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Cover photo The cover is a collection of normal Technique set for fall start Technique Credo student Buzz cards except the photo By Matthew Bryan meeting every Tuesday night at 7:00 This paper is the voice of the student body and the servant of its has been replaced by photos of events Editor-in-Chief p.m. in room 137 of the Student interests. It is the champion of all causes that will contribute to the that took place last year. Some of the Services building. The meeting is development of the institution in numbers, influence, and charac- events included are Homecoming, The Technique, Tech’s open to people interested in writing ter. Graduation, Take Back the Night, first and only student newspaper, or taking pictures for the newspa- It has been named the Technique, a name that expresses the When the Whistle Blows, SGA Elec- was established in 1911. The paper per and to those already involved. purpose and nature of the school and paper as well, perhaps, as it can tions, Baseball, Softball, Football, Stu- is published every Friday, and is Additionally, section editors meet be expressed in a word. For although we desire inspiration with dent Roundtable, the Mini-500 and available at distribution sites across with their staffs to assign and col- school spirit, and a wealth of life and feeling for every student, yet we other on-campus happenings. campus free of charge. lect stories. On Wednesday nights, desire also the aim of our work and study should not be forgotten. Photo art by Daniel Uhlig. Photos The Technique is divided into the editorial staff is on deadline to That, with each succeeding issue, the name should become associat- by Rob Hill, Daniel Uhlig, Brian five sections, each of which covers a edit stories and design the layout ed with the richest experiences of our college life, with our most Oxford, Jon Purvis and Andrew Pae. different area of campus news. The for the following Friday’s paper. The intense efforts, and happiest accomplishments—this is the hope of Special thanks to James Pete of the news section, which starts on the editorial board also has its consen- the editors. Buzz Card Center. front page, covers issues prompted sus meeting during this time, and For the Technique desires intensely to serve; to express for us our The Freshman Issue by events and people in the Georgia the opinions editor represents the wishes and needs; to increase our school spirit; encourage us in Tech community. Administrative majority opinion of ed board through disappointment; congratulate us in success. It desires to make more In recent history the Technique has and faculty decisions of note or the the consensus editorial. efficient the management of student enterprises by offering a means started to produce this feature-length successes and failures of student or- Students interested in writing or of communication between the directors and the workers. It will newspaper nicknamed the ‘Freshman ganizations, both appear in the news taking pictures for the Technique obviate many meetings that are now necessary and make more Issue.’ section. should attend a general staff meet- effective those that are held The issue is composed of six sec- The opinions section is a forum ing or email the editor-in-chief for It wishes to bring the alumni in closer contact with college like tions appearing in five separately folded for letters to the editor (student, more information. 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Freshman Issue each fall as a service to The focus section analyzes trends Contributions to this story were made Reprinted from the Technique, Vol. 1, No. 1, Nov. 17, 1911 new—and returning—Tech students. and dissects statistical data in order by Chris Baucom, Editor Emeritus We’ll resume our regular size and weekly to establish the truth behind and publication schedule next Friday. issue. A series of news stories on Editor-in-Chief Matthew Bryan [email protected] If you have any questions or com- crimes might prompt a focus story News Editor Jody Shaw [email protected] ments about this paper, please email on the rise of on campus crime. The Opinions Editor Julia Trapold [email protected] Matthew Bryan, Editor-in-Chief, at entertainment section features mu- [email protected]. 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The Technique has a general staff 2 • Friday, August 24, 2001 • Technique NEWS FE hosts campus UJC postpones hearing of ‘T’ thieves football event The Freshmen Experience After months of maneuvering to prepare for a summer case, the Undergraduate Judiciary program plans to host an event this Sunday at Alexander Cabinet granted ‘T’ thieves Jimmy Henderson and David Moeller a postponement. Memorial Coliseum. When the Yellow Jacket football By Jody Shaw who noted that UJC cases are team kicks off its 2001 season News Editor postponed “almost never,” felt against Syracuse, students will that their argument was strong be able to watch the game After a summer that saw Un- enough and observed this was a with thousands of others on dergraduate Judiciary Cabinet “special situation” with hearings the jumbo-sized television selections and emergency Stu- taking place during the summer screens at the basketball arena. dent Government legislation in for the first time. The event is open to any Tech an effort to expedite justice in “This postponement is real- student, and concession stands the case of the ‘T’ thieves, UJC ly about protecting the rights of will be open for students to Chief Justice Sara Cames and students involved in the process. purchase food and beverages. Senior Associate Dean Karen That is the major reason why The Coliseum gates open at Boyd decided to postpone the this happened, and that is what 1:00 p.m., and the game hearing of James Henderson and we are attempting to do with begins at 2:00 p.m. David Moeller originally sched- this postponement,” said Cames. uled for August 9. The postponement of the ‘T’ “The hearing was postponed case marks the latest move in a Apply today for largely due to procedural issues barrage of activities by the UJC block seating that existed, and because of a and SGA to attempt to hear the request from the accused that case prior to the fall. At the end Groups who wish to ac- we postpone the hearing so that of spring semester, the UJC se- quire block seating for all they would have more time to lected four new justices: Adam home football games must prepare and deal with changes Bernstein, Michael Elmer, Kevin submit their online applica- in the code of conduct that oc- Haluska, and Melody Liu. The tions by 5:00 p.m. today. In- curred,” said Cames. Undergraduate House of Rep- terested students can find the Though changes to the stu- resentatives, which approves all application online at dent code of conduct were made justices selected by the UJC be- ramblinwreck.fansonly.com/ at the end of spring semester fore they are appointed, failed extras/local/ and circulated via a campus-wide to vote on the justices before the newticketpage.html. email from the Dean of Stu- end of the semester. dents and publicized in the Tech- In early summer, the board Hall Council races nique, Henderson and Moeller selected two additional justic- contended that they were not es—Adam Blaiss and Sonja By Daniel Uhlig / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS coming soon prepared to be held accountable Kelly Davis, Jimmy Henderson, and David Moeller were all involved in stealing the The Residence Hall under the new code. Cames, See Hearing, page 12 ‘T.’ While Davis served his sentence this summer, the others await a UJC hearing. Association is making preparations for Hall Council elections to be held on September 3. Hall Council Parking leaves 1,900 New midterm reports ready to roll is a group of governing By Mary DeCamp bodies—one in each on- applicants spaceless Senior Staff Writer campus residence hall—that “Faculty members want allows on-campus residents By Nasir Barday For almost a year, concerned the opportunities to make Senior Staff Writer students to know where they students, staff, and faculty mem- decisions on housing and bers have been working on mid- stand in a class as soon as campus issues, plan housing According to the Department of Park- term grade reports. Beginning activities, and divide Hall ing and Transportation, approximately 1,900 possible. ” this fall, students will have the Council funds. Students students and faculty who applied for Fall Robert McMath opportunity to get these grade interested in running for a campus parking spaces could not be pro- Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies reports midway through the se- Hall Council position can vided with permits because of a shortage in mester. contact their Peer Leader or the number of spaces available. Last year, ex-Undergraduate Community Advisor or email Of the approximately 10,500 students SGA Executive Vice-President place. In the past, faculty mem- [email protected]. and faculty who applied online for campus David Moeller set up JCUEL, “Overall, the reason that we bers have always had to give a parking spaces, only 8,600 received per- the Joint Commission for the will have midterm evaluations degree of performance to stu- mits. McKnight fills Enhancement of Undergradu- is because a dedicated group of dents before drop day, but this The remaining 1,900 applicants were ate Learning. This commission everyday students from Student was communed privately, and ModLangs void placed on a waiting list that will be served as consisting of faculty, staff, and Government came together and student advisors were never no- Dr. Phillip McKnight, a Parking determines usage patterns of each students came up with a pro- determined that they could take tified of student status in any former school chair and of the lots. posal for a midterm grade evalu- steps to rectify a poor perfor- class, and thus could not aid professor of Germanic Part of the reason for the shortage is the ation. It was then submitted to mance. Faculty saw this as a tech- students. languages at the University delay of the opening of the North Parking the Student Regulations Com- nique to identify students with “Faculty members want stu- of Kentucky was recently Deck on State Street, which was supposed mittee, a faculty committee with difficulties so that they could be dents to know where they stand chosen as the new dean of to open last spring. student and staff representatives, given advice and counseling,” in a class as soon as possible, so the School of Modern “There were 850 total spaces in the North where it was decided that this said Dr. Edward Thomas, a mem- Languages in the Ivan Allen deck, of which 650 would be permit spaces new program would be put in ber of the Faculty Senate. See Midterms, page 7 College. and 200 would be visitor spaces,” said Rod Weis, Director of Parking and Transporta- tion. But the delay of the North deck’s News Feature Parking Situation opening was not the only cause of loss in parking spaces on campus. “We’ve lost the remote lot to the con- Midtown lots provide parking alternative struction of the College of Management and Tech Square,” said Weis. By Ty Gailey The prices for parking in mid- expensive midtown parking. on campus is probably not the Parking lost 350 spaces with the remov- Staff Writer town range from $420-960 per Carpooling with friends to mid- best alternative either. Fines will al of the remote lot. Construction for the year paid on a month-to-month town lots may provide one way be much more expensive than SAC II project will eliminate 300 addition- Since the parking shortage schedule. Daily rates at the decks to divide the cost among a num- midtown alternatives. al spaces near the Student Athletic Com- has left over fifteen hundred stu- range from $2.50-8.50. For com- ber of people. Free off-campus The alternatives to driving a plex in November, but 550 spaces will be dents with no way to get to those muters, individuals low on the parking is virtually nonexistent, car to school are not convenient added by means of a SAC II parking garage, pesky classes, many students will waiting list for parking permits, and parking in the lots of local either. Bicycling is often dan- planned for completion in May of 2003. need alternative means of park- and all freshmen, the monthly businesses will lead to a hefty gerous, and MARTA The shortage in spaces also stems from ing or transportation. parking rates will be the best impound fee. Parking on the will cost $3.50 round trip and the increase in the number of applicants for The Department of Parking option to park anywhere near Atlanta streets will get your car take much longer than driving. parking spaces. Among other reasons, “some recently released a list of sug- Tech campus. But for students locked down with a boot. With a only a limited num- of [the increase] is due to the fact that gested commercial pay-lots across with a high priority on the wait- The Home Park neighbor- ber of alternatives, parking in before, you could park wherever you want,” I-75/85 in the Midtown district. ing list and for those of us who hood is restricted to cars with midtown may be the a way for said Weis. Midtown is an area of business- skip class a lot, the daily rates permits issued by the City of Tech students to get around The Director of Parking cites better en- es, expensive condominiums, and will probably be more econom- Atlanta, and the area is patrolled Atlanta. forcement for legal permits and parking in nightclubs. It is about a ten to ical. and ticketed daily. With increased twenty minute walk from the The options are limited for enforcement by the Department The list of midtown garages can See Parking, page 11 center of campus. people who cannot handle the of Parking, attempting to park be found on page 6. NEWS Technique • Friday, August 24, 2001 • 3 Latest numbers from Dean show rise in reported cheating By Mary DeCamp show a substantial increase. Integrity Survey to see how the Tech Senior Staff Writer There are two possible explana- community regards academic in- Academic Conduct Violations tions for this rise in the number of tegrity. The results of this survey [Editor’s note: This article is re- reported incidents—either students showed an increase in the number 300 printed, with modifications, from are cheating more, or more students of students who would report wit- 257 the June 29 issue of the Technique.] nessing an instance of academic 250 misconduct as compared to students The Dean of Students office re- surveyed in 1997. cently indicated that its latest aca- “More of our students This survey also found that 81.2 200 demic misconduct numbers for the and faculty are percent of students surveyed believed 191 2000-2001 school year show an in- that students caught cheating in a 150 crease in the number of honor code committed to class should be given a failing grade 137 offenses. According to the most re- academic honesty.” for that class. Number of Cases 100 cent numbers, the numbers of re- Overall, the results of this survey 96 ported incidents of cheating at Tech Karen Boyd found that a greater number of Tech have increased over the past year. Sr. Associate Dean of Students students are becoming less tolerant 50 During the 2000-2001 school of all forms of academic miscon- year there were 191 cases of report- duct and are more willing to report 0 ed academic misconduct at Tech. and professors are reporting instances these instances now than in the past. 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 This is compared to 137 cases of of academic misconduct. The Dean of Students believes in academic misconduct for the 1998- In April of 2000, the Office of the results of this survey, and at- Academic Year 99. The specific numbers for the the Dean of Students and the Of- tributes the increase in academic Data courtesy Office of the Dean of Students previous school year are still being fice of Institutional and Research The number of misconduct cases processed by the Dean of Students’ processed, but they are expected to Planning conducted the Academic See Cheating, page 9 office has increased over the last few years, as has the UJC case load. 4 • Friday, August 24, 2001 • Technique NEWS Technique Online Voice Your Opinion! Repairs begin on new North Deck Last issue’s poll garnered 352 responses to the question: By Nasir Barday “How should FASET include gay, lesbian, bisexual Senior Staff Writer and transgender students and issues in its program?” Repairs to the North Parking - Wait until the fall for GLBT events: 12.78 % deck, ’s parking fa- - Nothing new needs to be done: 47.44 % cility on State Street, are under - Education throughout the orientation: 13.25 % way and scheduled to be complet- - A separate GLBT social: 5.68 % ed in time to be used when stu- - A GLBT social at a different time than dents return from Winter break the SAC social: 11.65 % next year. As reported in March, the open- This week’s poll is about the parking situation. Voice your ing of the North deck was delayed opinion at www.cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/technique. when cracks were found in sup- ports and parking surfaces through- out the structure. Georgia Tech, in cooperation with the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission (GSFIC), hired WJE and Associates to perform an eval- uation, or “forensic analysis,” of the structure. According to Gary Phillips, a design and construction manager with the Department of Facilities, noted the importance of hiring a third party to evaluate the condi- tion of the North Deck. “An out- By Scott King / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS side entity gives us another Cracks in the support structure of the North Campus Parking Deck perspective,” said Phillips. delayed its opening last March. The deck should be ready by this spring. The consultants determined that the supports in the structure need- the aesthetics of the repair.” Ac- operation. Because of this, Georgia ed to be reinforced to allow for cording to Phillips, the solution be- Tech will not pursue any lawsuits long-term use of the deck. “There ing implemented will meet all three against the contractors. “This is in wasn’t sufficient support for the guidelines. lieu of any legal action,” said Harty. structure for decades of use,” said “Ultimately, the deck will be “The contractors have been extremely Bob Harty, Executive Director of stronger than originally proposed,” cooperative about this.” Institute Communications and said Harty. According to the Rod Weis, Di- Public Affairs. rector of Parking, students have al- The repairs involve enveloping ready expressed interest in the parking the existing columns with six inches area, designated as B07. of concrete and metal Rebar rein- “Ultimately, the deck “A few hundred students asked forcements. This will strengthen to be put on the wait list for permits the points at which the vertical will be stronger than in the deck,” said Weis. Students support columns and horizontal originally proposed.” can request to be added to the deck’s beams meet. wait list on the Georgia Tech Park- Bob Harty This solution was the result of ing website. Executive Director, ICPA discussions taking various factors “We’ll keep serving permits for into account that Georgia Tech the area until we fill all 650 permit and the GSFIC felt were impor- spaces in the deck,” said Weis. 200 tant. Walker Parking and Archer- additional spaces will be reserved “There were three guiding prin- Western, the contractors involved for visitor parking. ciples,” said Phillips, “satisfying in the original construction and de- “As soon as we get word that the structural requirements, the long- sign of the North Deck, will bear repairs have completed, those peo- term durability of the structure and the entire cost of the Deck repair ple will get email immediately.” NEWS Technique • Friday, August 24, 2001 • 5

Rush Week New Students Join Greek Community Off-Campus Parking

Didn’t get a parking spot on campus? You can still in park in an off-campus facility. Each of these lots offers a monthly rate, so you can switch to an on- campus spot in a pinch if you get one in the coming month. United Parking: (404) 872-6933 Location: Spring Street and Deposit: $15.00 Daily Rate: $8.50 Monthly Rate: $80.00 Lanier Parking: (404) 881-6076 Locations: 664 Spring Street Daily Rate: $2.75 Monthly Rate: $45.00

By Daniel Uhlig / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS 696 Spring Street Freshmen and upper- classmen who sought to Daily Rate: $2.50 Monthly Rate: $35.00 become the newest members of Georgia Tech’s greek community 662 West Peachtree Street attended rush events Daily Rate: $4.25up Monthly Rate: $75.00 throughout the last week. The week culminated with sorority bid day on 655 Ponce de Leon Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Daily Rate: $3.75 Monthly Rate: $55.00 As is tradition, new so- rority members ran to their houses after receiv- 669 Peachtree Street ing their bids (left). Fra- Daily Rate: $3.75up Monthly Rate: $60.00 ternity rush, which lacks Parking Co. of America: (404) 584-7057 the a similar activity, con- Location: tinued through Thursday night (above) and culmi- Spring Street and North Avenue nated with dinners and Rates: Daily: $6.00 Monthly: $80.00 parties this weekend. By Rob Hill / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS These lots are not affiliated with Georgia Tech. Park at your own risk. 6 • Friday, August 24, 2001 • Technique NEWS

is in trouble—defined as headed suggestions about where they may ponent. Thus a student performing us as students that helps to improve Midterms from page 3 for a grade of ‘D’ or ‘F’—based on go for help,” McMath said. satisfactorily at midterm may be lulled our academic experiences here at assignments up to that point. Fac- This midterm report does not into a false sense of security about Tech will help to improve our school if there is a problem they can get ulty will submit that report elec- become a part of a student’s tran- the likely final outcome,” said Tho- as a whole,” said Watson. help and correct it while there is still tronically, and each student enrolled script. It is solely intended to give mas. “Not only will individual stu- time to do so,” said McMath. in these classes will get a report via students information as to how they The midterm grade comes after dents get a better sense of how they The midterm evaluation program Banner showing either “Satisfacto- have performed academically the official drop date, so students are doing academically, but also fac- will only be administered in 1000 ry” or “Unsatisfactory” for each 1000/ through the first half of the semes- will not know exactly where they ulty advisors will know which stu- and 2000 level classes, mainly aim- 2000-level class they are taking. ter. Though this midterm evalua- stand until the after ‘drop day.’ Their dents are really struggling and reach ing at giving extra help to first se- “Students will be urged to see tion will help students know where only option will be to improve their out to them while there is still time mester freshmen. McMath outlined their professor and/or the advisor they stand in the middle of the se- current academic standing in the to turn things around,” said Mc- the process of the midterm evalua- in their major school to discuss any mester, it is not meant to predict course, which is what the program Math. tions. deficiencies they may have. Students what the final grade will be. is intended to aid. “We have tremendous resources “Essentially, in all 1000 and 2000 with multiple deficiencies who do “Fairly often students can per- On the whole, the midterm eval- on the campus for helping students level classes, professors will deter- not respond will be contacted di- form well on short term evaluations uation program is eagerly antici- academically, but too often the stu- mine whether at that point each rectly by the advisor in their school but perform poorly on long term pated by faculty and students alike. dents who most need that help aren’t student is doing reasonably OK or or by someone in my office with comprehensive evaluations. In most “I think midterm evaluations are aware of it or don’t take advantage courses the midterm evaluation will a step in the right direction. Any of it. This program gives us a pow- include no ‘comprehensive’ com- academic service that is provided to erful tool to address that problem.”

Infographic Midterm Grade Reports

Infographic courtesy Georgia Tech Registrar Students in 1000- and 2000-level classes will be issued midterm grade reports, like the one above, on October 15. At that point, any first-year student who receives one or more ‘U’s will be required to make an appointment with his or her academic advisor by October 22 to discuss possible steps for improvement. NEWS Technique • Friday, August 24, 2001 • 7

to academic honesty, and we are “We have software in place in of plagiarism. There are several soft- tion to the Charlottesville campus, Cheating from page 4 addressing, through the judicial sys- some courses to notify us of similar- ware applications that claim to be which is home of the nation’s oldest tem, proportionally more of the ac- ities in homework assignments that able to detect plagiarism by com- student-run honor code and expels misconduct numbers to a change in tual violations than we have in the are submitted for evaluation. Then paring the suspect content with the students found guilty of academic student and faculty attitudes. past,” said Boyd. faculty makes determinations as to content of likely web sources. We misconduct. “The survey in the fall…showed The implementation of the Aca- whether the similarities might be are testing one of these packages. If While devices such as these as that there was less tolerance of cheat- demic Honor Code six years ago the result of academic misconduct,” it works as claimed, we will imple- well as greater awareness of the prob- ing by students and more awareness also played a part in making stu- said Kurt Eiselt, Associate Dean of ment it throughout the department.” lem of cheating help to detect a on their part of cheating occurring. dents and faculty more aware of the the College of Computing. Louis Bloomfield, a physics pro- greater number of possible academ- This in conjunction with a high problem of cheating and how to The College of Computing is fessor at the University of Virginia, ic violators, this does not mean that faculty commitment to address cheat- deal with it. not the only college that considers used such a program in his physics a greater number of students are ing explains the high number of Along with more awareness on software such as this to be a viable classes at the end of the Spring se- cheating. reported incidents of cheating,” said the parts of students and faculty option. mester. After reviewing the results, “Just because we have a higher Karen Boyd, Senior Associate Dean and the introduction of the Honor Peter McGuire, Associate Chair he then initiated honor charges number of violators does not mean of Students. Code, advances in technology help of the School of Literature, Com- against 122 students, including some that we have a higher number of “As an institution, more of our some of the colleges at Tech detect munication and Culture, said, “Each graduating seniors. The use of this cheaters. It means we have more students and faculty are committed possible academic violations. year we find three or four clear cases technology brought national atten- possible cheaters caught,” said Boyd. 8 • Friday, August 24, 2001 • Technique NEWS

wait-list. In case a student becomes eligi- lunch, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.,” “I know that we can over sell ten Parking from page 3 “Say you went online and made ble for a permit several weeks into said Weis. percent of those spaces right off the three choices and you don’t get a the semester, permits are prorated, “We let people get into a pat- bat,” said Weis, “We’re trying to proper lots as convincing car-own- permit. Your three choices will au- so the full price of the permit would tern, and then we find how many maximize the use of the facility.” ers who had previously parked on tomatically go on the wait list for be discounted according to the num- more permits we can offer in order The need for parking spaces is campus without proper permits to the lots that you chose,” said Weis. ber of weeks that have passed. to make sure all of the spaces are not going to get better next year obtain legal permits. Weis emphasized that those on Wait-listed permit applicants can used.” The Parking Director ob- when requests should level off at “We’re writing more tickets, so the wait-list should make arrange- also arrange car pools, said Weis. served that on a daily basis, approx- 11,000. “We’re trying frantically to more people decided that they would ments for parking in private Mid- Although the deadline for applica- imately of four percent of permit add more spaces,” said Weis. need to get a parking permit,” said town parking garages close to Georgia tions for discounted carpool per- holders do not use their spaces be- Weis. Tech as soon as possible. A list of mits has passed, students can still cause of vacation days and other Students interested in parking in pri- He also attributed the increase independent garages can be found share permits. Permits will be of- reasons. vate midtown lots can find a listing of to the new online permit request on the Parking web site. fered to those on the wait-list as the “But we don’t want to push it to selected lots on page six of this section system, which streamlined the per- “All of them have monthly rates,” Parking department determines the point where you won’t find a or online at www.parking.gatech.edu/ mit request process. Students and continued Weis, “Do it month-to- parking patterns for each lot. spot,” added Weis. general_info/pay_lots.html. This sto- faculty who did not receive permits month. If you’re lucky and get a “We look at occupancy from In large areas such as the Student ry was updated and rerun from its need not request to be added to the permit you can switch at that point.” 10:00 AM to noon and until after Center Deck, under usage is high. earlier summer printing.

Student Activism End the Textbook Tax

By Daniel Uhlig / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS On Monday, a number of Tech students signed a petition to ask the Georgia Legislature to end to sales tax on textbooks. The campaign to end the tax is being led by members of the Student Government. NEWS Technique • Friday, August 24, 2001 • 9

and Moeller would have been de- Hearing from page 3 cided by a board with only five mem- Students start off summer with ‘T’ theft bers who had ever actually heard a By Nasir Barday Waters—to bring the UJC mem- case before. Senior Staff Writer bership up to its total of 11—ten Once the legislation passed, the justices and one chief. In order to date was set, and witnesses and ac- [Editor’s note: This article is re- approve the board, Undergraduate cused individuals were contacted, printed, with modifications, from SGA President Chris Kavanaugh the maneuvering began. Hender- the June 1 issue of the Technique.] authorized emergency legislation to son and Moeller circulated an email be voted on by the UHR represen- over a number of campus email lists On May 20, at least three stu- tatives. asking for support. It asked that dents attempted to steal the ‘T’ fac- “This type of summer legisla- students write Boyd and Cames to ing Tenth Street from the north tion does not happen often, and we ask they not expel or suspend the side of Tech Tower. Apparently, are looking to make the process more accused ‘T’ thieves. Cames declined the students tripped an alarm in streamlined in the future,” said Ka- comment on the email tactic, but it attempting to remove the ‘T,’ which vanaugh. did not appear to play a role in the notified the Georgia Tech Police “In this case, the legislation was delay of the hearing, which will take Department and forced the students necessary in order to provide due place in about four weeks depend- to abandon their quest. process and a speedy hearing for the ing on the UJC docket for the fall. “The officers responded to the accused.” With Cames leaving for a fall in- alarm and found one person,” said By Marques McMillan / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS One particular kink arose in the ternship in Washington, D.C., Suja Jack Vickery, Chief of Georgia Tech Facilities workers replaced the stolen ‘T’ from Tech Tower just days after process. According to SGA bylaws, Ramachandran, the most senior Jus- Police. According to the incident it was removed by students; They also repaired building minor damages. any votes occurring over the sum- tice, will serve as Chief Justice for report filed, that person was rising mer term must be conducted via this and all cases throughout the sophomore Kelly Davis. “Based on what we know at this submitted a letter to the Tech com- mail. The UJC, which is also in semester. “Following up, there appear to time, they were probably going to munity in the Technique. In it he charge of interpreting the SGA con- This summer was the first one in be at least two other people involved,” use the car to take the ‘T’ wherever stated, “I am notifying the campus stitution, determined that in word which the UJC conducted any said Vickery, referring to former they were going to take it. But I community that Georgia Tech is “mail” could, for the purposes of amount of significant activity. For Undergraduate Student Govern- suspect that when the alarm acti- opposed to the practice of stealing voting, also mean email. Thus, copies the first time, the board held sum- ment Association Treasurer James vated, they abandoned the effort,” the ‘T’ from the Tower. Legal au- of the legislation to approve the new mer justice selections and attempt- Henderson and former Undergrad- said Vickery. thorities have confirmed that any- justices were distributed and repre- ed to hear both the ‘T’ case and a uate Student Government Associa- The students actually removed one either caught in the act of stealing sentatives voted by both traditional second case. tion Executive Vice-President David the ‘T’ from its mount atop the the ‘T’ or identified after the fact mail and email. With an increased case load over Moeller. They appeared later at the tower, but they were unable to low- based on evidence, is subject to pros- In the end, the legislation passed the last several years, however, sum- police station and, according to the er it to the ground and transport it ecution for vandalism under crimi- exactly one week before the sched- mer activity may become a staple of filed incident report, “stated they before the authorities arrived. This nal law. Anyone involved in uled hearing, on August 2, which the UJC. Any student involved in were accomplices in attempting to attempt is the first in several years attempting to steal the ‘T’ will also was the final day the bill could have the discipline process has a due pro- steal the ‘T’ off of the Tech Tower.” that has actually resulted in the ‘T’ be subject to Institute penalties up passed; the board must be selected cess right to have his or her case According to the report, the of- being removed. to and including expulsion.” and witnesses must be notified at heard by the UJC in a timely man- ficers who responded to the inci- In 1997, a group of individuals Since Clough’s letter, no Tech least one week in prior to any sched- ner. This due process right is, ac- dent also “impounded Mr. removed the ‘T’ and transported it student has been apprehended dur- uled hearing. Boyd and Cames cording to Cames, particularly Henderson’s vehicle, which was run- off-campus, but since then, no one ing an attempt to steal the ‘T.’ planned to train the new justices important when, as in the ‘T’ case, ning and parked, at the corner of has met with the same success. one day prior to the ‘T’ hearing, suspension and expulsion are possi- Cherry Street and Ferst Drive.” In fall of 1999, President Clough See ‘T’, page 17 which means the fate of Henderson ble sanctions. 10 • Friday, August 24, 2001 • Technique NEWS

PRESIDENT’S VIEWS Letter to the Community Presidential opinions change over time

“Georgia Tech is opposed By Jody Shaw to the practice of stealing News Editor the "T" from the Tower.” Each Tech President is faced with G. Wayne Clough decisions on a number of adminis- President trative issues, but in recent years, the stealing of the ‘T’ from Tech Tower has become one of the more controversial campus issues. Over the years Georgia Tech when she tried to climb one of When students first stole the ‘T’ has prided itself on its traditions our campus buildings. This un- in April of 1969, then President and used them to build team fortunate event serves as a vivid Crawford, who was the acting ad- spirit and loyalty to the Insti- wake-up call to the risks associ- ministrator between President Har- tute. Looking back over Tech's ated with attempting to steal the rison and President Hansen, 115 year history, it is clear that "T". considered cancelling classes until some of our traditions have In addition to the heartbreak the ‘T’ was returned. changed with the times. In our caused by the loss of life or limb, It was returned several days later early years, for example, we were any attempt to scale the Tech at a celebration for President Harri- the Golden Tornado, something Tower or any other campus build- son’s retirement called “Wonderful we later exchanged for the Yel- ing puts Georgia Tech at risk for Ed’s Day.” Then Atlanta Mayor and low Jackets. University traditions incredibly expensive liability lit- Tech Alumnus Ivan Allen had the also change when circumstances igation. The theft of the "T" also ‘T’ flown into campus via helicop- taint them. For example, follow- raises the consideration of prop- ter. ing the tragic loss of student lives erty damage, which can be con- The “Super Seven,” as the group in an automobile crash caused siderable, running as high as of secret Tech students called them- by drunk driving, the Universi- $13,000 on past occasions. We selves, spent a number of months ty of Kentucky and the Univer- simply cannot put Georgia Tech concocting a plan to successfully sity of Tennessee eliminated the and her magnificent students at remove the ‘T.’ The idea came about use of a keg as the symbol for the risk by condoning any attempt in the fall of 1968 when the stu- prize awarded to the winner of to steal the "T" from the Tech dents were brainstorming about ways their annual football game. Tower. We have traditions to honor President Harrison’s re- One of Georgia Tech's new- enough to honor that are safe tirement in a creative way. Around er "traditions" is stealing the "T" and serve us well. the same time, students at Harvard from the sign on the Tech Tow- With this letter, I am notify- University successfully seized its er. When I returned to Georgia ing the campus community that administration building and shut Tech as president five years ago, Georgia Tech is opposed to the down classes for days. It was out of I was surprised to find the im- practice of stealing the "T" from this discussion about Harvard’s ad- pression that this was a long- the Tower. Legal authorities have ministration building that the idea standing tradition, since the first confirmed that anyone either to steal the ‘T’ from the top of Tech’s theft of the "T" only occurred in caught in the act of stealing the administration building arose. Photo courtesy Tom Fletcher 1969. Like anyone, I appreciate "T" or identified after the fact As one anonymous member of President Harrison accepts the ‘T’ from Tech Tower on April 9, 1969 after the ingenuity it takes to remove based on evidence, is subject to the seven told the Technique, none seven students stole the giant letter to commemorate his retirement. the "T". However, I am deeply prosecution for vandalism un- of the original thieves believed the concerned about the staggering der criminal law. Anyone involved activity would become a tradition, the all-time greatest rituals. Wak- stance on the tradition. In response possibility that a bright young in attempting to steal the "T" and they support the current ad- ing up one morning shortly after I to the death of Christina Sommer, Tech student could easily die or will also be subject to Institute ministrative position on the issue. came to Tech to find the ‘C’ (for a visitor to Tech campus who fell be maimed for life while attempt- penalties up to and including , who served Crecine) on my lawn courtesy of a while attempting to climb Alexander ing to scale the Tech Tower. To expulsion. as Tech President from 1987-1994, group of still-unknown students is Memorial Coliseum with a 1997 those who might think my con- supported the tradition of stealing a more unusual example.” Tech graduate in the summer of cern is alarmist, I point to the the ‘T.’ In an open letter to the President G. Wayne Clough, who 1999, Clough banned the stealing young woman whose life ended G. Wayne Clough student body in the 1991 , came to Tech 1994 and is the first of the ‘T’ and other activities that tragically only a few months ago President Crecine said, “I think stealing the Tech alumnus to become President could be considered climbing. His ‘T’ off the Tech Tower is among of the Institute, has taken a harsher letter is reprinted in its entirety. NEWS Technique • Friday, August 24, 2001 • 11

attempts obsolete, the GTPD keeps ‘T’ from page 12 the security system dynamic. UJC maintains low profile, much power The students are still in the midst “We’ve changed the alarm sys- of the Tech judicial process. Each tems, the number of detection points, By Jody Shaw Non-Academic Conduct Violations individual is investigated by Karen and the location of the detection News Editor Boyd, Senior Associate Dean of Stu- points a number of times over the 600 dents. Each student is then offered years,” said Vickery. The initiatives of the Undergrad- the option of taking an administra- “The alterations that have been uate Student Government President tive hearing, which allows Boyd to made at times have added to the receive frequent coverage in the Tech- 500 512 determine the sanction, or taking systems ability to detect an earlier nique, as do the activities of the his or her case to the Undergradu- and earlier attempt to reach up there,” Undergraduate House of Represen- 400 ate Judiciary Cabinet. The UJC is a Vickery said. tatives. board of students that makes a for- Vickery concedes, however, that Like the Supreme Court of the mal recommendation of sanctions no security system is perfect, no U.S. Federal Government, howev- 300 to Boyd. Because of the summer matter how dynamic. “For every er, the judicial branch of Tech’s 262

Number of Cases 255 break, however, many members of security measure there is a counter- Undergraduate Student Govern- 200 the Cabinet are unavailable to hear measure. There’s nothing that pro- ment, the Undergraduate Judiciary the case until later in the summer, vides absolute protection.” Cabinet, remains a mystery to many 100 which has created a stall in the nor- The protection of the ‘T’ is not students. 119 mal discipline process. what worries Vickery the most when The Undergraduate Judiciary According to Vickery, there are students attempt to steal it. Cabinet is a board composed of eleven 0 a number of security systems pro- “It’s much more serious for the students—ten Justices and one Chief 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 tecting the ‘T’ that notified the po- potential of personal injury of the Justice—that hears cases involving Academic Year lice about the incident. students that try it, and certainly, it nonacademic violations of the Geor- Data courtesy Office of the Dean of Students “The one that was breached ap- is also serious in the damage that it gia Tech Student Code of Con- The number of misconduct cases processed by the Dean of Students’ parently was a fiber loop that runs does.” duct. It is the highest judiciary board office has increased over the last few years, as has the UJC case load. through the letters. Fiber is com- According to Warren Page, di- at Tech, and it receives cases direct- monly used in security systems,” rector of Georgia Tech Facilities, ly from the Dean of Students office hearing process. in a UJC hearing. said Vickery. the cost of replacing the ‘T’ alone and appeals from the Housing Ju- During a hearing, the Chief main- The UJC also uses a different Vickery explained that the fiber after the most recent attempt cost dicial Board. tains order and votes only in the standard than a court of law. An security system involves passing a the Institute $2700. This figure ex- Contrary to popular belief, the case of a tie. Justices do not know accused student does not have to be beam of light through fiber optic cludes time spent repairing damag- UJC hears no cases of organization- anything about a particular UJC guilty “beyond a reasonable doubt.” cable, and if the beam of light is es caused in the attempt to take the al violations of the conduct code, case that the rest of the student body Instead, it merely has to be “more interrupted, it activates the alarm ‘T’, but the costs of damages caused does not know until just before the likely than not” that the accused system. in stealing the ‘T’ sometimes dwarf hearing takes place when the Chief committed the violation with which Once the security of the letters those of even the ‘T’ itself. distributes an informational packet he or she is charged. on Tech Tower has been breached, Georgia Tech pays even more “We want to do our of witness statements, police reports, UJC hearings, which take place the security system audibly notifies for the costs surrounding the ‘T’s exhibits, and other evidence to the on Wednesday nights in the Stu- the possible perpetrators rather than replacement. best to make sure...we them. The other ten Justice actual- dent Services building conference, activating a “silent alarm”. “It is costly for the Institute to ensure due process in ly vote on the case. are also closed to the press and the “There is a horn that goes off, have to put that back up there. Not All Justices are selected via an public unless prior authorization is [and] there’s a voice message. The counting the time it takes for every- all periods of the interview process. Current Justices received from all students involved purpose is that it’s more important body involved in trying to prevent, academic year.” read applications of prospective Jus- in the case. to get folks to stop than to keep it identify and deal with the issue.” tices and then conduct interviews When the UJC actually hears a silent and hope we’ll apprehend “What needs to change is not Sara Cames with the candidates. case, makes a decision, and hands them,” said Vickery. the alarm system, not the security UJC Chief Justice The current UJC Justices then down sanctions, their actions are The practice is in place to pre- system, but the basic culture that select the best candidates and send not necessarily final. At many uni- vent students from injury, not ar- says that somehow, this is an ac- them to the Undergraduate House versities, the judicial board is actu- rest them. ceptable practice. This has the po- and therefore maintains no formal of Representatives, which must ap- ally the final sanctioning authority, “You hope that if they enter one tential of, some day, turning into a relationship with the Interfraterni- prove the candidates before they but at Tech, the UJC merely makes of the earlier detection points that very deadly event,” said Vickery. ty Council Judicial Board. can be sworn in as Justices and hear a recommendation of sanctions to they’ll abandon the effort before “Stealing the ‘T’ is one thing,” The Chief Justice conducts much cases. the Dean of Students, who then anything else happens. The ‘T’ is said Boyd, who deals with student of the procedural activities that must While a UJC hearing is similar either accepts or rejects its decision. important, but the real concern we disciplinary issues, including at- take place before a hearing can be to an actually legal proceeding, there “During my time at Tech, I have have is if somebody falls and breaks tempts to steal the ‘T’. I don’t want held. He or she notifies the accused are a number of differences. Hear- only not accepted the recommen- a neck and gets seriously injured.” to have to deal with a dead stu- individuals and witnesses and en- say evidence, which is normally sup- In an effort to make planned dent.” sures that all parties understand the pressed in a court of law, is admitted See UJC, page 22 12 • Friday, August 24, 2001 • Technique NEWS Who Represents You? Below is a list of elected and appointed undergraduate representatives. Contact them with your concerns.

Executive Officers Major Representatives Committee Chairs PRESIDENT Chris Kavanaugh Administrative Affairs: EXECUTIVE VP Nate Watson AE: Brian George EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT Joey Katzen ARC/BC/ID: Dan Moore Course Critique Nareen Dittika VP CAMPUS AFFAIRS E.W. Looney BIOLOGY: Brad Bolton Shetu Shah VP FINANCE Dave Maybury CE/ENVE: Michael O’Rourke Elections Justin Hargrove VP ADMIN. AFFAIRS Julie Johnson CHE: Governmental Affairs Andrew Keen SECRETARY CHEM: Dan Robinson Information Technologies Eric Clopper TREASURER CS: Danielle Dees Shawn Dishman SGT AT ARMS Normer Adams Bryan Billings Internal Development Chris Mardis Trent Roche Public Relations Annette Daly EAS: Jennifer Smith ECON: Stephen Popick ECE: Eric Woods Campus Affairs: Class Representatives Eric Clopper Brian Brady Academic Priorities Cassie Pope MEMBER-AT-LARGE: Bill Asher Athletic and Rec. Services Ashley Wallin SENIOR: President Jason Fowler HTS: Kristin Parker Campus Services Stephen Popick Craig Tommasello IE: Carolina Andrade Cultural Affairs Michael Handelman John Englehardt Ian Carr Parking, Transp. & Facil. Rusty Johnson JUNIOR: President Tiffany Massey Sunny Singh Planning & Development Mike Maniscalco Lindsey Mazza INTA: Andrew Hamilton Dusty Riddle MATE/MATS: More information: Jeremy Collins MATH: Anthony Ritz Jon Bonus ME: Joshua Alexander For more information on getting involved in the SOPHOMORE: President Carrie Anderson Michael Corcos Undergraduate House of Representatives or the Un- Carmen Jackson MGT/MSCI: Andrew Keen dergraduate Student Government or on contacting Victor Allen Allan Coye your representatives, visit the SGA homepage at: Michael Powell PHYSICS: Scott Fletcher sga.gatech.edu. Adrienne Hairston PSY: You can also contact your representative by email FRESHMAN: President Katie Rhode PUBP Chris Webb or telephone. Or you can attend an SGA meeting, Caroline Pflueger STAC: Tuesdays, 7 p.m. in Student Services Room 117. Nadia Mahmood TEXT: If you are interested in a position as a representative Andrew Padgett AA: for a department without one, please contact the SGA Chris Mardis CO OP: Clair Conner office. NEWS Technique • Friday, August 24, 2001 • 13 And You? Below is a list of elected and appointed graduate student officers and senators. Contact them.

Executive Officers PRESIDENT Trey Childress EXECUTIVE VP Camille Foster-Lonon VP FINANCE David Maybury COORDINATING OFFICER Elizabeth Chesnut TREASURER Charles Mull SECRETARY Jennifer Jordan

Senators By Rob Hill / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BIOLOGY: Matthew Ferner The executive officers of the Under- Amanda Hollebone graduate Student Government As- CHE: Roy Furnbank sociation (above) are Vice Presi- Chris Power dent of Administrative Affairs Julie CHEM: Juiliana Gheura Johnson, Executive Vice President CS: Ruonei Gao Nate Watson, President Chris Daniel Rocco Kavanaugh, and Vice President of ECE: Leandro Barajas Campus Affairs E.W. Looney. Edgar Brown Matt Kucic The executive officers of the Samira Malik Graduate Student Government As- ISYE: Hemal Shah sociation (right) include on the back IPST: Daniel Lane row Treasurer Charles Mull, Vice INTA: Victoria Studivant President Camille Foster-Lonon, and MATH: Laura Sheppardson Vice President of Finance David MGT: Charles Mull Maybury. President Trey Childress, Amy Schultz Treasurer, Secretary Jennifer Jor- Antoine Yazbek dan, and Coordinating Officer MSE: Jennifer Jordan Elizabeth Chesnutt are on the front ME: Ali Gordon row. PHYSICS: Xun Gu Meetings of the Graduate Stu- AT-LARGE: Casey Shaefer dent Senate take place each Tues- Allison Steiner day at 11:00 a.m. in room 117 of the Student Services Building. The More information: Undergraduate House meets in the same location on Tuesday evenings For more information on getting involved in the at 7:00 p.m. Both meetings are Graduate Student Senate or the Graduate Student open to the public. The House did Government or on contacting your representatives, not meet this Tuesday, and the Sen- visit the SGA homepage at: sga.gatech.edu. ate met, failed to reach quorum, and adjourned. By Scott Meulners / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Check us out online:

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Obituary Andrew Clayton Obituary Marianna Ray Obituary Glenn Cass Georgia Tech lost a member of its community on On July 24 Marianna Elizabeth Lane Ray, age 20, A member the Georgia Tech faculty was lost when July 15, when Andrew Thomas Clayton, age 20, passed passed away, marking the second death of a Tech Dr. Glen R. Cass, Chair of the School of Earth and away. Andrew was born on February 15, 1981 in student in July. Atmospheric Sciences, passed away on July. Dr. Cass Lowndes County, Georgia to his parents Thomas Ri- Born in Ashville, North Carolina, Marianna, who lost his battle with cancer at age 54. chard and Mary Howard Yancey Clayton, who hail was a rising junior, moved to Snellville, Georgia at age Dr. Cass became the EAS Chair in January of 2000. from Ray City. five. She attended Brookwood High School in nearby He was also a professor in of Civil and Environmental Andrew was a rising junior and Building Construc- Gwinnett County before coming to Tech to major in Engineering. tion major from Ray City, Georgia. He was scheduled Management. Dr. Cass was an acclaimed scientist; he published to leave on July 26 for an internship at the Monterrey Marianna succumbed to complications stemming more than 200 articles, conference proceedings, book Institute of Technology in Mexico. from a brain tumor from which she suffered for ap- chapters, and technical reports. Andrew suffered injuries in an automobile accident proximately two and half years prior to her death. Dr. Cass’s research was focused primarily on air while traveling to meet his parents for a summer vaca- Marianna was interested in international business, pollution, including airborne particles and visibility. tion. and she planned to obtain a certificate in international He helped to identify the airborne particles that con- On campus Andrew was an active member of the affairs. Marianna eventually wanted to open up her tribute to the pollution of many urban areas. Much of Christian Campus Fellowship, where he spent much of own business to sell kayaks and canoes or an art studio his research took place in Los Angeles, since he spent his time. He also marched in the Yellow Jacket band, where artists could pay for time to create anything of much of his career at the California Institute of Tech- where he played the mellophone—the marching ver- their choosing. nology. sion of the French horn. Andrew was also an avid fan of On campus, Marianna was a member of the Geor- Dr. Cass graduated summa cum laude in 1969 with Star Trek, and he also took an interest in science fiction gia Tech Student Foundation, where she served on the a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the art. development committee. Marianna was also a sister in University of Southern California. He earned his mas- At home Andrew was a member of Nashville First the Alpha Delta Pi sorority, and she enjoyed sculpture, ter’s degree in mechanical engineering a year later from Baptist Church, where funeral services were held in his painting, and music. Stanford University, and he earned his doctorate in honor. He was later laid to rest at Nashville Memorial A Celebration of Life was held for Marianna on July environmental engineering science and economics from Gardens. In addition to his parents, Andrew is survived 29 at the First United Methodist Church of Snellville. California Institute of Technology in 1978. by his sister, Sarah Clayton of Ray City, and his grand- Marianna is survived by her parents, as well as her A memorial service for Cass will be held 2 p.m. Sept. mothers. sister Meredith, a Tech alumna. 21 in the Bill Moore Student Success Center. NEWS Technique • Friday, August 24, 2001 • 15

this’ formula to use when sanction- the offense of hurt other individu- allow people to rotate,” said Boyd. other would be in charge of enforc- UJC from page 17 ing.” als exists. “The general idea behind expand- ing sanctions once they are official- The UJC and the Dean of Stu- Over the past several years, the ing the board is make sure that we ly handed down. dation of the UJC twice and the dents Office can hand down an num- case load handled by the UJC has are meeting the due process rights In order for any UJC expansion IFC Judicial Board once,” said Karen ber of sanctions ranging from increased tremendously. of the students. We want to do our to occur, the SGA constitution would Boyd, Senior Associate Dean of Stu- expulsion to fines to education. According to Boyd, when she best to make sure that in the future actually have to be amended. Any dents. According to Boyd, offences that first took her position the UJC heard we ensure due process in all periods SGA constitutional amendments Boyd acts as the advisor to the could merit expulsion include pro- only one case a semester; now the of the academic year including sum- must be approved by a majority of UJC, and throughout the summer duction or distribution of illegal group meets nearly each week of mer,” said Sara Cames, UJC Chief the student body; thus, no action she has been working with a num- substances, repeated academic mis- the semester. Boyd and members of Justice. will be taken this proposal until SGA ber of students and administrators conduct, or other repeated Code of the UJC hope to expand the Board With an expansion to fifteen, elections approach next Spring. to develop sanctioning guidelines Conduct violations. to better handle the increased case several Justices could take on new “They have been flooded with for various Code of Conduct of- Suspension for a semester or two load and provide aid to individuals roles. Since quorum for a hearing activity recently, and they need to fences. She noted, however, “every and extended semester for a year or involved in the judicial process. would remain at six, one Justice be able to provide due process and case is looked at based on its own more are also possible sanctions, par- “When there are meetings every would be available to serve as an timely hearings,” said Undergradu- merits. There is no ‘if this, then ticularly when a potential to repeat week, you need a bigger panel to advisor to the accused student and ate SGA President Chris Kavanaugh.