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Library fountain faces demolition Lottery program may not sustain HOPE past 2012 By Andrew Nelson Contributing writer

Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship program needs some help of its own to continue providing $- nancial assistance to students at Tech and all state universities. !e Georgia Lottery Program, which funds both HOPE and statewide pre-kindergarten programs, is not growing along with the bud- geted allowances to students needing the scholarship. In the last $scal year, HOPE funded 216,172 students with a total of $522.8 million. But funding from the state lottery in the last year has grown less than one percent, causing concern for the Georgia Student Finance Com- mission (GSFC) – the overseeing body for the HOPE scholarship – and danger for the scholarship which has provided billions of dollars to Georgia students since its inception in 1993. Students rely on HOPE to ensure a full education without worrying about the high cost of 1IPUPCZ"EFCPMB"EFEJSF Student Publications college, and dips in the tuition funding would The library fountain will be replaced with a new set of stairs, replacing the current stairs on Skiles walkway. The proj- a#ect nearly all Tech students from in-state. ect is being carried out in conjunction with the building of the nearby Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons. GSFC o%cials say they are certain that tuition, a major factor in a college education, would not By Zimu Yang walkway … and the stairs gift from the Price Gilbert, !e library rotunda will be be a#ected by re-budgeting around the lottery Sta! Writer that are currently there and Jr. Charitable Trust and the kept unchanged in its place shortcomings and that tuition should still be the bridge that bridges across Gilbert family, and become a and a renovation is planned met by HOPE’s provisions. However, if fund- !e lifting of drought wa- from Skiles to Price Gilbert, !e restarting of the campa- for the library tower. !e re- ing trends continue, book allowances may drop ter restrictions has allowed they will all be redeveloped nile fountains raised specula- design of Skiles Walkway does to half the current level by 2012 and possibly water to freely "ow out of to make it more pedestrian tion about when the library not permit the existence of the altogether by the next year. If the trend is not the Campanile fountain, but and student friendly,” said fountains would re-start as fountains as they are. As of corrected by 2014, funding for school fees may the library fountain will see Howard Wertheimer, direc- well. yet, the structures do not pose drop. Current mandatory fees are $718, over a di#erent outcome. Having tor of Capital Planning and After the fountains are a structural problem to the half of which is covered for HOPE recipients, been o# all semester, the con- Space Management. torn down, a series of ter- CULC. !is could be an issue for prospective students struction of the Clough Un- !e fountains in front of raced stairs will be built to State budgets cuts have in deciding whether to attend Tech for college. dergraduate Learning Center the library were generally replace the library fountain. not yet changed the projected To Josh Wien, $rst-year CS, HOPE was not (CULC) is forcing its demo- used by students to relax and “!e metaphor is the Spanish timetable for the construction a deciding factor in attending Tech, as he was lition. decompress while taking a steps in Rome as it becomes of the CULC. !e state leg- already strongly considering applying. However “!e library fountain will break from academics. !e a gathering place. It will be islature is currently shifting now that he is at Tech, he feels the impact of be going away as a part of the fountains feature a three- integral with landscape as redevelopment of the Skiles tiered design, and were a well,” Wertheimer said. See Fountain, page 6 See HOPE, page 6 WELCOME BACK Mock dorm !re emphasizes safety

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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 Aoutside the bubble of Tech in the past week. Here are a few Obama urges Congress to important events taking place throughout the nation and the act on health care world. President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress on Wednesday with the goal of re- Mexican plane hijacking energizing e#orts in the stalled ends without violence healthcare reform process. During After being taken hostage the speech the President drew for 45 minutes, a commercial numerous standing ovations. airliner and its 104 passengers Obama received much criticism were released peacefully on recently from both sides of the aisle Wednesday. The Boeing 737 for not being decisive enough in Aeromexico "ight was "ying the debate and leaving too many of 1IPUPCZ,FMWJO,VP Student Publications from the popular vacation town the details of reform to Congress. Undergraduate House of Representatives members review funding bills at last Tuesday’s meeting. of Cancun into Mexico City, !e president voiced his support when the plan was taken hostage for a public option that would !is edition of Council Clip- and the Atlanta Journal Consti- in 1997, the event draws together Wednessday afternoon by $ve allow the federal government to pings covers the UHR and GSS tution. Due to rising newspaper over 2,000 students and alumni. to seven people, believed to be sell insurance in competition with meetings from Sept. 8, 2009. costs and an increase in circula- !e event will be held on Oct. 10. of either Bolivian or Mexican private insurers. However, in a tion, the bill was passed 38-6. !e Over 35 di#erent projects will be descent. departure from past statements he Collegiate Readership bill was postponed in GSS after available for students to partici- !e hijackers took the plane stated his willingness to alternative !e UHR passed a bill grant- a lengthy discussion on whether pate in. choices. ing an additional $10,000 to the funding newspapers was wise, as it arrived in Mexico City, and Collegiate Readership Program. given the failing nature of the in- Homecoming threatened to bomb the plane if Obama fervently noted that !is program distributes news- dustry. SGA also considered a bill pro- they did not speak to Mexican healthcare reform can no longer papers to students at various loca- viding funding for homecoming president Felipe Calderon. !e be postponed, as soaring costs tions across campus. !e intent of Team Buzz events, including the Wrek Parade plane was moved to a remote threaten to increase the national the program is to expose students SGA approved a bill granting and the homecoming concert. !e location in the airport, where defecit marginally and cripple to relevant information about the $3,485 to the TEAM Buzz service Student Center is responsible for the passengers were let o# safely both the inividual patients and the community and the world. organization. !e bill was passed the planning and development of just before federal police stormed economy. He also came out in force !e program currently has 41-4 in UHR and 16-0-0 in GSS. all homecoming events. A band the plane and took hijackers against what he called scare tactics funding of over $30,000 per year, Each year, TEAM Buzz puts on a has yet to be selected for the con- into custody. !e motive for the and misinformation campaigns by which covers the distribution of service day dedicated to serving cert. !e bill passed 41-4 in UHR hijacking was still unclear. the opposition. USA Today, !e New York Times the Atlanta community. Started and in GSS 9-6-1.

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HOPE GSPNQBHF GPA in high school, rather than the previous standard of a nu- the scholarship on his ability to at- merical grade average of 80. Now tend college. “After getting all the legislators and GSFC o%cials are $nancial aid packages from the investigating potential solutions schools I had been accepted to, including capping tuition funding Tech with HOPE was by far the by credit hour, which other lot- most economical option,” Wien tery-backed state $nancial aid and said, “I wouldn’t be $nancially scholarship programs like Florida devastated if HOPE cut book and have already started. O%cials are fee funding. Money is a bit tight determining the best course of right now, so it would just make action as projected enrollment in things a little bit harder.” Georgia’s university system grows Georgia’s student education $- to nearly 300,000 students this nancial programs are rated highly, fall, and 100,000 more students in terms of meeting the needs of over the decade. students pursuing technical, two- GSFC has set a key task force year and four-year degrees. Fund- for $xing the disparity between ing like this is in great demand, funding and demand for the not only among students, but also HOPE scholarship in the next six for those unemployed throughout to twelve months, an action that the nation. could promote college enrollment In Georgia the unemployment and improve academic credentials rate has reached over 10 percent as for a workforce struggling in the of this July. People in the work- current economic climate. force may seek additional techni- !e scholarship program has cal training or a degree to bolster seen problems before with its .BQDPVSUFTZPG$BQJUBM1MBOOJOHBOE4QBDF.BOBHFNFOU themselves on the job or improve funding, and it is a task for state In place of the fountain at the library, the Clough Undergraduate Learning Center plans include their chances of being hired, in lawmakers and education o%cials added green space to the area, including the addition of steps styled after the Roman Spanish steps. part because of the funding pro- to seek the solution for students vided by HOPE. and an educated workforce. Stu- minimize water use,” said Sejal a place for every freshman and Georgia saw a similar problem dents like Barrett Ahlers, $rst-year Fountain GSPNQBHF Patel, assistant director of Capital sophomore student who comes to in 2004, when demand for the AE, may see the situation opti- and Space Planning. Georgia Tech will take class be- scholarship was high enough to mistically. “I’m getting money for the sale of bonds and, unless the Patel noted that while students cause all the introductory science potentially deplete the program’s good grades,” he said, “and with bonds go unsold, the expectation would not be able to spend time in classes... [All these resources] will reserves within a few years. !is the economy the way it is, I’m is that construction will remain the fountains, the CULC would all be co-located in this facility,” prompted the state legislature to happy more people are able to una#ected. Tech planners are also provide plenty of new opportu- Wertheimer said. implement the requirement for bene$t from the program even if anticipating private donations and nities for recreation. In addition Additional features to be in- recipients to have a minimum 3.0 I get less money.” funding to o#set any lost funds. to the creation of a Starbucks on cluded in the building are a café Current estimates project that the second "oor, the building will adjacent to the south entrance the building opening is still years also house an open air garden ac- opening up to Skiles Walkway away. “It will be about two years cessible to students on the terrace. and Student Center Commons from now so hopefully summer All the labs for courses taught and work areas similar to the Li- 2011 if all goes well. So that for in the lecture halls will be located brary East Commons. “It will be a fall 2011 the building will be in in the CULC as well. Tutoring one stop shop for students so they operation,” Wertheimer said. and student support for the class- will be more successful,” Wert- !e exact demolition date for es will be consolidated into the heimer said. “[!e CULC] will the library fountain has not been CULC as will be the Center for connect to [the library], from the decided, since the exact timetable Enhancement for Teaching and Library West Commons. !ere is still unavailable. However, de- Learning (CETL) and various will be a portal that will provide spite the lack of deadline, the li- student support success programs. entry to and from the CULC and brary water fountains will not be “[!e CULC] is a program Price Gilbert. Somewhere down turned on again. that was developed about ten the line when state funding be- “When water restrictions were years ago by a cross section of comes available we will renovate lifted we wanted to make sure leadership at Georgia Tech and it Price Gilbert across the tower and 1IPUPCZ7BOJB)P Student Publications that we turned on the fountains will become the academic home revisit the security control points The bursar’s o!ce in Lyman Hall handles #nancial disbursement. in a responsible, strategic way and of undergraduates and it will be to the tower complex.” ATTENTION STUDENTS!

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Fire GSPNQBHF “I was really surprised at how quickly the room caught on $re, chair, similar to those found in it really shows how you can’t just Two students arrested in freshman dorms. After a brief in- brush $re safety aside,” said An- troduction, a spark triggered a $re gela Rice, CHBE ’09. in the room. “!e main thing we want peo- !e $re grew large and spread ple to take away from this event alleged manhole cover theft quickly across the space, engul$ng is to take $re safety seriously and the entire room in "ames within make sure they know what to do a minute. Regional $re depart- in case of a $re. If a $re starts in ments were on hand to extinguish your dorm you have less than the $re after it had reached a high a minute to make it out of the intensity level. dorm,” said Chad Arp, the Fire !e aftermath of the $re Safety Educator for the Cherokee showed a grim scene. Everything County O%ce of Fire-Emergency from the mattress to the bed Services. frame was charred, and smoke While personal safety in the continued to rise for several min- wake of armed robberies around utes after the "ame was extin- campus has been a topic of con- guished. At one point during the cern, Oxendine hopes that people $re, the crowd voluntarily stepped also pay attention $re safety. back due to the intensity of the “You always hear about being heat, which could be felt over 50- safe when going home at night, 60 feet away. and not being alone by yourself, 1IPUPCZ+BSSFUU4LPW Student Publications “I thought it was a really great but you rarely hear about $re safe- Three manhole covers like this one were stolen from sidewalks near Centennial Place. The culprits experience and I was really sur- ty. We want to get students active appear to be two Tech students, who were sent to Fulton County jail and face criminal charges. prised at how quickly the entire about $re safety so that when they thing went up in "ames. I was $nd someone doing something By Vivian Fan been missing for days before, and a crime, due to the ine%ciency also really amazed at how hot the unsafe, they can inform and pre- News Editor had caused Abrahmson himself to and lack of monetary turnover for $re felt even from far away,” said vent $res from occurring,” Oxen- almost step into the hole. manhole covers. Chris Sanders, sixth-year ME. dine said. Two Tech students were ar- After being alerted by the Later that afternoon, police rested Tuesday night for steal- 11Alive News team, the Centen- were called to Centennial Place, ing manhole covers on Merritts nial Place apartment complex after apartment maintenance Avenue at the Centennial Place managers sent a maintenance crew workers spotted one of the miss- Apartments neighborhood o# to $x the problem, despite it being ing manholes in the apartment of campus. Along with that man- the city of Atlanta’s responsibility. two Tech students, after one had hole cover, two others were also Although the apartment man- placed a phone call concerning a missing along Hunicutt St. near agers had covered up the holes, problem in the apartment. Along Luckie St., both located slightly Atlanta police department later with the missing manhole cover, south of Tech’s campus. investigated the area under suspi- police later recovered a stolen park Located right o# of the North cions of theft. When the Water- bench and a pedestrian sign as Avenue Apartments bus stop, shed Management Department, well. Police arrested them later maintenance and the Atlanta who is responsible for the covers, that night. Police Department discovered replaced the manhole covers, the !e names of the two students the missing covers Tuesday after- police had noti$ed them that the have yet to be released, but police noon after a Tech student nearly original covers were located. did say that the pair lived only 100 stepped into a coverless manhole. Despite the suspicion that the feet away from where the man- !e student contacted 11Alive manhole covers were stolen for holes were missing. Although News, who then noti$ed apart- their metal, police determined their alibi is still not known, the ment management and the City that the covers could have been two students were sent to Fulton of Atlanta’s Watershed Manage- recovered and that it was a less se- County jail immediately after ment Department concerning rious matter than that. Although their arrest. In addition to their the missing covers. According to Atlanta police has recognized night in jail, the pair also may face an interview with Tom Abrahm- the increase in copper and metal future charges including theft by 1IPUPCZ+BSSFUU4LPW Student Publications son, second-year MGT, done by thefts in the last few months, they receiving stolen property and As part of the mock dorm #re event students who were in atten- 11Alive News, the covers had noted that this was likely not such reckless conduct. dance were taught how to properly use a #re extinguisher.

sliver www.nique.net Boy who laughed with me when the stinger drove right past me !"#$%&'(&)'&)*+,(-.')/+01)) - you are awesome! ) Ash, stop pretending to be an AE And for the most disappointing realization of the semester....OP- 2345)6789)/:25)23//59) ERACION REPO IS FAKE!!!!! ! “If I could have had my way...this year....” ! JDR I totally think you are the cutest guy I’ve ever seen :) c ! I LOVE LIFE! all I need is a signi$cant other ;) Shruti is loud and abusive ! whoa molly [please do not use last names] ruined my life; i ! thought the world should know "#!$%&'&'(!)*+,-./0.!1!#%*2334! to the male who called me a 5'-,&06!,06-78%%3!78&3906'!"#!$%&!'$((%#")*!)$!+,-,.$/!0!.$-,!$1!.,0&#"#2! Am I the only one who doesn’t use Facebook? Woot for MS Outlook! My productivity has shot through the 3&$-"+,!&'9&:&9*/3&;69!0)),#)"$#!)$!4,./!'4".+&,#!-*77669!&'!-78%%3! roof since I switched over from !underbird. Sorry Mozilla, Firefox is a quality product, but T-bird doesn’t 5$&6!$#!0!.6/+!%$"#!0!'/.&%'/3!'6.=%0>!$1!$-,&!<=!'$..,2,:!7")4!>%(/:)0&)!/&$2&0(:! To the male who called me a “creep”, one simply cannot “peer” into a window that is WIDE OPEN. Is it my fault that this ?,&-,!0:!0#!@(,&"A$&/:!(,(B,&!0#+!&,',"-,!0!?@AAA!69*7/.&%'!/=/09! building is built in such a way that my window is directly aligned with yours? Nope. C0&#!*$%&!B%0>C-.*9#!070&+!$1!?@AD80!"#!0!1%#!,#-"&$#(,#)! @ Sliver writers: creepy guys have feelings too. E,,3#!7")4!#$!/&"$&!,D/,&",#',!#,',::0&*E! stop screaming outside caldwell/folk after midnight. you’re not ! funny, you’re annoying. I get it... I’m watching MTVU...you don’t have to keep telling F$&!($&,!"#1$!G!)$!0//.*!1$&!)4,!H==IJK=!0'0+,("'!*,0&L!-":")!%:!0)! me. ===F$-./0.F%0(F! my professor dressed as Gandalf came into our test review and ! yelled “YOU SHALL NOT PASS!” G0!7%'./7.H! I LOVE HUMANS....and food of course (that’s free) >,##"1,&!A$BBL!?"),!M0#02,&! Well, it’s 3 AM, YET AGAIN....I’m starting to think I won’t get >%(/:)0&)!0)!8,$&2"0!9,'4! to sleep before 3 at all this semester. !anks roommate. is the vocalist for Paramore a real ginger? NO=OP!QRSJ=QKO! oh man. sore throat....swine "u here I come! T'$BBU20),'4V,+%! “...that reducing the wind speed lowers the life coe%cient...” MAN I am tired. Almost done though... Opinions Editor: Kaitlin Goodrich Technique Most people have the will to win, but few have the will to prepare to win. 8 “ —Bobby Knight Friday, Opinions ” September 11, 2009

OUR VIEWS CONSENSUS OPINION Technophiles HOPE can be saved turn their gaze to Compromises can be made to keep scholarship viable !e statement that HOPE funds could substantial amount of revenue taken in run out as early as 2014 is upsetting and by the lottery. !at money revenue can be printed word by Rachel David forebodes negative consequences for stu- reevaluated and redirected in such a way The Daily Titan Write to us: dents and the University System. as to sustain some HOPE bene"ts. [email protected] !ere is no way that the HOPE situa- Yes, adjustments will have to be made. (UWire)—As a lover of reading and someone who We welcome your letters in tion could be completely dire now without Perhaps the rigor of HOPE requirements wants to have a career in the response to Technique content warnings ahead of time. Either HOPE has should be adjusted or new sources for world of print one day, i.e. as well as topics relevant to cam- newspapers or book publish- pus. We will print letters on a time to be reevaluated and "xed or Geor- funds could be evaluated. ing, I am disheartened by the timely and space-available basis. gia has been hiding the reality of HOPE Currently, we do not have access to latest technology which has set Letters should not exceed from us for some time. data to make recommendations for actual its sights on my beloved world 400 words and should be sub- of print: video advertisements mitted by Tuesday at 7 p.m. in We hope that all measures possible to solutions, but we hope for communica- in print sources and e-readers. order to be printed in the fol- save HOPE will be taken. !e HOPE pro- tion and transparency throughout the re- In mid-September, En- lowing Friday’s issue. Include gram is one of the best parts of Georgia’s form process. tertainment Weekly will be your full name, year (1st, 2nd, unveiling the "rst ever video etc.) and major. We reserve the school system. By eliminating HOPE, !ere are a lot of factors to be consid- advertisement in a print maga- right to edit for style and length. we would kill the competitiveness of our ered, but if a group of students can shoot zine. Only one submission per person !ere is a small speaker be- will be printed per term. universities and take value from Georgia o# ideas for reform in a few short hours, low the screen that will allow education as a whole. Schools in Georgia we certainly hope that decision makers the reader and all those around would lose attractiveness to top students can devote time to reaching a compro- him, whether they like it or Kindle. not, to listen to a Pepsi Max By no means is the Kindle while letting underprivileged students fall mise and some solution. commercial and the CBS fall the sole murderer of print to the wayside. We think everything possible should line-up. sources; other devices, such Since there have been no announce- be done to keep HOPE viable. If there As if there aren’t enough as Sony’s Reader, iRex’s iLiad distractions when it comes to and Jinke Electronic’s Hanlin ments of doing away with the Georgia truly is no solution, we wants to see the reading, we now have to en- eReader are just a few com- lottery, we assume there will still be a facts and know why. dure the incessant white noise panies and devices that also of commercials when trying to believe in robbing individu- read the latest celebrity gossip. als of the pleasure of browsing !e Consensus Opinion re"ects the majority opinion of the Editorial Board of the Outrageous! a bookstore or booksale and Correct me if I’m wrong, smelling the unique, welcom- Technique, but not necessarily the opinions of individual editors. but aren’t commercials things ing scent of a new or old book. we try to avoid at all costs, even Say goodbye to the days of Technique Editorial Board going as far as to press mute waking up, drinking a cup of Editor-in-Chief when an overly annoying one co#ee and walking to the end Emily Chambers, comes on TV. Anyone seen the of the driveway to pick up the Jonathan Saethang, Managing Editor Mary J. Blige AT&T commer- newspaper. Hahnming Lee, Business Manager cial? I rest my case. Not only are these e-read- Jennifer Aldoretta, Entertainment Editor Matt Ho#man, Advertising Manager So now when you’re sitting ing device companies putting Vivian Fan, News Editor Kelvin Kuo, Photography Editor in the doctor’s o$ce and trying countless individuals out of Nishant Prasadh, Sports Editor Siwan Liu, Layout Editor to tune out the crying kids that business and denying readers Kate Comstock, Focus Editor Reem Mansoura, Development Editor the lady next to you has brought the aesthetic pleasure of read- Kaitlin Goodrich, Opinions Editor Craig Tabita, Online Editor/Editor Emeritus along with her, or Dr. Phil on ing, they are doing away with the TV in the waiting room a cultural tradition: reading a yelling in his southern drawl at tangible newspaper with a cup EDITORIAL CARTOON BY VIVIAN FAN the latest dysfunctional family of co#ee. to cross his path, you have to Now, I’m fully aware of block out the person next to the bene"ts of technology as a you who’s reading a magazine whole, and am not completely with a built-in screen. immune to it myself: I just Is there nowhere safe from bought a BlackBerry Curve; the constant bombardment of however, must technology in- advertisements? We now have fringe on every aspect of our to have it embedded in our lives? reading material? Just because we have the No wonder we are breed- know-how and tools to create ing a generation of children “bigger and better” things or who can’t focus on a task be- “smaller and sleeker” things, fore them for longer than two doesn’t mean we have to. minutes. Some things are just sacred. How can we expect them to !ere is nothing stu#y or when white noise invades every static about enjoying the peace aspect of their existence? How and quiet that can come from can the printed word compete reading or the feel of actually with a loud, %ashy video screen %ipping through pages of a placed directly within the text? newspaper or book. And for those of you gung- How sad to think that one ho about the latest techno- day future generations may logical annoyance to hit the walk into a library with e-read- market, don’t worry about the ers sitting on the shelf, where advertisement’s batteries dying; beautiful hardbound books they are rechargeable. once resided, how sterile. Yes, can you believe it, you I can’t imagine looking can watch that same Pepsi Max up at the various bookshelves ad over and over until your throughout my house and see- heart’s content. ing one lone e-reading device Also disrupting the sacred in place of my sundry and al- world of print are e-reading de- luring book collection. Sounds vices, most notably Amazon’s lonely. OPINIONS Technique t4FQUFNCFS t 9

AdviceBeing a high school student is as hard“It’s toimpossible give to say with as ence to has taught take me, it’s that ! # is one of the most frightening certainty what you value until you can do everything right " # occupations out there. I cer- and still fall short. Conversely, !"#$%&'()*+$, tainly couldn’t be paid enough you have experienced a test you can do it all wrong and money to go back. somehow luck out. I imagine I should buy my former of those beliefs.” most people’s lives to be a se- high school counselor a drink ries of decisions and turns that next time I see him; chances Richard Otis fall somewhere on that con- What did you do for Labor are good that he’d need it. Assistant Entertainment Editor tinuum. My brother just started his My brother, like all of us, Day weekend? senior year at the high school will probably stumble in the in our hometown. He’s an as- dark until he "nds something piring multimedia designer their best days are behind for how we process new infor- that seems like a good enough with an eye toward a future them. It’s no surprise, then, mation. idea that it’ll work. More am- that might include coming that there’s a great deal of fa- !at’s why even the most biguity is not what high school to Tech like his older brother, talism inherent in events like brilliant people in the world students want to hear, but it’s or perhaps a (cheaper) school the prom, leading the collec- often have di#erent opinions. almost certainly what’s in store closer to home and friends. tively fearful and hormonal High-minded platitudes will for them. !e anxious tone in his to awkward after-parties for often not stand up to the scru- How counselors, mentors voice becomes more severe two in cheap hotel rooms tiny of day-to-day living; truth and motivational speakers deal with each phone conversation, and the back seats of parents’ is completely relative to the in- with the paradox of assuring and the tone of the questions cars.,(!at’s a story for another dividual. students that everything will changes from joking to desper- time). !is is why experience so work out is a combination ately sincere. He could say just !at’s not to say college important. It’s impossible to of glittering generalities and Justin Carlin as easily, “I’m afraid. I have students don’t face similar say with certainty what you small lies, but I don’t envy !ird-year EE no idea what I want to do. I problems. Our questions just value until you have experi- them any more than I blame don’t want to end up penniless run deeper and re%ect a greater enced a test of those beliefs. them for trying. “Refereed a soccer game.” and alone. Please help me not existential dilemma. It’s not What makes this idea so After all, it’s not like life’s screw up my life.” merely, “What am I going to intuitive and universally ap- events are completely random. !e melodrama of the do after I graduate?” anymore, plicable is also what makes it !ere are many cases where looming high school gradua- like it was in high school. We completely useless as advice. the work we put in is equal to tion is simultaneously feared, have that "gured out. Unlike my brother, I was for- the reward we get in return. reviled, romanticized and ad- But now the questions, like tunate not to have a relativist As long as you keep things mired in popular culture. the coursework, have become giving me advice on life after in perspective and take the op- !e implication that high more complicated. We ask high school graduation. portunities where you can to school represents “the best four ourselves, “What does it mean Philosophers rarely give move in"nitesimally towards years of your life” is a cruel sen- for me to live a good life? How practical advice. Words of wis- your goals, chances are good timent disseminated among an can my limited time in this dom don’t often translate well that you’ll end up somewhere already nervous population of world be spent in a way most to reality. But what else can be in the ballpark of content- worried, hopeful young adults ful"lling to me?” said? I don’t have the key to ment. If not, at least you’re at the end of the structured, Personal philosophies are my brother’s lifetime happi- less likely to have regrets about well-de"ned period of their not constructed in a vacuum. ness anymore than I have the how you lived your life. lives. Life experience shapes our key to my own. Maybe that’s the right ad- No one wants to believe views and carves out a niche If there’s anything experi- vice to give. Cindy Wang First-year BME “I danced and tried to get TraEveryone! tries toc give tickets col- cost more than havejust known about " thatnes before rid of the Freshman 15.” lege students advice. Most of !"#$%&$'(#)*+,-*)#)*$)#).$/01# I had signed up for a class there which is all nice and sentimen- lights in Atlanta were, more that was supposed to last after tal. the sun had set. Here is some advice that all like an FYI than a real, Tomorrow I have to attend a college students can live by: important law.” class called VIP MADD. Does Do not run tra$c lights in the that make any sense? I did not city of Atlanta…at least until Matt Ho!man drink and drive. Drinking and you are 21 years-old. driving kills people. I know More importantly, can Advertising Manager this. anyone tell me when the traf- Unfortunately I am pretty "c light in the city of Atlanta sure that unlike other VIP became mandatory to follow? out the amount of the "ne, but of Atlanta, he must appear in events, this one will probably I never got the memo, and I had no luck. On the seventh court. Why the o$cer who not have an open bar. It is apparently the majority of my day I talked to the operator. gave me the ticket, the infor- even worse because instead of fellow drivers in the city also She told me to just send in the mation on the back of the tick- watching College Game Day, Shalv Madhani have not gotten the memo. I check, because it takes some et or the "rst lady I talked with I have to listen to the people always thought tra$c lights in time to get into the system. at the court all failed to inform who made it so that all of us Second-year BME Atlanta were similar to the 55- Apparently the courts be- me of this little fact seems way between 18 and 21 cannot le- mph speed limit on the con- lieve that I was just going to under a level of reasonable ex- gally buy and consume alco- “Went to the football game.” nector, more of a FYI than a send them a check for almost pectation from the courts. Re- hol. Talk about pouring salt real, important law. two hundred dollars without gardless, last Wednesday I had into a wound. So I got a tra$c ticket any record of it in their system. my day in court. Originally the community for failure to obey a signal at I may be dumb, but I ain’t stu- I was thinking that I would service part did not upset me Peachtree and Forth. Like a pid. show up, plea nolo and be that much, but then I actually good citizen, I was going to At this point, I had lost all done with it. !e solicitor had had to do it. It was not work just pay the ticket and be done faith in the telephone method another idea in mind. Since I intensive; it was just boring. with it. and tried to "nd an alterna- am under 21, I got put into the Besides, is cleaning up dog poo Unfortunately, it is not that tive. Turns out you can check TLC Program, which means I the best thing I can do for the easy. First, I had to wait for the it online. have to complete eight hours of Atlanta community? ticket to be registered with the When I checked it and classes and eight hours of com- But I will give the court Municipal Courts of Atlanta, found that it was in the sys- munity service, all because system credit for one thing: if which apparently can take up tem, I sent in the check. Al- of a tra$c light ticket. Am I their goal is to discourage peo- to seven business days. most a week goes by and the the only one thinking Eighth ple from ignoring tra$c lights, Why it takes seven days to check never cleared my check- Amendment violation here? then they are doing a great job. put a ticket into a computer ing account. Finally, last Mon- So I attended my "rst class But unfortunately, I be- system when it only takes day I called up the courts last Friday night o# of Donald lieve they are accomplishing three minutes to hand write a again to see if they had gotten Lee Hollowell Parkway. I had more e#ectively through mak- Stan Guillaume ticket is beyond me, but the my check and if so, did I need never heard of Hollowell being people deal with screwed court system says it does. to be in court on Wednesday fore then. up system than teaching the First-year BChE In actuality, it takes longer. since apparently paper work is It turns out that the road faults in what the people did. So I kept on calling the not the court system’s forte. used to be called by another I screwed up, and I am will- “Went to my !rst club.” telephone number on the back It turns out if someone is name. Bankhead. I have nothing to admit that, but it really of the ticket like the o$cer under the age of 21 and he gets ing against Bankhead, but I should not require this much Photos by Lauren Townsend told me to do in order to "nd a moving violation in the city at the very least would like to e#ort for a tra$c ticket. t4FQUFNCFS tTechnique OPINIONS

OUR VIEWS HOT OR NOT Community matters, however – or – you decide to de"ne it at Tech What does the word commu- “Community is a hard concept to HOT NOT nity mean to you? Does it conjure grasp, but avoid the temptation frustrations of a useless buzzword? When I "rst came to Tech I put to dismiss the importance of it little stock in ideas and ideals like because of its complexity.” being part of a strong community. I was here for school, pure and Elliot Mork simple academics. Tech was the school for me RHA President Spirit week Football !asco because classes were full of hard, With two football games While everyone enjoyed concrete material that could be to get excited about in one winning our "rst football proven and derived analytically. "nd within their residence hall. one challenge that RA’s, PL’s and week, the level school spirit game of the season, the chaos Community was a nice word and Everyone wants to feel like they RHA hall council o$cers face on was bound to be high. Cam- of the ticketing system damp- I thought I might have some extra belong to something larger and a daily basis. pus added to the inundation of ened spirits some. Students time for it but what I really want- are accepted into a group to build RHA works to create a wel- good will by including a tradi- who had tickets got thrown ed was classes. !en I got to Tech. lasting relationships. coming environment to encourage tional T-Night celebration and out after simply trying to join Freshmen year turned out to One of the best examples of the creation of community within a white out against Clemson. friends in other areas. Maybe be one of the most pivotal times community I’ve seen at Tech is the the residence halls. Most people Distribution of free t-shirts for the student section was a little in my life. I lived on a hall with fourth %oor of Harris. Each mem- know RHA or Hall Councils as a the white out intensi"ed feel- chaotic before strict block great guys and we generally raised ber of the %oor brings something great way to get free food during ings, as everyone knows the rules, but it never caused trou- a ruckus, I joined a campus orga- unique but they bond as a group. "nals week but there is something best way to make a Tech stu- ble other than the occasional nization and got to know lots of Activities aren’t planned but bigger going on: a chance to feel dent happy is free stu#. popped personal space bubble. new people and got involved with just evolve as if one big family the pain together with others you my hall council. shared the top %oor in one of the know are going through the ex- I threw myself into school, oldest buildings on campus. act same thing creates bonds that mostly socially, and grew bonds !ere is always a story to tell last longer than "nals week. !at with many people and groups. from the last weekend, mostly ev- interaction and yes, community Without realizing it I had built eryone has a nickname and they building, is what makes living on a strong community that helped can count on each other to help campus something special and me through an academic wake up during hard times. !e experienc- not just a place to sleep. call. es on the fourth %oor de"ne their I encourage you to think about Even people that claim to not time at tech, as one resident put it, the communities you are involved need or even have a community “I live on campus because of my with. After a bad test can you crave that connection with others community.” go to someone and talk about it? 24 hour co"ee !x Class con#icts around them. Without even real- !ere are several factors that Make sure you are not braving Jazzman’s has o$cially be- Student attendance at Pe- izing it we all naturally integrate contribute to a functioning com- Tech alone, it takes the support of come a 24-hour establishment terson’s Investiture was sadly into a community. munity. your peers. for tired students to frequent low last week. From the impli- Community is a hard concept !e demographics of the stu- If you aren’t a part of a com- in the library. Now instead cations of our poll, most stu- to grasp but avoid the temptation dents in a hall, the architectural munity, join one. Opportunities of desperately trying to stay dents could not attend due to to dismiss the importance of it be- layout of a building, the Reslife are boundless with over 400 orga- awake sustaining on food from class con%icts with the event. cause of its complexity. Seeing fa- sta# and the o$cers in a hall nizations or groups of friends on the snack machines, students Although it had been previous- miliar faces at social events hosted council all contribute toward the campus. !ey do take a little time will be able to purchase co#ee ly implied that classes would by your fraternity, working on a success of a tight knit community. and e#ort just like any relation- and snacks all night long. All- all be canceled during those move in salsa club with a friend In FE buildings the di#erence of ship, but you’ll reap the rewards nighters may be miserable, but few hours, they were not. !is or saying hi to your neighbors as having auto closing doors vs. open for years to come. this will make the experience oversight on administration’s you walk down the hallway are all doors a#ects the feel of a building Be intentional with your e#orts slightly more bearable at three part made many students miss examples of community. more than you would guess. and know the dynamics of a com- in the morning. out on Tech history. Some people "nd it within a !e careful manipulation of munity you are thinking about Greek organization, some in a some factors can really encour- joining. It could be the most im- club or organization, and some age a community to form. !at is portant decision you have at Tech.

sliver www.nique.net I should sit on the Korean in front of me !ere are no more seats left Excuse me, but I don’t think facebook and espn are that important. Kindly get the f*** out of the computer cluster. People are waiting iPhone sliver score Rawr? dear old man wearing bow tie: I do not care if the ES&T building is not my house DO NOT WAKE ME up just to tell me to take my feet o# of a chair!@!#$ If i was a bear I would have mauled u and the bow tie When im up all night studying I will take a nap wherever I so please Now go shine ur bald spot and go bother someone else over something trivial Sincerely- SleepingStudent HiddenBear 100 Days til the end of exams!! MOO!!! GO JACKETS!!!! GO BUCKS!!! what happened to the ‘nique archives? I have no way to read slivers I submit. :( timtebo caveman timtebo hungry timtebo smash 1 heisman 2 nationalchampionships so easy a caveman can do it !ere are only 6 home football games this year. !at means I just paid $6 per game. Way to make money o# your students, GT. I’m watching the games on TV next year! in trying to take notes on which powerpoint slides are important, i realized a real slide sounds way more fun. dude in defbods: stop playing your neopets and WoW during class anyone else think beebz is overcompensating for something.... [email protected] Organization Spotlight: Culture Tech Technique aims to promote diversity on campus and Focus Editor: Kate Comstock increase cultural interaction. Events include 11 International Food Fair and performances dur- Friday, Focus ing Culture Fest. [email protected] September 11, 2009 Dragon*Con provides outlet for fantasy a!cionados By Melissa Hyde Contributing Writer

Dragon*Con is the largest multi-media convention in the U.S.; the convention focuses on gaming, literature, science !ction and comics. "e convention was held Sept. 4-7 and is in its 23 year. "e convention is so large that it takes up twitter four downtown Atlanta hotels. "e Hilton, Marriott, Hyatt and Sheraton hosted the conference and also provided shelter for many of the attendants throughout the Labor Day weekend. Most of the other hotels in and around downtown Atlanta were also booked becasue of the convention. Dragon*Con boasts a wide array of guests, from blog writers to sci-! icons, the convention !"# has something for almost everyone and attracts tens of thousands of guests every year. "e con- acebook vention this year drew many notable stars such William Shatner, whose fame as Captain Kirk A showdown of social networking has made him a household name, and Patrick Photoillustration by Siuwan Liu/Student Publications Stewart, widely known for his work on Star- By Sarah Malis pus? Is it Facebook, or is it the time” said Molly Degen- user name, while Facebook is Trek and X-Men. Contributing Writer Twitter, because it allows users hardt, a !rst-year undeclared more ‘actual’ name.” To a newcomer, Dragon*Con is overwhelm- to give a quick status update IAC. “I think Facebook will Others on campus see Face- ing, sprawling across the Centennial Olympic At the end of a long day and then move on with their stay longer than Twitter, be- book as the more fun social Park area of downtown. "is year, just about !lled with classes, the !rst lives? cause Twitter just seems like a networking site. every single hotel and over#ow hotel associated thing many students do is go Both sites are great social fad.” Christian Doetsch, a sec- with Dragon*Con was entirely booked up. One back to their dorms, apart- networking devices, but the Greyson Jarvis, a fourth- ond-year CS, said “I prefer website suggests to newcomers to the conven- ments or houses, and log onto battle between them must be year PTFE , also believes Face- Facebook. "ere are more fea- tion to reserve a hotel room now if they want to the computer. investigated here on campus. book trumps “tweeting.” tures to do things. And more garauntee themselves a room come Sept. 2010. Instead of checking up on “I prefer Facebook, because “I like Facebook…I don’t applications, like the graf- Milling about in the massive hotel spaces Buzzport or T-Square, stu- Twitter is nothing but status know, I feel anti-Twitter. Face- !ti wall. And you can poke designated for Dragon*Con were over 30, 000 dents take refuge on their updates…it’s just Facebook book will last longer, because people. Facebook is better for comic, game, manga, anime and fantasy a!cio- Facebook or Twitter accounts. without all the other stu$ you there seems to be an anti-Twit- communication… it has dif- nados drawn to the convention by various lures. Facebook, the highly addictive can do with it. It’s not as well ter sentiment. I don’t think it’s ferent networks, groups and "ese devotees come from all around the world social networking site, is used connected and held together going to catch on as much [as applications. For the sake of and all di$erent walks of life. It shouldn’t come for just about anything—Face- like Facebook is. Also, getting Facebook].” it, Twitter is easier to use. It’s as a surprise, however, that many of these fans book chat with friends, (even if and sending bumper stickers Some students saw the simpler for older people.” are Tech students. they live right down the hall) is great,” said Chris Mays, a positives and negatives in both While many students praise “I’ve been three times, maybe two times be- relentless poking wars, and third- year AE. networking websites, such Facebook, others argue that fore. I’m looking forward to meeting the cast of random quiz taking. When asked which would as Andrew Barth, a !rst-year Twitter also has something to Star Trek. William Shatner’s actually not going Twitter is also a social net- last longer, Facebook or Twit- BME. o$er for mass communication to be here today (Saturday), but Leonard Nimoy work that lets users send and ter Mays said, “Facebook…I “I like Facebook more… and networking. and Patrick Stewart are who I’m really excited read messages, or “tweets”. think the majority of the peo- I don’t really do much of the “I like using Twitter be- about,” said Emily Simonds, a !rst-year ME Your “tweets” are uploaded ple would prefer to use it. It’s status updates, which is what cause it is multifunctional,” major.Simonds also looked forward to brows- on your pro!le page, and then more consistent.” Twitter is—a play-by-play of said Umehani Dalal, ’08 EE. ing and buying in the convention’s expansive delivered to your “followers”. Elsewhere on campus, there your life,” said Barth. “I follow friends to keep up dealer’s room. Twitter has gotten so popular, seems to be more Twitter bash- He also said that while with their lives and what they "ere is a great deal of shopping that can be that even the Georgia Tech Po- ing. “Twitter is easier to use,” Face- are up to which is incredibly done at the convention, especially in terms of lice Department has their very “I prefer Facebook because book is better for communica- useful now that we have grad- rare or collectable items. "e dealer’s room is own pro!le. you can actually talk to people tion purposes. “Facebook is uated and are in di$erent parts full of tables where the die-hard geek can buy While both are wildly ad- on it. I like Facebook chat, easier to connect with people mired, which one rules cam- even though it shuts down all over Twitter. Twitter is more See Facebook, page 12 See DragonCon, page 13

Alumnus seeks seat onBy ChrisAtlanta Russell when it comes city to the city itcouncil- was a President’s Scholar, and Sta! Writer self, Tech’s history hasn’t been cofounded Tech’s Mock Trial quite as in#uential. team. Tech has always touted “"e Georgia Tech in#u- When asked how one moves its position as a producer of ence in our city has largely from IE to realty to politics, global leaders and innovator in been from the !nancial and Knapp points to the problem- terms of technology, !nances, business sector, and not from solving skills Tech’s programs and politics. Soon, though, the government one,” said imbue in its students. He says it might also be able to claim Knapp. that the analytical skills Tech another of its alumni as a local “Tech grads have run for students learn in the course leader here in Atlanta. district [positions] before, but of their studies—particularly A few months ago, Weslee there’s not been one that ran in the !elds of math and sci- Knapp, IE ‘98, announced for an at-large chair in more ence—allow Tech graduates that his candidacy for the po- than a decade.” to have much more expansive sition of City Councilman At “At-large” means that the possibilities after graduation, Large. position represents the city as rather than only preparing "is is an unmistakably a whole, instead of just one of them for careers in a single important occasion for Tech, the 12 districts that make it !eld. as, historically, Tech’s role in up. Knapp has been politically local government has had a Knapp is currently a part- active for a while now, particu- Photo by Eric Turner/Student Publications very limited range. Tech unde- ner in the realty !rm Keller- larly with the city’s youth. He Weslee Knapp, IE ‘98, is running for city council member at-large, on a plat- niably holds an important po- Knapp, which he started with a is on the Honorary Board of form of decreasing crime and increased autonomy for Atlanta universities sition in Atlanta’s education, Delta Chi fraternity brother in technology and businesses, but 2002. While at Tech, Knapp See Alumnus, page 12 t4FQUFNCFS tTechnique FOCUS Homecoming invites all students to step under Buzz’s ‘Big Top’ sorority competition, leaving the arching ‘Buzz Under the Big Top’ to put on a more cohesive e$ort… rest of the student body to watch theme. we’re all banding together to have from the sidelines. In the past two year home- a great homecoming,” said Anna- "ough referred to as the coming has featured the themes malai. ‘Housing Bracket,’ any group of “Fight, Win, Rock & Roll” in “Chairs never worked together. students that wants to can register 2008 and “Buzz and the Knights Until the event we’d never met, as a competing team, whether or of Tech Tower” in 2007. had no idea how things worked. not they live in the same hall, the Aquilino is particularly excit- Last year, I had no idea that a same dorm, or even on the same ed about this new event, and the Mock Rock Chair even existed,” side of campus. possibilities it presents. said Aquilino. "is year, homecoming week “I think it’ll be a lot of fun, "e new cohesion and com- breaks a slew of changes in pro- it’ll really bring the Homecoming munication has enabled the gramming. New competitions spirit into the halls,” said Aqui- Chairs to create a homecoming include Powderpu$ football and lino. of completely unprecedented pro- cheer leading, a syrup-chugging Even before the real competi- portions. As if all the other chang- contest, a day of ‘clown competition kicks o$ on Sunday, though, es weren’t enough, this year’s Big tion,’ and – specially introduced Tech’s student body will have the Top has a last act that promises for Housing teams – the ‘Home- opportunity to sample some of the to top all the others. "e brand- coming Spirit Contest,’ an answer whimsical ‘Big Top’ innovation new Buzz Bash concert on Friday to the perennially popular pomp the Homecoming team has been Oct. 16 is shrouded in secrecy and display contest. working so hard on. surrounded by a barely-contained

Photo by Michael James /Student Publications “Usually the only people who GT Homecoming will begin sense of excitement. Aquilino Homecoming chairs worked this year to coordinate e!orts and participate have a house,” ex- its ninth decade in true circus could not reveal details, for “con- plained Ramu Annamalai, sec- fashion, with a full-#edged Carni- tractual reasons.” organize a more cohesive and inclusive homecoming week. ond-year IsyE, Homecoming’s val on Skiles walkway. Occurring “"is is totally new for home- Intra-Fraternity Council Overall alongside the annual Team Buzz coming,” Carlson said, “nothing By Robert Zbedi coming may be a well-loved and Chair. “"at just wasn’t fair for event, the Carnival promises fun of this magnitude has ever hap- Contributing Writer time-tried tradition, but here on the Housing teams.” But, Anna- for all students, team-a%liated or pened before.” its 90th birthday its caretakers malai said, “We can’t have them not. "at kind of grandiose dream- In just under one month, have decided that change is in or- putting something up outside the “"e Carnival has been some- ing – and grandiose achieving – Georgia Tech will host its annual der. Residence Hall. "e RHA would thing that I’ve wanted to do seems to have come naturally to Homecoming events for the 90th According to Heather Aq- #ip!” since we chose the Homecoming the chairs this year. "e basic for- time. Homecoming week will uilino, fourth-year INTA and "e solution is the Homecom- theme. To make it the kind of mula wasn’t hard, in any case; ac- take place Oct. 11- 15 this year; the Chair of the Student Center ing Spirit Contest, one of the event I wanted it to be, I knew I cording to Carlson, the real trick the theme is ‘Buzz Under the Big Homecoming Committee, the week’s !rst events. "ough teams needed help from the IFC/CPC was just asking, “What can we do Top.’ unspoken assumption has always can prepare beforehand, the actu- exec,” said Aquilino. to make this the best Homecom- Amid returning alumni, revel- been that Homecoming is an ex- al build begins on Sunday night, "at such help materialized is, ing for everyone?” ing students and the all the sea- clusively Greek event. and will include students decorat- in fact, perhaps the most impor- It remains to see if this year’s sonal festivities of the Wreck Pa- "ough non-Greek student ing any common interior space. tant change to this year’s home- new events could be next future rade, however, attentive students organizations have been allowed Judging starts the next morning, coming of all. traditions. will notice that there’s something and encouraged to participate and points will be awarded for “In the past, things tended to “Hopefully this year will pay di$erent, something new about in the past, the emphasis always creativity, attractiveness, humor, be very disoriented, very splotchy. o$,” Carlson said, “I really do the festivities this year. Home- appeared to be on fraternity and and relation to this year’s over "ere’s been a big push this year think we’ve laid the groundwork.” FOCUS Technique t4FQUFNCFS t 13

early this year. "e fantastic-look- Alumnus from page 11 “"e !rst thing is paying police ing wardrobes and accessories, what they’re due and coming often complete with replica weap- the Special Olympics, and is in- up with a mechanism for that. ons, are another huge element of volved in a handful of children’s "ey’ve been promised pay in- Dragon*Con called “cosplaying.” programs and fund raisers. creases for the last eight years, and Cosplaying is an often elabo- "ere are many ties between have received exactly one.” rate display in which fans dress as Tech and the city of Atlanta, and Education and after-school their favorite characters from just Knapp’s campaign brings these programs are other areas where about any show, movie, book, or ties into sharp relief. Knapp believes a little extra e$ort comic. Cosplayers often spend “It really is a unique opportu- could go a long way. He says, “If massive amounts of time design- nity for [Tech], particularly when you’ve got a bunch of 16, 17 year ing, sewing and creating their own three of the largest issues we face old kids sitting around a room out!ts, or for those without the are budget constraints, crime and doing nothing all day instead of creative bug, there are always the economic opportunities, all of out playing basketball, eventually, dealer’s rooms where sometimes, which tie back to Tech and Tech they’re probably going to end up they just buy one. Either way, students,” said Knapp. doing something stupid.” Dragon*Con is !lled out with an Foremost on Knapp’s agenda is "e third way he believes crime epic number of alter-egos from ev- addressing Atlanta’s spiking crime could be challenged is starting ery imaginable fantasy, anime or rate, which he believes causes and up a citizens-on-patrol program, science-!ction story-line. is caused by several of the other where retired police assist current “I’ve always liked sci-!, basi- issues facing the city. “Crime is o%cers with day to day tasks like cally I’m big Dune fan as you can greater, now, as the results of the tra%c and paperwork, freeing up note from the costume. Also, we economy and the [lack of] youth more o%cers for patrolling the went out last night and it was programs in the city. streets. freaking awesome. "is is my !rst “Crime is also taking away Knapp points to other cities, time,” said Liam Holland , !rst- from Tech, and every other school like Los Angeles, where similar year ME. in the Atlanta university system. programs have been markedly “I’m excited about Stargate Companies come to Atlanta be- successful in reducing crime rates. and Leonard Nimoy,” said Collin cause of the youth and the college Knapp also wants to give Tech Strassburger, !rst-year AE. grads that come out of places like a bit more autonomy over its own “I’m looking forward most to Tech. "ey are going to move to a$airs and cut through some of commenting on other people’s Atlanta to hire talented young the red tape that prevents speedy costumes.” said Strassburger. He, people to help run their company. growth. like Holland, was cosplaying this If your city’s crime rate increases, “Just from an e%ciency stand- year. kids will stop coming to your uni- point, everything Tech does on its “I’m dressed up as Rorshach, versity…crime really could threat- campus still has to go through the Photo by Eric Marcus Taylor/Student Publications from Watchmen -- the movie, not en [our whole university system].” city. Hopefully, one thing we can Marcus Taylor, third-year EE, steps inside Dr. Who’s call box, one the comic books,” he said. “I’m In addition to how crime drives do is expedite that, so everything of many fantasy props on display during this year’s Dragon*Con. looking forward to Stargate, Star away potential students, Knapp that takes place on Tech’s campus Trek, Star Wars, you can get the also worries about how it will af- can happen more quickly,” said DragonCon from page 11 back and paperback books to be idea,” said Strassburger. fect the job prospects of students Knapp. found in the world,” as boasted of Other Dragon*Con partici- approaching graduation. If the One of his goals for the elec- collectibles and art to their heart’s on Dragon*Con’s website (www. pants enjoyed the music artists city has a reputation for being an tion itself is to see more participa- content. Basically, it’s a nerd’s dragoncon.org). From comic that the convention brings to At- unsafe place to live and work, why tion across the board, but in the paradise. books to corsets and customized lanta and the riotous after-event would companies want to set up college-age demographic in par- “I always like the dealer’s room. spandex leggings and headpieces, parties held for convention attend- shop here? ticular. It’s nice, because you can buy stu$ you can !nd it in the dealers’ ees at clubs and hotels throughout “We have to make Atlanta a He also o$ers a bit of informa- that you normally can’t buy in the rooms, where a ridiculous amount the city. place where people want to do tion to chew on to students who mainstream,” said Simons. of cash is shelled out each year to When asked what his favor- business, and, unfortunately, don’t feel that municipal elections "e dealer’s room advertises it- supplement the near-mandatory ite part about the convention was that’s not the case for a lot of com- are worth voting in: “"ere was self as a supply room full of items costumes seen at fantasy conven- Marcus Taylor, third-year EE, panies right now,” said Knapp. an election in 2005 in district 6 you can’t buy in the mainstream, tions each year. said, “For me it was the concerts Knapp plans to address ris- [Tech’s district], that was decided with “one of the largest assort- One look at the attendants at and parties. "ere were a lot of ing crime rates on three di$erent by just 3 votes. If you don’t believe ments of original crafts, medieval Dragon*Con and someone not fa- good artists there.” fronts, the !rst of which is, as he you have a choice, just think what arms and artifacts… Japanese An- miliar with the convention would When “fantasy” has no limits, puts it, “putting the swagger back a few more Tech students could imation merchandise and hard- assume that Halloween had come Dragon*Con is sure to entertain. in the police force.” Knapp said, have done.”

sliver One weekNew on forHeron Island! www.nique.net kevin jacob if you seek amy 2010 MPE tuesdays at 6 klaus 1443 be there... i love slivering :) Anyone game for stomping around like dinosaurs in the quad? Meet me tonight at 8 I’m serious. You. Me. Dinosaurs. North Ave quad. Eight o’clock. Tonight. Bring friends. All of them. I’m on a bike. You are not. I am superior. PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE TASTE FOR H1N1, STAY OFF THE STINGERS. IT SCARES OTHERS. Hi Snuggles! Taurus: "e stars promise you fortune and happiness, but they only come out at night. Know what else only comes out at night? Vampires. And I don’t [refrain from fowl language] with that. GET CREDIT FOR Just unlocked achievement ‘Steal 10 freshmans lunch money’ to the girl who was left alone at Atlantic Station! I AM AVAIL- ABLE :) TUDYING HERE! Video Games ruined my life. I’m so glad I have two spare left S Well, what does it matter sitting here at the library at 3am, i can keep typing stu$. I still have a 50% chance Fun, sleep, productivity - pick one, mourn loss of other two I wonder...could I write a short story through a series of slivers? Pacific Program, Spring 2010 to the annoying kid in legal aspects, stop talking the prof knows more than you Take your lab science, humanities, or engineering I would really prefer if I got my !rst assignments back quickly, so electives in New Zealand and Australia. Why not I don’t make the same mistakes 3 times, professors. hey the weed smell was not in brown, it was in smith and it was study in a beautiful, adventurous environment? my room. get your facts technique before you give credit to another dorm For more details about the program, including Sooooo hungry. Who thought it was a good idea to fast when dates and times of information sessions, go to days were 12 hours long???? Most of Econ today was wasted to more technological di%cul- www.pacific.gatech.edu or contact Tara Berry ties.. at a technology school. at pacifi[email protected] or 404.894.7475. Music listening room hs so many people asleep t4FQUFNCFS tTechnique FOCUS

Facebook from page 11 that share interests similar to So this way as long as I have my happening right now, anywhere Even though Facebook is more yours, like garyvee, who always phone I can keep up with every- in the world.” complex than Twitter, users agree of the country/world. I also follow has something insightful to say one,” said Dalal. Unfortunately, many Tech stu- that it is a great connection tool, CNN, WSJ and AJC, etc. to keep about wine. Or you can follow “"e other thing I really like dents see Twitter as too simplistic because it allows a more hands-on up with the news. And, my guilty your favorite store to see when about Twitter is that you can or just a fad that’s on the verge of approach, allowing users to create pleasure, I also follow celebrities they have sales and specials,” follow someone without having dying out and many feel that it is their own ‘space’ and maintain like John Mayer and Oprah to see Dalal said about Twitter. them follow you which is what not as useful of a tool to stay con- network outreach through hun- what they are up to and hear their "ere are other advantages to sets Twitter apart from Facebook,” nected with groups of friends. dreds of add-ons and applications. thoughts.” Twitter that outshine Facebook. Dalal said. While Twitter does have some Only time will tell which net- Just like Facebook, you can “I don’t have a data plan on my All in all, both networking perks, such as quick, to the point working tool will reign supreme connect with people with similar phone, so I can’t browse the web sites are great for communication status updates, Tech students like over the other. interests, but with Twitter, you from anywhere and everywhere. around campus. the sheer versatility and multi- It is no secret that Twitter and can “follow” your interests and What I like about Twitter is that However, it seems that at Tech, tude of applications, features, chat Facebook will each have a spot on follow the “tweets” of your favor- you can “tweet” via text messag- Facebook is the preferred Internet and photos of Facebook. And of campus, as they both have unique ite businesses and artists. ing and also keep up with other site. Twitter advertises that one course, who doesn’t love a good qualities for communication, net- “You can also follow people people’s tweets via text messaging. can “share and discover what’s ‘poking’ war? working and fun.

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"e music video for By Yameen Huq this song is a simple Contributing Writer scene of kites in the park, serving to highlight the If you’re in the mood relaxed, almost “hippie- for literally any kind of ish” nature of the song. song, then Yo La Tengo’s “By Two’s,” another latest album, Popular radical shift in tone, fol- Songs, is perfect for you. lows “Avalon.” "is song Formed by a married continues the folk-in$u- couple and their friend, enced feel. the band’s latest album However, the focus runs the gamut of dif- is changed from “earth” ferent music genres, to “sky,” continuing the from psychedelic rock to peaceful sounds, but peaceful acoustic. replacing the pastoral An alternative band feel and nature setting with a strong, cult fol- with otherworldly tones lowing, Yo La Tengo is and psychedelic, spacey known for performing sounds and rhythms. a wide variety of music "e esoteric feel of “By as well a vast number of Two’s” is contrasted with cover songs. the next song, “Noth- Never featuring a ing to Hide.” Bringing dull moment, this album us back down to “earth,” contains a song for any the song “Nothing To kind of listener, whether Hide” contains a classic one prefers fun rhythms rock sound and grunge or music with a spacey, feel. "e slight element of more cosmic feel. grunge and group vocals With such a wide reminds us of this band’s range of songs, it’s dif- alternative roots. !cult to review such a “Periodically Double schismatic general al- or Triple” continues the bum; it is preferable trend of “earth” music, to examine each indi- but switches the tradi- vidual song. However, tional alternative music each song does exhibit to a more groovy, funk a preference for looped trend. melodies and drawn out "e song in general build-ups. carries a fun, crazy feel "e album starts o# exempli!ed by light, fast with “Here to Fall,” a drum beats and a music mix of chill rhythms and video featuring nothing a mildly jazzy piano ac- but literal messy eating. companiment. "e song "e song also features has the feel of spy movie heavy solos by the Rhodes theme and the music piano, an instrument that video of skywriters helps enhance this cool, re- See Tengo, page 17 Pulling an AllNighter?

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Arkham from page 15 needed for !ghting. initially equipped with the iconic Players will have to choose their Tengo from page 15 It seems too easy in the begin- batarang as well as a combination own means of subduing the gun- At !rst, the control for move- ning when you can get away with grappling/spear weapon called the toting goons, whether it is hiding ment – and especially for combat just mashing the attack button grapnel gun. As the game pro- in a vent until the right moment hasn’t been often featured since it – may come o# as too simple. In and never taking a hit. However, gresses, Batman will receive more or jumping from a gargoyle when was made famous by Ray Charles reality, it’s a decent way to ease the as you progress, the game requires gadgets that will assist in trans- a guard’s back is turned. in !e Blues Brothers. player into the game. Before you you to abide by its “free$ow” phi- portation, enemy submission and Fortunately, Arkham Asylum “If It’s True,” the next song, start swinging from gargoyles, losophy: seamlessly moving from access to previously unreachable doesn’t lose sight of Batman’s uses an orchestra intermixed with gliding from rooftops and hurling enemy to enemy and chaining to- areas. reputation as the “World’s Great- optimistic, positive lyrics to create batarangs, it’s important to know gether a large combination of at- "e grapnel gun quickly be- est Detective.” Early on, in an ef- a cheerful uplifting feel. While the how to move around and !ght tacks by using your basic attack, comes one of the most impor- fort to prove he is smarter than song may lack the complex groove some goons. counter and stun. Gadgets and tant gadgets, both as a mode of the Caped Crusader, the Riddler of some songs and the spacey feel "e combat system is a great special takedowns are eventually transportation as well as strate- challenges Batman with a list of of others, this cheery tune is per- example of the old “easy to learn, introduced and further help Bat- gic advantage. "e grapnel gun riddles, interview tapes and tro- fect for keeping your spirits up. hard to master” adage. One but- man bring about his special brand plays a large role in the excellent phies that can be either solved or "is is followed by “I’m On ton used for attacks, one button of justice. stealth missions, where Batman is found somewhere on Arkham Is- My Way,” another uplifting song for countering enemy attacks and Speaking of gadgets, Batman required to stay out of sight if he land. with lyrics and hushed male vo- one button for a cape stun are the comes well prepared when he plans on surviving the threat of While the trophies and tapes cals similar to that of Pink Floyd. three basic buttons that will be shows up on Arkham Island. He is armed guards. can be simply found, the riddles “When It’s Dark” brings us take a little more e#ort and re- back to the peaceful hippie feel. quire the player to use a little more "is song continues the nature brainpower. imagery while featuring chord "ough completely optional, progressions reminiscent of Jethro the Riddler challenges are by far Tull. some of the most enjoyable as- “All Your Secrets” continues pects of the game and feel much to mimic the style, this time of more rewarding than the typi- the Beatles, featuring a soft con- cal inconsequential side quests of templative ballad with nostalgic many other games. lyrics. In fact, many of the band’s "ere are some minor down- songs feature a style reminiscent sides to Arkham Asylum. Playing of the Beatles music and lyrics. through the game will not take "e last three songs are sub- a terribly long time, and even stantially longer in length than though the Riddler challenges the previous nine totaling about and an additional challenge mode 10 minutes each. add some length and options to “More Stars "an "ere Are the game, the main quest is still a in Heaven” resonates with that brief experience. slightly grungy rock feel, while Also, there will be times when “"e Fireside” works as a soft, Batman might need to jump from acoustic ballad. "e schizophrenic one ledge to another, and the album ends with “And "e Glit- slightest miscalculation due to ter Is Gone” which again takes us sluggish controls in a tight spot from soft, acoustic melodies back lead you to fall over the edge and to the grungy, alternative rock. backtrack. While not a huge in- Music is said to be an art form convenience, a few of these misses that demands violation of its pre- will cause some unnecessary and vious rules in order to be beauti- frustrating hikes back to your pre- ful. Every musical movement can vious position. be seen as a reaction to an earlier But these minor issues don’t one. In that sense, this album suc- change the fact that Batman: ceeds, giving the listener a vast Arkham Asylum is an absolutely array of very di#erent songs and phenomenal experience. It comes sounds. highly recommended for anyone While you may not like ev- interested in stealth/action games, ery song on this album, the wide but it is absolutely unmissable for range guarantees that there’s Image courtesy of Rocksteady Studios fans of the Bat. something for anybody.

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"e rest of the cast includes Extract, the newest !lm writ- David Koechner, Beth Grant, KEIKO MATSUI BALLET FOLKLORICO ten and directed by Mike Judge, Gene Simmons, Dustin Milligan Friday, September 25, 8 p.m. DE MEXICO begins in a small $avored extract and Clifton Collins Jr. DE AMALIA HERNÁNDEZ factory owned by a man named Following the protagonist COLIN MOCHRIE Joel. It is the perfect setting to around is something that Mike Friday, February 5, 8 p.m. satirize Joel and his rag-tag gang Judge does well. I was hoping and BRAD SHERWOOD of employees. But, much as in for a bit more in this movie. "e THE 3RD ANNUAL FAREWELL TOUR MASTERS OF Mike Judge’s earlier O"ce Space, picture easily $owed with some the entire !lm centers on the per- exceedingly funny moments and Saturday, October 10, 8 p.m. PERSIAN MUSIC sonal life of one man. "e setting presented a humorous atmosphere Friday, February 26, 8 p.m. is completely irrelevant. It could that contained no poison of forced PARSONS DANCE with have been anywhere. It is merely phony gags. Judge precisely con- a physical location that adds an- trolled the camera to represent the EAST VILLAGE MONTEREY JAZZ other source of stress for Joel. scenes in the best angles. OPERA COMPANY FESTIVAL ON TOUR featuring Joel is a man whose life is un- Judge directed every aspect in REMEMBER ME THE KENNY BARRON TRIO, der perpetual stress. From the mo- of his !lm as expertly as always, REGINA CARTER, KURT ELLING, ment he wakes up to the nights he capturing the audience’s attention Friday, October 23, 8 p.m. spends at the bar, Joel is constant- as they watched Joel’s life slowly RUSSELL MALONE ly abused by life’s annoyances. His circle the drain. I felt like I had KIM WATERS Saturday, February 27, 8 p.m. factory is !lled with idiots, his seen this identical tale before, that home is plagued with the world’s the factory was too similar to the Saturday, October 24, 8 p.m. most pestering neighbor, and his cubicles of O"ce Space or the fu- ARLO GUTHRIE wife promptly denies any “tender ture society of morons in Idiocracy RHONDA VINCENT THE GUTHRIE FAMILY access” past eight at night. Joel to be considered original. RIDES AGAIN trudges through, hoping his ship How many times will Mike AND THE RAGE will come in. Judge write a story about a man Friday, March 5, 8 p.m. Friday, November 6, 8 p.m. Of course, as soon as the sale confounded by the life around of his factory is almost assured, an him, thrust into a worse situation, TIS THE SEASON: EILEEN IVERS: on-site accident involving an em- just to work his way out into a bet- BEYOND THE BOG ROAD ployee’s lower appendage brings ter position and end it with a !nal AN EVENING WITH an even greater degree of chaos to scene that this one guy’s life might EARL KLUGH Friday, March 12, 8 p.m. bear. "e pending lawsuit post- just be on the up-and-up from pones the sale, the nearly handi- now on? I have seen it three times, Saturday, December 5, 8 p.m. PILOBOLUS capped man set to gain a million and time has not sweetened it. dollar settlement attracts a mon- It’s not that this is a bad movie. 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"is are some mid-tempo grooves. are many shudder-inducing songs should not be vocally challenging song is ripe for some huge runs "ere is nothing innovative here. LABEL: Arista in her body of work, none of them for Whitney, however she sounds and incredible gear shifts, but in- Do not expect the Whitney are on this album. strained and even in pain much stead lacks this titular strength. It you know and love because you TRACK PICKS: “Nothin’ But Gone is the Whitney of “I too frequently. is a sadder version of “"e Great- will be disappointed. Consult Love,” “For the Lovers” and “I Have Nothing” and “"e Star- If you can get over Whitney’s est Love of All.” YouTube and your personal mu- Got You” Spangled Banner.” Say hello to a voice, then the more subtle as- "is album features a disap- sic collection for when you want RELEASED: Aug. 28, 2009 Whitney that smells of nostalgia pects of the album can be heard. I pointing version of Whitney’s to hear some real Whitney. Real- and melancholy. "is album is an Look To You really is not too bad, voice. However, there are some ize that this is something di#erent OUR TAKE: !!!!! utter disappointment, !t for a D- aside from Whitney’s voice. It is a good elements worth hearing. It that is not as good. List, talentless hack. disappointment, but from many Somehow Akon got on this al- other artists, this album would be By Chris Ernst bum. "ink David and Goliath, something of which to be proud. Sta! Writer but sad. Akon has nothing on It is under whelming, yes, but Whitney, past or present. only when great expectations are Whitney Houston’s last suc- "e album’s production ranges expected to be met like they have cessful CD was released in 1998. from pedestrian to really quite in the past. "is album is much I Look To You has been highly good. “Nothin’ But Love,” “For slower and requires time to get anticipated since the commercial the Lovers” and “I Got You” are into its groove. No song here is disappointment Just Whitney in all well produced, with interesting good enough to be a classic, but 2002. sound design not usual of a typi- there are a couple of nice ones. "e anticipation has built up cal R&B album. "ey take the fo- “Million Dollar Bill” is the for seven years, the world in des- cus o# Whitney’s voice, which is a most Top 40-friendly. It has a perate need for Whitney to di- good thing. great groove and at least a whisper vorce Bobby Brown and grace the Whitney’s voice is an imi- of Whitney’s old abilities. "ere is universe again. Whitney had the tation’s shadow of its previous a funky guitar going in there and best-selling album by a female art- punching, pounding power. It driving drums to keep it going. ist as well as the !rst female artist sounds like rocks in a sack, com- It does not sound restrained by whose album debuted at the top pared to what it once was. Some Whitney’s new voice, like almost spot on the Billboard 200. would argue that her voice has all the others do. But that was a di#erent per- “matured” appropriately for a However, it is still obvious she’s son in a di#erent time. Without 46-year-old. Others argue that just not what she used to be. "ere any context, this album would her lifestyle is to blame. Regard- are no other songs like this one on not get much attention. "ere is a less, it sounds years beyond what the album, which is a shame be- serious gap between the Whitney it should. cause she struck gold with it. Houston who sang “Didn’t We Because Whitney’s voice has “I Didn’t Know My Own Almost Have It All” and this new exponentially aged, gone are the Strength” is a piano ballad, a poor one. "e album lacks all the star “gear shifts” for which she is fa- decision because there’s nowhere Image courtesy of Arista t4FQUFNCFS tTechnique ENTERTAINMENT Top Chef sizzles in new season TELEVISION o# with a particularly recogniz- and to many people, this is one SUDOKU Top Chef: Las Vegas able guest judge, Wolfgang Puck. of the more alluring aspects of the Other judges include Tyler Flor- show. NETWORK: Bravo ence, Todd English and Natalie As a relatively new Top Chef WHEN: Wednesdays, 9 p.m. Portman. a!cionado, I can report that I "e contestants for this season have thoroughly enjoyed the show 2 GENRE: Cooking, Drama reinforce the bigger and better na- since I began watching it. While PUZZLE 9 Top Chef: Las Vegas STARRING: Padma Lakshmi ture of . "ey most new fans will not under- and Tom Coliccio include some of the most experi- stand some of the culinary terms 15 9 enced chefs of any of the seasons used in the show, they will quickly OUR TAKE: !!!!! as well as a few chefs on the other pick up on them. You may even end of the spectrum. Like always, learn a thing or two about cook- all of the contestants seem to have ing from watching Top Chef. 3 8 1 By Chris Harless their strengths and weaknesses. Avid fans of the series are natu- Contributing Writer "e chefs from this season in- rally very excited for the new sea- clude a 2009 James Beard nomi- son, and they are de!nitely excit- 2 8 1 6 7 "e beginning of the new nee and a chef who worked with ed for good reason. "e !rst two school year marks the return of Eric Ripert, a superstar in the episodes of the season were !lled many of our favorite shows. "e French-American culinary world. with di#erent twists and exciting 4 3 premiere of Top Chef: Las Vegas Of course, there are lesser-known challenges, and I fully expect to occurred on the same night as the chefs as well including a caterer see more twists and turns as the !nale of Top Chef: Masters. "e and several restaurant owners. season progresses. sometimes deemed inferior, Top All of the chefs are given an If you already watch Top Chef, 2 6 4 Chef: Masters managed to reduce equal chance of winning the then the new season will surely some of the anticipation for the grand prize. "is prize is normally live up to your every expectation. normal Top Chef over the summer $100,000 and a feature in Food If you don’t currently watch the 4 5 months, but fans are still under- and Wine magazine. However, show, then Top Chef: Las Vegas standably excited for the return of this season’s prize is even bigger will de!nitely turn you into a fan the real Top Chef. than previous seasons because it of the series. I know I look for- 6 5 7 3 8 "e host of the show, Padma also includes $100,000 of mer- ward to the rest of season six and Lakshmi, promises that this sea- chandise from Macy’s. many more seasons to come. son will bring “more chances to "is season also has the added 1 2 4 win big than ever before.” "at drama of a sibling rivalry. "e certainly !ts in with the Las Ve- two brothers, Michael and Brian gas setting of Top Chef season Voltaggio, are expected to be very six. "ere will likely be some very competitive with each other, and 4 5 interesting Sin City themed chal- it is already apparent that this is lenges including the occasional true. Although they live about high-stakes Quick!re Challenge. 3,000 miles apart, that competi- "ese challenges give the contes- tive sibling rivalry is still very Fill in the grid so that every tants the opportunity to win large much alive. cash prizes. Top Chef is a rare type of reality row, column and 3 by 3 box "is season promises to be big- show. In most shows of this genre, ger and better in every way. As the contestants frequently !ght or contains the digits 1 through 9. always, the guest judges include argue, but this rarely happens in some big names from the culinary Top Chef. It’s refreshing to watch a world as well as some big celebri- show with people who are respect- 4 ties. "e season premiere started ful to one another for a change, Image courtesy of Bravo 7 6 3

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It to that point. was one of !ve touchdowns for the “Maybe we should have Jackets on the day as they cruised knocked the crap out of them to a 37-17 victory over Jackson- in fall camp; they wouldn’t have ville State University at Bobby dropped it so much. We have to Dodd Stadium to earn their !rst get it !xed,” said Head Coach win of the 2009 campaign. Paul Johnson. "at !rst play, an option pitch Tech’s defense held the JSU of- to Dwyer, was executed to perfec- fense in check, with Morgan sack- tion. All of the linemen, backs, ing Ivory on third down to force and receivers took their respec- JSU to punt. Sophomore corner tive blocking assignments out of back Jerrard Tarrant caught the the play, and when Dwyer caught punt at his own 32-yard line and the pitch from junior quarterback dodged around several Gamecock Josh Nesbitt, he had a wide-open defenders as his blockers led him !eld ahead and ran to the end to the end zone. zone untouched. Tarrant’s touchdown was the “"at play is designed to get !rst punt return TD for Tech the ball to the edge, and they since Jonathan Smith did it in made good blocks, the A-backs 2003, and it was the !nal score of made good blocks and Josh [Nes- the half. "e Jackets took a 31-7 bitt] made a big read,” Dwyer said. lead into the locker room. On the ensuing kicko#, red- Tech rested several of their shirt junior linebacker Anthony !rst-string players throughout the Barnes forced a fumble that fresh- 1IPUPCZ%PVH,JN Student Publications second half thanks to the big lead man safety Jemea "omas recov- Jonathan Dwyer jumps over a Jacksonville State defender to score his second touchdown of Saturday’s game. and the short week before "urs- ered, and Tech was in position to Dwyer had 95 yards rushing, including a 74-yard touchdown run on Tech’s "rst o!ensive play of the season. day’s game against Clemson. take a big lead early in the game. Dwyer did not take the !eld af- "e Gamecock defense stopped Tech got the ball back but On Tech’s !rst drive of the bitt took the !rst snap and !red ter halftime; he !nished the game the Jackets near the goal line, had an unsuccessful drive, going second quarter, Nesbitt ran the a dart to "omas, who caught it with seven carries for 95 yards and though, and Tech settled for a three-and-out after a dropped o#ense well until he fumbled the and gained 56 yards on the play, two touchdowns. 20-yard !eld goal by junior kicker pass by sophomore A-back Embry ball in JSU territory, negating the longest completed pass of Nes- As a result, several of the Jack- Scott Blair to take a 10-0 lead. Peeples on third down. On the what would have been a long run. bitt’s career. ets’ reserves were able to get signif- When JSU !nally started Jackets’ next possession Nesbitt "e Gamecocks made the most “It was a good pass, I thought I icant playing time in the second their !rst o#ensive possession, engineered a second touchdown of Tech’s mistake and marched was going to score. I didn’t know half. Freshman linebacker Julian they went nowhere. Quarterback drive that ended when Dwyer down the !eld towards their !rst the corner was behind me, but it Burnett was one backup who took Marques Ivory, a Georgia na- hurdled his way into the end zone touchdown. was a good pass. "e coach had advantage of the time on the !eld, tive starting for the Gamecocks from !ve yards out, giving Tech a "e drive was capped o# with told us to keep running deep and as he made !ve tackles in the third in place of suspended senior 17-0 lead. a trick play: JSU receiver Brooks stretch the safety out,” "omas quarter and !nished the game Ryan Perrilloux, had his !rst For the drive, Nesbitt had Robinson took the snap and threw said. with a team-high nine tackles. pass knocked down at the line three runs for 29 yards and com- a screen pass to Ivory, who !red to "ree plays later, Nesbitt ran “Just knowing that someone of scrimmage by junior defensive pleted an 18-yard pass to junior Robinson for a touchdown to put the ball himself and scored a ten- [has] my back in case I go down… end Derrick Morgan. wide receiver Demaryius "omas, the Gamecocks on the board. "e yard touchdown on the keeper to that takes a lot of pressure o# me,” “I saw the ball and saw it was a and he narrowly missed on a pass score cut the Jackets’ lead to 17-7. put Tech ahead 24-7. said junior linebacker Brad Je#er- screen, and my !rst reaction was to redshirt junior A-back Anthony Tech started their next drive After another brief JSU posses- to get my hands up,” Morgan said. Allen. on their own 27-yard line. Nes- sion, redshirt freshman quarter- See Football, page 24

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Kate DuBard will be a strong the UGA Equestrian Complex Hubbard was the second to Tech lost two of their top returner for the Jackets this TUBUTBOERVPUFTGSPNUIF in Bishop, Ga. Both teams fell !nish for the Jackets in her male runners from last year season after earning All-South QPTUHBNFQSFTTDPOGFS- to the Bulldogs by the same !rst ever collegiate race; she in E.C. Gibbs and Nazar Tril- Region honors with a 22nd- score of 50-15 as Georgia !nished 16th overall and com- isky, but the team returns sev- place !nish at the NCAA FODF POMJOFBU swept the top positions in both pleted the race in 19:34. eral veterans in seniors Matt South Region Championships NIQUE.NET the women’s 5,000-meter and On the men’s side, the !rst Hickey and Billy Mateker and last year. Volleyball drops two in road set Rebuilt D-Line Jackets fall against host MTSU and Ohio, beat NIU sees !rst action By Nishant Prasadh Sports Editor against JSU By Matt Ho!man After an exciting opening Advertising Manager weekend in which the volleyball team took down Georgia While many aspects of the football team and opened the season by win- entered the season with few questions due ning their !rst three games, to the many returning starters on both sides the Jackets stumbled in their of the ball, the defensive line lacked such a !rst road series of the season. luxury. "e front four saw three starters leave Tech dropped two of three in defensive end Michael Johnson and tack- games in last weekend’s Blue les Vance Walker and Darryl Richard, all of Raider Bash at Murfreesboro, whom were NFL draft picks in April. Tenn., falling against host Junior defensive end Derrick Morgan was Middle Tennessee State Uni- the lone returning starter on the line and re- versity in four sets and Ohio ceived the task of anchoring the unit. Over- University in !ve sets before all, the veteran was pleased with his talented rebounding to sweep the Uni- but less experienced teammates in Tech !rst versity of Northern Illinois game Saturday against Jacksonville State. and emerge from the weekend “I think [the defensive linemen] did a 4-2 on the season. good job in stepping up and taking responsi- In their !rst game of the bility and !lling their assignments,” Morgan tournament on Friday night, said. the Jackets battled a 2008 Morgan led the line with !ve total tackles, NCAA Tournament team in four of which were solo tackles. He also led Middle Tennessee and fell in the team with 2.5 tackles for loss, which set four sets due to an inconsis- the Gamecocks back a total of 18 yards. tent performance. "e game "e rest of the front four were relatively was fairly even early in the !rst %at for the season opener. Redshirt junior set, as Tech took advantage of defensive end Robert Hall had three tackle the MTSU squad’s mistakes assists. "e new defensive tackles, redshirt to build a 7-6 lead, but the sophomore Jason Peters and redshirt junior Jackets were unable to keep Ben Anderson, each had one tackle on the pace beyond that point in the day. set. "e Blue Raiders took 14 “I would have liked to go in there and of the next 16 points as they blocked !ve attack attempts 1IPUPCZ,FMWJO,VP Student Publications See D-Line, page 24 and forced Tech to burn two Alison Campbell bumps the ball during a game at O’Keefe Gym. Campbell has made four starts for timeouts, and the hosts even- the Jackets this season and has provided a solid defensive presence at the outside hitter position. tually took the !rst set 25-14. Tech managed to come chipped away at their lead rors. "ose mistakes were the and an untouched service ace back in the second set; after over time and eventually tied story of the day for the Jackets, as Tech won the !rst set 25-21. struggling to build a lead as the game at 16. After a four- who hit .143 as a team; the only "e Jackets built up a three- MTSU fought to a 12-12 tie, point run, Tech led 24-22 player to record a hit percent- point lead in the second set, the Jackets won four straight with a chance to win the set, age above .200 was sophomore but Ohio fought back to tie points and did not relinquish but MTSU fought back to outside hitter Bailey Hunter, the game at 15. After Tech the lead en route to a 25-20 win the next two points. "e who hit .364 and recorded 12 took the next point, the Bob- victory, tying the match. teams battled through several kills. Junior libero Jordan Mc- cats went on a 7-1 run to take "e third set was similar to tiebreaker points, and with the Cullers led the defensive e#ort a 22-17 lead, and they cruised the !rst, as the Jackets stayed score tied at 30, the Blue Raid- with nine digs. to a 25-19 victory to tie the close early on before allowing ers !nally took two points in Saturday afternoon’s game match at one set apiece. the Blue Raiders to build a a row to claim the set and the pitted the Jackets against the An early 10-3 run for Ohio big lead. "is time, Tech was match. It was Tech’s !rst loss defending Mid-American in the third set put them ahead down 8-7 when MTSU went of the season. Conference champions in 12-6, with Ellen Herman and on a seven-point run to build “We put ourselves in a posi- Ohio University. Tech got o# Megan Simons combining a 15-7 lead and force the Jack- tion to win set four and con- to a good start, winning the for !ve kills during the run. ets to burn two timeouts. Tech tinue the match, but had too !rst three points of the !rst set While Tech fought back to was unable to put together a many mistakes at the end,” and eventually going up 10-6 within one point at 16-15, the string of more than two con- said Head Coach Tonya John- thanks to two kills apiece from Bobcats would hold the lead secutive points after that, and son in an interview with ram- sophomore middle blocker for the remainder of the set. MTSU went on to win the set blinwreck.com. Asia Stawicka and senior mid- "e Jackets won three consec- 25-20. Freshman outside hitter dle blocker Brittany Roderick. utive points with the set on the "e Blue Raiders jumped Monique Mead once again led "e Bobcats were unable to put line, but Ohio !nally took the out to a quick lead in the the team in kills with 13 and together a run of more than set 25-21 on Herman’s seventh 1IPUPCZ+PO%SFXT Student Publications fourth set, winning the !rst contributed to seven blocks, two points until late in the set, Derrick Morgan closes in on Marques Ivory four points, but the Jackets but she also had ten attack er- and Mead recorded !ve kills See Volleyball, page 25 for a sack during Saturday’s win against JSU.