Friday, March 22, 2002

Jack B. Nimble joins the Mr. President? Mr. President? TECHNIQUE news section and rants Clough answers questions “The South’s Liveliest College Newspaper” about SGA elections. from State of Institute address. ONLINE http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/technique NEWS page 3 NEWS page 3 Serving Georgia Tech since 1911 • Volume 87, Issue 27 • 36 pages Opinions 10 · Focus 17 · Entertainment 23 · Comics 28 · Sports 36 Hackers strike OIT, compromise staff info By Tony Kluemper mised, allowing nearly 350 gigabytes curity numbers of numerous em- Although nothing may come of since July 1, 2000 to contact their Assistant News Editor of data to be transferred from the ployees. At this point OIT is esti- the network invasion, OIT officials credit card companies and inform business server. mating that nearly 1,000 faculty and warn that there could be potentially them of the situation. Earlier this month, Tech was at- Once inside the system, hackers staff could be affected by the hack- “serious ramifications” to members In addition, the Institute itself tacked by a group of computer hack- were able to view files from as far ers’ actions. of the faculty and staff. According has taken steps to ensure that the ers who gained illegal access to records back as July 1, 2000 that were avail- Another problem could result to OIT, the foremost concern at information found on the server on a server within the OIT business able on the server; this is a poten- from the network attack caused by this point is the integrity of any cannot be used to the advantage of office. The exploitation of the serv- tially serious issue due to the the hackers: the information pro- personal information that the hackers the hackers. Tech officials have been er took place on March 9, and since information these files contain. Ac- vided in the P-Card system set up may have acquired. The most alarm- working with the Bank of America that time OIT has been conducting cording to OIT, the information by OIT to allow on-campus credit ing possible ramifications of the at- over the past few weeks to cancel an investigation to determine ex- found in these files included travel card purchases could be compro- tack could include identity theft as the 1,000 P-Cards in the system actly what happened. After prelim- vouchers for employees as well as mised. The P-Card files were also well as unauthorized credit card us- and have them replaced as soon as inary investigation officials at OIT other personal contact information. accessible to the hackers and in- age. OIT is warning anyone who possible. Although the cards were were able to determine that the se- Travel vouchers often include the cluded credit card numbers as well submitted travel or reimbursement curity of the system was compro- credit card numbers and social se- as employee identification numbers. vouchers or used the P-Card system See OIT, page 7

Tech lands million WAM events draw small, excited crowds dollar leadership grant By Daniel Amick the objectification of the body Senior Staff Writer in advertisements as well as the By Eleanor Baccay effects such ads have on audi- Contributing Writer Women’s Awareness Month ences. The following night, kicked off its events late last week, WAM sponsored a concert at The Student Leadership Initiative at Tech and organizers of the annual event Under the Couch. Local folk has just gained the support of a $1 million offered a full slate of speakers, musician Doria Roberts per- endowment. The Bradley-Turner Foun- panels, and activities for inter- formed. dation located in Columbus, Georgia, gave ested students. WAM is an an- Thursday night, students the endowment to Tech to support servant nual event that seeks to provoke gathered at the Campanile for leadership internships and other student student discussion of women’s “Take Back the Night.” The leadership activities. issues and women’s role in soci- annual event aims to reduce in- Since the gift is an endowment, Tech ety. cidents of sexual violence through will only be able to spend the interest earn- “In a campus where females education. Rape survivors spoke ings the $1 million produces. The endow- are a minority, it is important to about their experiences and par- ment is a permanent gift, so Tech will be offer events in which people can ticipants held a candlelight vigil able to use it towards student leadership hear a side of the story they might and march around campus. activities forever. The gift will arrive this not have a chance to [hear] oth- Overall, “the response this coming fall, and the money will be used erwise,” said Jonathan Morris, year has been great,” said Mor- starting next year. Co-Chair of the WAM com- ris. Numbers decreased some- Professor Arnold Stancell, Tech’s Chair mittee. what because, last year, of Servant Leadership, will be teaching a WAM events kicked off Panhellenic members were re- course on servant leadership in order to March 12 with a women’s fit- quired to attend some lectures help students develop leadership skills that ness lecture and question and and events, he said. emphasize collaboration and respect among answer session given by Keri “This year, we decided we leaders and their peers. Students who take White, Program Coordinator at didn’t want people there unless this course will acquire internships focus- the Wellness Center. Later that they wanted to be there,” Mor- ing on service, which the endowment will evening, a student group from ris said. help fund. The endowment will also help the University of Virginia called “So obviously numbers went fund other programs, such as leadership “1 in 4” made a presentation on down, but the discussions at the workshops, that will focus on the goals of sexual assault. The name “1 in end of the programs have in- the student leadership initiative. 4” refers to the number of wom- creased dramatically.” Smaller According to Vice President of Student en who will be sexual assault groups, he said, permit freer ex- Affairs Lee Wilcox, the gift is a step forward victims sometime in their lives. change of ideas and allow for in the direction that Tech has wanted to On March 14, fashion mod- more of a round-table discus- By Daniel Uhlig / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS el-turned social activist Ann Si- sion. See Fund, page 6 Local artist Doria Roberts performed at Under the Couch last monton spoke on the topic of Friday night as one of the Women’s Awareness Month events.. sex in the media. She addressed See WAM, page 4

Red Cross blood Pipe burst evacuates Harrison SGA Elections Presidential Debates drive next week By Jennifer Schur ing smell of “musty old gym socks,” ac- The American Red Cross Contributing Writer cording to one resident. The smell was will sponsor a blood drive next not the worst of it, though. Several stu- week on March 26, 27 and Harrison Hall was filled with steam dents were forced to skip class because of 28. The blood drive will be and stench on the morning of Friday, the problem while others rushed to find held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in March 15. Police and firefighters ar- available computers close by to finish the Student Center Ballroom. rived at the east campus residence to find midterm papers. a battalion of irritated women, many of Meg Morris, a first year AE student, whom left showers, take-home midterms called the Georgia Tech police around FASET leader and sleep behind in their dorm rooms for 11:20 a.m. to report the alarm; no Peer what was thought to be just another false Leaders or Peer Advisors were present to earns top honors alarm. do so. Fourth-year CE major According to Harrison Peer Advisor “When I called the police, they said Glen Iannucci was awarded Amy Kruse, the disruption was caused they were already aware of the situation the regional Outstanding Stu- when maintenance workers attempted and someone was on their way, even though dent Leadership award last to turn on the steam to Cloudman Hall, no one arrived for a good ten minutes,” a dorm adjacent to Harrison. The result said Morris. week by the National Orien- By Ian Clark / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS tation Directors Association. was the bursting of a steam pipe that “Once they did, the officer walked up filled the third, uppermost floor with very nonchalantly as if it was just another Andrew Keen, E.W. Looney, and Tiffany Massey debate at Iannucci has served as a the Campanile on Thursday. Elections run March 25-27. FASET leader for the past hot steam, filled the stairwell with a few three years. inches of water and made the entire build- See Steam, page 4 2 • Friday, March 22, 2002 • Technique NEWS

Technique Online Voice Your Opinion! From the archives... Last issue’s poll garnered 46 responses to the question: “Have you decided how you will vote in the SGA presidential race?” The ‘Nique’s top stories from past April Fool’s:

year ago: April 1, 2001—Since there was no April Fool’s 1 edition 30 years ago, the Archive Staff has found more recent history. Last year the Techlique staff announced a new initia- tive formed by Tech administrators called GT STUPID— Students Trying Unusually Intoxicating Drinks.

years ago: April 1, 1992—Tech president Pat 10 Crecine officially announced that the April Fool’s edition of the ‘Nique would be the last for the student-run newspaper. NationsBank donated $20 million to Tech for a new basketball area.

years ago: April 1, 1982—Members 20 of the ‘Nique staff created their own tabloid entitled Irrational Enquirer for the celebration of April Fool’s ‘82. Stories included the reported romance between Dean Dull and Image by Ian Clark / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Elizabeth Taylor, a new scientific This week’s online poll is about the Ferst Center. Do the shows at cure for calculus, Satan worship at a the Ferst Center interest you? Have you ever been to one? Tell us local emporium, and a coed pos- what you think at www.cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/technique. sessed by the devil. NEWS Technique • Friday, March 22, 2002 • 3

Political Notebook 2001 State of the Institute Address with Jack B. Nimble Ask President Clough Clough answers student questions from fall Jack here. I’m pulling double power-hungry peers dole out mon- duty for Sports and News this week; ey and insults. How does Georgia Tech plan to increase the number of women Derek and Jody are slave drivers. Steps to winning an election (as and minority students? What strategies are in place to utilize Thanks for reading my first politi- evidenced by this year’s candidates) student organizations and external resources such as Tech’s cal notebook. I’ve been out there 1. Get a website. Talk at meet- connection with metro-Atlanta HBCU’s in our recruiting efforts? tracking this year’s SGA candidates, ings. Commiserate with your audi- and I’ve a got a few observations to ence on the horrible state of things As a national leader in bring- Ph.D. in engineering. programs, but in every challenge share. Hey candidates—don’t cry, at Tech. Just be careful of falling ing women and minority students In addition to engineering we lies an opportunity. okay? into this potential pitfall when a into the professions represented are seeing positive growth in mi- First, we have to recognize the Who fooled with the poll? perceptive freshmen asks you a ques- in its mission areas, Georgia Tech nority participation in other ar- inherent value in programs that If you visited the Technique poll tion: appreciates that no single strate- eas. For example, over the past work. One of these is the out- after Friday afternoon expecting to Frosh: You’ve been in SGA for a gy is adequate if progress in this three years, we graduated the larg- standing partnership that is found vote for your Undergrad SGA Pres- while, now.... so isn’t it your fault area is to be made. Today, we est number of African-Americans in the Dual Degree Program. This idential choice, you were probably that nothing’s been done to fix it support and fund an array of pro- with Ph.D’s in Chemistry. Over- program was developed to allow surprised to find a totally different yet? grams ranging from the K-12 to all, we experienced a 3.4 percent students from the Atlanta Uni- question online. What happened, Potential Prez: Oh, it’s in commit- the Ph.D. level with both a cam- increase in the percentage of Af- versity Center schools and insti- you ask? Well my friend Jody found tee being rejected by faculty. pus impact and a national reach. rican-American students over the tutions like Agnes Scott to spend it slightly odd that by around noon Frosh: I understand. So you don’t While there is no specific mea- past five years. The number of two years gaining their liberal arts on Friday, just actually have sure of such activities, we know African-American students at the background before transferring to when the Walton any power at from the experience that we are master’s level grew from 129 in Georgia Tech to complete an en- Press delivers the “Are you the magical Tech, do you? one of the most active universi- 1997 to 149 today, and grew at gineering degree. This program Technique to parking fairy who’s Are you really ties in the nation in support of is unique in that the students ob- campus, over 400 just doing this the participation of women and tain two degrees, one from Geor- people had vot- in a weak at- going to tap me on minorities in the professions rep- “I want to see the gia Tech and one from the ed in the poll. the head at night with tempt to be resented in our curriculum. Even institution they matriculated in, Suspiciously, tapped into so, we appreciate we have much day when the term as opposed to conventional “3-2” nearly 90 percent an R01 pass?” ANAK, that to do. programs where only one degree of the votes cast monolith of We have had some visible suc- ‘under-represented is obtained. As of today, over 800 went to just two Tech power? cess in our efforts. For example, minority’ no longer students from the AUC schools candidates, with 2. Compli- in engineering, Georgia Tech is have participated and a growing one logging nearly 60 percent of ment everyone and their favorite currently ranked number one in has any meaning.” number of women from Agnes the support. Jody and Matt smelled professor on how great they’re do- the production of all degrees for Scott are using this route. a rat (or two), which is why you saw ing at fighting the system. Do this African-Americans, number one Another success story is the a new poll question. on your website especially. This in the number of undergraduate the undergraduate level from 867 FOCUS program, which was SGA inbreeding method is good to prove to people degrees conferred to women and in 1997 to 886 today. Over the founded ten years ago to encour- I’ve noticed that around here SGA that you’re human, too—that you in the top five among graduate past decade, the number of women age minority students to under- is an internalized organization—its like people and gosh golly they like degrees conferred to women. The students increased 42 percent from take graduate study in professions workers are part of an “old boy’s you too! publication Black Issues in Higher 3,025 to 4,292 in 2001. like architecture, business, engi- club,” if you will, of people who are 3. Complain about how mis- Education recently hosted a re- What lies ahead? My goal for neering and science. With Geor- obsessed with the flag building— used student funds are. Wait! If you’re ception for Georgia Tech, citing Georgia Tech is to continue to be gia Tech’s encouragement and the atrium is their daddy—that po- a candidate, you must already be an us as the first university in U.S. a leader in the nation in helping financial support for accommo- dium is their opium. SGA lackey. Still, you are different. history to have graduated the larg- address the disparities created by dations and travel, junior and se- No one joins in their 3rd year You have new ideas. Check them est number of African-American the discriminatory practices of the nior level students from around fresh with ideas for reform and ren- out at my spiffy website: engineers at all degree levels, bach- past. I want to see the day when the nation come to our campus ovation after experiencing Tech for www.iamatool.com. elors, M.S. and Ph.D’s, in the the term “minority” or “under- for a convocation during Martin a while to get those ideas, by then 4.Curse that stingy Ferst Cen- same year. According to national represented minority” no longer Luther King, Jr. week. This pro- they’re too jaded to ever think it’d ter, charging student organizations!! statistics for the year 2000, Geor- has any meaning on our campus. gram started with 40 students, but work. You either get sucked in as a 5.Promise cheaper parking. gia Tech graduated 13 percent of The road is not made easier by freshman tool of the system or are the African-Americans with a the absence of affirmative action See Clough, page 7 forced to sit back and watch your See Jack, page 6 4 • Friday, March 22, 2002 • Technique NEWS

There is a $50 fine for all people WAM from page 1 Steam from page 1 caught not leaving when an alarm sounds to prevent residents from WAM continues with more drill.” letting a false sense of security allow events next week. Monday the CAN With steam piping out of the them to stay in their rooms. Film Group presents a showing of third floor’s bathroom windows, When rooms were keyed into by Boys Don’t Cry, and Tuesday Anime- observers became afraid that the housing employees, many people O-Tekku presents “Women in building was on fire. Firefighters were found still in their rooms. Fresh- Anime.” WAM concludes Thurs- rushed in soon after the police. When man ME major Meagan Pittman day with an Open-Mic night at housing officials became concerned was sound asleep when the pipe’s Under the Couch. Students will about water damage to the rooms rupture caused the halls to ring. With have the opportunity to share poet- they keyed into them to check. A her bed situated in the far end of a ry, prose, and musical works related preliminary walk through did not quad room, the alarm did not wake to the theme, “closing the gender result in any reports of damage. her for ten minutes. gap.” An email to residents advised, “I woke up to the sound of a fire WAM began in 1997 as Wom- “If you notice anything please tell truck outside my window,” said Pitt- en’s Awareness Week. Then-presi- (your PA or PL) immediately and man. dent of the Georgia Tech Women’s fill out a maintenance request” on- “Then I realized the alarm was Student Union, Jennifer Orr, be- line. The email asked for reports of going off and my room was empty, gan the program with the goal of harm to any common areas as well. so I just went outside—no contacts, increasing awareness of women’s is- By 1:30 p.m. the steam was suc- pajamas, completely confused. Then sues at Tech. The program was cessfully turned back on and hot I had to stand outside for like 45 extended to the entire month of water was restored to the building. minutes without being able to see!” March beginning in 2000. Friday’s incident was the first Pittman was not fined. time this semester an alarm was to Residents’ apathy to alarms wor- If you would like more information signal a valid alert to vacate the build- ries Kruse, who stated in her email on WAM, or would like to get in- ing. An informal survey of Harri- to residents that, “[We] admit that By Daniel Uhlig / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS volved, stop by the Women’s Resource son inhabitants reveals that they’re most alarms are false but please don’t WAM keynote speaker Ann Simonton, former fashion model turned Center or go online at forced to evacuate the building due test it, because one day it might not protester, presented Sex, Power and the Media” last Thursday. www.cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/wam. to an alarm almost once a month. be [false].” chniqu NEWS Technique • Friday, March 22, 2002 • 5

Council Clippings Senate and House Graduate elections House adds issue remain uncontested meetings to bylaws By Jody Shaw By Jody Shaw News Editor News Editor

At Tuesday’s GSS meeting, Graduate The Undergraduate House of Repre- Student Government President Trey Chil- sentatives flew through one of its longest dress announced that the races for both legislative agendas in recent memory and executive Graduate Student Government adjourned its meeting at 9:30; a change offices—President and Vice President— welcomed by Executive Vice President Nate remained uncontested. Alan Michaels, who Watson and many of the other representa- is running for President, and Douglas Des- tives. In the short amount of time it met, Camps, who is running for Vice President, the House made a number of important are both graduate students in the School of decisions; the most important being a change Electrical and Computer Engineering. to the UHR bylaws that fundamentally The Senators only had enough time to alters the way it conducts business. consider one bill before their noon adjourn- The bylaw amendment, which was con- ment—a joint resolution to the MOVE ceived by Watson and endorsed in bill form Office and President’s Council. The bill, by President Chris Kavanaugh, creates a authored by At-Large Senator and Vice new type of meeting—issue meetings. At President of Finance Dave Maybury, al- By Brian Oxford / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS these meetings, representatives will work to lowed the two organizations to move up to Freshman Representative Caroline Pflueger and FreshGA member Michael Lehman discuss issues, craft resolutions and create Tier Two status for budget considerations. listen at a recent UHR meeting. Tuesday, the House revamped its meeting proce- plans of action to solve problems that affect The move to Tier Two allows the groups dures. the general student body. These meetings to come into compliance with SGA fund- will be a change of pace for a group that at ing policy. Tier Two groups, like Student Bills Considered this time spends almost all of its time con- Publications, Drama Tech and ORGT may Undergraduate House of Representatives sidering financial allocations and crafting a budget.

hire staff to assist in their administration Allocation to the Men’s Volleyball Team Author: Dusty Riddle passed ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ and do not have to charge their members ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ UHR will continue in its role of allocat-

Joint Allocation to the T-Book Author: Katie Rhodes failed ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ dues. Though the Senators quickly accept- ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ing funds, but new allocation bills will only

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Joint Allocation to GT Muslim Stu. Assoc. Author: Nadia Mahmoud passed ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ed moving President’s Council into the ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ UHR convenes. Originally Watson hoped

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bers of the President’s Council. All of our Joint Resolution to GT Mock Trial Team Author: Nadia Mahmoud tabled too delayed, and, therefore, Brian George ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○

members are members of other organiza- Ammendment to UHR Bylaws Author: Brian George tabled offered an amendment to provide the House

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tions in which they pay dues,” said Natasha Resolution on the Campus Master Plan Author: Stephen Popick passed with more flexibility.

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Goguts, PC Governing Board Chair. Ammendment to UHR Bylaws Author: Chris Kavanaugh tabled George’s amendment stated that the

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Still, some senators argued that PC did Ammendment to UHR Bylaws Author: Chris Kavanaugh passed House would hold at least three issue meet-

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not do enough to warrant Tier Two status. UHR Bylaw Ammend. (Art. I) Author: Brian George passed ings, with the representatives setting the

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“It does not seem that the President’s UHR Bylaw Ammend. (Class Apport.) Author: Brian George passed schedule in the beginning of each semester.

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Council serves a function other than com- UHR Bylaw Ammend. (MAL) Author: Brian George passed The other members of the House seemed

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munication,” said Chemical Engineering UHR Bylaw Ammend. (Absences) Author: Brian George tabled to like Watson’s concept, and with the add- ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Senator Roy Furbank. ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ed flexibility provided by George’s amend-

UHR Bylaw Ammend. (HAC) Author: Brian George tabled ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Civil Engineering Senator Michael Dodd ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ment, the House approved the bill nearly

UHR Bylaw Ammend. (ENC) Author: Brian George passed ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ in favor of moving PC, cited that the group ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ unanimously.

UHR Bylaw Ammend. (Open Meeting) Author: Brian George passed ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ has great potential to positively change the ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ In order to aid in keeping its normal

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UHR Bylaw Ammend. (Joint Procedures) Author: Brian George passed ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ it could be better utilized as a Tier Two ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ organization. The senators passed the bill. Graduate Student Senate See UHR, page 6

Joint Resolution to MOVEAuthor: David Maybury passed

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from page 3 CS majors to man your staff, have from page 5 for students who will use the library from page 1 Jack him rig Technique polls, infect stu- UHR and Innovative Resource Learning Fund Hasn’t every SGA President attempt- dent computers with a running ban- the House will continue to consid- Center, when it is complete in sev- achieve with its student leadership ed to do the same thing? What makes ner that opens along with internet er conference committee bills, bud- eral years. The bill proposed to gate initiative. He assured that the Insti- you any better? Are you the magical explorer boasting your campaign (ok, get bills and appointment bills, Atlantic and Cherry Streets rather tute would continue to seek out for parking fairy who’s going to tap me so that was my idea—not one cur- provided that they were in new busi- than closing them as is included in new ways to fund its programs to on the head at night with an R01 rently used by one of our candi- ness at the previous general meet- the current plan. Popick and the foster more leadership skills in Tech pass? Don’t tell me what you want dates). Then complain about the ings, at issue meetings as well. other representatives felt that such students. to do, but how you plan on accom- CoC and its cheating ways. In other news, the representa- an action could create an unsafe “Tech will continue to seek more plishing something that even some- 7. If you need one last thing to tives unanimously passed a resolu- situation where students have no funding for its leadership initiative,” one who had such adoring fans that push yourself over the winning edge, tion authored by At-Large transportation to and from the cen- said Wilcox. they dressed in cows suits couldn’t talk about the lack of liberal arts Representative Stephen Popick. ter of campus at night. do. Thanks. and lack of support for them. Or Popick’s bill encouraged an amend- The House also failed an alloca- For more info about the leadership And my personal favorite method: just repeat the argument found in ment to the campus master plan to tion bill for the first time in several initiative, check out the November 6. Recruit the most personable number 4. allow for late night Stinger service meetings, denying funds to T-Book. 21, 2001 issue of the Technique.

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CETL Celebrating Teaching and Learning Day Clough from page 3 because of its success over time, this year attracted 346 students from 105 universities around the nation. And this year we added two new elements to FOCUS. First we in- cluded a group of very bright mi- nority high school students from local schools and invited their par- ents to join us. Second we added 20 “fellows” at the senior level consist- ing of Ph.D. students about to ob- tain their degrees or those already in post-doc positions. In post-FOCUS surveys we have found wide appre- ciation for the elements added this year. Once female or minority stu- By Daniel Uhlig / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS dents are here, Georgia Tech seeks President Wayne Clough speaks at his State of the Institute address. He to retain them through resources will answer questions from the event in the ‘Nique for the next few weeks. provided in the Office of Minority Education and the Women’s Re- closely with the Atlanta school sys- work of universities and federal agen- source Center. In 1996 we created tem to support students with strong cies that would work together to the Office of Diversity Programs, qualifications to come to Georgia help improve the role of women and in 1997 the Women’s Resource Tech. And this past year we received and minorities in engineering and Center in the Division of Student a gift from a major foundation that science. This effort, entitled Affairs that delivers programs across has allowed us to hire a recruiter EMERGE, now has over twenty By Daniel Uhlig / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS campus to help everyone understand who specializes on Hispanic stu- top universities and many federal President Wayne Clough participates in a flight simulation with AE the need for an appreciation of the dents. agencies as members, and has been Professor Eric Johnson at CETL’s teaching displays on Wednesday. value of diversity and to support Georgia Tech has sought special cited by the National Science Foun- women students. Today Georgia funding in national competitions dation as a model for success. Tech has one of the highest reten- to support our efforts at the gradu- Beyond the activities described tion rates for women and minority ate and post-graduate level and to to this point at the Institute level, continue to have very tight access students in the nation. allow us to build our national lead- many units at Georgia Tech have from page 1 OIT control in place on many other servers Other efforts designed to help ership role. We are one of only a few their own programs that are tai- canceled immediately after the in- as well. us recruit minority students include schools to have received two multi- lored to meet specific needs. The cident, Bank of America reported However, officials are quick to the work of the Office of Under- million-dollar grants from the Na- College of Engineering has been a that there appeared to be no unusu- point out that often network at- graduate Admissions, which now tional Science Foundation, one to leader, but today all of our Colleges al activity with any of the P-Cards tacks are hard to prevent. has an advisory board of current support recruitment and retention have active and visible programs. in the system since the system break- According to OIT, network at- African-American and Hispanic stu- of women and the other for similar The Ivan Allen College, through in took place. tacks are “sadly commonplace phe- dents who serve as hosts to selected purposes for minority students. Four the national leadership roles of its In order to prevent something nomena on university campuses,” campus events, provide support— years ago with the help of Dr. Mark faculty and Dean Sue Rosser and like this from happening again, OIT and universities are particularly tar- telephone and e-mail—in recruit- Smith of Electrical and Computer Chair Willie Pearson, is playing a officials have altered access to the geted because of “their open society ing students, and serve as ambassadors Engineering, we set out to use out significant role not only in improv- system that was exploited and will culture.” to their home high schools. We work strengths to create a national net- ing conditions here, but nationally. page 10

Quote of the week: Editorial Board: “I do not think there is any other quality OPINIONS so essential to success of any kind as the Matthew Bryan, Editor-in-Chief quality of perseverance. It overcomes al- Technique • Friday, March 22, 2002 most everything, even nature.” Jody Shaw, News Editor —John D. Rockefeller Mary DeCamp, Opinions Editor OUR VIEWS Consensus Opinion Jennifer Hinkel, Focus Editor Andrew Santelli, Entertainment Editor Derek Haynes, Sports Editor Hacking unfortunate, inevitable Daniel Uhlig, Photography Editor Jamie Schulz, Advertising Manager A group of hackers broke into a server at the Office of Matt Flagg, Online Editor Information Technology over Spring Break and proceeded to Jennifer LaHatte, Managing Editor download files that contained credit card numbers and other personal information belonging to some students, faculty and staff members. The hackers also placed contraband files onto the computers leading to additional consumption of network bandwidth. While it is unfortunate that things like this happen, high- profile research institutes like Tech will always be a target. Employees should obviously work to defend against these imminent attacks, but more critically they should treat the storage of sensitive data with special care. If the storage of credit card and social security numbers cannot be avoided then they should be placed on servers that are unreachable from an outside network. This attack only adds to the laundry list of embarrasments the Institute has suffered in the past year. The AA resume debacle, the large number of students accused of cheating in computer science classes and the condemming of the North Campus Parking Deck each played a role in darkening Tech’s reputation. While each incident may not have been the fault of the Institute, the sum of their impact could prove to be more than fodder for UGA fans and have an enduring impact in places DANIEL UHLIG like quality of in-state applicants, athletic recruiting or even national rankings. Tech grads can do better than Philip Morris Out of the twenty-one compa- Marlboro cigarettes, as well as Kraft at rock concerts in Eastern Europe nies represented at the Institute of and Miller Brewing products) is an by “cowgirl” costumed American Vote for the best candidate Industrial Engineers career fair, we entity whose mission is to kill its models. Philip Morris also devel- have got problems with only one: consumers. ops their products with young kids Student government elections will be held next week, and, Philip Morris. Does nobody see them As Philip Morris loses custom- in mind. They add licorice and co- clearly, to encourage a democratic election, all informed stu- as the “evil doers” that they really ers (1,500 smokers in the U.S. die coa, which sound innocent enough, are? each day and 3,000 quit smoking), except that when they are burned dents should vote. We could say that Philip Mor- they must find new smokers in or- they help the nicotine get further But the role of President is really more than campaign ris, together with R.J. Reynolds and der to remain profitable. into your body. promises and agenda items. The student-body president you U.S. Tobacco, make up the real “axis Young people are the most prom- Cigarettes kill more than 450,000 of evil.” ising “replacement” market: 90% Americans every year, which is more choose should strive to build and continuously strengthen Philip Morris is the world’s num- of adult smokers begin before age than those that die from AIDS, al- healthy relationships with administrators and student leaders. ber one tobacco company, and they 18 and 60% before age 14. In order cohol, car accidents, murders, sui- The president is automatically appointed to various com- were on Georgia Tech’s campus last to reach this group Philip Morris cides, drugs and fire combined. And week to recruit bright, young Geor- develops their advertising campaigns Philip Morris needs you bright Geor- mittees throughout the year, and having and maintaining gia Tech students to come to work to target children. gia Tech students to help make a these relationships with other student leaders and administra- for them to help kill people. Seri- For example, free packs of ciga- tors will help to increase the student body’s input within these ously. Philip Morris (the maker of rettes are given out to teenage girls See Morris, page 13 various committees. An ideal student body president will also be present or well represented at all important meetings and events that take place throughout the academic year. This person is the main voice for the entire student body of Georgia Tech and should be prepared to represent that collective voice wherever possi- ble. When choosing a candidate to vote for, these important qualities should be taken into account. It will only benefit Tech students to elect a person who can fulfill these and other important duties. The most effective voters are those that are informed of each candidate’s platform and stance on issues. To learn more about each presidential candidate, students should visit their websites and determine for themselves who they believe is the best candidate for the position.

Andrew Keen: www.votekeen.com E.W. Looney: www.ewlooney.com Tiffany Massey: www.masseyforpresident.com

Consensus editorials reflect the majority opinion of the Editorial Board of the Technique, but not necessarily the opinions of By Matt Norris / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS individual editors. OPINIONS Technique • Friday, March 22, 2002 • 11 Phasing out sports deprives children of life’s lessons TECHNIQUE “The South’s Liveliest College I was listening to a talk radio shootings, I disagree. Games allow Newspaper” program on the way to work the “When kids learn to deal with people to relieve stress and have fun Established in 1911 instead of having to focus on school- other day in my car, and they were tough situations...it helps them to Editor-in-Chief talking about school districts around work all day. It is better for children Matthew Bryan to find out that they are not the best the country banning dodge ball. I better handle more difficult • • • was stunned; this was a game that I when they are young, instead of situations when they are older.” having to deal with their inadequa- News enjoyed when I was young, and it Jody Shaw, Editor was a great way to relieve stress. Scott Meuleners cies for the first time when they are Tony Kluemper, Assistant Editor Assistant Photography Editor older. Daniel Amick, Eleanor Baccay, Even in the school where I went as a Jennifer Schur kid, dodge ball is now banned. Fair- When people are given every- thing and everything is made com- Opinions fax County Public Schools banned Mary DeCamp, Editor this and other games because they do it at first, you try again until you where I have felt left out. When I pletely fair they do not learn to deal Matt Norris was a kid, there were times when I with the reality of life. Kids learn felt that it made children feel as can. Focus though they are “left out” when When I first got to Tech I was was chosen last to play softball or things best when they are young, Jennifer Hinkel, Editor just thrown in here not knowing kickball. Admittedly, I did feel left and they learn from experience. You Madhu Adiga, Joshua Cuneo, they can’t play as well as other chil- Jennifer Lee, Kimberly Rieck dren. what to expect. High school was out when that happened, but I dealt cannot learn to fly an airplane over- Children cannot learn to feel good really easy compared to college. At with it and I am now better off for night, just as you cannot learn to Entertainment Andrew Santelli, Editor about themselves if they do not ex- first, I had no idea what to do when it. I can deal with things without deal with people and situations over- Bryan Basamanowicz, Assistant Editor perience being left out once in a it came time to study in college. always saying that “it’s not fair.” If night. Life is a series of trials and Joey Katzen, Hesam Panahi, Kimberly Rieck, Chris Webb while. This builds character and also This, combined with taking too we ban all of this, who decides what errors. If you take away dodgeball, helps kids to get rid of stress. If we many hours, led to me failing two is banned and what is not? Why you may as well take school away Sports Derek Haynes, Editor are to ban anything that makes chil- classes and having to retake them. should anything be the deciding fac- from them too, and then you are Derick Stanger, Assistant Editor dren feel left out, why should we By experiencing this and learning tor for this? left with a bunch of dumb kids who John Parsons, Al Przygocki, Kimberly Rieck stop with dodge ball and athletic from my mistakes, I learned how to The consequences of children feel bad about themselves because games? Why not just ban learning study, which is helping me get having a fluff childhood is that they they have no accomplishments. Is Production altogether? That can be considered through Tech. When kids learn to are not able to deal with real prob- this a better solution? Jamie Schulz, Advertising Mgr. “unfair” also. When kids learn to deal with tough situations while they lems later in life. I read an article It is much easier to teach chil- Copy Editing dren how to behave when they are Jennifer Schur, Benjamin Small, expect everything to be given to are young, no matter how hard this about a high school cheerleading Tiffany Vliek them and that they will be protect- may seem to them at the time, it squad in California that, instead of mad than to teach anger manage- having cheerleader tryouts, accept- ment to adults. Think of what a kid Photography ed from unfair things at all times, helps them to better handle more Daniel Uhlig, Editor how are they going to deal with difficult situations when they are ed anyone who applied, so no one might do when they are really mad Wade Burch, Darkroom Mgr. would feel left out. This does not versus an adult; it can be a big dif- Ian Clark, Assistant Editor real-life problems when they get old- older. Scott Meuleners, Assistant Editor er? If we are to ban dodge ball and teach a very good life lesson. Sure it ference. If you look over the last Danielle Bradley, Rob Hill, Kimberly century, school violence has increased Hinckley, Peter Jensen, John Jewell, Scott When I was first getting into other activities like it, why don’t we is good for people not to feel left King, Zachary Kraus, Marques McMillan, photography, I really sucked at tak- ban other things like soccer or bas- out, but it is also good for people to in the last two decades. Over the Brian Oxford, Andrew Saulters, Matthias ing pictures. But I was really inter- ketball? People can also feel left out work at something and feel satisfac- last ten years many things have been Shapiro, Clinton Smith, June Zhang ested in photography and wanted when playing these sports. Further- tion for that accomplishment. At a phased out, such as games like dodge- Online Editor to create something that I was proud more, why not stop having children modeling agency in the real world, ball and the Pledge of Allegiance. Matt Flagg of. I worked at it, and by taking a lot learn in school? They feel left out you can’t be expected to be selected To this end, we have not seen a Managing Editor of pictures I learned a great deal. when they are not as good at a sub- unless you are the best applicant for reduction in school violence. Chil- Jennifer LaHatte Now I am a much better photogra- ject as someone else. That is ridicu- the job, so why teach lessons differ- dren should be allowed to go through • • • pher than I was before. I continue lous, you say? Well it is pretty much ent than that while people are grow- childhood without being treated so gently; this builds character and Board of Student to learn more and more about pho- the same thing as banning dodge ing up? If you say that children Publications tography every day. You learn things ball. playing violent games like dodge- teaches children important life les- Dr. Carole E. Moore, Chair ball lead to drastic events like school sons. Life is hard, deal with it. RoseMary Wells, Publications Mgr. by trying them out, and if you can’t There have been many times Billiee Pendleton-Parker, Advisor Advertising and Accounting Nancy Bowen, Business Mgr. Story from the past should inspire us to be better citizens Marcus Kwok, Accounts Mgr. Donna Sammander, Advertising Mgr. Last week marked an interesting thing, it has been that we all need to • • • and very shameful anniversary in “This story proves that there is no look out for each other and be unit- the modern history of America and ed in our actions if we hope to sur- Copyright Notice guarantee that a Good Copyright © 2002, Matthew Bryan, its citizens. Thirty-eight years ago, vive. Editor, and by the Board of Student on March 13, 1964, a young wom- Samaritan will emerge when an Hopefully America has evolved Publications. The Technique is an official publication of the Georgia Tech Board of an named Kitty Genovese was enough since 1964 that no one to- Student Publications. No part of this actual emergency presents itself.” paper may be reproduced in any manner stabbed to death as she was walking day would ever have to go through without written permission from the to her apartment just after 3 a.m. in Mary DeCamp what Kitty Genovese went through, Editor or from the Board of Student Opinions Editor Publications. The ideas expressed herein Queens, New York. If that were the having her helpless cries left unan- are those of the editor or the individual end of the story it would be tragic swered as her life slowly ended. authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Board of Student enough but hardly unique; people The lesson that Kitty Genovese’s Publications, the students, staff, or faculty are murdered in this country every screams or their own consciences ovese would have said that she would neighbors taught this country should of Georgia Tech, or the University System day. summon them out of their easy chairs. be able to count on her neighbors if not be forgotten. They showed us of Georgia. What makes this event so un- Genovese’s killer was caught six she were ever in danger. I would exactly what we should not and hope- Advertising Information Information and rate cards can be found usual is that a total of 38 of Gen- days later. But that didn’t change assume that my neighbors would fully don’t want to be. Did they on our World Wide Web site at ovese’s neighbors heard her screams the fact that a young woman was come help me if I were in trouble, regret not helping her? Hopefully http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/technique/. The deadline for reserving ad space and and cries for help, some even looked dead, and her neighbors had ample especially if they could see and hear at least some of them did. submitting ad copy is noon on Friday, one out of their windows at the scene, opportunity to stop that from hap- any struggle I was going through. No one should ever be so self- week prior to publication. There are no exceptions to this policy. For rate and not one attempted to come to pening. The unfortunate truth is that absorbed and indifferent towards information, call our offices at (404) 894- her aid. Her killer stabbed her three Upon hearing that story I was, many people feel that their own others that they neglect one of the 2830, Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Advertising space cannot be times over a 35-minute period, leav- as most of you reading this proba- lives are too busy and are too wrapped most fundamental aspects of hu- reserved over the phone. TheTechnique ing her for several minutes at a time bly are, shocked and repulsed at the up in them to interrupt their daily manity. We must always look not office is located in room 137 of the Student Services Building, 353 Ferst after the first two stabbings. This lack of human kindness and decen- routines and assist someone in need. only after ourselves but also each Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0290. would have given her neighbors time cy displayed by Genovese’s neigh- If you had been one of Gen- other. Our society would not have Questions regarding advertising billing should be directed to Marcus Kwok at to pull her to safety, but not one bors. ovese’s neighbors, would you have lasted as long as it has if every per- (404) 894-9187, or RoseMary Wells at person went outside to save her or But that was a long time ago; gone out to help her? It’s hard to son that preceded us had only looked (404) 894-2830. to even called the police. I’m sure that people today would be answer one way or another without out for himself or herself and not Letter Submission Policy Her killer finally fled for good much more helpful and compas- knowing the exact circumstances. others, especially during times of The Technique welcomes all letters to the editor and will print letters on a timely after he stabbed her for the third sionate towards their fellow human Maybe they lived in a rough neigh- need or distress. and space-available basis. Letters should be time and saw that this was the cut beings, especially a neighbor. borhood. Maybe people screamed A woman lost her life because hand-delivered, mailed to Georgia Tech Campus Mail Code 0290, or e-mailed to that finally killed her. It was not But that is probably exactly what all the time in the middle of the her neighbors could not be both- [email protected]. Letters until 3:50 that morning that one of someone would have said in 1964 if night and hers were hardly unusual. ered. This truly was a dark day in should be addressed to Matthew Bryan, Editor. All letters must be signed and must her neighbors even attempted to they had been commenting on a We all like to think that we would American history reflecting the most include a campus box number or other call the police. selfish and disturbing part of the valid mailing address for verification crime that had happened several years do the right thing if we were sum- purposes. Letters should not exceed 350 Over the years the name Kitty before. And, obviously, they would moned to help another human be- American character. words and should be submitted by 8 a.m. Wednesday in order to be printed in the Genovese has become synonymous have been wrong. ing, but Genovese’s neighbors We should recognize and learn following Friday’s issue. Any letters not with the general lazy attitude and It’s easy to claim that you can be showed that when it comes right from the story of Kitty Genovese meeting these criteria or not considered by the Editorial Board of the Technique to be apathy that persist in the minds of counted on to do the right thing down to it none of us could be abso- and remember to strive for kind- of valid intent will not be printed. Editors many Americans, not just the peo- when it comes to helping others in lutely sure what we would do. ness and consideration towards each reserves the right to edit for style, content, and length. Only one submission per ple living in this Queens neighbor- their times of need, but this story However, this country has been other. It is plainly and simply the person will be printed each term. hood. proves that there is no guarantee through a lot in the 38 years since right thing to do. Contacting Us Thirty-eight people, many of that a Good Samaritan will emerge Kitty Genovese’s death. Perhaps as We never know when our time [email protected] whom knew her on a first-name when an actual emergency presents a nation we have grown more com- of need will come; it helps to know [email protected] basis, heard her cries for help and itself. passionate of and considerate to- that those around you will not ig- [email protected] continued to go on with their own Before she was murdered, I wards one another since then. If the nore or abandon you when you need Online lives, determined not to let her wouldn’t be surprised if Kitty Gen- last six months have taught us any- them most. http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/technique/ 12 • Friday, March 22, 2002 • Technique OPINIONS

Women continue fight for equality Techs and the City: Could HOPE hurt Tech? We both call ourselves feminists. access to sports and education, for We both define what that means reproduction rights, to help end vi- By Jennifer Hinkel brightest, ising out-of-state students. differently. But one thing remains, olence against women and much Focus Editor the HOPE The only way to remedy the is- we both believe a woman is no less a more. Now Showell says feminism scholarship sue is to reevaluate admission stan- person than a man. We each, as is useless. How can feminism be As an out-of-stater, I heard has actual- dards and, if necessary, make individuals and not as men or women, useless, when we as women are not about the HOPE scholarship for ly achieved adjustments that allow non-Geor- have unique contributions to the constitutionally equal? the first time from my Georgia a lowering gians to be evaluated on the same world around us. All we want is our So here we stand as the third cousin as she decided between at- of stan- basis as those applying with chance to provide our uniqueness wave of the radical notion that wom- tending Clemson and a Georgia dards for HOPE. If the HOPE scholar- regardless of our gender. en and men are equal. Third-wave school. The idea sounded great— in-state ad- ship was all it cracked up to be Cassandra Showell insists that feminism aims to challenge current maintain a B average, and the lot- mission (and if Georgia high school grades the choice is family or career. Many social constructs that would allow tery helps pay your tuition. At the and an elevation of standards for were truly predictive of college fathers have both. Showell says that men what women get, such as child- very least, the idea sounded better those applying from out-of-state. performance), more Tech stu- mothers give up hours to care for care and paternity days—things we than Pennsylvania’s plan, where Many factors can influence a dents would be keeping HOPE family. This in turn justifies lesser should all have right to, regardless the lottery benefits “older Penn- high school grade, and coming past their freshman year. pay, fewer promotions. Instead of of gender. It is not glossing over the sylvanians.” I haven’t yet figure from a Northeastern Catholic Instead of catering to the this penalty for mothers, why not atrocities suffered by women out who those people are or how school, I’ve become well aware HOPE crowd, Tech should in- give the same rights to fathers? In- abroad—rather, it is working both they benefit. College scholarships, that all high school educations are stitute more programs that at- stead of using a mother’s time off at home and abroad to secure basic on the other hand, create a tangi- not created equal. While some stu- tract the brightest out-of-state spent with family as an excuse for human rights and change social ble investment in a state’s future. dents fare well in college calculus applicants. Such programs could lesser pay, use it as a reason to give norms that inhibit our gender. On the other hand, if Tech after taking the course in high bring in students who, instead of men paternity leave and family sick The US has come a long way— administrators worry about grade school, others struggle miserably. choosing Tech, might choose days. Most employers do offer them. just eighty years ago, women couldn’t inflation here, how much more No national scale exists to com- MIT, UVA, Duke or Harvard. And Showell asks about interna- vote; prior to fifty years ago, wom- should they worry about high pare high school grading systems. These students are the ones that tional feminism. Go to the Nation- en weren’t allowed to attend Tech. school grade inflation? HOPE may Is a B in Georgia the same as a B in Tech needs to recruit and retain. al Organization for Women or the Women of today owe our first- and benefit Georgia by keeping the Pennsylvania? Are private school Tech will always have a sig- Feminist Majority website. See how second-wave feminist predecessors smarter students in-state for col- A’s the same as public school A’s? nificant draw from the in-state these groups have been fighting for so much. Their struggles afford us lege (and, hopefully, for post-col- If a student from a Georgia applicant pool, and the student Afghan women way before Septem- the rights women have today. In lege employment), but what if school has an “inflated” B averag- population will always have a larg- ber 11 or how they are working to respecting their pursuits, women incoming students don’t actually e, whether from non-competitive er number of Georgians; such protect a raped woman from a ston- must ensure we maintain the rights have the prerequisite education curriculums, pressure on teachers facts are trademarks of state uni- ing death in Africa. It’s also impor- that our foremothers fought for. college requires? A high school B to award higher grades or other versities. However, this univer- tant to remember that different We won’t put up with our rights is deceiving and unreliable; the grade inflation factors, Georgia sity’s admissions should not have regions of the world require differ- being denied or challenged and we HOPE scholarship makes high schools might admit that student a double standard. Whether in- ent modes of feminism. While white, won’t shut up until our goals are school grades less consistent. only to find him or her unpre- state or out-of-state, applicants middle-class feminists may seek one reached. In conclusion, a question, Losing HOPE after one or two pared for college curriculum. should be evaluated on the same thing, Afghan feminists are seeking why can’t women have it all? Tech semesters seems to be a com- While HOPE might benefit terms. If grading discrepancies entirely different objectives. mon occurrence. I know few stu- employers in Georgia looking to may exist, the admissions board Showell says, “good work” to Virginia Bacon dents who have “held on” to their keep the best and brightest in state, needs to look further into appli- the first wave feminists who got us a [email protected] funding by their third year, and it can equally hurt Georgia’s uni- cants’ high school curriculums vote, gave us the right to own prop- even fewer regain the scholarship versities by lowering their admis- and performance to ensure that erty, and basic human rights. And Jessica Dillard after falling below a 3.0. I fear that sion standards and selecting bright promising applicants do not miss we appreciate second wavers for equal [email protected] in an effort to retain the best and Georgia students rather than prom- out on the Tech experience. OPINIONS Technique • Friday, March 22, 2002 • 13

Morris from page 10 Question of the week difference. All Philip Morris employees work toward their mission whether they’re “Why do you think designing buildings, programming computers or working on the ciga- there was such low rette assembly line. To the Georgia Tech chapter of candidate turnout the Institute of Industrial Engineers: you should aim to hand over these for the SGA elections this year?”

“In order to reach this Macho Brantley Vladi Vidakovic Amanda Driskell group Philip Morris CE Senior ME Sophomore Bio Senior develops their “If they’re like me, “Maybe the involve- “Everyone’s in their advertising they’re too busy doing ment oscillates year to own little world.” campaigns to target work.” year.” children.” Buzz bright students to a finer line of work, rather than guide graduates into the grips of such a malicious company. Around As for you students interviewing with Philip Morris: you still have the opportunity to be true to your own ethics and morals. Give Philip Campus Morris the shaft! You’re too good for them anyway! Zachary Keebaugh Cindy Phillips Alex Cook Eric Buhi Health Educator STAC Freshman ME Grad IDT Grad GT Wellness Center [email protected] “Nobody really cares “It’s because of a “Maybe people have about voting.” general apathy result- finally figured out Jessica Tovrog Feature and Photos by ing from the last how worthless student Tobacco Use Prevention Coord. Andrew Saulters GT Wellness Center presidential election.” government is.” [email protected] pageFOCUS 17 Technique • Friday, March 22, 2002 • 17 You can be a winnah! A Family Legacy... Can you predict who will take home the Eric Patterson follows in the famed FOCUS Oscar statuettes? Take on Andrew Santelli, footsteps of his pro baseball brother and our own Entertainment Editor. Page 23 Tech athlete dad. Page 30 Technique • Friday, March 22, 2001 Islamic students work for awareness INS incident prompts The Muslim Students Association sponsors Islamic Awareness Week to promote questions for student education, awareness, and inquiry among Muslim and non-Muslim students. visa holders By Kimberly Rieck campus the center for a nation- By Jennifer Lee Staff Writer wide campaign to help Imam Contributing Writer Jamil Al-Amin, the former Black Since its charter ten years ago, Panther involved in a high pro- The Immigration and Naturalization Ser- the Georgia Tech Muslim Stu- file murder case in Atlanta. Bashir vice (INS) has been under fire lately due to dents Association has tried to was the Atlanta Coordinator, and news that student visas for two September 11 educate the non-Muslim student helped Muslim student organi- hijackers were only just received by the Florida population on Islam, and pro- zations across the country raise flight school where they studied. vide support and activities for support funds for Jamil Al-Amin. This event has enraged and prompted harsh its members, and non-Muslim Also the organization began a criticism from many people, notably President students. The organization has Web site, hosted demonstrations, Bush, who was “stunned and not happy” when increased their profile, member- and information sessions about he learned of the ship, and community activities the cause. news, and Attorney over the past few years. There During the past week, the General John Ash- are over 400 members in the MSA has held a series of events croft, who called the “We’re organization, and 50 “active” in honor of Islamic Awareness incident evidence of accustomed members. Together with six other week. “It is a week that we cele- the INS’s incompe- Atlanta-area colleges including brate throughout the U.S. The tence. to having the Emory University and Agnes goal is basically to increase the However, on this INS send us Scott College, the Georgia Tech Tech MSA, attributes that to been no verbal or physical con- awareness about Islam across the campus, the Office MSA formed the Inter-Colle- the fact that “Georgia Tech has frontations. community on campus. That is of International Ed- notification giate Muslim Student Associa- been a passive community to- The organization’s profile on why the topics that we included ucation (OIE) is han- months late.” tion of Georgia. The IMSA wards community issues” and campus also rose after the at- are mostly related towards what dling the news calmly publishes the Al-Qalam: The Pen, the administration’s actions af- tacks. The MSA has engaged in concerns non-Islams. For exam- and rationally. Harvey Charles a newsletter for members, and ter the attacks. “The president numerous activities designed to ple, one on is the idea of God, A fact often over- Director, OIE the community. did a good thing. He sent an e- educate the public about Islam. whether he is one or one many” looked by the media After the September 11th ter- mail out to the community, and “After 9/11, there was a certain said Bashir. The week’s events is that the two hi- rorist attacks, the media atten- said whoever did it is not on surge in terms of interest in Is- included everything from guest jackers, Mohamed tion towards Muslim student campus, and not to take it out lam. People were approaching speakers to henna hand paint- Atta and Marwan Al-Shehhi, actually received organizations has increased dra- on us” said Bashir. Also Presi- us asking questions, and wanted ing. approval of their visas prior to last September. matically. Several student orga- dent Clough held a meeting a literature about Islam” said Bash- During the day, an informa- Both men filed requests with the INS to change nizations across the country have week after the attacks with the ir. In response, the MSA offers tion booth was set up where Is- their visas from visitor to student status in come under fire by their respec- MSA and other organizations classes on Islam to non-Muslim lamic students answered September 2000. Atta’s application was ap- tive school administrations, and which Bashir said also helped. students, prayer sessions daily, questions on Islam, showed vid- proved the following July, and Al-Shehhi’s in others have faced persecution. Bashir said that he receives “looks hosts weekly congregational ac- eotapes, displayed costumes, and August. However, the situation is differ- once in a while” and although it tivities, guest speakers, and a provided free food. On Mon- ent on Tech’s campus. Amer was already there, it has “increased weekly information booth. Ad- Bashir, president of the Georgia slightly after 9/11” but there has ditionally, Bashir made Tech’s See Islam, page 18 See Visas, page 21

Women’s Clinic offers options other Feature Photo Health and Fitness Week schools may not for female health By Madhu Adiga “I’d like to think, though, that students Focus Staff are generally aware that information is out there for them, even if they have not March is Women’s Awareness Month, taken advantage of it before,” she said. and along with that comes the topic of It may surprise people to know that women’s health. Breast cancer, sexual services that seem so basic for women’s assault, pregnancy, and other such issues health are not offered at all colleges. Typ- are of great concern to female college ically, public institutions will have more students. extensive options. Georgia Southern, for Tech’s campus is becoming better example, offers most of the same services equipped to address these concerns. The Health Center houses a Women’s Clinic that provides many services that accom- modate a woman’s health needs, includ- “I’d like to think...students ing routine exams by a women’s health are generally aware that practitioner. Both the Women’s Clinic and the information is out there, Georgia Tech Wellness Center have a even if they have not wealth of information about sexuality issues, and a Sexual Assault information taken advantage of it line is available at 404-894-9000. The before.” information line prompts students through various areas relating to sexual assault Hope Sorrells and violence. Basic services included at Nurse pracitioner , Women’s Clinic the Women’s Clinic are counseling, an- nual exams, vaginitis treatment, preg- nancy testing and STD screening, and all that Georgia Tech does, including meth- are in a confidential setting. Along with ods of birth control, emergency contra- various methods for birth control, the ception and pregnancy and STD testing. clinic offers emergency contraception, The University of Georgia has a wom- or “morning after” pills on a walk-in en’s clinic that offers gynecological ex- basis for only $8. ams and testing, biopsies, birth control, “Generally, most of the patients I talk and emergency contraception. Accord- to are well aware of the services we offer. ing to Sorrells, “Most public colleges will By Charles Frey / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS I do have those patients who come in, offer emergency contraception, it’s a pretty Students participate in the 2nd Annual Health and Fitness Challenge held Tuesday at the however, and talk extensively with me basic service and we like to offer it to Shaft and Skiles Walkway. The Department of Housing sponsored this event, which because they did not realize beforehand students.” included health assessments, demonstrations, and fitness challenge activities. Prizes were that Georgia Tech even had a women’s Women’s colleges will also tend to awarded to the Fittest Woman and Man as well as obstacle course “Survivor Teams.” clinic,” said Hope Sorrells, a nurse prac- titioner at the Georgia Tech Health Center. See Health, page 18 18 • Friday, March 22, 2002 • Technique FOCUS

An Untitled Perspective Islam from page 17 Mr. Heathcliff is a time-traveling alien day, the series of guest lectures kicked bar. off with Hisham Homsi’s speech On Thursday, Abdur Rahman on “The Benefits of Islamic Mono- hosted a talk on “Islamic Warfare” “Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest theism.” Homsi is an iman at a in the Student Center Theatre. He mosque. Homsi spoke on how Mus- spoke about Islam’s positions on and most precise account of variousness, possibility, lims practice monotheism much like warfare, conflicts, and weapons. Christianity and Judaism. The event Rahman also teaches the options was held in the Student Center The- class on Islam for non-Muslim stu- complexity, and difficulty.” —Lionel Trilling ater. Dr. Zeki Saritroprak, a profes- dents. By Joshua Cuneo sor at Berry College, came on Tuesday The week caps off with a presen- Contributing Columnist to speak on “Ethics in Islam.” The tation and lecture on “Women in Unfortunately, the current purpose of his lecture was to talk Islam” given by Aminah Assilmi, a I have discovered that the beau- school of thought on the about the different rules and ethics former Southern Baptist woman who ty of English class is its exploration English curriculum is still of Muslims. The first two sessions converted to Islam. into the chaotic realm of millions of had a small␣ turnout which Bashir The lecture will be tonight at diverse ideas and personalities. The- narrow-minded and one-sided. estimates at 7:30 in the Stu- around 50 stu- dent Center the- ories, attitudes, perceptions on life— Joshua Cuneo dents. atre. On March all of these run rampant. Contributing Columnist “After 9/11, there After all, decent literature in any Attendance was a certain surge in 30 and 31, the form serves two functions: first, it dramatically in- MSA will host entertains, and second, it provides cepts, or general random wander- look on life, and, through this thor- creased on terms of interest in the MSA Sports- some medium through which the ings. ough and diverse background of Wednesday for Islam. People were fest to athletes author, illustrator, or filmmaker may The purpose of English class, ideas, have a platform upon which Shabbir Ally’s ranging from 12 comment on any aspect of life he then, is to expose the diverse world he may construct his own unique lecture on Jesus approaching us years old to col- chooses, whether it be the nature of of literature so that each student ideas and consequently improve him- in Islam. The Ca- asking questions, and lege age at SAC. the human race, theories about re- may perceive and attempt to com- nadian Ally After the cul- ality, scientific or sociological con- prehend the human race and its out- See Cuneo, page 21 spoke at the Ferst wanted literature mination of Center a year and those events, the a half ago in about Islam.” organization generating awareness about sexual which he en- Amer Bashir will begin work from page 17 Health violence. This year marked the first gaged in a debate Muslim Student Assoc. Pres. on its long term have most of these services. Agnes “Unfortunately, the option of time that student survivors of rape with Christian goals. Scott’s health center provides birth emergency contraception is not gen- and sexual assault gave their own scholars. Al- The ISMA is control and which would include erally well-known in the communi- personal testimonials, including though he has turned down numer- planning on bringing University of tests for pregnancy or STD’s, as ty,” Sorrells commented. emotional readings from four wom- ous other invitations from other Georgia into the ISMA of Georgia. does Spelman College. Along with the services available en. Muslim student organizations be- In terms of the Tech campus, Bash- Many private institutions, how- at the Women’s Clinic, Georgia Tech In addition to the Women’s Clin- cause of his hectic schedule, Ally ir said that the organization wants ever, especially those with a specific students frequently organize events ic at the Health Center, the Wom- decided to accept Georgia Tech to serve the Muslim community, religious affiliation, do not have all that address women’s issues such as en’s Resource Center has information MSA’s invitation. bring them together, and reach out of these options. Shorter College breast cancer prevention and treat- about activities and seminars relat- “I had a special interest in com- more to the non-Muslim student employs a clinical physician, but ment. ing to Women’s Awareness Month, ing here because my wife’s niece population. does not even offer any diagnostic This past Tuesday night marked and there are several events still avail- attends Georgia Tech so having fam- The MSA wants to contact dif- tests, which would include tests for the 21st annual Greek Chic Fash- able for the rest of the month, and ily here presented a further incen- ferent organizations on campus, and pregnancy or STD’s. Students are ion Show, a popular fundraiser for the schedule is available at tive” said Ally. The Clary theatre speak at their events about Islam. forced to go off campus even for breast cancer research. www.womenscenter.gatech.edu/ had over 80 students in attendance. Last year, the organization spoke at simple blood tests. Students from various sororities events.html. “I enjoyed it, it was interactive to- a sorority event, and wants to ex- Most religiously affiliated insti- and fraternities worked to put on For more information on wom- wards the end, people got involved, pand on its relations with other tutions, such as Samford Universi- this show since the beginning of the en’s health resources and sexual and it showed that people were in- groups, by also having other orga- ty, while they address sexual violence spring semester, and it was a suc- health, visit www.health.gatech.edu terested in the topic. The topic it- nizations speak at their events as and assault, do not account for reg- cessful event. and www.wellness.gatech.edu. You self was very interesting, especially well. ular sexual activity among their stu- Last night, students gathered at can also reach the women’s clinic at to Christian students because it Also, the MSA wants to increase dents and thus do not provide services the Campanile for Take Back the 404-894-1434 to schedule appoint- showed that Muslims believed in turnout for next year’s Islamic Aware- that address sexual health. Night 2002, an event dedicated to ments or ask health questions. Jesus,” said student Mansoor Ba- ness Week.

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together into an incomprehensible scious effort to expose their students Cuneo from page 18 blur, and the student achieves noth- to the most diverse selection of lit- ing but boredom. erature possible. Posing for Playboy, Budweiser self as a person. English classes are particularly Students should read, analyze, Unfortunately, the current school horrendous in attempting to teach and interpret works from classic fic- calendars may, may not mean of thought on the English curricu- students what a piece of literature tion, science fiction, contemporary lum is still narrow-minded and one- means. That’s conformist thinking. fiction, non-fiction, biography, chil- sided. That’s communism. dren’s literature, mass-market liter- trouble for Baylor U. women The majority still holds that stu- The meaning of a literary work ature, film, comic strips, and all the By Brandi Dean be the case. dents must spend all of their time is subject to the individual interpre- rest. The Lariat Bethany McCraw, the associate analyzing the same literature to the tation of the student. This analyzation is the only means dean of judicial and legal stu- point of monotony. The novels and If I decide that Macbeth is se- by which the student may gain a (U-WIRE)Baylor University— dent services who would be in stories read are those agreed by the cretly a drunken prostitute, or that complete realization of the diversi- Photographers for Playboy mag- charge of punishment, said al- mainstream to be the great classics Hester Prynne has telepathic abili- ty of philosophies in particular and azine's "Women of the Big 12 though the handbook lists ex- of English literature and will thus ties, or that Mr. Heathcliff is a time- the diversity of the human race in Conference" feature and repre- pulsion as a possible consequence benefit students the most. traveling alien from the forty-second general, so that they’re not confined sentatives of the 2003: Budweis- of such behavior, that conse- Yet this attitude molds students dimension, and I have the evidence to the narrower range of ideas and er Women of the Big 12 quence is not a foregone conclu- into conformed thinkers, a practice to prove it, then who is to say I am methods of expression offered by Conference Swimsuit Calendar sion—things such as the students' which has befallen previous civili- wrong? cannon literature. will be in Waco, Texas, this week attitude and their honesty also zations. Who has any right to say that Second, teachers should empha- in search of Baylor University would be considered. How can a student truly form my idea is “bad” or my interpreta- size that the interpretations taught women to pose for their publi- "Suspension and expulsion are his own outlook on life when his tion is “false?” in the class are those generally agreed cations, but students who do so always an option, depending on base is limited to Shakespeare and Furthermore, if I decide that Poe upon and accepted by the public, so could face consequences from how grievous the action is," Mc- Dickens? is superior to Hawthorne, or that the student has the complete free- the Baylor administration. Craw said. "All of the sanctions Each student must be given the Shakespeare is worthless trash, or dom to reject any and all such con- Playboy has been featuring listed in the handbook would be opportunity to form his own unique, that Michael Crichton is the most ventions and form his own college pictorials for the past 25 an option. I can't really make a unprecedented, and unconventional brilliant writer in the past century, interpretations. years. When the Big 12 last was blanket statement. There are so perception of life, or otherwise his then how am I more in error than After all, this is English class! included in 1996, President Rob- many variables to each individ- individuality will be severely con- the professors of English who wor- There are no wrong ideas or incor- ert B. Sloan Jr. told the Lariat ual case—it depends on the situ- strained. And what’s even worse, ship busts of Chaucer? rect answers. There are no stupid students who posed for the mag- ation and the circumstances." without exposure to diverse litera- Thus, it seems to me, teachers questions or mistaken beliefs. There azine would be "subject to ex- The other possible punish- ture, Thoreau begins to sound like and professors of English ought to is no false interpretation. pulsion under the student sexual ments listed in the handbook Frost who begins to sound like Bronte abide by two rules. First, in those If you want one exact, unargu- misconduct policy." This time, who begins to sound like Twain. courses that do not follow a stated able answer, then fine—physics class however, that may or may not See Playboy, page 22 The entire literary cannon runs theme, teachers should make a con- is in session right down the hall.

Visas from page 17 “The only reason this Education, also, nothing has Hopefully the implementation changed. At the current time, Charles of a computerized system may offer Nevertheless, “Everyone is point- As a result, international students incident made does not feel that the recent news improvement. ing fingers,” said Dr. Harvey Charles, often begin school before their ap- headlines is because necessitates change, at least within The current process at the INS Director of the Office of Interna- plications to change to student sta- OIE itself. for collecting and tracking infor- tional Education. tus have been approved; the delay is those two students just Charles instead emphasized that mation on students is paper-based; The OIE coordinates arrange- common and even expected. happened to be the the Office of International Educa- however, the INS is transitioning ments for international students Charles confirmed the frequent tion has always done their job well. to a computer-based system which, studying at Tech, providing them nature of this occurrence. 9/11 hijackers.” “Everything we’re required to do, according to Charles, will hopeful- with information on everything from “We’re accustomed to having the Dr. Harvey Charles we do,” said Charles. ly be fully functional by January visas and policies for maintaining INS send us notification months Director, OIE For example, some programs re- 2003. international student status to cul- late,” he said. quire periodic reports on interna- Charles is optimistic that the sys- tural information. He was careful to point out that tional students’ progress, and the tem will improve when the INS In a formal response to the inci- inefficiency on the INS’s part is noth- OIE provides these. completes its transition to a com- dent, the INS stated, “Notices to ing new; therefore, the recent news the 9/11 hijackers.” However, Dr. Charles acknowl- puterized system. students are automatically generat- did not come as a shock to him. “Nothing has changed,” said edged that the OIE’s work is some- “Once we know how to work ed upon approval. Secondary noti- “The only reason this incident Charles, speaking about international what ineffective because those with the new system, notification fication to the school occurs later, with the student visas has made head- student legislation or visa policy since reports, like other documents relat- will be easier and more efficient,” after data is manually entered at an lines,” said Charles, “is because those last fall. ing to student visas, get backed up he said. But for the meantime, said INS contract facility.” two students just happened to be At the Office of International in the paperwork of the INS. Charles, “We’re in waiting mode.”

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Playboy." a couple of obvious differences— times more issues than usual. Playboy from page 21 T.J. Killian, the vice president the models aren't nude. Implied nu- The 200,000 Budweiser swim- are censure, reprimand, probation, produced by University Calendar and co-founder of University Cal- dity is one thing, but we don't show suit calendars University Calendar restitution and eviction. The two Productions for University of Kan- endar Productions, said posing for anything inappropriate." Productions is planning to produce Baylor students who posed in 1996 sas and Kansas State University, some the calendar would be very differ- Killian also said the company will be distributed for free at bars were seniors and therefore not able women posed topless, with their ent than posing for Playboy. He would not have women pose in ways and nightclubs by Budweiser ven- to be expelled. arms or other objects covering their described the models posing top- with which they were uncomfort- dors. Models for the calendar will Regardless, Dr. Eileen Hulme, breasts. able. be asked to attend calendar signings vice president of student life, said it "A student pictured in a Bud- "We make sure everyone is real at local distributions for which they was not something the university weiser calendar would not neces- “We really would comfortable and has a good time," will be paid. administration would look upon fa- sarily produce a university response," he said. "It's a lot of fun." So far, fewer Baylor women have vorably. She said posing for Play- Hulme said. "However, if it crosses believe that posing Models for Playboy would not applied to model for the calendar boy would fall under one of the the line to lewd behavior, we would nude in Playboy be nude necessarily, either. Playboy than those from other Big 12 schools. Student Handbook's definitions of consider disciplinary action." pays its models on a sliding pay Killian said fewer than 20 Baylor misconduct: "expression that is in- Hulme said she would consider would be in scale, where those who pose nude students have sent in applications, appropriate in the setting of Baylor posing topless to be lewd behavior. opposition to our are paid the most, followed by those compared to between 40 and 50 University and in opposition to the Spokespersons for both Playboy partially nude and then those who applicants from each of the other Christian ideals which it strives to and University Calendar Produc- Christian ideals.” pose clothed. schools. uphold." tions tend to see their publications Eileen Hulme Models for either publication will He also said that he believes this "We really would believe that in a more positive light; both said V.P. of Student Live, Baylor U. be asked to participate in promo- is because newspapers at all schools posing nude in Playboy would be in past participants in similar projects tional events. Playboy officials will other than Baylor ran classified ads, opposition to our Christian ideals," had been pleased with the experi- set up interviews with television, although the University of Texas' Hulme said. ence. radio and newspaper for their mod- The Daily Texan declined to men- However, posing for the Bud- "I think it's the experience of a less in the calendars as an example els. Norris said magazine sales in tion modeling in the ad. weiser swimsuit calendar would be lifetime," said Elizabeth Norris, di- of implied nudity, which he does the past have increased greatly in Instead it focused on the requests a different situation in Hulme's opin- rector of public relations at Play- not consider inappropriate. areas around the schools featured. for photographer and graphic de- ion. The way a student posed would boy. "I think any girl would love "Sometimes there's a negative In 1996, the last time Baylor wom- signers for which the company also be considered in deciding what def- it—she's pampered and treated like connotation associated with Play- en were featured in Playboy, the is looking. The policy of the Lariat inition of misconduct under which a queen. It's great fun to be a star for boy that we don't want to be associ- Waco, Texas, Barnes & Noble Book- is not to accept advertisements for it would fall. In previous calendars a month. Everybody wants to be in ated with," Killian said. "There are sellers indicated it sold about eight any type of alcoholic beverage, and the paper reserves the right to reject or revise advertisements that con- flict with the Christian educational mission of Baylor. Norris said the number of Play- boy applicants would not be avail- able until after the auditions this week but hopes Baylor women would be interested. Playboy photographers will be in Waco on Thursday and Friday to interview applicants, and the president and vice president of University Calendar Productions will be visiting local bars and nightclubs in hopes of recruiting "outgoing peo- ple." ENTERTAINMENTpage 23 Technique • Friday, March 22, 2002 • 23

Want to dress as a girl? A new day in crosswords You could take some notes from Joey Katzen has whipped up ENTERTAINMENT Barry Watson and his buddies in something special in his Technique the new release Sorority Boys, debut, so you had better bring Technique • Friday, March 22, 2001 hitting theaters today. Page 25 your thinking cap. Page 27 Academy rolls out red carpet Sunday night The most glamorous night in Hollywood is upon us as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hands out the 74th annual Oscars at the Kodak Theatre. The Technique offers up its picks for this year’s honorees. Best Actor gory. This race is one of Oscar’s tight- Best Animated Feature est. Russell Crowe gave the dra- Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius is matic performance of his life in A the Renée Zellweger of this catego- Beautiful Mind, bringing box-of- ry, meaning that it won’t win. This fice success and critical acclaim to movie was far too cartoonish. The this film. For as powerful as Crowe’s race here is between Monsters, Inc. performance was, Will Smith in Ali and Shrek. Monsters, Inc. wins in matches him pound for pound in the execution of the animation, with his similarly biographical portrayal Disney and Pixar the leading play- of Muhammad Ali. The time spent ers in this market. Shrek pulls it out on bringing Ali to life made this in the end, though, with its master- role Smith’s best, but Will Smith ful storytelling, the fact that critics on a good day isn’t as good as Den- loved this movie, even considering zel Washington on his good days. it for a Best Picture nod, and its John Q gave Washington one of his recognition as a serious movie best roles, which he portrayed with through its exhibition at last year’s incredible passion and realism. Sean Cannes Film Festival. Maybe if Penn and Tom Wilkinson also gave Disney comes out with Toy Story 3 banner performances in I Am Sam they’ll have a shot. and In the Bedroom, respectively, Best Picture but Washington passes them all with This race is a tough one to call, his gripping performance. Look as all five of these films are worthy for him to supplement his golden of their nomination. Gosford Park statuette from Glory this Sunday and In the Bedroom are the types of night. dramatic films that movie lovers cher- Best Actress ish, but are not quite special enough What is Renée Zellweger doing to merit the esteem of an Academy in this category? We liked Bridget Award. The movie world’s never Jones’ Diary and all, but that was a seen anything like Moulin Rouge movie star romantic comedy role, before, but then again, the movie not the kind that wins Oscars. Halle world had never seen anything like Berry is also a first-time nominee, Dude, Where’s My Car? before, ei- for her role in Monsters’ Ball, as is ther. A Beautiful Mind is the favor- Nicole Kidman for Moulin Rouge. ite in this race, but will prove to be This was Berry’s breakout year, and Photos courtesy AMPAS, Photo illustration by Ian Clark / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS too contemporary for the acclaim Kidman’s best work as well. How- Many of this year’s Oscar races are as difficult to call as the 2000 Presidential election, but the Technique has of Best Picture. It’s tight, but The ever, Oscars traditionally go to clas- done its best at prognostication. If you think you can do better, join our Oscars Forecast at nique.net/oscars. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of sically dramatic actresses (with the tresses in this category, both for their right, she nimbly shared the screen Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings: the Ring will be the winner for its exception of Julia Roberts in Erin roles in Gosford Park, but experi- with Russell Crowe, which is a feat The Fellowship of the Ring. The screen timeless qualities, spectacular cine- Brockovich), and there are two in ence doesn’t count in this category. unto itself. adaptation of this fantasy epic has matography, superior storytelling, this category. Sissy Spacek in In the Just ask Marisa Tomei, who won Best Supporting Actor created a powerful buzz yet may and amazing effects. The Lord of the Bedroom and Dame Judi Dench in Best Supporting Actress in 1992 With the recent DVD release of lose out very closely in categories Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is a Iris are classically dramatic actresses for My Cousin Vinny. Too bad that Sexy Beast, Ben Kingsley’s chances such as Best Director and Best Pic- movie that uses the best technology in classically dramatic roles, and it’s win takes her out of the running in to upset in this category are strong ture, leaving McKellen’s almost a filmmakers have to use to tell a sto- up to the Academy to decide. We this category. Kate Winslet’s been indeed. Also making this perfor- necessary pick. But none the less, ry that will be part of movie history like Spacek for her passionate por- nominated twice here, but hasn’t mance notable is the shattering of Kingsley has indeed delivered an for a long time. trayal of an embattled mother in taken home the statuette. She won’t Kingsley’s saintly persona (seen in outstanding performance that can’t one of the best films of the year. again this year as Jennifer Connelly Gandhi ). with his cold blooded be ignored and the follow up buzz The 74th Annual Academy Awards Best Supporting Actress: will win for her role in A Beautiful gangster role in Sexy Beast. Ian McK- that will accompany the DVD re- will be telecast live on ABC Sunday at Helen Mirren and Maggie Smith Mind. Not only did she prove her- ellen seems to be the heavy favorite lease of Sexy Beast should situate 8 p.m. To submit your picks, visit are the two most experienced ac- self as a dramatic actress in her own for his role as the sagacious wizard him to take the Oscar in this cate- nique.net/oscars. Celtic band Carbon Leaf Ferst Center Sells Out Rockapella blends different music styles By Bryan Basamanowicz while that description comes as close as Assistant Entertainment Editor any to defining the band’s genre, it could also be informative to add that the band Artist: Carbon Leaf incorporates many classic bluegrass, celtic, Album: Echo Echo and folk sounds. Label: Unsigned The drum beats vary from jazzy swing Genre: Folk beats to conventional pop styles. With Tracks: 13 the addition of the folky acoustic guitar Rating: tttt sounds and the high pulsing counter- melodies of the mandolin and treble bag- Where do you place relevant musical pipes, Carbon Leaf promises to be a new talent, when there is no visible market for experience for the ears and a worth while such avant garde styles in music? Well, one at that. Coca-Cola has an answer; award them The band’s instrumental variety fits with the first ever Coca-Cola New Music in well with lead vocalist Barry Privett’s Award and let them play on television versatile tenor singing range. Carbon Leaf’s during the American Music Awards for sound seems at once overworthy of MTV an audience of twenty million. Carbon but utterly unheard of on the contempo- Leaf’s performance on the program marked rary pop music scene. the first time an unsigned band has played To see Carbon Leaf on MTV would Photo courtesy ROBERT FERST CENTER FOR THE ARTS on the AMAs in its 29 years of existence. be indeed too much too fast for the evo- It’s been two years since Rockapella’s last visit, and Tech has been waiting, evidenced by A five piece outfit from Richmond, lution of music. the sellout of tomorrow night’s concert at the Ferst Center. The opening acts are the two Tech Virginia, Carbon Leaf is a self-described a cappella groups, the girls of Nothin’ But Treble and the guys of Sympathetic Vibrations. “ether-electrified porch music” band. And See Leaf, page 26 24 • Friday, March 22, 2002 • Technique ENTERTAINMENT ...10101010101010 10101010101010101010101010...... Two Bits Urgent and alarming news from would be free to exercise their time ger and even later making sure your where today. After reading your again, and once again, no luck, but the Two Bits Man; did you know wasting skills unhindered and thereby away message was exceptionally witty. horoscope, you figure that since “to- you don’t lose hope for tomorrow. that it is impossible to lick your severely defame humanity. The day is young and you already day you will prove to be an insight- 12:43, www.clownpenis.fart is elbows? Well, it is. But I’m sure Time wasting in the face of feel exhausted from sleeping through ful, responsible and influential still not a real website and the lab anyone who would set aside the time mounting obligations is often a very your morning classes. person” your write up should be a write up has yet to be begun. Time to read this column is highly likely You’ve got a mountain of home- is going by, you figure you’d proba- to spend a good amount of time work to do, and a lab write up to be bly work better if you had some with their tongue out frantically seek- handed in by 3 p.m. Operating on food in your stomach, so it’s off to ing to reach for that forbidden seg- Since you have 4 hours of sleep, you finally sit down It’s a very sad Brittain for some motivational cui- ment of bone. Andif you could lick at your PC to start working, it’s sine. As customary, you walk away your elbow you’d probably find that absolutely no time to 12:17. Since you have absolutely situation, most people from Brittain feeling slightly more it’s not much different than licking spare, you naturally no time to spare, you naturally check begin picking their unpleasant and less motivated. Back your knee. But I guess you’ll never your email and then proceed to log at your room the clock reads 1:22, know. ...proceed to log on on to Instant Messenger so you can corns as teenagers in no sweat, you’ve still got more than Think of that piece of info as a to Instant Messenger read everyone’s away messages and an effort to gain an hour left to finish your write up. gift from the Two Bits Man to you. reread everyone’s user info. No one’s So it begins, you work until 1:45, Because after all, I know you’re al- and reread info has changed since last night so acceptance from their but your attention span, already hin- ways on the look out for new and everyone’s user info. you check your email again. There peers. dered by lack of sleep, is not hold- unexciting alternatives to studying are no new messages, so you go to ing on. All of the sudden it becomes and homework. That brings us to the bathroom. You sit back down at quite fun to pick at that corn on the topic for this week’s two bits your computer and it’s 12:30, about your toe whenever your write up session; laziness. intimate and complicated experi- time for you to seriously consider breeze. And while you’re browsing gets too difficult, and once you start Tech harbors some of the laziest ence for our typical Tech student. getting started on your write up. So the web, why not go ahead and check picking corns, it’s quite difficult to college students in the country. A Let me illustrate- the story goes, it’s you naturally figure you better check one more time to see if cut the habit. Not to digress, but it’s demanding school yes, but only be- noon, you were up late last night your daily horoscope online and find www.clownpenis.fart really exists. cause if it wasn’t, Tech students chatting on AOL instant messen- out if your love life is going any- “404 Page Not Found” pops up See Two Bits, page 26

Quiz Around Campus!

Do you know the difference between light and heavy petting?

1) A maintenance worker turned on the steam to Cloudman Hall, causing: a) Hightower to collapse. b) 14th Street to fill with wa- ter. c) a pipe to burst in Harrison. d) housing fees to double.

2) The Bradley-Turner foun- dation gave a $1 million grant to: a) support servant leadership internships. b) support parking deck up- dates. c) support the Dance Dance Revolution initiative. d) enforce SGA presidents to follow through on their platforms.

3) This is: a) Roger Ander- son on the court. b) a Tech student dealing with a major carpenter bee problem. c) Parking’s solution to fend- ing off those trying to sneak into the A05 deck. d) one helluva forehand.

4) For Derek to get fired from his job, he’d have to steal: a) a Caesar salad with a rasp- berry vinaigrette from the Stu- dent Center. b) his roommate’s Crocodile Hunter doll. c) Jamie’s copycode. d) Derek’s above that. He wouldn’t steal anything.

5) Dick Vitale: a) is awesome, baby! b) is scheduled to attend the college hoops awards. c) shows his frustration over not getting a table at Dish. d) is not the twin of either

Bucky or G. Wayne. answers: 1) c; 2) a; 3) a; 4) b; 5) b 5) b; 4) a; 3) a; 2) c; 1) answers: ENTERTAINMENT Technique • Friday, March 22, 2002 • 25

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Hope- 3/27 Club D’Elf 3/29 Ghost Trane / Baseman / Captain Soular Cat 3/28 The Creeps 3/30 Push Stars / Hanging Francis fraternity is called Kappa Omicron Sorority Boys could have been used fully the Sorority Boys writers can 3/29 ph balance 3/31 Ed Zachary / X List Kappa (KOK) and the feminist-lean- as a real tool for criticism, but in- learn that lesson before Disney makes 3/30 Elf Power 4/1 Vito / Ten Speed / Leslie Clemmons 4/2 Hot Rod Circuit (Vagrant Records) and Further 4/2 Open Mic ing sorority girls are in Delta Omi- stead the writers merely serve a mixed an already-planned sequel. For those Seems Forever 4/3 Bluescat / Clinton Taylor Moon / Bobby Love cron Gamma (DOG). Not to be message. 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Now if you’re thinking that some- reasons) The solution: become an times it seems to disrupt the soli- Two Bits from page 24 how you non-engineering majors engineer. Leaf from page 23 darity of the album. If you’re in the are somehow immune from this And folks, I must honestly em- mood to listen to “The Boxer”, you a very sad situation, most people perpetual demotivation , try not to phasize, non engineers at Tech have All members of Carbon Leaf still most likely won’t be in the mood to start picking their corns as teenag- choke when swallowing these two absolutely no choice but to become attend their day jobs. It was but hear “Maybe Today” a slower, ele- ers in an effort to gain acceptance bits. From the cyber café to the lec- the most lazy people on earth. Re- months ago that the band was ac- gant but less elaborate and energet- from their peers. Hence the popu- ture hall acoustics to the campus sultantly, the lack of motivation customed to no more than playing ic piece that follows “The Boxer” lar TV ad campaign, “Picking Your topography, this place has been en- found in you Ivan Allen/Dupree for east coast audiences of 2 or 300 on Echo Echo. Although “Maybe Corns is Sick and Deformed if You’re gineered to produce engineers. shaft-dodgers is translated into im- hundred people. Last summer, the Today” is a commendable sampling A Teen”. Anyways, we all know It’s a world where deadlines in- mense and absolutely ridiculous band was just one of 1000 artists of Carbon Leaf’s music, it is almost that the Two Bits Man is personally spire hard work as opposed to gen- wastes of time. that submitted an entry for Coca too drastic a leap to take in all at involved on behalf of several causes uine interest, where problems are Research shows that non-engi- Cola’s New Music Artist Award. once. Such is the case with much of but for now it’s back to our story. solved or unsolved and the solu- neering majors spend on average 16 The Award is aimed at uncovering the album, sometimes the band can You figure you might work better hours a week looking at porn, whereas the best unsigned musical act in spread themselves out too thin across in the Student Center, where corn the overall Tech average is 12 hours America. 1000 was soon narrowed too many styles. picking isn’t permitted and it’s on a week, putting the non-engineer- down to 50 and then 10. From there, Overall however, the band of- the way to our lab as well so you The problem at hand ing average nearly one entire stan- five were chosen fers a unique, make the walk. for most Tech students dard deviation away from the mean. to attend a na- stimulating, and You walk in the front doors of And you management statisticians tional college inspiring expe- the Student Center, take two steps is... “I don’t like out there should know what I’m tour with stops in Carbon Leaf offers a rience for mu- up towards the second level and people and I spend talking about on many many levels. New Jersey, Cal- unique, stimulating, sic fans. stop dead in your tracks. You hear it How should you cope? My ad- ifornia, Ohio, It’s coming from within the recreation more time with my vice, don’t try therapy. I tried ther- North Carolina and inspiring difficult howev- area, it’s an irresistible rhythmic force computer than I do apy and the problem was that my and Texas. experience for music er to imagine ex- that pulls you in using a lasso of therapist kept trying to tell me that Three bands actly what radio funk and before you know it you’re with my clothes on.” I needed to not worry so much and survived and fans. programs they down 80 cents and making a fool of be so hard on myself. So I thought, went on to play would fit into. yourself on Dance Dance Revolu- great, I’ll just go with the flow and at a showdown in They’re too tion, but you don’t care because tions are right or wrong, where dec- get my work done when I get it L.A.’s El Rey theater. Carbon Leaf folky to imagine hearing on 99X you’re at Tech and the alternative is imal places matter and grammar does done. But then I thought, but hey, was the last band standing and shortly and too avant garde to attract the just not quite as funky. That’s usu- not. It’s an institution not a college. I’m a lazy piece of crap who doesn’t went on to play at the AMAs. demand of country music stations. ally how the story ends. It’s a two bit world that doesn’t give want to do any work whatsoever Carbon Leaf’s latest in a series of It would definitely be a challenge By committing your college ca- two bits about you and your inter- and self-loathing is clearly my best four self-produced albums, Echo for any record company to carve reer to this fine Institute, you have est in human nature, philosophy, course of action. Trust me, the se- Echo, showcases many aspects of out a niche for this band. But if it selected a trial by fire. It’s Tech’s foreign cultures, and it cares even cret to success at Tech is feeling bad the band’s talent. The first track on could be done, the payoff would be demands vs. your willingness to ig- less about your aspirations to open about yourself and maintaining a the CD, “The Boxer”, (the song well worth it. Carbon leaf has stirred nore them in favor of wasting time. your very own business with poor self-image. played at the AMAs) is a feel good, up a swarming buzz since its ap- You see, aside from sparse, disturb- www.clownpenis.fart as the home- With that in mind, this is the fast paced number that at once proves pearance on the AMAs. Their web- ingly unnatural cases, there is only page. Two Bits Man wishing you all the the band’s ability to get your atten- site had to be shut down due to over so much love one can really have for People are not here to explore, best of luck and seriously, next time tion, yet it doesn’t come close to trafficking on the message board fluid dynamics. Sure, it’s great to but to fix. The problem at hand for you’re thinking about picking at sounding at all like contemporary and Echo Echo is on Amazon’s top pick up girls with the line “hey baby, most Tech students is usually some- the corn on your toe, try licking pop. thirty sales list. With another na- how about we meet at my place at thing along these lines: “how am I your elbows instead. It’s much less The album is full of variation, tional tour in the works, the pros- nine tonight to study fluid dynam- going to make a lot of money? I rewarding than corn picking and each song seems to offer something pects for Carbon Leaf are wide open. ics?” But in the world of books, don’t like people and I spend more will have you back hitting the books different than its predecessors. While homework and exams, such a field time with my computer than I do before you can say this variety is commendable and Carbon Leaf hits Atlanta April 4 at of study is far from inspiring. with my clothes on.” (for various “www.monkeytesticle.poop.” shows the band’s versatility, some- Smith’s Olde Bar. ENTERTAINMENT Technique • Friday, March 22, 2002 • 27 Chloe’s Crossword First Edition By Joey Katzen 69. Not more 1234 5678 91011 Contributing Writer Down 1. Escapes 12 13 14 15 16 Across 2. Iridescent stone 1. Rye unit 3. Med: Syn suffix 17 18 19 5. Command to a fly 4. Buoyant 9. A. E. Neuman publication 5. Snowboard alternative 20 21 22 12. Adam’s stigma 6. Nazi deputy Rudolph 14. Ode on a Grecian Urn’s author 7. Hippocratic, for instance 23 24 25 16. 1 or 11 8. Lazy 17. Purposely self-humiliating 9. Bouvier or Rodham 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 19. Anger 10. Real estate unit 20. Disreputable, as in a politician 11. Bambi, for instance 33 34 35 36 21. A cold one could be turned 13. Skin rash 23. Fahr. or Cel. 15. Long boat oars 37 38 39 40 25. Stagnant marsh 18. Greek god of marriage 41 42 43 44 45 46 26. Polytetrafluoroethylene and Polystyrene, e.g. 22. Hilo celebrations 30. African antelopes 24. First amendment freedom 47 48 49 50 33. Detergent option 26. I Think, to Pierre 34. Vis a vis 27. Cicero action 51 52 36. Dawn moment 28. Boggs or Howey feature 37. Snatches 29. Shelled animal 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 39. See partner? 31. To last, to Marie 40. UJC Justice Cames 32. Golden Gate and Brooklyn 61 62 63 41. Acts as a hobo 35. Adjust 43. Prussia’s entry into Paris 38. Drinks from a canteen 64 65 66 46. It follows X or Hu 42. Appeared 47. More strange 44. Pinkish fruit 67 68 69 49. Uses 33 across 45. Mix in 51. Death in the Family playwright 48. Plunders 52. A low ridge 50. Hygienist type 53. Tortoise ability of note 53. Ajar 57. Cotton candy purchaser 54. Chief component of urine The answers to the first Chloe’s 61. MLB or NHL 55. Past tense of 48 down 62. Gobstopper quality 56. Helen’s hometown 64. Rocket suffix 58. Eat Crossword may be found on page 21. 65. Crusoe creator 59. Son of Seth comments? concerns? email 66. Math puzzle tower of note 60. Protection 67. Parliamentary dissent 63. Virginia college’s namesake, with Washing- [email protected] 68. Eye ailment ton you still have some time... predict who will head home Sunday night with the little golden man. nique.net/oscars entries due Sunday at 6 p.m.

If you're gonna come and campaign, it Other note to self: If I ask the apartment would be wise for your boyfriend to not leasing agent if they have a security system park his Escalade illegaly. It would make and she answers "Depends. What kind of people think higher of you. stuff do you own?"-not another good sign. Man, I didn't get an ice cream sandwich Note to self: if I flush the toilet in the OR a nametag. So unloved. So unloooved! apartment I'm looking at and the pool Ian Clark is my hero. water rises a couple of inches-that's not a E.W. Looney tunes in the votes. good sign. so, there i was, smoking some dank, no Bought my Gamecube before Christmas. offense ladies... All the good games are not coming out haaaaaaaaay until next Christmas. Shoulda bought a derek has a great slugging percentage PS2. nique.net/sliver jelly is grande Got my girl scout cookies yesterday. gon- saucnique na weigh 400 lbs by next week. this is light petting SUMMIT LOVE AND HAPPY BDAY this is heavy petting TO LAUREN (L-DUB) WEATHERLY!! So, a member of SGA is writing a cross- Real Majors At U(sic)GA: Animal Health, word? What's next, the 'Nique support- Ceramics, Dance Education, Fisheries & ing candidates? Aquaculture, Pest Management, Poultry i like ike Science, Wildlife and Turfgrass Manage- Thethose tech talk kids Sliver are tools Boxment. ten animals i slam in a net.com umm... the oscar forecast doesn't work when it rains.. i'm wet Note to self: Stock up on Honey Bunches why are you reading the words of me of Oats for Fall 2002 coke.. i can't believe it's not butter. Housing Department? It should be HOS- coke saved my life. ing Department! coke... we could take over the world. Can incoming freshmen run for SGA pres- coke : our taste is the right taste. ident ? hmmmm my matter transporter gets 23 miles to the Know what I'd like? To have people call gallon me up and ask if I wanted to go out and do i pick my nose too much something. That's all. Am I asking too i can't help you until you start much? While I'm at it, how about world SUPER-heated steam! peace? Note to self: if apartment complex has a "The Technique was pretty big this week." lot of goats roaming around and there's a "That's because there was more of it." red pentagram drawn in the parking lot- I don't know. I don't care. And it doesn't make sure that you have plans for Satur- make any difference day night that involves going out. The Sliver Box 30 • Friday, March 22, 2002 • Technique SPORTS Patterson has sports in genes By Al Przygocki later at the top of the order. the second base- Contributing Writer “I try to get on base, use my man. “I was just speed, and try to get into scoring determined to Many freshmen have a hard time position so the guys at the top of the work hard and adjusting to college life and to the order can drive me in,” said Patter- make the most of rigors of college athletics. Then again, son. my opportunity most freshmen haven’t had the head After getting off to a slow start when I got out start that Eric Patterson has had. on the base-paths, Patterson leads there.” With a world of talent and a strong the team in stolen bases (eight) and Eric’s older family tradition at Tech to give him stolen bases attempts (ten). brother, Corey, is perspective, Patterson has taken the “Early in the year, I think I was a currently the diamond by storm. little timid as far as looking for a starting center- As Tech’s secondary leadoff man good pitch or a good count or a fielder for the batting primarily in the ninth spot good situation to run in,” explained Chicago Cubs. in the lineup, Patterson has batted the freshman from Kennesaw. “Now, He originally .390 and reached base at a .465 clip. every time I get on base, I’m so signed a letter of “The thing about hitting in the much more relaxed. I get a good intent to play nine spot…usually you’re going to feeling, and I just go.” baseball for the see a lot of fastballs, a lot of good Many observers of the team were Yellow Jackets COURTESY GEORGIA TECH SPORTS INFORMATION pitches to hit, and I just try to put a caught off guard when Patterson but never played Rookie second baseman Eric Patterson has impressed fans with his smooth fielding at second good swing on the ball every time was named the starter at second base college baseball, base. Patterson has also looked good at the plate, sporting a .390 batting average. and if it gets through a hole some- going into opening day. He im- opting instead to where, so be it,” said Patterson. “I pressed the coaches with a very strong sign with the Cubs. Eric’s father, be easy to see how Eric would have a wasted home runs by Tyler Parker go to the plate and try to hit the ball showing in fall practice and solidi- Donald, played football for the Jack- hard time stepping out of the shad- and Jason Perry in the loss. For the hard every time.” fied his hold on the position in spring ets from 1976 to 1978, was a team ows cast by his older brother and his second time in two days, Tech lost a With current leadoff man Mat- drills. His wide range and smooth captain in 1978, and went on to father. That couldn’t be farther from late inning lead in losing 11-5 to thew Boggs due to move on after hands have helped him turn a team- play for the Giants and the Lions in the truth for Patterson. Wake Forest, as the Jackets allowed this season, Patterson is clearly be- leading nine double plays. the NFL. Eric’s mother Carolyn “I’ve just been myself. The good eight runs in their final two at bats ing groomed to take over the posi- “I know sometimes freshmen graduated from Georgia Tech in thing about my brother and my runs to blow a 5-3 lead. Tech wast- tion fulltime next season. Many of come in, have to pay their dues, and 1981. dad...we all understand that we’re ed a two-homer effort by Parker in the things the freshman is doing in maybe sit a few years, and I would’ve With all of the success that his all three different individuals,” said the loss. the nine spot he will be asked to do been okay with that,” commented family has had in athletics, it would Patterson. “Corey does his thing Tech used a four run rally in the every day. I just try to go out there sixth inning to come from behind and do mine. You’re always going to win 6-5 over Eastern Kentucky to have comparisons. A lot of kids on Tuesday. The star of the game have a hard time dealing with a was Victor Menocal who went 4 for sibling thing. I look at it in some 4 and moved in from shortstop to ways as an advantage. I may have earn the save. He came in with the some opportunities because of my bases loaded and no outs and was brother that might not have been able to get a strikeout followed by a there otherwise.” double play to end the Colonels BASEBALL NOTES: Tech went rally. On Wednesday against East- 2-2 on the week, dropping both ern Kentucky, the Jackets built a games at Wake Forest over the week- 10-1 lead after three innings and end and sweeping the midweek held on to win 13-9 after allowing games at home versus Eastern Ken- seven in the ninth. Tech now stands tucky. at 16-3. The 10-9 loss to Wake Forest Eric Patterson File

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came the first Georgia Tech team upcoming U.S.A. Track and Field her competition at the national cham- Metivier from page 36 ever to earn any ACC track and field Senior Nationals meet. pionships is similar to what she fac- title, and only the second Tech wom- When the Outdoor Track and es at the conference meet. “It makes en’s team to earn an ACC title in any Field season begins this weekend, us also have a little bit more of a well. I trust him, he’s been there, Cross Country Championships. sport; the last was Volleyball in 1995. the team will be looking to repeat connection with each other. From he’s done it, since he’s an All-Amer- After the cross-country season, she In addition, the team dethroned the their successes from the indoor sea- our conference, we kind of work ican himself,” said Metivier. jumped right into the Indoor Track reining champs in the sport, North together a little bit, because we know Under Drosky’s guidance, Me- Carolina, in their brand new venue. how each other runs,” said Metivi- tivier has turned into one of the Metivier said of the meet, “It was er. nation’s top distance runners. As a awesome. It was so emotional. We “I like to do multiple As Metivier progresses, and im- freshman, she was an All-ACC hon- “I keep on getting came together and worked so hard things. I’m really proves on her times, she and Coach oree, and established the school better and better, together. We also got together every Drosky will be looking to take her record in the 3000 meter steeple- night in the hotel room, had motiva- short; I can’t do career to the next level. That next chase. At the end of her rookie and that’s why I see tional speeches between each other, volleyball or level? The sophomore is an Olym- season, she had finished in the top myself making it to and prayed together.” Metivier also pic hopeful in the 5000 meters at five in each of her races during the posted the nation’s second fastest time basketball. And I was the 2004 Olympics in Athens, indoor season. She later competed the next level as long in the 5000 meters at the meet. really good at Greece, which is also her senior year. in the U.S.A. Track and Field Se- as I keep the training Afterwards, the sophomore com- “Last year I was no where near where nior Nationals. “I remember last that I’m doing.” peted in the NCAA Indoor Track running naturally.” I am now. I keep on getting better year I didn’t do as well as I hoped. It and Field Championships. “I didn’t and better, and that’s why I see my- was so intense. I was looking around, Renee Metivier Renee Metivier do as well as I had hoped, I got ninth on entering the running world self making it to the next level as and I was just like ‘that’s so and so, on making the Olympics in ‘04 and eleventh. It was a tough meet, long as I keep the training that I’m what am I doing here, I’m only a sometimes it’s just not your day,” doing. Coach Drosky has it all freshmen in college,” said Metivier. said Metivier. Metivier also said that planned out, I just follows what In her sophomore year, Metivi- she has greater success running on son. Metivier’s short-term goals are he says,” said Metivier. er has used her experiences to her season. hills than on the flat surface of the another ACC title for the Yellow advantage. In the fall, Metivier be- At the ACC Indoor Track and track. However, her finishes were Jackets and an NCAA Champion- The Rambling Wreck harriers are in came an NCAA All-American when Field Championships, the wom- good enough to earn her All-Ameri- ship title. Since the ACC confer- action this weekend in Tallahassee, she was runner-up at the NCAA en’s team made history. They be- can honors, and qualify her for the ence is so strong for distance runners, Fla. at the FSU Relays. Tech’s women’s basketball team finish disappointing season

By Daniel Uhlig / STUDENT PUBLICATIONS The women’s basketball team, who were on the verge of making the Top 25 after a dominating 81-62 victory over powerhouse North Carolina, fell hard after starting junior point guard Nina Barlin suffered a torn ACL. By John Parsons finished the season ranked No. 16 Contributing Writer in both major polls. Tech was led in that game by sophomore Fallon The women’s basketball team Stokes with 23 points. Tech led by made significant strides this season, as much as 32 before reserves were but there is still significant work to given some playing time in the sec- be done. The Lady Jackets fell short ond half. The month also included of their goal of an NCAA bid, set- five other victories over ACC foes, tling for a third consecutive WNIT one being a 92-61 trouncing of Vir- appearance and a first round exit at ginia. the hands of Miami. At that point, the team boasted a Outstanding play and leadership 13-7 mark with a 6-4 league record from seniors Milli Martinez and Re- and an NCAA birth looked like a gina Tate along with an outstand- possibility. A crucial blow was dealt, ing season from junior Sonja Mallory however, when Nina Barlin injured led to Tech’s 15-14 record and fifth her knee in the first half at Florida place finish in the ACC. Martinez State. She missed the rest of the and Mallory were named to the all- season and the team went 4-8 in her ACC second team while Tate was absence, including early exits in both named to the third team. In addi- the ACC and WNIT tournaments. tion, Martinez was named to the Only one of the four wins came ACC all-defensive team. against a team with a winning record. The season did not get off to a Despite the disappointing end good start as Niesha Butler was sus- to the season, there is reason for pended for academic reasons and optimism heading into next year left the team later in the year. Butler with Barlin and Mallory returning led the team with 15.6 points per and five highly regarded recruits com- game in the 2000-01 campaign. ing in. All five incoming freshmen The Lady Jackets started with a are rated in the All-Star Girls Re- somewhat disappointing 6-5 mark port’s Top-100 prospects. Kasha through the end of 2001, but turned Terry and April Johnson are the it on with a 7-2 record in January of most highly regarded, rated 28th this year. The highlight of the month and 30th , respectively. Coach Ag- was a convincing 81-62 victory over nus Berenato credits her staff with North Carolina in Chapel Hill, who doing a “phenomenal” job in recruiting. SPORTS Technique • Friday, March 22, 2002 • 33 Beyond the White and Gold Intramural Notebook Rivera’s theft in terms of my bank account with Jack B. Nimble By Derek Haynes it sound like he booted a fly ball. I am going to adjust Rivera’s Sports Editor "I made a rookie's error," said salary to my terms so I can better see Catholic Center on crusade the 28 year-old reserve outfielder. how little the bat and glove theft What kind of crusade are these rec volleyball after demolishing About four times a year, an ath- "I did it without thinking, because was actually worth. Catholics on? Miss Cleo's Psychic Friends in lete does something so idiotic that it wasn't for the money, I had a My earnings last year: $10,000. The B League Catholic Cen- two sets by a combined score of it’s easy to see why they often get My salary in proportion to Riv- ter softball squad continues to 30-3. Looks like Ms. Cleo’s pals labeled as “dumb jocks”. era’s: 1/100. put up football-like numbers af- are hangin’ with the wrong lady. Ruben Rivera, step on up. My earnings last year: What $2,500 would seem like ter a successful polar bear soft- Men’s Tennis Top 15

Rivera, a backup outfielder on to me if I made $1 million: $25. ball season. The score from their 1 Rodrigo Dominguez ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○

the Yankees who has the potential $10,000. So here is what I could steal to first game? The Catholics 29, 2 Chris Bertha ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ of Andruw Jones but practices about My salary in proportion lose my job: Delta Sig 0. I thought that Mar- 3 Alberto Mhyrer cus Cappelli, Ryan Vaughn, ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ as much as a Tech guy goes on dates, - My roommate’s Crocodile 4 Vijay Sekaran to Rivera’s: 1/100. Chris Wieczorek and the rest of ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ stole Derek Jeter’s glove and bat so Hunter doll (actually over $25). 5 Neal Reeves the gang would have a top rank- ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ he could sell the equipment to a What $2,500 would - Editor-In-Chief Matthew Bry- 6 Christopher McGovern memorabilia dealer last week. an’s car (probably below $25). ing, but it looks like these guys ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ 7 Patrick Widener How much did the memorabil- seem like to me if I - Several reams of paper from have some temper problems. ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ 8 Michael Apple ia dealer pay for the equipment? the Student Center computer lab “We yelled at the refs too ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ made $1 million: $25 9 John Liu

$2,500. - My friend’s Ben Wallace (De- much,” said team member Matt ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ 10 Ryan McLellan

What is Rivera’s contract worth? troit Pistons foward) bobblehead Guinn on the squad’s No. 3 rank- ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ing in the B League. 11 Brian Jackson

$1 million. good contract. It was just an instant doll ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ About as powerful as Ms. Cleo’s 12 Boeuf Pierre-Alain

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psyhic powers 13 Daniel Leon shine much light on the situation. a mistake that I'm paying for now." Mr. Ruben Rivera. Let’s make ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○

In an interview with Telemetro Ca- Now, what if Rivera did steal the this worth while. At least grab a Pi Kappa Phi had the blow- 14 Vik Ramachandra ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ nal 13 television, a station in Riv- items for the money? How much couple of New York Yankee World out win of the first week in co- 15 Bill Porter era’s home of Panama, Rivera made would the goods seem like to me? Series trophies. ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ 34 • Friday, March 22, 2002 • Technique SPORTS Yellow Jackets Statline Baseball America’s Top 25 ITA Women’s Tennis Top 25 Golfweek’s Golf Top 25

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5. South Carolina 18-3 4-1 6 5 Wake Forest University 5 Tennessee 70.91␣ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○

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8. Baylor 17-6 5-0 10 8 Arizona State University 8 TCU 71.10␣ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○

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9. Nebraska 11-5 3-0 11 9 UCLA 9 Fresno State 71.16␣ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○

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10. Florida 18-3 5-0 12 10 Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville 10 Auburn 71.19␣ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○

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11. Wake Forest 16-2 3-0 13 11 Univ. of Kentucky 11 Washington 71.28␣ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○

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12. Georgia Tech 14-3 1-2 5 12 Univ. of Southern California 12 Texas 71.34␣ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○

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14. Louisiana State 14-8 1-3 9 14 Northwestern University 14 Georgia 71.49␣ ter. ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○

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○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ thrashersatlanta last week’s winner Congratulations to Ron FerrellFerrell. He was the first to correctly answer that 3 is the number of consecutive seasons that numbers the Tech women’s basketball team has reached post- challenge season play. explain what the number on page 36 represents, and win a pair of thrashers tickets SPORTS Technique • Friday, March 22, 2002 • 35 South African Roger Anderson gives Wimbledon experience to GT By Derick Stanger the International Tennis Federation. Assistant Sports Editor After his senior season he escaped the increasing troubles in South Af- It’s hard enough for a budding rica and went to Boca Raton, Flori- adult to venture away from their da, to continue his tennis training, home to go off to college. New peo- where he stayed with a South Afri- ple and experiences can easily over- can coach for three months. Dur- whelm anyone. Add that experience ing this time he started looking at to leaving your homeland and ven- colleges and was guided by his coach, turing overseas to a completely dif- who knew Tech Head Coach Ken- ferent culture and one is twice more ny Thorne, to go to Tech. Attend- susceptible to being beleaguered. ing a school back in his home country Everyone deals with their added was never an option for him. “I stress, no matter what the cause, in always wanted to come to the states,” different manners. For Junior Rog- said Anderson. “The tennis is much er Anderson, his release came in the better (in the states). I wasn’t going form of a tennis ball. to improve if I stayed back (in South Anderson grew up a member of Africa).” a sports family in Pietermaritzburg, However, once he got to Geor- South Africa. Both his father and gia Tech he was having second mother, Richard and Judy Ander- thoughts. “I didn’t like it at all my son, played routinely at a local ten- first semester,” said Anderson “I nis club and got young Roger into didn’t know anybody. I arrived here Tennis at the age of five. His grand- by myself and it was pretty tough.” parents as well as all his siblings He totally committed and im- were also very active in the sports mersed himself in classes and prac- world. tice. (An average collegiate athlete His neighborhood was not what spends their mornings at classes and most people think of when they the rest of the day either at practice, would imagine an African commu- in the weight room or sleeping from nity. They are actually very much an exhaustive day. Rarely do they like any neighborhood one would get a day off or time to be with find in the states. But instead of friends). And because of Anderson’s kids running around the subdivi- devotion, that first year he became sion playing baseball and football, one of the leaders of Tech’s team. they played cricket and rugby. He ended the season tied for the COURTESY GEORGIA TECH SPORTS INFORMATION Anderson continued playing ten- team lead in matches won with 24 Roger Anderson, who teams with David Wright on doubles, has seen the pair’s ranking plummet from No. 8 nis throughout his childhood and and led the team in winning per- to No. 54 after an injury to Wright. “We can still compete with the top 10 teams in the nation,” said Anderson. was taken to the local tennis club at centage. could not participate in all the prac- “That’s always been a goal of mine, hang out and watch TV, listen to least twice a week. While in high It was during his first year, when tices. He is slowly recovering and to be ranked,” said Anderson. “Last house and rock/punk music and just school he played varsity rugby and he received ACC Rookie of the Year, getting back to his pre-injury form year I was happy to be ranked in hang out with friends.” cricket but kept his passion of ten- that he became doubles partners with but in the meanwhile they fell to doubles but I was still aiming at Throughout his high school and nis at the club, where he received fellow freshmen David Wright, No. 54. “The more matches we play being ranked in singles as well. I college career, Anderson has received better instruction than at school. brother of past Tech player Robert together as the season progresses just hope to finish in the top 16 by many trophies, accolades and ac- Day by day his skills increased and Wright. They went 8-5 their first we’re going to get better and better. the end of this season.” knowledgments for his athletic prow- by the time the end of his senior year and 15-8 last year as Tech’s We can still compete with the top And with Anderson defeating the ess on the court. However, what he season rolled around he had already number one seed and started this 10 teams in the nation.” No. 24 and No. 15 ranked players is most proud of came in the form won several championships includ- year ranked among the top 10 in Anderson and Wright have in the nation, he is very likely to of invitations to the Australian Open ing the Border Grand Prix and the the nation. “It’s very important to backed up that claim. While they reach that goal. However, Ander- and to Wimbledon, two of the four Cape Town Grand Prix. He was be able to bond well,” said Ander- have lost more matches than they son’s world does not simply revolve events that make up the Tennis consistently one of the top tennis son. “We’ve been playing together have in their previous years, they around a tennis ball. Rather, the Grand Slam. While he lost in the players in South Africa and for the for three years now so we know still were able to beat the fifth ranked high school varsity cricket and rug- first round of the intimidating events, majority of his senior season was each other’s games and we know duo of Foreman and Gustafsson from by player loves to play a lot of golf he was able to meet his favorite ten- ranked in the top two spots by the where each either will move (on the Middle Tennessee State. among other things. But even more nis stars, Andre Agassi and Pete Sam- South African Tennis Association. court).” Meanwhile, Anderson has been so he likes to relax, just like any pras. Who knows, the next time he He was also ranked as high as No. However, at the beginning of improving his singles play and has college student. “I’m pretty lazy,” is invited to compete he may play 88 in the world junior rankings by this season Wright was injured and jumped up to No. 27 in the nation. said the modest Anderson. “I like to against one of his idols. 36 • Friday, March 22, 2002 • Technique pageSPORTS 36 Born to do it South African Sensation Softball hurler Jessica Sallinger is 11-3 with Tennis’s Roger Anderson is climbing SPORTS a pair of no-hitters. Was the daughter of a quickly up the tennis rankings. Does his former NY Met born to pitch? Page 31 cricket experience help his game? Page 35 Technique • Friday, March 22, 2002 by ESPN brings awards show to Coliseum the Dick Vitale, college stars and SportsCenter to invade Tech campus next Thursday By Derek Haynes will be held and Dick Vitale will numbers Sports Editor address the crowd. Vitale will be joined by several Next Thursday the best in col- ESPN personalities at the event, lege basketball will descend upon which is held annually in the host 0-3 the Coliseum. Unlike when Duke city of the Final Four. Chris Fowl- Record of the Tech baseball team came to town, however, Jackets’ er, Jay Bilas and Digger Phelps will against ranked opponents. The No. Head Coach Paul Hewitt won’t have join Vitale in hosting the show. Most 12 Jackets lost to No. 4 South Caro- to spend all night preparing a game of the nominees for the awards are lina and twice to No. 8 Wake For- plan. expected to attend. est. Their third game against Wake ESPN The Magazine will broad- Seven awards will be presented was rained out. cast their annual awards show from at the show, including Men’s Play- the Alexander Memorial Coliseum er of the Year and Men’s Coach of on Thursday, March 28. The event, the Year. The V Foundation Come- which is free of charge, begins at 4 back of the Year Award will be an- 12 p.m. with the awards show running nounced prior to the show. from 6-8 p.m. Before the show a While no Tech players were nom- Number of Spring Practices for the SportsCenter Final Four segment will inated for any awards, three mem- Yellow Jacket Football team. The be taped, a player autograph session bers of Duke’s starting lineup are first practice is today and the final ESPN Awards Show on the nominees list.

practice will take place on April 20 When: Thursday, March 28 The nominees for the awards were

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COURTESY GEORGIA TECH SPORTS INFORMATION place finish in the South East- Renee Metivier, who began her athletic career as a gymnast, holds the Tech record in both the 3000 and 5000 ern Rowing Championship 16:12.26 meters event. Metiviii er finished second at the NCAA Cross Country meet and won All-America honors at the indoor meet. Series last weekend. The Jack- ets won the men’s varsity four Here’s the number...what does it and varsity eight events and represent? Metivier runs way into track record book medaled in several other events. The first person to email The Jackets edged out Duke [email protected] with Distance runner gains All-America honors while double majoring in the varsity eight event by the correct response to the chal- By Kimberly Rieck she wanted to run. She decided to The double major in biology and one-tenth of a second. lenge will receive a pair of tickets to Staff Writer give it a try because soccer was not in math has consistently been on the The women’s squad finished an Atlanta Thrashers home game, the summer. “I started off doing it, ACC Academic Honor Roll. in second behind Georgia at where admission is always half-price As a young girl growing up in and I’ve been hooked ever since. I Another factor that influenced her the SERCS regatta, and won for select tickets with a student ID. Highland Village, Texas, Renee Me- love to run and I see it as being a decision to come here was Coach the varsity four event. Visit www.atlantathrashers.com for tivier loved to participate in sports. lifelong career or hobby,” said Me- Alan Drosky. “We get along really This week the men’s and more info on college nights. Metivier focused most of her time tivier. women’s squads head to the and energies on soccer and gymnas- As Metivier grew older, her soccer See Metivier, page 32 Augusta/Aiken Sprints in Lan- tics. Unfortunately, a series of inju- career quickly became phased out by gley Pond, SC. ries in sixth grade cut her career short. her running career. In high school, Renee Metivier File

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TM at NC State 3/23 trying out for all the teams in middle When it came time to decide which Championships ○○○○ school. I’m really short; I can’t do college to attend, Metivier chose to ○○○○○○○○○○○○○ year in dual-match singles) and TM at North Carolina 3/24 Earned All-America honors at the Laura Ozolins weren’t enough TW at North Carolina 3/24 volleyball or basketball. And I was come to Georgia Tech. The main NCAA Indoor meet in the 5000 to upset the Deacons, who

BM at Georgia 3/26 really good at running naturally,” said reason she came was because of the meters event with her ninth-place finish ○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○ pulled out a 5-2 win over the SM at NCAA 3/28-3/30 Metivier. school’s academic reputation. Aca- Also holds the Tech record in 3000 visiting No. 21 Yellow Jack-

BM -- Men’s Baseball, SM – Men’s Swimming Surprisingly, Metivier never con- demics have always been important meters with a time of 9:22.89 ○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ets. Tech heads to Duke and TM – Men’s Tennis, TW – Women’s Tennis sidered track until a summer track to Metivier. At Tech, she has contin- Finished runner-up last season at the

SW – Women’s Swimming coach came up to her and asked her if ued to perform well scholastically. NCAA cross country meet UNC next weekend.

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