surface for a breath of fresh air, of those I-told-you-so dances, obstacle standing in the way in, making friends and meet- but never did I actually have and she wouldn’t be entirely of reality and true adulthood. ing new people. So naturally time to stop and smell the ros- wrong to do so. While we are all here to get Rolan Duvvury I joined the Technique… and es. I was "tting 36-hour sched- As a solution to my prob- an education and become Fourth-year CE and ARCH the Women’s Recruitment ules into 24-hour days. I was lem, I had to cut back on the more involved, we shouldn’t Team, Connect with Tech, the convinced that this is the way activities I was not passionate lose sight of ourselves. We “I‘m going back to Texas to Student Center Homecoming it was supposed to be. about. Overachieving, I real- shouldn’t allow ourselves to be Committee and countless oth- It wasn’t until my second ized, did not depend on the caught up in the whirlwind of take the GRE.” er organizations. Needless to year that all these activities number of organizations I was college opportunities and for- say, one thing led to another, started taking a heavier toll involved with, but the time I get why we are here in the "rst Photos by Ben Keyserling and I was well over my head in than just bad grades and lack spent trying to make each or- place.


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OUR VIEWS HOT OR NOT Upside to recession: shift toward – or – higher education good for U.S. HOT NOT It is not secret among my “...an increase in Ph.D. friends that I want to go to law school. I have been compulsively candidates and doctors will driven towards this goal for years increase our technological now, and it has led me to do many horrible things. I spend free competitiveness as a country...” weekends wearing hosiery and uncomfortable pumps while pre- Emily Chambers tending to put on a trial. I cruise Outreach Editor legal blogs like abovethelaw.com March WAMmy No snow day for hours when I should be doing At a school where women Having a winter wonder- diligent things like sleeping, or which has now been shattered by degrees is being mimicked by a are a noticeable minority, land take the South by sur- establishing human relationships. the rising application statistics for move to more “secure” "elds, with Women’s Awareness Month prise only weeks before the Terrifyingly, this sort of pas- the 2009-2010 academic year. increases in enrollment in nursing is a refreshing opportunity beginning of spring was nice, sive preparation for law school no Personally, I am not thrilled. and education degrees at the un- to celebrate women’s achieve- but the exact timing was not. longer is enough. As I slowly creep !e thought of thousands of well- dergraduate level. Sure, the major- ments while also bringing to As the “snow storm” swept towards escape from Tech, I have quali"ed applicants leaving the ity of people questing after teach- light the challenges they face. through on Sunday, we all had to start actively planning for job market to come take one of ing positions and law degrees are From Take Back the Night to held our breaths hoping in law school. !e "rst step: register my coveted law school acceptance not doing it because they have an the Vagina Monologues, this vain that Tech would for for the LSAT. letters makes me sick to the stom- obsessive love for the "eld. I doubt month’s events o#er a fun op- once cancel classes. To make Like any diligent Tech student, ach. However, once the rage and they are doing it for the “love of portunity to bring together the matters worse, neighboring I live in a constant state of fear feelings of inadequacy subside, I learning” either, but are instead campus community for a good schools like UGA did decide to about my GPA, so a good LSAT can’t help but think that maybe simply looking for those mythical cause. give their students the day o#. score is something I will be bank- this renewed focus on education is “recession-proof” jobs. ing on as I apply to law schools. I a good thing. !ere is a reason those jobs are have signed up to take a Kaplan Recent statistics show that “recession-proof” though, and class, and this weekend I logged within the U.S., the number of that reason is exactly why the shift on, three months in advance of “domestic” Ph.D. candidates is in educational trends towards the end-of-registration date, to now slightly less than the number those "elds is part of the silver lin- sign up for the test itself. of non-citizens pursuing graduate ing to this whole economic spiral. No luck, I was waitlisted. I "rst degrees. Combine this with the As interesting and self-ful"lling typed in my zip code, then the zip increasing number of docorate as it might be to pursue a degree code at Tech, then the zip code of degrees awarded outside the U.S., in fantasy literature and criticism, a friend of mine at Emory, all to and it becomes clear that our per- that educational skill set doesn’t no avail. Every single Atlanta test- ceived advantage in technology, really lend itself to societal bene"t, Top Professor March madness ing location was full. It seems that science, and even the social scienc- whereas our economy desperately For the fourth year in a row, With 13 conference losses the economy has "nally caught up es and humanities is in jeopardy. needs more nurses, educators and Tech is home to a professor re- to match two wins, men’s bas- to me, and it is going to be chasing I am sure one could argue if a highly trained professionals. ceiving the Sloan Fellowship ketball has de"nitely secured me all the way down to Macon to few hundred more attorneys per !e shift toward higher educa- Award, which recognizes the its place as the last-ranked take the LSAT. year is useful, an increase in Ph.D. tion is a bene"t of recession. !e best new scholars in the sci- team in the ACC. To add in- Increased enrollment in post- candidates and doctors will in- increased enrollment will generate ences. !ough Tech competes sult to injury, the ACC tourna- graduate education is one of the crease our technological competi- more competitive students who heavily with other schools like ment will be held this month assumed e#ects of a recession. tiveness as a country while stalling were educated in a time when a MIT for the cream of the sci- at the Georgia Dome. !e !ere were well-documented in- our inevitable old-personization college degree did not guarantee enti"c crop, the awards are a disappointing season is giving creases in M.B.A., J.D. and Ph.D. (if you are confused by that, just a job. Should employers ever start signal of Tech’s high standing a whole new de"nition to the program enrollment during the look into Spain’s demographics hiring again, they will have ac- in the scienti"c community. idea of March Madness. dot-com bust. 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it could be worse. your penor could fall o#. in public. and then there would be a sliver about it. <3 Boys should get over being ignored Paul T is hot stu# Girls shouldn’t ignore boys! Professor Kilgore is the biggest jerk on campus. Choo choo chattanooga... All aboard! to the guy in the mason lab, i never heard some one talk so much without ever saying anything. no one cares how stressed you are. everyone is stressed. this is gt you idiot !e sliver box isn’t big enough. Where am I going to post my extra long quips? Snowman carnage... Oh the (un)humanity! Andrea, your Asian is so hot! good news, the georgia tech weather control machine is working perfectly. high 70s by the end of the week. BMED 3510 = apartheid and favoritism, and yes, I am being dead serious. why can’t one of those confessions of secret love be for me?!?! I am a girl at Tech. I have big boobs. How am I single while the creature gets boned? when it was me and you in the stadium, we should have kissed as the sun rose Guy in HPS1040 at 2 that said the asian guy was racist, you’re really annoying. STFU i sliver myself when no one is looking co#ee co#ee co#ee co#ee co##feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! [email protected] Organization Spotlight: Culture Tech Technique The aim of this organization is to promote Focus Editor: Reem Mansoura diversity on Tech’s campus and increase cross 11 cultural interaction. Friday, Focus Contact: [email protected] March 6, 2009 Spring break options allow Kids@Kids@ low-budget fun By Yameen Huq KollegeKollege Contributing Writer #e state of the economy has begun bleeding into all aspect of American life, from housing and !nances to employ- ment, leaving not even the relaxation- seeking college student unscathed. How- Kids enjoy day of learning, fun ever, spring break, the traditional calm By Aaron Parkman his perspective on how success favorite things about the egg More than 80 kids attended before the storm of !nal papers and ex- Sta! Writer in school will prepare you for drop was the !nish, in which the event, and even more Tech ams, need not be sacri!ced in the quest success in life. one kid found his egg intact, students were there to vol- to save a few more dollars. Even if your Atlanta kids were given the Using Tech’s victory over and with an enthu- unteer, in spite of budget can’t a"ord that sorority cruise or chance to dance, build, experi- UGA as an example, Jones siastic !st pump, the harsh condi- trip through Europe, you can still enjoy ment and play their way to- made connections between chanted, “Vic- tions. your time o" using one of these budget wards a love for learning this hard work and rewards. tory is ours!” “ W e spring breaks. Sunday during the second an- “Each of the kids has heard E x per i- owe it to nual Kids@Kollege event. about Georgia Tech, either ments in- our sur- 1. Road Trip Kids@Kollege began as an through ESPN because of our v o l v e d rounding $1.75 per mile + $30 per night at any event held by the Freshmen athletics or through their local examining commu- number of cheap motels: #is time hon- Activities Board (FAB) during schools because of our aca- strawberry nity to ored tradition is back in style now that the spring of 2008, which won demic reputation. Now, they D N A , foster a gas prices are below four dollars a gallon, the 2008 Burdell’s Best Award have experienced !rst-hand m a k i n g spirit of so hop in your car and tour the south. for “Best Short Term Service the opportunities that exist wax cop- intellectu- Project.” Due to the over- at this great institute,” ies of silver al curiosity 2. Explore Atlanta whelming success said Jimmy Wil- dollars, $ying and growth, $68 for an Atlanta CityPass: #ere is of the event, the liams, second- rockets, seeing the and this must a great big city beyond North Avenue, K ids@Kollege year BME e"ects of liquid nitro- begin at the earliest and for Tech students who just can’t get orga niz ation and presi- gen, making Silly Putty, inter- stages of academic develop- away, the free week is a great time to go was formed dent of the acting with dry ice and creat- ment,” Williams said. exploring. #e Atlanta CityPass is a cheap to make it an K i d s @ ing a Diet Coke and Mentos option that provides discounted entry to annual event. K o l l e g e explosion, which is such Atlanta highlights as the Georgia K i d s @ organiza- always a favorite Aquarium, Zoo Atlanta and #e World K o l l e g e tion. among kids. of Coke. brings to- A f t e r For recre- gether the Tech the open- ation, kids 3. Volunteer student body, ing speech, were taught Free: It may be too late to get into student athletes kids rotated some cho- one of Tech’s many “alternative spring and faculty with lo- between an egg r e o g r a p h e d breaks”, but socially conscious students cal area children to cre- drop contest, science break dancing can still have an impact here at home. ate friendships and bonds that experiments and recreation. from Dance Atlanta has many food banks, shelters spark excitement for a college During the egg drop con- Tech and also and environmental groups that have been education. test, kids used recyclables to played indoor hard pressed by the economy. #e organization is a non- fashion a protective casing for games with pro!t philanthropy organiza- their eggs, which they later Tech students 4. Day Trips tion. dropped o" the balcony of the and athletes. $1.75 per mile + parking: Campus is Kids@Kollege connects Student Center. “#e event only a short drive away from attractions with local Boys & Girls Clubs, “[Kids@Kollege] gets [kids] was a great suc- like Lake Lanier or Stone Mountain. For nearby children’s shelters and excited about learning… So cess, even despite the students who don’t quite have the spare other Atlanta-based children’s often all you hear kids say is weather throwing wind, time for a full trip, these locations provide organizations to draw atten- how they hate school, and I rain, sleet, hail and snow our a quick escape from downtown without tion to the event. #e day is don’t think it has to be like way,” Williams said. Valente also commented the commitment of an overnight stay. !lled with interactive science that. #e event was originally that the hardest part of the experiments, food and various “As cheesy as it sounds, planned for the Campanile event was setting up the site. 5. Camping fun activities with Tech fac- learning can be fun,” said area, but with the elements, “#e snow threw us o" guard, $5-$35 per night: #is cheap and na- ulty, students and sta". Michael Valente, second-year mainly the weather, against and so for the four hours be- ture-friendly option is a great respite for Roddy Jones, sophomore ME and co-organizer for the them, organizers decided to fore the event most of us were those who just can’t bear the thought of A-back for the football Jack- event. make a last-minute move into another night spent next to the connec- ets, opened the event by giving Valente said that one of his the Student Center. See Kollege, page 15 tor. Georgia is full of state parks, some of them on the beach; check them out at Photos by Michale James/ Student Publications gastateparks.org. Catholics mark Lent by sacri!cing vices, pastimes By Chris Russell and resurrection of Christ. Be- nally and externally—as we walk nity service or self-re$ection). though it has undergone some Sta! Writer tween now and then, however, lies with Jesus towards Jerusalem and A bit of basic math, however, shifts in observance. “#e !rst a marathon of forty days of fast- towards the Cruci!xion and Res- will quickly reveal that there are couple of centuries after the Res- In a few short weeks, eggs will ing: Lent. urrection…As we prepare for our more than forty days between Ash urrection, the Church was under- be painted, baskets will be !lled Lent is, traditionally, the time new life, it’s a chance to come to Wednesday and Easter. Techni- ground, and [it didn’t become] with candy and bunnies will be between Ash Wednesday and Eas- terms with what is it about our cally, there are forty-six days be- ‘institutionalized’ [until] after sent around the world to hide bas- ter Sunday when many Christians current state we need to let go.” tween these two bookends (the Constantine converted to Chris- kets around children’s houses. In fast or give up a vice, bad habit or Popular commitments for Lent six weeks before Easter and the tianity in 313 A.D. From 313 on, other words: Easter’s on its way. favorite pastime. include things related to improv- second half of the week of Ash that’s when the Church came out Saying that’s what Easter is According to Reverend Steve ing health (like giving up some Wednesday), but Sundays aren’t from underground and started about, though, is like saying Fazenbaker, minister and direc- kind of junk food or getting out counted as days of fasting during working out its way of being. So, Christmas is about a large man in tor of the Georgia Tech Wesley and exercising more), decreasing Lent, as they are considered days Lent, as we celebrate it now, prob- a red suit squeezing up and down Foundation, “Lent remembers the amount of wasted time (like of feasting in honor of Christ. ably goes back to the fourth cen- people’s chimneys to leave stu" the forty days that Jesus spent in watching less television or spend- Fazenbaker says that Lent has tury. under a pine tree. the wilderness being tempted by ing less time online), or simply be- been around as a religious tradi- “During the Reformation, the Easter is, at its heart, a Chris- Satan and is an invitation for us coming a better or more religious tion since the early roots of the tian holiday, celebrating the death to examine our own lives—inter- person (through prayer, commu- Church in the fourth century, See Lent, page 13 
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Technique FOCUS Women’s awareness month educates on feminine topics By Kalpi Desai women experience stalking and disease, the number one cause of Contributing Writer 6% of the surveyed women were death for women in the United victimized while at Tech. States. Rape. Molestation. Sexual as- In addition, men were sur- !e Vagina Monologues will sault. veyed and it was found that 16% also be showing at the Student !ese words are read every of men were perpetrators based on Center !eatre on March 29 to day in newspapers and heard fre- the way they answered questions. inform the audience about certain quently on television. Women’s Of those 16%, 9.5% were sexually women’s life experiences which in- Awareness Month not only aims aggressive and 8.6% were physi- clude sexual violence, health and to inform the public about the cally aggressive. Despite the large sexuality. statistics, it also supports and trib- numbers, sexual assault is one of As an Obie award winning utes those who have been through the most underreported crimes. play written by Eve Ensler, the one of these traumatic experiences Sixty percent of all sexual assault show will produce an exciting set and informs women on how to cases still go unreported. of monologues about all sorts of prevent such events. WAM events are directed to- issues such as rape, menstruation, Women’s Awareness Month ward Tech men and women to love, etc. Other events this month (WAM) began initially as Wom- encourage victims to seek out help include the Women’s Organiza- en’s Awareness Week in 1997. It and not remain silent. tional Social, Women’s Day of was founded by Jennifer Orr, the One of the most moving events Service, and the Graduate Wom- president of Tech’s Women Stu- that occurs annually, Take Back en’s Lunch. dent Union during the time. the Night, took place at the Cam- !e Department of Health With the intention of educat- panile on March 4th. !is event Promotion advises Tech students ing the public about women’s is- is a candlelight ceremony that not to travel in large numbers in order sues, Women’s Awareness Month only brings awareness about sex- to prevent sexual assault. brings female role models to talk ual violence and methods of self- In addition, about one-third of about their experiences and ad- defense, but supports and honors women who were sexually assault- vocates discussion about current women who have been assaulted. ed said their attacker was under women issues. During this event, women and the in#uence of alcohol. !erefore “Sometimes campus isn’t aware men came forth to tell their sto- it is important to be wise and re- of what happens to our students, ries about sexual violence. In addi- sponsible when consuming alco- and I think it’s important to have tion, information about resources hol. Furthermore, the Women’s events like this to address sensi- at the Women’s Resource Center Resource Center has a Con"den- tive topics and being awareness and Tech Police Department were tial Reporting Form that is used about sexual violence,” said Ni- presented. !e night ended with to help track what is happening cole !omas, fourth-year PUBP a performance by the GIFTED on campus in regards to sexual and WAM co-chair. Gospel Choir and a reception. violence. Every two minutes in the Unit- “Although I’ve never been Anyone who experiences vio- ed States, someone is sexually as- sexually assaulted, sexual violence lence can go to Housing, the saulted. About 1 in 6 women and does not only harm a women’s Women’s Clinic, Stamps Health 1 in 33 men will be a victim of at- body, it impacts the soul. Events Services, the Dean of Students’ tempted or perpetrated rape dur- such as these are important so O$ce, Health Promotion and the ing their lifetime. it can help prevent perpetrators Women’s Resource Center to have During a women’s college ca- from harming a Georgia Tech them complete the form. reer, around 20-25% of women woman, “ said Sahitya Jampana, Women’s Awareness Month are sexually assaulted. !e Geor- second-year CMPE. sponsors include the Women’s Re- gia Tech Department of Health Another event WAM will be source Center, Society of Women Promotion conducted a study in holding includes the Red Dress Engineers, the Athletic Associa- 2005 of Tech students to deter- Fashion Show March 11 as part tion, the Alumni Association and mine statistics speci"c to Tech. of American’s Heart Association. the Auxiliary Services. For more !e results suggested that 14% Women will wear red dresses information about WAM or any Photo by Ben Keyserling / Student Publications of Tech women are impacted by to help spread awareness about of WAM’s events, visit www.wo- The Women’s Awareness Month committee held its annual Take sexual assault. Twenty percent of women’s cardiac issues and heart menscenter.gatech.edu. Back the Night where sexual assualt victims shared their stories. FOCUS Technique t
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Lent from page 11 Protestant movement moved away from a lot of the things that were SWE reaches out to local high schools ‘institutionalized church,’ and By Yameen Huq participate in. observing Lent went by the way- Contributing Writer At this point, the lab tours be- side, but now that the Catholic gan. !e students began touring and the Protestant identities have !is past Saturday, the Society the Electrical Engineering Propa- lived apart and $gured out our of Women Engineers (SWE) held gation Lab, the Materials Science own identities, the Protestants an outreach event for young pre- Biomaterials Lab and the biomed- are beginning to realize the value college students. It was designed ical facilities. of keeping the Church calendar to spur and fuel the "ames of in- Biomedical Engineering was and observing the seasons, so it’s terest in math, science and engi- noticeably more popular among becoming more common place in neering within the minds of high the students, and some of them the Protestant tradition,” Fazen- school girls. had to transfer to the other tours baker said. !e event was organized by instead. Another holiday arose out of Melissa Watkins, fourth-year EE. !e lab tours concluded with the Lenten tradition, albeit unin- “!e SWE has been doing this lunch and a presentation by two tentionally: Mardi Gras. !e tra- for years,” Watkins said. “!ere’s former Tech students working in ditional parties, celebrations and a middle school and high school the industry and answer questions big meals of Mardi Gras origi- outreach. Last year we had over about life after college. nated from families cleaning out 400 applicants.” Able to accom- !is was followed by another the house of any and all indulgent modate only 100 girls, the orga- presentation by the people de- foods that wouldn’t be consumed nization decided to do a second signing the EcoCar: a national during Lent. program in the Spring semester. advanced vehicle car challenge !e last week of Lent (between “We wanted to expose high Photo courtesy of Stephanie Stout for making new technologies that Palm Sunday and Easter), is school girls to what engineering Members of the Society of Women Engineers volunteer, exposing increase mileage, decrease emis- known as Holy Week. Tradition- is,” Watkins said. local high school girls to the bene!ts of engineering degrees. sions, decrease petroleum con- ally, a large service used to be held “!is is a day for them to learn, sumption and main consumer ac- on Palm Sunday, and smaller ser- hands-on, what engineering proj- est in engineering. engineering topic—robotics —by ceptability. vices would be held every day of ect. !en, we give them presenta- “I decided to be an engineer Andy Bardagjiy, fourth-year EE. Finally, the event ended with the week, but, as time has passed, tions and lab tours. We contacted because my dad always works He discussed the new problems a panel discussion with six Tech this has become less true. di#erent student organizations to with engineers and my brother that face robotic engineers today students commenting about their According to Fazenbaker, this give presentations.” was a biomedical engineer, plus and the exceedingly more impor- various experiences at Tech. has led to Palm Sunday taking on !e event started with a hands- I was always good at math and tant concept of user-friendly cre- !e students represented a a bit of a more important role. on activity with the purpose of science,” said Chrissy Carnavos, ations, especially in the robotics wide array of majors and levels, “!e two big days on the helping the girls understand the $rst-year ME. industry. !is included replacing from AE to BME and third-year Christian calendar are the days thought processes needed to be an “I went to a program on en- devices such as the keyboard with to doctoral students. when we celebrate the Incarna- engineer. gineering at Maryland and that’s expression and voice readers. Watkins herself plans on con- tion—Christmas—and the Res- Everything in this activity was what got me set. !e reason I He also discussed the multiple tinuing to work in education even urrection—Easter—and there accomplished using household wanted to be an engineer is be- applications of many $elds in after college. “My future job with are seasons built around each items, such as cups, popsicle sticks cause I love Disney and I wanted engineering, such as robotics be- National Instruments has an edu- one. !ere’s a season of prepara- and string. to be an Imagineer; that’s why I’m ing used to help autistic children cational aspect to it. I really look tion, a season of celebration and At the end of the event, each an ME.” become more social. At the same forward to working with that di- a season of response for each. At group presented the labors of their “I realized there’s a lot you can time, he also touched on the ethi- vision of the company,” Watkins Christmas, there’s Advent (prepa- work, displaying a wide range of do with engineering,” said Mary cal concerns of such projects. said. ration), Christmas (celebration) the creative spectrum. Katherine, $rst-year ChBE. “I was One of the main concerns was She said that surveys were is- and Epiphany (response). For the !e girls participating in the really inspired by the Engineers the ‘uncanny valley,’ a robotic psy- sued to participants at the end of Resurrection, there’s Lent, then event gained useful skills such Without Borders talk. !at really chology phenomenon in which the event to gather feedback. Easter, then the season after Pen- as the scienti$c method and the struck a chord and inspired me. the slight deviation from reality “[!e outreach event] is grow- tecost, the day the Holy Spirit importance of reviewing and re- I’m a chemical engineering major. in a machine causes great distress ing in popularity, so we don’t came and empowered the disci- designing as well as general re- A lot of the problems can be tied and discomfort for the human know how many times a year we’ll ples in the Upper Room,” Fazen- sourcefulness. to engineering like bringing clean user. do it. Our goal is to show high baker said. After this, some of the event water or alternative fuels.” He ended his presentation with school girls what engineering is !is year, Easter Sunday falls organizers spoke about what !e next phase of the event an introduction to Tech’s Robo- and open up their world to all that on April 12. sparked their own personal inter- was a presentation on a popular jackets, and the many events they it has to o#er,” Watkins said.

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Technique FOCUS Student creates incredible, balancing mini humanoid By Zimu Yang !ere are black modules around A human controller gives it com- “We have participated in small jor upgrades, however, are still a Contributing Writer its joints allowing it a great range mands to follow through a wire- size competition. !is past year long time away. of motion. less joystick that looks remarkably we’ve been involved in a human- Farrell’s short term goals are to Second-year CS major Chris “It can also balance itself. If like a PlayStation controller. Kai oid league. !e other robots were get a more humanlike walk from Farrell has had a love for science you push it, it’ll push back,” Far- then does the rest. Its indepen- built on a platform but the robot Kai and to further improve its and robotics all of his life. His rell said. Kai is no slouch either. dence is a work in progress, with Farrell designed. He made every balance. To help prepare Kai for interest is now blossoming itself “It can lift up to three kilograms Farrell who is “hoping to increase aspect of it.” its soccer aspirations, Farrell and into a form College of Comput- and still balance itself.” the autonomy of the robot.” !is Farrell admits he hopes that Stillman plan to implement an ing professor Mike Stillman calls Stillman describes its balanc- is where Stillman comes in; he is humanoid robots will be able to object recognition system to help “perhaps one of the most capable ing feature as “the fanciest thing it working with Farrell to help im- compete with real life soccer play- it di$erentiate between the ball, mini humanoids in the world to- can do, really.” Kai can punch its prove Kai’s arti"cial intelligence. ers on the world stage by 2050. referee and players. Kai, of course, day.” arms out sideways and forwards. Currently their venture is pri- Even if Kai enters the robot will be a player and not a referee. !at mini humanoid is a min- Two lights, blue and red, adorn marily focused on research. How- soccer league, Farrell’s work with Farrell has also had plenty of iature robot the size of a large toy its chest. !e blue light monitors ever, Farrell and Stillman both it is not yet done. It has no de"ni- help from his father. !e two of that is designed to replicate hu- its voltage while the red light is agree there is a great marketing tive completion date. them co-created a company in man motion. !e two are current- currently only for aesthetic pur- potential for entertainment value. “It’s not like Robocop. !ere’s Maine called Farrell Robotics. ly working on it in the Humanoid poses. Farrell hopes to eventually After they work out the kinks in no such thing as fully operational. Where does he plan to go after Robotics Lab located in the Col- get the red light to monitor Kai’s replicating humanoid motion, the In Robocop, they couldn’t really graduating? “More research,” lege of Computing Building. current state. two plan on entering Kai into a do anything to make it any more Farrell said. “Probably graduate Farrell calls the robot Kai. It Kai is semi-autonomous, Robo soccer league. awesome. Here, it is a continuous school and obtaining a PhD. I’ll is between one to two feet tall meaning while it can move on its “We have our own RoboCup a$air. !ere are always additions probably be staying here a long and has several unique abilities. own, it still needs human input. team actually,” Stillman said. possible,” Stillman said. Any ma- time.”

Photo by Benny Lee / Student Publications Kai, the mini humanoid, is a minuture robot capable of repeating human motion. It is semi-autonomous and can lift up to three kilograms while remaining balanced.

sliver www.nique.net What? Did you headbutt me? Dude, it’s what Brontosaurus’ do. “I need a break for ‘other’ reasons.” Is that your brother? No. !at’s my sister. You are NOT going to have an e#ciency of -8000!! seriously guys what’s all the broohaha about? I hate Tech :-( It is Never funny to mock someone you don’t know, especially when they’re right there. Yes, you. It is pathetic and hurtful. It makes you sound like a real PoS, and just tells everyone else that you have been cruelly mocked before and are simply carry- ing on the cycle of abuse to "t in and to try to distract from all of Your obvious shortcomings. - An Innocent Bystander Hey J.O. - I like you and your wayfarers. :) my love for you is like a truck, beserker Hey housing, don’t LOOSE your credibility by mispelling four letter words. puew puew; I like that one better. you would. I still miss you Youtube=happiness Knowing the consistency of that liquid and hearing you gargle it totally makes me want to vomit. !at’s what she said? StumbleUpon...oh, how you destroy me. Google top results for “getting”: “getting to know you questions”, “getting pregnant”, “getting married”, “getting over a breakup”... Somebody had a rough weekend. Seriously, how can I *really* be a woman’s friend if I don’t know how many swimsuit photos of her are up on Facebook? “All right guys, I’m gonna go exchange poo with the toilet.” --JK YES! It really *is* Tuesday! heh heh, “Bud”. place pointless pot reference here. Could someone explain to me how exactly a company can have a loss of $62 billion...in just 3 months? FOCUS Technique t
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[email protected] Technique Entertainment Editor: Daniel Spiller 17 Friday, Assistant Entertainment Editor: March 6, 2009 Entertainment Jennifer Aldoretta Street Fighter !lm loses battle WATCHMEN with success THE LEGENDARY GRAPHIC NOVEL COMES TO LIFE FILM Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li GENRE: Fighting, Action STARRING: Kristin Kreuk, Michael Clarke Duncan, Neal McDonough and Chris Klein DIRECTOR: Andrzej Bartkowiak RATING: PG-13 RELEASE DATE: Feb. 27, 2009 OUR TAKE: !"!!!!

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“Your father is the milk of my organiza- tion… but all milk has an expiration date.” — M. Bison. Having not learned their lesson with the Jean-Claude Van Damme !lm based on their Street Fighter video game series, Capcom ap- parently thought that enough time had passed to give it another go. "is time it is focused on Chun-Li, the undercover Chinese agent (who has legs that are as thick as her pixilated head). Guile and Ryu are nowhere to be seen. It will take longer than 15 years to forget this wretched mess, a debacle of truly underwhelm- ing proportions. It is very di#cult to know where to begin, so let’s start with Chris Klein, who is most famous for his role in the American Pie movies. Having been largely delegated to the Images courtesy of Warner Bros. straight-to-video slums since that series petered out, Klein apparently thought the challenge of his !rst role as an action hero would be a good one to resuscitate his career. FILM are impotent with even the ing massive power, holding ther and uses the superhero "ere are bad performances, and then there Watchmen hottest babe until they acti- great in%uence over society, framework to tell us the are bad performances that make you howl in vate their kinkiness in leath- having women who adore darker aspects of the human disbelief. Surely, this actor has to know how GENRE: Action, Fantasy, er costumes and where !fty- us even as we’d push them condition. bad his accent and delivery are. Surely, this ac- Sci-Fi year-old women still get o$ away for duty’s sake—while For some reason, it’s tor must be creating a parody of the action hero STARRING: Jackie Earle on the old Tijuana bible speckled with enough faults easier to accept a radioactive by exaggerating his swagger beyond any reason- Haley, Patrick Wilson, portrayals of themselves to make the superhero feel spider granting fantastic able plausibility (unless you are Brendan Frasier Matthew Goode, Billy from their sex-symbol days. human. strength than it is to accept in George of the Jungle). Crudup and Jeffrey Dean But let’s take a step back It’s this sort of transpar- a single murder being justi- Sadly for Klein, he does not realize how ter- Morgan for a minute… ent male wish-ful!llment !ed to prevent mass murder. rible his performance is; for the audience, ev- DIRECTOR: Zack Snyder Watchmen is a superhero quality that earns super- It’s a lot easier to accept a ery line of dialogue spoken by Klein as Charlie movie based on a famous hero comics their juvenile man in tights than it is to Nash is comedy gold. Unfortunately, the only RATING: R twelve-issue comic (and lat- branding from critics (that, accept that love can be born entertainment Street Fighter o$ers is of the un- RELEASE DATE: March 6, er graphic novel) that deals of course, and the target de- of a rape attempt. intentional variety. 2009 with superheroes from a mographic). At other times, Watch- If the !lm were not subtitled !e Legend of realistic perspective during "e emphasis in Watch- men shows us how easy it Chun-Li, you might not have any idea that she is OUR TAKE: !!!!! the Cold War era. men seems to be %ipped—it is for us to accept horrors the star of the movie. However, you would start We have certain notions doesn’t de!ne its protago- we would normally recoil to get an idea from the amount of voice-over By Philip Poole about the genre that we just nists by the fact that they’re against, such as the masked present as Chun-Li goes to Bangkok to hang Contributing Writer accept. We accept that there undeniably cool people do- protagonist Rorschach’s around the slums, always in fashionable clothes will be men and women ca- ing super-heroic deeds, but handling of a child predator and make-up as she talks of the di#culty of life As homoerotic as 300 vorting around in spandex, it instead relies on the usual- during his superhero iden- on the streets. Perhaps Kristen Kreuk was cast turned out to be, you would because that’s just what they ly secondary personal issues tity’s moment of birth. for her ability to cry (something that Chun-Li think director Zack Snyder do. We accept that super- and drama to de!ne them. As he adapted Alan does more than actually !ght)—a sad devolu- would play up those ele- heroes always prioritize the Undoubtedly, this will be Moore’s famous graphic tion from the character in the video games who ments in Watchmen. Still, threat of the greater good an issue with some !lmgo- novel into !lm, director once intoned “I am the strongest woman in the Watchmen is less about before their own personal is- ers who expect the type of Zack Snyder clearly under- world!” Kreuk was certainly not cast for her sexuality and more about sues, no matter how unlike escapist fantasy that super- stood the juxtaposition of ability to !ght, which is a big problem when sex. Written in 1986, the humanity that is. hero movies are known for. Watchmen’s superheroes to your movie is based on a !ghting game. graphic novel was intended, We accept that there’s "ere’s a simpler truth traditional superheroes. Perhaps the producers thought going with in part, to showcase the na- a line of morality that the about Watchmen’s protago- For instance, in the Andrzej Bartkowiak would supply needed cred- iveté of Reaganism, and so superhero may walk very nists. "ese characters aren’t graphic novel, Moore de- ibility, or what passes as credibility in the low- it takes every opportunity to tightly, but ultimately he meant to be who we aspire picts the superhero Adrian budget action !lm. You can be forgiven for not explore how vanilla sex just won’t fall over the audience- to be—they’re meant to Veidt with the typical comic recognizing the name, as he toiled for Joel Silver doesn’t exist in contempo- de!ned wrong side of it. be who we are. "at puts book utilitarian, ‘put-the- by directing urban crime !lms with Jet Li and rary society. Traditionally, the super- Watchmen squarely in the greater-good-!rst’ view- an assortment of hip-hop stars. I had some gen- Instead, we live in a world hero is the audience-iden- territory of dramatic art point. uine hope for this movie, believing that Cradle where 30-year-old men leave ti!cation character because that seeks to tell us some- "e director has com- 2 !e Grave is a schlock movie masterpiece, par- their wives for teenage jail- he is the image of what we thing about ourselves, but ticularly when DMX shows up to growl. Sadly, bait, where 40-year-old men would like to be—wield- the !lm takes it a step fur- See Watchmen, page 18 See Fighter, page 18 
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Watchmen from page 17 downtown New York reads a copy the words on one page of a comic of this comic about a haunted fairly quickly, so there’s an illusion monly referred to the Watchmen pirate ship. While a structurally of lost exposition when your script graphic novel as his bible during stylistic part of the graphic novel, sticks so closely to the graphic #lming because of how close he these scenes were prime bait to be novel. tried to stay to the source mate- cut from the #lm and banished to "e major change to the script rial. But while Snyder gets the big the realm of DVD extras. involves the expansion on the concepts, he misses some of the By removing them, the audi- theme of alternative energy sourc- smaller moments from the novel ence misses out on the newspaper es, along with a particular part that most e!ectively deconstruct headlines and the exposition of near the end that many a fanboy the concept of superheroes. the news vendor that serve as our have cried foul about already. But "ere’s no conversation be- primary source of information on once again, Snyder shows his im- tween Nite Owl II and Silk Spec- the progression toward nuclear pressive command of the source tre II on how every hero has lost war between the United States material by recognizing that a a crime bust because they had and the USSR. Snyder attempts to change must be made in order to rush in the bathroom and show us the countdown to mid- for the story’s message to be rel- couldn’t get out of their tights night through new scenes with evant in modern times; he’s able to quickly enough. "ere’s no line egregious Nixon and Kissinger make that change while maintain- from original masked avenger look-alikes within the president’s ing the themes that Moore set up Hollis Mason about standing in a war room but fails at keeping the in the graphic novel over 20 years ridiculous out#t with tears in his audience grounded and showcas- ago. eyes as people around died laugh- ing the escalating tension. So, Watchmen possesses a ing, and no explanation about It should be noted that it’s odd bundle of ambition and mostly how privately-owned superhero to argue about missing content in succeeds, especially in the visual Image courtesy of 20th Century Fox Dollar Bill was killed in a shoot- a two hour and 40 minute #lm. department. However, there’s no Kristin Kreuk, better known for her role in the Smallville series, out because his cape got caught in "e problem lies in inherent dif- doubt that this #lm is going to be stars as Chun-Li in the new Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. a bank’s revolving door. #culties with directly transcribing picked to death on the internet ei- Snyder’s largest deduction comic book dialogue into #lm ther for lack of action or for spotty Fighter from page 17 minutes into the movie, the battle is the exclusion of the Black dialogue like screenwriters Da- acting by a few particulars. But is already lost. Freighter sequences. Tales of the vid Hayter and Snyder have done it’s a fun ride that will de#nitely without even this questionable Finally, there is M. Bison, who Black Freighter is Watchmen’s sto- here. have you talking on the way out. charisma, it is revealed that Bar- delivers the line at the header of ry within a story; in the graphic Actors adhering to a natural Just don’t drink anything for a few kowiak has little left to o!er. One this review. It is one that will soon novel we get to read along as a cadence of conversation are in- hours beforehand; it’s a bladder can almost sympathize with the join the halls of hideous rejoin- youth slouching by a newsstand in evitably going to read through all buster for sure. relative apathy that was applied to ders from Z-Grade action pictures this production until one actually (along with every line spoken by has to su!er its results. Klein’s Nash). Expect several In- "ere is one redeeming grace, ternet memes to erupt from Klein’s at least relative to the half-heart- performance...it is that bad. At the ed attempts to try to incorporate very least, Neal McDonough de- the Spinning Star Kick and other livers his lines as Bison with a mis- moves from the games. His name sionary’s zeal, which betrays that is Michael Clarke Duncan. Here he knows just how awful they are. is a man who knows when he is One must enjoy the simple in an Oscar contender and when pleasures of a #lm such as this he is in a movie like !e Scorpion when compelled to #nish it. King. You, the reader, fortunately have As Balrog, Duncan manages a choice. You are likely already to actually look like he is having looking to Watchmen to ful#ll fun delivering the crummy dia- your geeky wish-ful#llment fanta- logue. Perhaps Duncan saw it as sies, and this is the correct course a working vacation. But perhaps it of action. Wait for the compila- is better not to think about what tions of Klein’s lines on YouTube kinds of things Duncan was doing and save your precious money on vacation in Bangkok, because and time, because even seeing this when the mind starts to wander movie for free would be too high Image courtesy of Warner Bros. to thoughts such as these only 10 a price.

sliver www.nique.net i have no problem with homosexuals, but the stereotypical gay guy’s voice annoys the hell out of me "at’s what she said. You might be at Tech, if your snowman is a snow-bot I wish the underclassmen knew how much fun swimming in the fountains are... Solution: bring back Tech fountains! Goldrush Dance Workshop is coming up....I’m excited!!!! "e most succesful Tech sports team right now? GT Rugby. 3 conference titles in the last 3 years. Really? Breathe louder. what type of ghost are you? Like a Som Bod DEE!!! the selection of summer classes is still no good. I’m especially irritable today... Happy Square Root Day! I #nd it hilarious that during Women’s Awareness Month, half of the slivers are about girls with bad taste. sorry kyle... but he is better than you in pretty much every way let me put my normal distribution in your median how does a stats class not have assignments with numbers on it?? i know it’s psych stats, but damn "e Vagina Monologues ... 25 Amazing Women will be perform- ing this play: Mar 29 & 30 “I had always thought of my vagina as an anatomical vacuum. . . . .” “ . . . . . randomly sucking up particles and objects from the sur- rounding environment.” BEST PLACE TO LIVE ON CAMPUS: "e I-House!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i <3 the international house - 4th street apartments! yay yay hoo- ray! I can’t wait to go to Cancun this Spring Break. I can’t wait to go to Moldova. and Kazakhstan. We just played Hangman in INTA 2040 when no one knew the answer ENTERTAINMENT Technique t
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MOVIE: THE LAST GAME: MAD- HOUSE ON THE WORLD LEFT If you needed any What better day to more reasons to buy release a horror "lm a Wii, Sega is giving than on a Friday the you three. Released 13th? Perhaps it is this past Febru- about time to remake ary, !e House of the Wes Craven’s "rst Dead: Overkill is the "lm, !e Last House latest entry in the on the Left. While the light-gun series, but original is both grisly it utilizes a fantasti- and frightening, it cally appropriate new also has production presentation style values that are bor- akin to old schlocky Image courtesy of Sega derline abysmal. !e grindhouse movies. poor visual and audio For March, Sega is releasing MadWorld, a violent, third-person action brawler. !e twist? quality severely ham- !e entire game is in black and white, except for the vibrant red blood that will surely be per what would other- plentiful. Similar to the arcade shooter Smash TV, the game’s storyline revolves around a wise be an interesting, Image courtesy of Rogue Pictures twisted game show involving an abundance of violence. !e game will feature Greg Proops simple horror exercise. !e second spooky Friday since the beginning of the year means (of Whose Line is it Anyway? fame) and John DiMaggio (the voice of Bender on Futurama) the release of Dennis Iliadis’s remake. !e "lm stars Garrett Dillahunt as a prison es- as commentators for the bloody madness. capee and the leader of a gang of kidnappers/assaulters. He "nds what he believes is a June will bring the release of !e Conduit, a "rst-person shooter that will likely push safe haven, occupied by the parents of one of his victims. A series of gruesome events Wii’s graphical hardware to the limit. If the latter two are as solid as the "rst was, Wii own- ensues as the parents devise a plan of revenge against the unknowing ex-prisoner. ers will have even more to rejoice over.

DVD: AUSTRALIA Image courtesy of Sun Microsystems SOFTWARE: ALBUM: NO LINE ON THE HORIZON Starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, OPENOFFICE.ORG BY U2 Australia is a romantic action-adventure epic. Set For those students who For those of you who had probably for- in a time when World War II threatened peace, still need o$ce software but gotten that U2 still makes music (along a spirited Eng- also want to keep their cash, with saving the world), their "rst studio lish aristocrat, they’re in luck. OpenO$ce. album since 2004, No Line on the Horizon, Lady Sarah Ash- org is a free software created was released this past Tuesday, March 3. ley (Kidman), by Sun Microsystems. !e Today, the band members mainly keep moves to the software is very similar to themselves busy with politics and religion, wilds of Austra- Microsoft O$ce except for but this new album shows that they are not lia to join her one very important di%er- quite "nished as musicians. husband at his ence: OpenO$ce.org is free. Image courtesy of Interscope sprawling ranch. !e newest version is avail-

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Capcom’s Fighter IV, will soon change that. artist) and Rufus (rounded Amer- While the Super Combo gauge Street Fighter II became one of the With a complete makeover in the ican "ghter). is built up by attacking and using GENRE: Fighting most de"ning games of the genre. game’s visual display, Street Fight- !e legendary Gouken (Ryu special moves, the Ultra Combo DEVELOPER: Capcom Its impact was so overwhelming er IV is an amalgam of modern and Ken’s sensei) and Akuma gauge is "lled whenever the play- that its characters and moves are technology and the classic arcade (Gouken’s brother) become un- er takes a hit. !is is a very nice RATING: T (Teen) instantly recognizable even by gaming experience. While staying lockables through playing the way to bring more depth into the RELEASED: Feb. 17, 2009 today’s players. A single shout of true to the 2-D "ghting frame, it game. "ghting strategy as well as balanc- “Hadouken!” would bring back o#ers a beautifully designed 3-D !e game’s control is the clas- ing the gameplay. However, the OUR TAKE: !!!!!" endless memories. presentation of the "ghters and sic six-button combination of wonderfully redesigned game still However, with the rise of wire- the di#erent countries that make kicks and punches. !e system is tragically su#ers from the two- By Zheng Zheng less communication technolo- up the game’s stages. !e visual easy to get used to for beginners, player limitation. Contributing Writer gies and the rapid evolutions of aesthetics are further enhanced by while remaining familiar to the Overall, Street Fighter IV is a gaming consoles, "ghting games a calligraphic display. Ink replaces experienced players. very solid game that provides a Legends: these are the games soon fell to the FPS, Sports and blood, smoothly transforming Iconic moves such as the high list of options for the play- that have stood the test of time. MMORPG genre. Not only do violence into art on arcade ma- Hadouken, Chun-Li’s Light- ers. It is the phoenix rising from !ese are the games that changed these games show o# the con- chines, home consoles and soon ning Kicks and Blanka’s Electric the ashes of a dying franchise. and adapted to the renovations of soles’ visual capabilities more ef- the PC. !under all have the same input !e $60 price tag is worth it for the gaming world while still en- fectively, they are also able to host As far as the storyline of a combinations as earlier games. the gameplay renovations in an ticing their fans with every new a large number of players at the "ghting game is concerned, the !e same can be said about other old classic. Street Fighter IV is im- release. same time. mythology behind the Street basic commands such as blocking, pressive, especially for a "ghting Few are worthy of this title— !e legacy once left by Street Fighter franchise is quite ful"lling throwing and taunting, making game in today’s competitive "eld to be able to transcend consoles, Fighter II and other similar "ght- to the audience. !e relationship the latest installation true to the of gaming, dominated as it is by to be able to help old fans relive ing games soon became history’s between the characters pushes Street Fighter franchise. high expectations and hard-to- the glory days while drawing new dust. !e franchise and its later the sub-themes of revenge, honor Another new aspect of the please players. ones in. Today, a new team stands installations were rarely revisited and friendship, making the story game is the introduction of the With this latest installment, to be judged and accepted into except by the most die-hard fans. much more fascinating and rel- Ultra Combos. While the Super the Street Fighters can surely be this list of legends. !ey are the !e lack of new creative materials evant than those of other games of Combos had been an integral added to the list of gaming leg- Street Fighters. with each new release, along with the same genre. part of the franchise after Street ends. Hadouken! Each player’s storyline in the Image courtesy of Capcom arcade mode of the home console Image courtesy of Capcom version begins with an animated clip. Sadly, the cheap illustrations and the terrible English voice-over made a mockery of the newly im- proved visual style of the game. 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Men’sBy Hahnming LeebasketballHansbrough continued falls his then to went on UNC a 16-5 to end the Women’s tennis Advertising Manager dominance over Tech, scoring 28 half and Tech was never able to points and grabbing 10 rebounds. cut the lead any closer for the rest Tech secured the last-place spot Tech has been a victim of some of of the game. falls to No. 7 Baylor in the ACC with its loss to UNC Hansbrough’s best games in his While the Jackets held the Tar By Steven Cappetta evened the score up once again at Dean Smith Stadium in Chapel four years as a Tar Heel. Heels to just four-of-14 from the Sta! Writer 2-2 after taking a victory in the Hill, N.C., being routed 104-74. Despite the lopsided score, three point line, they allowed the third set over Borsanyi 6-7, 6-3, It was Tech’s seventh straight loss. Tech kept it close for most of team to shoot 37-of-69 overall. "e No. 4 ranked women’s 6-2. Baylor then took the next two Senior Lewis Clinch contin- the !rst half, trailing by just two Four of the starters were in double tennis team continued its season matches to clinch the victory. ued his scoring-streak, leading the points with over six minutes left !gures, and no player had more at home on Sunday as the Jackets Krupina lost her match at po- team with 22 points in 34 min- in the game, 30-28. "e Tar Heels than 29 minutes of play. hosted No. 7 Baylor. Baylor is the sition !ve to Nina Secerbegovic utes. He made 6-of-15 three point fourth top-10 team that Tech has 6-4, 6-4, and Striplin dropped shots. Senior Alade Aminu scored faced so far this year. "e Bears hers in a third set to Jelena Sta- 19 points and grabbed seven re- lead the all-time series over the nivuk 6-2, 6-7 (11-13), 6-2. In the bounds. Sophomore Gani Lawal Jackets 3-2 and have won the last !nal match of the day, freshman scored 12 points and had four re- meeting between the two 6-1 on Viet Ha Ngo fought with Kasia bounds in just 20 minutes of play. March 23, 2006 in Waco Texas. Siwosz after splitting sets 4-6, Freshman Iman Shumpert was Baylor opened the day by 6-4. "e match would be deter- held scoreless for the !rst time this taking two of the three doubles mined by a tiebreaker for the third season, making zero-of-six from matches to give them an early set. Ngo fell just short to Siwosz the !eld. While he averaged 13 1-0 lead. "e lone doubles win on (13-11) as the !nal score ended in points in four games earlier in the the day for Tech came by senior Baylor’s favor 5-2. season, he only managed four to- Christy Striplin and sophomore "e Jackets will continue on tal and 13 turnovers in the games Noelle Hickey as they downed with the season at home tomor- against Clemson and UNC. Lenka Broosova and Csilla Bor- row against No. 10 Miami. Mi- "e team continued its strug- sanyi 8-6. ami will be Tech’s second ACC gles with free throws and turn- "e No. 5 ranked duo of junior matchup after losing the opener overs, making just 3-of-10 and Amanda McDowell and freshman to Clemson last week. Tech’s third committing 18 turnovers. "ey Irina Falconi lost their match 8-4 ACC match will come against had only 17 assists to their 18 as in addition to sophomore Sasha Florida State on Sunday. turnovers. In contrast, UNC went Krupina and freshman Lynn Blau "e Jackets will continue their to the line 29 times and made 26 dropping theirs 8-5. season through spring break with of their free throws, including a Irina Falconi evened up the key matches against Notre Dame record setting eight-for-eight by score in singles play 1-1 after de- and in-state rival UGA. "e rival- senior Tyler Hansbrough. "e feating Taylor Ormond 6-1, 6-0. ry game will take place on March mark pushed him over the all- "e Bears took the lead again af- 19 in Athens. "e Jackets will time record for free throws. "ey 1IPUP
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She also in the Puerto Rico Classic golf nation-wide. ing scores of the leaders, No. 2 record of 22-10. #e team lost thanked the contingent of her tournament hosted by Purdue at #e Jackets "nished the "rst Georgia and No. 8 Clemson, who only four games before February, family members, including her the Westin Rio Mar Resort this round of the tournament in the managed 38-under-par, 826 and and all four of those losses came mother and her godparents, who past weekend. #e Jackets began lead at 280, but fell back to "fth 22-under-par, 838 respectively. against top-10 teams. In late Janu- had made the long trip to watch their second tournament of the place after a Saturday "nish of Tech was led by freshman ary, Tech found itself somewhere her "nal home game. Williams is James White who made his "rst it had not been since 1993—in the a Seattle native, so opportunities career top-10 "nish. White start- national top 25 with a ranking of for her family to watch her play ed the tournament strong, scor- No. 23, but a quick loss to Duke have been rare. ing 2-under-par on Friday, and dropped them out once again. Williams has been invaluable "nished every round under par. After the regular season ended, to the team as a fast and energetic White’s "nal score was 8-under- Tech defeated Miami and fell in point guard capable of pushing par 208, just four strokes behind the second round of the ACC the tempo and speeding up the leaders Hudson Swa$ord of Geor- tournament for the third straight pace of the game. In fact, her gia and Dylan Fritelli of Texas, year. #ey once again quali"ed for speed has allowed her to secure who tied for medalist honors the NCAA tourney, but their "rst- a spot on Tech’s track-and-"eld with scores of 12-under-par 204. round game against Iowa State team, where in 2007 she became White tied for sixth place overall ended in defeat. an ACC champion as the anchor with David May of Clemson and As the postseason approaches of the 4x100 relay team. Billy Horschel of Florida. for this season, the team looks to On the basketball court, Wil- Tech’s second highest "nish draw on a number of major ac- liam’s average of 11.6 points per was a tie between All-American complishments to make a push game in 2008-09 is her highest junior Cameron Tringale and in both the conference and na- single-season mark with the Jack- sophomore John-Tyler Gri%n. tional tournaments. #e highlight ets. However, she has been a stel- Tringale started the tournament of this season came on Jan. 22, lar defensive player throughout with a score of 2-under-par, 70, when Tech defeated No. 2 North her four years with the Jackets. but shot a disappointing second Carolina 66-62 in Atlanta for the Her most notable career statistic round of 75, recovering on Sun- team’s "rst ever win over a top-3 in basketball is her tally of 366 day with another 2-under-par, 70. team. #e Jackets have continued steals, which is the most of any Gri%n went 1-under-par, 71 on their run of success with a third- Tech player and the seventh-most Friday, followed by two rounds of straight 20-win season. in ACC women’s history. She also even-par at 72. Tringale and Grif- After Sunday’s game ended, has some hardware to show for it: "n closed the tournament in No. Joseph spoke brie!y about her Williams won the team’s Defen- 21 place with a 1-under-par, 215. two graduating seniors and passed sive Player of the Year award in Senior David Dragoo carded a the microphone to Turner, who her "rst two seasons. 71 in the "rst round, followed by thanked the fans for their support. “A lot of players can change the scores of 75 and 71 for a 54-hole Before coming to Tech, Turner ex- game on the o$ensive end. #ere score 1-over-par at 217. Dragoo celled in the classroom and starred are very few players who can take placed No. 27 overall. Freshman in both basketball and volleyball over and change it on the defensive Minghao Wang shot 12-over-par at Pace High School in Miami. end. #at’s what Jacqua Williams on Sunday and "nished the tour- She saw little action with the Jack- can do; she can alter anybody’s of- nament in the No. 69 spot with a ets as a freshman in the 2005-06 fensive game,” Joseph said. "nal score of 233. season, but as a sophomore, the “Every memory here is a good #e Jackets will continue on 6-2 Turner took on a key reserve memory; every game, every prac- to the Southern Highlands Col- role at power forward and center; tice. [Coming to Tech] was a great legiate tournament hosted by most notably, she played 17 min- decision.... I’m just thankful for No. 21 University of Las Vegas utes that year against then-No. 8 the people around me who sup- 1IPUP
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$e Virginia Tech Virginia ended A top team in the $e Jackets last Despite Duke’s Breaking a seven and Georgia Tech game Tech’s winning streak SEC for the #rst half played the Demon Dea- coaching change, they game losing streak last matches up the two in Homecoming games of the season, Vander- cons in the 2006 ACC struggled last season season in Athens, the favorites to take the last year and hurt Tech’s bilt ended the season by championship game, and #nished 4-8, in- Jackets look to start Coastal crown in the chances of making it to beating Boston College. with Tech losing 9-6. cluding an embar- their own streak and ACC. $e winner of the ACC championship $e Commodores have $e Demon Deacons rassing 27-0 loss to win at home in the sea- the game for the past game. $e Cavaliers not beaten the Jackets went on to represent Tech in Atlanta. $e son #nale. $e Jackets three years has gone on look to rebound from in the last 10 meetings the ACC in the Orange Jackets have now won o!ense broke out for to represent the division a bad ending last sea- between the teams. $ey Bowl that year. #ve straight against 26 straight points in in the championship son which took them last played in a game in $ey last met in the the Blue Devils, and the third quarter of game. $e Jackets have from front-runners to Nashville, with Tech regular season in 2004, 13 of the last 14. $e the last meeting and never beaten the Hokies go to the ACC game winning overtime, 24- when Tech easily won sole loss game came held o! the Bulldogs in Bobby Dodd Stadium to sitting home during 17. $e Halloween road 30-17 in Atlanta. $is in 2003, when they in the fourth quarter. and have won just one of the bowl season. De- game is Tech’s second is Tech’s last match-up matched their 2008 re- $e Jackets #nished the meetings since the spite Virginia’s recent road SEC game and its against a team from the cord of 4-8. $e record with 409 yards on the Hokies joined the ACC. struggles, they have only other out-of-con- Atlantic Division for the is the best #nish in the ground. Georgia is not won #ve-of-six meet- ference road game. season. last eight years for the considered a preseason ings against Tech. blue devils. favorite for the SEC crown.

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Technique SPORTS Baseball sweeps Rutgers in Saturday doubleheader By Christian Bockhop pitcher in McGuire. McGuire Contributing Writer kept the Scarlet Knights to four hits as he struck out seven bring- Tech claimed a decisive vic- ing him to 10-1 in his career. Add tory this past weekend, sweep- on the fact that he kept this up ing Rutgers in a doubleheader at for eight innings, Saturday was a Russ Chandler Stadium. In their good indication of the strength !rst game of the afternoon, the Tech’s bullpen this season. Jackets won 6-4, with sophomore "e Tech o#ense got its !rst All-American pitcher Deck Mc- break in the bottom of the third Guire keeping the Scarlet Knights with Plagman being hit by a pitch to one run before being relieved and scoring o# an RBI by senior after an impressive eight- inning out!elder Chris House after mov- performance. In the second game ing to third on a single by junior of the afternoon, Tech dominated second baseman Patrick Long. Rutgers 13-4 with junior pitcher "e score didn’t change again Zach Von Tersch making a no- until the bottom of the sixth table showing on the mound. Ju- when freshman third baseman nior !rst baseman Tony Plagman, Matt Skole homered and picking senior catcher Jason Haniger, and up two RBIs. "e Scarlet Knights junior left !elder Jay Dantzler returned !re the next inning earn- each batted in three runs apiece. ing one run and making the score By Saturday afternoon it was 3-1 going into the seventh inning clear that Tech has found a star stretch. After Rutgers failed to score at the top of the eight, Plagman scored a decisive two-run homer to make the score 5-1. “It was just a matter of time with [Plagman], he began swing- 1IPUP
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Men’s Basketball tops Miami for second ACC win By Nishant Prasadh being deemed academically in- Aminu threw down a powerful Assistant Sports Editor eligible, and he struggled in con- dunk that energized the crowd. ference play upon returning, but However, it came at a cost, as Despite enduring one of the he has started to hit his stride re- Hewitt noted that Aminu ap- most di!cult seasons in recent cently. peared to hurt his wrist on the memory, the men’s basketball Clinch’s 17-point performance dunk and was less e$ective as the team had enough left in the tank was instrumental in the win over game went on. Still, the forward to pull out one more victory on No. 6 Wake Forest, and he has tallied #ve rebounds and # ve Senior Night. Tech closed out its scored at least 20 points in each of blocks despite the injury. home schedule with a 78-68 win the last four games; his average of Tech’s other two seniors un- over Miami on Wednesday night, 14.2 points per game is second on fortunately did not receive any improving to 11-17 overall and the team, behind only sophomore minutes on Wednesday. Forward 2-13 in ACC play. forward Gani Lawal. He hopes Bassirou Dieng, who transferred "e night belonged to guard his recent hot streak will continue here from St. Francis in Pennsyl- Lewis Clinch, one of Tech’s four into postseason play and help the vania, played at Tech for his #nal graduating seniors and the team’s Jackets to make a surprise run in year of NCAA eligibility. "e top outside scoring threat, espe- the ACC tournament. Senegalese forward completed cially over the #nal stretch of the “We’re not giving up; we’re his undergraduate degree at St. season. Clinch was on #re from going to Boston College [on Sat- Francis and has enrolled in Tech’s the very beginning; he drained a urday] preparing to take another graduate program for Internation- pair of three-pointers in the #rst one and preparing to win this al A$airs. two minutes, and he did not let up ACC tournament and go to the "ree-year walk-on guard for the rest of the game. NCAA tournament. "at’s the Gary Cage saw plenty of play- At game’s end he had tallied kind of mindset that we have, and ing time early in the season as a nine three-pointers, tied for the that’s the mindset we’re going to reserve point guard, but like Di- second-most in a single game keep in our locker room,” Clinch eng, his minutes dwindled after in Tech history. Clinch had 30 said. the ACC schedule began. Cage, points overall, and he was also Tech’s other key senior is Alade who played alongside former Tech important defensively, collecting Aminu, the athletic 6-10 center point guard Javaris Crittenton three steals and keeping Miami who opened the season as a regu- and current NBA star Dwight star Jack McClinton in check for lar starter, but was relegated to Howard in high school, earned a much of the game. being the team’s top reserve when basketball scholarship for his se- “"is was by far the best I’ve Head Coach Paul Hewitt elected nior season and has also lettered felt, probably going back to my to switch to a three-guard attack. in the 800-meter for Tech’s track- freshman year…I felt like when Still, in his current role he sees and-#eld team. I was shooting the ball, the rim just as much time as any of the Also of note is that Tech would was as big as the ocean—you just starters. Aminu has averaged over have had a #fth senior this season throw it up and it’s going in,” eight rebounds per game, second in guard-forward D’Andre Bell. Clinch said. on the team behind Lawal, and However, prior to the season Bell A former #ve-star recruit, Hewitt frequently takes advan- was diagnosed with spinal steno- Clinch recovered from a very tage of his length by having him sis, a congenital condition that rough start of the season to close cover inbound passers as part of forced him to sit out the season; his career with a string of strong the coach’s press defense. Bell has been cleared to play next 1IPUP
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season with a 21-8 overall record and an 8-6 mark in ACC play. "e girls rebounded from losses against two ranked teams to 2006-2007 win their !nal three games, with Sunday’s win moving them past Virginia in the ACC standings and giving the Jackets the No. 5 seed in the Tupcoming conference tournament. “I’m really happy with our e#ort today.… We were playing for a lot today: seeding, !fth-place !nish, an over-.500 record in ACC play for only the second time in the history of our program,” said Head Coach MaChelle Joseph. Sunday’s game, the last home game of the season, marked Senior Night for the players. Tech has only two seniors this season: guard Jac- qua Williams, a longtime starter who has provided strong defensive play and leadership throughout her career, and forward-center Tabitha Turner, who has primarily been a reserve and has played a key role as a post player for the scout team. Both were in the starting lineup, with Williams taking her usual guard position and Turner replacing freshman Sasha Goodlett at center. “Jacqua Williams and Tabitha Turner meant so much to this program, on the $oor and o# the $oor. It was important to our team that we give the best e#ort we possibly could to continue our winning streak at home on Senior Night,” Joseph said. During the time that Williams and Turner have been on the team, Tech has witnessed considerable improvement on the court. In their freshman season of 2005-06, the Jackets stumbled to a !nal record of 14-15, and their 2-12 mark in conference play also resulted in Tech’s lowest winning percentage in ACC games since 1985-86. However, that year they put up a !ght in the ACC tournament: the Jackets entered as a No. 11 seed, pulled o# a big upset of Miami with a 17-point win, and battled Maryland to a close !nish in the second round, falling 71-66. In 2006-07, the team earned its !rst winning season under Joseph, posting a stellar 21-12 record. "e most notable improvement was in ACC play, where the team rebounded to go 9-5 for the best winning percentage in conference play in team history. In the process, Tech MARCH 2, 2006: defeated No. 4 Maryland 77-72, making the Terrapins the highest-seeded team the Jackets had ever beaten. After another 1-1 performance Jackets upset in the conference tournament, the Jackets quali!ed as a No. 7 seed in the NCAA tournament; they proceeded to win their !rst game in the Miami 79-62 in tournament since 2000 when Williams, then a sophomore, hit a one-handed runner with 2.5 seconds left to defeat Depaul, 55-54. Unfortu- Coach Ma- nately, the magic ran out, and Tech fell to Purdue in the second round. 2005-2006 Chelle Joseph’s See Glory, page 27 !rst ACC tournament. historic numbers

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