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and we’re trying to "gure out According to Harry Gleich, what could’ve happened,” said Vice President of Engineering Bill Pinto, president of Hardin for Metromont Corporation, the Construction. “Nobody should company has a clean slate and has be concerned about a parking done construction work on other deck anymore than - some plane concrete garages in Atlantic Sta- crashes and all of a sudden you tion, Emory and the World of say, well, I can’t go on that plane Coke. While he did not o$er any anymore – that’s not the case.” speculative explanations for the However, Hardin Construc- collapse, he did rule out the pos- tion was recently "ned by the sibility that the structure had been Occupational Safety and Health overloaded. Administration (OSHA) in the “Weight should not be an is- Atlanta Botanical Garden bridge sue,” Gleich said. collapse. !e pedestrian bridge David Tyndall, head of Gate- collapsed last December, kill- way Development, the company ing one construction worker and that owns the parking deck, re- injuring 18 others. According to ported that an exterior beam ex- OSHA’s report on this accident, tending from one column to an- Hardin Construction and two other, called the spandrel beam, other companies had placed sup- had popped out. What forced the port towers too far apart and had beam out is under investigation. not properly inspected the struc- “With regard to those who ture. had been a$ected and lost cars, “It’s unfortunate that a con- we have been in contact with nection [between the two inci- them and the property insurance dents] continues to get made. companies,” said Harry Conley, !ey’re absolutely and totally dif- president and CEO of Fifth Street ferent situations,” Pinto said. Management Company. “All of Typically, structures such as those issues have to be worked bridges and parking garages are out. In the meantime they have 1IPUP
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!ompsonBy Sijia Cai perience namedfor me,” !ompson said. nectionsnew that we can Ferstdraw between Center Director News Editor !ompson has over two de- the arts and engineering. Dance cades of experience in managing and architecture, for example, use George !ompson, former arts organizations. One of his a lot of the same nomenclature. professional dancer and general most signi"cant accomplishments Trying to "nd those connections manager of the American Conser- was increasing the budget of the while bringing world-class art to vatory !eater, has been named as Tampa Bay Performing Arts the campus is a main part of what the new director of the Ferst Cen- Center’s operating budget from I want to do,” !ompson said. ter for the Arts. $7 million to $27 million while Traditionally, the Ferst Center He steps into the position more serving as executive vice president has been funded through state than a year after former director there. funding, revenue from perfor- Jay Constantz left Tech. Stepha- “We had three very strong "- mances, and fundraising. In light nie Lee, marketing director of the nalists, but George stood out of the decreasing state budget, Ferst Center, served as interim because of his background and !ompson says that a main pri- director until !ompson was ap- interviewing ability. He is really ority for the Ferst Center will be pointed last month. the best person to take the Ferst making sure that all the perfor- As manager of the American Center to its next level,” said Bill mances can pay for themselves Conservatory !eater, !ompson Schafer, Vice President of Student and that further e$orts to increase was responsible for organizing A$airs, who chaired the search attendance, both from within and the production and operation of committee for a new director. outside of the campus commu- 14 shows per year. At the Ferst According to Schafer, after the nity, are undertaken. Center, he will be in charge of former director left, a company “!e Ferst Center cannot and not only organizing each season’s called the Management Consul- should not be just another pre- performances but also adminis- tants for the Arts Inc. worked with senter in a vast array of presenters tration and fundraising, among Tech to develop a comprehensive around the country. We need to 1IPUP
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Tech has recently been named as a founding partner for Mission Bubble Zero, an online community that lot of things went on outside o$ers a place to share ideas and Athe bubble of Tech in the past ask questions about sustainabil- week. Here are a few important event that his mother is unable ity issues. !e goal of the website events taking place throughout to take care of them. There is me- is to provide resources for com- the nation and around the world. dia speculation that his previous panies interested in taking steps wife, who gave birth to his older to become zero waste or carbon two children, will be seeking cus- neutral. Moreover, it is a place for King of pop Michael tody of them. interested participants to learn Jackson dies at age 50 A public memorial service was about sustainability practices and held on July 7 at the Staples Cen- how to implement them. On June 25, Michael Jackson, ter in Los Angeles and featured !is resource was developed legendary singer and entertain- a variety of performers such as by Interface Inc., a local Atlanta er, died of a cardiac arrest at the Stevie Wonder and Mariah Carey. company and leading manufac- age of 50. His personal doctor, It is still unclear where Jackson’s turer in the carpet industry. !e Conrad Murray, reported that he body will be put to rest. idea for Mission Zero was con- A screenshot of missionzero.org shows industry-related forums. had found Jackson in bed, not ceived by Ray Anderson, a Tech In addition, the site includes volved. !is next generation is breathing, and had conducted Plane crashes into In- CPR before alerting the police. alumnus and founder of Interface a social networking component critical to maintaining the mo- dian Ocean, 1 survivor Inc. Anderson is also recognized where individuals, as well as mentum that has been started,” When paramedics arrived on as a pioneer in the sustainability members, can participate in group said Joyce LaVelle, Senior Vice the scene, they tried to resusci- An Airbus 310 operated by "eld and was one of the "rst com- discussions to share ideas and ask President of Marketing for Inter- tate Jackson but were unsuccess- Yemenia Airlines crashed into ful even after he had been moved the Indian Ocean on June 30 with pany executives who sought to speci"c questions. faceFLOR. “We sought out lead- to the UCLA Medical Center. The make his company zero waste. “!e more information and in- ers who will contribute valuable 153 aboard. The plane was en police reportedly found numer- route from Sana’a, Yemen to Mo- “Mission Zero provides a base teraction there is on the site, the information to the site and be able ous strong painkillers and other for companies to put out their more global support it will attract, to recruit their own stakeholders... roni, Comoros and crashed off the prescription drugs in Jackson’s coast of a Comoros island a few goals for the world to see and to so that more people can join and to build and sustain the commu- home, while Murray’s car has minutes away from the airport. become more environmentally make positive change happen,” nity.” been towed for evidence. Murray, Most of the passengers on sustainable by forming ideas Mallory said. In the early stages of the proj- however, has denied prescribing board were French citizens who through networking and discus- According to Mallory, Mission ect, Tech played a mainly advisory any dangerous drugs to his pa- were heading home for vacation sion,” said Sarah Mallory, Student Zero was a logical step for Tech role on how to build the commu- tient. and had boarded the flight after Communications Director for after GreenBuzz was developed nity and raise the project’s visibili- Jackson had been scheduled a stop at Sana’a. Since Comoros GreenBuzz, an on-campus sus- in early 2008. She said that Tech ty. According to Mallory, the next to perform 50 sold-out concerts does not possess any sea rescue tainability resource. strengthens its position in the sus- step would be attracting faculty, at a London arena, which he had capabilities, two French aircraft Mallory said that individuals tainability "eld by participating in sta$ and students to get involved indicated would be the “final cur- and a vessel searched for the play a critical role in the project the project. In fact, Tech was the in the mission as well as to sug- tain call” of his career. The con- crashed airplane. by asking questions and helping only university invited to be a part gest possible improvements to the certs, as well as the public memo- Out of the 153 passengers and the community come up with an- of Mission Zero. website. rial service, were organized and crew aboard, only one, a twelve swers. “Interface approached Tech be- Interface Inc. plans to step promoted by AEG Live, which re- year old girl named Bahia Bakari, !e Mission Zero website in- cause of its research e$orts in the away from the project once the "- portedly had a three-and-a-half survived. According to Bakari, cludes a comprehensive news sec- "eld of sustainability and its track nal version of the site is released. year contract with Jackson. she could not swim and had no tion that o$ers information on record on environmental issues,” Afterwards, the site will be run by Jackson is survived by his life vest but held on to aircraft topics such as agriculture, design said Terry Blum, Professor in the the community alone. three children, his siblings, and wreckage for more than 13 hours and environmental policy. !e College of Management and an “Anyone anywhere can partici- his parents. His mother, Kath- in the water until rescued. Her site also includes a mechanism for initial point of contact for Mis- pate, which is so exciting to us be- erine Jackson, has temporary mother, who was traveling with groups to take on smaller goals, or sion Zero. cause it is the community, not In- custody of the children. The will her, did not survive the crash. She also names Diana Ross as guard- has been flown back to her home “missions,” such as switching to “We are especially excited terface, who will determine where ian of Jackson’s children in the in France. compact %uorescent light bulbs. about the students getting in- this will go,” LaVelle said.

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