Friday, February 12, 2010 • Volume 95, Issue 23 • nique.net Research in Action Students display their work at the echnique Tech Research T Conference.49 The South’s Liveliest College Newspaper Auxiliary Services, Wale House break ground By Vivian Fan Rich Steele, director of the Stu- derstand anything that might News Editor dent Center. hinder their schedule. As they’re he ground-breaking ceremo- just getting started, it’s diicult to Representatives from Auxiliary ny was a small event that occurred estimate an opening date at this Services and Wale House held a early Friday morning with ap- point,” Steele said. small ground-breaking ceremony proximately 6 people present. Of “here is no group that has at Tech Square last Friday, Feb. 5. those in attendance were Steele, been more motivated to complete he ceremony will start of a 60- retail manager Lara Sexton, a restaurant build-out than Wale 90 day construction period lead- Georgia Tech Foundation chief House has been. hey’re very ex- ing up to the grand opening of the inancial oicer Mark Long and cited to be on the Georgia Tech restaurant, tentatively planned to a number of operating managers campus. here’s a huge percentage be some time in late spring. from Wale House. of people that work in their corpo- “his is not typical construc- he event included a ceremo- rate oice who are Georgia Tech tion for Wale House. hey’re nial irst hit with a sledge hammer alums,” Steele said. used to purchasing a piece of to mark the beginning of con- Designers plan on giving this land, building their prototype on struction. While the time frame new Wale House a lair with that property and having a good for the construction is set, there color and desing unique to Tech. understanding of how long it still is no deinite grand opening “[Wale House] number[s] ev- takes to do that. In this case they date for the restaurant. ery store and they even chose 1885 are renovating an existing space, “It’s still up in the air. hey’ll as the number of the store because Photo by Jarrett Skov/ Student Publications which is not their typical method need a few weeks to get into their Auxiliary Service and Wale House representatives broke ground of building a Wale House,” said renovation to make sure they un- See Wale, page 4 in the future location of the restaurant in Tech Square on Feb. 6. Electric Oicials release sword attack details outages hit campus By Emily Chambers Editor in Chief

Multiple buildings across cam- pus experienced power outages on Tuesday, Feb. 9. While it is not currently known how many build- ings were efected by the outage, various administrative buildings, East Campus classroom facili- ties and West Campus dorms lost power. he outage happened at 9:42 a.m. when a current limiter con- trol malfunctioned. Tech routes 20 kilovolts of the total electricity used on campus by directing the voltage through eight diferent lines, or feeders. he feeders are run through-out campus so that no one area is de- Photo by Eric Mansield/ Student Publications pendent on one feeder and so that After taking him into custody, a GTPD oicer pours water over the alleged sword attacker Thursday, Feb. 5. Oicers pepper the voltage is balanced among the sprayed the suspect in trying to subdue him inside the Weber SST building, after he had attacked a post-doctoral fellow inside. eight lines. Some of the buildings on campus are hooked up directly to Georgia Power lines. Attacker revealed to be former Tech student, history of conlict he current limiter controls are placed on sets or individual By Vijai Narayanan ter hearing commotion in the J. Turner pinned him against a to be determined, but GTPD is feeders in order to prevent over- Assistant News Editor hall and seeing the attack. She bookshelf, wrapping his arms continuing an ongoing investi- current from coming onto the and Dr. Oliver Bauchau cleared around him. Shrotri did not let gation of the incident. his in- power lines. During the outage he victim of the aggravated the halls of students and faculty. go of the sword and as a result, vestigation may include a police one of the current limiting sys- assault incident that occurred “I ran outside and waved Turner received a cut on his report iled regarding a prior tems malfunctioned and two of on campus hursday, Feb. 5 is my hands to ensure that they left hand. he cut required 13 incident at the Ferst Center on the eight feeder lines most likely recuperating from his wounds stopped at the correct end of the stitches, but Turner returned Sept. 4, 2009 that involved both went down, as one current limiter at Grady Memorial Hospital. building. It was not a random to service the next day. Oicers men. According to the report, often handles the voltage for two Kshitij Shrotri, a recent Tech lag down of the GT police— tended to Tawik’s wounds un- Shrotri interrupted a dance per- feeders. graduate, allegedly attacked they arrived with lights and si- til Grady EMS arrived on the formed by the Turkish Student While many of the academic Samer Tawik, a post-doctoral rens as appropriate to the call. scene. Organization, in which Tawik and administrative buildings only fellow at the Weber SST build- he GT police arrived very rap- Friends and students were and another woman were par- sufered power outages lasting ing with a katana sword. Tawik idly after I made my call,” Smith shocked at the attack on such a ticipating. Shrotri yelled at the a few seconds, some of the West sufered lacerations to both his said. well-liked and respected mem- woman for dancing near Taw- Campus dorms, such as the Un- hands and wrists and a wound According to police reports, ber of the Tech community. ik, before pushing Tawik and dergraduate Living Center, lost to the left side of his torso. Fol- when oicers confronted Shro- “I had a hard time believing walking away. power for over an hour. lowing a long procedure in the tri in Tawik’s cubicle and de- it. He is, without a doubt, the he woman stated that Shro- “We have what we call a double operating room that lasted late manded he drop his weapon he most kind-hearted professor I’ve tri had been sending her emails, ended switch gear, so many of the into hursday night, Tawik’s said, “You will have to kill me.” had here at Tech. I just couldn’t but she did not know him on a buildings shouldn’t have seen it condition is currently stable, but He added, “He ruined my life.” imagine someone being so mad personal level. She considered [the power outage]. What happens he has yet to be released, as of Tawik lay on the ground be- at him, especially enough to ra- iling a protective order against is... a piece of equipment in many Wednesday Feb. 10 hind his desk when oicers ar- tionalize attacking him,” said Shrotri, but decided not to as buildings that switches the build- On the day of the incident, rived. After multiple warnings, Alex Cooper, a second year to avoid provoking him. Tawik ing to another feeder, and some Professor Marilyn Smith called oicers sprayed Shrotri with BME. See Attacker, page 4 buildings don’t have it [the double GTPD to report the assault, af- pepper spray and Oicer Robert A motive for the attack is yet See Blackout, page 3 2 • February 12, 2010 • Technique NEWS

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Council Clippings Breaking This week in Student Government the ach Tuesday, elected members of the two houses of the Student Government Association, the Undergraduate House of Representatives (UHR) and the Graduate Student Senate (GSS), convene to Econsider allocation bills and discuss issues facing campus. Here is a summary of those two meetings. Bubble By Vijai Narayanan, Assistant News Editor lot of things went on A outside the bubble of Tech in the past week. Here are a few In addition to the Toyota car important events taking place recalls, another Japanese auto- throughout the nation and the maker has announced recalls as world. well. As of Wednesday, Honda has added 437,000 cars to their Major snow storms hit global air bag recall. Honda rep- the Northeast resentatives state that the faulty air bag could deploy with two As of Wednesday, two large most pressure, causing the inla- snowstorms have hit the north- tor to burst and could potentially east in less than a week caus- injure or kill the driver. his is ing numerous school and light the latest installment of their re- Photo by Tim Nowack/Student Publications cancellations and other issues call due to this issue, which has SGA representatives review and listen to discussions concerning a bill during this week’s UHR. across the region. Nearly 2 feet been occurring since Nov. 2008. of snow fell during the irst Nearly 1 million cars have been his edition of Council Clip- GTFCA cording to the JFC chair. he bill storm which occurred on Sat- recalled thus far. pings covers the UHR and GSS he Chinese Friendship As- failed UHR 5-31-9. urday, Feb. 6. he storm caused meetings from Feb. 9, 2010. sociation (GTCFA) submitted a JFC Policy the mayor of Washington D.C. bill to UHR requesting funding A bill was put forth in UHR and governors of Maryland and U. S. t r a d e d e f i c i t Volleyball for a series of events to celebrate to amend the Joint Finance Com- Virginia to declare states of increases by 10 percent he volleyball club requested the Chinese New Year. he events mittee Policy to relect changes in emergency. he storm caused funding from SGA to renovate included a Chinese New Year travel funding and formalize JFC numerous power lines to go According to oicials from the volleyball courts on top of party and a food night at Brit- procedures related to attendance down and car accidents from the U.S. Commerce Depart- the Curran Parking Deck in tain Rec. he bill request funds of organizational representatives Virginia to Pennsylvania. As of ment, the trade deicit rose to West Campus. More speciically, from the Undergraduate Legisla- and pay rates for certain posi- Wednesday, the second storm, its highest level in a year in Dec. the organization requested funds tive Reserve (ULR), which is usu- tions. According to the bill, the which hit Tuesday, is forecasted 2009. he department’s report for new net systems, sand, gravel ally reserved for special legislative vice president of Finance may by the U.S. National Weather showed that the U.S. interna- and concrete. he bill totaled projects put on by UHR. Because postpone a bill for another week Service to drop up to 14 inches tional gap in goods and services $19,375.20 before being amended this was a ULR request, the bill or recommend zero funding for a of snow and cause more cancel- trade increased to a seasonally down to $15,610.71 in order to was not subject to review by JFC bill if no organization representa- lations for the rest of the week. adjusted $40.2 billion. his is conform to JFC policy. he bill or GSS. A long discussion ensued tive is able to attend the scheduled the biggest deicit since Dec. passed UHR 43-1-1. GSS struck over whether or not to fund this JFC meeting. Also, the maximum 2008. his efect could be due to funding for the net systems and bill, especially since items request- funding and per mile rates for Honda recalls vehicles a mixed impact of the bettering passed the bill 20-3-2. he bill ed on the bill would not normally travel had been updated. he bill due to airbag problems global economy on the US. will go to a conference committee. be funded under a joint bill, ac- passed UHR unanimously.

from page 1 Blackout can be costly. It is likely that the then bring it [the power] back up cent history, and there have been power goes through our system ended switch gear]”, said Mike housing buildings afected by the for each building individually, no recorded cases of faulty cur- its been reliable since we do have Leasure, manager of utilities and outage did not have the equip- which can take time. If the build- rent limiter control equipment in double-ended feeders and can energy for Tech. ment, which would explain why it ings weren’t on two lines, it could the past. switch the feeds”, Leasure said. Not all buildings on campus took much longer for those build- mean some time without power,” “We have very reliable power he faulty current limiter con- have the double-ended switch ings to regain power. “In order to Leasure said. here at Tech, more so than even trol equipment were scheduled to gears, as the equipment and the put a load back on a line you have here has not been a similar some of the buildings set on Geor- be examined and tested by their necessary dual-feeder hook-up to take all the power of a line and large-scale outage at Tech in re- gia Power directly. Where the manufacturer G&W Electric.

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tant to acknowledge what went arrest there was no real threat or tech. To our history, to some tra- from page 1 from page 1 Attacker right during an event like this. We danger to campus… the police de- Wale ditions , to some of the icons and stated that he did not want to ile will conduct a debrief the events partment made the decision not to that is the founding year for Geor- symbols of Georgia Tech. And it charges, but wanted the incident and evaluate the response,” said send a GTENS alert,” said Jim Fe- gia Tech. So I think folks will ind takes a very unique look and feel noted. Oicers told Shrotri not to Institute President G.P. “Bud” tig, the associate vice-president of that this is going to be a very, very and it takes a little longer to create contact the woman again. Shrotri Peterson. Peterson praised the ac- Communications and Marketing. unique Wale House that has an that uniqueness in terms of design had moved out of the state to work tions of the campus community “he police had him [the sus- uncanny connection to Georgia and planning,” Steele said. for the University of Delaware, in responding to the incident. pect] subdued within minutes. and was not ailiated with Tech “he swift and rational re- GTENS is for a situation when at the time of the irst incident. sponse of students in the vicin- there is a need to communicate “I had Mr. Shrotri in my ro- ity prevented the escalation of with campus during an emergen- torcraft design classes, and he was the situation… [and] the bravery, cy and people have to take action a hard worker and was a member presence of mind, and show of to avoid a real threat,” Peterson and co-leader of several student restraint by Oicer Turner led to said. design competitions which won the control of the situation,” Pe- Fetig noted that there will be a national awards, including AHS terson said. review of the use of GTENS un- and NASA, as well as best post- Questions were raised follow- der similar situations. He also not- er at the Georgia Tech Research ing the incident regarding Tech’s ed that the Institute used social and Innovation Symposium. He decision not to use emergency the networking websites like Face- worked very hard for me and did a Georgia Tech Emergency Notii- book and Twitter to get word out good job on his PhD thesis which cation Systems (GTENS) to alert of the incident. Communications involved developing an innovative campus of the events. here was and Marketing updated its Face- composite landing gear design,” a test of the GTENS alert system book and Twitter accounts within said Dr. Daniel Schrage, Shrotri’s the morning of the incident. eight minutes of the incident and PhD adviser. “GTENS will be used when placed a statement on the main Photo Courtesy of Auxiliary Services Tech oicials were generally the campus community needs Tech website within 20 minutes. pleased with the immediate re- to take immediate action, and A statement was sent across cam- A representative present at the ground-breaking ceremony lays sponse to the incident. “It’s impor- because there was an immediate pus via email around 5:30 p.m. the irst sledgehammer hit into a wall of the future Wale House.

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pizza meetings on tuesdays 7 p.m., lag building, room137 NEWS Technique • February 12, 2010 • 5 Republican governor Burge Apartments to be demolished By Zimu Yang candidate visits campus Staf Writer By Kamna Bohra manage when students don’t With the increase in newer stu- Contributing Writer know how much the costs will be dent housing, Burge Apartments from year to year,” Handel said. have had little use over the last he Georgia Tech College Handel also mentioned the few years. As a result, Tech has Republicans (GTCR) hosted need to ix state education on the decided to schedule the building Secretary of State Karen Handel K-12 level in terms of both costs for demotion. on campus last Tuesday. Handel and test scores. Demolition on the complex came as part of her campaign to “We’ve doubled the per-per- will begin on Feb. 17 and is cur- gain support for herself as the son spending, but SAT scores rently scheduled to last until Mar. next governor of Ga. She is run- haven’t doubled and the dropout 22. Facilities provided notice in ning against six other Republican rate hasn’t halved,” Handel said, June 2008, and held an open fo- candidates. Handel opened her noting that she wanted more ac- rum made available a month after speech with her vision for Ga., countability for teachers and inte- to let people voice their concerns. establishing a focus on prioritiza- gration of technology. Authorization from the gover- tion of the state budget, the job “I don’t think vouchers are the nor formally arrived on Oct. 30, market and education in both the magic bullet. If we don’t ix K-12, 2008. K-12 and university systems. we’ll see a deterioration of the uni- “I think the process began in “Georgia needs a next-gener- versity system,” Handel said. Nov. 2006, Tech had just com- ation leader... with real tenacious In addition to addressing pleted the apartments on Tenth leadership skills. I have the direct school reform, Handel discussed a and Home and so the inventory front line economic experience need for state-wide transportation they had for housing—the Burge that other candidates don’t have,” system and not wanting Atlanta to —became surplus for a variety of Handel said. be the hole in a rail transit system. reasons. One is security. I read Handel commended Tech and “We need road and rail for some police reports and there were other Ga. universities for their top people and product.... hink some problems. hey had ledges research programs. When Han- about our state 30 years from now where people could stand up on del opened the loor for questions if we don’t embrace transit,” Han- and break in and hold up peo- from students in attendance, she del said. ple,” said David Bowman, project mentioned a need to transform While education and transpor- manager of the Burge demolition. the state budget, listing Indiana’s tation made up a majority of the Bids from independent con- Photo by Virginia Lin/ Student Publications $1 billion reserves as a example for discussion, students did bring up tractors were accepted on Nov. 12 Bulldozers line up outside in preparation for the impending what Georgia’s inances could be other timely issues such as gun with New York company Empire demolition of the Burge Apartments located along North Avenue. like. control. Dismantlement winning out with “We’ve let ourselves get caught “Recently, the gun rights is- the lowest bid. hey mobilized at the building itself was problem- “Burge didn’t meet ire code in crisis management,” Handel sue has become a hot topic again, the site on Jan. 25 and are cur- atic to renovate. he loor height regulation and it was pretty unsafe said. launching the college campus back rently removing all the asbestos was such (8 [ft] by 8 [ft]) that by all around,” Bowman remarked. Handel believes the state bud- into the old debate of whether or present. the time you put in all the modern Short term plans are to replant get should be prioritized as op- not to allow concealed carry on Initially, facilities and housing systems, you would have a six foot the area with grass but long term posed to the current method of campus. Last night, I asked Karen considered other alternative uses ceiling and you can’t do that by planning is still under way by giving every state governmental what she thought about the bill, for the apartment complex. How- code because the structure was so Capital Management and Space institution equal reductions. If and she said she’s cautious about ever due to the current structural small so the only other option we Planning, with a new parking lot elected, Handel plans for com- it and it needs to be thoroughly problems of the apartments, all had was to [demolish] the build- being a possibility. prehensive tax reform partnership examined. She did not support alternatives were deemed unfea- ing,” Bowman said. he demolition itself will not with local governments, reducing it, nor did she condemn it,” said sible. In addition, the building is occur in one instance. Instead, income taxes and increasing sales Kristen Greig, second-year ENVE “here were environmental divided into two separate halves, the month long process will in- taxes in Ga. Handel noted a need major and GTCR Chairwoman. studies, structural reports and with no entry point between the volve Burge being stripped down “to get back to ‘ixed-for-four’ Handel is the second Repub- other stuf done to see what we two. One half had only one viable brick by brick. hose bricks will tuition” policy for the university lican candidate to visit campus. could use the building for other exit, which in conjunction with a be recycled into a current estimate system. If elected, she would be the irst than housing, and see how much lack of sprinklers system made it a of four pallets, and be used in new “University fees are hard to female governor of Ga. it would cost to renovate it, but ire hazard. construction projects.

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he attack last week was tragic, establish and make well known proper I am a proud senior at Tech underscoring safety issues on campus. It avenues for students to take to get a fellow and looking forward to graduat- Write to us: ing with my ME degree at the end was reassuring to hear that the oicer is student help before the problem require of this summer. I planned to grad- [email protected] already back on duty and hopefully the law enforcement. uate in May, but the last year my life has been turned upside down We welcome your letters in post doctoral fellow will also soon return Areas of campus like the Dean’s Oice response to Technique content as by a violent and senseless act. well as topics relevant to campus. to his position on campus. or the Women’s Resource Center should I am the Tech student who was We will print letters on a timely he incident highlights the importance work to provide counseling services, not assaulted, robbed at gunpoint and and space-available basis. shot in the chest last May near Letters should not exceed 400 of spotting and understanding mental just to students in crisis, but to students campus. As I was left for dead on words and should be submitted by health issues on campus before they who might not feel comfortable speaking the loor of that parking garage, I Tuesday at 7 p.m. in order to be turn into more serious problems, as the with the police. relied on my physical condition- printed in the following Friday’s ing and enduring faith to remain issue. Include your full name, year attacker had known personal issues and Tech must also train faculty, staf and calm as I focused on the critical (1st, 2nd, etc.) and major. We re- had displayed potentially inappropriate students on the warning signs of stress and task at hand…saving my own life. serve the right to edit for style and I love this campus and my length. Only one submission per emotional responses in the past. While conlict so that such behavior will not go person will be printed per term. shooting was not campus related. the victims in this case did appropriately unnoticed. More education about mental I was assaulted of campus by report the previous incident to the police, health issues should foster a community Midtown thugs. Instead of giving possession of irearms on cam- up, I am more determined than pus by most individuals (OCGA it is too-common an occurrence on this that better understands the students in ever to do my very best in my life 16-11-127.1), the swordsman campus that cases of borderline stalking, need and is also willing to do what is to make a positive diference any was prohibited from possessing aggression or mental health issues go necessary to help people struggling with way I can. I feel safe on campus, the sword where he did. He was and I moved back into the apart- not concerned with laws against unreported. personal issues. College can be a time of ment where my life nearly ended aggravated assault, and he was Since many students might feel heighten stress; people who need to be because I refuse to relinquish my not concerned with laws against uncomfortable reporting strange behavior helped and those close to them should not life’s decisions to angry coercion. weapons possession. My life is not a compromise; it is he board seems to think an to police, thinking it unjustiied to get feel secluded and should feel comfortable an explicit journey that only I am “arms race” will ensue if holders of authorizes involved for what may seem to seeking aid when needed to cope with the entitled to delineate. I will perse- a Georgia irearms license (GFL) vere according to my own beliefs, are legally allowed to carry weap- be a minor problem, the Institute must situations facing them. dedication and tenacity. I thought ons on campus and within the he Consensus Opinion relects the majority opinion of the Editorial Board of the I was invincible, but I was wrong. perversely-named 1000 ft. “safety No one is invincible. Be aware of zone”. I doubt any of the victims Technique, but not necessarily the opinions of individual editors. your surroundings and trust your (many of them students) of armed gut, always! robberies and assaults around Technique Editorial Board Crime happens, but I refuse campus consider this area to be to surrender to intimidation or anything close to a safety zone. Emily Chambers, Editor-in-Chief violence. I will vehemently defend he imaginary line did not stop Jonathan Saethang, Managing Editor my rights and celebrate my free- their attackers. Apparently the Hahnming Lee, Business Manager doms. I will continue to speak out board would rather the criminals Jennifer Aldoretta, Entertainment Editor Steven Cappetta, Advertising Manager against oppression and strongly in continue to be able to ind easy Vivian Fan, News Editor Kelvin Kuo, Photography Editor favor of justice for all. Crime is in- prey at will than adults have the Nishant Prasadh, Sports Editor Reem Mansoura, Development Editor evitable, but as a victim, I refuse means to defend themselves like Kate Comstock, Focus Editor Chris Russell, Online Editor to let anger win. the vast majority of other places in Matt Hofman, Opinions Editor My message today is one of the state. hope, fortitude and peace. As an hough a signiicant portion of active bodybuilder, I was in ex- the student population would be EDITORIAL CARTOON BY MAGGIE SMITH cellent physical condition when unable to carry weapons due to I got shot. As a muscular 6’4”, being under 21, upperclassmen, 210-pound athlete, I felt I was graduate students, faculty, staf, utterly indestructible. As an Ea- and many campus visitors are of gle Scout, I had learned survival age to have a GFL. If these people techniques that I never thought are capable of keeping themselves I would need for myself. I am al- from shooting people while be- ways prepared to ofer assistance ing stressed, etc. while of cam- to others, but never believed I pus (which they apparently are, would be caught in dire circum- as we would certainly hear about stances of this magnitude or sever- it otherwise), there is no reason to ity. I was wrong. think they would do so while on My motto is to be safe, be campus. prepared and be aware of your he opinion argues that no one surroundings, always. Life is a would be able to stop an attack journey, not a destination, so stay were they to be carrying weapons. strong, be smart and enjoy every his argument is false on its face, day to the max! as thousands upon thousands of Patrick Whaley people defend themselves every Fifth-year ME year with irearms, almost exclu- sively without even iring a shot— Arguments against guns this all without the hallowed “law illogical enforcement training” the board thinks is necessary for a person to he recent consensus opinion efectively defend himself. by the Technique editorial board he bottom line is that laws [“Guns not welcome,” printed on only afect the law-abiding. Our Feb. 5] starts of with a non sequi- current law keeps people from tur and goes downhill from there. being able to defend themselves If anything, the recent on-campus based on an imaginary “safety sword attack shows yet again that zone” that has been proven time those intent on causing harm do and time again to provide no not pay attention to laws. Under the same code section that bans See Letters, page 8 OPINIONS Technique • February 12, 2010 • 7 Actions, not authority, drive leadership B Z he boulder-sized wheels of “Leadership isn’t throwing the character trait of humility. U Z the charter bus slow to a halt. weight of your title around. When he got to know Jittery with excitement, I twist them on a irst name basis, it Around Campus the dial on my headset receiver Leadership is serving those spoke volumes about how he and the low buzz of radio static who follow you. ” cared for them individually. hits my ear. I strain high on Imagine working a front line Should people who are my toes before leaving the bus, job where your supervisor’s trying to peer over the fence Jarrett Skov manager’s boss knew you, properly licensed be able to to get a glimpse of the famous Assistant Photo Editor cared about what you did and monument that stands as the believed you were important carry weapons on campus? centerpiece for this attrac- to the organization? hat is a tion. We follow signs to Main surrounded by workers who best available decision. If the job worth working harder for. Street, U.S.A. and inally, as pick up trash for their job, or president fails to do this, they Follow this great leader, oth- I turn the corner, Cinderella’s take time to get to know cus- will not be leading the people, ers start forming into a lead- Castle bursts into view. todians by name? but dragging them. ers as well. Leadership isn’t I went to Walt Disney Tech isn’t only successful in Most importantly, it is easy throwing the weight of your World as part of a leader- creating great engineers, physi- to step into a leadership role title around. Leadership is ship training conference for cists, architects, managers and with an egotistical attitude: serving those who follow you. a job I had last summer. Our computer scientists; it also I’m in charge now, so I’m go- his means that when guide, Dave, was one of the holds pride in building and de- ing to run things the way I people get to that position of Park Operations Managers for veloping leaders. Students rec- like, and get what I want. leadership in their job, Greek the Magic Kingdom. As we ognize this feature and rush to his pulls you down an even association or other organi- walked through the park, he ile applications for high-level steeper trail to the situation I zation, it is not just time for explained several of the incred- leadership roles in their frater- mentioned before: forcing peo- them to have things their way. Sarah Rieger ible things Disney has done to nity or sorority, part time job, ple with authority rather than It is time to igure out what Fifth-year AE create the remarkable parks campus organization, SGA or leading them with your inlu- they can do to serve others. that attract an average of 30 any other group with a lead- ence and respect. Learning how to show con- “Yes... Generally people go- million guests a year. ership position to ill. While As Dave continued to step cern for others and how to As Dave described to us this desire to lead is admirable, down from his role I started step out of a place of authority ing crazy with weapons do some of the leadership tech- there are major problems with to connect the dots. Leader- to prove it, could mean pick- not have permits.” niques Disney used to train up- this approach to leadership. ship is not based on positions ing up trash, helping with a coming leaders, I couldn’t stop First, leadership is often or authority, it’s based on in- report, or simply forming a noticing a peculiar thing he confused with authority. A luence. Dave knew he could relationship with someone. kept doing. As we were walk- leadership position grants force the employees to do their Anyone can overpower with ing through the park, Dave authority, not the traits of a job because he controlled their their title, but it takes more would consistently stop to pick good leader. An organization’s paycheck. But how much bet- character to lead. up trash of the ground, speak president has the authority to ter would his employees work It takes lots of time, efort to the individual janitors by make many decisions afecting and clean the park if it was and patience to serve people name and would even speak in the entire group. he president something they desired to do? on the lower rungs of a orga- Spanish to the custodians who casts the vision for the pro- When they see Dave cast of nization. However, if leaders didn’t speak English. Dave is posed change, brings people his symbols of authority, pick- can remain diligent in ser- one of the top managers in the on board in the planning pro- ing up trash, it shows he cares vice, they will see results that Magic Kingdom Park, so why cess, and sells the idea to show about what they do. hat small sail far beyond what author- would he pick up trash when their members that it is the act of service highlights a huge ity can force. Susie Lee Second-year BIO “Yes, for the most part I Court’s decision rings in era of corruption think Tech students know what they can do and should Before I was legally able to their campaigns. A candidate vote, I took an interest in U.S. “This Supreme Court ruling running for oice will almost with weapons.” politics and the campaigns of places politicians right in the always accept any kind of i- presidential candidates. I was nancial contribution they can always a irm believer that ev- pockets of the lobbyists and get, even indirectly. hese con- ery vote mattered and encour- businesses.” tributions fuel their campaign aged everyone around me who and their chances of winning was over the legal age to vote. Reem Mansoura the election. I paid close attention to the Imagine a company endors- promises made by presidential Development Editor ing a candidate who ends up candidates and the plans they being elected into oice. his had for the American people. I newly elected oicial repre- was quite optimistic and tried he ive-to-four ruling by sent them the right way. Now sents his constituents well and to put my faith in the presiden- the Supreme Court struck that the Supreme Court has al- is up for re-election. However, tial candidates’ plans for the down these provisions. lowed corporations to spend in during his term, this oicial future. he only real criticism he decision by the Su- unlimited amounts; the power votes for a piece of legislation Andrew Musser I ever received for my opti- preme Court justiies what of electing these oicials has that was not in the best inter- Fourth-year ME mism was from my sister who my sister had always told shifted from the hands of in- est of the company who en- always told me that the elec- me. Allowing corporations dividual U.S. citizens to the dorsed him. “We don’t need to make each tions belonged in the hands of to spend political advertising hands of businesses. While not all businesses are those who endorsed presiden- campaigns without limit gives Presidential and Congres- evil, they do want to look out person ‘the Law’, but trust the tial elections. more power to those with the sional candidates campaign to for their own interests. And law installed above us.” “he companies and busi- most money and weakens the communicate their beliefs, val- even thought this oicial may nesses who contribute to these inluence of the smaller contri- ues and goals to the American have been the best candidate campaigns will be the only butions made by ordinary U.S. people. In order to win, can- for his position, the company ones who will matter once citizens. While the previous didates want to reach as many who endorsed him will be sure either of these candidates is statement seems completely people as possible through spend an unlimited amount of sworn into oice,” she would obvious, many may not imme- their campaigns in order to money campaigning against always say. I never believed diately realize the serious efect convince them that they are his reelection. Can you blame her, but the recent Supreme this decision will have on our the right candidate. them? As a result, the candi- Court ruling of Citizens Unit- political system. Running an efective cam- date who best represents the ed v. Federal Election Commis- he representatives and paign requires advertising, interests of a majority may be sion may just change my mind. presidents we vote for are put speeches and tours (whether forced to represent the inter- Before the ruling, for-proit into oice to represent us. We across the country or across a ests of those with the money. and non-for-proit corpora- choose the candidates who state). Campaigns, in short, his decision will open the tions were prohibited from air- promise to represent our val- require an enormous amount doors to corruption and brib- ing “broadcasting communi- ues and beliefs. Candidates of money. Money that corpo- ery. In addition, this ruling James Hill cations” within 30 days before listen to what we have to say rations are now able to sup- will severely afect the political Fourth-year ME a presidential primary and 60 because we are the ones who ply indirectly to candidates in parties that do not accept cor- days before a general election. elect them. When Ameri- unlimited amounts in smear porate contributions, such as “Not students, maybe staf Furthermore, corporations can citizens disapprove of the campaigns against opponents. the Green Party. he decision and unions were prohibited way Congress and the White his Supreme Court ruling made by the Supreme Court and faculty.” from using money from their House represents them, they places politicians right in the is disappointing and will drive general treasuries to make and command change and elect pockets of the lobbyists and the electoral process right into Photos by Eric Mansield run their own campaigns. representatives who will repre- businesses that are inancing the path of corruption. 8 • February 12, 2010 • Technique OPINIONS

Letters from page 6 murder, is still a felony. What this on how to best protect themselves. OUR VIEWS HOT OR NOT instance highlights is the point An excellent opportunity to do safety at all. he police are not that concealed-carry supporters this is Campus Safety Day, which responsible for your individual have been stating all along: leg- was held on Feb. 11. I hope you safety and are not capable of pro- islation only disarms those who were able to devote some time on – or – viding it. follow it; anyone who intends to Campus Safety Day to educat- HOT NOT Matt Moseley harm another will not be hindered ing yourself on crime prevention 2004 ECE by a law attempting to regulate measures. By educating yourself, how they mug, steal, or kill. you can play an important role in he second argument states keeping the community safe. Peterson’s position that crimes will have a higher level Although our primary focus responsible, sensible of severity when the victim has is keeping our campus secure, we a gun. While I agree that when are paying diligent attention to Kudos to President Peterson someone asks for your wallet it’s crimes occurring in adjacent ar- for his prudent and commonsense better to surrender it, a crime eas. We are partnering with the opposition to weapons on cam- cannot be alleviated by surrender- Atlanta Police Department (APD) House hunting Forced power savings pus. I hope he and the Regents ing when the assailant intends to —which holds primary responsi- Ground (or a wall) was he failure of the cur- can stand up to our ‘leaders’ in the harm, rape, or kill the victim. bility for our surrounding neigh- broken to mark the oicial rent limiting system turned Georgia legislature. he third argument claims borhoods—as well as the Georgia beginning of construction of the lights out across campus In a civil community weapons that students in college are so State Patrol and Midtown Blue to the new Wale House at Tech Tuesday morning. Academic have no place; they invite tragedy. irresponsible and volatile, that improve security of campus. Square. While it was the hope and administrative buildings he inconvenience of the Marks- they cannot be trusted to prop- It is imperative that those of that it would have already been were able to switch to the back manship Club notwithstanding, I erly defend their lives. he argu- you who live of campus and open, better late than never. up systems, crushing hopes have a right to live and work in an ment continues, reasoning that a outside of our jurisdiction under- he only question left is will that professors would cancel environment where the threat of comparable percentage of student stand the nature of the living envi- a place that serves breakfast class. And some West Campus death is not on daily display. carriers compared to the rest of ronment. his includes becoming food 24/7 for a very afordable dorms remained in the dark Tech has a well-trained, profes- the U.S. will cause a catastrophic familiar with neighborhood crime price, that drunk people gravi- for over an hour, hindering sional security department that amount of crime. It then inalizes patterns, as well as taking the tate to in droves be viable on a what little enjoyment that can operates by the authority of and its assault, by suggesting that the necessary safety precautions af- college campus. be found on a Tuesday morn- is accountable to the school and faculty members are just as in- ter dark and knowing emergency ing. local government. hey provide a competent in regards to safety as contact numbers. safe campus. the drunken, stressed students. Our crime prevention unit and Shoot on the range. Hunt, like I request that the Technique APD would be more than happy I do, where you obtain permis- editors refrain from harassing the to work with those of you who sion. Don’t prove your manhood members of the campus and that live of campus and have safety by strapping a Glock to your hip they stop making baseless emo- concerns. We’ve been able to meet in a public space. tional arguments on important with some of you already and Michael Reynolds issues. make presentations to you and GT Staf John Bartz your neighbors. hird-year CS he Georgia Tech Police De- partment is here to provide a safe Gubernatorial gab Sinking baskets Consensus opinion and secure learning environment Karen Handle’s visit to he recent unraveling of derides campus Safety requires for you on the Tech campus. I campus marks the second can- the men’s basketball comes as he consensus opinion on guns contributions from all assure you that we are commit- didate running in this year’s a blow during a season which [“Guns not welcome,” printed on ted to preventing, deterring and Gubernatorial race. Such has such high hopes and ex- Feb. 5] contained some disturb- Safety is a top priority at Tech, eliminating criminal activity on speakers give students a chance pectations. he loss at Duke ing arguments and implications and addressing it is an issue that the Tech campus, and we appreci- to engage in the political dis- was understandable, but the which I would like to address. must be embraced by the entire ate your partnership in helping us course that centers around near calamity at AMC against he irst argument alleged that campus community. We need to accomplish this goal. them. It would be appreciated N.C. State, followed by the allowing guns onto the campus be aware that our open campus Please feel free to contact my to also have members of the poor showing at Miami on would increase the severity and is in an urban environment that oice if you have any suggestions Democratic Party come talk Wednesday night, have left frequency of attacks, referring to poses some unique challenges that or concerns, and thank you for to campus to ensure that both Tech fans reeling, wondering the recent sword attack as proof. we all must acknowledge. participating in Campus Safety sides of issues in our state are when the seeming free fall will What it failed to acknowledge is he Georgia Tech Police De- Day. presented.. inally reach bottom. that carrying swords on campus, partment is here to protect campus Teresa Crocker in addition to guns and attempted and help educate the community Georgia Tech Police Chief

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technique [email protected] Organization Spotlight: Origami Club Technique The purpose of this club is to share the joy of Focus Editor: Kate Comstock folding the traditional art of origami/increase 9 awareness of the art. Friday, Focus Contact: cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/origamiclub February 12, 2010 School of Arch. Social media keeps campus alert builds sustainable By Julia Turner Contributing Writer Incident has occurred in Weber SST healthcare Building. Injuries reported. Arrest has been By Athrisa Divya Varahabhatla On Feb. 4, many students, made. No immediate threat to campus. Contributing Writer at least those who gave Tech Updates www.gatech.edu. their mobile numbers, prob- In the past decade, conservation has be- ably rolled their eyes at 11:03 Feb 4th from web come a major source of concern when fac- a.m. when they received a text ing the already complex problems posed by message and voice message healthcare and human development initia- from the Emergency Notii- Georgia Tech incident update posted at tives. cation System (GTENS). he www.gatech.edu. Too often the eforts made to ix one prob- message read, “Attention, this Feb 4th from web lem, such as rainforest destruction, can have is a test of the Georgia Tech unintended consequences on issues like pub- Emergency Notiication Sys- lic health. In order to deal comprehensively tem. his is only a test.” with sustainable solutions to development is- A mere two hours later, sues Tech departments have partnered with a former student assaulted a not-for-proit organizations to provide tech- Tech post-doctoral fellow with Ga. Tech incident update #2. www.gatech. nical knowledge to a good cause. a katana sword. edu. A couple years ago, Tech’s School of Ar- According to the Emer- Feb 4th from web chitecture became ailiated with a not-for- gency Action Plan, which any proit organization called Health in Har- student can access at www. mony (HIH) which supports the Alam Sehat gatech.edu/emergency/, this Lestari Project (ASRI) in the village of Su- assault might have fallen un- kadana which is located in West Kalminan- der the “active shooter” pro- tan, Indonesia to build a healthcare facility. tocol, where “the term ‘active HIH is a health and eco-conservation shooter’ will also include any- program focusing on afordable healthcare one who uses any other deadly and environmental conservation strategies weapon to systematically or ield/ in West Kalimantan. HIH was founded by randomly inlict death or seri- Photo by Eric Mans Student Publications Dr.Kinari Webb, MD, who recognized the ous bodily injury on the others Students wait outside the Weber SST building after half of the building was evacuated due need for afordable healthcare facilities in the over a continuous or extended to the attack on Feb. 4. GTENS was never activated to notify students about the attack. Sukadana area while visiting the nearby Gu- period of time.” nung Palung National Park. However, as many students scene” but actually with the or a tornado warning, in this media,” said Lisa Ray Groven- An interdisciplinary team of students and have pointed out, no one re- suspect and victim. Several case the need for campus-wide stein, Director of Public Re- professors was established to create a hospital ceived another text message more arrived minutes later, action was unnecessary be- lations. Not only did they with HIH for the people of Sukadana. he that day informing them of and they were able to rapidly cause the situation was under update posts to their website, unique aspect of the entire project is that the situation. What happened apprehend the suspect. control so quickly. but they also posted on the in- students are working with an actual client, to the emergency response sys- “GTENS is designed as Just because GTENS was stitute’s Twitter and Facebook designing a building that will actually be tem? an action-oriented emergency not used does not mean that pages. constructed. he team had to overcome ob- he answer is simple: noth- alert system. When we send campus was not notiied “We have to balance be- stacles such as the diference in cultures and ing happened to it. In fact, a message out, it’s because shortly after the incident. he tween getting messages out inding alternatives to traditional building the system worked perfectly we want people to act,” said Communications and Market- quickly and getting out mes- materials. All materials and labor will come in the face of this unexpected Andrew Altizer, Director of ing oice was key in getting sages that are accurate,” from West Kalminantan to involve the com- crisis. Within three minutes of Emergency Preparedness. information out. Grovenstein said. munity and educate and provide economic the attack, two or three police Unlike an instance of an “his was the irst time we support. oicers were not just “on the unlocated shooter on campus used so many types of social See GTENS, page 11 Webb irst created this project while working with orangutans in Gunung Palung and recognized the community’s dire need for healthcare. While working in the park, GTRIC showcases student research she made several discoveries about the health of the people in Sukadana and the natural By Matt Schrichte include “To showcase the rich- environment in which they were living. & Nancy Thanki ness of the research conducted “here were no health services available Staf Writer/Contributing writer by graduate students at Geor- to the people, and malaria and tuberculosis gia Tech across all disciplines were prevalent; the rain forest was being de- he 2010 Georgia Tech Re- and topics in the form of poster stroyed by illegal logging; and animal health search and Innovation Confer- presentations.” and “To stimu- was sufering also,” Webb said. ence (gtRIC), formerly known late innovation at the graduate as the Graduate Symposium, student level...”. See HIH, page 12 took place this past Tuesday, he $15,000 Edison Prize, Feb. 8 at the Georgia Tech the largest prize of the night, Hotel. he event allowed the was awarded to Fengtao 349 graduate student partici- Wang, a PhD candidate study- pants to present their research ing electrical engineering. His to their peers and advisors in submission presented a break- a competition for roughly through in the ield of multi- $70,000 in total prizes. spectral imagery. Every college, graduate de- His discovery could allow partment and major was repre- for the creation of an aford- sented. Graduate students are able and portable multispec- the primary authors, although tral imager, whose primary teams regularly consist of both focus would be to help health graduate and undergraduate care professionals prevent pres- student. sure ulcers for the elderly and Photo by Basheer Tome/ Student Publications “gtRIC seeks to be one people with restricted mobil- Graduate students competed for $70,000 worth of research of the preeminent university ity. awards at Monday’s gtRIC(sic) at the Georgia Tech Hotel. sponsored research conven- “People are inding major, tions at any university in the unlimited applications for this diseases and cancers detection, Vito, Vice Provost for Gradu- world,” said to Barauch Fei- topic,” Wang said. produce sorting, on site qual- ate and Undergraduate Stud- genbaum, a grad student in According to Wang and ity control in semiconductor, ies and the faculty advisor for City and Regional Planning, his abstract, the imager’s com- pharmacy industries, etc.” gtRIC. and the chair for this year’s mercial implications extend far he $15,000 Edison Prize is he Edison prize money event as the Graduate Vice beyond clinical screening for awarded to the researcher who will eventually be invested in President of Academic Afairs. bedsores. Other applications developed the project with the a startup company based on Photo courtesy of Al Pierce According to www.sga. could include “produce and ag- “most startup potential.” Wang’s multispectral imagery In Sukadana, in West Kalimantan, 25 gatech.edu/graduate/gtric/ ricultural products inspection, “his is an innovation See GTRIC, page 11 percent of children die before age ive. the goals of the conference military target search, skin award,” said Dr. Raymond 10 • February 12, 2010 • Technique FOCUS Trailblazers helps students give back, get dirty By Andrew Nelson Mississippi Delta is still in the Jackson-Megennis, assistant di- Staf Writer works, but we would work on pad- rector of outdoor recreation, said, dling trails and do a two-day ca- “We have historically given a dis- Each spring break since 2007, noe trip,” Murray said, “he other count rate to the Trailblazers if several dozen of Tech’s Trailblaz- two are open for signups online they were renting for the Spring ers—including undergraduates, and are almost full, and Trailblaz- Break trip.” graduates and post-doctorates ers members have priority regis- To check the list of gear and —combine outdoors exploration tration for trips.” prices, see ORGT’s Wilderness with environmental improvement he previous ASB trips have Outpost website at www.crc.gat- via trips to national parks and lo- been to destinations like Shenan- ech.edu/orgt/wop.php. A week- cal service projects. doah National Park, St. Marks end’s worth of basic gear costs he Trailblazers club ofers Wildlife Refuge and Tucson Na- about $25. their alternative spring break tional Park. Lodging is usually Toiling and hiking through trips, local environmental service provided during the service half the woods is not their only goal, projects and convenient services by the sponsoring organization or however. Weekends are for local for the “outdoorsy” student. park association, but during the metro Atlanta environmental ser- Photo courtesy of Jason Murray heir Alternative Spring Break backpacking or canoe trips, they vice projects, and they are open to (ASB) program is also ofered by will pitch tents or sleep under the all students and faculty willing to many similar organizations as an stars. contribute their time—tools and environmental service project and “[Trailblazers] tries to give work loves are provided. learning experience ofers trips to people an idea of what goes into One recent project was on national parks and trails through- maintaining the outdoor facili- Tech’s campus, working on ero- out the country. ties and how to have fun on it. So sion issues with paths students “hey’re generally split half you’re going to see both sides of have created just by frequent use, and half between outdoor activi- it,” Murray said. called “social trails.” ties and trail work—maintenance, Trips are often carpooled if Two more local projects are invasive vegetation removal, in- within driving distance and cost currently planned: a Boat Rock stalling check dams and water from $125-$200. Some trips like cleanup on March 6 and a second bars for erosion control,” Jason to the Paciic Crest Trail may cost Tech social trail day on March 13. Murray, Trailblazers alternative more to accommodate for a plane Previous projects have taken place breaks vice president, said, “hen trip—usually $300-$600; how- at Autry Mill Nature Preserve, we try to use whatever we’ve done ever, this can be discounted if a Sweetwater Creek and Allatoona as the service portion for outdoor member can ind better transpor- Lake. activities. If we worked on a hik- tation and can rendezvous with hough trips and local service Photo courtesy of Jason Murray Photo by Adebola Adedire/ Student Publications ing trail we go backpacking, or if the rest of the group. Costs are re- projects do not require member- The Trailblazers sponsor alternative spring break trips and local we work on a river or stream sys- duced by SGA subsidies and spon- ship, the $25 annual dues cover environmental service work for civic-minded nature-enthusiasts. tem we go canoeing or kayaking.” sor packages, like lodging or food. some unique services an outdoor his ASB will be a choice of he club covers all necessary oriented student may appreci- maps. much better idea of what it takes two locations: the Smoky Moun- gear, food (catered to any dietary ate. All of the Trailblazers’ gear Trail work and outdoor activi- to actually maintain those facili- tains and the Paciic Crest Trail. request), transportation and a t- —including stoves, irst aid kits, ties do require some skill to learn, ties that so many people enjoy,” he trip to Smoky Mountain Na- shirt in the trip cost, but personal cooking sets, water puriiers, stuf but all necessary know-how, like Murray said, “People think a trail tional Park in Gatlinburg, Ten- gear like backpacks, sleeping gear, sacks, tents, lanterns, matches how to light a stove, prepare a just forms because people walk nessee will focus on improving and clothes are the individual’s re- and ire starters—is available for backpack, basic gear training and on it and wear away whatever is general erosion control and trail sponsibility. Pocket knives are also free checkout to members for the how to use and clean a water il- growing there. To some extent repair and then backpacking for allowed and recommended. weekend or entire week. ter are taught days in advance of that’s true, but once that happens several days. Many more items are available Murray suggests the Appala- a trip. you get a lot of erosion in that he Paciic Crest Trail—near for rent at the Outdoor Recreation chian trail, Silver Comet (moun- Members are not expected to area, it needs to be taken care of.” the San Diego portion of the at Georgia Tech’s (ORGT) Wil- tain biking), and Cloudman Can- know anything before training Trips and service projects are Mexico-to-Canada mountain derness Outpost counter at the yon as spots within an hour or two and trips, though there are several also coordinated Tech service or- range—trip will include installing rear of the CRC. from campus to visit. former scouts with the club. ganizations—Omega Phi Alpha check dams and water bars and “Trailblazers can rent anything Trailblazers is also considering “People bike on the Appala- fraternity and Team Buzz, most then backpacking for three days. from the Wilderness Outpost that an online map service for mem- chian Trail all the time, but to recently—and with other univer- “he third [ASB trip] to the they need for their travel,” Leigh bers to print free topographic actually work on them, you get a sities like UGA and GSU. 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GTENS from page 9 GTRIC from page 9 Tech Public Relations are re- innovation. sponsible for updating students as he night’s other awards in- well as the outside media who are cluded 20 travel grants valued up gathering information about inci- to $2,000 for travel related to their dents on campus. presentations, two $5,000-per- “We were ready, we had to be, year fellowships for up to two in case the situation changed, to years, and two one-year $5,000 send a message out to students,” fellowships. Unlike the travel said Altizers. grants and Edison Prize, which he quick response times were was open to Masters students as no fortunate accident, but rather well as PhD candidates, only PhD the result of many practice and students were eligible for the one training drills formulated to ac- or two-year fellowships. Photo by Yong Hwee Ng/ Student Publications commodate as much of the unex- he organizers of this year’s pected as can be expected. gtRIC touted this year’s confer- “Every situation is diferent,” ence as its sixth annual install- said Altizer, which is why after ment. However, they, as well as Photo by Yong Hwee Ng /Student Publications every practice or drill, the Tech some of the repeating partici- police gather to talk about what pants, recognized that this year’s went well, what didn’t, and how gtRIC was vastly diferent from the next time could be better.” Tech’s Graduate Symposiums of hese talks include what ex- the past ive years. actly to send out in those GTENS In the past, the conference was messages. held in the Student Center Ball- “We can only use 128 char- room and was an all-day event. acters in the message,” Altizer his year the event was only for a said, and that includes spaces and couple of hours. It generally had punctuated. Also, because the about 100 participants. message is digitally transcribed In contrast, this year’s confer- Photo by Basheer Tome/Student Publications Photo by Basheer Tome/Student Publications into the voice message, they can’t ence lasted from just 5 p.m. to 9 Graduate students explain their research at the Georgia Tech Research and Innovation Conference; use acronyms either—the com- p.m., ofered more prizes than for- over 300 graduate students were in attendence as competitors, and every college was represented. puter would just try to sound merly, and hosted more than 300 them out. participants. few judges that didn’t come and so “I tried to pick things I knew Nevertheless, oicial judges To igure out what works best, his improved, enormous and we might have had a couple with something about and things I was weren’t the only people reviewing Altizer and his colleagues practice all-encompassing event was the two. We actually had four for interested in based on the descrip- the participants’ presentations. diferent scenarios and discuss brainchild of Linda Harley, a grad some. he idea was that it takes tion,” said Matt Sanders, a re- Presenters were also able to inter- whether the text message really student in Applied Physiology and three to get a balanced perspec- search scientist for OIT. act with the industry professionals got the point across. the Graduate Student Body Presi- tive,” Feigenbaum said. Although there were judges in attendance. While they seem minor to dent. Faculty sponsor Vito provid- he pool of judges mostly representing every college at Tech, “he good thing is that I was students, those text messages go ed funding and faculty judging. consisted of a wide array of Tech some of the participants were able to connect with some people through major consideration be- “In the previous years [gtRIC] professors. he rest were local irked by the lack of judges in their in the professional industry that fore they are sent out. was more of a training exercise to entrepreneurs and other research- speciic disciplines. were interested in my modeling he test that went out that day actually go to other conferences,” ers from Tech. Judges were given “here were not enough pro- and they gave me their card and served its purpose, too, though in said Feigenbaum, “We thought, score sheets to grade the content fessors in my ield so I got judged I got a job ofer,” Abdelnour said. the aftermath of the day’s events, we’re missing an opportunity of the participants’ posters, how by professors in psychology and President G.P. “Bud” Peterson its results might be overlooked. It here. We have all of this great re- the posters were laid out, how structural engineering. hey don’t said of the evening’s events.,“Most had a 97.1% success rate with the search at Georgia Tech. We could the contestants presented their quite get quite what I’m doing and of us here at Georgia Tech think numbers available. have a formal event.” information and the substantives they couldn’t give me good feed- we have a pretty good understand- Most of the failed messages However, the conference’s ex- of their research and/or entrepre- back, which is what I was look- ing of the breadth of research that were due to incorrect numbers or panded size lead to some logistical neurial ideas. hey were free to ing for,” said Alex Abdelnour, CE takes place here. But seeing these old cell phone numbers. To up- problems. review any project they liked, re- grad student. Abdelnour is study- 250+ posters really highlights the date your GTENS number, go to “We wanted to have three peo- gardless of subject, as long as they ing the efects of clear cutting on tremendous array of ideas, topics, http://passport.gatech.edu to al- ple judging every poster. And for weren’t a contestant’s main advi- water quantity and water quality and innovative and creative ideas ter or add a number. the most part, we did. We had a sor. from a biochemistry point of view. being explored.”

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HIH from page 9 cal services,” said Almont Pierce, ARCH ’58 and ‘59. HIH partners with local com- Two years ago, while in Wash- munities to ensure quality health- ington D.C., Webb met with care while keeping it afordable. Pierce to ask for advice on how to his helps HIH achieve three expand the clinic into a hospital. main objectives: provide superior Pierce came to Tech to pitch the health support to the community, idea to Dean homas Galloway at provide incentives for the locals the COA, and it was approved a to increase conservation practices short time later. In the spring of that limit illegal logging and de- 2009, a course was opened to al- forestation that is crippling Gu- low undergraduate and graduate nung Palung National Park and students in the School of Archi- provide work opportunities to tecture to design the hospital. patients so that they may pay for Much of the designs combine their health services. elements of local Indonesian cul- According to the HIH web- ture with eco-friendly alternatives. site, www.healthinharmony. For example, instead of AC units, org, “25% of children die before a ventilation system called “pas- age 5, mothers often die in child- sive cooling” which only utilizes birth, and even ‘simple’ injuries windows and fans will be used. like a cut on the hand can lead to Sarah Hilton, M.S. Health death.” Systems ‘09, a member of the Photo courtesy of Sarah Hill Another problem speciic to team, said that one of the main the organization was lack of space challenges of the project was actu- to run necessary medical op- ally understanding and incorpo- erations. In 2007, Dr. Webb was rating the needs and cultural re- running ASRI out of a small two- quirements of West Kalminantan. room clinic treating a mass num- One speciic thing that she noted ber of people. was that the team needed to be For all she was doing, the two- sure to design the hospital rooms room clinic quickly turned into to include room for family visitors inadequate space. to sleep with the patients. “[Dr. Webb has] seen 15,000 he courses implemented to patients, gave sight to 78 blind design the hospital lasted three people through cataract surger- semesters. Tech faculty members ies, has provided mobile services David Cowan, Craig Zimring, via an ambulance she was able to Tim Harrison, Franca Trubiano purchase through a fund raising and Russell Gentry are leading Photo courtesy of Al Pierce efort, delivered 4,000 mosquito the students with design elements A collaborative team of students and professors worked to create nets, and they have now planted and logistics. a sustainable and afordable hospital for the people of Sukadana. ten acres of tree seedlings to re- he team is also made up of plenish the rain forest, taught students of engineering and from tions. Architecture irms Stanley, expertise. While the course will organic farming to the people, Health Systems Institute. Fund- Beamen and Sears and the Puetro end at the end of this semester, the and have provided community ing and help is provided from Nuevo foundation provide pro- hospital is meant to be a model for outreach and training on medi- companies and grants and dona- bono support with materials and other possible hospitals. Photo courtesy of Al Pierce [email protected] Technique Entertainment Editor: Jennifer Aldoretta 13 Friday, Assistant Entertainment Editor: February 12, 2010 Entertainment Zheng Zheng Umphrey’s McGee Travolta’s acting career pained by Paris brings color to FILM Paris With Love. Luc Besson wrote all of these. From Paris With Love Before Besson started writing formu- laic action movies, he was a renowned Tabernacle GENRE: Action, Thriller director, most famously known for STARRING: John Travolta directing Leon: he Professional. hat movie is the reason why you have heard DIRECTOR: Pierre Morel of Natalie Portman. It is good movie, RATING: R with dramatic portions that serve the action by giving the audience a reason RELEASE DATE: Feb. 5, 2010 to care about what is going on in the plot. It also has a terriic villain (which OUR TAKE: ««««« From Paris With Love sorely lacks). he reader of this review might By Robert Solomon think “Why does this matter?” Surely a Contributing Writer great action movie can solely skirt by on the strange charisma of the lead actor. Before starting this review, I tried to his is how Schwarzenegger and Stal- remember John Travolta movies I had lone made their careers, by being com- seen in the past ten years that weren’t pellingly strange men. One believes completely pointless or terrible. his that Travolta fancies himself a strange was diicult. A quick glance at the man too. It is the only way one could web found only one movie Travolta has explain Travolta’s portrayal of govern- done in this time that wasn’t awful: A ment operative Charlie Wax. Love Song for Bobby Long. Starting with Has anyone seen Pulp Fiction? Re- Battleield Earth and ending with From member how Travolta looked in that Paris With Love, Travolta has a decade movie with long hair and a black suit, of roles he might regret playing. looking both ridiculous and cool all at his is probably an unfair com- the same time? Well, Charlie Wax is parison, considering that this is a “Luc the opposite of this: long black leather Besson Euro-Trash Action Movie” jacket, shaved head and rounded goa- through and through. You know the tee. Wax spews profanity and refers to type, even if you don’t know the name. his gun his wife. Wax’s methods are Perhaps you have seen one of the Trans- unorthodox, but really he is just a good porter movies or Taken, which was also directed by the mind behind From See Paris, page 15 Sparks fails to ignite ireworks with John FILM Unfortunately, it falls short of its more successful predecessors due to its pre- Dear John dictability and lack of real chemistry. Tatum plays John, a tough brooding Photo by Kelvin Kuo/Student Publications GENRE: Romance, Drama military guy on leave from the Middle Umphrey’s bassist Ryan Stasik jams at The Tabernacle on Saturday, Feb. 6. The band’s STARRING: Amanda East in the spring before the Sept. 11 eclectic sound of rock, funk, metal and reggae attracted enough people to pack the venue. Seyfried, Channing Tatum attack. Seyfried plays Savannah, a rich preppy girl with a heart of gold vaca- CONCERT out the show. With all these tion and Stomper Bob which DIRECTOR: Lasse Hallström tioning on the Carolina coast. hey Umphrey’s McGee genres meshed together, they played both original and cover RATING: PG-13 meet unexpectedly when John saves her were able to create a unique songs of artists including Guns purse from a watery grave and the two VENUE: The Tabernacle sound that not many jam- N’ Roses, Vince Guaraldi RELEASE DATE: Feb. 5, 2010 swiftly immerse in a two-week whirl- DATE: Feb. 6, 2010 bands are able to produce. (Peanuts theme) and others. wind romance. GENRE: Progressive Rock With all the musical inlu- Current guitarist Jake OUR TAKE: ««««« John’s stoic and socially inept na- ences, they were more apt to Cinninger was added to the ture is mostly attributed to growing up OUR TAKE: ««««« jam than sing, although lyrics band in Sept. 2000. He, with By Patricia Uceda with an emotionally challenged father, still accompany most of their a harder rock background, Contributing Writer played wonderfully by Richard Jen- By Kelvin Kuo songs. added a new dimension to kins. When John was younger he didn’t Photography Editor he members are the epito- Umphrey’s McGee sound. he Dear John, the latest Nicholas notice his father’s problem and used to me of musicians because they following year, the band began Sparks book to be cast into a movie, enjoy collecting coins with him. Even- Umphrey’s McGee, a pro- never have the same exact to create more unique sounds stars Amanda Seyfried and Channing gressive jam-band based out show twice. With their origi- as they coalesced into an im- Tatum as the two star-crossed lovers. See John, page 14 of Chicago, performed at the nality, there’s no need to worry provisational band. Image courtesy of Screen Gems Tabernacle on Feb. 6. he ven- about pirated music or show In July 2004, after percus- ue seemed to be lacking in at- taping. Umphrey’s McGee sionist Andy Farag and drum- tendance at irst while opening continuously publishes music mer Kris Myers were added to act Dubconcious was perform- on their podcast to encour- the roster, the band released ing. Slowly, the Tabernacle age and promote their tour. their irst national EP, Anchor was becoming a sardine can of he show was nothing short of Drops. It was recognized by a venue as Umphrey’s McGee their promotion, as a fresh and Rolling Stone Magazine to was inching to performance. unique sound. “have become odds-on favor- he crowd would burst into he band formed back at ites in the next-Phish sweep- screams when slight move- the University of Notre Dame stakes.” ments on stage were seen, and in 1997 with guitarist and vo- Overall, the concert was Umphrey’s McGee did not calist Brendan Bayliss, bassist very successful, even for the tease for a long time. Ryan Stasik and keyboardist popular Umphrey’s. his is a he show created musical Joel Cummins, who still re- highly recommended band for euphoria for all in attendance, main with added drums, per- anyone interested in discov- with rock, reggae, metal, funk, cussion and guitar. he band ering base-centerd jam-band soul, hardcore and classic rock was the result of the combina- music or an appreciation to- sounds incorporated through- tion of two bands: Tashi Sta- wards what real musicians are. 14 • February 12, 2010 • Technique ENTERTAINMENT

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Image courtesy of Screen Gems John from page 13 tell each other everything. As a re- commendable job, although Ta- 3 6 2 1 sult, much of this movie is spent tum is deinitely more eye candy tually he outgrew that, unlike his with endless montages of the war than a good actor. Seyfried, from father, instead of becoming ob- and reading letters. ilms as Mean Girls and Mamma sessed with it. Director Lasse Hallström is Mia!, does not develop her acting SUDOKU Now that John is older he almost trying to prove their love, skills any further in this movie, rarely talks to his father, believing which was lackluster to begin instead spending most of her time PUZZLES they no longer have anything in with, with this never-ending dis- moping around for John. hey Fill in the grid so that every row, column and common. he father and son re- play of devotion. have a strong physical attraction lationship is one of the few good Not suprisingly, everything toward each other, but emotional- 3 by 3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. aspects of this movie, as it is both changes when after Sept. 11. John ly it falls lat, especially since they interesting to watch and moving is suddenly forced to choose be- have such a short time together. 2 8 5 to see how it develops as the story tween love and duty when the time he war scenes are poorly pro- unfolds. for re-enlistment rolls around. He duced and not very realistic at all. 1 3 5 John and Savannah are the chooses duty along with every here is one scene where John gets typical example of a couple where other man in his squadron. his randomly shot, especially since “opposites attract.” While she is time the distance proves to be too there are people yelling at him not 9 3 building a house for Habitat for much for Savannah and she ends to enter a building (and he does Humanity, he is getting into ist their relationship. anyway). he audience is made ights with boys on the beach. his movie contains all the in- to think he is dead but then we 2 7 3 Despite their diferences, they fall gredients of a Sparks’ ilm. Substi- see him lying in a hospital bed in deeply in love and profess their tute in the war with disapproving the next scene. he whole scene is 4 8 undying love for each other after parents and you practically have over-dramatized and highly un- just two weeks together. he Notebook. he staple rainy ro- necessary. Unfortunately, because this is mantic scenes are there, but minus Overall, this movie is a decent 8 5 9 based on a Sparks book, it’s easy any tear-jerker moments. Instead romantic drama with a few good to igure out that something bad of crying, the viewer will feel moments that get muddled down 2 4 is going to happen to rip these two frustrated at the main character’s in depressing montages. heir love lovers apart. erratic decisions. he soundtrack may not be that believable, but he rip comes in the form of was also misleading, with the Hallström never stops trying to 7 9 1 the war. John has a year-long tour beautiful song “Set the Fire to the make it work. of duty and Savannah promises to hird Bar” playing nonstop in the It deinitely falls short of early 1 2 8 wait for him. While he is away, previews but not once during the Sparks movie adaptations such as they write a continuous stream of actual movie. A Walk to Remember or he Note- letters to each other, promising to Tatum and Seyfried both do a book.

sliver www.nique.net typing “georgia tech” in google and the irst auto-suggestion was “georgia tech sword” NOTE TO OIT: make Prism accessible everywhere. thx :p Shameful... you know better than to leave a derivative out in the cold British Swagga = Prof. Smith Voltaire was a genius: “No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking” (Note to self: start CS homework EARLIER in the week) just lost the 9 key plate on my keyboard I collect typewriters if you stroke spiders, they go bald To the nique staf: bringing the sword story to print for the next day was really cool. Chapeau! cannibals like to show pornos to male prey before consumption, just so there’s more meat i think i love you, so what am i so afraid of? February 14th is Chinese New Year!!!!!!!!! To the girl who keeps looking up my information online... CREEPER! Grad school decisions are killing me... So who else is going to Muse this month? Wait, someone brought crablegs to class? hat’s both annoying and classy at the same time. Am I seriously the only Tech student who knows anything about grammar? No, I do not want a Fanta. hanks for the ofer though. Seriously, am I the only one who thinks the blonde in Folk 118 is super sexy?!?!? 2 anti-concealed cary articles int he paper and multiple facebook statuses, when did tech become so paciist? to the person slivering third eye blind songs last week: you’re awe- some. So when is the orange bowl??? to my roommate, other people can hear you singing I Gotta Feel- ing in the shower at 4:30 in the morning ENTERTAINMENT Technique • February 12, 2010 • 15

CITY SCENE Photo by Chris Gooley/ Student Publications By Kenny Phillips Senior Staf Writer Botanical Gardens pollinates Valentine’s Day Is your lover bored by store bought lowers? Treat him or her to an evening of splendor at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. Cakes, cocktails and atmosphere are all available at the Val- entines in the Garden event. Attendees will be gifted with one glass of pink champagne, and a cash bar holds the provision of alcohol for the rest of the evening. At only $30 per person, the beauty and the availability of cheesecake, cotton candy and champagne this enchanted evening is surely still favorably compared to those hackneyed roses. If you want more infor- mation on how to make Feb. 13 memorable this year, visit www.atlantabotanicalgarden. org/site/involvement/valentines. Emory’s Jazz Festival hosts Grammy-winning musicians Jazz savvy Techies should know it is once again time for Emory University’s Jazz Festival. he weekend is packed with demonstrations and two public concerts. A free to attend big Image courtesy of Lionsgate band performance on Saturday, Feb. 13 at 8 p.m. may be the inale, but the true treat of Paris from page 13 But no! here is not one mo- the festival would be Friday’s concert. Beginning at 8 p.m., Friday’s concert will be hosting ment where Wax dives and slides Grammy awarded bassist John Clayton in a jazz trio with percussionist Herlin Riley and guy trying to teach the new guy and we believe it. Travolta is 56 Emory’s own Gary Motley. Friday’s concert is only $15 and all other events are free. the ropes. years old, but this is not the issue. Now, a sane reviewer would If we wanted to believe Travolta, Flogging Molly takes Tabernacle by storm give this movie an extra star, ad- then we would, but we don’t be- mitting that it was passably made cause Travolta has never been he sounds of traditional Celtic songs mixed with punk rock music will lock with the and a decent diversion if one does good in a conventional action loating hearts on Valentine’s Day weekend. Saturday, Feb. 13, he Tabernacle hosts Flog- not expect much. However, this movie, ever. It takes a movie of ging Molly. It has almost been two years since the release of Float, but under the evidence of is precisely the problem! At some unusual character, usually with a their live recording from he Greek heater, the band is going strong. Flogging Molly will point, the artistry of action mov- dose of song or dance, to bring out be performing the Celtic/punk fusion that has given them so much recognition, and with ies got lost in a lurry of CGI and the best of his talents. tickets running from $28 now to $30 that night it is almost too easy to attend. For lovers editing. Travolta needs to disco dance, looking for something interesting to do this weekend, he Tabernacle is looking pretty hot. he Schwarzenegger classic metaphorically speaking, not Commando feels like Italian Neo- shoot a gun. For more information, visit www.tabernacleatl.com. Realism compared to movies like hen again, if you can’t make ASO’s Abbado conducts two classical performances From Paris With Love. At least a movie entertaining while having Roberto Abbado has been a worldwide conductor for many years and now leads the At- Commando had real explosions, one of the main characters run- lanta Symphony Orchestra. During two performances, hursday and Saturday (Feb. 11 and cheesy one-liners and a star that ning around Paris with a two-foot actually seemed like he was capa- blue vase full of cocaine for an 13) at 8 p.m., Abbado will lend his talents to conduct the ASO and singers of the Atlanta ble of performing his heroic acts half the running time, then per- Symphony Chorus. he program lows from Church Sonatas by Mozart to the grand inish within an alternate universe that haps there are much bigger prob- —Beethoven’s 1st Symphony. he tickets vary in price from $20 - $75 and may be purchased we are more than happy to reside lems here. I cannot recommend at www.atlantasymphony.org. in. this movie less.

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Image courtesy of Game Freak By Robert Solomon Image courtesy of id Software to-arms, the tone sounded less Contributing Writer like philosophy and more Internet trolling. On Feb. 4 to 6, a symposium In contrast, Braithwaite spoke gathered at the Rich Auditorium directly to the artistic process sur- at the High Museum of Art to rounding her game One Falls for talk about games, mostly digital Each of Us, a board game based on in nature. the forced relocation of the Cher- he event was co-hosted by okee during the Trail of Tears. A Tech and the Savannah College tragic event may seem a strange of Art and Design (SCAD). he inspiration for a board game, but purpose of this conference was to Braithwaite argued convincingly investigate games as an art form, that tragedy was as valid for gam- featuring members in the ields ing as it was for other forms. of game studies, art history, and After a lively panel featuring other related areas of cultural these game creators, the inal talk studies as well as practicing game was given by Christiane Paul, who developers. spoke on curation of New Media Until now, the vast majority of works in established spaces. he symposiums about video games inal panel with her and several have been convened from the renowned game designers also commercial side of the equation, featured some of the most pointed most notably the Game Devel- comments of the symposium. A Image courtesy of Number None opers Conference. However, the Image courtesy of Nintendo EAD dry afair, this was not. question surrounding games like In her conclusion, Tech’s Ja- Braid at this particular sympo- found today. make games more narrative and festival. he highlights of this day net Murray spoke directly to the sium was not about sales igures. On Friday, the shift focused to cinematic. came from the duo known as Tale artistic conlict grappled by the It was instead about the artistic the more academic side of games. Lantz delivered an inspiring of Tales and long-time game de- festival, noting that she herself merits of the games. John Sharp, professor at SCAD, talk about the passions of three veloper Brenda Braithwaite. was optimistic for the future. his After opening remarks, the delivered remarks reminding the diferent artists that seem on the Tale of Tales noted that their sentiment was echoed throughout opening address was given by audience of how gaming has been surface to be completely unre- game Vanitas was in fact not a the symposium. John Romero, the co-founder interwoven into the development lated to artistic expression. For game at all, instead being an in- For a more real-time look at of id Software and co-designer of culture for many centuries. instance, Nabokov, the author of teraction meant to provoke deeper the reactions of participants at the of groundbreaking FPS shoot- he next two speakers, Jasper Lolita, was an avid butterly col- meaning. In conjunction with symposium, search what Ian Bo- ers such as Doom and Quake. Juul and Frank Lantz, both trav- lector. Lantz found little difer- this game, Tale of Tales delivered gost referred to as the Twitter back Romero’s focus primarily lay in eled from NYU for the confer- ence between Nabokov’s butterly a talk that was more political the- channel by searching for posts the groundbreaking technical ef- ence. Juul highlighted the war- collecting and the ability of Poké- atre than lecture, arguing that with hashtag “#AHoG”. he sym- forts by early programmers in the ring factions over the aesthetics mon fans to remember minute de- games were not art at all. posium-commissioned games, games industry, inding new ways of “pure” gaming, citing how tails about their preferred game. At the end, they declared they Sixteen Tons, Vanitas and Sleep is to not only optimize their code, process intensive games that gen- On Saturday, the talks turned were starting a new movement, to Death, will remain on exhibit at but establish new gameplay con- erated their content dynamically to developers who had worked on be entitled “Notgames.” While the Kai Lin gallery in Midtown ventions, many of which are still are often at odds with the drive to the games commissioned for the the talk was likely meant as a call- until March. ENTERTAINMENT Technique • February 12, 2010 • 17 THEME CROSSWORD: FLORAL ARRANGEMENT By Robert Zimmerman United Features Syndicate 47. Gotcha! 86. Sat. preceder 48. Pond surface, perhaps 87. Fill to the max ACROSS 49. Big books 89. Ignores the limit 1. Ten-speed 50. Decompose 90. Supply for a blast 5. Fable in London 51. Genetic marker 91. Keep him away from re- 11. To’s partner 52. Fastener lecting pools! 14. Takes a chance 53. Carmen’s aunt 94. 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Meg Schroeder inished Men’s from page 24 Women’s from page 24 in the top ive of the in the last 10 seconds. open women’s event. 26 points in the same period, put- Maryland’s Anjale Barrett On the men’s side of ting the halftime score at 41-27 in drove hard towards the basket. the event, three Jackets favor of the Hurricanes. She tried for a lay-up with one placed in the top 10, he Jackets rallied in the sec- second on the clock, but she was led by David Judah in ond half, cutting Miami’s lead fouled on her way to the hoop. fourth place. down to two with just over nine With virtually no time left on In the coxswain minutes remaining. Oliver led the clock, Barrett went to the free events, sophomore Sa- the way for Tech, notching eight throw line with a chance to tie the vannah Cookson was points during the rally and inish- game. Her irst attempt went in, one of three Jackets in ing the game with a team-high 19 but her second attempt did not the top six on the wom- points. Junior forward Gani Law- and Tech held on to win. en’s side, and freshman al played well too, getting eight of Montgomery inished the Matthew Giannelli his own to open the second stanza game with a team-high 20 points. took irst in the men’s and inishing with 17 points and Tech used the momentum event as four Jackets 18 rebounds. from their irst ACC road win to were in the top ive. With nine minutes left in the propel them to a second road vic- Tech took the team game, Tech was down 52-50 and tory at Clemson, 68-53. points title in a strong looking to continue its comeback. Ardossi led the team with 17 showing as the team he Hurricanes forged ahead with points. She also recorded her ifth transitions from the an 8-2 run, but Oliver and Lawal double-double of the season with endurance-based fall combined for six points to bring 13 rebounds. Sophomore center Photo by Keun Hwa Yoo/ Student Publications season to the strength- the Jackets back in range, cutting Sasha Goodlett scored 14 points, Rowers compete in a junior event at the Atlanta Erg Sprints. The Saturday based spring season. Miami’s advantage to 60-58 with junior guard Deja Foster had 16 event at the CRC featured rowers of various age and experience levels. While Georgia and two minutes remaining. points, and Montgomery added Emory appear on the he Hurricanes hit a layup to 10. Metra Walthour also had sev- Crew from page 24 6:22.0. Tech senior Chris Depweg spring schedule, Tech’s goal re- go up by four, but two free throws en steals of of the bench to help came in second, and freshman mains the same as ever: to reach and a layup by Shumpert tied the the Jackets win their sixth ACC Events for junior and mas- Ben Craig gave the Jackets a third and perform well at the Dad Vail score at 62 with only nine sec- game of the season. ters clubs occupied the morning rower in the top ive for the event. Regatta, the early May intercolle- onds remaining. Miami emerged Tech started the game of events, but afternoon events fo- he women’s team had two top- giate competition in Philadelphia from a timeout and got the ball to strong with a 20 to 8 scoring run. cused on college teams. he col- ive inishers and ive in the top and the championship event for James Dews, who hit the game- Ardossi was a big factor in the run, legiate competition began with ten; sophomore Betsy McLaugh- the Jackets. winning jumper as time expired scoring eight of the 20 points. novice rowers from each school. lin led the Jackets, inishing sec- “If you win at Dad Vails you’ve to close out the Hurricanes’ tight Clemson (11-14, 2-7 ACC) “Every year we have a new nov- ond with a time of 7:46.2. made it. We pretty much train all victory. made a number of mistakes to aid ice class,” Oren said. “It’s mostly he women led the way in the season for that,” Oren said. Tech continued to shoot poorly the Jackets, with 25 turnovers and irst-years, [but] sometimes we get lightweight division, with eight he team lives by the motto from the foul line, only hitting 8 a 31.7 percent ield goal rate. people who have done other sports rowers in the top ten. Senior Amie established by Head Coach Rob of their 16 opportunities on the Meanwhile, the Jackets (20-5, and are ready for something new, Martell edged the second-place Canavan: “Plan to Win, Prepare night. Lawal, who has struggled 6-3 ACC) shot 51 percent from who are sophomores or juniors.” rower by half a second as she in- to Win, Expect to Win.” from the stripe as of late, shot just the ield and controlled the paint. Tech’s novice classes had a ished in 7:50.0. Sophomore Sean “hat’s his motto for pretty 3-for-8 from the line. 40 of Tech’s 63 points came in strong showing in the 2,000-me- Gibel won the lightweight men’s much everything in life,” Oren he Jackets will stay on the the paint, and the Jackets only al- ter event. On the men’s side, fresh- event in a time of 6:29.9 and was said. “But that’s what we do; if we road for their next game, which lowed Clemson to score 26 points man Seth Parker set a record for one of ive Jackets in the top 10. plan and we prepare, then we ex- comes against Wake Forest on down low. the novice event with a time of Juniors Samantha Smelley and pect [to win].” Saturday, Feb. 13. SPORTS Technique • February 12, 2010 • 21 No. 10 Duke wins home rematch vs. No. 21 Jackets, 86-67 By Nishant Prasadh Duke guards Jon Scheyer ing into halftime; it was the irst Sports Editor and Nolan Smith added 21 and double-digit lead of the game. 14 points, respectively. Singler, he game remained roughly Tech’s basketball team was Scheyer and Smith each spent 37 even as the second half began, but victimized by early foul trouble, or more minutes on the court. a 10-2 Duke run gave the Blue and No. 10 Duke took advantage Senior forward Zachery Pea- Devils a 20-point lead at 63-43 as the No. 21 Jackets dropped cock was the leading scorer for with 11:30 to go. he Jackets nev- hursday’s contest against the the Jackets; his 11 points were also er threatened the rest of the way as Blue Devils 86-67 at Durham, the irst 11 points of the game for Duke rolled to the victory. N.C. he loss was Tech’s second Tech. Freshman guard Glen Rice he Jackets had a better ield against a ranked opponent this Jr. added 10 points and four re- goal percentage, hitting 49 per- year; the Jackets are now 3-2 bounds as the Jackets’ bench play- cent from the ield, but struggled against ranked teams. ers scored 39 points, compared to from the free throw line. Tech’s It was the second meeting of 13 for Duke’s reserves. 57.1 percent success rate from the the season between the teams. he Jackets were forced to tap line prevented them from taking Tech upset then-No. 5 Duke 71- into their bench early and often, advantage of a day when the Blue 67 at Alexander Memorial Colise- as both starting forwards—junior Devils shot 66.7 percent on free um on Jan. 9, but the Jackets were Gani Lawal and freshman Der- throws, well below their season unable to secure what would have rick Favors—got into foul trouble average of 75.7 percent. been their second victory at Cam- quickly. “he lady from ESPN asked eron Indoor Stadium since 1996. Lawal picked up his second me before the game, `How will “I was sure we were ready. We foul just 33 seconds into the game, you know if you’re in the game spent more time preparing for and Favors received his third foul or in trouble?’ And I said, `Look them than we did for anybody with 13:04 left in the irst half. at our free throw shooting.’ In this year, [but] obviously it didn’t Tech led 17-14 at that point, the games that we’ve won or lost, do any good,” Head Coach Paul but a 9-2 Duke run put the Blue there’s a big diference [in free Hewitt said. Devils ahead 23-19. With Lawal throw percentages],” Hewitt said. Forward Kyle Singler led the and Favors sitting frequently and Just as big of a story, though, way for the Blue Devils. Singler Peacock and redshirt senior cen- was the three-point shooting for scored 30 points and shot 8-for-10 ter Brad Sheehan seeing most of each team. Duke hit 66.7 percent from three-point range after hit- the frontcourt minutes for Tech, from beyond the arc while Tech ting just two of 13 attempts from Duke out-rebounded the Jackets shot just 25 percent on threes. beyond the arc in Atlanta. 27-15 in the opening half. It was a disappointing loss for Singler’s success was partly “[Duke] got 12 ofensive re- the Jackets, who kept the game due to a new motion ofense that bounds in the irst half. If those close early but could not hang on. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski in- other two guys [Lawal and Favors] “We felt like if we could have stalled prior to the game. are in there, I don’t think they get had it to single digits going into “here is no play...it is not pre- that many,” Hewitt said. halftime, we thought our pres- dictable movement,” Krzyzewski Duke gradually expanded its sure was wearing them down, said. “[Singler] inally had a great lead on the strength of free throws that we’d have a chance. But we night shooting...and I think that and three-pointers. didn’t do what we had to do...I’m Photo by Kelvin Kuo/ Student Publications motion [ofense] gets him a lot A trey by Singler as time ex- very disappointed in our efort,” Gani Lawal battles two Duke defenders in last Thursday’s game more open shots.” pired gave Duke a 45-33 lead go- Hewitt said. at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Lawal had six rebounds in the loss. 22 • February 12, 2010 • Technique SPORTS Men’s Tennis falls at UGA, women sweep UK By Nishant Prasadh the second meeting, cruising to a shorts Sports Editor 7-0 sweep. he doubles point did not come Singles victories by junior easily, though. Senior Amanda McCollum to join Guillermo Gomez and freshman McDowell and sophomore Hill- Magin Ortiga were not enough ary Davis rolled to an 8-1 victory coaching staf to overcome a top-10 opponent, in the third light of doubles play, Andy McCollum, a native of as the Tech men’s tennis team but the other two matches were Marietta, Ga. and the lineback- fell 5-2 at No. 7 Georgia on Feb. considerably closer. ers coach at North Carolina State 7 while the women’s tennis team Sophomore Irina Falconi and from 2007-09, will replace the cruised to a 7-0 home win over junior Sasha Krupina, Tech’s top departed Gif Smith as Tech foot- Kentucky on Feb. 6. doubles tandem, faced a stif chal- ball’s new defensive line coach he men’s team was looking lenge from Wildcats Caroline and recruiting coordinator. to avenge last season’s 7-0 loss to Lilley and Minnette Pienaar but McCollum was the head coach the then-No. 2 Bulldogs at the were able to hold out for a 9-7 vic- at Middle Tennessee State from Bill Moore Tennis center as they tory. Sophomore Lynn Blau and 1999-2005 and has served as an traveled to the Lindsey Hopkins freshman Elizabeth Kilborn also assistant coach in various capaci- Indoor Facility for a Sunday after- faced a challenge, but they de- ties at MTSU, UTEP, and Baylor. noon matchup. feated UK’s Megan Broderick and he Jackets, though, were un- Christine Johnson 8-6. able to break their losing streak in With the doubles point in Jordan named the rivalry, as UGA handed the hand, the Jackets proceeded to relatively young Tech squad its dispatch the Wildcats in singles ACC Performer second straight loss and its 24th play, winning all six matches in loss in a row to the Bulldogs. straight sets. of the Week With Gomez sitting out of Falconi, the No. 1 player in the Senior Alphonso Jordan earned doubles play, juniors Ryan Smith nation, did not lose a game as she the ACC’s Performer of the Week and Miguel Muguruza played in defeated Lilley 6-0, 6-0 on court award after a strong showing at the top light in doubles play for one. Kilborn trumped Elle Cold- the Virginia Tech Elite Invitation- Tech but fell against UGA’s Nate iron by the same score on court al in Blacksburg, Va. Jordan had Schnugg and Jamie Hunt 8-2. ive. the best long jump at the event at he Jackets put up a ight in Blau and Davis had little trou- 24 feet, 11.25 inches, and he in- the other two doubles matches ble in their matches. Blau, playing Student Publications ished second in the triple jump. but were unable to secure a vic- Photo by Basheer Tome / the fourth light against Pienaar, Jordan was the second straight tory in either one. In the third Guillermo Gomez makes a return at UGA’s Lindsey Hopkins Indoor rolled to a 6-0, 6-1 win and Da- Jacket to win the award, following light, freshmen Juan Spir and Facility. Gomez won in singles and doubles play versus No. 7 UGA. vis took down UK’s Nicole Scates junior Antonio McKay Jr. Magin Ortiga went down against 6-1, 6-1. UGA’s Christian Vitulli and Bo match against Hunt and lost 6-2, challenge but earned a straight-set Krupina, ranked No. 66, de- Seal 8-5, and juniors Eliot Potvin 6-3. victory, 6-4, 7-6 (7-1). feated Broderick 6-2, 6-3 while Signees earn All- and Dean O’Brien played a close he match on court four saw On court ive, freshmen Or- McDowell faced a challenge from match but lost against the tandem Potvin take Bernstein, the No. tiga and Seal traded the irst two Johnston but held on for a 7-5 win. American honors of Drake Bernstein and Javier 60 singles player in the nation, sets and headed to a superset tie- he UK rematch was Tech’s Two signees of the Tech wom- Garrapiz, 8-6. to a irst-set tiebreaker. Bernstein breaker, which Ortiga won to take last before the ITA Indoor Na- en’s basketball team were named As a result, UGA took the swept the tiebreaker, though, and the match 6-2, 3-6, 10-8. Vitulli tional Championships begin on Women’s Basketball Coaches’ As- doubles point, and the irst three took the second set to defeat Pot- edged sophomore Dusan Miljevic Friday, Feb. 12. he Jackets are sociation All-Americans. singles matches ended in their fa- vin 7-6 (7-0), 6-2 and clinch the on court six to round out the one of six ACC teams in the 16- Point guard Dawnn Maye, vor, quickly clinching the match match for UGA. match. team bracket and will open play the top-ranked player in Fla., and for the host Bulldogs. Even with the result set, Tech he women’s team, mean- against No. 3 California. shooting guard Tyaunna Marshall On court two, Spir played a rebounded to win two of the inal while, took on No. 31 Kentucky he men’s team, meanwhile, of Upper Marlboro, Md. became close match early on against the three matches. Court one featured for the second time in eight days returns to action on Feb. 17 just the fourth and ifth Tech more experienced Schnugg but fell a battle between ranked oppo- after defeating the Wildcats 4-2 against Auburn before opening commits ever to be named All- in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3. O’Brien nents in No. 3 Gomez and No. 45 as part of ITA Kick-Of Weekend. the ACC schedule against Florida Americans. had little luck in his third-light Garrapiz, and Gomez faced a stif he No. 9 Jackets were sharp in State on Feb. 21.

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2010 WOMEN’S SOfTBALL pREvIEW Jackets look to ‘09 as stepping stone toward greater heights

By Alex Mitchell Both players are among the 50 niors last season. Haller has since Sophomore Kate Kuzma also well….[She brings] team leader- Assistant Sports Editor players selected by the Amateur graduated and Johnson is now a returns after getting 99 at-bats ship…if something is going on Softball Association of America to student assistant coach. he Jack- as a freshman last season. Kuzma in practice, she steps up and gets Last year, the Tech softball USA Softball’s Player of the Year ets will have to ind a way to re- only hit .212 but she did have 16 things going the right direction,” team had its most successful “Watch List.” Weseman is one of place their production. runs batted in and should improve said Head Coach Sharon Perkins. season ever, winning the ACC only six sophomores on the list. At irst base, the Jackets do not with one season under her belt. Expectations are high this sea- Championship and hosting a Last season Yee led the team seem to have a clear front-runner In the circle, Tech loses their son for Tech, as the defending NCAA Super Regional. he Jack- with a .415 average and 16 home to earn the starting job. Tech only No. two starting pitcher in John- ACC champion is predicted to ets inished the season with a 46- runs, and she had 41 walks against has three irst basemen listed on son, who will be sorely missed this repeat in 2010. 15 overall record and a 17-3 record just 11 strikeouts. Weseman was the roster in junior Kristine Priebe season after going 14-3 last season “Someone’s has to have a target in ACC play. not far behind with a .406 average and freshmen Rachel Glazebrook while posting a 1.92 ERA. [on them]...You still go out and Coming into this season, the and nine homers. It is not uncom- and Caitlin Jordan. Priebe is a Adkins returns and will take you compete. Sometimes it’s eas- Jackets are ranked No. 13 in the mon to have a high hit total from transfer from the University of over the top spot in the rotation. ier to be the underdog so USA Today Poll, their highest a team’s middle inielders, but the Florida, where she made 16 starts T h e junior went 24-7 last you don’t have the target pre-season ranking ever. hey large amount of run production is in two seasons. s e a - son while eating on you and you go out are also picked to repeat as ACC rare from those positions. Yee and Tech has options at third base. u p 182.1 innings. a n d do your champions accord- ing Weseman drove in 91 runs in only Junior Kristen Adkins saw some S h e also led the t h i n g ” , to a poll of the 331 at-bats combined last season. time at that position last season, t e a m with a 1.69 said Per- league’s coaches. “Our ofense is the best it has but Adkins is also Tech’s top e a r n e d kins. If the Jackets ever been in my four years…we’re returning pitcher. Sophomore run aver- are going to reach going to hit the ball pret- Danielle Dike will most likely see age. their potential ty hard. I time there this season after spend- Sophomore Jes- this season and wouldn’t ing most of her freshman season sica Coan will most likely move past the be sur- pinch-hitting. be Tech’s number two starter this T h e NCAA Super prised if we lead the Last season, Tech’s outield season after going 8-5 with 102 s e a s o n ’ s Regionals, they nation in home runs this struggled to hit for a high average. strikeouts last season. irst pitch

will have to rely year”, said Yee. his season the Jackets will have Junior Emily Schreck from Schnieder/ Michael by Photo is Friday, on their middle As far as the rest of the in- to replace departed center ielder Allen, Texas will most likely be Feb. 12 inield to lead the ield goes, irst baseman Whitney Blair Shimandle, who started 61 Tech’s third starting pitcher. when Tech way. Tech returns Haller was a major producer last games last season and had 23 sto- Schreck missed 2009 after having travels to a pair of stars from year, hitting 12 home runs and len bases. Tech should cope well, arm surgery but pitched 12 games Clearwa- last year’s team in driving in 55 runs. hird though, as a bevy of young out- as a freshman in 2008, posting a ter, Fla. senior second base- baseman Tifany John- ielders return. 4.88 ERA that year. to take

man Jen Yee and son was also productive Junior Amelia Beach and se- Whoever is in the circle for Student p a r t sophomore short- last year, posting 11 nior Kelly Eppinger will compete Tech this season, they will have Publications in the stop Kelsi Wese- home runs and 47 for a starting outielder job, but junior Jessica Weaver catching USF- man. RBI while also junior Christy Jones returns to from behind home plate. Weaver D e M a r i n i pitching for the patrol one corner outield spot af- started 48 games last year. Junior Tournament. Jackets. Both ter starting 61 games last season, Caroline Hilton will relieve Weav- Tech opens of those mostly in left ield. Jones posted a er when her knees need a day of. with Long Is- Photo by Jarrett Skov/ Student Publications p l a y e r s .322 average and stole 22 bases in “[Weaver] brings experience [to land on Friday, were se- 2009. this team]. She knows our pitchers then take on the No. 3 Universit y 46-15 17-3 14 13 of Florida later that Tech’s overall record Tech’s record in 2009 NCAA Tournament 2010 NFCA preseason day. for the 2009 season against ACC teams seed for Tech last year ranking for Tech [email protected] Winding up Technique Sports Editor: Nishant Prasadh Tech softball looks to build on the 24 most successful season in team history Friday, Assistant Sports Editor: as the 2010 season begins423 February 12, 2010 Sports Alex Mitchell GT Crew hosts Atlanta Erg Sprints to open spring season By Nishant Prasadh the spring on a high note as they machines designed to simulate fall] is more of an endurance sea- Few events during competition Sports Editor took irst place in team points. rowing. he majority of the events son for us. We do a 5,000-meter season involve individual rowers. he annual competition at the focus on the 2,000-meter races race called a head race...Boats go he Erg Sprints, though, put Tech’s crew team served as the CRC features current rowers from that comprise the majority of the of with 15 seconds between them, individuals in the spotlight, and host for the Atlanta Erg Sprints Tech and other Southeastern col- collegiate spring season, with the and at the end you see who won. Tech’s rowers on both the men’s on Saturday, Feb. 6. he day-long leges along with junior teams and exception of 500-meter sprints You don’t really know [who’s win- and women’s sides had a strong competition has become a promi- GT Crew alumni, who have a and 1,000-meter coxswain races. ning] while you’re racing.” showing at the event against row- nent event for GT Crew, serving large presence at the event. “It’s...what you see in the he Erg Sprints ofer a unique ers from schools such as Georgia, as the kick-of of the spring season Rather than taking place on a Olympics, when you go all out for challenge in that each rower is on Auburn and Emory. for Tech’s largest sporting club. lake, the Erg Sprints have rowers 2,000 meters,” said junior Maya his or her own, notable in a sport his year the Jackets started of compete using ergometers (ergs), Oren, the team president. “[he that relies greatly on teamwork. See Crew, page 20 Tech tops N.C. State, falls at Miami W-Basketball By Kyle Conarro Staf Writer wins two road

After a tough loss on the road against Duke, the No. 19 Jackets headed back ACC battles home on Saturday, Feb. 6 to face North By Alex Mitchell Carolina State. Despite blowing a dou- Assistant Sports Editor ble-digit lead late in the second half, Tech held on to win the contest 73-71. It was close, but the Tech women’s basketball he Jackets followed up, though, by team inally got their irst ACC road win. he Jack- dropping a road battle at Miami 64-62. ets had lost their irst three ACC road games by an he Jackets now stand 17-7 overall average of 13 points, but Tech won their game at and an even 5-5 in ACC play. Maryland (16-7, 3-5 ACC) on Friday Feb. 5 by a he irst half started slowly for both single point, 61-60. teams. After eight minutes of play, the he Jackets had a big lead going into half time score was just 6-4 in Tech’s favor. he at 37-25. Senior forward Brigette Ardossi had ten Jackets picked it up, though, going on irst half points for the Jackets, and she played a an 11-3 run over the next four minutes huge part in the Jackets’ control of the low post. to put them up 17-7. Senior forward Tech scored 18 points in the paint compared to Zachery Peacock led the charge, ac- Maryland’s eight. counting for seven of Tech’s 11 in this Ardossi inished the game with 15 points and stretch. Peacock inished the game with six rebounds. a team-high 22 points. In the second half, Maryland outscored the Over the next ive minutes, N.C. Jackets in the paint 18-8 and had 14 second-chance State battled back to tie the score at 27. points. Maryland used their strong inside game to A minute later, guard Scott Wood hit mount a comeback and pulled ahead 55-54 with his fourth three-pointer of the period to 4:50 left in the game. give the Wolfpack a 30-27 lead. Peacock With the game tied at 59, junior guard Alex countered with a three, but a jumper by Montgomery shot a three-pointer with only seven N.C. State junior forward Tracy Smith seconds left on the clock. Her shot was of, but she put them back in front 32-30 headed was able to draw a foul to go to the line for three into the break. free throw attempts. Montgomery missed her irst he Jackets opened the second half free throw, but she hit the last two to give the Jack- with a 15-4 run to give them a nine- ets the lead, 61-59. point advantage. hey held the lead for Tech had a two-point advantage, but the Ter- the majority of the half, building up a rapins had a chance to win, or at least tie the game 68-52 edge with just ive minutes left to play. See Women’s, page 20 N.C. State responded to the 16-point deicit by implementing a full-court press around the four minute mark. he press worked well for the Wolfpack, as they caused seven turnovers in just three and a half minutes and fought back to within one. “We didn’t execute the press of- Photo by Kelvin Kuo / Student Publications fense,” Tech head coach Paul Hewitt Gani Lawal goes up for a layup over N.C. State defenders in the Feb. 6 game. said after the game. “We panicked, just Lawal posted 11 rebounds against the Wolfpack and 18 in the loss at Miami. panicked.” With the score at 70-69, N.C. State’s On the ensuing possession, Smith tom of the ACC headed into Wednes- Wood missed a three for the lead, and missed a shot, but freshman forward day night’s match-up, coming in at 2-7 a steal by senior forward D’Andre Bell Glen Rice, Jr. fouled in the scramble in conference play. Unfortunately for gave Tech possession with 1:34 remain- for the rebound, allowing N.C. State Tech, the Hurricanes were on the win- ing. A foul by Smith put Bell at the line forward Dennis Horner to hit two ning end of this tight game, coming for two, but he failed to convert, giv- foul shots to cut Tech’s lead to two. A away with a 64-62 victory to put the ing the Wolfpack the ball with another Tech turnover gave the ball back to the Jackets back at .500 in the ACC. chance to go ahead. Wolfpack with 15 seconds left, but they Despite jumping out to an early lead, Sophomore guard Iman Shumpert missed two jumpers as time expired, Tech was unable to restrain the ight- was able to disrupt N.C. State’s posses- giving the Jackets the narrow victory. ing Hurricanes, and after nine minutes sion, and another Smith foul put Pea- Tech’s free throw shooting woes con- of play Miami stole the edge. A three- cock at the stripe for two foul shots. He tinued on Saturday, as they went 15-29 pointer by freshman guard Brian Oli- hit them both, putting the Jackets up from the line on the day. Of the seven ver put the Jackets up 11-3 at the 14:20 three with 1:04 left in the game. players to get to the line, just two shot mark, but just three minutes later the he Wolfpack missed another three- better than 50 percent. When asked Hurricanes had battled back to take the pointer, this time of the hands of guard about his team’s free throw numbers, lead, pulling ahead 15-13 behind a three Javier Gonzalez, and freshman forward Hewitt focused on the late meltdown. from Adrian homas. homas, who in- Derrick Favors grabbed the rebound “It’s OK, that’s going to happen,” ished with 12 points, shot 4-for-7 from and drew the foul. He hit his second Hewitt said. “We had a 16-point lead. beyond the arc on the night. free throw to put Tech up 73-69 with We’re supposed to inish the game out.” After homas’ lead-changing three, 35 seconds remaining. Favors, who in- hree days after skimming past N.C. Tech was only able to score 14 more ished the game with 16 points and 8 State at home, the Jackets took the court points all half. Miami, however, added Photo by Virginia Lin / Student Publications rebounds, garnered ACC Rookie of the in Miami to face the Hurricanes. Like Deja Foster dribbles up the court. Foster had Week honors for his performance. the Wolfpack, Miami was near the bot- See Men’s, page 20 16 points against Clemson as Tech won 68-53.